Hi guys
I really could need your help. I must do an Oxford English test for assessment and I’m preparing myself for this test. I bought some licences to do some test runs. The test results give me feedback about which answers are correct and which answers are false. But when I gave a wrong answer, I do not know the correct answer, I only know that my answer was wrong. I have no solutions, which make the thing a bit difficult ; ) So now, I would like to ask you if you could provide me with the correct answers... because I can not repeat a test run which I have already done, which means I can not try out different answers.
I would be so grateful if a person with a good english could answer my questions. Thank you so much!
Exercise 1
Woman: Why are you home so late?
Man: I stopped …………. to Suzie and I lost track of time
Answer B) have a chat
Answer C) chatting
Anwer D) to chat
Exercise 2
Man: It’s not like you to take a taxi.
Woman: Well, I did it .......... not to be late.
(I tried the answer “in so much as” but this was wrong. Is the answer “so as” correct?)
Exercise 3
Man: Can I join you for a coffee?
Woman: Sure Harry was just comparing this hotel with one ........ he stayed in during his trip to Norway
(I tried the answer “where”. Do you have any idea what the answer could be?)
Exercise 4
Woman: It’s time .............. a new car.
Man: Why? What’s wrong with the one you’ve got?
Answer A) I buy
Answer B) I bought
Anwer C) I should buy
Exercise 5
Man: When did you realise ............. your purse?
Woman: When I tried to pay for my lunch.
Answer A) you lose
Answer B) you’d lost
Anwer D) you were losing
Exercise 6
Woman: They say the price of oil is going to rise again soon.
Man: Not .......... what I’ve heard.
Answer B) referring to
Answer C) according to
Answer D) in accordance with
Exercise 7
Man: Good morning madam. Can I help you?
Woman: Yes, could I arrange an appointment ............ my eyes tested?
Answer A) to have
Answer C) to have had
Answer D) to be having
Exercise 8 -> with single word does match into the gap
The Microwave
The first microwave produced for domestic use was launched in 1967. This was after two decades spent making improvements to the first commercially-used microwave, which was tested in a restaurant in Boston, USA, in 1945. This restaurant machine stood almost two metres high, weighed 340 kg, and cost 5.000 Dollars.
“The early domestic microwaves were out of this world”, says Elizabeth Walter, who ran a microwave cookery school in London in the 1970’s. “One of the best things was that you could adjust the power and cooking speed. We used to do cakes and demonstrate how to simmer sauces, and make casseroles. There was hardly anything you could not do! However, the microwave has ................ considerable criticism from professional cooks, in spite of its speed and efficiency. “I’ve always hatet them”, says a head chef at a well-known London restaurant.
Exercise 9 -> with single word does match into the gap
Korfball
Korfball is a theam ball game which was invented in 1901 by a school teacher in Amsterdam. In many ways the game is like netball and basketball, the man difference being that it’s designed to be played by mixed teams of male and female players. The word “korf” is Dutch for basket. Each team consists of four men and four women. The ball has to be passed by hand, rather than being kicked, and ............... score goals, players need to get the ball in the other team’s basket, at the other end of the court. There are European and World championships which take place .............. four years. Korfball is played around the world, but most commonly in the Netherlands and Belgium. It has been played in England ........... the 1940s.
Exercise 10
Man: .................................. Philip before we speak again?
Woman: Possibly.
Man: Then could you ask him to get in touch with me?
Answer A) Would you see
Answer B) Will you be seeing
Answer C) Would you have seen
Exercise 11
Woman: Harry’s new restaurant has really ............... .
Man: That’s excellent news.
Answer B) made out
Answer C) turned up
Answer D) taken off
Exercise 12
Woman: Can you tell me where the nearest garage is?
Man: Turn right ...... the next crossroads. You can’t miss it.
Woman: Thanks.
Answer B) to
Answer C) at
Answer D) in
Exercise 13 -> with single word does match into the gap
The Giant Squid
Little is known about the giant squid, despite it being the biggest invertebrate on earth. It can reach a length of approximately 20 meters and a weight of 900 kilograms. The lack of information is mainly due to the fact that it lives in the deepest, darkest corners of the ocean, ............. are inaccessible to man. Scientists have had to rely on information the have managed to retrieve from carcasses which have been washed up on beaches or caught by fishermen.
Exercise 14
Woman: I’d enjoyed the book so much that I didn’t want to see the movie at first.
Man: And what did you think?
Woman Surprisingly .................... , I thought the movie was even better.
Answer A) though
Answer C) as such
Answer D) as much
Exercise 15
Father: I told your teacher you didn’t like that course.
Daughter: Oh Dad, I really wish you ................. that!
Answer A) weren’t doing
Answer C) hadn’t done
Answer D) didn’t do
Exercise 16
Woman: What was that noise?
Man: It sounded as if someone stepped on a branch and it ..................... .
Answer B) snapped
Answer C) banged
Answer D) popped
I really could need your help. I must do an Oxford English test for assessment and I’m preparing myself for this test. I bought some licences to do some test runs. The test results give me feedback about which answers are correct and which answers are false. But when I gave a wrong answer, I do not know the correct answer, I only know that my answer was wrong. I have no solutions, which make the thing a bit difficult ; ) So now, I would like to ask you if you could provide me with the correct answers... because I can not repeat a test run which I have already done, which means I can not try out different answers.
I would be so grateful if a person with a good english could answer my questions. Thank you so much!
Exercise 1
Woman: Why are you home so late?
Man: I stopped …………. to Suzie and I lost track of time
Answer B) have a chat
Answer C) chatting
Anwer D) to chat
Exercise 2
Man: It’s not like you to take a taxi.
