Tanit  +  568457 Sat, 20 Sep 08 09:44 PM Choose the correct item. 1. A: ‘Any news from Tess?’     B: ‘Yes. She Selectwill have been arrivingarrivesarrivingwill have arrived tomorrow on the 9:15 train.’ 2. A: ‘I suppose your report isn’t ready yet.’     B: ‘Don’t worry. I Selectwill have finishedam finishingwill be finishingwill have been finishing it by tomorrow.' 3. A: ‘So, are you coming along, after all?’     B: ‘Well, I don’t know. What time Selectwill you be leavingyou’re leavingwill you leavedo you leave ?’ 4. A: ‘I’ve called Eddie a hundred times but he won’t answer the phone.’     B: ‘Try once more. He Selectsleepswill be sleepingis to be sleepingwill sleep .’ 5. ‘Well, I first came here last June.’     B: ‘So by the end of May you Selectare going to have workedwill have workingwill have been workingwill work with us for almost a year.’ 6. A: ‘Shall I call Eddie at home?’     B: ‘I think he Selectis going to workis to workwill workwill be working .’ 7. A: ‘Is Nigel still here?’     B: ‘Yes, but hurry up, he is just Selectto leaveabout leavingabout to leaveto be leaving .’ 8. A: ‘Do you know it’s Maggie’s birthday today?’     B: ‘Yes, she Selectis to havehasis havingwill have a party tonight.’ 9. A. ‘Doesn’t she feel nervous about having to teach that class?’     B: ‘I shouldn’t think so as she is such an experienced teacher. By October she Selecthas beenwill have beenis going to beis to be teaching for fifteen years.’ 10. ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’     B: ‘It’s too late; the film Selectis going to bewill havewill beshall have started by now.’ 11. A: ‘You look gorgeous in that dress.’     B: ‘Really? I Selectbuyam to buywill be buyingwill buy it then.’ 12. A: ‘So, when is your maths exam?’     B: ‘Well, this time tomorrow I Selectwill be sittingwill have been sittingsitwill sit for it.’ From: Evans, V. (2002) CPE Use of English 1 for the Revised Cambridge Proficiency Exam: Student's Book. Express Publishing. Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,025 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Tests, CPE, Cambridge, Proficiency, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Students, Certificates, Qualifications, Teaching

	Doll  +  568498 Sat, 20 Sep 08 11:50 PM 10 out of 12. Thanks! Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,811

	Grammar Geek  suggested by eksena  +  735968 Mon, 18 May 09 02:26 PM There's something a bit off about #4. It should be "try once more" not "one more" - just a typo, I think.   But the answer "He will be sleeping" is a bit odd. More likely are:  He may be asleep. He may be sleeping. He's probably sleeping. (Although why you want to wake the poor guy up is another question!)   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,650 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Tanit  +  736531 Mon, 18 May 09 09:28 PM Hi Barb, "one" was indeed a typo for "once" and I've just fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out. As for "will be sleeping", do you think it would be natural if the word "probably" were added? (I'm sorry, none of your suggestions was offered as a possible choice ... but you know how these tests work, right? Unfortunately, sometimes the most natural answers are left out ). Tanit Apologies

	eksena  +  961054 Wed, 04 Nov 09 12:10 AM Will you check it once again: 3. What time are you living? 4. He must be sleeping. 6. I think, he's going to work. eksena Joined on Mon, Apr 27 2009 Moscow New Member 07 "The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost."

	Tanit  +  961747 Wed, 04 Nov 09 08:33 PM Hi Eksena, I am not sure I understand your post correctly. Are you proposing some possible answers? This type of exercise requires that students pick one of the four given answers. This doesn't mean, of course, that they're the only possible ones, as other sentences might make sense. That said, my humble opinion is that your #3 would be possible if it were not for the spelling mistake (leaving, not living), your #4 (I think) is grammatically fine but changes the meaning (in terms of degree of likelihood), and your #6 is grammatically incorrect, as you've got an extra comma, and the meaning changes. But then, I might be wrong, so wait for the experts/natives. Tanit Spelling, Commas, Punctuation, Writing, Mistakes, Sentences, Students

	eksena  +  962282 Thu, 05 Nov 09 10:19 AM Hi, Tanit, Sorry for having been so laconic. Just in case you would like to have a look at: http://lang-8.com/45637/journals/275847 Sorry for typos, they seem to be the only thing I am perfect at. As for commas, well, there are rules, I'd say rather various rules. Nevetheless, let it be your variant. I don't mind. Actually, test compounding is much more challenging rather than awarding. One should check every word to make the meaning clear for everyone. Nevertheless, being a novice to the site I can't but appreciate your input into 'Test'-section. Wishing you all the best, eksena eksena Commas, Punctuation, Apologies

	Tanit  +  962728 Thu, 05 Nov 09 08:15 PM Hi Eksena, Thank you both for your feedback and for the poll in your link. eksena “Actually, test compounding is much more challenging rather than awarding. One should check every word to make the meaning clear for everyone.” Much as I agree with you on this, as a learner I have to say that: 1. I didn't made up the test (in fact, I provided the source at the very end of my original post); 2. Selective cloze tests ask student to choose the best answer among those given; this might or might not be the most natural answer. Welcome to Englishforums! I hope you'll like it here. Tanit Students