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Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Test A Unit 5
1 Put the words in the box into the correct column.
beach cliff coast forest lake mountain sand wave hill
BY THE SEA INLAND
beach


KEY
BY THE SEA INLAND
cliff coast sand wave forest lake mountain hill

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct comparative or superlative.
0 Winter is __less hot_______________ (not hot) than Summer.
1 That was _________________________ (good) party I have ever been to.
2 Is the receptionist _________________________ (not important) person in a company? I
dont think so.
3 My eyesight is getting _________________________ (not clear) as I get older.
4 The conditions in Africa will be _________________________ (bad) in ten years time.
5 This years conference will be _________________________ (successful) than last year.
6 The choices are all bad but this one is _________________________ (not bad) than the
others.
7 A sports centre is _________________________ (expensive) than a play park.
8 Im the _________________________ (not intelligent) person in the class.

KEY
1 the best / 2 the least important / 3 less clear / 4 worse / 5 more successful / 6 less bad / 7
more expensive / 8 least intelligent

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct animal.
0 Many professors think that people and gorillas__ are related.
1 There are always many ra________ in our garden in March.
2 The gi________ is never hungry because he can eat the highest leaves.
3 Be careful on the beach. There are many cr________.
4 There are two types of el________, the African and the Indian, but they both have big ears.
KEY 1 rabbits / 2 giraffe / 3 crabs / 4 elephant
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4 Is the underlined word a noun or a verb?
0 Make sure you plant the flowers carefully. _verb_____
1 The main cause of bad teeth is too much sugar. ___NOUN_______
2 Dont damage my car! . _____VERB_____
3 Well ship the boxes to Turkey by next week. ______VERB____
4 You can do a lot of harm with a pen and paper. ______NOUN____

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5 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
0 __a__ children believe in Father Christmas.
a) Many b) Much c) Little
1 How _____ money do you have?
a) a lot of b) many c) much
2 _____ animal charities can afford to build animal parks. They are too expensive.
a) Little b) Not much c) Few
3 There is not _____ chance for Peter. He will fail the exam.
a) many b) much c) lot of
4 _____ time and money is needed for the project.
a) Many b) Few c) A lot of
5 There is _____ space to put my furniture. I need a bigger room.
a) not many b) few c) little
6 There are _____ programmes on TV that I watch. I dont have the time.
a) not much b) few c) little
7 You were lucky! Theres _____ damage to your car.
a) too few b) not many c) not much
8 David hasnt got a _____ friends at university.
a) lot of b) much c) many
KEY 1c / 2c / 3b / 4c / 5c / 6b / 7c / 8a

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6 Fill in the gaps with words or phrases describing photographs.
I have two pictures in front of me. The first one is older so the second picture is more colourful
and
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clearer___. The first picture
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sh________ a large family. The picture is about 150 years
old. The family
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l_________ very serious. In the
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b___________ there is a garden. There are
four children
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w_________ are sitting in front of the parents. The picture is quite dramatic.
In the second picture we
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_c____ s____ a moden family of four people. It is
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un____________
because the mother and father are wearing cowboy clothes. In
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t____ m________ of the picture
are the mother and father, sitting on horses and
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_o___ t_____ r__________ are the children,
wearing T-shirts and jeans. I think we should use the first picture. It is more powerful.
KEY 1 shows / 2 looks / 3 background / 4 who / 5 can see / 6 unusual / 7 the middle / 8 on the
right

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