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Test 2 Training r PAPER 3 Use of English Part 1

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Useful language: collocations


1 Choose the correct alternative in italics.
1 Eating badly can result on/in poor health.
2 That old city is known for/of its beautiful castle.
3 My teacher is still not satisfied with/of my work.
4 Hannah is proud of/for her daughter's success.
5 It takes time to get used to/of living in another country.
6 The film is based of/on events that really happened.
7 I was disappointed for/with the food in that café.
8 Leroy is capable of/in running 100 metres in under 10 seconds.

2 Add a verb in the correct form to complete the collocations.


missed the last bus home so I had to walk.
1 I ..................
2 I'm happy because my team .................. won yesterday's match 5-0.
3 On Sunday afternoons I often stay at home and.................. play cards with my family.
4 keep
Please.................. this secret. Don't tell anyone.
5 pass my driving test.
I'll get a car if I ..................
6 The directors a rehaving .................. a meeting next week.
7 had
Last winter I .................. a bad cold.
8 spend lots of money every week.
Some footballers..................

3 Choose A, B, C or D in these sentences written by First Certificate candidates, 1 W hich option can y o u add
to 'off' to m ean 'postpone to
and say why each is correct.
a future tim e ?
1 He wanted to ... off the appointment until next Wednesday.
2 W hich adjective collocates
A put B make C turn D leave
with 'n o ise ?
2 We heard a ... noise and part of the old building collapsed.
A loud B strong C high D heavy 3 W hich preposition follows
'agree' when it m eans 'have
3 I agree ... one point with Chris: it will be hard for us to walk 80 km. the sam e opinion about
A in B of C on D for som ething ?
4 We should give teenagers a place to ... up their own club.
4 You n e e d to com plete a
A make B set C put D stand phrasal verb with 'up' that
5 You have to change your general... to life. m eans 'get everything ready'.
A attitude B opinion C view D feeling
5 O nly one o f these nouns is
6 People doing that job should be well paid. But, as ... as I know, they're not. follow ed by 'to'.
A much B long C far D good
6 W hich w ord com pletes a
7 I m ust... on paying for the phone calls I made from your flat.
se t phrase m eaning 7 think its
A demand B suggest C require D insist true but I'm not sure ?
8 At that restaurant they treat you ... if you were a princess.
7 O n ly one o f these verbs is
A almost B as C just D so
follow ed b y 'on.

|Tjpi For each gap, look at the whole sentence before you choose the answer. 8 W hich form s a se t phrase
with 'if', for som ething that
only seem s to b e true?

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