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Language
Knowledge
2
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Preparing for the task
a) Read the sentences. What word is each
gap asking for:
preposition
,
pronoun
,
verb
,
conjunction
?
1
They managed to escape .................... the
burning building.
2
They put off their trip .................... it was
raining heavily.
3
He forgot to take a map with .................... .
4
They managed to .................... out the fire.
b) Which of these words could you use to
complete the gaps in sentences 1-4 in
Ex. 1a:
after
,
of
,
take
,
his
,
from
,
put
,
him
,
because
?
1
Read the story. For gaps 1-8 think of the
word that best fits each gap.
2
Read the text to get an idea what it is about. Read
again and pay special attention to the words before
and after each gap. They will help you think of the
word that fits each gap. Read the completed text to
see if it makes sense.
O
ne day last autumn I had a terrible
experience on my
1)
.................................
to work. It was raining very heavily. I put
2)
.................................. my rubber boots and
took my umbrella. I was walking to my car
3)
........................... all of a sudden there was a
very bright light all around me. At the
4)
........................... time, I heard a loud bang. It
was a bolt of lightning! It
5)
................................
hit the top of my umbrella and gone into me. I
was able to get back into the house. I felt ill
6)
............................. I decided to go to hospital.
The doctor said that I was lucky because if I had
not been wearing rubber boots, the lightning
could have hurt me very
7)
.............................. .
I remembered that our teacher was always
telling us
8)
..................................... to go out in
a thunderstorm with an umbrella. I wish I had
listened to him!
Sentence transformations
Here are some sentences about Christine’s
accident. For each question, complete the
second sentence so that it means the same
as the first. Use no more than three words.
1
Christine’s favourite sport is sky-diving.
Christine likes sky-diving more ...................
......................................... any other sport.
2
She jumps out of an airplane wearing special
goggles.
When she jumps out of an airplane, she
...................................................................
special goggles.
3
One day, her parachute had a serious problem!
One day, ....................................................
a serious problem with her parachute!
4
She landed on power lines after falling
thousands of metres.
She ...........................................................
for thousands of metres before landing on
power lines.
5
She survived with just a broken bone.
A broken bone was the ..............................
.................................... injury she suffered.
3
Key word transformations
Complete the second sentence so that it
means the same as the first. Use the word
in bold. Use two to five words.
1
Last month, a train crashed near Tom’s
hometown.
THERE
Last month, ...............................................
............................... near Tom’s hometown.
2
The news was a shock to us.
WERE
We ................................................... news.
3
Luckily, no one died in the accident.
PEOPLE
It was .........................................................
................................... died in the accident.
4
He joined the rescue team two years ago.
MEMBER
He .............................................................
................... the rescue team for two years.
5
The brakes on the car didn’t work properly.
PROBLEM
There .........................................................
........................................ the car’s brakes.
4
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