USE OF ENGLISH MOCK TEST WITH KEY A - SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence

e so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. 1. You havent played this game before, have you? FIRST 2. Those floorboards are cracking; I will call in the carpenter. HAVE .. 3. It takes ten minutes to walk home from the tube station. MINUTE .. 4. The Smiths bought an old house and they are remodeling it now. DO .. 5. The hoover is broken. NEEDS .. 6. I havent got a virus on my computer since August. LAST .. 7. Cathy has loves gardening. FINGERS ... 8. She is a good student but the problem is that she is always unaware of whats really going on. HEAD .....

9. If you dont finish your homework, I wont let you play computer games!

UNLESS 10. I cant find my book, it disappeared completely! AIR .

B PHRASAL VERBS Complete the following sentences with a multi-word verb deriving from one of the verbs in the box. Make sure the verb is in the correct tense. You can use the same verb more than once. CARRY DO BRING CUT COME BREAK

1. They ____________ a considerable amount of money when their aunt died. 2. Visiting my old school ___________ memories of when I was a pupil there. 3. I was tidying up my room when I ____________ some old love letters. 4. He was nervous about giving the presentation in front of his colleagues, but he ________ it _____ very well. 5. They told me that if we do not pay the bill within five days, our electricity supply will be ____________. 6. It was freezing this morning so I had to __________ my coat. 7. The United Kingdom ____________ the death penalty in 1965. 8. Doctors advised her to _____________ the amount of saturated fats in her diet. 9. The changes to the law were _____________ by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one. 10. The couch warned his players not to get ___________ by the emotion of playing the first game of the season. C. WORD FORMATION Fill in the gaps using derivatives of the words in capitals. The history of cell phones is based upon radio technology, which was 1) 1. DEVELOPMENT ____________ from the 1940's onward. The 2) ______________ of cell 2. BEGIN phones can be traced back to the 3)_____________ in taxi cabs, police 3. INNOVATOR cars and other 4) ___________ vehicles, where two way radios were 4. SERVE used to communicate with one another or with a 5) ____________ 5. CENTRE base. Early cell phone 6) ______________ technology could be even 6. COMMUNICATOR traced back to 7) _____________ with special radios that could connect 7. INDIVIDUALISM to a phone line via live 8) _______________ to make a phone call. The 8. OPERATE first official 9) ____________ phone was used in Sweden by the 9. MOBILITY

Swedish police in 1946. The phones were 10) ______________ to the 10. CONNECTION telephone network. However, the system was not very practical; it was only able to make 6 phone calls before the battery was drained.

KEY SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 1. This is the first time (that) you have played computer games (isnt it?). 2. I will/need to have the floorboards fixed/mended/repaired. 3. Its a ten-minute walk from home to the station./The station is (only) a ten-minute walk from home. 4. The Smiths bought an old house and they are doing it up 5. The hoover needs repairing/fixing/mending. 6. The last time I got a virus on my computer/a computer virus was last August. 7. Cathy loves doing (the) gardening. 8. She is a good student but the problem is that she always has her head in the clouds. 9. I wont let you play computer games unless you finish your homework. 10. I cant find my book, it vanished into thin air. PHRASAL VERBS 1. came into 2. brought back 3. came across 4. carried it off 5. cut off. 6. do up 7. did away with 8. cut down on / cut back on 9. brought about 10. carried away WORD FORMATION 1) developed 2) beginning 3) innovation 4) service 5) central 6) communication 7) individuals 8) operators 9) mobile 10) connected