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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What do you normally go for when you are in a restaurant?
HAVE
What do you normally choose to have in a restaurant?
“It is getting late so we had better set off for home”, said Ash.
HEAD
Ash said that it was getting late and they had better head for home.
The hotel turned out not to be as reasonable as we had thought.
ENDED
The hotel ended up being pricier than we had thought.
He said that he needed to sell his possessions to pay for university.
RID
“I need to get rid of my possessions so that I can pay for university”, he said.
Even though I am not a fan of the group, I will still come with you to the concert.
OF
In spite of not being a fan of the group, I will accompany you to the concert.
What did you get up to in our local bar last night?
DO
What did you do at the local bar last night?
