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EU Vocab Extra Adv 01

The document provides a vocabulary exercise with sentences containing missing words related to memory. Students are asked to fill in the blanks with words like reminder, sieve, jog, fade, etc. Then they are asked to rewrite sentences using new expressions related to memory and forgetting things. Finally, they are asked to match sentence beginnings with endings involving remembering and memories.

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EU Vocab Extra Adv 01

The document provides a vocabulary exercise with sentences containing missing words related to memory. Students are asked to fill in the blanks with words like reminder, sieve, jog, fade, etc. Then they are asked to rewrite sentences using new expressions related to memory and forgetting things. Finally, they are asked to match sentence beginnings with endings involving remembering and memories.

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Vocabulary Extra

Advanced Unit 1, p15, p146 script 1.2: Memory


Review
1 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
blank

playing

sieve

tip

block

reminder

fade

jog

living

loss

C1

1 Hang on. Im going to write that down as a

2 Well, luckily he gave me a hint. I needed something to

my memory.
B2

3 After the car accident, he suffered short-term memory


C2

4 This sounds odd but Ive got a mental


5 It was 1977. No, wait my memorys

but hes fine now.

about telephone numbers.

tricks again. It was 1987.

6 In the last two years, weve experienced the coldest temperatures in


B2

7 Now that hes older, his memory has started to

memory.

a bit.
B2

8 The police officer questioned me so aggressively that my mind went


9 Oh, dont bother asking me. Ive got a memory like a
10 How maddening! His names on the

.
C2

of my tongue

but I just cant get it.

2 Cover exercise 1. Rewrite the sentences so they have the same meaning, using the new expressions.
1 He forgets everything. Hes got

2 This is the worst storm for as long as we can remember. This is


3 She couldnt remember a thing. Her

.
.

4 Ill make a note for memorys sake. Ill make

5 Hes mixing up some of his memories. His

6 For a while, I couldnt remember anything. I had

7 I can almost remember his name. His name

8 They showed me a photo to help me remember. They showed


9 Shes starting to forget things now. Her

.
.

10 Its impossible for me to remember PIN numbers. Ive

Extension
3 Match sentence beginnings 110 with endings aj.
Remembering, Memories
1 Oh, no, hes taking a trip down

a upC1 lots of memories for the future.

2 My childhood address is fixed

b a bellC2. Ive heard it before.

3 I hope youre storing

c my mindC2. Sorry.

4 Yes, I do have a dim

d memory laneC2 again.

5 He cast his mind

e right, the code was 20-94-5.

6 Seeing this photograph summons

7 You know, that name rings

g memory ofC2 going into that shop.

8 If my memory serves me

h in my mind forever. Ill never forget it.

9 Thats strange. I have

backC2 to the previous summer.

10 The name of the company has slipped

upC2 so many memories of him.

Vocabulary Extra

no recollection ofC2 the accident.

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4 Cover exercise 3. Put the words of the sentences in the correct order.
1 Hes/if/right/memory/me/twenty-one/my/serves/.
2 She/back/to/childhood/to/mind/her/her/tried/early/cast/.
3 Weve/up/good/years/lots/the/memories/over/stored/of/.
4 I/memory/conference/a/dim/a/meeting/have/him/at/of/.
5 Seeing/summoned/happy/again/her/memories/many/up/.
6 Well,/does/bell/name/a/Koslowski/the/Kevin/ring/.
7 I/slipped/appointment/it/but/a/doctors/mind/2.00/at/had/my/.
8 Those/forever/are/my/eventful/in/fixed/days/mind/.
9 I/phone/recollection/having/have/the/no/call/of/received/.
10 Going/trip/memory/school/a/was/lane/reunion/to/down/my/.

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