Licence TC 2015-16

English Homework 11

Deadline: Friday 4th March 2016 @ 8pm to be sent to liz.sagar@u-psud.fr

1)Grammar Revision – Pronouns and Possessives

Licence TC 2015-16 ii) Adverb meaning

Match the adverb with its synonym

1 onwards a approximately

2 drastically b attentively

3 roughly c from, as of

4 intently d without fail, without changing

5 consistently e severely, considerably

iii) Synonyms

Choose the synonym of the word in bold , then write a sentence using the synonym.

a) To postpone: to put off, to bring forward, to advance

b) To resume: to sum up, to summarize, to continue

c) To call off: to resume, to cancel, to summarize

d) To run into: to come up, to come across, to cope with

e) To disturb : to reveal, to bother, to dismiss

f) To aim: regret, goal, solution

g) Crop: fad, craze, harvest

h) Before: later, afterwards, prior to

iv) Which word is closest in meaning to the word underlined in bold

a) This factory is an environmental hazard as it gives off noxious smoke.

A) safety B) risk C) shelter D) protection

b) Our bookkeeper has just reconciled accounts and noticed two outstanding invoices.

A) excellent B) illegal C) unpaid D) compensated

c) This time I’m speaking in earnest! I’m going to sue your company.

A) jokingly B) for a laugh C) amicably D) seriously

d) According to the auditor, the figures have no doubt been tampered with.

A) increased B) augmented C) dwindled D) altered

e) You need to have a thorough grounding in business terms, if you want to score well on the

TOEIC test.

A) useless B) careless C) detailed D) decent

Licence TC 2015-16 II) TOEIC Part 1 practice – listen to the mp3 and the example. Choose the sentence which best describes what is happening in the photo.

Licence TC 2015-16

Licence TC 2015-16

III)

Now it’s your turn to be the TOEIC examiner. For the following 2 pictures, Look at them

carefully then create 4 sentences in correct English with one sentence being the correct

response as in a TOEIC test for each picture. Don’t mark the correct response let your

teacher find it.

As your typical TOEIC “traps” include prepositions, homophones, words easily confused,

false friends etc.

Licence TC 2015-16 Picture 1

Licence TC 2015-16 Picture 2