Self-study Material First Certificate Gold Units 10 – 12 Answer Key
First Certificate Gold Units 10 –12 ANSWER KEY
1. Change the following into defining
relative clauses.
1) The taxi driver who took me to the airport
was friendly.
2) The movie which I saw last night wasn’t
very good.
3) The city where we spent our vacation was
beautiful.
4) The director who gets the most votes
receives the Oscar.
5) Draw a circle whose radius is 5cm.
6) The story which we are reading is called
‘The Lotus Eater’.
7) The man who I spoke to at the party gave
me advice.
2. Fill in the gaps with a relative pronoun.
that – where – whose – who – that – which -
that
3. Change the following into non-defining
relative clauses.
1) The world’s biggest melon, which weighed
over 90 kilos, would have fed 400 people.
2) Ten days’ sales of Coca-Cola cans, which
average about 2,800 million, would stretch to
the moon.
3) The top floor of the building, which has been
empty for a year, has been bought by a
computer company.
4) My uncle Tom, who lives in Manchester,is
coming to visit me.
5) Peter’s sister, who I’ve known for years, is
a very nice person.
6) Sydney, which has a population of more
than 3 million, is Australia’s largest city.
7 )I took the children, who were feeling bored,
to the park in Rose Avenue.
8) Our new personnel manager, who came
here from our London branch, is not very
friendly.
4. Fill in the gaps with a relative pronoun
and add commas where necessary.
when – where – whose – where – whose –
when
5. Transform the following into relative
clauses,decide if defining or non-defining
and add commas where necessary.
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1) We climbed to the top of the hill, where we
got a wonderful view of the city.
2) Our headmaster, whose wife is Head of
Maths, is retiring next month.
3)The people whose daughter I’ve been
teaching since last month are friendly.
4) My watch, which my parents gave me years
ago, doesn’t keep very good time these days.
5) I’d like to introduce you to Sarah, who I play
tennis with at the weekends.
6) When he retires, he wants to settle in a
town where there’s no pollution and no traffic.
7) She has always wanted to go to Venice,
where there are no roads, but only canals.
8) We managed to sell our old car, whose
doors were so rusty that we could hardly open.
9) The bus which goes direct to the town
centre from our house is a number 10B.
10) Mine, whose husband is away on business
tonight, is coming for dinner tonight.
11) The vegetables which are sold at our local
greengrocer’s are always fresh.
12) Kate, whose son has been married to my
younger daughter for 3 years, is coming to
stay for Christmas.
13) Burglar alarms which ring for no reason is
a real nuisance.
6. Fill in the gaps with the correct relative
pronoun,decide if defining or non-defining
and add commas where necessary.
1. whose
2. which
3. , which
4. , which
5. ,who
6. , which
7. ,which
8. , where
7. Join the sentences using relative
pronouns.
1) Peter’s party which we’re all invited to is
next Saturday evening.
2) Mr. Mason apologised for the mistake which
we complained about.
3)The film ‘Family Life’ which I’ve heard good
reports about is showing next week.
4) She’s studying chemistry which I know very
little about.
5) A number of my friends who you’ve met
before will be at the party.
8. A writer’s life
Fill in this passage with a or an or the or
some or nothing.
Self-study Material First Certificate Gold Units 10 – 12 Answer Key

As _a_writer, I seem to spend ____ most of 5. She must be cooking.

_the_ time working at ______ home in _an_ 6. So they must be hungry now.
office, sitting in ____ front of _a_ typewriter. In 7. She might / may / could be listening to
fact, _the_ only people I see regularly are music.
____ members of my family and it is difficult to 8. It must have fallen out when I opened the
keep in ____ touch with _some__ friends I bag.
made at _____ school. I’m always getting
____ letters and _____ phone calls from _the_ 12. Write “make” or “do” in front of the
people at publisher’s, though, and I do try to words below.
go out of _the_ house at least once _a_ day.
And from ____ time to time I give lectures or
take part in ____ courses at _some_ 1. do
conferences or at ____ schools in _the_ UK 2. make
or ____ abroad and this helps to prevent me 3. make
feeling too isolated. I also get ____ reports 4. do
back from _some_ schools where _the_ 5.make
material I’ve written is being tried out, and this 6. make
kind of ____ feedback is very useful. Still, it 7. make
seems to me that while I’m still busy and 8. make
continue to make _a_ living, I should go on 9. make
writing ____ books. But as soon as ____ ideas 10.make
seem to be drying up or start suffering from
____ loneliness, I’ll give up ____ writing and 13. Give appropriate numbers for the
get back into _the_ classroom and meet ____ descriptions below.
students again.
1. 0.78
9. Fill in the blanks using the correct modal 2. 5/6
verbs. 3. 70 mph
4. 30 kg
1. must have stayed up 5. 0921 535 123
2. must have been 6. 21 / 12 / 00
3. may / might / could be sleeping 7. 48 %
4. must be sleeping 8. 5 C
5. must be 9. 1m 80 cm
6. must have gone 10. $ 89.23
7. must study
8. might / may / could have studied 14. Fill in the blanks with the correct words
from the box.
10. Fill in the blanks using the correct
modal verbs. 1. flood
2. famine
1. Might / may / could be doing 3. drought
2. must be raining 4. refugees
3. can’t be talking – might /may / could be 5. charity
talking – could / might / may be talking 6. starvation
4. must have left 7. demonstration
5. can’t have gone – must have been caught 8. poverty
6. should have come 9. extinction
7. can’t be cooking – must be making 10. survival
8. must have been
9. must be – can’t be 15. Choose the correct word for the gaps in
10. could / may / might not have known – the sentences below.
may /might / could have been
1. circulation
11. Rewrite the following sentences using a 2. broadcast
3. crossword
model of deduction. 4. frequency
5. aerial
1. He might have stayed at a hotel. 6. cartoon
2. So, she must have been ill. 7. station
3. He can’t have been hungry, but he must 8. editorial
have been thirsty. 9. channel
4.Everybody must be sleeping. 10. headlines
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