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Find the mistake and correct it:
1. How am I going to dispose all this rubbish?
2. The library is divided in two sections.
3. His parents are always fighting and decided to divorce.
4. The iron doesn't work and I'd like to know what you intend to do with it.
5. I can do with a cold drink.
6. You will need four litres of milk and two dozens of eggs. - 2 mistakes
7. I used to dream to live in a warm climate.
8. I dressed up very quickly an ran out of the house.
9. I don't know why she is so eager for seeing you.
10. Everyone knows that smoking effects your health.
11. The talk was about the effects of alcohol to human body.
12. Some people do not enjoy just to sit and rest.
13. During the examination period there is no time to relax and enjoy.
14. I think that sending him to prison is an enough severe punishment.
15. The piece of wood was not enough thick.
16. In fact, there is enough of food in the world to feed everyone.
17. The number of offices available is not sufficient enough.
18. As soon as he entered into the room, we all stood up.
19. My brother loves music very much and wants to be a musician.
20. They are all matured students with relevant teaching experience.
Word formation 8.
1. Religious ___________such as fasting can be hard to follow. OBSERVE
2. ___________devotion to the service and undeniable bravery have marked out lifeboat crews throughout our history. SELF
3. She accused me of ___________because I sent my sons to a private school. SNOB
4. She has provided us with the first socialist ___________of current economic policy. CRITIC
5. She plans to write her ___________. MEMORY
6. She said some very ___________things. AGREE
7. She's been reading books and articles on good ___________for the last nine months. PARENT
8. Stop ___________yourself - your work is highly valued. LITTLE
9. Teachers are ridiculously ___________, especially as the work is so dangerous. PAY
10. The artificial fruits looked so delicious it was hard to believe in their ___________. EAT
11. The chemical is suspected of causing genetic damage, birth defects and ___________. CARRY
12. The company can only blame itself for the entirely ___________mess that it is now in. SEE
13. The entrance to the cave is ___________with trailing plants. HANG
14. The installation is a relatively simple and ___________procedure. EXPENSE
15. The ___________of his decision took everyone by surprise. RATIONAL
16. The novel starts when a child of unknown ___________is left at the house of the local priest. PARENT
17. The play deals with the ___________of human nature. FALL
18. The prospect of ___________filled her with horror. PARENT
19. The school was overcrowded and desperately ___________. STAFF
20. The shop assistant was very apologetic when I told him he'd ___________my change. COUNT
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Cloze test
Publications that come out at regular .................... (1) of more than one day are known ................. (2) periodicals. The majority of periodicals ...................... (3) to press between a week and six weeks before publication and they are therefore ....................... (4) to print topical news stories and articles in a way that a book ......................... (5). This is one advantage that the periodical has ...................... (6) the book. ............................ (7) advantages are that periodicals are cheaper, they are easier to read, and their .................... (8) is more varied.
Periodicals ..................... (9) from newspapers because they do not concentrate upon ....................... (10) the reader a summary of the immediate news. There are also physical ......................... (11). Most periodicals are .......................... (12) on better paper, they are smaller and are stapled or stitched ........................ (13) so that they last longer. The line between newspapers and periodicals is not clearly ......................... (14), however, because some weeklies that appear in newspaper ........................... (15) are really periodicals.
Great differences ....................... (16) between the various types of periodicals. They ........................... (17) for a wide variety of tastes and may be ......................... (18) with anything from the technical aspects of frying fish and chips to trends ........................... (19) present-day African literature. They .......................... (20) magazines of all types, trade and technical journals, reviews, children's magazines and comics.
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