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Luke Prodromou

MACMILLAN HEINEMANN

English Language Teaching

Contents
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Yabba dabba doo
In good company

The good, the bad and the unbearable Culture shock Comic genius Talking sense
Leisure for pleasure Sherlock Holmes Mysterious monsters What's in a face? Meat: to
eat or not to eat? The power and magic of dreams Goodies and baddies TV times The
end of intelligence? Good luck, bad luck Worth a thousand words One small step From
rags to riches
An American dream

Potato races Holidays are bad for your health

1 7 13 19 25 31 36 42 47 53 58 64 69 75 81 87 92 97 102 108 113 119

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GRAMMAR AND USEOf ENGLISH
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best
fits each space.

Walt Disney
There is no one who has not heard of Walt Disney; he is without (0) twentieth
century and (1) By the (4) (6) (9) the most successful men in history, he (3)

one of the most famous figures in the he became one of

most people know hardly anything about him. (2)

school at the age of sixteen and then studied art for a short time. started to
produce cartoons in Hollywood in to become as famous as Walt. cartoon films of all
time is of his lovable cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, who first in 1937, was the
first full-length cartoon in the of films for cinema and

years of this century, he had (5)

with his brother Roy, who, for some reason, never (7) in 1928 in a film called
Steamboat Willie. One of the most (10)

Disney is perhaps most well known on (8)

Snow White and the Seven Duiarfs, which, when it was (11) history of the cinema.
(12) also (15)

the 1950s, Walt Disney had become one of the world's major (13)

television. As Disney Productions (14) Donald Duck and Pluto the dog. 0 A
comparison 1 A yet 2 A Despite 3 A graduated 4 A primary 5 A still 6 A partnership
7 A achieved 8 A case 9 A appeared 10 A common 11 A seen 12 A Until 13 A
businessmen 14 A grew 15 A took B doubt B then B In spite of B completed B early B
soon B friendship Breached B account B performed B excited B released B Since B
owners B enlarged B put

, its founder retained complete artistic control of the films and he

on to publish books for children and cartoon strips in newspapers, featuring such
characters as

C disagreement C already C Although Cleft C beginning C yet C relationship C

succeeded C view C starred C popular C circulated C By C publishers C increased C
pushed

D explanation D however D Even D failed D initial D already D membership D managed

D regard D began D known D advertised DTo D producers D succeeded D went
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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Duck Tales: The Movie

the
__ ./_

____ ____ ____

____
____ ____

0 Viewers who enjoy the Disney's famous cartoon 00 characters will enjoy Duck
Tales: The Movie. This new Disney production is a great movie for to take the kids
to 2 during all the holidays. In spite of a few hostile reviews, 3 audiences up and
down the country have been queuing 4 up to see it. In it stars some of Disney's
most popular 5 creations: Uncle Scrooge and his crazy nephews Huey, 6 Dewey and
Louie. After years of searching, stingy Uncle 7 Scrooge has at last discovers the
fabulous lost treasure 8 of the legendary thief, Collie Baba. But when the treasure
9 slips through his fingers and Scrooge comes back home 10 empty-handed, except for
an old lamp in which, of course, 11 contains a magic Genie. Scrooge's nephews will
try to 12 change their lives as they come up with more and more 13 things for the
Genie to do. However, the evil Merlock also 14 wants to get hold of the lamp.
Sparks flyaway as Merlock 15 does everything he can to steal the Genie.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Fame and fortune

Macaulay Culkin, now a (0) one of the most (1) while he was still an (2) can look
back on a (3)

l(Jut~(u1

twenty year old, became . Now he has grown up, he which reads like a fairy-tale.

YOUTH FAME ADOLESCENCE CHILD

and well-paid stars in Hollywood

There are indeed few American children who can claim to have been the most famous
child in the world. This was the case with Culkin after his (4) Although this film
made him a (5)
(6)

in Home Alone in 1986. name, his first movie had come a couple of years earlier
when in Rocket Gibraltar earned him very reviews from the critics, who are not
noted for towards child stars. Culkin's career did not he went on to

APPEAR HOUSE SUCCESS PERFORM FAVOUR KIND TEEN

his (7) (8) their (9)

end with Home Alone. As a (10) appear in a number of more serious films.
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Tense review Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, complete
the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too

Mys~ter~~~~~~~~~~_t_o_O~,~~_~~~dq~t_o~~~~~~~~~~~rideabicycle.
1 A knock at the door interrupted Dad's story. telling Dad

when there was a knock at the door.

2 The Oscar ceremony is on television live tonight at eight o'clock. broadcasting

They live at eight o'clock tonight. 3 I was approached by a stranger who asked me
the way. up A stranger 4 The total sales for this video are already over a million.
sold This video 5 He hasn't stopped talking since he came into the room. been He

and asked me the way.

copies already.

the moment he came into the room.

6 Seeing a cartoon for the first time was an exciting experience. seen
_______________________ before so it was an exciting experience. 7 What did she
have on at the party? was What 8 After sitting in front of the computer all evening
I felt sleepy. been I felt sleepy because evening. 9 I agree to write the report if
you give me the information. will Give me the information 10 The programme only
finished a minute ago. just The programme

at the party?

in front of the computer all

the report.

finished.

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5 Complete this text using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Wonderkids
Infant prodigies in the cinema have been with us a long time. The older generation
still (1) (remember) Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Some of these
talented child stars (2) (go) on to shake off the 'wonderkid' label later in life
and (3) (manage) to become successful adult actors. Others, on the other hand, (4)
appear in films but with very little of the success they (5) majority of them (6)
(7) Our own generation (8) movie magazines (9) (11) in the film Witness. He (13)
(14) undoubtedly Macaulay Culkin who (15) expensive superstars in Hollywood.
(not/see) them since. (also/produce) its fair share of child stars or 'superbrats',
as some (refer) to them. These young stars (10) (see) Lukas Haas play the boy who
(12) (make) other movies since then, but he (not/become) a big name in Hollywood.
The most famous of the superbrats is (earn) as much as, if not more than, the most
_ (witness) a murder (continue) to (have) as children. Sadly, the _ _

(disappear) soon after their first appearance and cinema-goers

(make) not only a name for themselves but also a lot of money. In recent years on
the big screen we

6 Choosethe correct tense in these sentences.

1 I can't come out now because I finish/I'm finishing my homework. 2 You've dropped
your wallet. I'll/I'm going to pick it up for you. 3 They awarded/They've awarded
Bob Crews the Oscar; it was on the news just now. 4 They were broadcasting/They
broadcast the match live when rain stopped play. 5 Can you remember what you were
wearing/you wore the night you lost your wallet? 6 I went/I had been skiing before
but last week was still a real challenge! 7 I've read/I've been reading a new
thriller by Stephen King. It's so good I can't put it down. 8 I had been waiting/I
had waited for ages for her to write before finally the letter arrived. 9 When I
will finish/I have finished reading this book, I'm going to read another one by
him. 10 OK, I'm going now but I'll see/I'm seeing you at the same time tomorrow.
Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 They 2
TV chat shows 3 It was the first time the actor 4 5 6 I usually 7 8 As it 9 The
most popular film he 10 We looked out of the window and saw it __________
(broadcast) the programme on TV twice already. (increase) in number all the time.
(receive) such bad reviews. (ring). (watch) my favourite soap opera when the
doorbell (watch) TV for hours - I've had enough! (tell) the kids a st01Ybefore
bedtime. (go) to an exhibition of modern art last week. (snow) all night the roads
were blocked. (make) so far is Riding High. (rain) so we stayed in.
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VOCABULARY
Word formation 1 Complete this table.
verb popularize invent adjective popular 1
2

noun

1 producer
2

famous 1 creation
2

respond decide

responsive

suburb

nature origin

employ

1 employer
2

3
translate
2

2 Complete these sentencesusing one of the words from the table above in each
space.
1 Would you like to live in the centre of town or in the 2 He 3 She is 5 Can you _
to be velY serious, but in fact he has a great sense of humour. now, but she was
out of work for over a year. monuments. this letter from English into Italian?
inhabitants of America. olives and citrus fruits and exports them to other
countries. TV programme in your country? beforehand.

4 Tourists to Barcelona can visit a great number of

6 The Indians were the

7 My country 8 What would you say is the most

9 When you have a party, you have to do a lot of 10 The

of the telephone revolutionized communication between people.

