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First Certificate Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 3b (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 I haven't finished reading the book already/yet.
2 The newsagents' is between/among the pub and the hairdressers'.
3 Although/Despite the rain, we had a good holiday.
4 I've been working very hard nowadays/recently.
5 My friend Kate, that/whose parents live in Paris, invited me to France for the summer.
6 The old monastery was on/in an island off the coast of Scotland.
7 The trainers were such an expensive/so expensive that I didn't buy them.
8 Mary has suggested a coffee break, which/that I think is an excellent idea.
9 There's a big demonstration in town, and some workers are on strike/in strike.
10 On the whole/In the whole, Liverpool isn't a bad place to live.
11 I'm going away on holiday/in holiday in two weeks' time.
12 I'm with great difficulty/in great difficulty when it comes to repairing cars.
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 My friend lent me this book. It's about a small Mexican village. WHICH
This book ______________________________________________________ .
2 This book is about a small Mexican village. It is nearly 400 pages long. WHICH
This book, ______________________________________________________ .
3 I told you about a person. He is sitting over there. WHO
The person ______________________________________________________ .
4 A person plays guitar in `The Donuts'. He is sitting over there. WHO
The person ______________________________________________________ .
5 That group has a new CD. It is called `Street Noise'. WHOSE
That's the ______________________________________________________ .
6 Pamela's father is ill. She phoned me last night. WHOSE
Pamela, ________________________________________________________ .
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words 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 The play was boring, so I fell asleep in the middle.
such
It was _____________________________________ I fell asleep in the middle.
2 Waiter! This food isn't hot, so I can't eat it.
to
Waiter! This food ______________________________________________ eat.
3 Just think! I was in Rome a week ago today.
time
Just think! I was in Rome ______________________________________ week.
4 We had problems, but we succeeded in the end.
of
We succeeded in the end ____________________________________________ the problems.
5 You use this to clean the bathroom sink.
for
This ____________________________________________ the bathroom sink.
6 I kept hoping for a miracle, but I knew it was no use.
even
I kept hoping for a miracle, ________________________________________ it was no use.
4 Put one suitable word in each space.
Diet and health
It is said that people from Mediterranean countries, (0) on average, live longer
(1) ____________ people from the north of Europe. (2) ____________ a large extent this must be due (3) ____________ their better diet. Southern Europeans eat healthy foods (4) ____________ as fish and vegetables, and they also eat far
(5) ____________ fatty foods like cakes and hamburgers. The people from southern Italy, (6) ____________ life expectancy is the longest (7) ____________ all, have traditionally consumed very little meat. (8) ____________ the past this habit might (9) ____________ been caused (10) ____________ poverty, but (11) ____________ today people from this region eat a lot of fish. There is one surprising thing,
(12) ____________ . In (13) ____________ of their healthy lifestyle, people from southern Europe smoke a lot. In fact, (14) ____________ many young people have started smoking (15) ____________ the governments are quite worried and are taking measures to reduce the number of smokers in (16) ____________ countries.
First Certificate Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 3b (Units 11-14) 2