Name: __________ ______ ____ Date: ___________________

Advanced Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 4b (Units 16-19)

1 Decide whether each sentence is grammatically possible or not. Write or X (correct or incorrect).

0 If it hadn't been for David, I would being lost in the forest. X

1 Please can you explain me how to change the paper in this copier? ___

2 Harry denied that he didn't take the money. ___

3 Bob urged going to the bank right away and sorting the matter out. ___

4 Please do not play the ball games on this grass. ___

5 If you want a guitar that makes a deeper sound, you might try this one. ___

6 The whole plan may prove to be unworkable. ___

7 Let me introduce Clive, that will be working with you. ___

8 The letter arrived this morning contains my exam results. ___

9 Seeing that the door was already open, I tiptoed inside. ___

10 I've got several letters that need to be typed up, if you wouldn't mind. ___

2 Complete each sentence with an appropriate word.

0 I have never seen such a mess in all my born days!

1 That medicine works wonders - I feel ____________ a new person!

2 You don't ____________ to have nice toys if you behave like that!

3 I don't ____________ locking the front door: I'd better go back and check.

4 She carried ____________ talking, oblivious to anyone else.

5 I waited till eleven, by ____________ time I'd had enough.

6 This was the moment that she had been waiting ____________ .

7 Dr Bromley was ____________ doctor who treated me.

8 Marion objected to the ____________ that all the facilities seemed to be for men.

9 Dawn said she ____________ remember what had happened.

10 That's the girl I was ____________ you about.

3 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in bold, and so that the meaning stays the same.

0 The racers were told to stay on the pavement and not run on the road.
against
The racers were told that running on the road was against the rules.

1 Remember the leader's advice or you may get into danger.
risk
Forget the leader's advice __________ ______ ____ ________ into danger.

2 Telling John to do anything is pointless, because he just does what he wants.
use
John likes to do his own __________ ______ ____ ____ what to do.

3 Micky said he was ill as he didn't want to go to school.
be
Micky pretended __________ ______ ____ _______ wouldn't have to go to school.

4 Regrettably, Kate couldn't cycle to work any more when she moved to London.
missed
Kate __________ ______ ____ _________ cycle to work when she moved to London.

5 I have seen all of his films except Look Back.
only
Look Back is __________ ______ ____ __________ I haven't seen.

6 This puzzle is difficult for three main reasons.
difficulty
There are three main reasons __________ ______ ____ ______ this puzzle.

7 'Harry, would you like to go fishing with me on Saturday?' asked Joe.
if
Joe asked Harry __________ ______ ____ _________ on Saturday.

8 'OK, OK, look, I've made a mistake, and I'm sorry,' said Olga.
accepted
Olga __________ ______ ____ ____________ made a mistake, and apologised.

9 'Let me ask again the question I asked earlier in the meeting,' said Alex.
repeated
Alex __________ ______ ____ ______ asked earlier in the meeting.

10 'Don't ever go near the canal by yourself,' Carrie's mother told her.
warned
Carrie's mother __________ ______ ____ ________ near the canal by herself.

4 Complete the article by writing one word in each gap.

And now on The Crime Programme an update on another unsolved crime, the armed robbery of the jewellery warehouse in London (0) which we reported on six months ago. Police are anxious to establish the identity of a man, believed to
(1) ____________ one of the gang members, (2) ____________ purchased a green lorry in March of last year, six months before the robbery, from a garage in Brentwood. The garage's suspicions were aroused (3) ____________ the man paid in cash for the lorry, and then registered it under a false company name. Significantly, the notes were handed (4) ____________ in mixed denominations. As police explained to us, one would normally (5) ____________ a large wad of banknotes to (6) ____________ been obtained from a bank, in (7) ____________ case the notes would all be neatly arranged in piles of the same denomination.

(8) ____________ short, the man may have paid for the lorry with money from a previous robbery. (9) ____________ looked again at video evidence of the robbery, police now know that the lorry was (10) ____________ to block the entrance of the warehouse, stopping any other vehicles (11) ____________ entering, so that the robbery could be carried (12) ____________ more easily.

Police also believe that a man seen photographing the jewellery warehouse at about the same time was also in the gang. A woman who (13) ____________ to be out walking her dog noticed the man, and took the registration number of the car. It
(14) ____________ out that the car was stolen from the Coventry area two years ago. (15) ____________ with further information regarding the lorry, registration number K358 CEQ, or the car, P406 TRA should contact us on 0207 400600.

5 Complete the e-mail from the services manager of a large company, using information in the informal message from Geoff. Use no more than two words for each gap. The words you need do not occur in the message.

Please would you look over this, and e-mail it to all staff when you're happy with the wording of it.

Thanks, Geoff.

The staff car park is soon going to be renovated and resurfaced. Work will begin on August 16 and probably go on for two weeks. In the first week zones A to L are being done, so people who use these zones should find other ways of getting to work. You can get information on public transport from reception. There are also a few parking spaces in Teversham Road, but get there early if you don't want to be disappointed.

During the two-week period, visitors will not be able to use the car park.

Sorry for any trouble due to these repairs, but the car park really could do with some attention.