Activate! B1+ Extra Grammar Tests
Test 10
Developed by Pearson Longman Hellas
2009
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1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 ‘You’re really good at … in front of people, so why don’t you become a lecturer?’
‘No, I think I would rather be a director.’
A to speak
B speak
C to speaking
D speaking
2 ‘In my job, I can’t afford … a second when I hear that a news story is about to break.’
‘You must work well under pressure.’
A losing
B to lose
C to losing
D lose
3 … is all about getting a great story and telling the world about it.
A To broadcast
B Broadcast
C To broadcasting
D Broadcasting
4 If my employer agrees … me have a few days off, I’m going to go to a film festival in London.
A letting
B to letting
C lets
D to let
5 It’s quite easy … the footage back to the station using a satellite truck.
A to beam
B beam
C beaming
D to beaming
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6 A man whose home had been flooded asked me … and see the damage that had been done.
A come
B coming
C to come
D comes
7 The crew’s job involves … to where the incident is taking place and investigating it.
A going
B to going
C go
D to go
8 Faye White encouraged her team mates … on winning the match.
A concentrate
B concentrates
C concentrating
D to concentrate
9 ‘My editor advised me … an outline before beginning my report.’
‘I was going to suggest that to you as well.’
A to write
B to writing
C writes
D write
10 Before … the actress, he worked out exactly what he was going to ask her.
A interview
B to interviewing
C interviewing
D to interview
11 My sister is responsible for … footage and seeing if it can be used on the news programme.
A watch
B watching
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C to watch
D to watching
12 The woman apologised for … so upset during the news bulletin.
A to be
B be
C being
D to being
Marks / 12
2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 I can’t stand … the news on TV; I’d rather get my information off the internet.
A to watch
B watch
C to watching
D watching
2 It’s worth … a degree if you want a job in journalism.
A getting
B gets
C get
D to get
3 We congratulated the crew on … such a good job investigating the incident.
A do
B does
C doing
D to do
4 ‘Sheila can’t wait … Johnny Depp.’
‘She has such a great job; I’m jealous!’
A interview
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B to interview
C interviewing
D interviews
5 He went to the flooded area in order … exactly what had happened.
A to see
B see
C seeing
D sees
6 ‘Did your sister have the chance … the article that I wrote?’
‘I’m not sure. I’ll ask her this evening.’
A reading
B to read
C reads
D to reading
7 The reporter went on … for too long and the bulletin ran out of time.
A to talk
B talking
C talk
D talks
8 ‘Do you remember … TV when you were little?’
‘Of course. There were some great programmes on back then.’
A watching
B to watch
C watch
D to watching
9 We asked him why he had forgotten … the witness where he had been when the fire had broken
out.
A to ask
B asking
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C to asking
D ask
10 ‘There’s no point … with the director.’
‘That’s for sure. He is very stubborn.’
A to arguing
B in arguing
C for to argue
D to argue
11 ‘Did you stop ....... in order to watch the breaking news story?’
‘No. Unfortunately, I was far too busy.’
A to work
B the working
C works
D working
12 ‘Mum regretted not ....... on the eight o’clock news.’
‘Really? She didn’t miss much.’
A to turn
B turning
C turn
D turns
Marks / 12
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence using the word given.
1 Dad was just about to go to bed when he heard the news.
Dad was ………………………….. to bed when he heard the news.
POINT
2 They weren’t planning to show a news bulletin at eight o’clock.
They had ………………………….. a news bulletin at eight o’clock.
INTENTION
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3 It’ll be great when I eventually become a journalist.
I ………………………….. a journalist. WAIT
4 ‘You really should go back to university.’
‘She ………………………….. go back to university.’
PERSUADE
5 Because of the stormy weather we couldn’t get to the cottage.
The stormy weather ………………………….. to the cottage.
PREVENTED
6 Don’t try to persuade the editor to broadcast the story; he never listens.
It’s ………………………….. to persuade the editor to broadcast the story; he never listens.
NO
7 The reporter found out about foreign news stories by going abroad to Europe.
The reporter went abroad to Europe so ………………………….. about foreign news stories.
AS
8 The detective thought the husband had killed his wife.
The detective ………………………….. killing his wife. SUSPECTED
Marks / 8
4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 I can’t afford
to buy/buying
the camera I wanted for my journalism class.
2 I can’t wait
to seeing/to see
myself on the evening news later.
3 Are the children looking forward
to go/to going
to the studio with their dad on Saturday?
4 Aren’t you tired of
watching/watch
all the terrible news that’s on TV night after night?
5 After he finished
to write/writing
his article on the fire, he realised that he had made a mistake.
6 If I had the chance
going/to go
to any country in the world, I would go to Japan.
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7 The late night news programme with Jon Stewart is worth
watching/to watch
.
8 I didn’t have time
reading/to read
the news yesterday. Did anything exciting happen?
Marks / 8
Total Marks / 40