C1 CAE EXAM test

(NEGATIVE INVERSION)     Hardly had the train stopped _____ people rushed towards it.     (ONE POINT)

(NEGATIVE INVERSION)     Not only _____ late, but he forgot the documents as well.     (ONE POINT)

(CLEFT SENTENCES)     _____ impressed me most was her attention to detail.     (ONE POINT)

(MIXED CONDITIONALS)     If I _____ studied harder, I would have a better job now.     (ONE POINT)

(MODAL VERBS)     She _____ have forgotten, otherwise she'd have come.     (ONE POINT)

(PASSIVES)     Gloria is said ______ a fortune.     (ONE POINT)

(VOCABULARY)     Feeling _____ , Tim went to bed immediately. (two points)

(VERB PATTERNS)     Scott denied ______ involved in the incident.     (one point)

(REPORTING VERBS)     Jane's teacher suggested she ______ harder.     (ONE POINT)

(LINKING WORDS)     _____ he felt tired, he stayed until the end.     (ONE POINT)

(CONDITIONALS)     _____ for your help, we might have lost the match.     (TWO POINTS)

(COLLOCATIONS)     Jennifer ______ a huge effort to improve.     (ONE POINT)

(PREPOSITIONS)     Chomsky was widely regarded ______ one of the greatest thinkers of his generation.  (TWO POINTS)

(PREPOSITIONS)      The furious workers were ______ the verge of going on strike.     (ONE POINT)

(do/does/did)  I ______ agree with you..  (one point)

(comparative)  The more you practise, the ______ you become. (two points)

(future perfect)  By tomorrow, she ______ finished the report.  (one point)

(relative clauses)  The person ______ you spoke to is my boss.  (one point)

(phrasal verbs)  Juan came ______ a brilliant idea. (one point)

(modal perfect obligation)  You ______ have done that! (one point)

(sentence structures)  Hardly ______ we arrived when it started raining.. (two points)

(inversion with “only”)  Only after the meeting ______ the problem.  (one point)

(adverbial clauses)  I’ll wait here until she ______. (one point)

(discourse markers)  ______ a result, the project failed.  (two points)

(unless)  You won’t succeed unless you ______.  (one point)

(ellipsis) He likes jazz, and so ______ she. (one point)

(adjectives + prepositions) Nate  is afraid ______ flying. (one point)

(nominalisation)  His ______ (decide) surprised everyone.  (two points)

(LINKING WORDS)     Fracking is dirty and expensive, but, _____ contrast, solar power is clean and cheap.     (ONE POINT)

(ALT. CONDITIONALS)     _____ you work hard, you should pass.     (ONE POINT)

(NEGATIVE INVERSION)     Under no circumstances _____ late.     (ONE POINT)