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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 ______________________________________________________ .

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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.

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