Wednesday 15 June 2016
Friday 10 June 2016
Use of English (exercises from past PAU exams)
1. d) mishap, drawback, situation...
e) aggression, offence, onset, assault...
2. e) small
f) decreasing
3. e) childlike, childish
f) loudness
g) historical
h) warning
i) expectation, expectancy
4. e) What does the yellow press specialize in?
f) How long have you been married?
g) What should money be spent on?
5. c) The number of deaths have been greatly reduced by medical advances.
d) Nothing can be heard on a helicopter.
e) The yellow press is considered dishonest.
f) My little sister can't be expected to have a responsibility.
6. b) Many scientists have atttacked their conclusions.
7. b) hadn't ridden
c) had brought
f) was driving
8. That box is too heavy to carry
They charged me $40 for the wine.
I had never heard her speaking before.
9. a) of
b) up
11. c) She said (to me) that she would lend me her doll the next week.
d) Michael asked (her) where I had found those trainers.
e) Michael wondered/ asked why he did that every day.
f) Alice told her brother to buy her the paper if he was going out.
g) My aunt said that single men should drive slowly if they wanted to live longer.
h) He said that they were there that day to reach consensus.
13. b) This book was so boring that I couldn't finish it.
c) How long have you been playing?
14. c) He has been attending Italian lessons because/ although/ since his family moved to Rome five years ago.
d) That man talks a lot, so he has more chances to become a politician.
15. (Free answer but take into account that it must comply with the conditional sentece type of the other half).
16. a) Johnny Depp, whose portrait of Captain Sparrow is superb, is starring in Finding Neverland.
b) Clark Kent worked for a newspaper which/ that was called "The Daily Planet".
e) aggression, offence, onset, assault...
2. e) small
f) decreasing
3. e) childlike, childish
f) loudness
g) historical
h) warning
i) expectation, expectancy
4. e) What does the yellow press specialize in?
f) How long have you been married?
g) What should money be spent on?
5. c) The number of deaths have been greatly reduced by medical advances.
d) Nothing can be heard on a helicopter.
e) The yellow press is considered dishonest.
f) My little sister can't be expected to have a responsibility.
6. b) Many scientists have atttacked their conclusions.
7. b) hadn't ridden
c) had brought
f) was driving
8. That box is too heavy to carry
They charged me $40 for the wine.
I had never heard her speaking before.
9. a) of
b) up
11. c) She said (to me) that she would lend me her doll the next week.
d) Michael asked (her) where I had found those trainers.
e) Michael wondered/ asked why he did that every day.
f) Alice told her brother to buy her the paper if he was going out.
g) My aunt said that single men should drive slowly if they wanted to live longer.
h) He said that they were there that day to reach consensus.
13. b) This book was so boring that I couldn't finish it.
c) How long have you been playing?
14. c) He has been attending Italian lessons because/ although/ since his family moved to Rome five years ago.
d) That man talks a lot, so he has more chances to become a politician.
15. (Free answer but take into account that it must comply with the conditional sentece type of the other half).
16. a) Johnny Depp, whose portrait of Captain Sparrow is superb, is starring in Finding Neverland.
b) Clark Kent worked for a newspaper which/ that was called "The Daily Planet".
Wednesday 1 June 2016
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