Module Test 7

Vocabulary 3 Collocations with plan

Complete the text with the correct form of the
1 Academic nouns
verbs in the box.
Complete the text with the words in the box.
There is one extra word. draw up go ahead oppose put forward shelve unveil
buyine
terminate coordination expansion
compensation 1 2 3 4 5 6
Last week the new town plan was
p initiative investment
angularimplementation infrastructure
1 at a party in the local
maintenance parameters hotel. It had been 2 by the
bakim town planners who thought they knew how the town
Building the ideal city could be improved over the next 20 years. However,
it now seems that one of the town councillors had
If there was a(n) 1implementation to design actually 3 this plan and
a new city from scratch outside of the normal he had leaked the information on social media.
Consequently, outraged residents gate crashed the
2
parameters of an existing city, what should party shouting that that the plan was both unfeasible
the priorities of urban planners be? In the past, it was
often grandeur and beauty over practicalities and
and unnecessary. One local resident, Jenni Mitchell,
4 an alternative plan to
construction would take place without considering
avoid all these changes, which was to simply ban
the need for open spaces. The 3 infrastructure
access to all vehicles including lorries in the town
of cities has exploded over the past few decades
centre and roads leading to it. This was popular with
with many open spaces being built upon. The
the residents but no final decision will be made until
4 of such strategies is contrary to
a lengthy consultation has been conducted. Only
current research which shows how beneficial open then will the council decide whether to
spaces are to residents. Therefore, the benefits of 5 with the original plan or
5 in open spaces should not be 6 it if they deem it unviable.
ignored by governments and urban planners. Of
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course, the ubiquitous car will have to disappear
from the city centre so a good green public 4 Prepositions
transport 6 is vital. Buildings should Complete the text with the correct preposition.
not only be eco-friendly but also require as little Our self-balancing scooters sales rose 1 12
7 as possible. In order to achieve percent to reach $950,000 last year and we’re hoping
the perfect city, there must be 8 that after the end-of-year sales, that figure will have
between all the stakeholders. risen 2 over $1 million. The scooter, which
appears to float 3 air (although it doesn’t
actually do so) is powered 4 electricity and
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can travel at a maximum speed 5 8 mph. We
2 Word families are fast becoming one of the most popular scooters
Complete the sentences with the correct form of 6 those currently on the market.
the words in the box. There is one extra word. /6
2
compensation 2 expansion
distribution 7
4
implementation investment
5 6
maintenance

1 The cost of 6 these historic old

buildings is too high for us to bear.
2 If the population of the city continues to
3 at the current rate, there will be
neither housing nor employment to sustain it.
3 We were when the railway was
built through our garden.
4 The local authorities should think about
5 in more schools locally as there
are a lot of young families moving into this area.
5 We need to the new IT
strategy as soon as possible because we’re losing
customers.
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 Module Test 7

Language development 7 Improve grammatical accuracy

Choose the correct options in italics to complete
5 Sentence fragments and run-on sentences
the text.
Match the sentences (1–6) with the errors (A–E).
You will need to use one of the errors more than
once. Travel in Venice
1 Using electric vehicles a great way of reducing
pollution in cities. Although you probably 1 are knowing/know/have
2 The new industrial has easy access to all the major known that Venice is the city of canals, visitors are
road networks. often surprised 2 they found/to find/finding that they
3 High-rise flats, which often make their residents really do have to travel by some form of boat to get
feel isolated. anywhere 3 unless/in case/provided they are prepared
4 The building will have a rooftop garden so that to walk for miles trying to find 4 them/their/its way
residents can grow their own fruit vegetables through the maze of footpaths and bridges. Both
there. locals and visitors 5 use/uses/used the ‘vaporetti’,
5 Some people believe that, in order to save space the public ferries, which travel around Venice along
new houses should be much smaller and some the larger navigable canals. 6 This/There/These
facilities should be shared. is one of the best ways to view the city, 7 despite/
6 While many people disagreed with building a whereas/although the ferries can get very crowded
housing estate on the field next to the park. at times. Water taxis are much more expensive
A there should be a second clause than the public ferries but they can provide private
B missing verb tours of the canals for the visitor. Today no self-
C missing subject respecting Venetian would choose to use a gondola
D missing conjunction to travel around but for tourists they evoke 8 the/a/
E missing punctuation that fourteenth century when the nobles of Venice
/6 embraced the gondola as the best way to travel.

6 Punctuation
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Correct the error in each line. Match the
corrections (A–K) with the lines of text (1–11) TOTAL /50
How do you travel to work 1
cycling has become a very popular means
of transport 2
in cities where traffic jams are common place 3
while many people think cycling is a good 4
idea there seem to be even more who hate
cyclists because they often ignore 5
the rules of the road. this has led to some
heated disputes: car users 6
attacking cyclists cyclists knocking wing
mirrors off cars and frightened 7
pedestrians screaming at thoughtless cyclists 8
However, what can be done to stop the
conflict 9
one idea is to construct more cycle lanes
so that cyclists and motorists 10
don’t have to share the road. However this
would be an expensive project. 11

A comma G question mark

B capital letter H comma
C full stop I question mark
D capital letter J comma
E full stop K capital letter
F capital letter
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