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ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU
very
expensive
luxuries.
5.
We
are
The
1.
teacher
asked
us
...
we
had
caused
extensive
damage
of
the
of
the
obsequious
Mr
Crushton,
Lord
(Exhausting,
exhaustive)
tests
have
service
by
post.
6.
The
teacher
8.
The
United
Kingdom
(consists,
5.
distinctive;
6.
confidently;
7.
sentences.
4.
There
is
someone
doing
Join
the
sentences,
using
relative
11
12
14
Key:
comparison;
1.
concession;
2.
place;
3.
4.
comparison;
5.
reason;
6.
comparison.
15. Combine each of the following pairs of
sentences into one sentence using so as/in order
where necessary:
1. He coughed. He wanted to warn them
that he was coming. 2. I sent him out of the room.
I
wanted
to
discuss
his
progress
with
his
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16.
Rephrase
the
following
incorrect
looked
me
...
with
smiling
and
the
week-end
together.
11.
Next
picked
him
...,
the
boatswains
mate
21
22
24
1.
unheard
of
(cruelty);
2.
flat-
25
that
oblig.;
that-clause
in
non-
restrictive opposition to S.
26. Make the sentences passive:
1. He hasnt done it for years. 2. Theyre
building a house for their children. 3. Will they
take the workers home by bus? 4. Mark Twain sold
a strangers dog to a general. 5. They dont speak
to strangers in his town.
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29
textbook
do you find
easier?
5. I
1.
repeated
(that)
lived
in
Indicate,
by
Cs,
Od
or
Oi,
the
than
ever
the
means
of
leading
34
They
preferred
to
build
houses
of
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police.
6.
The
railway
regulations
said
Turn
the
sentences
below
into
hypothetical statements:
1. They didnt offer him a reasonable salary
and so he didnt take the job. 2. You encouraged
Tom to come and here he is. 3. We bought a flat
last week, thats why we are so short of money
now. 4. We made inquiries, thats why we are so
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an
important
issue,
so
they
had
we
cant
avoid
discussing it.
Key:
1.
If
offered
him
If
they
were
to
reconsider
our
Key:
certificate.
However,
the
me
from
screaming.
3.
a.
At
the
inhabitants
of
the
region/area
were
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42
45
to
enter
the
station
when
someone
beast
excavated
from
the
clay
became
an
infamy
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again
and
the
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1.
Pressed
by
the
others,
he
He
usually
drives
in
...
4.
The
the
scenery
in
the
Carpathians.
8.
Mr.
Turn
the
sentences
hypothetical statements:
58
below
into
59
Select
an
appropriate
alternative,
1.
it
...
too
high
or
they
...
Rephrase
each
of
the
following
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61
64
hotels.
accommodation,
b.
there
With
are
regards
several
to
excellent
67
68
ringleader.
2.
An
image
in
some
way
69
70
Write
the
sentences
in
Reported
79.
Complete
the
sentences,
using
gerunds:
1. Who is responsible for ...? 2. On ..., he
took off his hat. 3. The public were warned of the
dangers of ... . 4. The judge was accused of not ...
. 5. By ..., the student improved his chances of ... .
Key: 1. locking the building at night; 2.
entering my house; 3. walking unaccompanied in
the park at night; 4. giving the jury clear
directions; 5. taking fewer subjects/getting a good
result in the examination.
80. Choose the correct version:
1. a. You should try to keep the car in good
condition. b. You should try to keep the car in a
good condition. 2. a. His mother thinks that
somebody must have dared him to steal the
bicycle. b. His mother thinks that somebody must
have dared him steal the bicycle. 3. a. If ever you
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73
Key: 1. a; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b; 5. a; 6. b; 7. a; 8.
a; 9. b; 10. a.
81. Complete the sentences with a noun
formed by a suitable combination of the words in
brackets, using plural forms where necessary:
1. Britain made the ... to decimal coinage in
1971 (change over) 2. Since last March, there has
been an encouraging ... in the volume of our
exports. (turn up) 3. As the ... of answers to the
questionnaire shows, there was rarely a full
response to every question. (break down) 4. Our
companys ... of this chain of stores will increase
the number of our retail ... to 250. (take over, let
out) 5. After being out of favour with investors for
several years, the shares are now staging a ... .
