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ADV2 - EXPERT - Silver Unit Figuring out

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  • Which situation best illustrates someone resting on their laurels?
    A journalist keeps improving after winning an important award.
    A company pays for an event in exchange for advertising.
    A witness gives the police information about an accident.
    An athlete stops training seriously because previous victories seem enough.
  • A company pays for a local sports event in exchange for publicity. The company is...
    a sponsor
  • Several websites used misleading headlines as ___ to make readers open the article.
    clickbait
  • Which situation is the best example of a fad?
    A news organization has existed for 80 years.
    A fashion trend becomes extremely popular for two months and then disappears.
    A person witnesses an accident.
    A business finances an event.
  • Which sentence correctly reports an action believed to be happening right now?
    The actor is believed to leave the building.
    The actor is believed to have left the building.
    The actor is believed leaving the building.
    The actor is believed to be leaving the building.
  • In "The suspect is believed to have left the country", what does "to have left" show?
    The action happened at the same time as the belief.
    The action happened continuously during the belief.
    The action happened before the belief.
    The action happened after the belief.
  • The journalist is believed ___ confidential documents before publishing the report.
    to have received
  • Why might a writer use the passive voice in "Several mistakes were made during the investigation"?
    To emphasize who made the mistakes.
    The agent may be unknown or unimportant.
    Passive sentences cannot mention an agent.
    Passive voice can only describe past actions.
  • Which sentence uses a passive infinitive correctly? A) The advertisement needs to redesign. B) The advertisement needs to be redesigned. C) The advertisement needs be redesigned. D) The advertisement needs to been redesigned.
    B) The advertisement needs to be redesigned.
  • Which word describes someone who is present when an event happens but is not directly involved?
    a bystander
  • Which sentence is correctly formed in the passive voice?
    The campaign was been sponsored by several companies.
    The campaign has been sponsored by several companies.
    The campaign has being sponsored by several companies.
    The campaign has sponsored by several companies.
  • The editor arranged for a specialist to verify the information. Which causative sentence expresses this correctly?
    The editor had the information fact-checked before publication.
    The editor had the information to be fact-checked before publication.
    The editor was had the information fact-checked before publication.
    The editor had fact-checked the information before publication.
  • Which sentence expresses the same general idea as "People say that the story is false"? A) The story is said to be false. B) The story is said being false. C) The story is said that it is false. D) The story has said to be false.
    A) The story is said to be false.
  • After winning one major award, the director refused to ___ and immediately started working on another film.
    rest on his laurels
  • Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
    The politician is expected to interviewed tonight.
    The politician is expected to have interview tonight.
    The politician is expected being interviewed tonight.
    The politician is expected to be interviewed tonight.
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