Week XIV (12/05/20)

Key & Comments

I C-test

St Boniface Down is the island’s highest point, which shelters Ventnor against the cold winds from the
north.

(…)

A wind_ _ _ _ road desc_ _ _ _ sharply in_ _ Ventnor (…)

T_ _ sandy be_ _ _ is shel_ _ _ _ _ by jut_ _ _ _ cliffs (…)

Ventnor is unique.

Its; slopes ( = obronci, padine); to; ft; winding; descends; into; in; series; hair-pin/hairpin ( =a sharp U-
shaped bend in a road, especially a mountain road); amid; villas; (cling, clung, clung, pripiti se,
prilijepiti se uz, držati se nečega); to; hillside ( = obronak); veranda(h)ed ( = sa trijemom/vernadom;
note the double spelling); perched (biti smješten visoko na nečemu, posaditi, smjestiti); shelf-like;(ledge
= a narrow shelf projecting from a cliff).
The; beach; sheltered; jutting (= izbocen); to; east; west; the; (undercliff = kamena, pećinasta stepenica
ispod stijene); mile; formed; landslides; palms; and; trees; (cork tree = plutnjak); effect; continental;
likes; call; the; of; the; of; is; from; pier ( = /pɪə(r)/, a large wooden or metal structure that is built out
into the sea from the land, where people can walk; boats can stop at piers so that people or goods can be
taken on or off, pristanište, molo)

Brighton Pier

the; gardens; after; a host of ( = a large number of peple or things, mnoštvo, gomila, roj); lively; spots;
stylish; beckon ( = are interesting and attract people to them, pozivati, pozvati znakom da se priđe,
privući).
II Grammar Gap-fill

UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

SPECIALIZATION YEAR
SECOND TERM TEST 1 – 15

Date: .......................................................................... Name: ……………..........................

Part II – Grammar

Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. The government (slam – The Indefinite Present Perfect - Passive)

__has been slammed___________________________ for failing to take firm action against
drinking and driving.

2. They (tie – The Progressive Past Perfect)

___had been tying__________________________________the newspapers in bundles.

3. The audience (not, admit – The Indefinite Future Tense - Passive)

___will not be admitted____________ to the theatre after the performance has started.

4. The little girls (probably, skip – The Progressive Future Tense)

__will probably be skipping____________________rope in the playground.

5. Next year we (design – The Progressive Future Perfect)

__will/shall have been designing________________wedding dresses for 30 years.

6. It is crucial that he (be – The Indefinite Present Subjunctive - Active)

___be__________________________________ there before Clare arrives.

7. (We, rent – The First-person Plural Imperative Equivalent – Negative)

_Do not let us Don’t let us rent / Don’t let’s rent /Let us not rent /Let’s not rent_____out the land.

8. The children should (tidy – The Progressive Present Infinitive - Active)

__be tidying______________________________________ up their desks.

9. The eggs of protected species of birds must (traffic– The Indefinite Perfect Infinitive - Passive)
__have been trafficked_______________________ across the border.

10. The trout (fry – The Perfect Participle – Passive)

__having been fried____________________________________, we added the garlic.
III Multiple-Choice

A.

1. D
2. C (sloppily: aljkavo, površno, nemarno)
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. D (went off slowly and with difficulty)

B.

16. C
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. A
22. A
23. A (Note: Leave in C is an inadvertent mistake.)
24. D
25. D