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Use of English 01A

A Underline the correct alternative in each sentence.
(3 points)

0 I feel /am feeling that I understand the process very well.

1 I’d prefer to make/making an appointment now.
2 I don’t think/am not thinking you should invite him to your wedding.
3 She’d love to help/helping you but she is very busy at the moment.
4 I can’t stand to wait/waiting for latecomers.
5 My brother hates to wear/wearing formal clothes.
6 You look/are looking absolutely terrific today!

B Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the
Present Perfect.
(7 points)

0 We regularly ___meet___ (meet) to play the guitar together.

1 I _______________________ (visit) three natural history museums so far.
2 We _______________________ (move) to a bigger flat. Could you help us transport our
furniture?
3 I can’t make a cake because Tom ________________________ (forget) to buy eggs.
4 You shouldn’t wear this old-fashioned hat, you __________________ (need) a new one.
5 The crime rate in New York _________________ (go down) in the past ten years.
6 Professor Brown is an expert on Greek philosophy. At the moment he ______________
(write) an article on the life of Socrates.
7 It _________________________ (not snow) here a lot at this time of year.

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
(5 points)

0 He is a __successful__ (success) writer.

1 He talked about his friend’s accident with great ___________ (sad).
2 Bad grades at school have a __________________ (disaster) effect on her motivation.
3 My sister is a very ____________ (ambition) student. She always wants to be the best.
4 My grandfather got a medal for his ___________ (brave) during World War II.
5 Ana has great ____________ (difficult) in understanding her Italian friend.

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D Read the text below and use one word to fit each space.
(5 points)

I am a good mixer, so I tend to (0) ___make___ friends quite easily and have a lot of people
around. Many of them are very interesting, but nobody really compares with Alice. She is
fifty-three years old and still very active. She can’t (1) _____________ leading a boring life
and (2) ______________ up a new activity every year. She has already tried diving and
bungee (3) ______________ and now she is very much (4) ______________ car racing. But
one of her greatest dreams is to get into The Guinness Book of Records for spending the
longest time on a (5) _______________ island. I seriously doubt if she will ever succeed
because she is a very sociable person and needs people to live.

Total 20

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