DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B

Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage

Grammar & Usage

Review Test 1

Part A Part B

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Grammar Practice
In this article, some of the verbs are incorrect. Decide if the
underlined verbs are correct. The first two have been done
for you.

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The Olympics (1) had changed the lives of has changed

(1) _____________

many people in China.

For security guard Z. Zhang, the final burst of

fireworks over the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the
closing ceremony (2) pointed him towards a 
(2) _____________

new career. The 19-year-old Henan native

came to Beijing (3) found a job before the to find
(3) _____________

Games got underway.

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‘I wanted to do something for the Olympics,’

Zhang said. As he (4) is a security guard for had been
(4) _____________

years before he came to the capital, he tried

(5) to look for the same kind of job. 
(5) _____________

‘I thought I might (6) made some contacts make

(6) _____________

during the Games, which would help me (7) find/to find

(7) _____________

finding a good job after the Games were over.’

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Zhang (8) has left secondary school in 2006. left

(8) _____________

To earn a living, he (9) took a job as a security 

(9) _____________

guard. He decided (10) being a volunteer for to be

(10) ____________

the Olympics.

‘It (11) is hard work being a volunteer,’ Zhang was

(11) ____________

concluded, ‘but it was worth it. For one thing,

I (12) have met many foreigners and I was met
(12) ____________

able to (13) practising my English.’ practise

(13) ____________

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After the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the

smiling Olympic volunteers are no longer
around. Security on the streets and subway Teacher’s notes

stations is also not as tight. ‘But the real

change is not something you can (14) see,’ 
(14) ____________

said Zhang. ‘The real change is in the way

people (15) think.’ 
(15) ____________

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Read the following news report, then fill in each blank in the
conversation between Linda and Carol with ONE word. The
first one has been done for you.

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wo firemen died in the line of duty while saving

T residents trapped in a blaze at Cornwall Court in Mong
Kok. The Fire Services Department is investigating why they
died from apparent smoke inhalation, even though both were
wearing full protection gear.
Days after the blaze, colleagues of the deceased and members
of the public were still visiting the scene of the fire to pay
tribute to them. Many were in tears while burning incense and
paying their respects. ‘They sacrificed themselves to save
people,’ a 15-year-old Secondary 3 student said. ‘They are true
heroes,’ a man named Tsui said. ‘They will live on in our
memories.’ ■

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Linda Where are you going, Carol?

Carol I’m (1) Alex at Mong Kok at six. meeting

(1) ____________

going
(2) ____________
Linda Are you (2) shopping?

Carol No, we’re going to Cornwall Court,

the building where a fire (3) out last broke
(3) ____________

Sunday.
Teacher’s notes

Linda Why? Do you know someone who lives

(4) ____________

(4) there?

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Carol No, we’re going there to pay tribute

Teacher’s notes

to the two firemen who lost their (5) (5) ____________

lives
while leading people from the
burning building (6) safety? to
(6) ____________

Linda Can I come (7) you? with

(7) ____________

Carol Of course.

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Linda You know RTHK had a call from a

resident of the building. She
tearfully recounted how the two
firemen (8) her and her mother (9) rescued
(8) ____________

the burning building. The firemen from

(9) ____________

gave them their oxygen masks and

as a result, lost their lives.

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Carol Yes. Other survivors also told

reporters that the firefighters who
(10) to their rescue shared their came
(10) ____________

oxygen masks with them. Those

brave firefighters (11) our deepest deserve
(11) ____________

respect.

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Linda They certainly do. I read in the

newspaper that the Fire Services
Department and the government
will (12) funerals with full honours hold
(12) ____________

for the two men, and they will be

(13) at Gallant Garden. buried
(13) ____________

Carol It’s good that so many people have

come to the site of the tragedy to
(14) their last respects. pay
(14) ____________

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