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Read the following questions from part 3 and decide what language point
each question is testing. Follow the example.
Example:
Do the same with ten more questions. Decide what each question is
testing from the following list:
phrasal verbs
collocations (words which go together)
conditional sentences
so/such
comparatives/superlatives
Now complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence. Do not change the word given. You must use between two
and five words.
Here are some more sentences for you to practice without the given
word!
Despite in poverty.
6) The carpenter is building a new bookcase for us.
We are built.
7) I haven’t typed the report yet.
Here are some more sentences with the given word which you must use
and cannot change.
1. Samantha felt happy after having a hard work out with her tennis instructor.
mood
Samantha after having a good work out with her tennis
instructor.
2. Writing all of the sentence isn’t necessary in this exercise.
need
There’s all of the sentence in this exercise.
3. Nobody, apart from Pepito’s mother, thought he would pass the FCE exam.
person
Pepito’s mother thought he would pass the FCE exam.
4. The secretary connected me to the managing director.
put
The secretary the managing director.
5. Samantha would have gone to dinner with Leonardo if she hadn’t been so tired.
tired
Samantha was to dinner with Leonardo.
6. The Indian restaurant was practically empty.
hardly
There the Indian restaurant.
7. Pepito couldn’t solve the problem.
solution
Pepito was unable the problem.
8. I can’t believe this is the best paella restaurant in Valencia!
better
There must in Valencia!
9. It’s a waste of time for you to ask Samantha for her phone number.
point
There’s Samantha for her phone number.
10. Pepito has a full time job and looks after his mother too.
well
Pepito has a full time job his mother.
much.
5. Doing sentence transformations is not as much fun as watching paint dry.
than
Watching paint dry sentence transformations.
6. Craig began to learn Spanish five years ago.
learning
Craig five years.
7. Pepito has not had a job for three years.
out
Pepito has for three years.
8. ‘Have you read any poems by Pablo Neruda, Craig?’ asked Angleles.
read
Angeles asked Craig any poems by Pablo Neruda.
9. The last time I got drunk was eight months ago.
for
I eight months.
10. Harry is not usually late.
like
It is late.