Comparison, Arguments and Precise Vocabulary

Grammar: comparison and contrast. Choose one answer.

1 This dictionary is than the one we had before.

• usefuler
• more useful
• most useful

2 There are birds in the countryside now than there were 30 years ago. Choose the standard formal form.

• little
• less
• fewer

3 We tried as as we could.

• hardly
• hard
• harder

4 Driving the new model is easy comparison.

• at
• on
• in

5 He works slowly and precisely I tend to rush things and make mistakes. Choose the linker that contrasts the two working styles.

• because
• despite
• whereas

6 I cycle to work, I don’t feel very fit. Choose the concessive clause linker.

• Despite
• In spite of
• Even though

Grammar: reporting, explaining and hypothesising. Choose one answer.

1 The survey indicated 28 per cent would prefer to buy a house through a building society than through a bank.

• which
• what
• that

2 His remark that we hard enough upset everyone. Choose the past perfect negative.

• didn’t worked
• hadn’t work
• hadn’t worked

3 We need to find another way doing things.

• at
• of
• on

4 They’d have got the job done quicker if they more people working on it.

• have had
• would have
• had had

5 Anyway, I suddenly realised that my bag gone.

• was
• be
• were

6 my alarm didn’t go off, I was late for work. Choose the linker that introduces the reason.

• Because
• Although
• Unless

Vocabulary: study and professional experience. Choose one answer.

1 Please list your educational qualifications and work Choose the word meaning knowledge and skills gained from doing jobs.

• experience.
• experimentation.
• experiment.

2 However, as a serious academic study, the book fails. Here, academic refers to

• commercial advertising.
• scholarly research and study.
• practical household chores.

3 Understanding caring and care-giving is a difficult field of study. Field of study means

• a place for outdoor classes.
• an area of knowledge.
• a period of training.

4 This will also be a future topic of study. Topic is closest in meaning to

• deadline.
• result.
• subject.

5 Source phrase: specialist expertise. Expertise means

• the length of a training course.
• expert knowledge and skill.
• formal authority over staff.

6 The study phase goes like this. A phase is a

• prediction.
• conclusion.
• stage.

Vocabulary: precise descriptions and the environment. Choose one answer.

1 Source phrase: high-quality creative work. Creative describes work that uses

• only repeated routine procedures.
• imagination and original ideas.
• mainly administrative rules.

2 We all need to do more to reduce carbon emissions. Reduce means

• decrease.
• measure.
• eliminate completely.

3 To meet targets for global warming we need to increase our sources of renewable energy. Renewable energy comes from sources that

• must be imported.
• cannot be replaced.
• are naturally replenished.

4 Many stores are committed to reducing the environmental of plastic shopping bags. Choose the word meaning effect.

• impact
• impression
• impulse

5 Metal, paper and glass can be Choose the correct form of recycle.

• recycles.
• recycling.
• recycled.

6 Source phrase: landfill sites. These are places where

• electricity is generated from wind.
• reusable goods are sold.
• waste is buried.