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.
Example: There is no point in seeing that film
WORTH
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
Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D:
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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