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Phrasal verbs

Replacethe underlined words in these sentenceswith the correct form of one of the
phrasalverbs below. Make any other changesthat are necessary.Usetwo of the
phrasalverbs twice. makeup put up take up put up with look up hold up come up go up
come up with give up draw up

1 If you can't think of a funny story that really happened, then you can invent
one.

tfyou tan't comeup with a funny story that reallyhappened, thenyou tan make one up2
On Saturday morning I usually sit down and make a list of all the things I have to
do, then something happens unexpectedly and I end up only doing half of them.

3 She started going to German classes but found the language difficult and soon
stopped going

4 In the Use of English paper, the same questions are set again and again.

5 I hate reading a book in English if I have to check every new word in the
dictionary.

6 One way to get a lot of money is to rob a bank, but I wouldn't recommend it.

7 I won't have to stay in a hotel in London because a friend has offered to let me
stay for the night.

8 How can you stand all that noise from next door?

9 Sorry I'm late. I was delayed at the post office - there was a huge queue.

10 Inflation increased by 2.5% last year.

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GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1

1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, CorD best
fits each space.
Are you the person you'd like to be?
Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn't have done or something you
didn't do which you should have? At one (0) now - it's no (2)

or another we probably all have. There's no (1) crying over spilt milk. However,
there may be some (3)

in getting depressed about it in thinking about

. The odd thing is

exactly what happened and why because we might be able to (4) One thing we all do
now and again is to lose our (5) that we more often display great anger (7) a safe
(9) serious. Being honest is usually (12) , whereas the (10) someone we're (8)

some conclusions for the future. of than towards strangers. The at work could be
far more . On the other hand, them exactly what

with a friend or close (6)

explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an
opportunity to let off a bit of steam in of insulting a stranger or a (11) of as a
virtue and undoubtedly this is the (13)

we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, (14) we
feel, and then have found ourselves (15) kept our mouths shut? 0 A occasion 1 A
reason 2 A use 3 Again 4 A draw 5 A temper 6 A relationship 7 A at 8 A keen 9 A
circle 10 A effect 11 A staff 12 A thought 13 A true 14 A telling 15 A full B hour
B purpose B point B profit B make Bmind B member B with B fond B area B
consequences B mate B considered B case B saying B heavy C time C point C value C
goodness C do C anger C familiar C towards C friendly C surroundings C conclusion C
professional C regarded C event C speaking C sad D day D advantage D benefit D
worth D take D head D relative D about D familiar D environment D punishment D
colleague D believed D fact D describing D overcome

with feelings of guilt and remorse. Perhaps we should have

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2
2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each space. Useonly one
word in each space.After each spaceyou are given a clue to the kind of word that is
missing.

Regrets
Most of us (0) __ the lucky few (2) (3)
a_YI_'t __

(auxiliary verb) always forgetting important dates, apart (1)

(preposition) _

(relative pronoun) are blessed with a good memory or the ability to organize
(reflexive pronoun) so they don't forget important obligations. How many times (4)
(adverb of frequency) have we _ (pronoun) birthdays or name days? (preposition) to
them next time

(auxiliary verb) we all said, 'I wish I had remembered!' How (5) offended people by
failing to remember (6) (7)

(conjunction) they say it doesn't matter, we know, deep down, that we (8)

(auxiliary verb) hurt their feelings. We can always try to make it (9) but
unfortunately the damage has (10) (11) On the other hand, we sometimes do (12)
please them and then feel we have damaged (13) (14)
_____

(auxiliary verb) done and our relationship with that person

(very or too?) much for someone else because we want to

(modal verb, future) never quite be the same again. (pronoun) own interests in so
doing. When friends

(auxiliary verb) involved we may find it difficult to say 'no' when they ask us to
(15)
(do or make?) them a favour, but true friendship should mean that we can say 'no'
without risk to the

relationship.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 3 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Positive thinking

to
./

0 00 1 2 3 4

5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

____
Positive thinking does not mean you to have to find every idea absolutely
wonderful. It does mean you have to be ready to explore an idea and to tty and
bring out whatever good features it may has. The next step might be to find the
weaknesses in case the idea and to try and strengthen them, rather than for using
them simply as an excuse for rejecting the whole idea. Finally, the idea, after it
has been explored, may not be used up because there is a better one or because,
good though it is, it is not the suitable. There is nothing wrong with being
positive about an idea at first and then rejecting it later, when you can see that
it won't to work. It is easy to be negative and critical and it is time we had
showed less respect for this kind of destructive thinking and emphasized on
creative thinking more. We should first make ourselves list the positive things
about an idea before we criticize it. Too much talent is wasted in the negative
thinking. So remember - think positive!

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

4 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line
to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. My ideal job One thing I
know is that I wouldn't like to have an (0) __ that has anything to do with
physics, (1) I am not the (2) complete (3) business, administration and (5) me
either. Moreover, I find it (6) work or (7) chance to work outdoors (8) travelling
too. I am not (9) rich but I would like to have a (10) to live comfortably.

o_C_t_u+f_a_t_l_O_J1__
or rnaths:

OCCUpy CHEMIST SCIENCE FAIL AMBITION MANAGE IRRITATE ART OCCASION PARTICULAR REASON

type at all. In fact, at school I was a in these subjects. Neither am I very

, so jobs in

good at dealing with people, nor am I (4)

don't really interest to be surrounded by skills of some sort. I'd like to have the
and perhaps do a bit of concerned about becoming income - enough

a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving creative

Questions and question

write your own answers.
You and clothes

tags

5 Complete the questions in the questionnairesbelow, then choose one of the

questionnairesand

Do
_______

you dress before breakfast or after?

/ usually dress hefore breakfast.

you wear the same kind of clothes five years ago as you do today?

2 _______

someone else buy your clothes for you?

3 _______

you ever bought anything and then not worn it?

4 _______ 5 _______
6 _______ 7 _______
you fashion conscious?

does it take you to get dressed in the morning?

do you wear when you go to a party?

pairs of shoes do you have?

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Your best friend
1 _______

has this person been your best friend?

2 _______

were you when you first met? At school, work or somewhere else?

3 _______

your friend born in the same year as you?

4 _______ 5 _______ 6 _______

7 _______ 8 _______

quality do you like most in your best friend?

your friend's personality similar or different to yours?

does most of the talking, you or your friend?

you ever argue with your friend? What about?

you ever lent your friend any money?

6 Complete these questions with a tag.

1 You couldn't lend me some money, 2 You've always lived in the same house, 3 You
wouldn't refuse to give a beggar money, 4 You like classical music, 5 You don't
mind people gossiping about you, _ _ _ _ _ _ _

coultl,You
_ _

6 You'd never steal anything,

7 You used to have a different hair style, 8 You'd better work harder, 9 They don't
dislike you, 10 Let's go to an opera this evening,

Giving advice
7 Give advice on these problems by finishing the sentencesbelow. My boyfriend says
he wants us to split up. If I were you,

I'd talk to him anti try tofintl out why.

_ _

2 I'm hopeless at maths and I need to do well at it. The best thing to do 3 I can't
keep my weight down. Why don't you try

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4 Our neighbours are incredibly noisy. Isuggestyou 5 I'm always broke. Isuggest 6
My boss says I don't work hard enough. Don't you think 7 No one ever writes me
letters. youcouldtry 8 I can't get up in time to go to work. You should

__ __ _ __ _

Complete these sentences with an appropriate expression for giving advice. Then
match the sentences with the problems in exercise 7. 1

{f / were lOU,

I would threaten to call the police. writing to them first or giving them a ring.
eating what you like and not worrying about your weight. is ask someone to give you
private lessons. get yourself a new alarm clock. finding a job that pays more. look
around for someone else. is get to work earlier and leave a bit later.

2 _______________________________ 3 _________________________ 4
___________________________

5 ____________________________ 6 _____________________________
7 ______________________________ 8 _______________________________

VOCABULARY Word formation

1 Complete
noun society disgust irritation misery skill

this table. Sometimes there is more than one possible adjective.

adjective

noun amusement influence despair care favour practice accuracy nature worry boredom

adjective

sociable, social

importance attention interest communication gratitude

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2
Complete these sentences using one of the adjectives from the table in exercise 1
in each space.

