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0 In each of the sentences below, cross 0 Rewrite the following sentences in o rder to avoid repetition of words
out the adjective in italics which does and ph rases.
not collocate w ith the noun in bold . 1 'Do you think you'll get a holiday in July?' 'I hope I get a holiday in
1 A high/ big/ significant percentage July!'
of accid ent victims coming to 'ibo .!;JOU tkiKk{\ou'll btt A koli.l.A.!;J ii< V"\i:I~' 'I kopt sol.'
hospital have been doing DIV at
2 When a child feels unhappy, the child will ask for the child's mother
home.
more often than t he child will ask for the child's father.
2 For me, visiting Paris is always
3 Gustav bought a large house by t he sea about ten years ago. Buying
a great/ wide/ tremendous
a large house by t he sea turned o ut to be a good investment.
experience - it really is my favourite
city. 4 Leonardo lived in Canada as a child. The fact that he lived in
Canada is the reason why he speaks such fluent English.
3 Jamal attaches considerable/ great
/large importance to the way he s Svetlana spent several mo nths trying to decide which car to buy
dresses, so he always gets up extra and she finally bought a car last week.
early. 6 Matthew likes reading novels. Matthew especially likes reading
4 I'm leaving for work early tomorrow romantic novels.
to try to avoid the deep/ heavy/ 7 Violeta bought apples in the market. Violeta put some of the apples
terrible traffic on my ro ute. in the fruit bowl. Violeta used the other apples to make an apple
s Martina is showing a lot of promise pie.
and she's made high/ considerable 8 Narayan has had t wo j obs. The two jobs were in a bank.
/satisfactory progress with her Unfortunately, the two jobs were not well paid.
English this term . 9 There are five official languages in Spain and Manolo speaks all of
6 My brother has spent a huge/ heovy t he five o fficial languages of Spain.
/considerable amount of money 10 Pete had never spoken to Ann, although Pete had often wanted to
renovating an old farmhouse - I speak to Ann.
don't know how he can afford it.
7 They're doing road works in the
street and the noise is so loud f
0 Correct the mistake in each sentence
terrible I big t hat I can hard ly hear 1 I watched the film. I didn't understand all, but what I did
myself t hink! understand was interesting.
8 One of the attractions of this job is 2 Despite finding the twins at the par ty, she forgot to give the book
the endless/ high/ wide variety of to both of them.
d ifferent tasks I have to perform. 3 Sorry. We're always getting lost. When t hings like these happen, we
normally find our way back.
4 Do it whenever you like. It's something you can do at a time that's
convenient for yourself.
5 If you'd like a piece of cake, just take it on your way out.
6 We're still waiting for o ur meal. Maybe we should say it to the
waiter.
7 I'm really annoyed at me. I saw my bank card on the table as I was
leaving and forgot to pick it up.
8 I really like ice cream, but then again, everyone likes.
