WRITING
GRAMMAR /30
A. Choose the correct answer. 1 pt each → 13 pts
1. I saw a documentary that was absolutely fascinating / fascinated.
2. My son was born at / on Christmas day.
3. I hate the idea of / that men are brighter than women.
4. Older people preferred to spend their money on / about food and drink.
5. You won't know if / unless you ask him.
6. Feeling / She's feeling guilty, Emma apologized to her friend.
7. Are you afraid of / for spiders?
8. I'm going to the supermarket to / for buy some fruit.
9. The data indicates that food and drink expenditures increase by / with age.
10. Tess bought some flowers for / to her mother.
11. I think I'll / I'll going to stay in tonight.
12. I must have / had a suit made for the wedding.
13. Could you please remember putting / to put it in your bag?
B. Fill in the gaps with ONE WORD ONLY. 1 pt each → 7 pts
1. Toni is _______ engineer.
2. I need to buy _________ bread.
3. The house, ____________ was built in 1901, is made of stone.
4. ___________ teacher Nam get a girlfriend?
5. When I got to the garage, my car __________ been repaired.
6. The criminals were caught ________ the police.
7. How ___________ money have you got in your pocket?
C. Use NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS including the BOLD one
to rewrite these sentences. 1.5 pts each → 4.5 pts
1. Many delegates stole pens from the conference room. WERE
A lot of ________________________________ the conference room by delegates.
2. We spent our honeymoon in the Lodge Hotel in Vermont. WHICH
It was the Lodge Hotel _____________________________ honeymoon in Vermont.
3. Anna got the job despite not having much experience in public relations. SPITE
Anna got the job __________________________ of experience in public relations.
D. Rearrange the words to create a proper sentence.
Do not add more words. 5.5 pts
1. cave / could / explore / not / they / torch / the / without / a
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2. appreciated / this letter / is / the company / generosity /
to / shows / how much / your
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3. age groups / different / across / people / by / goods / of / types / three / on /
spent / money / of / proportion / the bar chart / compares / the
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VOCABULARY /30
A. Complete the following sentences
with a word from the box. 1.5 pts each → 9 pts
factors accordance assessment source policy assumption
1. Classroom _____________is an essential part of the instructional process and can
serve as meaningful sources of information about student learning.
2. There is a general ________________ that women are worse drivers than men but
statistics do not support this.
3. Overall, it is clearly seen that the percentage of food and drink
increased in _________________ with the age group.
4. Several ____________ influenced the committee’s decision to hire a new teacher.
5. The college has adopted a strict no-smoking ________________ .
6. Solar power is considered a sustainable _______________ of energy.
B. Collocations. Read these sentences and
choose the correct answer. 7 pts
1. After doing a deal with their boss, the workers _________________ (1.5 pts)
a) ended their strike. b) went on strike. c) fired him.
2. Jenny eats comfort food whenever she’s feeling _______________ (2 pts)
a) relaxed. b) angry. c) stressed.
3. Which would you expect to cost a fortune? (1.5 pts)
a) a luxury apartment b) a fortune cookie c) a lottery ticket
4. I passed the time reading because I __________________________ (2 pts)
a) had been reading really slowly. b) didn’t have anything else to do.
c) had forgotten what time it was.
C. Antonyms. For each of the words,
write its opposite using a prefix. 1 pt each → 4 pts
Example: available → unavailable
located → dislocated
1. possible → _________________________
2. legal → _________________________
3. regular → _________________________
4. satisfied → _________________________
D. Choose the correct part of speech, adding affixes if necessary,
to complete the following sentences. 2 pts each → 10 pts
1. Academic success can only be ______________ by hard work. ACHIEVEMENT
2. You don't respond well to positive ____________________ , CRITIC
which is only made to help you.
3. I've lost all ________________ for this concert, ENTHUSE
I'm finding it boring. Can we go?
4. Though he'd read _____________ on the subject of ancient Egypt, EXTEND
he couldn't answer a single question.
5. This controversial decision will _____________ lead to political tensions. EVITABLE
WRITING TASK 1 /40
The chart below shows the expenditure on three categories among
different age groups of residents in the UK in 2004.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Under 30 31 - 45 46 - 60 61 - 75 76+
Food and drink Restaurant and hotel Entertainment
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EXAMINER’S CORRECTIONS ON WRITING TASK 1
