Interpreting a Museum Proposal

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Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

C1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice, Multiple choice, Fill in the blank (text), Fill in the blank (dropdown), Cloze (text), Cloze (dropdown), Matching, Error correction, Sentence transformation, Sentence reordering

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion. What concerns the trustees most … the absence of a long-term maintenance budget.

   1. is
   2. have
   3. are
   4. being
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   Answer

   is

   The what-clause functions as a singular subject and takes is.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

   Choose all the correct answers.

   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. The proposal would improve access but would not make every room accessible.

   1. The proposal would provide no improvement in access.
   2. Access would improve, although some rooms would remain inaccessible.
   3. The proposal offers better access without guaranteeing access to all rooms.
   4. The proposal would make every room accessible.
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   Answer

   Access would improve, although some rooms would remain inaccessible.; The proposal offers better access without guaranteeing access to all rooms.

   The correct summaries retain the improvement and its limited scope.

3. Question 3 · Fill in the blank (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Use the noun from VIABLE. The trustees questioned the financial ___ of keeping the new wing open year-round.

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   viability

   Viability is the noun for the capacity to operate successfully or sustainably.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The design strikes a balance ___ preserving the building and improving access.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. through
   2. across
   3. between
   4. among
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   between

   Strike a balance between links the two aims being reconciled.

5. Question 5 · Cloze (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Form a word from each capitalised word. The architect stressed the 1___ (SIGNIFY) of the original staircase. The trustees requested a 2___ (COMPARE) assessment of the alternatives and greater 3___ (CLEAR) about maintenance costs.

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   significance

   Blank 2

   comparative

   Blank 3

   clarity

   Significance and clarity are nouns; comparative describes an assessment comparing alternatives.

6. Question 6 · Cloze (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The proposal is broadly compatible 1___ the museum's aims. Nevertheless, approval is contingent 2___ securing external funding. The trustees have called 3___ a more detailed risk assessment.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to
   2. for
   3. by
   4. with

   Choices for blank 2

   1. on
   2. by
   3. of
   4. from

   Choices for blank 3

   1. with
   2. at
   3. to
   4. for
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   with

   Blank 2

   on

   Blank 3

   for

   The required combinations are compatible with, contingent on and call for.

7. Question 7 · Matching

   Match each item to the correct choice.

   Match each beginning to its only suitable ending. Formal proposal expressions.

   Answer choices

   • of claims that maintenance will cost nothing.
   • to the character of the original building.
   • for revising the access plan.

   Items

   • The design is sympathetic
   • The trustees are sceptical
   • The architect accepts responsibility
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   1. The design is sympathetic

   to the character of the original building.

   2. The trustees are sceptical

   of claims that maintenance will cost nothing.

   3. The architect accepts responsibility

   for revising the access plan.

   Sympathetic to, sceptical of and responsibility for require these prepositions.

8. Question 8 · Error correction

   Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

   Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The trustees demanded to the architect to revise the entrance plan.

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   Accepted answers

   The trustees demanded that the architect revise the entrance plan. / The trustees demanded that the architect should revise the entrance plan.

   Demand takes a that-clause for this formal requirement, with subjunctive revise or should revise.

9. Question 9 · Sentence transformation

   Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.

   Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. The trustees approved the proposal only after the cost estimates had been revised. Only after the cost estimates had been revised ___ the proposal.

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   Accepted answers

   did the trustees approve

   Only after at the front of a sentence triggers subject-auxiliary inversion in the main clause.

10. Question 10 · Sentence reordering

    Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

    Put the chunks in order to make one complete sentence. Keep the capitalised opening first and the punctuated ending last.

    Sentence parts

    • Were external funding to be withdrawn,
    • the museum
    • the scale of the proposed extension.
    • would have to reconsider
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    Correct order

    Were external funding to be withdrawn, the museum would have to reconsider the scale of the proposed extension.

    Were plus subject plus to-infinitive is an inverted hypothetical condition.

11. Question 11 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    Choose the best completion. The claim that the extension will pay for itself is … on assumptions about visitor numbers.

    1. prevented
    2. predicated
    3. prohibited
    4. preoccupied
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    Answer

    predicated

    Be predicated on means be based on an assumption or condition.

12. Question 12 · Fill in the blank (text)

    Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

    Use an adjective from ACCESS. The new entrance must be equally ___ to visitors with different mobility needs.

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    accessible

    Accessible is the adjective describing something that can be reached or used.

13. Question 13 · Error correction

    Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

    Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The trustees took the consultant's warning in account.

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    Accepted answers

    The trustees took the consultant's warning into account.

    The fixed expression is take something into account.

14. Question 14 · Sentence transformation

    Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.

    Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. The proposal was attractive, but its running costs remained uncertain. For all ___, its running costs remained uncertain.

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    Accepted answers

    the proposal's attractions / its attractions / the attractiveness of the proposal / its attractiveness / its appeal / the proposal's appeal / the appeal of the proposal / the proposal's attractiveness

    For all plus a noun phrase expresses concession. Appeal, attractiveness or attractions refer to the proposal being attractive without removing the uncertainty about its running costs.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

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