FCLP grammar test 3a

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First Certificate Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 11–14)

1 Underline the most suitable word(s) in each sentence.

0 I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.

1 Let’s ask at the Information Desk, for being/so as to be sure.

2 The Lake District is in/at the north-west corner of England.

3 He’s the man whose/that brother knows how to fix computers.

4 I’m sorry I couldn’t join you yesterday evening/last evening. I was really tired.

5 The newsagents’ is just across/opposite the supermarket.

6 She lives in Lisbon, that/which is one of my favourite places.

7 It’s been a long time when/since I last spoke to Stephanie.

8 Melanie just went out to the shops to buy/for to buy some milk.

9 He says he’s busy. Or by other words/in other words, he doesn’t want to come.

10 I lent him my car, and he bought me a bottle of wine by return/in return.

11 How many cigarettes do you smoke, on average/in average, every week?

12 Divide into pairs, and talk about your picture in turn/by turns.

2 Make one new sentence from each pair of sentences. Begin as shown, and use the word given in capitals.

0 That woman is my neighbour. She brought me flowers when I was ill. WHO That’s my neighbour who brought me flowers when I was ill .

1 A person saw the incident. They were interviewed by the police. WHO The person ______________________________________________________ .

2 I told you about a person. They were interviewed by the police. WHO The person ______________________________________________________ .

3 The car has 20,000 km on the clock. It is on sale in the showroom. WHICH The car, ________________________________________________________ .

4 His father bought him a car. It has 20,000 km on the clock. WHICH The car ________________________________________________________ .

5 Paul’s arm was broken. He still came to the disco. WHOSE Paul, __________________________________________________________ .

6 That woman has a dog. It keeps making a mess on our lawn. WHOSE That’s the ______________________________________________________ .

3 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. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

0 Look at those black clouds! There’s rain on the way. to Look at those black clouds! It’s going to rain.

1 We installed an alarm to prevent burglars entering the house. couldn’t We installed an alarm _______________________________________ enter the house.

2 We couldn’t play tennis, as it was dark. to It was _________________________________________________ play tennis.

3 Use this screwdriver to assemble the bookcase. assembling This screwdriver _______________________________________ the bookcase.

4 Although Geoffrey had a cold, he came to school. despite Geoffrey _________________________________________________ his cold.

5 There was a lot of noise, and I couldn’t hear her calling. that There was _________________________________________ I couldn’t hear her calling.

6 The thief ran away as he didn’t want to be caught. not The thief ran away ______________________________________ to be caught.

4 Put one suitable word in each space.

Time travel

The film (0) that I saw (1) ____________ night wasn’t very good. It was all (2) ____________ a man (3) ____________ built a time machine so (4) ____________ to travel back in time. It took him ages and ages (5) ____________ build the machine. (6) ____________ first he didn’t succeed, and there were various disasters because he (7) ____________ hadn’t solved all the scientific problems. (8) ____________ course he managed to build the machine eventually. He wanted to travel to the Stone Age, and in (9) ____________ to get there he had to pass through a black hole (10) ____________ space. (11) ____________ his journey there were some good special effects, (12) ____________ they weren’t (13) ____________ good as the effects in Star Pilot 4. Anyway, his machine didn’t have (14) ____________ power to get all the way back to the Stone Age. He only got to the last century,

(15) ____________ was a bit ridiculous after all the trouble he’d (16) ____________ to.

First Certificate Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 3a (Units 11–14) 2