FCE grammar and vocabulary review two

FIND THE MISTAKE

FIND THE MISTAKE

FIND THE MISTAKE

FIND THE MISTAKE

FIND THE MISTAKE

FIND THE MISTAKE

1 These jeans should have cost £70, but the assistant made a mistake and me. I only paid £50 for them.
2 The house has been abandoned for years. That’s why the garden is looking so .
3 I’m sorry I’m late. My alarm didn’t go off, so I .
4 You’ve my surname. There are two ‘t’s in Hutton, not one.
5 Police are investigating the of confidential documents from the Prime Minister’s office.
6 Paul comes to school tired, and it is not for him to fall asleep in class.

The Celebrated Pedestrian
Pedestrianism, an early form of racewalking, was an (0) __extremely___ (EXTREME) sport in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, attracting huge crowds of (1)(SPECTATE) . Individuals would either aim to walk a certain (2)(DISTANT) within a specified period of time or else compete against other pedestrians. Cash prizes were offered but (3)(PARTICIPATE) could also earn substantial amounts from the money gambled on events.
Perhaps the most famous (4)(WALK) was Captain Robert Barclay Allardice, whose (5)(ORDINARY) achievements earned him the title of ‘The Celebrated Pedestrian’. The Scotsman’s most memorable (6)(PERFORM) took place in 1809, when he walked 1000 miles (1609 kilometres) in 1000 hours for a bet of 1000 guineas. Many considered it (7)(LIKELY) that he would complete the challenge, which required him to walk a mile an hour, every hour, for forty-two days and nights. He proved them wrong, though the task was so (8)(PHYSICAL) demanding that by the end of the walk he had lost nearly fifteen kilos in weight.

1 I’ve been meaning (write) to you for ages but I just haven’t had the time.
2 If we go skiing tomorrow, it’ll mean (get) up early. The slopes get crowded very quickly.
3 I wish you’d stop (tap) your foot!
4 These long car journeys make me really hungry. Can we stop (have) lunch soon?
5 When I tell you to be quiet, why must you always go on (talk)?
6 After looking at verbs which take the gerund, we went on (study) those which are followed by the infinitive.
7 I tried hard (open) the window, but I couldn’t move it. It was stuck.
8 These plants look as if they need a lot more light. Try (put) them a little closer to the window.

1 Our hotel was right next to the golf we played on every morning. In fact, our room overlooked the fairway of the eighteenth .
2 The blew his whistle to signal the end of the football match and hundreds of jubilant United fans ran onto the to congratulate their players.
3 I’m useless at tennis: I can’t even the ball over the net with the .
4 The taking us to the top of the steepest ski broke down halfway up and we were left hanging in the air for over an hour.
5 Over three thousand runners will take in this year’s marathon, which for the first time ever takes on a Sunday.
6 Barcelona Valencia 3–2, while Real Madrid could only 1–1 at home to Rayo Vallecano.

0 I never buy live albums . You don’t get the same quality of sound as you do with a studio recording.
1 Adele’s latest album sounds great. I heard a couple of tracks last night.
2 I spend all my time in piano lessons practising the scales. I still haven’t learnt to .
3 Her last record only got as far as number ten .
4 When groups make a record they often have to employ to play some of the instruments.
5 That guitar sounds awful! Are you sure it’s ?
6 I hate it when they on the TV. It’s so obvious they aren’t really singing.
7 The band is going again next year. They’ll be playing in nine European countries in three months.
8 Next on Capital Radio we’re going to from the latest ‘Sidewinder’ album. It’s called Ready for love – I hope you like it.