TEST 42

 I. Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable word or phrase.

1. They went ............ firing until they had spent all their ammunition.

2. Did you get your article done . .............time?

3. Who's doing the food............ the wedding reception?

4. We did the journey from London ............ Oxford in an hour

5. Rain beats ............... the window-panes.

6. She was full. ..........aggression as a child.

7. Forgive my ignorance, but w hat exactly are you talking …………….?

8. Woman has been portrayed . ..........artists in many ways.

9. I leave the baby . ..........my mother every day.

10. His words were lost........... the applause.

II. Fill each space in the sentence below with the Chrcert form of tof wo rid in bold pri nt about it.

1. formal

a. You have to comply with all the necessary............

b. This method has not been . .............adm itted.

c. “Request” is a more. ..........way of saying “Ask for”.

2. complete

a. South Vietnam is ............... liberated in 1975.

b. This appendix is merely .....

c. This . ..........my happiness.

3. compose

a. He regained himself- ...........

b. Water is ........... of hydrogen and oxygen.

c. The short scenes that ............... the play.

4. possess

a. What. .........you to do such as a thing?

b. On her father's death, she came in to . ..........of a vast fortune

c. This word is a . ...........pronoun.

5. sure

a. I 'm . .......I didn't mean to hurt your feelings

b. He knows full. .......that.

c. My father stood............ for him

III. Put the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. I said to him, “Work hard.”

2. She said to me, “Let us go to see the exhibition.”

3. “Pooh!” said he to me, “You have again failed in the examination.

4. She says, “I wash my hair every day”.

5. He said, “I will give Jack a call”.

6. He said, “I may buy a new car”.

7. He told them: “I wasn't expecting your visit”.

8. She said: “I have just seen an old friend of mine”.

9. They said: “If we had arrived two minutes later, there would have been no cake left".

10. He declared: " You had been telling me you wanted to see her

IV. Sentence transformation.

Part A:

S + insist + on + sth	ó Nothing but sth + V
S + do not like anything...

1. I don't like anything and I like wholemeal bread.

          I like n othing . ................................................................

2. He’ll insist on getting up early and playing radio loud.

          Nothing but. .................................................................

3 My sister doesn't like anything and she is only fond of beef.

          She likes nothing. ...............................................

4. He insisted on a thank-you.

          Nothing but...............................

5. They insisted on an offer.

          Nothing but.................

Part B:

S + V + no + N ó S + hardly + V + any + N

1. She does almost no work.

          She hardly...........................

2. He ate almost nothing.

          He hardly..........................

3. My brother does very little exercise.

          My brother could hardly..........................

4. They write no letters.

          They hardly..........................

5. I saw almost nothing.

          I hardly. ....................

V. Sentence building.   

          No matter how/ what / where

1. No matter/ hard /I/ try / I / love/ you.

………………………………………………….

2. No matter where /they /, try / keep in touch / them.

………………………………………………….

3. No matter who /come/ not/ open / door.

………………………………………………….

4. No matter what, /I/ will/ there tomorrow.

………………………………………………….

5. No matter what /he /say, never tru st / blabbermouth 

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