1 He has a lot of power in the office. He is very

influential
_ _

2 She has to go to hospital to have a serious operation. She feels 3 No one takes
an interest in the teacher's lesson. The teacher is the students are _

4 She is very good at fixing things around the house. She is _ 5 People are born,
they grow up and eventually they die; just like the leaves on a tree. It's 6 They
are the pop group I like best. They are my _
7 She tells some really great jokes. She is 8 She drives slowly and always looks in
the mirror. She is a _ driver. to me. _

9 She sent me a present after I helped her to pass the exam. She feels
10 Students should listen to what the teacher is saying in class. They should be

Phrasal verbs

Complete these dialogues using the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below
in each space.

hold on leave on

take on tryon

get on put through

count on let down

goon take up

put on set up

turn on

A: Hello, can you (1) B: Yes, (2)

fut

me

thyoujh

to Jane Smith, please? it you _ your duties immediately, if possible. _ as a sales

manager.

a moment, sir ... I'm afraid she's out at the moment. Can I take a message?

A: I'd rather send a fax, if you don't mind (3) A: I'm pleased to tell you we have
decided to (4) B: Thanks, I hope I don't (5) A: I'm sure you won't. We'd like you
to (6) A: If you want to (7) A: I'm sure ... now, let's (9) A: Do you think this
pullover suits me? B: Why don't you (10) it _ you

in this company, you have to work hard. me. with the letters. I don't think we've
finished yet.

B: I do. Don't worry, I won't let you down. You can (8)

A: The programme's finished. Shall I switch the TV off? B: No, (11) A: They're (12)
B: Yes, the whole thing was (13) it - I want to hear the news. an exhibition of
photographs at the Arts Centre. by the local Arts Council.

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The good, the bad and the unbearable
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1 1 For questions
1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, 8, C or D best fits each
space.

Lisbon: on the waterfront

The organizers of EXPO 1998 in Lisbon have a big (0) __ Lisbon's riverside and help
(3) (4) United Nations' 'Year of the Oceans'. The EXPO committee want to (6) that
Lisbon has learnt from the (9) behind a desert of expensive but (11) occupied by
out-dated industries that (13) which there is a lack of both. 0 A task 1 A take 2 A
come 3 A save 4 A celebration 5 A take 6 A deny 7 A destroy 8 A afterwards 9 A
fault 10 A event 11 A useful 12 A none 13 A infect 14 A territory 15 A dwellers B
work B make B bring B keep B festival B have B avoid Blast B after B mistakes B
fact B usual B any B contain B place B neighbours C weight C put C take C repair C
year C make C escape C take C finally C slip C show C useless C much C poison C
area C householders D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D business build make restore
anniversary get refuse disappear consequently false performance essential few
pollute district residents building an expensive four-month festival which will (7)
of Seville's EXPO 1992, a successful (10) buildings. people know about because it
is more and businesses in a city in the environment. When the fair is over, an (14)
_ forever. Instead, they would like to give Lisbon something which will be around
(8) it is all over. It is clear which, however, left

A __

on their hands. They aim to (1)

on an

international fair that will not only attract eight million visitors but will also
(2) of the explorer Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India. It will (5)

back to life a large part of place at the same time as the

the world's oceans. The Lisbon Fair will be a tribute to the five hundredth

The intended site of the EXPO is a five-mile stretch of river which (12) than five
times the size of EXPO's 60 hectares will provide property for (15)

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Leave it at home

will 00

./

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

0 Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting around. This is
still true when you will drive along a quiet country road or a modern rnotorway. As
far as you getting from one place 2 to another in the city is concerned, it is a
different story. Whenever 3 I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car
at home 4 and go on foot. It often turns out to be much more quicker. I still make
5 the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an efficient means 6 of a
transport. The other day my wife was feeling a bit under the 7 weather. She had
been having terrible headaches for some long 8 time and she decided she couldn't
take it anymore and asked from 9 me to give her a lift to the doctor, whose surgery
is in the centre 10 part of town. We live in a suburb in the old quarter of the
city and 11 it is about twenty minutes away on foot. On the way back, however, 12
it is all uphill and I must to admit it can be exhausting, especially on a 13 hot
day. Reluctantly I got the car out of the garage and we set it off, 14 me muttering
about the wonders of taxis. My heart was sank as we 15 hit the first traffic jam -
I knew we were beginning a long journey.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Far from the madding crowd?

We live in a new residential area on the outskirts of London. It is a quiet (0)

neijlr6ourlrooP/

, which

makes a nice change after living of London for many years. , though there is one

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in one of the noisiest (1) The house is set in beautiful (2) fairly major (3) five
miles away in the (4) of the atmosphere and the river. Another (6) night life -
there isn't any. If you want (7) to invent it yourself or drive into (8) the hassle
of finding a (9) (10) station.

problem: a chemical factory about zone. Unfortunately, _ is the , you have London,
with all parking space. Luckily, it

the waste from the factory has caused serious (5)

is only five minutes walk from our house to the nearest

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simple and present continuous practice: Use of English, Part 3

For questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too

1 Trains are rarely late in my country. time Usually, trains

in my country.

2 She never stops saying how much she dislikes public transport. complaining She
about public transport. 3 My flatmate studies history. share I

someone who is studying history.

4 My neighbour often plays loud music and it really irritates me. always My
neighbour 5 The bus service in our city becomes more inefficient every year.
getting The bus service in our city

loud music and it really irritates me.

and more inefficient.

6 That blouse and skirt are a perfect match.

goes That blouse 7 In the end, the motorway was a great success. turned The
motorway 8 He is often in a bad mood. rarely He your skirt.

a great success.

good mood.

9 My old teacher never fails to greet me when he sees me in the street. 'hello' My
old teacher

when he sees me in the street.

10 You moan about the weather all the time and it gets on my nerves. are You about
the weather.

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the bad and the unbearable

5 Complete this text using the correct form (present simple or present continuous)
of one of the verbs
below in each space.Useone of the verbstwice. lead look
rain

smell

begin sit

feel go

write wish

stay take

have hope

Dear Maria, Hi! I (1) am wrt'tiJ1j to you from our nice, new country cottage in the
village of Foxwood. I (2) everything is well with you. I only (3) I could say the
same about myself or about the life I (4) at the moment. I think I told you my
parents had bought this old, eighteenth century cottage because they (5) it is a
good place to bring up kids. I suppose they (6) a point. I'm sure all this fresh
air is doing me a lot of good and I suppose it only (7) an hour to get to the city
centre from here. And, I have to admit, it's very pretty. As I write I (8) at the
kitchen window, which (9) onto a lovely wood and I often (10) _ for walks there. It
(11) right now so I can't go for my little stroll as I planned. The flowers (12)
lovely this time of year. So, in many ways, life is OK. On the other hand, there
isn't much else to do here. It's so quiet and the peacefulness (13) to get on my
nerves. At the moment a friend of mine from Spain (14) with us and that's great.
Her name's Pilar and she comes from Pamplona. We (15) a great time together, but
what am I going to do when she goes back home on Friday? Lots of love, Helen

6 The present simple is often used to tell jokes. Rewrite the jokes below, changing
the tenseswhere
appropriate. This man was driving a big lorry along the high street. Suddenly he
came to a corner and a small car that was coming up behind him crashed into the
back of his lony. 'Hey!' shouted the driver of the car. 'Why didn't you put your
hand out to signal that you were going to turn right?' 'Are you crazy?' answered
the lony driver. 'What would have been the point of sticking my hand out?

This man is drivil1j a bij lorry alol1j the hijh street.

2 A man was driving along a country road, admiring the beautiful scenery. Suddenly
another car appeared round a bend in the road and the man just missed crashing into
it. The window of the other car opened and the woman inside shouted 'Pig!' Very
angly, the man opened his window and shouted back 'Cow!' But just as the man turned
the corner ...

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Unit

A woman driver stopped at a red traffic light. Then the green light came on but she
couldn't start her car. She tried again and again, but all in vain. Then the lights
changed from red to orange and then back to green and back to red again. After a
few minutes, a policeman came up to the woman and asked her ...

Now match the jokes with the appropriate last line below. a 'What's up? Don't you
like any of the colours?' b If you couldn't see my lorry, how could you see my
hand?' c ... he crashes into a huge pig in the middle of the road.

