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Use of English (NMT prep)

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Read the text below and decide which answer best completes each gap. There is one example.

Every year lots of students 1. ..... on exchange programmes and stay with students in other countries. This practice was first inspired 2. ...... volunteers who helped in other countries in war time.There are special organisations that help schools plan these and it can be a wonderful
3. ........ . Students stay with teenagers of the 4. ..... age, who are often 5. ...... in the same things. Sometimes students 6. ...... a short time in the other country – maybe two or three weeks – but in some countries students go for longer periods. They can go for as long as a year and also 7. ........ at a school or college in the other country.Exchange programmes are good 8........ you meet people from different countries and also learn about living in another country. Of course, it's an excellent way to practise and improve a foreign language at the same time as having. 9......... ! Before going on an exchange, it's important for the school to choose 10..... right teenager for you to stay with. You. 11. .... to fill in forms about your personality, family, interests and pastimes.
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Read the text below and decide which answer best completes each gap. There is one example.
A frightening experience

One of my favourite hobbies is acting and I've done a lot of plays with my school and 12. ....
club. When I started acting, I didn't 13. .... to get nervous and I was really confident. I could learn and remember lots of lines with no problems! Then one night I was acting 14..... a fantastic play called Shadowlands. It’s about how the 15..... C.S Lewis, who wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, fell in love with an American poet called Joy. It's a very 16 ...... play and Joy dies at the end. I was playing Joy and right in the middle of the second 17. .... I forgot my words. It was terrible! Afterwards everyone said that my performance was great, but I was really disappointed 18..... myself. Now I concentrate much 19..... when I'm on stage, but I've never forgotten that moment. I still enjoy acting, but I don't look 20...... to going on stage as much as I used to. It's more frightening 21. .... taking an English exam!
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If it rains tonight, what ______ do?

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She ______ be upset if she hears the news.

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What______ if you had arrived on time?

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I ______ to the party if I didn't have to work.

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Choose the correct reported speech for 'I am tired', she said.

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Select the correct form: 'Can you help me?' he asked.

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Rewrite this in reported speech: 'I didn’t do it', he denied.

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Correct reported speech form for 'I have a headache', she said.

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Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ coat is red.

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Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ rooms are on the first floor.

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How do you correctly use the apostrophe to show that something belongs to 'two weeks'?

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Select the correct use of apostrophe in expressing time for 'year'.

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What is the correct use of apostrophe to express duration in the context of 'an hour'?

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Select the appropriate quantifier: She has ____ friends in her town.

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Identify the correct quantifier to complete the sentence: Can you lend me _____ money?