Question

First Certificate Language Practice Final Test 3 Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space. Foreign travel Nowadays more and more people enjoy 0  foreign travel, and take up their holidays in 00 up the distant countries. However, not everyone 1 ______ has had the same reason for travelling. Some 2 ______ of people travel so that they can practise 3 ______ foreign languages, or because they want to 4 ______ visit well-known sights in other countries. 5 ______ Lots of young people just want to have relax 6 ______ and make up new friends. Personally, I would like 7 ______ to travel abroad for the excitement! I have never 8 ______ been visited to a foreign country before, but I have 9 ______ been planning a trip around Europe by the train with 10 ______ some friends of mine. As we are students, and so we can 11 ______ buy cheaper tickets. One of my friends went on 12 ______ having this kind of trip a few years ago. She stayed in 13 ______ youth hostels, and managed to spend a very little 14 ______ money. I think that this would be an exciting holiday. 15 ______

Answer 1

1. -
2. had
3. of
4. -
5. -
6. have
7. -
8. the
9. visited
10. -
11. and
12. -
13. having
14. -
15. -

Answer 2

Corrected Text:

Foreign travel Nowadays more and more people enjoy foreign travel, and take up their holidays in distant countries. However, not everyone has had the same reason for travelling. Some people travel so that they can practise foreign languages, or because they want to visit well-known sights in other countries. Many young people just want to have a relax and make up new friends. Personally, I would like to travel abroad for the excitement! I have never been visited to a foreign country before, but I have been planning a trip around Europe by train with some friends of mine. As we are students, we can buy cheaper tickets. One of my friends went on having this kind of trip a few years ago. She stayed in youth hostels, and managed to spend very little money. I think that this would be an exciting holiday.

Explanation:

Here is the corrected text:

Foreign travel Nowadays more and more people enjoy foreign travel, and take up their holidays in distant countries. However, not everyone has had the same reason for travelling. Some people travel so that they can practise foreign languages, or because they want to visit well-known sights in other countries. Many young people just want to have a relax and make up new friends. Personally, I would like to travel abroad for the excitement! I have never been visited to a foreign country before, but I have been planning a trip around Europe by train with some friends of mine. As we are students, we can buy cheaper tickets. One of my friends went on having this kind of trip a few years ago. She stayed in youth hostels, and managed to spend very little money. I think that this would be an exciting holiday.

In the corrected text, the errors have been identified and corrected as follows:

- Line 1: "foreign travel" is correct. - Line 2: "distant" is correct. - Line 3: "has" is correct. - Line 4: "people" is correct. - Line 5: "foreign languages" is correct. - Line 6: "visit" is correct. - Line 7: "Many" is correct. - Line 8: "a" should be removed. - Line 9: "and" should be removed. - Line 10: "to" is correct. - Line 11: "been" should be removed. - Line 12: "train" is correct. - Line 13: "some" is correct. - Line 14: "having" should be removed. - Line 15: "youth" is correct. - Line 16: "very" is correct. - Line 17: "money" is correct.