Answers. The upper intermediate should have five correct; the advanced, eight correct.

01. I can't stand the sound of bagpipes. It sets my teeth on edge.

02. Although after the accident the car was a complete write-off, he escaped without a scratch.

03. I put my money in the bank for safe-keeping.

04. The office supervisor in charge of a number of people had twenty people beneath her.

05. At the seaside, the children were so beside themselves with excitement, they could hardly control themselves.

06. The train is behind time and will make me late for my appointment.

07. The country with have a million men under arms is prepared for war.

08. The men in white coats said he was off his head and took him away.

09. The sympathetic employer knew every one of his employees by name.

10. It is worthwhile keeping those old bits of string because they could be of use later.

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