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DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B

Review Test 1

Grammar & Usage

Grammar & Usage
Review Test 1
Part A

Part B

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Grammar Practice
In this article, some of the verbs are incorrect. Decide if the underlined verbs are correct. The first two have been done for you.

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The Olympics (1) had changed the lives of

(1)

has changed
_____________

(2)


_____________

(3)

to find
_____________

many people in China.
For security guard Z. Zhang, the final burst of fireworks over the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the closing ceremony (2) pointed him towards a new career. The 19-year-old Henan native came to Beijing (3) found a job before the
Games got underway.

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‘I wanted to do something for the Olympics,’
(4)

had been
_____________

(5)


_____________

‘I thought I might (6) made some contacts

(6)

make
_____________

during the Games, which would help me (7)

(7)

find/to find
_____________

Zhang said. As he (4) is a security guard for years before he came to the capital, he tried
(5)

to look for the same kind of job.

finding a good job after the Games were over.’

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Zhang (8) has left secondary school in 2006.

(8)

_____________ left To earn a living, he (9) took a job as a security

(9)

_____________


guard. He decided (10) being a volunteer for

(10)

____________ to be

(11)

was
____________

I (12) have met many foreigners and I was

(12)

met
____________

able to (13) practising my English.’

(13)

practise
____________

the Olympics.
‘It (11) is hard work being a volunteer,’ Zhang concluded, ‘but it was worth it. For one thing,

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