Ready for CAE - Unit 2

Which sentences are using the correct collocations ?

• The team players called for a change in the direction of the club.

• They changed subtly the course of the boat.

• Honey, can you switch the channel?

• Maybe we can vary the design.

Which word can fill the following sentence? : "It's very noisy, I'm going to ___ the volume."

• amend

• adjust

• alter

• adapt to

Which sentence doesn't collocate correctly?

• The recent election represent a significant change.

• He had a change of heart.

• They adapted easily to the new school.

• For some, the new uniform is a terrorific change.

Complete the following sentence : "Manuel, don't change (a)   . We are talking about our son."

Which sentence expresses a habit in the past?

• This is the fourth time I’ve seen United play this season.

• We would go the movies with my cousins.

• As soon as the film started, I realized I had seen it before.

• We would like to have stayed longer, but we had to catch the train.

Which sentence emphasizes the repetition of an action?

• She is over the moon because she has been dating this wonderful guy for 2 weeks.

• Our gym is closed for vacation so we've been running in the park.

• I've been working in retail for 5 years.

• She's been trying to enter university.

Which options complete this sentence : "They switched channels ___ the interview had ended."

• as soon as

• once

• while

• after

Which sentence does not express unfulfilled past events?

• They had been practicing their songs for about another before the show started.

• I was going to call you, but I didn't have any credit

• I was about to watch a drama series but I finally decided to go for a run instead.

• She was thinking of going to the café but changed her mind and went to the bookshop.

• The missile launch, which was to have happened on Monday, was postponed.

Which sentence about preferences in the past is grammatically correct?

• We went to Rio but I’d sooner been to Bahia.

• I would like to have stopped the recording, my throat was getting sore.

• Evelyn would have loved read that book, it was key to understand the lecture.

• You would have prefer me to pay for the meal, rather than split the bill.

We can use the continuous forms with stative verbs.

• TRUE

• FALSE