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TEST 1.

EXERCISE Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

Eg: I expect that he will get there by lunch time. Answer: I expect him to get there by lunch time.

1) I only recognised him when he came into the light

Not until 2) That rumour about the politician and the construction contract is absolutely false

There is 3) One runner was too exhausted to complete the last lap of the race

The runner was so 4) My mother was the most warm hearted person I’ve ever known

I’ve 5) They never made us anything we didn’t want to

We 6) The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister

Had it not 7) It’s quite pointless to complain

Thre’s no

EXERCISE For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the words given in block letters The words must not be altered in any way.

Eg: John inflatted the tyres of hos bike ( BLEW) Answer: John blew up the tyres of his bike.

8) You can’t possibly expect me to have supper raedy by o’clock (QUESTION)

9) It’s my opinion that there is no advantage in further discussion (SEE)

10) Please excuse Jane’s poor typing; she’s only been learning for a month ( ALLOWANCES)

11) There is no way that young man can achieve success in this test ( BOUND)

12) Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact, quite dangerous ( CONTRARY)

13) If Smith hadn’t broken his leg, he would have played football for England ( REPRESENTED)

14) This hotel is inaccessible in winter ( POSSIBLE)

15) As far as I know he is still working in Bristol ( KNOWLEDE)

EXCERCISE Make all the changes and additions neccessary to produce complete sentences from the following sets of words and phrases Note carefully from the example what kind of alterations need to be made Write each sentence in the space provided

Eg: Andrea/ get along very well/ new job.

Answer: Andrea is getting along very well in her new job.

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17) Regards/ your application/ regret to inform/ vacancy/ already/ fill

18) Regard/ complaints/ afraid/ nothing/ say

19) Addition/ have considerable experience/ new secretary/ billingual

20) Stand to reason/ apply for a job/ person/ use a computer/ advantages/ those/ cannot

21) Parents/ once/ well- off/ go out of business

22) Keep/ eye/ baby/ while/ buy/ milk

23) Speak/ louder/ he/ hard of hearing

24) Sorry/ slip/ tongue

25) Wait/ tip/ tongue

26) He/ can’t afford/ small flat/ suburb/ let alone/ bis house/ city center

27) January/ alone/ 40 break- ins/ outskrits/ city

28) They/ advantage/ hospitality/ stay/ whole week/ without pay

29) I / be used/ get up early/ don’t mind/ leave/ o’clock/ morning

30) He/ used to/ go hunting / forests/ younger

TEST 2

1) Thr workes only called off the strike after a new pay offer

Only after 2) He was sentenced to six months in prison for his part in robbery

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There is no 4) She wore a hearing aid, even though she could hear the phone ring perfectly well

She wasn’t so 5) You will never meet anyone more generous than Mrs Jones

Mrs Jones is 6) My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year

I was 7) It was his incompletence which let to their capture

If 8) I’m certaintly not going to give you any more money

I have no

9) I don’t think there will be any applicants for this post ( LIKELYHOOD)

10) It was difficult for Susan to believe the goodnews ( HARDLY)

11) You must make allowances for his inexperience ( ACCOUNT)

12) This contract is not binding until we both sign it ( BOUND)

13) He wasn’t to blame for the accident ( FAULT)

14) You shouldn’t take his help for granted (ASSUME)

15) Hardly/ I/ water/ garden/ begin/ rain

16) Who/ take/ minutes/ last meeting?

17) Permanent members/ United nations/ Security council/ have a veto/ proposal

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19) Male students/ Hanoi University of Foreign studies / minority/ female students/ majority

20) She/ furious/ he/ take notice/ her

21) No point/ join club/ full of eccentrics

22) She/ never/ fail/ word/ so far

23) His account/ far/ true

24) He/ mortage/ house/ start business

25) Not easy/ get a mortage/ old house

26) We/ buy/ car hire- purchase

27) They/ pay/ house/ monthly installments

28) I/ call/ police/ resort

TEST 3

1) Our hotel booking hasn’t been comfirmed We haven’t

received 2) The salesman told me that my new car would be delivered next Wednesday

According 3) The Yeti has rarely been seen at this attitude

There have 4) It’s not certain that Jone will get the job

It’s open 5) Everyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made

No sooner 6) As I get older, I want to travel less

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You won’t be able 8) Alan worked too hard at the office, and this led to his illness

Alan’s illness

9) Mr Bill managed to repair the garage roof only because his neighbor helped him ( WITHOUT) 10) Nobody is infallible ( MISTAKES)

11) The last olympic Games were held in Seoul ( TOOK)

12) He talked about nothing except the weather ( SOLE)

13) In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club ( REGRETS)

14) It’s stupid of you to refuse Richadr’s offer os a loan ( DIOT)

15) The company has decided to replace this model ( INTENTION)

16) In the next few year, we’ll probably hear alot more about environmental pollution (LIKELY)

17) Very deep freezer / I/ look for

18) Castle/ date / 9th century.

