Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET) Reading and Writing / reading part 5

Multiple Choice Cloze 5

Read the text below and choose the correct word (A, B, C or D) for each space.

 

Where Were LOGO Bricks Invented?

In 1932, a carpenter named Ole Kirk Kristiansen started a company in Billund, Denmark, that [made/did/turned/reached] wood stepladders, ironing boards, and toys. He named the company LEGO, a word [formed/organised/sorted/regulated] by combining the first two letters of leg and godt, the Danish word [for/from/to/after] "play well". Soon, Kristiansen [was/were/are/is] making only high-quality toys out of wood. 

After World War II, LEGO started producing plastic toys. In 1949, the company launched Automatic Binding Bricks, [its/it/his/it] first interlocking construction blocks. In the 1950s, the name was changed to LEGO bricks, and the company came out with the LEGO System of Play, [which/who/whom/whose] included 28 sets and 8 vehicles. It [also/too/either/above] began selling the toys [outside/apart/away/outdoors] of Denmark for the first time. In 1958, LEGO received a patent for the modern bricks [so/such/many/few] famous today. The new bricks not only had studs on top, but tubes inside that lock onto the studs of [other/next/another/others] bricks and hold them securely together.

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ANSWERS

 

GAP 1 (MADE) 
MAKE => to create, to produce. 
IRREGULAR VERB (MAKE - MADE - MADE)
Examples:
This car is made in Germany. 
He made tea for us all. 

GAP 2 (FORMED) 
FORM => to make something by combining two or more parts.
VERB
Examples:
She didn't see enough of the film to form an opinion about it. 
In English the past tense of a verb is usually formed by adding 'ed' 

GAP 3 (FOR) 
FOR => used to say what a word or sign means.
PREPOSITION
Examples:
Red roses are for love.  
What's the German word for 'dictionary'? 

GAP 4 (WAS) 
WAS => the first and third person singular of the past tense of 'be'.
AUXILIARY VERB
Examples:
He was not telling the truth, was she? 
While she was cooking dinner the telephone rang. 

GAP 5 (ITS) 
ITS => possessive form of 'it'.
PRONOUN
Examples:
The bird has hurt its wings.  ITS is a pronoun expressing possession!
It's a nice place to have a holiday.  IT'S => IT IS!

GAP 6 (WHICH) 
WHICH => used after a noun to show what thing or things you mean.
RELATIVE PRONOUN
Examples:
The chair who you are sitting on is broken.  WHO is used for people! 
The chair which you are sitting on is broken.  WHICH is used for things!

GAP 7 (ALSO) 
ALSO => in addition, too.
ADVERB
Examples:
She speaks French fluently and also she speaks some English. 
She speaks French fluently and she also speaks some English. 

GAP 8 (OUTSIDE) 
OUTSIDE => not in a particular city, country etc.
PREPOSITION
Examples:
Alan stood outside of the building.  
Alan stood outside the building. 

GAP 9 (SO) 
SO => (+ ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB) to this extent, to such an extent.
ADVERB
Examples:
They have so garden.  SO cannot be followed by a NOUN!
Their garden is so beautiful.  SO + ADVERB or ADJECTIVE!

GAP 10 (OTHER) 
OTHER => the second of two things, the rest, extra.
DETERMINER
Examples:
Go and play with some others kids.  OTHER never has an 's' before a NOUN!
Go and play with some other kids.