C2 EXERCISES FOR THE COURSE (2014-15)

Please copy and print out any exercises I may put on this post throughout the year 

(you will need to use them in the course. remember I delete the exercises as I post another lot)

USE THESE TWO SITES FOR EXERCISING YOUR COMMAND OF ENGLISH
1) http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/
This will help you with a selection of tests at different levels. Answers are given.
2)http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
You can copy & paste texts from newspapers and create your own CLOZE TESTS for yourself and your friends.

This is what you should print out and do before Thursday & next Tuesday.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it.
Example: We expect he will arrive by nine o’clock.
Answer: He IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY NINE O’CLOCK.

1) I won't agree until Tom's apologised.

Only when…………………….

2) Please don't use the shower after midnight.

Would you mind……………………….

3) I agree he's a good worker but I still don't think he should get the job.

Despite ............................................

4) The residents get very angry when bicycles are left in the hallway.

The residents all wish bicycles ..........................................

5) ‘John shouldn't have behaved so badly,’ said Janet.

Janet objected ................................................

6) Anna failed to understand how serious her illness was until she spoke to the doctor.

Not until ...............................................................

7) They set off to climb the mountain in spite of the fog.

Although ...................................................................

8) I do like carrots, but I don't want to eat them every day.

Much as ...........................................................

9) Jack plays football more skilfully than Paul.

Jack is ...............................................

10) ‘Hand over the bag or I’ll shoot you!’ said the robber to the security guard.

The robber threatened ...........................................

11) Although Professor Sweet knew a lot about grammar, he couldn’t answer the question.

Despite ..........................................

12) Mrs Fielding is too old to make such a journey.

Mrs Fielding is so ......................................

13) I am always short of time. 

I never .................................................

14) I had only just watered the garden when it began to rain.

Hardly ..............................................

15) I haven’t visited any countries in South America except Venezuela.

Venezuela is .............................................

16) We cannot exchange tickets in any circumstances.

Under .......................................

17) Whenever he passed the prison, Bernard remembered the years he had spent there.

Bernard couldn't ................................................

18) If you buy fifteen tickets for the same performance, you can have a 25 per cent discount.

Provided fifteen ..............................................................

19) Our profits this year are higher than they have ever been.

Never ........................................................

20) It is my opinion that he is the greatest artist of the twentieth century.

I consider him ............................................

21) ‘I did not remove the money from the safe,’ said Peter.

Peter denied ..............................................

22) Macbeth is the play that I enjoy the most.

There .............................................................

23) Nobody remained on the ship after the captain had left it.

The captain .....................................................

24) The factory seemed to have been damaged by fire.

It looked ..........................................................

25) The controller never looked away from the screen.

At no time ...........................................................

26) Miranda said she was sorry that she had not read my report yet.

Miranda apologised ........................................................

27) Only the Chairman’s firmness and diplomacy prevented a serious argument between the committee members.

If ......................................................................................................

28) You can stay in the flat for free if you pay the bills.

So long as .................................................

29) I didn’t mean to be impolite.

It ................................................

30) Despite Jack’s strange clothes, everybody ignored him.

Nobody took ...........................................

31) It was more of a business arrangement than a marriage.

It was not ..............................................................

32) You must not communicate in any way with anyone involved in this case.

You must have .......................................................

33) His father made him study Latin at the age of three.

At the age of three, he ...................................................

34) I would prefer you to pay in cash.

I'd rather ..............................................

35) Try as I might, I could not understand the code.

No matter .........................................................

36) Professor Helsing knows everything about this manuscript.

There is ......................................................

37) If you trade in your existing answerphone, we will reduce the price of a new one by £100.

Trade ............................................................

38) Norman was sorry he had lost his temper.

Norman regretted ..........................................................................

39) Although I respect the law, I cannot accept the court’s decision.

Much ...................................................................

40) Is he the only person who knows the secret?

Does ......................................................................

(more to follow: this will be deleted)