19) Steps/ make/ wine/ follow

20) How old/ be/ vote/ your country?

21) Privatization/ think/ benefiical/ in that/ promote competition

22) They/ argue/ sake/ argue

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24) We/ coffee/ his expense

25) It/ being/ holiday/ few shops/ open

26) Sheep/ outnumber/ people New Zealand / twenty to one

27) His plans/ a recipe/ failure

28) German and Italian courses/ hold/ Munich and Rome/ respectively

29) He/ not/ sense of humour

30) Novel/ adapt/ radio/ English original

31) Needless/ say/ you/ must/ have a driving licence/ drive a card

TEST 4

1) Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test

As long as 2) Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell in

No sooner 3) The protest has been so vociferous that the committee has had to reconsider

There has been 4) You think that fat person are always jolly, but you are wrong

Contrary 5) My boss works better when he’s pressed for time

The less 6) The patient recovered more rapidily than expected

The patient made 7) There’s not a pair of thermal socks left in the shop, Madam!

We are completely 8) Their chances of success are small

It’s not

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9) Their probles are all self- inflicted ( MAKING)

10) The travel agent was able to offer a 50% reduction on holidays to the Costa Brava (HALF)

11) If you take that job, you’ll have to get up at 6a.m every morning ( MEAN)

12) The only thing they could was to look for a new flat ( ALTERNATIVE)

13) His last letter to me was written years ago (HEARD)

14) If only one could rely on what he says.( PITY)

15) An open fire can’t be compared to center helping (COMPARISION)

16) I remember very few things about my childhood, (SCARCELY)

17) Queensland/ second largest state/ Australia

18) Your spoken English/ better/ your wriiten English/ vice- versa?

19) Her/ writing / better/ her reading/ other way round?

20) Goverment/ try/ wipe out/ drug trafficking

21) Gone days/ when/ you/ buy/ courses meal/ under £1,00

22) Firms/ interested/ employ people/ over 40/ let alone/ over 50

23) My english/ not/ good/ read novels/ original

24) She/ never/ read book/ translation

25) He/ die/ glass of beer

26) Lodon/ five hours / ahead NewYork

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27) Hanoi/ one hour/ ahead behind BangKok?

28) Recent developments/ have far reaching consequences/ country’s economy

29) Two sides/ fail/ agreement/

30) Difficult/ feel/ home/ foreign language

31) You/ entitle/ drive a card

TEST5

1) The rail workers not intend to call off their strike

The rail workers have no 2) Mrs Scott is proud of her cooking

Mrs Scott prides 3) It was the gold keeper who saved the match for us

If it

hadn’t 4) It wasn’t abit surprised to hear that Karen had changed her job

It came 5) You can try to get Tim to land you his car but you won’t suceed

There’s no point 6) John didn’t celebrate until he receive the offer of promotion in writing

Not until 7) I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements

Much 8) It’s thought that the accident was caused by human error

The accident is

9) Some people say that Tslolkovsky invented the space rocket ( CREDITED)

10) I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up ( FEAR)

11) Some people will anythhing to lose weight ( LENGTHS)

12) The two theories appear to be completely different ( COMMON)

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13) Several members of the committee said they were worried about the chairman’s proposals ( CONCERN)

14) The river Volta overflowed last year ( BURST)

15) He doesn’t appreciate his wife ( GRANTED)

16) The number of peole out of work has been going down litter by litter ( GRADUAL)

Answer: Andrea is getting along very well in her new job. 17)Now that/ you/ pass/ driving test/ you can drive/ car

18)I / often/ leave/ pack/ last minutes

19) Second thought(s)/ we/ decide/ stay/ we/ are

20) As conjurer/ he/ second/ none

21) Late husband/ win/ two novels prizes/ chemistry

22) One student/ there/ namely/ David

23) There/ three people/ meeting/ viz/ Pauline/ Richard and Adrian

24) She/ decide/ give up/ job/ sake/ her children

25) Advantages/ live/ big city/ far outweigh/ disadvantages

26) Wife/ give birth/ quarters

27) Two possible plans / I favour/ latter

28) Event of his death / Lucy/ inherit/ money

29) English proverb/ go/ “ The empty vessel makes the greatest sound”

30) Traffic/ not heavy/ we/ get here/ very good time

31) Think of/ take up/ yoga

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TEST 6

1) House prices have risen drammatically this year There has

2) This affair does not concern you This affair is no

3) You must submit articles for the magazine by june 18th

The final date

4) Although Jimmy was the stronger of the two, his attraccker soon overpowered him Despite his

5) What a surprise to see you here Fancy

6) I don’t intend to apologise to either of them I have

7) It was only when I left home that I realised how much my father meant to me Not until

8) The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended Had it not

9) Gerald never had enough to live on until he married that rich bussinesswoman ( SHORT) 10) William decided that an actor’s life was not for him ( CUT)

