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Question 3. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct

but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) at the end

of the line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word at the end of the

line. Some lines have been done as examples.

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WRITING FOR CHILDREN

sAdults read to their children and go with them to the cinema, so the best kind of0

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children’s book or film is one that interests in people of different ages. Better still, it00 inis a one that makes both children and adults laugh. It is not easy for writers to fulfil1this kind of goal, as what makes a child giggle at often conflicts with what makes2adults laugh. Children generally find physical humour amusing such as people be3dressed up in funny clothes doing funny things, animals that can talk. Adults4generally prefer more sophisticated humour that relies on the power of words. An5example of a film that has been achieved this balance is the hilarious Chicken Run6which was made by the same creators of the popular animated programme7Wallace and Gromit. With its likeable comic characters, clever jokes and fast8moving plot, it is a film that has the people of all ages laughing in their seats.9 the

Question 4: Complete the following passage with an appropriate form of the word in

BLOCK CAPITAL. Write your answer in the numbered box below. 0 has been done as an

example.

Public opinion surveys show that people are becoming (0)____ concerned about INCREASEa range of problems associated with traffic. It is clear from simple (1)____that OBSERVEthe traffic on our streets is increasing (2)____ year by year. It is also a fact that DRAMAmany drivers don’t observe the speed limit in (3)____ in the town centres. In OPERATEfact, most drivers go considerably faster.What is equally (4)____ to many people is the pollution caused by traffic, WORRYwhich causes many health problems.So what should be done about the problem? One possible (5)____ to the SOLVEproblem is the adoption of Park-and-Ride schemes by local councils. These PARKwork in the following way: councils provide cheap (6)____ facilities on theoutskirts of town and free bus services to the town centre. SHOP Another is to stop the building of out-of-town (7)____centres, which people REDUCErely on their cars to get to. A (8)____ in the cost of using public transport mightalso help to persuade us to leave our cars at home.

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