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# Test 6

| animal | bird | fish   |
| ------ | ---- | ------ |
| pet    | cat  | dog    |
| plant  | crop | flower |
| grass  | tree | garden |
| fence  | gate | /      |

## 1. Identifying the key word

1. **\[flower]** - pick, wild, water, artificial
2. **\[cat]** - catch mice, have kittens, scratch
3. **\[tree]** - climb, cut down, fall out of
4. **\[animal]** - hunt, kill, treat badly, wild
5. **\[grass]** - cut, keep off, long
6. **\[bird]** - fly, migrate, build nests
7. **\[garden]** - dig, tidy, overgrown
8. **\[dog]** - bite, attack sheep, foul streets
9. **\[fence]** - climb over, mend, put up
10. **\[plant]** - grow, water, climbing, pot

## 2. The correct collocation

1. I can’t understand people who \*~~*deal with*~~* /* **treat** \*\*\*\*animals badly.
2. Most birds \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*~~*have*~~* / **lay*** their eggs in spring.
3. Rabbits \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*~~*form*~~* / **make*** good pets.
4. I was ***bitten** / *~~*cut*~~ on the leg when I was attacked by a large dog.
5. Our cat \*\*\*\*\*\****had** / *~~*make*~~ four kittens last week.
6. It’s a climbing plant which \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*~~*makes*~~* / **produces*** large red flowers.
7. I’ll just go into the garden and \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\****pick** / *~~*pull*~~ some flowers.
8. The leaves are beginning to \*\*\*\*\*~~*go off*~~* / **fall off*** the trees.

## 3. Key word quiz

1. The ***grass*** is getting long. We’ll need to cut it this weekend.
2. The landlord says we’re not allowed to keep any kind of ***pet*** in the flat.
3. Keep your ***dog*** on a lead so that it doesn’t chase the sheep.
4. A large ***bird*** flew out of the tree as I walked towards it.
5. I’m a vegetarian because I feel it is wrong to kill ***animals***.
6. I brought my wife a large bunch of ***flowers*** on her birthday.
7. The ***garden*** at the back of the house is overgrown.
8. Someone’s left the garden ***gate*** wide open again!
9. No, I won’t pick up your ***cat***. It scratched me last time I tried!
10. My son loves climbing ***trees***. I just hope he doesn’t fall out of one of them.

## 4. Prepositions

1. I don’t think I can climb \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\****over** / *~~*up*~~ that fence. It’s too high.
2. I think that testing drugs \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\****on** / *~~*with*~~ animals is cruel and should be banned.
3. Please keep away \*\*\*\*\*~~*from*~~* / **off*** the grass.
4. Farmers spray their crops \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\****with** / *~~*by*~~ pesticides to stop insects eating them.
5. I’ll set my dog \*\*\*~~*at*~~* / **on*** you if you *come any closer*.
6. The main streets of the city are lined \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*~~*in*~~* / **with*** trees.