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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Advanced and proficiency English exercises

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way
that it is as similar as possible to the sentences printed before it.

EXAMPLE:  Our
records indicates that you are two months behind with your rent.
According to our records you are two months behind with
your rent.

(a) The director
didn't like the idea that his employees were arriving late.
The director objected

(b) The gun going off was the signal for everyone to panic.
As soon

(c) As far as I know, this has never happened before.
To
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(d) I simply fail to understand some of my colleagues' attitudes to work.
I have some colleagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(f) You can only really master a language if you use it regularly.
Only by .................... ...
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(g) In a nutshell, Joseph's not up to the job.
The long and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(h) What alienated the workforce was that management never consulted them.
It was the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(i) The thought of what might happen next fills me with horror.
. . I. dread .......................................................................................................................
Source: Grammar and vocabulary for Advanced and Proficiency

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