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Cambridge First Certificate Exam: Upper-intermediate

Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.

Example:  There is no point in seeing that film
WORTH

    That film isn't worth seeing   
1. He doesn't like cricket    
APPEAL

   Cricket     him

2. The last time she went to the cinema was ages ago
BEEN

  She     ages
3. It's good thing you brought your cheque book or we
    wouldn't have been able to buy the car
YOU     

 We wouldn't have been able to buy the car
       your cheque book
4. The president should lower taxes
I

  If     lower taxes
5. My parents didn't allow me to stay up late when I
    was young
LET

   My parents     stay up late when
    I was young
6. A motor bike is cheaper than a car
AS

 A motor bike doesn't cost     a car
7. First we had dinner at home and then we went to the
    theatre
HAD

  We went to the theatre, but before that we
       dinner
8. It was a bad idea to buy that second hand car, it has
    given me nothing but trouble
WISH

  I     that second hand
    car, it has given me nothing but trouble
9 - 15. Put the verb (in brackets) in the correct tense in  this postcard:

Example:   John visited (visit) his friends last weekend

 
This is the most beautiful country I've ever     (be) to, however our accommodation could     (be) better. Yesterday a strange thing happened. While we     (walking) along the main high street a man came out of his restaurant and asked us if we    (want) to eat there. We   (receive) a similar offer from 2 other restaurateurs before this, but we     (not accept) their offers. On this occasion we did, but once inside in the establishment we wished we    (not go) in. It was a snake restaurant, the only thing on the menu was every kind of snake you can imagine.
Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D:

16. A. What's like the weather? B. How's the weather? C. What's the weather like? D. How the weather is?

17.
A. She especially likes her garden very much in the summer
B. She especially likes very much her garden in the summer


C. She likes her garden very much especially in the summer
D. In the summer she especially likes her garden very much
18. He's looking forward   ..........   that film A. to see B. seeing C. see D. to seeing
19.   ..........   is it from London to Manchester?
A. How far B. How long C. How much D. How many
20. I   ..........   it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'm going for a picnic
A. expect B. hope C. wait D. await
21. I   ..........   getting up at 08.00. It's not as difficult as I thought
A. used to B. used C. am used to D. would
22. I wouldn't mind   ..........   tonight

A. to go out B. go out C. going out D. to going out
23. Don't forget   ..........   those letters A. to post B. posting C. to posting D. post
24. They   ..........   last night, but I'm not sure

A. may arrive B. might arrive C. should arrive D. may have arrived
25. I couldn't mend the TV myself, so I   ..........   at a shop

 A. had it mended B. had it mend C. did it mend D. had mended