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Use of English: Grammar 3 For questions 1-5, complete the second

sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given. Do
1 Report the following statements using the
not change the word given. You must use
verb provided.
between three and six words.
1 “The computers in this room never work”.
1 Mike refused to memorize the list of
COMPLAIN
irregular verbs.
She........................................................
NOT
2 “They have told us again that we will not be
Mike said
able to view the property this Friday”.
that ........................................................ the
REMIND
list of irregular verbs.
They........................................................
3 “We left the window open all night”.
2 “Do you want to try and piece together
CONFESS TO
exactly what happened on Friday night?” Kim
They ........................................................
asked John.
4 “You will all have to read the book by
INTERESTED
Monday”.
Kim asked John
DEMAND
if ........................................................to piece
He........................................................
together exactly what happened on Friday
5 “Well done Tom, for finishing the exam on
night.
time!”
CONGRATULATE
3 They put the girls in charge of the
She ........................................................
clapperboard for one scene.
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The girls ........................................................
for the clapperboard for one scene.
2 Correct the mistake in each sentence.
4 Adam should really try to get on with the
1 She has given him the cold shoulder as soon
members of his study group.
as she found out that he had lied.
HIGH
2 If he had been sceptical about the results, he
It’s ........................................................to get
won’t publish them in the journal.
on with the members of his study group.
3 The freebies will given to everyone that
purchases over £10 of cosmetic goods.
5 There has been a sudden rise in the cost of
4 Seeing the film on TV, I can say that it is
going to the cinema this year.
totally nail-biting and I wouldn’t recommend
RISEN
it to anyone afraid of ghosts.
The cost of
5 In order to becoming fluent in a language, a
going ........................................................ this
person needs to study hard and ensure they
year.
understand all of the nuances.
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4 For questions 1-10, read the text below and
think of the word which best fits each gap.
Use only one word in each gap.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-
Time
This award-winning novel (1) _____ written
by Mark Haddon in 2003. The book describes
the life (2) _____ Christopher John Francis
Boone, a 15 year old boy who suffers from
Asperger’s Syndrome. The book is written in
(3) _____ first person by Haddon. The author
is aware that he is not (4) _____ expert on
the subject of autism; nevertheless, he
believes his early experience of working with
children with disabilities helped him to write
the book.
(5) _____ the start of the book, Christopher
finds the neighbour’s dog, Wellington,
murdered in the neighbour’s front garden
and, wanting to find out what has happened,
he takes it upon (6) _____ to investigate the
case. He writes his daily findings in a book
which turns out (7) _____ be The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Haddon’s book was intended for an adult
audience (8) _____ Haddon’s publisher
decided to widen the target audience and
made (9) _____ available to children (10)
_____.
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Use of English: Vocabulary
5 Replace the underlined phrases with
internationally popular words. You may
need to change the form of the word or
phrase.
brat
flip-flop
go berserk
to cuddle someone
yummy
On Thursday, we decided to spend the day at
the beach. It was warm and so I put on some
shorts, a t-shirt and my (1)rubber shoes I
usually wear at the beach and got into the
car.
When we arrived, we headed to the nearest
ice-cream stall and waited in the long queue.
Just in front of us, there was this (2)annoying
child that was behaving badly. He kept
shouting that he wanted an ice cream and
pushing the people in front of him. After
about ten minutes, he started crying and his
mum (3)put her arms around him and held
him close to comfort him. After about fifteen
minutes, we got served and I must admit, the
ice cream was worth waiting for. It was
(4)really tasty.
As we walked away from the stall, we
noticed the child that had been in front of us
in the queue (5)became uncontrollable. He
was angry because although he had been
served an ice-cream minutes before, he had
accidentally dropped it on the ground!
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6 For questions 1-5, think of one word only
which can be used appropriately in all three
sentences.
1 ___________ to cloudy.
As the final exams ___________ closer, the
students spent increasingly more time in the
library studying.
Not knowing how much he would need,
Simon ___________ an extra £50 out just to
be on the safe side.
On Saturday Tottenham ___________ with
Manchester United in the first football match
of the season.
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Alberto, wanting to make sure he woke up
on time, asked the hotel for a wake up
___________.
“That was a close ___________. You almost
hit that lorry!” the passenger yelled at the
taxi driver.
They were uncertain about when the
meeting started, so they made a
___________ to their boss.
3 (3)____________(MOTOR) and at the same
As he’s always complaining about his job, I
honestly think the ___________ thing to do
would be to leave.
You need to put your ___________ foot
forward if you want to get out of this
situation.
It’s ___________ practice in our company to
respond to a client’s email as soon as
possible.
4 of motor accidents, they have just increased
There was so much junk in the spare room
that Rita decided to have a ___________ out.
It was ___________ in his mind what he had
to do to resolve the problem.
The moment Claire dropped the dissolvable
aspirin in the water, it turned from
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The speaker approached the ___________,
adjusted the microphone and began his
presentation.
As Harry can’t ___________ talking to his
boss, he avoids her whenever possible.
We’ve decided to ___________ together at
the concert as we don’t really know anyone
else that’s going.
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7 Read the text and insert the correct form of
the word in CAPITALS into each gap.
Static speed cameras were originally set up
throughout the UK, with the aim of
(1)____________(DRAMA) reducing the
number of road side accidents. At first,
people were unhappy with these (2)
___________ (ORDINARY) machines that
were able to calculate the precise speed of a
time, capture a photo of their licence plate.
But, over time, people have become
accustomed to them and
(4)____________(EVIDENT) shows that many
drivers ‘play’ them.
(5)____________(RESIDE) that live on busy
roads where speed cameras have been
installed were interviewed and they gave
some(6) ____________(SIGHT) into how
drivers play the cameras.
A recent media report states that static
speed cameras have not reduced the number
drivers’ (7)____________(AWARE). When
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are conscious it is a speed camera, and
consequently slow down.
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Reading
8 You are going to read an extract from a
story about a crime. For questions 1-5
choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
I met Alejandro when I was sitting in the
Plaza Mayor of Madrid, one balmy evening in
August. I had only been in the city a couple of
weeks and I had decided to go on my own, to
sit on the cool floor of the plaza and listen to
the soothing music produced by a group of
musicians. The piece that particularly awoke
my interest was El Concierto de Aranjuez.
Even thinking about the melody now brings
goosebumps to my skin.
As I sat and absorbed the music and the
surroundings, I noticed a guy on my left. He
was handsome, relatively well built and he
seemed also to be enjoying the music. When
the musicians finished their set, he walked
over and asked to join me.
We spoke about everything from music, to
art, to our different cultures. I learned that
he was from Cadiz and that we were both
studying at the same university in Madrid.
Before we knew it, it was midnight, and as
we both had university the next day, we
called it a night, exchanged numbers and
went our separate ways.
We saw each other every day from our first
encounter for three whole weeks. We spent
hours talking about everything under the
sun.
To mark our three week anniversary,
Alejandro asked if he could come over to my
flat and cook a traditional Spanish dish for
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me, paella. I had never been to his flat nor
had he been to mine, but I accepted his kind
offer. As my lectures didn’t finish until 9pm
and both of my flatmates had arrangements,
I gave Alejandro the keys to my flat, so he
could let himself in and prepare the dish
whilst I was away.
After my final lecture, I went straight home
and, as I didn’t have the keys to my flat, I
pressed the buzzer so Alejandro could let me
in. He must have been cooking with the
music on I thought, as he didn’t hear me, and
so I buzzed again. At that moment, one of my
neighbours opened the door. She was taking
her dog out for a walk, and so she let me in.
When I got to my own front door it was ajar.
I opened it fully and shouted, “Alejandro I’m
back!” but then I noticed something strange
in the hallway – a picture was missing and so
was the vacuum cleaner. I made my way to
the kitchen and, as I advanced, I found more
things missing; the television, the DVD
player, my flatmate’s computer and lots
more. I began to feel nervous.
When I got to the kitchen, Alejandro wasn’t
there. I looked in every room of the flat and,
at this stage, it was clear that we had been
burgled. But where was Alejandro? I didn’t
have his mobile number, as he told me that
he didn’t have one. I called the police and
then my flatmates to inform them about
what had happened. I told them all to come
to the flat immediately.
When the police arrived, I recounted exactly
what had happened. I told them Alejandro
was supposed to be here when I got back
from university but he wasn’t. The police
asked me lots of questions about him to
which I didn’t know the answers. They asked
me where he lived, who he lived with, his full
name and the name of his parents. When I
was unable to respond to any of these
questions, they asked me to accompany
them to the police station.
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1 The writer particularly enjoyed sitting in Listening