(come back)
Key:
1.
change-over;
2.
up-turn;
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3.
82.
Rewrite
the
following
sentences
many
people
still
are
suffering
from
to
each
other
in
the
following
(a
equivalent,
attributive,
inclusive):
1. An enquiry was held at Plymouth, the
port where the ship docked. 2. Captain McKay was
on the quarter-deck, that part of the deck which is
reserved for officers. 3. Your cousin Robert has
just arrived. 4. All the men swore they saw a sea
serpent, a dark-brown monster with a mane like
that of a horse.
Key: 1. B, a; 2. B, a; 3. A; 4. B, a.
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fish
protein
production;
2.
storage
b.
Meno
Park
in
Central
Tokyo
is
make
compound
adjectives
out
of
the
underlined words.:
1. The film was about a marshal who was
always happy to pull the trigger. 2. His wife, who
looks spectacular, is actually quite dumb. 3. The
witness for the defence gave evidence that
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1.
prepositional
complement;
2.
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symbols
(=subject),
(=complement), A (=adjunct):
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(=object),
it,
finite
clause
acting
as
in
the
areas.
b.
The
South
has
fewer
1.
fully;
2.
badly;
3.
totally,
4.
definitely.
95. Finish each of the following sentences
in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it:
1. This is the craziest thing I have ever
heard. I ... 2. There are more books on the bottom
shelf than on the top one. There are not ... 3.
Eighteen-year-old young people can get a driving
licence. 4. Young people can get ... 4. We would
like the prisoner to get this statement down. We
would like the prisoners to make ... 5. Walking on
the grass is not allowed. You are ... 6. She
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that
house
until
she
read
the
murdering/having
murdered
the
old
twenty-minute
walk
to
school./Its
twenty
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recommended
to
you?
5.
They
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92
au
continuat
vorbeasc
timpul
Rewrite
the
following
sentences
sleep
may
imagine
themselves
more
Chinese
marriages
are
often
black hair was all ... end. 5. He wished ... God now
they had a couple children she could take
it ... ... . 6. She held ... ... the chair ... one hand. 7.
Rosemary took her hands ... ... her long gloves. 8.
That has nothing to do ... it; nothing ... all.
Key: 1. of, in, by, of; 2. of; 3. on, of, in; 4.
on; 5. to, of, out on; 6. on to, with; 7. out of; 8.
with, at.
105. Say which of the wh-clauses below are
wh-interrogative clauses, and which are nominal
relative clauses:
1. Home is where your friends and family
are. 2. We never discovered what caused the fire.
3. What we all need is a spell of warm sunshine.
Key: 1. nominal relative; 2. could be either;
3. nominal relative.
106. Fill in the blanks with the necessary
adverbial particles or prepositions:
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seized him.
professor?
he
asked,
and,
when
Gerald
face
in
reverence
for
higher
compare
favourably
with
foreign
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Find
the
examples
of
discourse
each
example
cataphoric reference:
103
is
of
anaphoric
or
to
each
other
in
the
following
(a
equivalent,
attributive,
inclusive):
1. The court room, an eighteenth century
building, was crowded with excited people. 2.
Another officer and a midshipman, John Sartoris,
were keeping watch from the bridge. 3. The truth,
that what they had seen was really a wave,
began to dawn on them at last. 4. My Lords
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Commissioners
of
the
Admiralty,
the
senior
Rewrite
the
sentences
in
Direct
following
Saturday,
he
accepted
my
go
for
an
outing
next
Saturday,
Complete
the
sentences
with
of
Tchaikovskys
violin
concerto,
the
4.
impassable;
enjoyable.
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5.
navigable;
6.
girls
...
that
day
and
this,
my
108
109
from/to
Hong
110
Kong.
b.
London
is
There
was
George,
throwing
...
in
bootstraps.
4.
few
seconds
later
it
night.
