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2009-09-01

ENGLISH EXAM

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NAME

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COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE OF EACH PAIR SO THAT IT HAS A

SIMILAR MEANING TO THE SENTENCES GIVEN
1. My father is going to take me to the IMAX Cinema next weekend.
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2. Freddy is a nice boy. His father works in a circus.
Freddy ______________________________________________
3. Barca is expected to get to the final.
They ________________________________________________
4. Did you tell Mary about your discovery?
Was ________________________________________________
5. A drunken sailor caused a terrible failure in the network.
A __________________________________________________
6. Eric paid $80,000 for a table. It had been imported from Japan.
Eric________________________________________________
7. Someone will shorten my new trousers.
I ___________________________________________________
8. Peter had his lunch in an expensive place. I saw him there.
Peter ________________________________________________
9. In which websites can you use Spanish?
In ___________________________________________________
10. People believed that he was a computer expert.
He __________________________________________________
11. Someone connects them to your interactive telephone.
They ________________________________________________
12. Will they send him a letter?
Will ________________________________________________

13. Doctors should have warned him about the risks.

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14. The thieves have been arrested by the police.
The __________________________________________________
15. I went to the theatre. I went on Monday.
Monday _______________________________________________
16. The police know that they are copying illegal software.
They _________________________________________________
17. Have you been shown the machine?
_____________________________________________________
18. They suppose that Im not a good influence on her.
I ___________________________________________________
19. Mary has cut my hair recently.
I
20. Michael travelled to Dublin. It is the capital of Ireland.
Michael _____________________________________________

REPLACE THE WORDS OR PHRASES IN BOLD TYPE BY SIMILAR OR COMPATIBLE PHRASAL VERBS .

1. Jennifer still hasnt recovered from her breakup with Peter.

2. The meeting was cancelled because of the weather.
3. There is a lot of noise here. What is happening?
4. My best friend abandoned school last month.
5. She rises from bed very late at the weekends.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWIN SENTENCES WITH PRESENT SIMPLE,

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT

PERFECT, FUTURE, FUTURE PERFECT OR FUTURE CONTINUOUS
1. Turn off the gas; the water ____________ (boil) over.
2. Wheres John? He ____________ (go) for a walk in the park.
3. It is getting really cold in here- Dont worry, I _________ (close) the window.
4. Last summer most of my friends ______________ (work) so I ___________
(decide) to get a job too.
5. Jenny and her grandmother _______________ (phone) one another every day..
6. By the time I get home my parents _____________ (go) to bed.
7. We ________________ (already/visit) the British Museum.
8. Dont phone seven and eight tonight, I ____________ (watch) my favourite film..
9. In a years time we ____________ (leave) school.
10. Its the first time she _____________ (go) snowboarding..

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