Page 174 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES
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82.1 Suggest corrections to these sentences, or put a S if they are already correct. (B)
1 Backley has a back injury and Peters faces an alike problem.
2 Everyone I know is afraid of Harry's dogs.
3 The ill man was put in a ward full of critically injured children.
4 No two people are alike.
5 No-one really believes there are alive creatures on Mars.
6 I think Paul's fairly happy at work, and seems a content man.
7 When he was alive he was poor and unknown.
8 Within a few minutes she was asleep.
9 The police forced their way through the afraid crowd.
10 The asleep children lay peacefully in their beds.
82.2 In one of the sentences, you can put either adjective in the pair, in which case write them both;
in the other you can put only one of them. (C)
entire - long utter - understandable mere - insignificant initial immediate
nuclear - terrible

1 a I've just written down my ..^^f^^^M^.. reactions.
b When they realised what was happening their reactions were
2 a We didn't stop to rest once during the trip home.
b The trip was but enjoyable.
3 a The small changes in temperature are
b The difference between them was a(n) 2 millimetres.
4 a The war was but thankfully short.
b The whole world fears a war.
5 a The performance was an failure.
b The failure was given the lack of resources.

82.3 Write the word given in brackets in one of the spaces in each sentence, either before or after the
noun, as appropriate. (D)

1 Kevin always seemed such a boy (responsible)
2 Most of the people in the battle are now dead. (involved)
3 New regulations have come into force on the storage of dangerous chemicals.
All the companies have been notified of these. (concerned)
4 There were over three hundred people at the meeting. (present)
5 This process takes three days. It's very complex. (involved)
6 The situation cannot be allowed to continue. (present)
7 Clara and Adam were the children for the damage (responsible)

82.4 Rewrite these sentences as in 1. End the sentence with an adjective ending in -ible or -able from
those in D opposite and use a different adjective in each. (D)
1 This solution was the best. It was the best solution possible.
2 This response was the only one. It was the...
3 This decision was the hardest. It was the...
4 This method was the most economical. It was the...

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