Here’s the test itself and my [color=indigo]presumably right answers. Off we go!
Part 1
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Water {is to boil / is boiling / [color=indigo]boils} at 100C.
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In some countries {there is / is / [color=indigo]it is} very hot all the time.
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In cold countries people wear thick clothes {for keeping / [color=indigo]to keep / for to keep} warm.
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In England people are always talking about {a weather / [color=indigo]the weather / weather}.
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In some places {[color=indigo]it rains / there rains / it raining} almost every day.
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In deserts there isn`t {the / some / [color=indigo]any} grass.
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Places near the Equator have {a warm / the warm / [color=indigo]warm} weather even in the cold seasons.
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In England {coldest / [color=indigo]the coldest / colder} time of year is usually from December to February.
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{The most / Most of /[color=indigo]Most} people dont know what its like in other countries.
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Very {less / little / [color=indigo]few} people can travel abroad.
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Mohammed Ali {has won / [color=indigo]won / is winning} the first world title fight in 1960.
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After he {[color=indigo]had won / have won / was winning} an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer.
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His religious beliefs {have made him / made him to / [color=indigo]made him} change his name when he became champion.
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If he {has / would have / [color=indigo]had} lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.
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He has travelled a lot {[color=indigo]both / and / or} as a boxer and a world-famous personality.
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He is very well known {all in / [color=indigo]all over / in all} the world.
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Many people {is believing / are believing / [color=indigo]believe} he was the greatest boxer of all time.
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To be the best {from / [color=indigo]in / of} the world is not easy.
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Like any top sportsman Ali {[color=indigo]had to / must / should} train very hard.
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Even though he has now lost his title, people {would / [color=indigo]will / did} always remember him as a champion.
Imagine that you are still living in the 20th century…
The history of {aeroplane / [color=indigo]the aeroplane / an aeroplane} is {[color=indigo]quite a / a quite / quite} short one. For many centuries men {are trying / try / [color=indigo]had tried} to fly, but with {[color=indigo]little / few / a little} success. In the 19th century a few people succeeded {to fly / [color=indigo]in flying / into flying} in balloons. But it wasnt until the beginning of {[b][color=indigo]this[/b] / next / that} century that anybody {were / is / [b][color=indigo]was[/b]} able to fly in a machine {who / [b][color=indigo]which[/b]/ what} was heavier than air, in other words, in {who/ which / [b][color=indigo]what[/b]} we now call a “plane”. The first people to achieve “powered flight” were the Wright brothers. {His / Their / [b][color=indigo]Theirs[/b]} was the machine which was the forerunner of the Jumbo jets and supersonic airliners that are {such / [b][color=indigo]such a[/b] / so} common sight today. They {[b][color=indigo]could[/b] / should / couldnt} hardly have imagined that in 1969, {[color=indigo]not much / not many / no much} more than half a century later, a man {will be / had been / [color=indigo]would be} landed on the moon. Already {a man / man / [color=indigo]the man} is taking the first steps towards the stars. Although space satellites have existed {since / during / [color=indigo]for} less than forty years, we are now dependent {from / of / [color=indigo]on} them for all kinds of {informations / [color=indigo]information / an information}. Not only {[color=indigo]are they / they are / there are} being used for scientific research in space, but also to see what kind of weather {[color=indigo]is coming / comes / coming}.
By 1998 there {would / must / [color=indigo]will} have been satellites in space for forty years and the “space superpowers” are planning to {[color=indigo]have / make / let} massive space stations built. When these {will be / are / [color=indigo]will} have been completed it will be the first time {when / where / [color=indigo]that} astronauts will be able to work in space in large numbers. {Apart / For / [color=indigo]Except} all that, in many ways the most remarkable flight {[color=indigo]of / above / at} all was {it / that / [color=indigo]that one} of the flying bicycle, which the world saw on television, {[color=indigo]flying / to fly / fly} across the channel from England to France, with nothing {apart / [color=indigo]but / than} a man to power it. As the bicycle-flyer said, “Its the first time {I realize / [b][color=indigo]Ive realized[/b] / I am realizing} what hard work is to be a bird!”
Part 2
- Many teachers {say to / [color=indigo]say / tell} their students should learn a foreign language.
- Learning a second language is not the same {[color=indigo]as / like / than} learning a first language.
- It takes {long time / long / [color=indigo]a long time} to learn any language.