VOCABULARY
Word formation 1 Complete this table.
verb choose compare complain construct develop

noun

verb govern improve pollute predict solve

noun

choice

words from list A with words from list B to make compound nouns. Useone of the
words in A twice.
B

cycle hole road ground pot car high park way

undeY.j_yound

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* The good, the bad and the unbearable
3 Complete these sentencesusing one of the words from exercises1 and 2 in each
space.
Cars go at a much higher speed on the 2 The 3 Most of the ________ 4 If you have
any ________

J11otOyw"!y

has decided to call an election. in this town is caused by cars and factories.
about the food, go and see the manager.

the weather nowadays using satellite information. 5 It's quite easy to ________
goes around a city and avoids traffic in the centre. 6 A ________ 7 9 Is there no
of a new office block has begun in the centre of town. in the road; they are very
dangerous. to the problem of overcrowded cities? _ S They should repair the

10 As he was driving along the main street he suddenly turned into a little

Phrasal verbs
4 Match the phrasalverbs in list A with their meanings in list B. Four of the
phrasalverbs have more than one meaning.
A B

1 get away 2 get away witli 3 get back 4 hold up 5 pick up 6 take off

a give a lift b have something returned c rob d return e delay f escape g remove h
learn easily escape punishment imitate

5 Complete these expressionsusing one of the phrasalverbs above.

____ --'--+

a bank home from a party the way someone talks a foreign language your pullover a
hitch-hiker the traffic cheating in an exam something someone has borrowed from the
police

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

__________ __________

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Culture shock

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space.Useonly one word in each space.Usethe articles a and the more than once.

A day in Spain
The morning in Spain lasts (0) __ (1) having (2)

u_n_tt_1__

two o'clock, when it is time for lunch. After that there's

siesta and the afternoon begins at about five o'clock. At eight o'clock people
begin thinking about drink and so the evening begins. Dinner is served from nine
o'clock and the evening may main square and it is (4) great public _

continue well into the night. There's no town, large or small, without (3)
festivities take place. (5) used to (6) square is the heart of community life. In
the past, the entrances to the square blocked so that it could serve as a bullring,
something which is still done (7) meeting places where one goes for (8) aperitif at
lunch-time, to drink a olives to _ men gather and, (12)

villages where they do not have their own bullring.

In the cities, bars are popular

______

wine with friends and to try the tapas, which may be anything (10) ______

seafood. After work comes the tertulia or informal club hour (11) _____
,cJ'11J-.rrnc·

news, politics and football or tell jokes. The end of the afternoon is refreshing,
cold drink and

people often have a cup of chocolate or, in summer, (15)

delicious, twisted fritters.

practice: Use of English, Part 4

questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
lines are and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). has a word which should not be there, write the word.

o For the last few of years, my children have been going to a summer camp
____ 00 in northern Greece called Skouras Camp. They always seem to have a 1 good
time, so if you're wondering what to do with the kids for three 2 weeks this
summer, you could do worse than send them up to this 3 beautiful camp on the shores
of the Aegean Sea. If your children, like 4 mine, are keen on adventure, sports and
good company, the Skouras

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* Culture shock
5 Camp will keep them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy them. 6 Skouras
is an international camp with our children from all over the 7 world. My children
have made friends with children of their own age from 8 Poland, China, Denmark and
the United States. Naturally they do get lots 9 of opportunities to practise their
English as English is the only language spoken. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 10
The Camp it is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. It is 11
and huge (120 000 square metres) and is just a stone's throwaway from the clear, 12
blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just five minutes to walk to the golden, 13
sandy beach on the foot. The programme is packed with exciting activities for 14
children. Apart from the usual water sports, my kids' favourite activities are
horse 15 riding and table tennis. Other sports include basketball, volley-ball and
athletics. The Camp ends with a sports contest in the last week which all parents
are invited to attend.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

A tip round Europe

The British are (0)

considered

to be among the worst tippers in _ from London. _ _

CONSIDER SURPRISE DIFFERENT GENERAL NORTH

the world but is that because they simply don't know the rules? Customs differ
between countries, so it is not (1) that in Tokyo they do things (2) In British
restaurants, for example, a tip is (3) included in the bill and this is the case in
most (4) European countries. In some Mediterranean countries, such as Greece and
Spain, the customer is expected to pay a little extra for (5) vary. In Britain, one
(6) pubs, while in hotel bars it is (7) your small change behind. This is the case
in (8) but in France you leave a tip only when drinks are brought to your table. In
the (9) (10) of European countries, with the of Ireland where it applies only in
top hotels, MAJOR EXCEPT service. As for bars and pubs, again customs does not have
to pay a tip in common to leave too, SATISFY CERTAIN FAIR GERMAN

porters receive a tip for carrying your luggage to your room for you.

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Unit

ractice: Use of English, Part 3

ions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the
first using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two
and , including the word given.

________

t_'(Jo_},__O-U-J1-;;:..,,rq-to------ ride

a bicycle.

y _.....,-

Rover.

don't we go to the cinema tonight? ______________________ of my favourite pastimes

is watching plays. ______________________ I really enjoy doing. tonight.

______________________ is where we went for a holiday last year.

______________________

for five years.

last year.

______________________

are usually quite self-confident.

______________________

easy.

______________________

receiving treatment.

______________________ can do a lot of things both day and night in Barcelona. is

plenty to do during

on Saturday.

night in Barcelona.

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* Culture shock
5 Complete this text with
Here are (1) ___!!!_~ (3) except with (5) When you are speaking to (8) even raise
(9) than (11)
their; some, a, the or 0 (when no article is needed). Sometimesthere is

more than one possibility. tips to help you get on well with (2) French on your
next visit to first name, first names. French like conversation. French people
shake hands much more hands, you may be most common mistakes cheeks (once, twice,
even three times). However, it is true kiss. One of (15)

beautiful country. When you first meet someone, do not start using (4) younger
people. It is best to wait to be invited to use (6)

The proper way to greet someone is 'Bonjour, Monsieur or Madame.' (7) voices; it is
quite normal. (10)

French people, do not be surprised if they keep interrupting you and

Americans or most Europeans: if you fail to shake (12)

considered rude. Close friends will kiss (13) more a light touching of cheeks than
(14) non-native speakers of (16)

French make is when expressing their age. In many languages one says 'I

am X years old', whereas in French one says, 'I have X years.'

Word order 6 Put these statements about customs and culture into the correct order.
1 should/talk/youl atl smalllpartiesl make (Britain)

You should make small talk at parties.

2 on/forlshould/meetings/be/always/you/time 3
must/people/too/not/you/stand/to/close 4 theleight/number/luckiest/is (China) 5
never/the/jump/must/you/queue (Britain) (Britain)

(Britain)

6 avoidl'no'/directly/they/saying (Japan) 7
they/use/titlesI'Herr'loftenI'Mr'/formal/for/like 8 otherl oftenl each/they
linterrupt (France) 9 women/kiss/friendsl especiallyl closelmay I cheeks (France)
10 add/family/mother's/theirs/adults/to/their/name (Latin America) (Germany)

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Unit

statements in exercise6 true for your country? Write similar sentencesabout customs
and in your country, using the topics in brackets.

.s

of the words below can be both verbs and nouns. Underline the ones that are only
verbs and e ones that are only nouns. ---,_, visit food drink meet talk shop buy
eat dress stroll lamp tum complete these sentencesusing one of the words above in
each space. the meal, how about going to the pub for a got that CD for only five
pounds? That was a very good _______ _______ nothing like a I give an don't we pay
our neighbours a is it to answer the next question? at the supermarket - it's
quicker and cheaper. along the sea front on a sunny Sunday morning, , I expect you
to obey,' said the general. on Christmas Eve? _ _ suit order pay

noun

verb disappear inform introduce know persuade refresh

noun

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* Culture shock
Phrasal verbs with turn 3 Match the words and phrasesbelow with the phrasalverbs
they go with. Many of the words and
phrasesgo with more than one phrasalverb. the tap at the frontier the TV an offer
1 turn back

a proposal the light at a party the volume

the radio crime drugs

to be true a suggestion an application

the central heating to be someone else because the road was blocked

2 turn down

3 turn off

4 turn on

5 turn out

6 turn to

7 turn up

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Comic genius
AND USE Of ENGLISH actice: Use of English, Part 1
estions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, CorD best fits each
space.

or Hardy?
a music-hall comedian in England before he went to America in 1910. In those (0) ,~
Chaplin. He made his first short film in 1918 but did not (2) ____ Pants on Philip
in 1927. Many critics (5) rrtnersrup. The humorist Leo McCarey (7) own gags.
(9) ).uJnd(~rsl:andirlg their relationship. As a (1) ____ of screen comedy. The
first film he made with his famous fat (4) that he was the more creative (6) him a
rare comic who was intelligent (8)
, throughout their career together he (2)

he often was called of the to make up

to establish himself in the

, he was remarkably talented, while his partner was (0)

so and this is the key on being

twice as much as his friend because he believed he was (3) managed to find his OS)
to the studio. C days C resembled C fail C position C partner C refuse C actor C
described C enough C However C little C matter C kept C worth C was C route

twice as much. While he wrote the films

part in their creation, his partner was incapable of creating anything at all - it
was amazing how

A persisted A valued A took 15 A car

B periods B followed Breach B field B colleague B claim B member B said B quite B

Moreover B least B conclusion B insisted B making B made Broad

D weeks D liked D manage D place D match D review D piece D saw D also D So D

hardly D result D demanded D acting D had Dway

Which of the two famous comedians, Laurel or Hardy, does the text describe?

