Session 6 Mock test Answer KeyPART.4 2MARKS PER QUESTION (TOTAL 12) 25 creative (1 mark) takes her mind off (1:mark) To follow ‘being’. the verb ‘creating’ has to be changed to the adjective ‘creative: lf something takes your mind off something, it stops you from thinking about something unpleasant cor worrying because it causes you to direct your thoughts and attention to it instead, 26 getting/becoming (1 mark) mixed up in (1 mark) The verb ‘avoid is followed by the “ing form of another verb. If you get/become mixed up in something, you become involved in something that you don’ wish to get involved in or that it isa bad idea to get involved in. 27 onto deny (1 mark) Fe ries ars enemies ma someone goes on to do something, they do a second thing after completing a fist thing. Ifyou deny something, you say that it is not true or ‘not the case. The verb is used with the following structures: deny + (that) .;deny +-ing: deny + having + post participle: deny +noun. 28 to seek advice OR to go and seek advice (1 mark) from an (1 mark) Ifyou are forced to do something, you have to do it, either because of circumstances or because someone else has given you the obligation to do it. ‘The structure seek + uncountable noun means ‘ask for something’ or try to get something’ The verb advise hhas to be changed to the noun advice. If the person or place that might provide the thing that someone seeks is mentioned, this is preceded by ‘the preposition from. £29 no fault of my own (1 mark) | found (1 mark) ‘The phrase through no fault of someone's own is used. for saying that something bad happened to someone ‘but that they were not responsible for the fact that it happened. Ifyou find yourself ina particular situation, you become aware of the fact that you are in that situation, especially when you feel that tis a situation ‘that you did not create yourself. 30 for computing (1 mark) in preference to(1 mark) IF you optfor something, you choose it, especially as a result of careful thought. The linking phrase in preference to means rather than’ when saying thatthe subject prefers one thing to another.