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1.Ben drove the car and decided immediately that he liked it

- Ben decided he liked the car as.......................he drove it

2.It wasn't easy to find a seat because the train was crowded

- The train was ........................... crowded that it was difficult to find a seat

3.The journey wasn't boring for Jessica because she had a good book

- Jessica ............................. find the journey boring because she had a good book

I. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word or words in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same.

1.   Everyone thought the book was written by the princess herself.             HAVE

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2.   I can’t lift this table on my own.                                                                                                  UNLESS

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3.   I won’t stay in this job, not even for double the salary.                                       IF

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4.   The coins are believed to have been buried for safe keeping.                              IT

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5.   If you insist on eating so fast, of course you get in indigestion.                          WILL

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6.   It’s pity! You aren’t going to Ann’s party.                                                                                   WISH

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7.   Someone punches Sam in the face at a football match.                                        GOT

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8.   If you found the missing money, what would you do?                                       WERE

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9.   They suspended Jackson for the next two matches.                                                         BANNED

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10. Please come this way, and you’ll see if Mr. Francis is in.                                     WILL

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II.  By using the words in brackets, join each of the following sentences into logical ones. You may need to change some of the words.

1.   A student has studied English for a few years. He may have a vocabulary of thousands of words. (who)

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2.   Between formal and colloquial English there is unmarked English. It is neither so literary and serious as formal English, nor so casual and free as colloquial English. (which)

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3.   He bought a jeep. His friend advised him against it. (although)

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4.   Good writing requires general and abstract words as well as specific and concrete ones. It       is the latter that make writing vivid, real and clear. (though)

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5.   It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields. (so ... that)

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6.   The politician is concerned with successful elections. The statesman is interested in the future of his people. (whereas)

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7.   The results of the experiment were successful. The school refused to give any help. (although)

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8.   He chose to study computer science. Computer science has good employment
      prospects. (because of)

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9.   Mary walked very slowly. She did not catch the train. (if)

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10. He is not coming. The meeting will be put off till next week. (in the event of)

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Finish each of the incomplete sentences below in such a way that it has the same meaning as the sentence above it.

1- The last time I saw her was in 2005.

® I haven't ..................................................................................................................

2- He is writing a book on biology.

® A book on biology .................................................................................................

3- A new bridge is going to be built next year.

® They are .................................................................................................................

4- He said: "I can't find my umbrella"

® He said ................................................................................................................

5- I asked him if he liked coffee.

®I said ......................................................................................................................

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital.

1- The book …………me. It is an……………book. I’m ……………in it. INTEREST

2-That chemical……….your skin. The chemical is ………… . Your skin is……… IRRITATE

3- The trip………..everybody. Everyone was…………. . The trip was………… . TIRE

4- Ann ………an egg. She took the egg out of the ………….water. She had an ………egg for breakfast. BOIL

5- The new ……….us. We were…………. . The news was……………… UPEST

6- Ann heard a noise in her car that disturbed her. It was a ………..noise. She was …….. when she heard it. DISTURB

7- Jessica’s arguments convinced us. She presented…………arguments. We were…………

CONVINCE

8- I don’t have any furniture of my own. Do you know where I can rent a ………apartment? FURNISH

9- The equator is the ……….line between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. DIVIDE

10- The poor who live in shack south of the city don’t have ……….water. RUN

11- No one may attend the lecture except …………guests. INVITE

12- We all expect our ……….officials to be honest. EXPECT

13- Because we have a ………….agreement, our landlord won’t be able to raise our rent for 2 years.

14- After an ………..trip of 12 hours, John fell asleep at the dinner table. EXHAUST

15- There are many ……….activities in a large city. STIMULATE

16- I like to hear the sound of gently………….. rain. FALL

17- Skydiving is a ……………experience. THRILL

18- When I get home from work, I’m going to take a long, …………bath. RELAX

19- The game was played in our stadium. The ………..team scored the ………. goal in the last seconds of the soccer game. Nevertheless, the ……………fans continued to cheer our team. VISIT / WIN / DISAPPOINT

20- I heard some ……………..news. ENCOURAGE

Rewrite the following sentences as directed

1. Has anyone asked you for your opinions?/ Nam said that......................

2. I had a dog once, but i don't have anymore./ I.......................

3. The water was so cold that the children couldn't swim in it./ The water.....................

4. " Eat more and more vegetables " the doctor said./ The doctor told.....................

5. To live on youe salary must be hard./ It............

6. Tom is the best player in the team./ This book............

7. It's interesting to read this book./ This book............

8. I spend half an hour traveling to work by motorbike everyday./ It takes......................

9. Peter said he wasn't feeling well then./ Peter said ''I..................."

10. A boy was injured in the accident,he is now in the hospital./ The boy...............

In this section you will find after the passage a number of questions about the passage. You must choose the one which you think fits best . Write your answers in the spaces below (1.0pt)

I know that it is my job to make sure that everything goes well for the tourists and I feel I work hard for the company. I cannot be blamed for last week. I met the group at the airport and took them to the coach. The coach driver was a bit annoyed because the flight was late. But it wasn’t far to the hotel and everyone was looking forward to their dinner. We hadn’t used the Hotel Riviera before but our normal one had a conference in it so it was fully booked. When I announced our arrival at the reception desk, they said they were full. I had booked rooms for the group but the manager said they were cancelled by phone a few days before. He insisted that he recognised my voice and that I had made the phone call. We had a bit of an argument but they obviously didn’t have enough rooms. In the end, the manager phoned hotels in the town and found rooms for everyone. but in four different hotels. By this time, the coach had gone, so we had to get taxis and some of the tourists started to get very angry with me. I still don’t know who made that phone call but it definitely wasn’t me ...

1.What is the writer trying to do?

A. argue B. explain C. apologise D complain

2.Who was the text written to?

A. one of the tourists B. the writer’s employer

C. the hotel manager D. the coach company

3.Why weren’t any rooms available at the Hotel Riviera?

A. A conference was taking place there. B. There were more people in the group than expected.

C. Someone had forgotten to book them. D. Someone had said they were not needed.

4.What happened in the end?

A. The tourists got angry with the hotel manager. B. The tourists couldn’t stay together.

C. The writer found other hotels with rooms. D. The writer called the coach driver back.

5. Which of the following diaries was written by one of the tourists?

A.. The hotel we were taken to wasn’t good enough so we asked to change to a different one.

B. We got to the airport and had to wait for the coach. So it was really late when we got to the hotel.

C. The coach driver took us to the wrong hotel and they know nothing about us.

D. Someone had made a mistake with our hotel booking and the hotel had given our rooms to other people.