I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. picked/t/ B. clicked/t/ C. promised/t/ D. delivered/d/

2. A. wanted/id/ B. developed/t/ C. needed/id/ D. included/id/

3. A. jumped/t/ B. loved/d/ C. washed/t/ D. liked/t/

4. A. actor/æ/ B. acting/æ/ C. address/ə/ D. action/æ/

5. A. long/ɔ:/ B. boring/ɔ:/ C. shocked/ɔ:/ D. comedy/ɒ/

II. Find which word does not belong to each group.

6. A. interesting B. exhausting C. tired D. exciting

7. A. actor B. comedy C. director D. editor

8. A. entertaining B. exciting C. shocking D. acting

9. A. despite B. in spite of C. because of D. although

10. A. plot B. documentary C. horror D. thriller

III. Choose the correct answer.

11. A is a film that shows real-life events or stories.

A. action B. documentary C. thriller D. comedy

12. I found the book so that I couldn’t put it down.

A. gripping B. boring C. tiring D. shocking

13. A is a film that tries to make audiences laugh.

A. horror B. sci-fi C. comedy D. documentary

14. The end of the film was so that many people cried.

A. shocking B. moving C. exciting D. boring

15. Mr. Bean’s Holiday is a film - I was laughing from beginning to end.

A. hilarious B. violent C. scary D. moving

16. they spent a lot of money on the film, it wasn’t a big success.

A. However B. Nevertheless C. When D. Although

17. Last night, I didn’t go to bed early being very tired.

A. despite of B. in spite of C. although D. because of

18. Not many people went to see the film; , it received good reviews from critics.

A. however B. despite C. but D. although

19. We found the plot of the film .

A. bored B. boring C. interested D. acting

20. We were with the latest film of that director.

A. satisfy B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfied

IV. Complete the sentences, using although, despite, in spite of, however, or nevertheless. Sometimes, two answers are possible.

21. In spite of difficulties, the firemen managed to save many people who were caught in the fire.

22. Although he got top marks at high school, he never went to university.

23. She failed the test nevertheless she studied hard.

24. Everyone thought she would accept the offer. However , she turned it down.

25. We enjoyed our holiday despite the rain.

V. Rewrite the sentences, using the words in the brackets. Change other words in the sentence if necessary.

26. The new restaurant looks good. It seems to have few customers. (however)

⇒ The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.

27. We had planned to walk right around the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible. (although)

⇒ Although we had planned to walk right around the lake, the heavy rain made this impossible.

28. I’ve been too busy to answer my email. I’ll do it soon. (nevertheless)

⇒ I've been too busy to answer my email. Nevertheless, I'll do it soon.

29. Mary was sick. She didn’t leave the meeting until it ended. (despite)

⇒ Despite her sickness, she didn't leave the meeting until it ended.

30. We live in the same sweet. We rarely see each other, (in spite of)

⇒ In spite of living in the same street, we rarely see each other.