ANSWER KEY TO PRACTICE TEST 6 ( 13.09.

2022)

PART ONE
I.
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B

PART TWO
I.
1. willing 2. are always grumbling
3. wouldn’t have passed; to become 4. Having died
5. to have been saved 6. Would have enjoyed; had; had
studied; could be earning
II.
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A
6. C 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. A
III.
1. up 2. out 3. on 4. in 5. to
6. against 7. over 8. off 5. with 10. about
IV.
1. What I found surprising was her lack of confidence.
2. Births rather deaths cause / result in / lead to the high proportion of the old.
3. You oughtn’t to have scared your brother like that.
4. Were the government to resign, I think they would win the election.
5. There is no instant solution to this problem.
6. Under no circumstance am I to be disturbed.
7. She was convinced she had paid the bill, but she hadn’t.
8. Jack and I had happy upbringing.
9. Jack is devoted to his work.
10. It’s really time I was going / leaving.
V.
1. I have nobody playing in front of my house.
won’t / don’t have anybody
2. Nobody in the world can be excepted to understand your own language, can they?
3. The last person I expected to see there was Tom / Tom was the last person I expected to see.
4. I paid all the money before collecting the foods, which was foolish.
5. Robert had no idea of what he was going to do next.
6. Only when I checked, did I notice the type was flat.
7. I doubt whether Carol will want to come.
8. This situation is beyond fun.
9. There is nothing out of the ordinary about this.
10. Sally talked me out of selling my car.

PART THREE
I.
1. too 2. and 3. talking 4. highly 5. taught
6. ability 7. from 8. By 9. who 10. is
II.
1. C 2. E 3. D 4. L 5. F
6. A 7. B 8. H 9. I 10. M

PART FOUR
1. overpowering 2. invariably 3. businesslike
4. criminologist 5. hardened 6. acknowledgement
7. misconception 8. acquisition 9. preoccupied
 10. inaccessible

PART FIVE
I.
1. drunk  drinking 2. foundered  foundering
3. children children’s 4. the (father)  
5. not   6. where  that
7. did  do 8. reform  reformed

II.
1. joining  to join 2. It (may) There
3. more (than)  rather (than) 4. cost  price
5. there  this / it 6. few  little
7. (an) hour  hour’s