Woman: Well, I did it .......... not to be late.
(I tried the answer “in so much as” but this was wrong. Is the answer “so as” correct?)
Exercise 3
Man: Can I join you for a coffee?
Woman: Sure Harry was just comparing this hotel with one ........ he stayed in during his trip to Norway
(I tried the answer “where”. Do you have any idea what the answer could be?)
Exercise 4
Woman: It’s time .............. a new car.
Man: Why? What’s wrong with the one you’ve got?
Answer A) I buy
Answer B) I bought
Anwer C) I should buy
Exercise 5
Man: When did you realise ............. your purse?
Woman: When I tried to pay for my lunch.
Answer A) you lose
Answer B) you’d lost
Anwer D) you were losing
Exercise 6
Woman: They say the price of oil is going to rise again soon.
Man: Not .......... what I’ve heard.
Answer B) referring to
Answer C) according to
Answer D) in accordance with
Exercise 7
Man: Good morning madam. Can I help you?
Woman: Yes, could I arrange an appointment ............ my eyes tested?
Answer A) to have
Answer C) to have had
Answer D) to be having
Exercise 8 -> with single word does match into the gap
The Microwave
The first microwave produced for domestic use was launched in 1967. This was after two decades spent making improvements to the first commercially-used microwave, which was tested in a restaurant in Boston, USA, in 1945. This restaurant machine stood almost two metres high, weighed 340 kg, and cost 5.000 Dollars.
“The early domestic microwaves were out of this world”, says Elizabeth Walter, who ran a microwave cookery school in London in the 1970’s. “One of the best things was that you could adjust the power and cooking speed. We used to do cakes and demonstrate how to simmer sauces, and make casseroles. There was hardly anything you could not do! However, the microwave has ................ considerable criticism from professional cooks, in spite of its speed and efficiency. “I’ve always hatet them”, says a head chef at a well-known London restaurant.
Exercise 9 -> with single word does match into the gap
Korfball
Korfball is a theam ball game which was invented in 1901 by a school teacher in Amsterdam. In many ways the game is like netball and basketball, the man difference being that it’s designed to be played by mixed teams of male and female players. The word “korf” is Dutch for basket. Each team consists of four men and four women. The ball has to be passed by hand, rather than being kicked, and ............... score goals, players need to get the ball in the other team’s basket, at the other end of the court. There are European and World championships which take place .............. four years. Korfball is played around the world, but most commonly in the Netherlands and Belgium. It has been played in England ........... the 1940s.
Exercise 10
Man: .................................. Philip before we speak again?
Woman: Possibly.
Man: Then could you ask him to get in touch with me?
Answer A) Would you see
Answer B) Will you be seeing
Answer C) Would you have seen
Exercise 11
Woman: Harry’s new restaurant has really ............... .
Man: That’s excellent news.
Answer B) made out
Answer C) turned up
Answer D) taken off
Exercise 12
Woman: Can you tell me where the nearest garage is?
Man: Turn right ...... the next crossroads. You can’t miss it.
Woman: Thanks.
Answer B) to
Answer C) at
Answer D) in
Exercise 13 -> with single word does match into the gap
The Giant Squid
Little is known about the giant squid, despite it being the biggest invertebrate on earth. It can reach a length of approximately 20 meters and a weight of 900 kilograms. The lack of information is mainly due to the fact that it lives in the deepest, darkest corners of the ocean, ............. are inaccessible to man. Scientists have had to rely on information the have managed to retrieve from carcasses which have been washed up on beaches or caught by fishermen.
Exercise 14
Woman: I’d enjoyed the book so much that I didn’t want to see the movie at first.
Man: And what did you think?
Woman Surprisingly .................... , I thought the movie was even better.
Answer A) though
Answer C) as such
Answer D) as much
Exercise 15
Father: I told your teacher you didn’t like that course.
Daughter: Oh Dad, I really wish you ................. that!
Answer A) weren’t doing
Answer C) hadn’t done
Answer D) didn’t do
Exercise 16
Woman: What was that noise?
Man: It sounded as if someone stepped on a branch and it ..................... .
Answer B) snapped
Answer C) banged
Answer D) popped
1. none fits: should be to chat with
2. 'so as' is correct
3. 'where' is common; perhaps they want 'in which'
4. I bought
5. you'd lost
6. according to
7. to have
8. ?? taken, had
9. to, in, during
10. many things are possible
11. taken off (quite idiomatic - not sure it should be on a general grammar test)
12. at
13. which
14. though
15. hadn't done
16. snapped
2. 'so as' is correct
3. 'where' is common; perhaps they want 'in which'
4. I bought
5. you'd lost
6. according to
7. to have
8. ?? taken, had
9. to, in, during
10. many things are possible
11. taken off (quite idiomatic - not sure it should be on a general grammar test)
12. at
13. which
14. though
15. hadn't done
16. snapped
Philip1. none fits: should be to chat with1. 'Chat to' is fine in British English.
3. With the 'in' there, 'where' is not good BrE. It's 'that' or 'which'.
8. drawn, attracted.
9. to,
10. 'Will you be seeing' is the only one of the options that works for me.
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Korfball is a theam ball game which was invented in 1901 by a school teacher in Amsterdam. In many ways the game is like netball and basketball, the man difference being that it’s designed to be played by mixed teams of male and female players. The word “korf” is Dutch for basket. Each team consists of four men and four women. The ball has to be passed by hand, rather than being kicked, and ............... score goals, players need to get the ball in the other team’s basket, at the other end of the court. There are European and World championships which take place .............. four years. Korfball is played around the world, but most commonly in the Netherlands and Belgium. It has been played in England ........... the 1940s.