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TEST 07 09
Grammar
1 Make the sentences sound more formal, but keep the same meaning, by using
the quantity expressions below.
virtually no virtually all the overwhelming majority
a great many vast amounts of a small number of
a small amount the majority of
1 For my grandparents generation, there was hardly any chance of travelling abroad.
2 Now people spend loads of money on foreign holidays.
3 Most working people like to go on holiday at least once a year.
4 A lot of people choose package holidays or all-inclusive deals.
5 Nearly all of these organised holidays use charter flights.
6 A few people own a second holiday home.
7 Almost everyone says they value their holidays.
8 Sadly, people often find that even holidays cause them a bit of stress!
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2 Change the statements made by young prisoners into standard English by
correcting any ungrammatical forms and changing any very informal
expressions.
1  I didn t learn nothing at school.
2  I m in here because I done a robbery.
3  Prison s a university of crime, innit?
4  When I come in here, I only knew about one crime  now I know about ten.
5  You learn about crime in prison  cos you re mixing with criminals all the time.
6  When I get out, I m gonna have to find a job.
7  I m not really qualified so it ll be one of them stupid jobs.
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Vocabulary
1 Correct the colloquial response in each sentence.
1  Any idea where I can find Jane?  Sorry, not on hand.
2  What time s Mum coming back?  Haven t an idea.
3  Do you know what time the shops close on Saturdays?  Same as normal, as far as I
think.
4  Do you know where the Apollo cinema is?  Never known of it, sorry.
5  Do you happen to know Ruth s e-mail?  Not off the back of my head, no.
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2 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first, using the KEY
word.
1 You can walk to the shops from my house. WITHIN
The shops are
2 It takes 40 minutes to drive to the coast from here. DRIVE
The coast is a
3 They ve just bought a house in a very isolated place. NOWHERE
They ve just bought a house in
4 We stayed in a little cabin very close to the sea. STONE
We stayed in a little cabin just a
5 I prefer beaches that not many people get to. TRACK
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I prefer beaches that are a bit
3 Put the words below into pairs to make two-word collocations connected with
crime.
stricter delinquency measures makers trouble
deprived juvenile crime socially rate
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4 Complete the multi-word verbs in the text.
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Many young offenders are brought u by a single parent or in a situation of family
breakdown. They often live in poor housing and poor social conditions and when they leave
school, often with no qualifications, unemployment becomes a further major factor. Unable to
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find work, they hang a with other kids in the same position, and often take
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o their aggression and frustration on their environment through acts of
vandalism and other crimes against property. There is also tremendous group pressure, even on
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those who have stayed o at school to get some qualifications, to be able to
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afford the latest fashions in clothes, gadgets or music, so many kids turn t
robbery and theft to support their expensive tastes.
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English in use
1 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 the I self staying catering to in on prefer whole hotels .
2 both I them equally of like .
3 I d rent a hotel an apartment than rather I stay in think .
4 I like or camping than personally hotels apartments rather .
5 go I rather on stay think at home tour than a package I d .
6 alone on prefer to I d travel with a balance than group .
7 would beach rather do go what trekking or you have a
holiday ?
8 go to you where we this it s year up .
9 internal the choice than I d hire a given car take flights sooner .
10 as for a soon I d go for a just week as fortnight go .
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2 Complete the dialogue with one appropriate word in each space.
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A What do you then, stay in or eat out?
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B I don t the idea of cooking much.
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A No, bit too much like hard work for my . So where do you want to go?
B Hmm. What about that new Thai restaurant?
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A Don t know. What s it ?
B Supposed to be quite good. Jackie went there last week.
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A Well, maybe we try it, then.
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