Matura Solutions Advanced Tests

Test 1

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10 I’ve tried spelling the word in many ways, but

it still looks wrong!

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11 I don’t know who authorised this payment, but

they should be fired!

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12 I can’t remember where I put the money, but

I’m sure it’s safe!

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Mark

/12

Vocabulary

2

Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. There are two more words than you need.

admittedly currently deeply flatly
highly hotly scarcely significantly
thoroughly vaguely

1 I was so ill. I

remember

coming home and going to bed, but that’s all.

2 I

recommend the new Larsson

book. It’s excellent.

3 His style differs

from that of

his peers.

4 The bank manager

refused to

extend my overdraft.

5

I set off a bit late, but the

journey still shouldn’t have taken so long.

6 What are you

working on?

7 I

slept at all last night, I was so

worried.

8 Noreen’s sister

denied taking

her make-up.

Mark

/8

Total

/20

Grammar

1

Rewrite the sentences using

whatever, whoever,

etc.

1 If anyone asks, tell them I’ve gone to the bank!

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2 No matter what John does, Marnie will find

fault with it.

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3 Every time someone congratulates Rosie on

her results, she blushes.

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4 It doesn’t matter which road you take in the

rush hour, the journey will still take at least an
hour.

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5 She takes her mobile phone with her every

place she goes.

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6 My grandfather still can’t understand e-mail

even though he tries again and again.

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7 We’ll be pleased to see you anytime you want

to visit.

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8 I enjoy anything George cooks!

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9 I’ve read all the newspapers and they say the

same thing. The PM is going to resign.

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Matura Solutions Advanced Tests

Test 2

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11 He showed me the letters. They all had

mistakes in them.

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12 We flew over an area of sea ice. Much will

have disappeared in a few years.

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Mark

/12

Vocabulary

2

Complete the sentences with the words in the
box with or without a negative prefix.

adjusted capable conceivable feasible
functioning imaginable penetrable
willing

1 My sister is on the phone all the time. She

seems

of spending a moment

without being in contact with her friends.

2 We have looked at the architect’s drawings,

and though they are ambitious, the plan
seems

.

3 Dad was

to lend me any more

money after I had spent my allowance on
video games.

4 The vastness of outer space is simply

to the human mind.

5 The garden is one big,

mass

of grass and plants. Dad will need a chainsaw
not a mower to get it under control.

6 The fire started due to a

drinks

machine in the school corridor.

7 Marcus seems to have

quite

well to life in Tokyo.

8 Those kids are spoiled! They were brought up

with every

luxury.

Mark

/8

Total

/20

Grammar

1

Combine the sentences using relative clauses.

1 The latest computer is very fast indeed. Its

design is extremely impressive.

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2 I met some of Adrian’s friends. Most had been

in his class at school.

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3 The moors near our house are still stunning. I

walked there a lot when I was growing up.

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4 The actress has recently been at the centre of

a scandal. She will be taking the leading role.

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5 This is the book. I told you about it.

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6 Janine started to yawn. At this point Stuart

stopped talking. _________________________

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7 I got the information from an assistant. He

joined the company two years ago.

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8 There were seven students in the group. No

one had studied English before.

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9 He gave me lots of advice before I went to

Mexico. It all proved very useful.

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10 The PM talked to the reporter. He was standing

in front of his house. _____________________

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