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* Comic genius
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4
2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Someof
the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. A
sense of humour __ ./__

~(}t

0 00 1 2 3 4 5

6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Have you noticed how often people are happy to hear the same joke, over and over
again? One reason, of course, is that they have not probably forgotten the details
of the joke, but I am sure it also has something to do with getting at the same
pleasure more than once. So when a person who has just started telling a joke asks
his audience, 'Do you know it?' or 'Have you heard it before?' people must always
answer something like, 'It doesn't matter, let's hear it again.' It is not such
surprising that if a joke is worth hearing, it is worth hearing several times. I
think it was Ogden Nash who once said that it is probably better to have an
infectious disease than to have a sense of humour. He argued, tongue-in-cheek no
doubt, that although that people who possess a sense of humour have a good time,
they do never actually achieve anything important, whether good or bad. This,
thought Nash, is because when people with a sense of the humour begin to do
anything important, they can't help noticing how so funny they look doing it, so
they stop to have a good laugh at themselves. As a result, what might to have been
a great achievement is left unfinished.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the jokes below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line. 1 The boss of a
big company brought all his (0) and told them he had an (1) to announce,' he said,
'that we have kept to all (3) regulations and we haven't broken any laws.' Everyone
smiled with (4) 2 What are the (5) become a (6)
(7)

em'p/~yees

together _ _

EMPLOY ANNOUNCE PLEASE GOVERN SATISFY QUALIFY POLITICS ABLE CRIME PUNISH

to make. He told them he had

some good news and some bad news for them. 'It is my (2)

. 'The bad news,' he continued, 'is that ... for any young person who wishes to ?
He should be able to foretell what is going afterwards to explain why ... recently,
said: 'I'm going to give . I'm going to let you go free, so you

to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year and have the
3 A judge, in sentencing a (8) you the maximum (9) can WOrtyabout taxes, inflation,
(10)

bills and everything else, ... ELECTRIC

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Unit

the jokes with these punchlines. There is one extra punchline which you do not need
to use. ... they never do.
".lnnrll ....

... we are bankrupt.

... it didn't happen .

and past continuous

practice: Use of English, Part 3

estions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the
first ce, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and words, including the word given. sister is not old enough to ride a
bicycle.

_________

to_o--;l-}'-O_u_I1-.:::~qf--to--------- ride a bicycle.

______________________

he met his future wife.

______________________ had been at the party too long and I was bored. enjoying
______________________ Andrew said the mistake was my fault. blamed
______________________

she had more freedom.

because I had been there too long.

the mistake.

He misbehaved all the time, even when the teacher told him off. always He , even
when the teacher told him off. He was an actor in a lot of plays at school. acting
He did
It was raining all evening. stop It

at school.

all evening.

It was windy all day yesterday. blowing A When he got to the party everyone was
chatting and eating. arrival On

all day yesterday.

the party everyone was chatting and eating.

They ate dinner and discussed the problem at the same time. ______________________
discussed the problem.

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* Comic genius
5 Match the clausesin list A with the clausesin list B to make complete sentences.
A He stayed up late
2 He had his hair cut B

a because he was trying to lose weight. b because she was wearing jeans. c because
the baby was crying. d because he was leaving. e because it was freezing outside. f
because music was playing in the background. g because he was going into the army.
h because he was revising for an exam. because he was sitting on the floor. because
people were telling jokes.

3 She looked much younger

4 She laughed 5 I wish I had worn my overcoat 6 He packed his bags

7 He refused to eat any cake 8 He felt very uncomfortable 9 I couldn't hear a word
she said 10 The atmosphere was pleasant

6 Complete these sentencesusing the past continuous form of one of the verbs below
in each space.
Useone of the verbs twice. sleep have go wear do rain feel watch prepare tired.
black. for the exam.

1 I went to bed early because I 2 At the funeral eve1yone 3 He learnt the text by
heart when he

was ,{eeltnq ...,

4 He couldn't answer the phone because he a bath. 5 She lost her purse while she
the shopping. 6 When he got home at three in the morning everyone _
7 They couldn't go for a picnic because it 8 He can't be the murderer because he

outside.
TV all evening.

9 I didn't recognize her because she 10 The telephone rang just as I

an unusual costume. to bed.

7 Answer these questions using the past simple or the past continuous. You can
usesome of the
verbs below. dance answer jump sleep watch sit scream read celebrate shout laugh
misbehave

1 a What did you do when the telephone rang? b What were you doing when the
telephone rang? 2 a What did the pupils do when the teacher came in? b What were
the pupils doing when the teacher came in?

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Unit

was everyone at the party doing when the lights went out? did everyone at the party
do when the lights went out? What were you doing when the fire broke out? b What
did you do when the fire broke out? What were you doing when you heard about your
success in the exam? What did you do when you heard about your success in the exam?

formation
Make nouns from the words in the box by adding the appropriate suffix: -ship, -ment
or member happy -ship appoint hard champion lazy empty manage -ment enjoy amuse
good partner excite retire -ness fond sad

-ness.
entertain stingy

friend scholar

championship . .

these sentencesusing one of the words from exercise1 in each space. 1 Scrooge is
famous for his 2 Money doesn't always bring 3 How much does 4 I can't see you at
five because I have another 5 A good adventure film is usually full of 6 He went
into 7 My favourite form of is the cinema. _ _ with money. ; rich people are often
miserable. of that club cost? _

with his best friend but the business went bankrupt.

8 Which team do you think is going to win the

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* Comic genius
Theatre 3 Match the words in list A with their meanings in list B.
playwright
2 set

a when the audience clap their hands to show they like something b the place where
the actors walk and talk c the part an actor plays d the person who writes the text
for the actors e where the action takes place, for example in a room or a forest f
what we can see in the background, often painted g where they sell tickets h the
person who tells the actors what to do

3 role

4 box office 5 applause 6 scene

7 director 8 stage

4 Now write definitions for these words.

9 actor
10 comedy 11 scenery 12 critic 13 character 14 comedian

Phrasal verbs with take 5 Replacethe underlined words in these sentenceswith the
correct form of one of the phrasalverbs
below. Make any other changesthat are necessary.Useone of the phrasalverbs twice.
take in take after take up take off take to take down take back

1 He is just like his grandfather.

He takes after his !JYandfather.

2 I'm afraid I didn't like John at first; it took me some time to like him. 3 If I
were you, I would return it to the shop and ask for a refund. 4 I didn't realize
what he was saying because my mind was on something else. 5 Why don't you accept
the offer of a job with the record company? 6 If you pay cash, I'll give it to you
for five pounds less. 7 I made a note of the most important points in his lecture.
8 I was deceived by his lies.

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Talking sense

practice: Use of English, Part 2

questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Useonly one in each space.

do we see in 3D?
we look across a field, how (0) _____

do

we know that one distant object is bigger than another of it? In (3) words, how do
other, instead of seeing everything 'flat'? with our eyes but with the light of
experience. Our minds and memories a boat some distance from the shore looks much
smaller one is a very large man and the

that one object is behind another, not in (2) we see things, we see them not (6)

see things in three dimensions, in proper relation to (4) answer is that (5) _____
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ minds as well: we see things (8) things. A man (11)

to interpret what we see. For instance, experience gives us an idea about the size
a man on the beach. But you don't think (13)

a very small man. What you say to yourself is that one man is nearby and the other
is away .

..... v:;;>lm

practice: Use of English, Part 4

ii"h,rro,rt

questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
lines are and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

do bats know where they are going?

a
+--

0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

An odd thing about bats is that they do not have a good eyesight, although they
have to hunt for their food during the night. In fact, bats do not rely on their
eyes to find out their way. They use a kind of radar system which works like this:
when they fly, bats make high-pitched sounds which are so high that human beings
cannot yet hear them. The echoes from these sounds are thrown back to the bat while
it is still in to the air. The bat can tell whether the echo came from an object
nearby or much far away and it will change the direction of its flight to avoid to
crashing into the object. Bats depend on flying more than most animals. While birds
and insects also fly, they have and the ability to walk about if necessary.
However, a bat cannot walk very easily because of its limbs and feet are not
suitable; it cannot even stand very easily. So it is actually then easier for a bat
to hang upside down from a branch than to sit on it.