11) The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur – driven car whenever I liked

( DISPOSAL)

12) My cat has lost its appetite ( OFF)

13) The children made every effort to please their father ( BEST)

14) His behaviour was rather a shock to me ( ABACK)

15) They decided not to go by boat because they thought they would be seasick ( FEAR)

16) The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car ( GET AWAY)

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17) He/ break/ Olympic/ 5000 metre record

18) I / look forward / see/ you again/ neext month

19) That money/ no use/ desert/ true

20) China/ by far/ largest population/ without dispute

21) Labor party/ government/ 1964 to 1970

22) Tourists/ Viet nam/ can’t help/ visit halong bay

23) He/ exceed the speed limit/ police/ no alternative/ but/ punish

24) It/ high time/ he/ have/ cut/ hair

25) Have/ you/ register/ house/ your name?

26) I / not/ like/ way/ he/ treat his mother

27) When/ abroad/ make sure/ you/ know/ do’s/ don’ts

28) Compared with China/ Viet nam/ have/ comperatively/ small population/ but/ compared with

Laos/ population/ considerably large

29) Kangaroo/ native/ Australia

30) Australia/ one/ five/ born/ oversea

31) England/ traffic/ keep/ left

TEST 7

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1) Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their secong child

Only when

2) You’re under no obligation to accept their offer You can please

3) Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life Martin’s poor

4) The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees Each

5) The only thing that kept us out of prision was the way he spoke to the local dialect But for his command

6) The Paticific occean is an average deeper than the Attlantic The average

7) My mother find maps hard to follow My mother has

8) Under no circumstances should you phone the police The last

9) People don’t want to buy cars with large engines any more ( CALL)

10) Twenty years ago this region produced twice as much coal as it does now ( HALVED)

11) The Prime minister is unlikely to call an early general election ( LIKELYHOOD)

12) The project received the unanimous approval of the commitive ( FAVOUR)

13) Nobody could possibly believe the story he told me ( BEYOND)

14) Scientists say forests are being destroyed by air pollution ( BLAME)

15) His reactions are quite unpredictable ( KNOWS)

16) There are several catagories of people who not have to pay the new tax ( EXEMPT)

Answer: Andrea is getting along very well in her new job

17) Before/ settle down/ Wales/ he/ wonder/ from/ country/ another

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19) If/ there/ one thing/ not like/ people/ tell lies

20) It’ Hamlet/ say/ “ to be or not to be, that is the question”

21) Programmes/ broadcast/ VHF

22) She/ take/ payment/ account/ apply/ job

23) He/ keep/ talk/ regardless/ my request

24) We/ appreciate/ their help/ vice- verce

25) He/ suffer/ loss/ prestage/ scandal/ publicise

26) Twenty missing passengers/ presume/ dead

27) Government/ give/ top priority/ reform/ legal system

28) She/ industrious/ nature

29) He/ deny/ know/ anything about it

30) She/ not along/ believe/ nuclear war/ inevitable

31) President/ present/ prizes/ personally

TEST 8

1) The film star wore dark glasses so that no one would reacognise him

The film star avoided 2) I’m amazed by the mistakes he makes

What 3) We weren’t surprised by his success

It came 4) “ That a lovely new dress, Jean.” Said her mother

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5) We couldn’t relax untill all the guests had gone home

Only 6) We couldn’t find George anywhere

George was 7) Customs officals are stopping more travellers than usual this week

An increased 8) She listens more sympathetically than anyone else I know

She is

9) The Minister’s popularity suffered as a result of the scandal (EFFECT)

10) The teachers agreed to introduce the new methods ( AGREEMENT)

11) Jenny didn’t feel like going to the party ( MOOD)

12) The councilor answered every question frankly ( FRANK)

13) It is said that he has been to presion several times ( REPUTED)

14) Most stores will accept a credit card instead of cash (ALTERNATIVE)

15) Our opions on the subject are identical ( DIFFERENCE)

16) Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme ( DISAPPROVAL)

17) Studies/ show/ breast-fred babies / healthy/ than/ bottle- fred

18) I / phone/ New Delhi/ first thing/ tomorrow morning

19) It/ common knowlege/ the Olympic Games/ hold every four years

20) People/ fully aware/ AIDS prevention/ everybody/ respondsibility

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21) News/ Alan/ HIV positive/ bring many changes/ lifestyle

22) My belief/ education/ AIDS/ begin/ school’

23) He/ nolonger work/ that company

24) Should/ you/ want/ know/ further information/ holiday/ not hesitate/ ask

25) Regard/ defective machines/ you/ can/ return/ us

26) He/ catch/ red- handed / he/ have/ no choice/ confess

27) You/ have/ take/ consequences/ consideration?

28) U.S dollar / worth/ 11,000 Vietnamme dongs

TEST 9

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TEST 13

TEST 14

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Answer: I expect him to get there by lunch time.

TEST 15

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