Self-study Material First Certificate Gold Units 10 – 12 Answer Key

First Certificate Gold Units 10 –12 ANSWER KEY

1. Change the following into defining 1) We climbed to the top of the hill, where we
relative clauses. got a wonderful view of the city.
2) Our headmaster, whose wife is Head of
1) The taxi driver who took me to the airport Maths, is retiring next month.
was friendly. 3)The people whose daughter I’ve been
2) The movie which I saw last night wasn’t teaching since last month are friendly.
very good. 4) My watch, which my parents gave me years
3) The city where we spent our vacation was ago, doesn’t keep very good time these days.
beautiful. 5) I’d like to introduce you to Sarah, who I play
4) The director who gets the most votes tennis with at the weekends.
receives the Oscar. 6) When he retires, he wants to settle in a
5) Draw a circle whose radius is 5cm. town where there’s no pollution and no traffic.
6) The story which we are reading is called 7) She has always wanted to go to Venice,
‘The Lotus Eater’. where there are no roads, but only canals.
7) The man who I spoke to at the party gave 8) We managed to sell our old car, whose
me advice. doors were so rusty that we could hardly open.
9) The bus which goes direct to the town
2. Fill in the gaps with a relative pronoun. centre from our house is a number 10B.
10) Mine, whose husband is away on business
that – where – whose – who – that – which - tonight, is coming for dinner tonight.
that 11) The vegetables which are sold at our local
greengrocer’s are always fresh.
3. Change the following into non-defining 12) Kate, whose son has been married to my
relative clauses. younger daughter for 3 years, is coming to
stay for Christmas.
1) The world’s biggest melon, which weighed 13) Burglar alarms which ring for no reason is
over 90 kilos, would have fed 400 people. a real nuisance.

2) Ten days’ sales of Coca-Cola cans, which 6. Fill in the gaps with the correct relative
average about 2,800 million, would stretch to pronoun,decide if defining or non-defining
the moon. and add commas where necessary.

3) The top floor of the building, which has been 1. whose

empty for a year, has been bought by a 2. which
computer company. 3. , which
4. , which
4) My uncle Tom, who lives in Manchester,is 5. ,who
coming to visit me. 6. , which
7. ,which
5) Peter’s sister, who I’ve known for years, is 8. , where
a very nice person.
7. Join the sentences using relative
6) Sydney, which has a population of more pronouns.
than 3 million, is Australia’s largest city.
1) Peter’s party which we’re all invited to is
7 )I took the children, who were feeling bored, next Saturday evening.
to the park in Rose Avenue.
2) Mr. Mason apologised for the mistake which
8) Our new personnel manager, who came we complained about.
here from our London branch, is not very 3)The film ‘Family Life’ which I’ve heard good
friendly. reports about is showing next week.
4) She’s studying chemistry which I know very
4. Fill in the gaps with a relative pronoun little about.
and add commas where necessary. 5) A number of my friends who you’ve met
before will be at the party.
when – where – whose – where – whose –
when 8. A writer’s life
Fill in this passage with a or an or the or
5. Transform the following into relative some or nothing.
clauses,decide if defining or non-defining
and add commas where necessary.
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Self-study Material First Certificate Gold Units 10 – 12 Answer Key

As _a_writer, I seem to spend ____ most of 5. She must be cooking.

_the_ time working at ______ home in _an_ 6. So they must be hungry now.
office, sitting in ____ front of _a_ typewriter. In 7. She might / may / could be listening to
fact, _the_ only people I see regularly are music.
____ members of my family and it is difficult to 8. It must have fallen out when I opened the
keep in ____ touch with _some__ friends I bag.
made at _____ school. I’m always getting
____ letters and _____ phone calls from _the_ 12. Write “make” or “do” in front of the
people at publisher’s, though, and I do try to words below.
go out of _the_ house at least once _a_ day.
And from ____ time to time I give lectures or
take part in ____ courses at _some_ 1. do
conferences or at ____ schools in _the_ UK 2. make
or ____ abroad and this helps to prevent me 3. make
feeling too isolated. I also get ____ reports 4. do
back from _some_ schools where _the_ 5.make
material I’ve written is being tried out, and this 6. make
kind of ____ feedback is very useful. Still, it 7. make
seems to me that while I’m still busy and 8. make
continue to make _a_ living, I should go on 9. make
writing ____ books. But as soon as ____ ideas 10.make
seem to be drying up or start suffering from
____ loneliness, I’ll give up ____ writing and 13. Give appropriate numbers for the
get back into _the_ classroom and meet ____ descriptions below.
students again.
1. 0.78
9. Fill in the blanks using the correct modal 2. 5/6
verbs. 3. 70 mph
4. 30 kg
1. must have stayed up 5. 0921 535 123
2. must have been 6. 21 / 12 / 00
3. may / might / could be sleeping 7. 48 %
4. must be sleeping 8. 5 C
5. must be 9. 1m 80 cm
6. must have gone 10. $ 89.23
7. must study
8. might / may / could have studied 14. Fill in the blanks with the correct words
from the box.
10. Fill in the blanks using the correct
modal verbs. 1. flood
2. famine
1. Might / may / could be doing 3. drought
2. must be raining 4. refugees
3. can’t be talking – might /may / could be 5. charity
talking – could / might / may be talking 6. starvation
4. must have left 7. demonstration
5. can’t have gone – must have been caught 8. poverty
6. should have come 9. extinction
7. can’t be cooking – must be making 10. survival
8. must have been
9. must be – can’t be 15. Choose the correct word for the gaps in
10. could / may / might not have known – the sentences below.
may /might / could have been
1. circulation
11. Rewrite the following sentences using a 2. broadcast
3. crossword
model of deduction. 4. frequency
5. aerial
1. He might have stayed at a hotel. 6. cartoon
2. So, she must have been ill. 7. station
3. He can’t have been hungry, but he must 8. editorial
have been thirsty. 9. channel
4.Everybody must be sleeping. 10. headlines
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