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CAMBRIDGE FIRST CERTIFICATE

To test your progress at this level answer all questions, then click 'Test Results' for on-line corrections

Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.Example: There is no point in seeing that film WORTH That film isn't worth seeing

1. "Did you speak to the headmaster, Mom" I asked

SHE I asked my mother

2. Opera doesn't interest David

INTERESTED

David Opera

3. It's a good thing you brought your cheque book or we wouldn't have been able to buy the car

YOU We wouldn't have been able to buy the car

your cheque book

4. The flight to London was cheaper than I had thought it would be

AS The flight to London

was I had thought it would be

5. I expect you were tired after the match

BEEN

You after the match

6. You ought to go to the dentist's immediately

BETTER

You the dentist's

immediately

7. It snowed so they cancelled the flight

OWING

The flight the snow

8. Maria and Philip are getting married, despite not having very much money

ALTHOUGH Maria and Philip are getting married,

very much money

9. It was unfair that James was given the sack

DESERVE

James the sack

10. My TV was so old that it wasn't worth repairing when it broke

POINT My TV was so old that

it when it broke

11. The last time I ate Chinese food was 4 years ago

YEARS

It I last ate Chinese food

12. I am happy to go anywhere you like

MIND

I we go

13 - 18. Write the correct word in the gap using the word given in capitals at the end of each line:

The goverment had always thought of

the road but the WIDE

had always prevented EXPENSIVE

them from doing so. Nevertheless

the forthcoming local elections were very

this year and politicians COMPETE

from both parties were ACTIVE

promising to make to IMPROVE

the town. One of the leading figures made the

that if he were elected ANNOUNCE

the project for the road would go ahead.

Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D:

19. The .......... in Scotland is magnificent

A. land

B. setting

C. scenery

D. territory


20. Minor .......... are common if you take part in dangerous sports

A. wounds

B. injuries

C. breaks

D. hurts


21. Many people remember being .......... to the fair as a child

A. brought

B. shown

C. visited

D. taken


22. Democracy can be difficult in countries with a ......... short history

A. mostly

B. narrowly

C. widely

D. fairly


23. The problem could have been .......... with a little more forethought

A. avoided

B. missed

C. lost

D. escaped

24. The task was complex, .......... at the same time easy

A. still

B. even

C. yet

D. just

25. I .......... it doesn't rain tomorrow I'm going for a picnic

A. expect

B. hope

C. wait

D. await

ADVANCED

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Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. Example: There is no point in seeing that film That film isn't worth seeing

1. "You broke the window" said the teacher to the student

The teacher accused

2. I had better go to the dentist soon

It's

3. The last time I went to the opera was about 4 months ago

It

4. "I don't want to go on holiday with you," said Mary to her boyfriend

Mary told her boyfriend that

5. Although the film was good it received a poor write up from the critics

Despite

6. They had to wait 2 hours before the meeting began

Only after a

7. Would you mind not smoking here

I'd rather

8. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't answer the question

Try

9. It makes no difference if the play is full booked, we will still try to get a ticket

We will still try and get a ticket

10. I would do anything for you

There's

11. I didn't realise who I had been speaking to till later

Only later

12. The house was so run down that nobody would buy it

They had such

Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.Example: There is no point in seeing that film WORTH That film isn't worth seeing

13. He is certainly not rich

MEANS

14. Someone has burgled his house

HAD

15. I wonder if you could possibly carry this case for me

MIND

16. He can hardly sleep

VIRTUALLY

17. Mike had difficulty in finishing his degree

HARD

18. It wasn't my intention to make you jump

MEAN


19. Guesthouse rooms must be .......... by noon

A. vacated

B. abandoned

C. left

D. evacuated

20. At the end of the course special prizes were ......... to the winning participants

A. won

B. awarded

C. earned

D. deserved

21. If the bomb had exploded it could .......... have killed hundreds of people

A. might

B. well

C. equally

D. yet

22. After many years of research, they found the solution ..........

A. by the end

B. at the end

C. at last

D. on the end

23. "I know it's late, so I shall not .......... you any longer" said the sales manager to his sales team participants

A. detain

B. hold up

C. withhold

D. retard

24. You can go to the party .......... you are back home by midnight

A. as well as

B. as time as

C. as long as

D. as far as

25. How many sheets of paper do you think this file will ..........

A. occupy

B. suit

C. fit

D. hold

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