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