Advanced Cert GE - Vocabulary and grammar, units 1 - 11	

Vocabulary
I hate people who d_______ on and on and never let you speak
(4)	Choose the correct form
My grandmother 
had told / would tell us stories about her childhood
(4)	Choose the correct form
We used to live / would live / had lived in London when I was a child
(4)	Vocabulary
I couldn't believe it. 
Apple. Apple. Apple!
I had hit the j_______ and won $ 10,000!
(5)	
Vocabulary
I couldn't find my purse and I was s_________ around in my bag when
fortunately I found it.
(5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
If I _______ (choose)
a five instead of a four, I ________ (win) 
$ 7 million. Never mind! (5)	Correct his sentence
If I can find the time, I would take some more evening courses.

(5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
If I won the Mark Six, 
I _______ definitely buy a house and I _______ buy a car - I'm not sure.  (5)	
Complete the sentence
(grammar)
I'm sorry! _________ I known it was your birthday, I 
__________(buy) you a card.  (5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
I wish I _________ eaten so much at dinner. 

(5)	Complete the sentence
(modal)
I wish you
__________  stop making that awful noise. I'm trying to work.
(5)	Vocabulary
I've been reading Obama's a__________.
He's had an interesting life, and he's a good writer too.
(5)	
Complete the sentence
(tense)
Call me after nine. We
__________(have) dinner by then. (8)	Complete the sentence
(tense)
This time next week I
_________(sit) on the beach in Thailand sunbathing. (8)	Vocabulary
I always wear this bracelet when I have an exam. It's a lucky 
c__________. (5)	Vocabulary
I've done a lot of revision so I  think I have a good 
______ ____ passing the exam.
(8)	
Vocabulary
Scientists still haven't c_____ u__ w_____ 
a cure for AIDS.
(8)	Vocabulary
The men were s___________ to six months in jail for 
burglary. (9)	Vocabulary
The jury returned a 
u__________ v________ of not guilty. (9)	Vocabulary
The bus driver, who had been speeding, was 
tried for m__________
as two passengers had died. (9)	
Vocabulary
He s_________ the company for negligence and was awarded $500,000 in
d_________ for the injuries he had sustained. (9)	Complete the sentence
(modal)
The store _________ give her a refund as they said she'd caused the damage herself.

(9)	Complete the sentence
(modal - deduction)
Margaret _______ ____ gone home - her coat's still here.

(9)	Modal / vocabulary
You ____________
read the s_________ before you signed the agreement. It's your own fault.
(9)	
Correct his sentence
Look, the window's broken. The burglars can have got in that way.
(9)	Choose the correct form
I don't care if you are the President.
No one is law-abiding / by law / above the law
(9)	Vocabulary
There is an old l_________ in the north of the country about a witch who steals children.
(11)	Vocabulary
Alfred Hitchcock was called the Master of S________ - his stories were exciting and you never knew how they would end.
(11)	

Answers	

Vocabulary
I hate people who drone on and on and never let you speak
(4)	Choose the correct form
My grandmother 
would tell us stories about her childhood
(4)	Choose the correct form
We used to live /  in London when I was a child
(4)	Vocabulary
I couldn't believe it. 
Apple. Apple. Apple!
I had hit the jackpot and won $ 10,000!
(5)	
Vocabulary
I couldn't find my purse and I was scrabbling around in my bag when
fortunately I found it.
(5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
If I had chosen
a five instead of a four, I would have won 
$ 7 million. Never mind! (5)	Correct his sentence
If I could  find the time, I would take some more evening courses./

If I can  find the time, I
will take some more evening courses./
(5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
If I won the Mark Six, 
I would definitely buy a house and I may / might buy a car - I'm not sure.  (5)	
Complete the sentence
(grammar)
I'm sorry! Had I known it was your birthday, I 
would have bought you a card.  (5)	Complete the sentence
(grammar)
I wish I hadn't eaten so much at dinner. 

(5)	Complete the sentence
(modal)
I wish you
would stop making that awful noise. I'm trying to work.
(5)	Vocabulary
I've been reading Obama's autobiography.
He's had an interesting life, and he's a good writer too.
(5)	
Complete the sentence
(tense)
Call me after nine. We
will have had dinner by then. (8)	Complete the sentence
(tense)
This time next week I
will be sitting on the beach in Thailand sunbathing. (8)	Vocabulary
I always wear this bracelet when I have an exam. It's a lucky 
charm. (5)	Vocabulary
I've done a lot of revision so I  think I have a good 
chance of passing the exam.
(8)	
Vocabulary
Scientists still haven't come up with 
a cure for AIDS.
(8)	Vocabulary
The men were sentenced to six months in jail for 
burglary. (9)	Vocabulary
The jury returned a 
unanimous verdict of not guilty. (9)	Vocabulary
The bus driver, who had been speeding, was 
tried for manslaughter
as two passengers had died. (9)	
Vocabulary
He sued the company for negligence and was awarded $500,000 in
damages for the injuries he had sustained. (9)	Complete the sentence
(modal)
The store wouldn't give her a refund as they said she'd caused the damage herself.

(9)	Complete the sentence
(modal - deduction)
Margaret can't have gone home - her coat's still here.

(9)	Modal / vocabulary
You should have
read the small print before you signed the agreement. It's your own fault.
(9)	
Correct his sentence
Look, the window's broken. The burglars must / could have got in that way.
(9)	Choose the correct form
I don't care if you are the President.
No one is  above the law
(9)	Vocabulary
There is an old legend in the north of the country about a witch who steals children.
(11)	Vocabulary
Alfred Hitchcock was called the Master of Suspense  - his stories were exciting and you never knew how they would end.
(11)