TEST 6

There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION:
1. Reading through the first sentences and the second gapping sentences you have to complete.
2. Focus on each key words you are given and think about how it can be used grammatical in its gapped
sentence
3. Starting with the one you are suie about, complete each gapped sentences with a possible answer. You
can use spare paper for rough answers. Remember that the second sentence must be a similar meaning to
the original sentence.
4. Count the number of words you have use in the gap. You must use not less than two and not more than
five include the word in bold (or in italics). Note that a contracted form as dor't counts as two words.
5. Don't waste time to worry about the sentences you can not complete. Try them again later.
6. If you aren't sure, make a sensible guess. Don't leave any spaces blank.
7. Finally, read the sentences to check that they make sense and are grammatically accuracy.
8. Don't forget that you must not change the key word on any way.
Answer: 0- Reading – Read
Your answer:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.

TEST 7
In the paragraph below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be there. indicate
the correct lines with a stick (√). For the incorrect lines, write the words that should not be there.
1. ……In the words of birds, the bill design is a prime example of evolutionary.
2. ……fine-tuning. Shorebirds such as oystercatchers use their bills to pry on open.
3. ……the tightly sealed forward shells ol their prey; humming birds have stiletto-like.
4. ……bills to probe the deepest nectar-be mng flowers; and kiwis that smell out
5…….earthworms thanks to nostrils whica located at the tip of their beaks. But few
6. ……birds are more intimately tied to thoir source of sustenance than
7. ……are crossbills. Two species of these finches, named for the way
8…… the upper and lower parts of their bills cross away, rather than meet in
9. ……the middle, reside in the evergreen forests of North America
10. …..and feed on the seeds therefore held within the cones of coniferous trees.
Your answer:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.

TEST 8
Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them. The first one has been done as an example
for you. (10ms) Line Errors Corrections
1. The Yellowstone National Park is home to Yogi Bear. So Yogi Bear, as 1 The → Delete "the"
2. everyone ought to know, ranks second next to Peanuts in the popular 2. …………………………..
3. strip-cartoons world. He is; therefore, dear to tie heart of every 3. …………………………..
4. American child. Whatever it happens to Yogi becomes a matter of 4. …………………………..
5. national concern. And it does appear that Yogi is in to deep trouble. 5. …………………………..
6. He is in danger of extermination, or, at least, h s real-life brothers are. 6. …………………………..
7. Out there in Wyoming, in Yellowstone Park, there used to be more 7. …………………………..
8. hundreds of grizzly bears. A few years ago, there were about 250. 8. …………………………..
9. Last year, the number dropped 10 just over hundred. And now ecologies 9. …………………………..
10. claim that within a few years, to as far as Yellowstone is concerned, 10. ……………………….
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11. the grizzly will be extinct. Fo almost a hundred years, the bears had 11…………………………..
12. been eating at the great rubbh h dumps which are being found in the 12…………………………..
13. park's remote regions. They found out the collected dumps of travelers' 13…………………………..
14. garbage a source of food, available all year round. Often, the bears 14…………………………..
15. would arrive a dump in a great gang. Then, suddenly, the park 15…………………………..
16. administrators ordered all the dumps to be closed up, and any bear 16…………………………..
17. found near them to be shot. F ungry bears raged through the park. 17…………………………..

TEST 9
Identify 10 spelling errors in the passage and correct them. (0) has been done as an example.
British universities are currently gearing up there new 0. their
intake of students. 'It's been complete chaos this year,' one 1. _______
registrar told me. 'because of problems with the 2. _______
computerised application system, we still don't know how 3. _______
money students we'll be getting.' It now appears that, far 4. _______
from having to many first-year students, universities will not 5. _______
have enough, and its doubtful weather full government 6. _______
funding will be available to university departments witch 7. _______
have not met predicted targets. As a result, both students and 8. _______
officials are calling for a revue of the hole university 9. _______
entrance procedure, from application to acceptance. It is 10. _______
generally felt that confusion has rained for far too long.

TEST 10
Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them.
Elephants are the only remain family in their biological order. There are three living species of elephants.
These are the African bush and forest elephants and the Asian. Other species have been extinct by the last
ice age. Elephants are the largest land mammals alive today. Their pregnant period is 22 months. It is the
longest any land animal. Since birth, it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120kg. An elepnant may
live as long as 70 years, and some even live longer. The largest elephant ever record was shot in Angola in
1956. It was male and weighed about 12,000kg. The smallest elephants were about the size of a calf with a
large pig. They were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete. They existed until between 3000
and 5000 B.C.
Elephants are increasing threatened by hi mans. Human-elephant conflicts are often dead. They kill 150
elephants aid up to 100 people per year in Asia. The African elephant population has gone from 3 million in
1970 to about 600,000 in 1989. The numbers o' this beast then dropped even further. By 2000 the number
was down to 272,000. In recent years, efforts to save these animals have helped it rise. The elephant is now
protected around the world. Many restrictions have been enacted for their benefit, strictly limit their capture
and domestic use Trade in products such as ivory is also controlled.
Your answer:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.

To be continued ….