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* Talking sense
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

All about owls

For thousands of years the owl has been a (0) has had a special (1) many
superstitions about the owl, (2) hooting of an owl is (3) was closely linked with
the female (5) body is (6) An owl has very (7) (8) owl is so (10) with its strange
hoot. around at night, it will hear them (9) suited to this way of living. hearing
and a remarkable to see in the dark. If there are any other animals , and because
the of its territory, it will frighten them away

creature

which

CREATE MEAN
MAIN

for people. Primitive people had because of the to be an omen of death. so it

Athena.

strange sound of the cries it makes. In many parts of Europe, the THINK WISE GOD
SPECIAL SENSE ABLE IMMEDIATE PROTECT In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of (4)
The owl is a bird that really comes to life at night and its whole

Comparative and superlative adjectives Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For
questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is

l_oo----..,;t-.Y}_o_U_J1=!l<--_to

ride a bicycle.

1 Objects that are close are clearer than objects that are distant. dear Distant
objects 2 This month's test and last month's test were equally easy. just This
month's test 3 My brother lives nearer to me than my mother does. far My brother
does not

close objects.

last month's test.

--'--

from me as my mother does.

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Unit

_______________________ have better eyesight than we have. _______________________

your eyesight becomes.

that of birds.

_______________________ countries people choose a dog as a pet.

_______________________ sense of smell is not as good as that of most animals.
_______________________ no animal as beautiful as a horse. _____________________
Cats are not as loyal as dogs. _______________________ cats. of all.

an elephant.

in many countries.

sense of smell than us.

the correct word or words in these sentences,then decide whether the sentencesare
true false.

much do you know about elephants?

elephant has the longer/longest nose (or trunk) in the animal kingdom. elephant
does much/more with its nose than/that any other animal. are most/more than/of 40
000 muscles in an elephant's trunk.
>

True/False

tJepnalots have worse/worser memories than most animals. elephant can run more
fast/faster than a human being. mammoth was as big/no bigger than the present day
elephant.

('jit,lE~prlants can be trained more easily/easier than any other animal. The Asian
elephant's ears are just as bigger/big as/than the African elephant's.
An elephant eats as more/much as 225 kilos a day.

(See page 35 for the answers to the quiz.)

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* Talking sense
VOCABULARY
Word formation
1 Complete this table.

act

appear detect direct discover entertain examine explode follow immigrate inhabit
manage protect speak understand How many suffixesare there for different kinds of
people in the table?

2 Match the words for people from the table above with these definitions.
a person who goes to~ other countries to find work 3 a person who lives in a place
5 a person who finds countries 6 a person who is in charge
= = = = = _ _

2 a person who checks your answers and gives you marks

= = _ _

4 a person who finds things and people

=

1
_

(two words)

7 a person who keeps you from harm 9 a person who talks in public = 10 a person who
performs on stage
=

8 a person who is a supporter or fan of someone else

_
1 1 (three words)

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Unit

the clues to complete the names of these animals.

biggest land animal = e fastest dog

=

t d e
=

9 one of the most dangerous insects 11 the fastest animal in the world = c h
=

m
=

g
=

h g

10 one of the most poisonous creatures e e s

=

s h

tallest animal

of the most useful animals to people

12 the biggest creature of all e

e
=

of the biggest and most powerful birds of the heaviest animals = h

13 the most dangerous creature in the sea e h

s
=a

of the longest and most poisonous animals one of the biggest birds but the worst at
flying
s

14 one of the smallest and most common insects 15 the most talkative bird = p t

=0

16 one of the slowest animals

verbs with go
:--I"IYnnloto

these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs below in each
space. each phrasalverb more than once. go off
~

go through

go down

go on

go up

qoinq throuqh ~ v
__________ __________

__________
I set the alarm to

a hard time at the moment. - I've had enough! at seven o'clock. with nowadays? very
well with audiences. in smoke. without saying anything. today; it's colder. your
mind before the operation? of the building and through the main gate. about your
ex-boyfriend; it's boring. , aren't they? . Throw it away. these figures. We must
make sure they are accurate. and finish your story. to the north of the country to
visit friends.

There was a fire and the building I'm She just __________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

True. An elephant does all of the following with its trunk: smells; breathes;
sprays water (or sand) over its body; puts its food in its mouth; blows trumpet
calls; pulls down trees; detects insects in the air and carries heavy objects.
True. False. They have good memories; if you attack them, they won't forget it!

5 False. The world record for a human runner is 43.37 km per hour. The top speed of
an elephant is 40 km per hour. 6 True. It was about the size of an African
elephant. 7 True. S False. Dolphins and primates are easier to train. 9 False. They
are smaller. 10 True.

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Leisure for pleasure
GRAMMAR AND USEOf ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or 0 best
fits each space.

A visit to Toledo
Toledo (0) __

8 __

out dramatically against the blue, Castillian sky. It is as spectaculai (1) which
reflects a brilliant (3)

it is rich in in Spanish

history. Every corner of the city has a tale to be (2) history. There is something
to see and enjoy at every (4) winding lanes you (5) visit as there are many (7) to
the thirteenth century, is of (9) In 1585, EI Greco (10) Apostles, a later series
(13) EI Greco's finest (14) century Toledan house. On the first (12) which should
not be (8)

in Toledo. Walking along the maze of narrow, one whole day for your . The
magnificent Cathedral, which dates bad to this attractive, sixteenth

churches, old houses and palaces. Allow at (6)

interest. Another unique experience is the EI Greco House and Museum. of the museum
is a complete series of individual portraits of the a visit to the Alcazar,

into a house which must have been (11)

the one in the Cathedral. In the Church of Santo Tome you will find one of , 'The
Burial of Count Orgaz'. Remember also to (15)

which stands massive and proud as ever, dominating all other buildings. 0 A goes 1
A like 2 A said 3 A year 4 A place 5 A pass 6 A last 7 A scenes 8 A lost 9 A little
10 A rented 11 A similar 12 A stage 13 A than 14 A tasks 15 A give B stands B how B
listened Bview B step B cross B most B sights B wasted B enough B entered B same B
space B that B jobs B pay C puts C than C told C part C point C spot C once C views
C forgotten C outstanding C changed C like C floor C of C masters C do D brings D
as D counted D period D area D glance D least D sides D missed D excellent D moved
D resembled D ground Dwith D works D pass

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Unit

1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (./).
a word which should not be there, write the word.

m.

'---__ '---__ ~ __ ___ ;....__

ir,

o Strasbourg has always been an important European city. 00 Thanks to a favourable

geographical position - at the 1 crossroads of waterways and overland routes - the
area 2 on which the Strasbourg now stands has been inhabited 3 for since the Bronze
Age. In the Middle Ages, it was an 4 important economic centre and it has gradually
grew so 5 strong that by the fifteenth century it had become a free 6 republic. It
grew more richer and richer in the sixteenth 7 century and welcomed free thinkers
and refugees from 8 SWitzerland, Italy and France. These newcomers have 9 greatly
enriched the city's cultural life. In 1697, Strasbourg 10 has became part of
France. Germany conquered it in 1870 11 and it was only returned to France after
the end of the First 12 World War. It was again occupied by Germany in the Second
13 World War and suffered some great destruction. In 1949, the 14 city was been
chosen to be the headquarters of the Council 15 of Europe, and since 1979 it has
been come the seat of the European Parliament to which, at present, fifteen
countries send representatives.

practice: Use of English, Part 5

questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end of
each line rm a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

.adame Tussaud's
Tussaud's is one of the most popular (0) __ a_tt_fj_-a_c_t_l_O_J1_S__ ________ in
summer, make sure _ models of figures. in AITRACT CROWD ENTERTAIN
'U"""-''-''-U11

contains life-like wax figures, which are (3) up to date. On display are (4)

CONTINUE REAL HISTORY PERSON ADMIT DAY PRESENT NEAR

.·i·.·····..••.

aamous people, from the latest pop stars to (5) can also see today's politicians
and the most well-known TV ________ pm and (9) (10)

. You can buy a combined ticket which will allow to both the Museum and the
Planetarium next from 10.00 am to are given every hour. Baker Street is underground
station for both attractions. The Planetarium is open (8)

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* Leisure for pleasure
Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous Exam practice: Use of
English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is t_o_0-

ry_o_U_J1-;::.,q,__to The building was first used in the nineteenth century. since
The building

ride a bicycle.

the nineteenth century.

