Matura Solutions Advanced Tests
Test 1
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10 I’ve tried spelling the word in many ways, but
it still looks wrong!
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11 I don’t know who authorised this payment, but
they should be fired!
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12 I can’t remember where I put the money, but
I’m sure it’s safe!
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Mark
/12
Vocabulary
2
Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. There are two more words than you need.
admittedly currently deeply flatly
highly hotly scarcely significantly
thoroughly vaguely
1 I was so ill. I
remember
coming home and going to bed, but that’s all.
2 I
recommend the new Larsson
book. It’s excellent.
3 His style differs
from that of
his peers.
4 The bank manager
refused to
extend my overdraft.
5
I set off a bit late, but the
journey still shouldn’t have taken so long.
6 What are you
working on?
7 I
slept at all last night, I was so
worried.
8 Noreen’s sister
denied taking
her make-up.
Mark
/8
Total
/20
Grammar
1
Rewrite the sentences using
whatever, whoever,
etc.
1 If anyone asks, tell them I’ve gone to the bank!
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2 No matter what John does, Marnie will find
fault with it.
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3 Every time someone congratulates Rosie on
her results, she blushes.
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4 It doesn’t matter which road you take in the
rush hour, the journey will still take at least an
hour.
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5 She takes her mobile phone with her every
place she goes.
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6 My grandfather still can’t understand e-mail
even though he tries again and again.
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7 We’ll be pleased to see you anytime you want
to visit.
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8 I enjoy anything George cooks!
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9 I’ve read all the newspapers and they say the
same thing. The PM is going to resign.
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Matura Solutions Advanced Tests
Test 2
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11 He showed me the letters. They all had
mistakes in them.
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12 We flew over an area of sea ice. Much will
have disappeared in a few years.
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Mark
/12
Vocabulary
2
Complete the sentences with the words in the
box with or without a negative prefix.
adjusted capable conceivable feasible
functioning imaginable penetrable
willing
1 My sister is on the phone all the time. She
seems
of spending a moment
without being in contact with her friends.
2 We have looked at the architect’s drawings,
and though they are ambitious, the plan
seems
.
3 Dad was
to lend me any more
money after I had spent my allowance on
video games.
4 The vastness of outer space is simply
to the human mind.
5 The garden is one big,
mass
of grass and plants. Dad will need a chainsaw
not a mower to get it under control.
6 The fire started due to a
drinks
machine in the school corridor.
7 Marcus seems to have
quite
well to life in Tokyo.
8 Those kids are spoiled! They were brought up
with every
luxury.
Mark
/8
Total
/20
Grammar
1
Combine the sentences using relative clauses.
1 The latest computer is very fast indeed. Its
design is extremely impressive.
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2 I met some of Adrian’s friends. Most had been
in his class at school.
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3 The moors near our house are still stunning. I
walked there a lot when I was growing up.
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4 The actress has recently been at the centre of
a scandal. She will be taking the leading role.
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5 This is the book. I told you about it.
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6 Janine started to yawn. At this point Stuart
stopped talking. _________________________
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7 I got the information from an assistant. He
joined the company two years ago.
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8 There were seven students in the group. No
one had studied English before.
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9 He gave me lots of advice before I went to
Mexico. It all proved very useful.
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10 The PM talked to the reporter. He was standing
in front of his house. _____________________
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