- It is said that Chinese is perhaps the world`s {harder / [color=indigo]hardest / more hard} language to master.
- English is quite difficult because of all the exceptions {who / [color=indigo]which / what} have been to be learnt.
- You can learn the basic structures of a language quickly, but only if you {are wanting / will to / [color=indigo]are willing} to make an effort.
- A lot of people aren`t used {to the study / [color=indigo]to study / to studying} grammar in their own language.
- Many adult students of English wish they {would start / would have started / [color=indigo]had started} their language studies earlier.
- In some countries students have to spend a lot of time working {[color=indigo]on / by / in} their own.
- There aren`t {no / [color=indigo]any / some} easy ways of learning a foreign language in your own country.
- Some people try to improve their English by {hearing / listening / [color=indigo]listening to} the BBC World Service.
- {Live / Life / [color=indigo]Living} with a foreign family can be a good way to learn English.
- It`s no use {to try / trying / [color=indigo]in trying} to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.
- Many students of English {[color=indigo]would rather not / would rather prefer not / would rather not to} take tests.
- Some people think it`s time we all {learn / should learn / [color=indigo]learnt} a single international language.
Charles Walker is a teacher at a comprehensive school in Norwich. He {has joined / [color=indigo]joined / joins} the staff of the school in 1998 and {[color=indigo]has been working / worked / works} there ever since. Before {move / to move / [color=indigo]moving} to Norwich, he taught in Italy and in Wales, and before that he {has been / [color=indigo]was / was being} a student at Cambridge University. So far he {isnt / wasnt / [color=indigo]hasnt been[/b]} in Norwich for as long as he was in Wales, but he likes the city a lot and {should / [b][color=indigo]would[/b] / could} like to stay there for at least another two years, or, {how / which / [b][color=indigo]as[/b]} he puts it, until his two children {[b][color=indigo]have[/b] / will have / will be} grown up a bit. He met his wife, Kate, in 1982 while he {was to live / [b][color=indigo]was living[/b] / had been living} abroad for a while, and they got married in 1986. Their two children, Mark and Susan, {are / [b][color=indigo]were[/b] / have been} both born in Norwich. The Walkers boy, {[color=indigo]who / which / he} is four, has just started at nursery school, but {[color=indigo]his / their / her} sister {shall stay / stays / [color=indigo]will be staying} at home for another couple of years, because she is nearly two years {[color=indigo]younger / more young / the younger} than him. Charles and Kate Walker {are used / use / [color=indigo]used} to live in the country, but now that they have children, they {[color=indigo]have moved / move / moved} into the city. Charles wanted a house {next / [color=indigo]near / close} the school {in order / for / [color=indigo]to} get to work easily. Unfortunately {the / a / [color=indigo]that} one the two of them really wanted was too expensive, so they {must / should / [color=indigo]had to} buy one a bit further away. By the time the children {go / will go / [color=indigo]will have gone} to secondary school, {that / [color=indigo]which / what} Charles and Kate hope will be in Norwich, the Walkers {[color=indigo]will have been / have been / will be living} there for at least fifteen years. They cant be sure if they {[b][color=indigo]stay[/b] / do stay / will stay}, but if they {[b][color=indigo]dont / didnt / wont}, their friends won`t be too surprised.
- John
s coming to see you, {hasnt he / wasnt he / [b][color=indigo]isnt he[/b]}?
- It
s been a long time since youve seen him, {hasnt it / [b][color=indigo]isnt it[/b] / haven`t you}?
- He
s due to arrive tomorrow, {wont he / [color=indigo]isn`t he / will he}?
- He won
t be getting in till about 10.30, {isnt he / is he / [color=indigo]will he}?
- You met him while you were on holiday, {[b][color=indigo]didn
t you[/b] / werent you / haven`t you}?
- I think I
m expected to pick him up, {[b][color=indigo]arent I[/b] / don`t I / are you}?
- No doubt you
d rather stayed in England now, {didnt you / [b][color=indigo]wouldnt you[/b] / shouldnt you}?
- Nobody else has been told he`s coming, {is he / has he / [color=indigo]have they}?
- We
d better not stay up too late at night, {didnt we / have we / [color=indigo]had we}?
- I suppose it
s time we called it a day, {didnt we / [b][color=indigo]isnt it[/b] / dont I}?
Gosh, that’s it!
Looking forward to your precious replies.
How would I know what items I am weak at?
and know my flaws.