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Advanced Language Practice


Grammar Progress Test 6a (Units 2728)
1 0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Some of the following sentences contain a spelling mistake. Write the correct spelling or put a tick in the space provided. Ive never seen such an awful film. Dont worry; Ill make all the neccessary arrangements. I cant gaurantee your safety completely. I cant play football with you: Im doing my piano practise. Have you found any accommodation yet for when you start university? One of my buttons is coming loose. I just need a little more comittment from you. I think you should go and see a psichologist. What a marvellous performance. The measurements you gave me dont sound quite right. I think that as a serious actress, she is very underated. Where are my shoes? Theyve simply disapeared.

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Correct the punctuation in the three paragraphs by adding or removing suitable punctuation. You need to make five changes in each paragraph.

Of all my friends Id have to say Michelle is the nicest, you couldnt hope to meet, a more caring person. I remember on one occasion when we were both about six, she saw that some older children were being unkind to me, and calmly led me away by the hand. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ The practice of headhunting, is becoming more and more commonplace in the business world. Companies, who have important vacancies to fill, are increasingly targeting and approaching excellent individuals, in other companies and offering them more money. Agencies are also springing up to do this work on companies behalf. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Sharon I dont know what youre talking about, darling? Youve got the wrong end of the stick. said Basil. I was just giving Maureen a hug because she was really upset,
Advanced Language Practice Grammar Progress Test 6a (Units 2728)

Im sure youd have done the same. Just because Im a bloke, it doesnt mean I cant touch a friend. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

Underline the correct word or phrase which best completes each gap in the text.

In the latest of our series Ask the Enemy we asked classical music critic Daphne Bushell for her views on pop music. I think (0) to a large extent/not only/by the way your views on something like this are determined by your upbringing, and the fact is, I came from a very musical family. I sang in a church choir and I played the clarinet in an orchestra. (1) As well as/ All the same/Whats more , my mum and dad were also both very musical. (2) For a start/Consequently/At any rate , I can safely say I have a very good ear for music. (3) As a result/In turn/Incidentally , for a long time, if youd asked me this question, Id have said pop music (4) in contrast/as opposed to/on the contrary classical music, is music for the masses, namely those who arent musical enough to appreciate the real thing. And you could call me a dreadful snob, and that would be true, because (5) on top of that/ to tell the truth/accordingly it was the sort of thing that you said in the circles I moved in at the time, and it was a remark born out of ignorance and inexperience of pop music. (6) Subsequently/By the way/For that reason , in my late twenties, I discovered pop, and listened to it quite a lot, and (7) having said that/in the first place/by and large developed quite a liking for some of it. (8) Hence/ Besides/Whereas now, with middle-age creeping up on me, Im getting more conservative in my tastes again. So really my present answer to your question is that some pop music is wonderfully evocative and can affect you deeply because it has a decent, catchy tune. (9) Nevertheless/To be honest/Whats more, the fact remains that for every decent pop song there are several hundred that are just awful, discordant garbage, whereas classical music is (10) anyway/for a start/at least consistently pleasant, because it is based on beautiful harmony.

Advanced Language Practice Grammar Progress Test 6a (Units 2728)

In most lines of this text, there is either a spelling or punctuation error. For each line, write the correctly spelled word, or show the correct punctuation, in the space beside the text. Indicate correct lines with a tick. Three examples are given.
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Allergies are on the increase, it seems, and the culprit is simply, the modern world. The present rate is estimated to be one in four people that is, people who will be aflicted with allergy at some point in their lives. And city dwellers are getting the worst of it, since the deteriorating quality of air is known to aggrivate conditions such as asthma and hay fever. In the latter case, people are developping the symptoms of hay fever even at times when the pollen count is low. Much has also been written about the increase of asthma and eczema-inducing dust mites in modern houses, with there perfect mix of carpets, central heating and double-glazed windows. The health industry, has picked up on allergies in a big way, and alternative medicine practitioners now regularly offer an allergy testing and diagnosing service. Some times this is done by means of a finger-prick blood test, but some wierd and wonderful methods have also proved popular, such as hair strand analysis and placing certain foods near the sufferers brain. But mainstream immunologists and allergy specialists are septical of these methods. They believe in removeing certain foods from the patients diet for a two-week period until the food sauce that is causing the problem is located. Then, they say, the problem food should be gradually reintroduced. If this does not happen the patient risks creating new intolerances because of the absense of the problem food in the diet.

Advanced Language Practice Grammar Progress Test 6a (Units 2728)

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