the Plaza Mayor because
A she always met new people there.
B it had a magical feel to it. 9 You are going to hear four speakers
C she enjoyed listening to the music there. talking about their experiences with sales
D it was considerably cooler there. staff.
Match each speaker, 1, 2, 3 or 4 with the
2 What does the writer suggest about best answer A-F from each list. There are
herself in the third paragraph? two answers in each list you do not need.
A She finds it easy to talk to people she
doesn’t know. What is each speaker saying about their
B She is influenced by those that are experience?
interested in music and art.
C She spends a lot of time studying at A I achieved my goal.
university. B I was naive at first.
D She behaved slightly differently that C I soon realised what was happening.
night. D I was deceived by a slogan.
E I made a serious mistake.
3 What role does the neighbour have in the F My prior knowledge helped me.
story?
A She inadvertently allows the writer 1 Speaker 1
access to her own home. 2 Speaker 2
B She frightens away the burglar and 3 Speaker 3
prevents things from being stolen. 4 Speaker 4
C She buzzes the writer into the building.
D She leaves the front door open ajar so How does each speaker feel in the end?
the writer can get in.
A Indifferent
4 At what point does the writer discover B Relieved
she has been burgled? C Cross
A As soon as the neighbour opens the door. D Proud
B When she notices that Alejandro is not in E Satisfied
the flat. F Embarrassed
C The moment she sees the front door
open. 5 Speaker 1
D Once she has checked the whole flat. 6 Speaker 2
7 Speaker 3
5 After the questioning from the police it is 8 Speaker 4
clear the writer
A doesn’t trust Alejandro anymore.
B is extremely worried about Alejandro’s
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C doesn’t know very much about
Alejandro.
D wants to find him as much as the police.

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Writing
10 There is going to be an International
Inventions Fair in your area. You read the
job advertisement below and wish to apply
for the post.
Wanted: Judges for the International
Inventions Fair
Next month, inventors from all over the world
are going to attend a three-day fair, bringing
with them their best inventions. We need
judges, with or without experience, to help us
choose the winning inventions. Those
interested should write to us stating:
1. What you consider a good invention at the
moment.
2. What you think makes a good invention.
3. Why you would make a good judge.
Write your letter of application.
Write 200-260 words.
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