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Intermediate Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 3b (Units 19-28)
1 Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
0 I'm very busy. Let's/Would you mind giving me a hand?
1 Although/In spite of my bad back, I still play football.
2 The guide book has so much/so many information that I can't decide where to go.
3 Do you know what time does the film start/the film starts?
4 The bus was too/so slow that I missed my interview.
5 I enjoyed the party, despite/although I didn't know many people.
6 I'm going on an English course in/at Cambridge.
7 It is so/such a good film that I've seen it three times!
8 Roberta, who/that is Claudia's sister, is going to the same university as me.
9 I can't reach. I'm not tall enough/enough tall.
10 We arrived at the cinema early in order to/so that we get a good seat.
11 That idea what/that you had was fantastic!
12 Has anyone seen my jacket? It's/Its front pockets have a design on them.
13 Why don't we visiting/visit Leila at the weekend?
14 Would you mind moving/to move along a bit so that I can sit down?
2 Put a preposition in each space. Choose from in, on, at, to, above, below.
0 Karen lives in London Street.
1 Quick, get ____________ the train, the doors are going to close.
2 Denise arrived with a bunch of flowers ____________ her hand.
3 Leonora has moved ____________ another city.
4 There are very few tigers left ____________ India.
5 You'll see the monument ____________ your left.
6 I looked ____________ the mirror and saw the mark on my face.
7 I'm going to stay ____________ home tonight. I've got a lot of homework.
8 From the plane I could see the coast of Italy ____________ us.
9 There's a beautiful old church ____________ the end of the road.
10 That's a beautiful picture over there, ____________ the sofa.
11 I think her house is ____________ this side of the street.
12 He'll stay ____________ prison for at least ten years.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
0 My town has two places to hear live music.
There are two places to hear live music in my town .
1 My advice is to get to the airport two hours before take-off.
If I ____________________________________________________________ .
2 I have a lot of work to do, and I don't know where to begin.
I have so _______________________________________________________ .
3 Let's invite Julia and Margaret to the party.
How ___________________________________________________________ .
4 Rebecca wanted to go to Japan, so she saved some money.
Rebecca saved some money so that __________________________________ .
5 The car was so old that it kept breaking down.
It was __________________________________________________________ .
6 Please speak more slowly.
Would you mind _________________________________________________ .
7 There are too few chairs in the room.
There aren't _____________________________________________________ .
8 Where is the station?
Do you know ____________________________________________________ .
9 Although there were problems, we enjoyed ourselves.
Despite _________________________________________________________ .
10 Robert appears to have forgotten my birthday again.
It appears _______________________________________________________ .
4 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in bold, and so that the meaning stays the same.
0 The woman teaches us music. She also plays in an orchestra.
who
The woman who teaches us music also plays in an orchestra .
1 I go to a fitness centre. It also has yoga classes.
that
The ____________________________________________________________ .
2 I go to a fitness centre. It also has yoga classes.
which
I go ____________________________________________________________ .
3 I know a man. His brother is a record producer.
whose
I know _________________________________________________________ .
4 You were talking about a woman. I wanted to meet her.
that
I wanted ________________________________________________________ .
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