7 Extra Language Practice Straight to Advanced

Vocabulary
Verbs with up-, down-, over- and under-
For sentences 1–8, complete each verb with up-, down-, over- or under-.
1 I regularly load podcasts about science by Professor Cox. I listen to them while I commute.
2 It’s really important that you don’t estimate just how hard the exam might be, you will need to revise
thoroughly.
3 We weren’t concerned about the storm until it was graded to a typhoon.
4 When she first informed me of the vast scope of the research that I needed to do, I was completely
whelmed.
5 He’s been accused of playing the seriousness of the situation. It seems the future is actually very bleak
for the company.
6 The team at MIT spent their original budget, and had to apply for additional grants.
7 If you’re planning to take an experiment like that you need to be well prepared.
8 Over the last few months we’ve been sizing our operations in Europe. We’re planning to pull out
altogether next year.

Science and research

1 Complete each gap so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the first. Choose a
verb from the box, then choose the correct participle in italics to form a multi-part verb. Look
at the example.
carry look point put set take

0 The professor presented her criticism about the planned experiment.

The professor set aside/off/up/out her criticism about the planned experiment.
1 The results so far indicate a promising outcome.
The results so far to/out/at/up a promising outcome.
2 We still have to conduct some final tests to confirm our findings.
We still have to on/away/out/through some final tests to confirm our findings.
3 First of all we decided to examine the responses to the survey.
First of all we decided to into/to/up/after the responses to the survey.
4 We asked the team leader to explain to us in detail all the aspects of the project.
We asked the team leader to us into/through/across/along all the aspects of the project.
5 The manager asked Tim to propose a theme for the debate.
The manager asked Tim to about/back/across/forward a theme for the debate.

Language focus
Future forms (review)
1 Complete each gap using the prompts in brackets. There may be more than one correct answer.
1 There’s a gala dinner later this evening. (you join) us, do you think?
2 The workshops (finish) promptly at 7 pm to give everyone time to get back to the
lecture hall.
3 Electric cars (to) have a positive effect on the environment – without question.
4 The question is not who caused the problem, but what you (go do) about it.
5 Samuel can come to the meeting at eleven. He (meet) Russell until one.
6 By this time next week, Sue (graduate) after four years of study.

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7 By lunchtime, she (drive) for six hours and will still have some way to go.
8 Lewis was (on) winning the race when his engine cut out.
9 (about) we had some good luck, everything’s been going wrong all month.
10 Which city do you think (you live) in 20 years from now?
11 Susan (get) used to her new glasses yet. She’s only had them for a week.
12 Tell Charles he (to) report directly to me as soon as he arrives.

2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the
word given. Do not change the word given.
1 I don’t suppose you’ve heard the news about the Mars Mission.
PROBABLY
You the news about the Mars Mission.
2 Their manager expects an easy victory for his team in the next round.
BELIEVES
The manager the next game easily.
3 Claire and Josef are flying to Jamaica next Saturday.
SCHEDULED
Claire and Josef’s next Saturday.
4 She’ll be home around 1am.
UNTIL
She 1am at the earliest.
5 Don’t worry, the parcel is unlikely to arrive late.
HERE
Don’t worry, the parcel time.
6 This journey will take me at most six months.
HAVE
In six months this journey.
7 The scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.
ABOUT
Scientists are a vital breakthrough.
8 According to our calculations, the probe will reach Jupiter in ten days’ time.
DUE
The probe Jupiter in ten days’ time.

Future in the past

1 Match each sentence beginning 1–8 with an appropriate ending a–h.
1 Everyone thought that we would a about to move into a place in the suburbs.
2 According to this report, the college was to b have opened early last year.
3 Karen said that she was on the point c to see that film at the weekend.
4 The children were hoping d be busy in here – it always is on a Saturday night.
5 The last time I saw her she was e be taking trips into space by this point.
6 I told you that it would f supposed to meet me at here at 12.
7 I’m a bit annoyed. They were g of quitting when they offered her a better contract.
8 Building a solar-powered car was always h going to be a challenge for engineers.

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2 Correct the mistakes in each sentence.

1 When scientists first made the discovery, everyone thought we would have used cleaner fuel by now.

2 She said that she’d stay with me forever, but it just weren’t to be.

3 I was on the point of given up when suddenly the answer came to me.

4 Rescuers were bound to give up hope when they finally found the missing climber.

5 The new power plant was meaning to have been built by a Chinese firm, but they pulled out of the
contract before starting.

6 The painting was reported to being missing.

7 The car was due going in for a service this month.

8 I knew from the moment we met that we are remaining close friends.

Reading and Use of English Part 1

Multiple-choice cloze
For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

Future worlds?
As we look to the future many individuals and institutions are (0) C how we will be able to address our
growing population and (1) resources. For some visionaries our (2) is the colonisation of distant
planets. While travelling the vast expanses of space pose one problem, these potential pioneers also need to think
about the environment and geological make-up of the planets they hope to inhabit and (3) crops on.
To ensure that we could live and prosper on a new planet we may need to transform their (4)
completely. This could require removing or adding atmospheric gases, or changing the distinct (5) of
soils and oceans. Current processes such as carbon capture, desalination of seawater, and cloud seeding to
create rain would need to be put into place on an industrial scale to (6) the environment sufficiently to
sustain life. However, research teams are already exploring ideas to make planets such as Mars habitable. One
(7) is to build large mirrors which would warm the plane’s surface, melt the polar caps, thereby creating
an atmosphere. This could then be seeded with oxygen-producing bacteria. It all sounds like a work of
(8) , but perhaps one day, we could walk in these future worlds.

0 A acknowledging B agreeing C considering D concluding

1 A reducing B diminishing C devastating D falling
2 A destiny B destination C direction D desire
3 A consume B enhance C cultivate D restore
4 A geology B condition C complexity D ecology
5 A components B conventions C formula D criterion
6 A amend B correct C vary D alter
7 A viewpoint B vision C initiative D instance
8 A exaggeration B speculation C fiction D substitution

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