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- 1. Multiple Choice
Identify the grammatical error in the sentence
Britain's rail service (A) is slow, unsafe, dirty, uncomfortable and unreliable, so no wonder many people choose to drive(B) 25,000 miles a year instead of to travel(C) by train. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 2. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
Most of (A) environmental pressure-groups are convinced that the environment is so important that standards cannot be set too high (B), and must be met regardless of (C) cost. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 3. Multiple Choice
Identify the grammatical error
Van Morrison is belonging(A) to the generation of British musicians who were brought up(B) listening (C) to the music of black America - blues and rock and roll. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 4. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
Well before the birth of multi-channel television, American films have dominated (A) world cinema: even though in the 1950s and 1960s they competed with those (B) made in Europe, by (C) the 1970s European film-making was already dead. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 5. Multiple Choice
If the question is whether the new regulations will ensure better conditions for a more dynamic economic development, it is hard to find the answer.
Transform the last part of the sentence, choosing between
the answer is hardly to find
the answer is hard to find
to find the answer it is hard
it is hardly finding the answer
- 6. Multiple Choice
My hostess assured me that she was accustomed to sleeping on the sofa in the sitting room.
Transform 'was accustomed to sleeping', choosing between
used to sleep...
used to be sleeping
was used to sleep
was used to sleeping
- 7. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
When the French educator and scholar Baron de Couberten had revived (A) the ancient Green concept of (B) the Olympic Games and organized the first event in Greece in 1896, he also set out (C) to revive the Olympic ideal of friendly and fair competition. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 8. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
It was recognized long ago (A) as the time of Chaucer that scurvy could be prevented(B) or even cured by the addition to the food diet(C) of fresh vegetables and fruit. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 9. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
Different type of oils and fats deteriorate (A) at different rates (B): vegetable oils are the more resistant (C) to spoilage, animal fats are more susceptible, while marine oils go rancid more rapidly still. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
- 10. Multiple Choice
Identify the error in the sentence
Using (A) a radio telescope the size of (B) a football field, scientists have identified a star emitting pulses of radio waves 400 light-years from Earth as (C) the closest star ever found. No error (D)
A
B
C
D
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