In this part of the exam you have six sentences to complete. You need to read the first sentence in each question. From this you need to look at the second sentence and think about what information is missing. You must then complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first with 2-5 words (NO MORE). Another thing to understand is that you are provided with a word that you must use in exactly the same form (if it is TOLD, you cannot use tell, telling or any variation of the word. ONLY TOLD). Each of the questions is worth 2 points and the points are based on lexical (vocabulary) or structural (grammatical) points. What they assess in this part of the exam are as follows:
Lexical: phrasal verbs, word patterns, fixed expressions, contextual vocabulary etc.
Structural: passive, relative clauses, reported speech, quantifiers, connectors, tense changes, gerund versus infinitive, modal verbs, inversions (rarely), conditionals etc.
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My brother shouted, “Wait up, I’m not ready yet!”
TOLD
My _______________ wait for him as he still wasn’t ready.
It is hard to pay all of the bills on my salary.
AFFORD
I can’t _______________ all the bills on my salary alone.
If you want to pass the exam, you need to make an extra big effort.
PUT
You need _______________ big effort unless you want to be disappointed in the exam.
As for me, you can forget about any future favours.
CONCERNED
As _______________, you can forget about getting any favours from me in the future.
Our siblings are eager to arrange a romantic getaway for our parents.
LIKE
Our siblings _______________ a romantic trip for our parents.
I have to admit that politics have never really interested me.
GRAB
I must say that politics _______________ attention.
