8. A. real B. usual C. genuine D. ordinary 9. A. design B. screen C. face D. display 10. A. finish B. use C. end D. take B. WRITTEN TEST PART ONE: VERB TENSES / FORMS Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. Part A: My father (1. work) ………….as an engineer for a construction firm. He (2. join) …………., the Friends of the Theatre in his community 5 years ago and (3. be) …………. an active member in this group ever since. Although he (4. stop) ………….trying for roles in the plays last year because he (5. be) …………. too busy, it (6. remain) …………. his favourite hobby. As a member, he (7. help)………….promote the plays. If the group needs anything, he (8. be) ………….the first person to (9. call) ………….for. My father believes that his theatre group (10. make) …………. a name for themselves by the time he retires from work. Part B: 1. Hardly he (take) ………….up the book when the phone rang. 2. The man who (rescue) …………. had been in the sea for ten hours. 3. By the end of next month he (be)………….here for ten years. 4. They had a big party. They (sing) …………. all night last night. 5. We (cook) ………….all day for the party that evening and by 8 o’clock we still weren’t ready. 6. I would rather you (not, be) …………. absent from class yesterday. 7. The baby’s diaper needs (change)………….before six. 8. It is essential that he (arrive)………….before six. 9. It’s the time we (do)………….something to stop road accident. 10. He refused (join)………….us on the trip to the mountains. PART TWO: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle. 1. We’ve had nothing but trouble………….this car. 2. They were heading………….the German border. 3. A ceasefire is an essential precondition………….negotiation. 4. This watch is still………….guarantee. 5. There have been further developments subsequent …………. our meeting. 6. The cost is………….half as much again as it was two years ago. 7. An agreement was finally reached………….management and employees. 8. He continued working up …………. his death. 9. Although prices are falling …………. absolute terms, energy is still expensive. 10. I’m afraid he is incapable………….understanding the most basic concepts. 11.………….my utter astonishment, she remembered my name. 12. He promised to marry her, but now he doesn’t want to go………….with it. 13. If I go with you in your car, will you be able to bring me………….? 14. Many people feel cheated ………….the government’s refusal to hold a referendum. 15. Who called me………….while I was out? 16. Jane broke………….the conversation and told us what she knew. 17. You can count Jane………….. She hates playing poker. 18. After several slow business years, our company finally got………….. 19. Drop …………. any time you feel like talking. 20. It’s easy to get………….town with public transportation. PART THREE: WORD FORMS Part A: Use the correct form of the words in brackets. 17
1. I was greeted with a show of…………. (cordial) 2. If your luggage is very …………. you’ll have to pay an excess charge. (weight) 3. They………….the time of their arrival and missed the plane. (judge) 4. She’s extremely ………….about modern art. (knowledge) 5. He will not benefit………….from the deal. (finance) 6. She was fully aware of her own………….. (short) 7. On the way to the country we sometimes stopped to admire the………….scenery. (picture) 8. I was late because I………….how much time I’ll need. (estimate) 9. I………….met an old friend last week. (expect) 10. Joan applied for………….of the music club. (member) Part B: Use the correct form of the words provided in the box to complete the passage. vary time common convenience excess contribution expansion increase joke THE VIDEO BOOM IN BRITAIN Far from killing the cinema industry, video film rental has revived the public’s interest in going to the cinema. As a result, multi-screen cinemas or multiple cinema complexes have appeared in the main towns. These cinemas can have up to 20 screens and show a great (1) ………….of films. Renting films is an important (2) …………..; in 1990 over 374 million video tapes were rented. People also buy tapes as presents. However, the (3) ………….use of video recorders is to record programmes from the TV to watch at a more (4)…………. time. Far from encouraging (5) ………….TV watching, video recorders have been used mainly to control the times at which people watch. This also (6) ………….to a decline in the number of hours of TV people watch, because they watch videos instead. During the 1980s there was an enormous boom in the number of people buying video recorders, and shops (7) ………….to provide the video tapes they wanted. Video viewing became such a way of life, along with take-away food and an (8) …………. interest in wine drinking, that the perfect night socialising at home has been (9) …………. described as consisting of “a video, a wine box and a take-away curry”. “Do you fancy coming over to my place to watch a video?” is a (10)…………. invitation. PART FOUR: ERROR IDENTIFICATION There are ten mistakes in this extract from a short story. Underline each mistake and write the word correctly in the numbered blank. The first one has been done as an example. The little boy walked down the tree lined street, kicking a can aimless along the pavement. He had his hand in his pockets and a worrying expression on his face. Sure his mother should be home soon! She was always their when he came home from school. She would be in the kitchen, with her apron on, ironing or making a cake or peel potatoes. He would rush into, dump his sports bag on the table, and give her a big hug. They would have tea together, and than he would tell her all about his day. But today the big house was empty, and there was anybody in the kitchen. He had an own key, so he’d been able to get in, but now he just didn’t know what to do. Where could she be? She never went anywhere, even if Dad was alive, and since his death, she had not wanted to leave the house except for shopping and the ocasional visit to her sister. “Auntie Josie! Perhaps that’s it!” he thought. “Perhaps Auntie Jossie’s ill and Mum’s gone to look for her”. He started walking purposefully towards the station. He was the man in the family now, and he would have to collect his mother from Auntie Jossie’s. Example: aimless → aimlessly 1.…………. 2.…………. 3.…………. 4.…………. 5.…………. 6.…………. 7…………. 8.…………. 9.…………. 10………….. 18