2 This is not my first visit to Toledo. been I 3 Maria started learning to drive
last year. learning Maria

before.

since last year.

4 There are far more theatres in the city than there used to be. built A lot

in the city recently.

5 I started correcting these tests yesterday and I still haven't finished. been I
since yesterday. 6 The exhibition opened just a few days ago. only The exhibition 7
Films on TV are better now than when I was a child. improved Films on TV 8 I moved
here a couple of months ago. living I

opened.

I was a child.

two months.

9 I first started learning Spanish when I went to Mexico for a holiday. since
______________________ I went to Mexico for a holiday. 10 It's five years since we
went to Ireland. for We have

five years.

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Unit

the correct tense in these sentences.

grocer's shop has been closing/has closed since the supermarket opened. has made/He
made several films already.
iMll11<Jn5

of people have been seeing/have seen the film on TV.

been reading/I've read a marvellous novel. I can't wait to find out what happens.
went/I have been going to school when I was five. sold/We've been selling the last
copies of the book - sony. written/I've been writing a postcard to John, now I am
writing one to Peter. look as if you've cried/you've been crying. in, the party's
not over yet and we've had/we've been having a great time. Do you want a drink?
been thinking/I've thought ... Wouldn't it be nice if we had a new car?

adjectives by combining the words below with the affixes in-, pre-, -a/ and -iul.

historic classic complete colour direct wonder music nation care view

pre-

-al

-Jut

these sentences using one of the words from exercise 1 in each space.

I am not very ________ Dinosaurs and other Your room is very Do you know the words
of your AI Capone was a/an The castle is a/an

. I can't play any instrument, I'm afraid. ; you only did four out of five
questions. creatures disappeared during the Ice Age. with all these reds and
greens. anthem? gangster. building so they can't knock it down.

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* Leisure for pleasure
3 Complete this table.
verb noun adjective dedicated punishable reside dominant repute reputable
impressive exploratory interest 1
2

exhaust

1
2

entertain

1
2

4 Complete these sentencesusing one of the words from the table above in each
space. 1 I am absolutely 2 They went on a journey of 3 You made a very good 4 He
has an excellent S The castle at the top of the hill 6 Our house is in a quiet 7
The criminal escaped
! I must lie down and rest.

into Africa. at the interview. as a lawyer, so you're bound to win the case. the
whole landscape. area of the city. because there was little concrete evidence.

Collective nouns 5 Complete these sentenceswith an appropriate auxiliary verb or a

pronoun.
1 The government 3 The public S The family next door 6 My family are proud of 7 The
jury is considering S The jury 9 The team 10 The team

has

said it will raise taxes. mind to increase pensions. can trust.

2 The government have made up 4 The public wants a government which past. decision.

deceived by the lie the politicians told them. selling its old furniture.

decided on their verdict. won all their matches this season. not won a single one
of its matches this season.

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Unit

phrasal verbs in list A with their meanings in list B. B

a escape b consider c check (information) d continue e pretend f disappoint g

become popular the sentencesin list A with the appropriate responsesin list B.
B

I trust you with all this responsibility? have you stopped? We haven't got to the
top yet. I knew what 'serendipity' meant. place is surrounded by the police. centre
forward is on the ground and is in great pain. are you asking me to do this? at my
new hair style, isn't it great?

a Rubbish! He's putting it on. b Why don't you look it up? c It looks weird; it'll
never catch on. d I promise I won't let you down. e They'll never get away. f I
can't go on - I'm exhausted. g I look on you as a real friend, someone I can rely
on.

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Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Creeping Man
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-
15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Useonly
one
word in each space.

Holmes rides again

I had (0)
(1)

not

seen Holmes for some time and had no idea what he had been doing since the last
time we _ in have been side of the fire, while he sat (4) the room. It (6)

worked together on the Case of the Creeping Man. He was in a chatty mood (2)

morning and settled me into the low arm-chair on (3) the opposite chair, puffing
away at his pipe as usual. Suddenly, the door flew open and a huge man burst (5)
funny if he hadn't looked (7) detective raised (9) (10) and his muscular figure.
The man immediately asked which (8)

frightening, with his sullen, dark eyes with a gleam of malice in them us was
Master Holmes. The famous . 'I've handled pipe with a smile. 'Oh, it's you, is it?'
said our visitor. 'Well, you keep your nose

of other people's business.' Holmes asked the stranger to go (11) closely with an
air of great interest. It may have

your sort before now,' the man continued, 'so just watch (12) friend's nose. Holmes
examined (13) (14) my friend's cool response (15) calmed down a little.

.' He swung his huge fist under my my picking up the poker, but our visitor then

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick ('/). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

A dose look

jst
'has

0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Sherlock Holmes had just been bending over a microscope for a long time. Now he has
straightened himself and looked at me in triumph. He informed me that the objects
he had been examining had glue on them. There's no doubt about it,' he said. I was
looked through the microscope and agreed that, apart from some of hairs and dust,
there were traces of glue clearly visible. We had been found the objects scattered
in a field near the body of the dead policeman. A cap which belonging to the
accused was also found at the crime scene, but he had denied that it was his. The
accused was a picture framer who habitually handled glue. The case Holmes was
investigating in was not one of his own; Inspector Merivale of Scotland Yard

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Unit

10 had asked my friend to look into the murder. In so doing, Holmes had had 11
discovered the importance of the microscope in the work of a detective. 12 Holmes
then told me he was expecting a new client to arrive but that 13 the man was so
late. Suddenly he asked me if I knew anything about 14 racing. I admitted I
occasionally was spent some of my war pension on 15 betting on the horses but I
rarely won anything. 'Then I'll need your advice,' said Holmes.

practice: Use of English, Part 5

uestions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end of
each line rm a word that fits in the space in the same line.
1~(1IIV~~a

mysteries

hYl~fcase

full of papers which describe cases

_

BRIEF FAIL EXPLAIN SOLVE SPECIAL FINISH APPEAR JOURNAL COMPLETE forever;

Holmes has investigated. Some are (1) ________ A problem without a (3) ________
________

for the mysteries in may interest the stories is that of the yacht Alicia,

, but will offer little to the general reader.

one morning sailed into the mist and (6) vessel and the crew were never seen again.
Then there was case of the well-known (7) ________

Luigi Persano, who mad with a jar in front of him. The jar

ontained a remarkable worm, unknown to science up to that point. from these

mysterious cases for which Holmes did not find , there are those which various (9)
d rather not see in print and those which might affect the ________ of Holmes
himself, for whom I have more respect REPUTE people INFLUENCE

perfect simple and past perfect continuous practice: Use of English, Part 3
questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the
first ce, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and words, including the word given. My sister is not old enough to ride a
bicycle. too

__________

to_O_,-r~_(J_u_J1=j,---l-(J---------- ride a bicycle.

First he entered the house through the window and then he stole the jewels. broken
______________________ the house through the window he stole the jewels.

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* Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Creeping Man
2 His first bank robbery was two years ago. robbed He 3 After walking five miles he
was tired. come He 4 I came back home after living in Australia for ten years. been
I 5 His success in business allowed him to retire early. had He retired early 6 As
soon as she came into the room she announced her marriage. got She told us _ 7
Claire locked the door after turning off all the lights. turned After 8 There was
no one in the room when the police arrived. left Everyone 9 His acting in a play
caused him to lose his voice. performing He lost his voice because 10 She was
exhausted after driving all night. been She two years before.

foot and was tired.

Australia for ten years when I came back home.

in business.

as soon as she came into the room.

all the lights she locked the door.

the time the police arrived.

in a play.

all night so she was exhausted.

5 Match the questions in list A with their answers in list B.

A B

1 Why was there a water shortage that summer? 2 How did she manage to lose so much
weight? 3 Why did the teacher ask him to leave the room? 4 Why was he feeling much
healthier? 5 Why did the police stop him? 6 Why did she think he had been taking
drugs? 7 How did the detective know she had been out in the rain?

a He had given up smoking. b He had spotted mud in her shoes. c She had been on a
diet for months. d He had been misbehaving all morning. e He had been behaving very
strangely. f It hadn't rained for a long time. g He had been driving while drunk.

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Unit

the answers in list B with the correct form (past perfect simple or continuous) of
the brackets, then match the answers with the questions in list A.

B were you depressed? he late for the exam? the police know where the drugs were?
was Colombus tired? was Einstein happy? did she speak with a French accent? didn't
he want to go and see the film? a b c d e f g h Someone

__

h_a_tl_t~H&,__e_tl __

(tip) them off. (live) in Paris as a child.

