CAE :: Lesson 5

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

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Writing ability

ACTIVITY 20: This test consists of a number of sentences, in each of which some part or the whole is underlined. Each sentence is followed by five alternative versions of the underlined portion. Select the alternative you consider both most correct and most effective according to the requirements of standard written English. Answer A is the same as the original version; if you think the original version is best, select answer A. In considering the answer choices, be attentive to matters of grammar, diction, and syntax, as well as clarity, precision, and fluency. Do not select an answer which alters the meaning of original sentence. Finally check the correct answers.

1.

Having finished the marathon in record-breaking time, the city awarded him its Citizen's Medal.

 

A.  the city awarded him its Citizen's Medal
B.  the city awarded the Citizen's Medal to him
C.  he was awarded the Citizen's Medal by the city
D.  the Citizen's Medal was awarded to him
E.  he was awarded by the city with the Citizen's Medal

2.

The football team's winning it's first game of the season excited the student body.

 

A.  The football team's winning it's first game of the season
 B.  The football team having won it's first game of the season
 C.  The football team's having won it's first game of the season
 D.  The football team's winning its first game of the season
 E.  The football team winning it's first game of the season

3.

Anyone interested in the use of computers can learn much if you have access to a TR-360 microcomputer.

 

A.  if you have access to
 B.  if he has access to
 C.  if access is available to
 D.  by access to
 E.  from access to

4.

No student had ought to be put into a situation where he has to choose between his loyalty to his friends and his duty to the class.

 

A.  No student had ought to be put into a situation where
 B.  No student had ought to be put into a situation in which
 C.  No student should be put into a situation where
 D.  No student ought to be put into a situation in which
 E.  No student ought to be put into a situation where

5.

Being a realist, I could not accept his statement that supernatural beings had caused the disturbance.

 

A.  Being a realist,
 B.  Since I am a realist,
 C.  Being that I am a realist,
 D.  Being as I am a realist,
 E.  Realist that I am,
 

CONGRATULATIONS! You have finished  LESSON 5  
at OM Personal CAE - Certificate in Advanced English.
Before moving on to the next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you have learnt here.
 

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