Language Test 9b
Language Test 9b
Language Test 9b
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
2 I___________________ (be able to) make something to eat now if we’d gone to the shop
this morning!
carefully.
12 I wish you __________________ (consider) things a little more carefully instead of just
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The young girl’s forgery / kidnapping / hijacking lasted for three weeks.
1 The blackmailer / con artist / fraudster demanded £1 million for the return of the
scandalous photographs.
2 Nobody suspected the director but he embezzled / forged / defrauded millions of pounds
4 He pretended to be a long-lost relative who needed a place to stay, but it was all just
5 He had two lives: one as a criminal genius, the other as a legitimate / imitating /
masquerading academic.
7 The blackmailers / fraudsters / hijackers demanded $10 million for the release of the
hostages. /7
1 I’m going to i_________ some time in the garden and start a vegetable plot there.
2 The film l_________ almost three hours. It was far too long.
3 I hate it when I’m trying to talk and people don’t p_________ attention.
5 It t_________ me most of the evening to write the essay but I think I’ve done a good job
with it.
/5
He died in prison at the age of 65, yet more proof that crime doesn’t pay.
1 The price isn’t bad but you have to buy batteries, a case, a charger and headphones –
3 I don’t know what I’d have done if you hadn’t helped me. Thanks a lot, I__________ you
one.
4 We worked really hard to get a win in our last match and now we’re _________ the price.
/4
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