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First Certificate Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 1114)
1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Underline the most suitable word(s) in each sentence. I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys. Lets ask at the Information Desk, for being/so as to be sure. The Lake District is in/at the north-west corner of England. Hes the man whose/that brother knows how to fix computers. Im sorry I couldnt join you yesterday evening/last evening. I was really tired. The newsagents is just across/opposite the supermarket. She lives in Lisbon, that/which is one of my favourite places. Its been a long time when/since I last spoke to Stephanie. Melanie just went out to the shops to buy/for to buy some milk. He says hes busy. Or by other words/in other words, he doesnt want to come. I lent him my car, and he bought me a bottle of wine by return/in return. How many cigarettes do you smoke, on average/in average, every week? Divide into pairs, and talk about your picture in turn/by turns. Make one new sentence from each pair of sentences. Begin as shown, and use the word given in capitals. That woman is my neighbour. She brought me flowers when I was ill. Thats my neighbour who brought me flowers when I was ill . WHO

A person saw the incident. They were interviewed by the police. WHO The person ______________________________________________________ . I told you about a person. They were interviewed by the police. WHO The person ______________________________________________________ . The car has 20,000 km on the clock. It is on sale in the showroom. WHICH The car, ________________________________________________________ . His father bought him a car. It has 20,000 km on the clock. WHICH The car ________________________________________________________ . Pauls arm was broken. He still came to the disco. WHOSE Paul, __________________________________________________________ . That woman has a dog. It keeps making a mess on our lawn. WHOSE Thats the ______________________________________________________ .

First Certificate Language Practice Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 1114)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Look at those black clouds! Theres rain on the way. to Look at those black clouds! Its going to rain. We installed an alarm to prevent burglars entering the house. couldnt We installed an alarm _______________________________________ enter the house. We couldnt play tennis, as it was dark. to It was _________________________________________________ play tennis. Use this screwdriver to assemble the bookcase. assembling This screwdriver _______________________________________ the bookcase. Although Geoffrey had a cold, he came to school. despite Geoffrey _________________________________________________ his cold. There was a lot of noise, and I couldnt hear her calling. that There was _________________________________________ I couldnt hear her calling. The thief ran away as he didnt want to be caught. not The thief ran away ______________________________________ to be caught. Put one suitable word in each space.

Time travel The film (0) that I saw (1) ____________ night wasnt very good. It was all (2) ____________ a man (3) ____________ built a time machine so (4) ____________ to travel back in time. It took him ages and ages (5) ____________ build the machine. (6) ____________ first he didnt succeed, and there were various disasters because he (7) ____________ hadnt solved all the scientific problems. (8) ____________ course he managed to build the machine eventually. He wanted to travel to the Stone Age, and in (9) ____________ to get there he had to pass through a black hole (10) ____________ space. (11) ____________ his journey there were some good special effects, (12) ____________ they werent (13) ____________ good as the effects in Star Pilot 4. Anyway, his machine didnt have (14) ____________ power to get all the way back to the Stone Age. He only got to the last century, (15) ____________ was a bit ridiculous after all the trouble hed (16) ____________ to.

First Certificate Language Practice Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 1114)