LEVEL IV – STRAIGHTFORWARD ADVANCED – EXTRA PRACTICE MARCH/APRIL 2016

Sentence Transformation

1) The hospital is about to shut down permanently. (BRINK)

The hospital is on …

2) Who did this research? (OUT)

Who was …

3) The police were holding her because they thought she’d committed arson. (SUSPICION)

She was …

4) The couple didn’t separate because of their children. (SAKE)

The couple stayed …

5) My parents taught me about good manners by constant repetition. (DRUMMED)

Good manners …

Word Formation

1) It’s a shame that some lovely old buildings in the centre were _______________
demolished. (NEED)

2) Sixty days’ _______________ seemed like a very harsh sentence for such a minor crime.
(PRISON)

3) Several of the teachers at Harrow have a reputation for being distant and
________________. (APPROACH)

4)I spent a miserable day on an ________________ beach on the Costa Brava in August.
(CROWD)

5)_____________, some fashions from the 80s are “in” again this season. (SEEM)
Cloze Exercise. Fill in the blank with ONE appropriate word.

Electronic tagging is a system that is currently _________ used by some authorities to

__________ the early release of prison offenders and act as a viable alternative
___________ a custodial ___________. It is thought that if this system could be
implemented in all areas of the UK, it could radically _________ the prison population
and help solve the problem of ____________ in our prisons.

Vocabulary

1) The family cabin is warm and _____ , but can only fit three people comfortably.
a. antique b. cosy c. cramped d. tight

2) Jack was _____ of assault when the police discovered he had a cast-iron alibi.

a) cleared b) liberated c) released d) pardoned

3) This chair is extremely ______. The next person who sits on it is bound to break it.

a) fidgety b) weakly c) poorly d) rickety

4) Fortunately for the politician, all the _____ of bribery were dropped.

a) sentences b) charges c) counts d) convictions

5 )Now, now children! You have to form a/an _____ queue before you go into the assembly
hall.

a) orderly b) ordered c) neat d) tidy