1. (A) Their most favorite hotel is the Hotel Regent.

(B) It is near the beach and (C) is a very cozy hotel. It is (D) not too expensive, too. 2. I like (A) these kind (B) of hotels too. I dont (C) go for the big, noisy and (D) expensive sort. 3. The Amelia Hotel (A) is good as the Radan Hotel, (B) in fact. Actually, I (C) would rather go to the Amelia. (D) Its closer to the town. 4. (A) He prefers the (B) Radan Hotel because (C) he feels the service (D) is more better. 5. The Weather Bureau (A) is announced that the rain (B) will continue for (C) another 36 hours. People (D) are advised to stay indoors. 6. Visibility (A) on the roads (B) are very poor. Thus, drivers are advised (C) to be careful, especially when (D) driving at night. 7. She was (A) kind enough (B) to give me (C) a lot of advices (D) about how to pass the driving test. 8. (A) I told him, (B) I have not (C) been told (D) these news 9. (A) The man was hung as punishment (B) for murdering (C) his five children (D) and his wife. 10. (A) I made him (B) to confess that (C) he copied your answer (D) during the test. Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B

Error identification Extra practice exercises. Decide which part of the sentence is grammatically incorrect. Then look at the answers below. 1. I enjoyed study geography at school and now Ive enrolled at the Economics Faculty. 2. I used to be keen of all scientific subjects but now I would prefer to study art. 3. I want meet your sister when she comes to see you she sounds very nice. 4. My friends tell the English exam is quite difficult but Im not worried. 5. The tickets, which are extremely good value, can be buy from large supermarkets. 6. The number of people which asked for the discount was low but grew during the summer period. 7. He wanted always to be a doctor and after doing medicine he now works in a hospital. 8. The informations they gave us was not very helpful so I consulted the website instead. 9. There isnt many time, do you think we should get a taxi to the exhibition centre? 10. He graduated in languages in June and is now thinking of do a second degree in psychology. 11. The policeman showed us an identikit picture of the man who steal the car. 12. How long does it take to get the station on foot from your house 13. I was so angry that I took the watch broken to the jewellers to get my money back. 14. He rang me this morning for tell me that he had passed his driving test. 15. I wont be able to go on holiday this year unless I will get a part-time job.

16. It was so nice day that they decided to have a picnic in the field. 17. I havent never seen anybody who rides a horse so well before. 18. My boyfriend always takes me to see horror films, but I dont like very much. 19. We went to Guatemala last year so we were tired of the usual beach holiday. 20. Ive gone to Marbella. I remember it well. A busy town with a nice modern promenade and picturesque piazze. ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS 1. I enjoyed studying (enjoy + ing) 2. keen on (keen + on = essere appassionato di) 3. want to (want+ to + verb) 4. tell me (tell + person (me/you/him/her etc); nb. saynon seguito dalla persona) 5. can be bought (to be + past participle = passive) 6. who (relative pronoun who = people) 7. always wanted (frequency adverb goes before the main verb) 8. the informations (information = uncountable noun) 9. much time (much with uncountable nouns, many with countable nouns) 10. doing (ingafter a preposition) 11. stole (past tense of steal = steal stole stolen) 12. get to (preposition necessary; get to /go to /come to the station, BUT. arrive at/ reach the station) 13. broken watch (adjective before noun) 14. to tell me (to+base form = per/a scopo di) 15. unless I will get (1 conditional = if/unless/when + present)

16. 17. 18. 19.

such a (such a + noun; so + adjective) I havent never (double negative) l dont like them (like + direct object) as (as = siccome; so = quindi)

Ive been to Madrid (use been not gone se sei stato e tornato) On the recording, you hear: (narrator) : Questions 1 through 4. Listen to a lecture in a history class. (woman) : Salt, which today seems so plentiful to us, in the past used to be a valuable commodity. In the ancient past in China, salt was used to make coins and in parts of Africa it was traded in place of money. In the Roman Empire, soldiers were not paid in money but were instead paid in salt. In fact, the English word salary, which means the amount of money that one earns, comes from the Latin root for salt. Questions: 1. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What is the topic of the talk? In your test book, you read: (A) Valuable commodities. (B) Salt. (C) Ancient China.

(D) Money. 2. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What was salt used for in China? In your test book, you read: (A) To spice food. (B) To build houses. (C) To make coins (D) To locate Africa. 3. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What does salary mean in English? In your test book, you read: (A) Coins. (B) Earnings (C) Soldiers. (D) Commodities. 4. On the recording, you hear: (narrator) What is the meaning of the root sal in Latin? In your test book, you read: (A) Salt. (B) Rome.

(C) Money. (D) Trade. Analysis:

The first question asks about the topic of the talk. The speaker begins with salt and continues to talk about it throughout the passage, so the best answer is answer (B). The second question asks about the use of salt in China. The speaker says that in China, salt was used to make coins, so the best answer is answer (C). The third question asks the meaning of salary. The speaker says that salary means the amount of money that one earns, so the best answer is answer (B). The last question asks about the meaning of the root sal. The speaker says that salary.. comes from the Latin root for salt, so the best answer is answer (A) s

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