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6
Complete the sentences using the
word given. Use between two and
five words.
English in Use – Open cloze
7
Fill each gap with
one
word.
Can you remember where you
0)
were
when the first text message
1)
.................. sent in the UK? You can't? I'm not surprised. Nor can
anyone else. But it's an unpredictable world, and nothing has been less
predicted
2)
.................. the rise of text messaging. It came from nowhere to
become the fastest growing phenomenon
3)
.................. recent times.
Over 2 million text messages are sent
4)
.................. hour in the UK. The
mobile phone industry claims that 95% of them arrive within 10 seconds
‘in normal circumstances’. Texting
5)
.................. opened up an entirely
new area of communication that didn't exist before – brief messages for
which
6)
.................. is a huge demand but which don't need the fuss of a
written letter.
Texting has become a means for parents to maintain contact with
7)
.................. children, for grandparents to bond with grandchildren, for
television to interact with the audience. It is a marketing tool for
companies which, for the first time, can build up profiles of individual
users and target them with special offers.
Texting has not been successful simply because it enables you to
communicate with others by phone without speaking, but because it is
brief and no one expects
8)
.................. of the usual formalities. Its
simplicity may ensure its long life.
STRATEGY POINT
English in Use – Key word
transformations
Read the text quickly once, without paying attention to the gaps.
Read again carefully, trying to fill each gap. The missing words can be:
adverbs, auxiliary verbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, etc. If
you can’t find the answer for a gap, move on to the next one and
return later.
When you’ve finished, read the text again to see if your answers are
grammatically correct and make sense in the sentence and the text.
1
I would prefer it if nobody answered
my phone for me.
want
I don't .......................
..................................
my phone for me.
2
She forgot everything I told her.
anything
She ...........................
.................................
I told her.
3
I didn’t know anyone at the
conference.
nobody
There was .................
..................................
at the conference.
4
Mark asked me the price of a fax
machine.
much
Mark asked me .........
.................................
to buy a fax machine.
5
The operator asked him if he
wanted any more information.
else
The operator asked
him if ........................
.................................
he wanted to ask.
6
I’m sure Steve didn’t mean to
upset you.
intention
I’m sure Steve ...........
......................... you.
7
Everyone thinks Ann will get a
promotion soon.
expected
Ann ..........................
.................................
a promotion soon.
8
He has a good relationship with
his parents.
gets
He ............................
.................................
with his parents.
STRATEGY POINT
Read the whole sentence, then look at
the key word. Think of the structure
tested (e.g. passive, reported, etc).
Use the given word to complete the
second sentence. Use between two to
five words in each gap.