(...)
While
cops
and
guardsmen
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last half hour. Shall I tell him that the last bus
already (go)?
Key: 1. has been practising, has got; 2. has
this
happened;
3.
have
been
mending/have
Complete
the
compound nouns:
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sentences
with
125.
Fill
the
spaces
in
the
following
1.
verb
particle;
2.
verb
4.
verb
prepositional
119
phrase;
5.
Change
finite
the
clause
verb
so
phrase
as
to
in
the
use
the
subjunctive:
1. Suppose every word of this was true,
what action would the Committee wish to take? 2.
If this report was more accurate, it would be an
invaluable document. 3. I propose, Mr. Chairman,
that the Committee should adjourn and should
meet again tomorrow.
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more
careful
reading
of
this
essay
is
recommended.
Key: 1. People wrongly assume money to
bring happiness. 2. You must keep the door shut.
3. They swam across the Danube in the wee
hours of the morning and the enemy did not
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observe
the
manoeuvre.
4.
The
teacher
gradually
...
the
curtain.
3.
She
walked ... him ... one hand hooked ... his leather
belt. 4. They might very well cook the meat ... the
same time they cooked the eggs and then
warm ... the meat ... tomorrow. 5. I got all this
stuff accumulated ... me because Ive been
thinking ... it ... ten years and now youve
asked ... it and here it is. 6. Come and sit down,
she cried, dragging her big chair ... ... the fire, ...
this comfy chair. 7. The girl put her fingers ... her
lips. 8. Let him go ... home ... the rain.
Key: 1. back, forth across; 2. behind; 3.
beside, with, into; 4. at, up, for; 5. in, about, for,
for; 6. up to, in; 7. to; 8. , in.
122
State
whether
the
preposition
123
124
135.
Put
the
following
sentences
into
126
127
128
Rewrite
the
sentences
in
an
sweets,
she
wouldnt
be
overweight.
feeding
the
animals.
2.
The
solicitor
since
Wehrmacht
they
was
took
shelling
you
away.
Leningrad
2.
The
from
We
...
about
home.
(reminisced,
3. a.
Rephrase
the
following
incorrect
1.
for
The
University
absences;
you
imposes
are,
no
however,
135
1.
As
long
as
you
follow
the
Rephrase
the
following
incorrect
on
Friday
evening,
several
important
138
coming
with
you.
5.
Youd
be
more
comfortable here.
Key: 1. wouldnt we? 2. didnt you? 3.
hasnt he? or doesnt he? 4. arent I? 5. wouldnt
you?
151. Say which of the underlined items can
be replaced by the genitive variant:
139
Make
the
right
concord
between
was.
3.
The
police
has/have
an
Write
either
the
simple
or
the
142
Rephrase
the
following
incorrect
intersections
in
the
world.
2.
The
143
145
Rephrase
the
following
incorrect
146
147
men
and
women
are
psychologically
Rewrite
the
following
sentences
a.
You
shouldnt
judge
people
by
their
Key: 1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. b; 6. a; 7. a; 8.
b; 9. a; 10. b.
172. Say which of the dependent clauses
below are unacceptable, and rephrase each
sentence concerned:
1. Before retiring, take two of these pills
with a little water. 2. When fully grown, the men
cut off all the lower branches. 3. Speaking frankly,
the situation is worse than we feared. 4. Shouting
slogans, the streets were thronged with indignant
workmen.
Key: 1. ; 2. When the trees are fully
grown, the men cut off all the lower branches; 3.
; 4. Put the -ing clause at the end.
173. Supply equivalents for the italicized
phrasal verbs:
154
156
State
whether
the
preposition
157
158
Combine
each
of
the
pairs
of
Give
passive
equivalents
to
the
following sentences:
1. Someone had written something on the
book. 2. The sight of the body has upset her. 3.
One makes such mistakes sometimes. 4. Had you
made
all
the
necessary
arrangements?
5.
Marele
umanist
englez
William
164
165
Combine
each
of
the
pairs
of
167
168
169
War
and
peace
is/are
alternatives
171