1) What's NOT true about the sentence "I had my air-conditioned fixed"? a) I did the action myself. b) Somebody else did this action for me. c) The person who did this action is important. 2) What's the correct sentence? a) I'm going to have my hair painted. b) I'm going to paint my hair. c) I'm going to have my hair dyed. 3) Is the sentence "she is going to have her portrait paint" correct or incorrect? a) Correct b) Incorrect 4) What natural disaster is "a mass of rock and earth moving suddenly and quickly down a steep slope" refering to? a) Flood b) Landslide c) Tsunami d) Tornado e) Wildfire 5) What natural disaster is "to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems" refering to? a) Flood b) Landslide c) Tsunami d) Tornado e) Wildfire 6) What's polysemy? a) Words that have the same sound, but mean different things. b) Words that have the same spelling, but which may have different meanings. c) Words that are different, but which have similar meanings. 7) There was a flood of ... about her bad behaviour at work. She was fired. a) stormy b) seeds c) complaints d) blossoms 8) I need to find the ... cause of my problems. a) stormy b) seed c) origin d) root 9) Sentences like "as big as golf balls" are to add ... drama to a story. a) more b) less 10) What's the action of producing a copy of a document, signature, etc.? a) Robbery b) Smuggling c) Shoplifting d) Forgery 11) What's the action of illegally moving goods into or out of a country? a) Robbery b) Smuggling c) Shoplifting d) Forgery 12) This doesn’t look right. I think we ... the wrong turning earlier. a) must take b) can't have taken c) must have taken d) can't take 13) Given the time of the murder, she ... it. She was with me. a) mustn't have done b) must have done c) can't have done d) might have done 14) "Life sentence" is an example of ... a) A punishment b) A way of revenge c) A crime 15) The government are running the risk ... making things worse if they’re not careful. a) in b) of c) off d) with 16) Prisoners have no hope ... escaping from here. a) in b) of c) off d) with 17) What does "plunge" mean? a) To decrease quickly and suddenly. b) To result in (something). c) A decline in quantity or quality. 18) What does "to play a role" mean? a) To increase considerably. b) A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. c) To be involved in something and to have an effect on it. 19) Is "I'm struggling to cope with my new job" negative or positive? a) Negative b) Positive 20) Is "I find my job very rewarding" negative or positive? a) Negative b) Positive 21) When do we use the third conditional? a) An imaginary situation. b) Speculation about the consequences of actions in the past. c) General truth. d) A possible situation in the future. 22) If he hadn’t had problems, ... a) he would chance careers. b) he wouldn’t have changed careers. c) he changed careers. 23) Taxi drivers are nowadays a ... a) steady shift. b) dying breed. c) basic skill. 24) What's a personal statement? a) An essay that highlights the best qualities of the writer, usually in the context of school or job applications. b) A text which summarises the discussion that participants have during a meeting. c) A critical appraisal of a book, play, movie, exhibition, etc., published in a newspaper or magazine. 25) For my birthday, I'll treat myself ... a day in a spa. a) with b) to 26) I had a small ... at home with some friends. a) big do b) get-together c) costume party 27) I ... 20 years in this company by the end of this month. a) will completed b) will have completed c) will complete 28) Mary will have ... almost 2.000 letters when she finishes this one. a) write b) wrote c) written d) writen 29) You would like to live in Salvador, ... a) won't you? b) wouldn't you? c) don't you? d) would you? 30) Let's meet up next weekend, ... a) will we? b) should we? c) won't we? d) shall we?

UPPER 2 - Lesson 30

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