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Rewrite the sentences in the negative form. (1 point each; max 10 points)
1. Head north towards Winterton.
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2. Margaret taught Spanish when she was young.
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3. I’ll help you with your homework later.
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4. Liam’s got a bad headache.
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5. We used to buy our clothes in small boutiques.
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6. They have to work all summer.
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7. You should eat lots of meat.
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8. The students are going to write a report on pollution.
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9. Sean has already seen that film.
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10. The exams were marked by the professor yesterday.
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Put in the missing article or preposition. Leave the gap blank if no article or preposition is
needed (1 point each; max 5 points)

I don’t usually like staying at ____________1 hotels, but last summer we spent two weeks
at__________2very nice hotel by________3sea.

Jack has gone away. He’ll be back _________4 a week.

If you’re interested in applying for the job, your application must be received _______5Friday.
 Robert is travelling in North America. He sends an email to a friend in Canada . Put the verb
in brackets into the most suitable form. (1 point each; max 10 points)
Hi Ronald,

I ________________________1(just /arrive) in Minneapolis.I_____________________2(travel)

for more than a month now, and I _________________3(begin) to think about coming home.

I_______________________4(leave) Kansas City a week ago. I_________________5(stay)

there with Emily, an old friend from college.

So now I’m here, and I _______________6( stay) here for a few days with our friend Tom.

Tomorrow we____________________7(visit ) some people who___________________8(build)

a house in the mountains. It __________________________9(not finish) yet.

Anyway, that’s all for now. I_____________________________10(be) in touch again soon.

Robert

Fill in the gaps with the comparative or the superlative form of the words in brackets. Use THE,
AS or THAN if necessary. (1 point each; max 5 points)
1. The new library is …………………………………………………………. (big) the old one.
2. My brother, Joel, is ………………………………………….…….. (young) boy in his class.
3. Jill is ……………………………………….……………. (old) as Charles. They are both 76.
4. This is ………………………………………………………….. (good) book I’ve ever read.
5. My house is …………………………………………………….. (far) yours from the airport.
6. Do you think Julia is ………………………………….………….(intelligent) as her brother?
7. The country Resort has ………………………………………………. (rooms) the other two
hotels in the area.
8. David’s wife is much ……………………………………………… (beautiful) Julia Roberts.
9. This must be …………………………………..…………………. (bad) restaurant in Lecce!
10. The pink sweater is ……………………………………….…………… (pretty) the blue one.
 Eco electronics Operating Costs
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US $ 000s

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Chicago Office Paris Office Mexico City office

2010 2011 2012

Circle the best answers from the words in brackets to complete the paragraph. Use the
information in the graph above. (1 point each; max 10 points)

……………………………………….1 ( In / From / The ) 2010 to 2012, the operating costs of 3

foreign branches of Eco Electronics followed different trends. The office in ………………………..2

( Chicago, Paris, Mexico City ) was the only one to improve its situation every year.

In 2010 the Chicago office ……………………….3 ( was not / was / has been ) doing very well but as

we can see from the bar chart above, costs went down during the next two years. In 2012, due to a

……………………………4 ( going down / drop / decreasement ) in downtime, operating costs went

down ………………………..5 ( by / about / to) $40,000.

In Paris, costs decreased ………………………………….6 ( by, to, for ) 10% in 2011 but because

salaries ……………………………7 ( raised, rised, rose ) in 2012, costs went up quite a bit.

In Mexico City operating costs were ………………………… 8 ( dropped, lowest, a reduction ) in

2010. They reached ………………………………………9 ( 40%, a peak, $40,000 ) in 2011 and then

because of a fall in productivity, they went up ………………………….10 (mostly, much, drastically)

in 2012.
Rewrite the sentences using the correct modal verb. (1 point each; max 5 points)

1. Perhaps we will go on a pilgrimage next month.____________________________________

2. It is not necessary for you to pay the bill. __________________________________________

3. She was able to read when she was two. ___________________________________________

4. I advise you to study harder. ___________________________________________________

5. There was an obligation to turn off the mobile phone. We_____________________________

Change the direct speech into reported speech. (1 point each; max 5 points)

1. “I will go to London tomorrow”

He said ___________________________________

2. “I will work hard to get first class” said Lazar

Lazar said _________ __________________________________

3. “I‘m going to the library now” said David

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4. The driver : "I'm going to turn right at the traffic lights."

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5. “Are you coming with us?” he asked me.

He asked me if ___________________________________________

Put the verb in the most suitable passive form. (1 point each; max 5 points)

1. There is somebody behind us. I think ___________________________(we/follow).

2. A mystery is something that _________________________________(can’t/explain).
3. We didn’t play football yesterday. The game _________________________(cancel).
4. The TV_____________________________________(repair). It’s working again now.
5. In the middle of village there is a church which___________________(restore) at the
moment.