Revision - Unit 9

Language Leader Pre-Intermediate – Unit 9

1 Put the words in the box into the correct column.

industry buyers exports manufacturers retailers employee organisation report delivery
PEOPLE	THINGS
	organisation

2 Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of used to.

0 Peter doesn’t play tennis any more.

Peter used to play tennis._________

1 I have stopped smoking.

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2 Vikings used long boats to discover the world.

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3 A hundred years ago foxes did not live in cities.

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4 Is it true that doctors believed that women had small brains?

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5 Why did planes need two wings on each side?

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6 Fifty years ago people put money in hiding places under the floor.

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3 Write the correct words in the blanks.

0 Can human beings conduct____ electricity?

1 If he works hard he will definitely get a pr______________.

2 For many years they have been the m____________ l_____________ in the electronics industry.

3 I am good friends with all my c_____________ in the company.

4 Can you s______________ us with 30 new computers?

5 It costs half of our budget to i_______________ spare parts from Scandinavia.

6 Piotr isn’t here again. He isn’t very r______________!

4 Identify which is a compound noun, writing yes or no.

0 tomato plant _yes_

1 bank card _____

2 hot country _____

3 world championship _____

4 railway station _____

5 big news _____

6 fresh juice _____

7 hot bath _____

8 lunch break _____

5 Make passive sentences from the prompts.

0 Galaxy chocolate / make / Cadbury.

Galaxy chocolate is made by Cadbury__.

1 The Olympics / hold / every four years.

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2 Snails / eat / France.

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3 Presents / give / every year at Christmas?

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4 Gold coins / not / use / in business / today.

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5 New Orleans / often / affect / floods.

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6 Copper / use / for protecting windows?

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7 A criminal / arrest / in England / every two minutes.

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8 Pearls / find / inside / oysters / divers.

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6 Make polite phrases for negotiating. The first word is given for you.

0 We will agree on £670.

Shall we call it £670?__________________.

1 We agree to order 2,000.

_What______________________________________________________________

2 You order 200 we offer 15%.

__If________________________________________________________________

3 That’s too much!

___That_____________________________________________________________

4 I’m sure we cannot do that.

___I’m______________________________________________________________