English Language Proficiency Exercises and Grammar Drills
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S13B
- a) shatter
- b) offspring
- c) carrier
- d) malodorous
Sentence Transformations
- a) Passengers will be given a “quiet zone” without any extra cost.
- b) If airlines suggest that they should be segregated from other passengers, parents will get angry.
- c) Is it necessary for adults to learn to live with child passengers?
- d) Children will be banned by Malaysian Airlines from the top deck of A380 aircraft.
X12A
- a) makes a living
- b) risk
- c) confiscating
- d) inconvenienced
Sentence Transformations
- a) Patrick Smith, who is a pilot, writes for the online magazine Salon.com.
- b) Some people asked if crews empty the contents of the toilet over people’s houses.
- c) If you concentrate on these irrelevant things, you are wasting time and resources.
- d) More attention is required for some routes and airports than for others.
X12B
- a) experiment
- b) variations
- c) tent
- d) universal
Sentence Transformations
- a) “I have found the funniest jokes in the world,” said Wiseman.
- b) People enjoyed jokes about the relationship between men and women more than any others.
- c) The Americans’ and Canadians’ favourite jokes are about making somebody look stupid.
- d) In order to find the world’s most popular joke, Chris Wiseman conducted an experiment.
X12B (Scottish Culture)
- a) Kilts
- b) Scottish reel
- c) outsells
- d) hangover
Sentence Transformations
- a) The writer advised us to keep our eyes open for haggis in restaurants and pubs.
- b) At most weddings, the Scots prefer country dancing to a disco.
- c) Tours and Scottish entertainment are provided by language centres as part of their courses.
- d) Perhaps if you had enough money, you could even buy a kilt.
S12A
- a) challenging
- b) raise
- c) weird
- d) margin
Sentence Transformations
- a) Blindfolded waterskiing, which only the bravest and most experienced waterskiers dare to do, is a difficult sport.
- b) The skier isn’t able to see the route or water over which they are skiing.
- c) A new world record has been set by Steve Thiele in an effort to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
- d) Thiele said that it was great to get a world record and that he was very happy to have completed the challenge.
S12B
- a) soothe/quiet
- b) ripples
- c) thunder
- d) odd
Sentence Transformations
- a) Her mind was soothed by its soft, dark water.
- b) Not only did she feel at peace, but she also felt unhindered and free.
- c) After she had gathered her things together, she made for the cottage.
- d) A man, who was skinny, cadaverous and unwelcome, stood in the kitchen.