He __________ She __________ __________ He _________ He __________ Because he ____

We __________

(come) up with a new theory. (fail) my exam. (study) all night. (travel) a long
time. (already/see) it. (forget) to water them.

verbs and idioms with back

the underlined words in these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal
verbs Make any other changes that are necessary.

keep back

give back

cut back on

call back

bring back

take back

lend you my book if you promise to return it.

asked his old girlfriend to go out with him again, but she refused to accept him
again.

I phoned she was busy and she still hasn't returned my call.

think about the past, think about the future.

me, I'm returning this plate because it is cracked.

withhold important evidence from the police, you could get into trouble.

have to reduce our expenses. We can't afford to spend so much.

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* Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Creeping Man
Word formation
2 Complete this table.
adjective noun curiosity
fury

interrupt

object suggest arrive

gloom think 2 thoughtless understandable activity danger mystery excite 2 terrify 2

3 Complete these sentencesusing one of the words from the table above in each
space.
What a dark room - it's so 2 Sherlock Holmes was called in to solve the 3 My
parents don't 4 My parents 5 How are we going to 6 Climbing up that steep mountain
looks 7 He led an 8 It was very 9 If the pupils don't 10 The programme was in here!
_ of my friends because they don't have regular jobs. to my staying out late if
they don't know where I am. our victory in the competition? to me because I'm
scared of heights. life till he was in his 80s and even carried on working till he
died. of you to visit me in hospital - I'm very grateful. the explanation, I repeat
it using simpler words. to bring viewers an important newsflash.

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Mysterious monsters

1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, 8, C or D best fits each
space.

"'/L"p'~r_'·"£1

librarian from Clifden in County Galway claims she and a friend (0) __

C__

a large serpent-like of

in Lake Fadda in western Ireland on Wednesday afternoon as they were picnicking

near the (1) Local police are (2) ____ the story, which follows a series of similar
reports in years. Researchers at Trinity College, Dublin have also (4) the wife of
a local businessman, (5) :2dl1es,day as 'a huge monster writhing in the water (6) /

an interest in the reports. Georgia '. Her like those pictures to take a

what she and her friend saw at about three o'clock last a snake, about 30 metres
(7) the story and added: 'We were

Mary Reilly, a shop assistant in a department store in Galway, (8) Loch Ness
Monster.' More (11)
,r.t,r.n,r'lt"',h

. The creature was enormous and it swam with its mouth open. It was (10) were not
available as before they were (12) of the monster it disappeared below the (13)

of the lake, which is nearly half a mile long. The that of other eyewitnesses of
incidents involving strange not to swim in the lakes. D reported D shore D
exploring D these D got D described D such D offshore D confirmed D terrifying D
lot D details D possible D depth D reminds D warned

~$.c::nption given to police by the two women (14)

in the lakes of Connemara. Local people have been (15) Blooked B beach B searching
Blast B found B told B like B distant B checked B terrified B similar B information
B allowed B waves B matches Bordered C spotted C coast C investigating C final C
seen C claimed C similar C further C repeated C terrorized C just C news Cable C
surface C goes C informed

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* Mysterious monsters
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Is it a bird or is it a plane?
./

some

0 In 1655, a Portugese man appears to have been transported within 00 seconds from
one country to another by some mysterious forces. The man was for doing business in
the Portugese colony of Goa in 2 India when suddenly he found himself back in
Portugal. He was 3 put on trial, which mayor may not have been fair, and he was
been 4 condemned to death. The authorities in Portugal at the time tended to 5
explain things according to their religious beliefs as well as and their 6
knowledge of the world. Their world included witches, magicians and 7 devils, who
they were believed to be enemies of the Church and 8 authority. One of the
characteristics by which these evil creatures 9 could have be recognized was that
they were able to fly through the 10 air. We do not know about whether the man from
Goa was carried 11 through the air or not. There are no surviving details of the
case 12 although that the evidence at the time was thought to be good enough 13 to
convict him. Since the seventeenth century, many other cases have 14 been reported
in the which people have claimed to have flown through 15 the air. Nowadays most of
people do not believe in witches and magicians and UFOs are offered as an
alternative explanation.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

The men and women who vanish

We often read or hear about people (0)

disaffeart'nJ

' some

of

DISAPPEAR WILL KIDNAP ABSENT EXPLAIN REAL DISAPPEAR SPEND SEARCH MURDER KNOW

whom come back again, while others vanish forever. It has been suggested that these
people were taken by aliens; some go (1) _ while others are (2) (3)
(4) _

by the visitors from outer space. find it difficult to make people accept their
happened to those

It is not surprising that those who do come back after a mysterious

We can only wonder what has (5)

(6)

who never return. There is one story from the nineteenth century of the (7) (8)
accused of (9) a local farmer with a (10) by alien creatures. of a certain Mr Rhys.
When he failed to return after an evening in the company of a friend, and failed to
discover him, his friend, John Davies, was him. Fortunately for Davies, there was
of such mysteries and this man

persuaded evetyone involved that Rhys had actually been taken away

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Unit

ns 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the first
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and
including the word given. sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.
_______ l_(J_O----:7r-}'}_(J_U_J1-d!lc__l_(J

ride a bicycle.

_______________________

the room till the end of the exam.

_______________________

the pen by some people.

_______________________ will want to know what you have in your suitcase.

_______________________

yet.

show the contents of your suitcase.

______________________

carefully by the police.

_______________________ possible that the cat got run over by a car.

_______________________ government has reduced income tax. _______________________
let the children stay up too late. _______________________

his crimes.

by a car.

the government.

stay up too late.

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5 Rewrite the newspaper headlinesbelow using the correct passiveform. Add words and
useyour
own ideasto make complete sentences. 1 PENSIONER RUN OVER

A pensioner was run over in Banbury Roadyestenlay.

2 MAN STRUCKBY LIGHTNING IN FOREST 3 NEW SCHOOL TO BE OPENED BY MAYOR 4 WORLD
RECORD BROKEN IN 100 METRES S WOMAN MURDEREDIN WOODS ON EVENING STROLL

6 HOSPITAL TO CLOSE- LACKOF FUNDS

7 'CURE FOR CANCERIN FIVE YEARS,' SAYS RESEARCHER 8 TESTS MADE MORE DIFFICULTTO
RAISEFALLINGSTANDARDS 9 ENGLISH SPOKEN BY ONE BILLION, CLAIMSREPORT

6 Complete this text using the correct passiveform of one of the verbs below in
each space.Usetwo
of the verbs more than once. refer use bring give invent write call beat build

Why does nothing exist?

Did nothing always exist or (1) ___!!!_'!:§__ it idea and it (2) 'nil'. So we say:
'Liverpool (4) (S) about the temperature, 'zero' (6)

invented?

'Nothing' is zero or nought (0). It is a very useful to as

by many different names. In football, 0 (3)

two-nil (2-0) at home by Manchester United.' When you

. We say: 'It is freezing today; the temperature has droppec

marks in a test, you hope you will never get 'nought' out of ten or twenty. When we
talk in tennis, 'love';

to five below zero.' The most unusual name for 0 must be that which (7) thing that
had (8)

where the scoring goes IS-love, 30-love and so on. Not many people realize that 0
did not always exist but is some. Until the sixteenth century, the number system
used in Europe was the by on a base of ten and all Roman system, which was invented
about two thousand years ago. The Roman system is not simple, for example the mark
'X' stands for ten and 'C' refers to a hundred. A much better number system (9) the
Hindus much earlier. The Hindu system (10) sometimes referred to as the 'Arabic
system'. This system (11) numbers (12) means 'ten' and 40 means 'four times ten'.
to Europe in AD 900 by the Arabs and is

with the digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, S, 6, 7, 8, 9 and O. So as all schoolchildren know, 11

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Unit

_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

table. (old/large/dining) vase. (antique/beautiful) ring. (gold/expensive) man.

(dark/handsome/tall) boy! (little/nice) briefcase to work. (black/leather/large)
_____________ jacket. knife. (old/hunting/Indian) knife. (bread/steel/stainless)
waiter. (Chinese/fat/big)

_____________ "-_____________

ending in -ed and -ing

noun

adjective (x 2)

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Word formation 2 Solvethe clues below to complete the crossword and to find the
missingword.
,--

14 1 2
3 I

4
5 6
7

8 9 10

111
12
13

3 4

5 6
7

a person who plays the piano professionally a person who cleans buildings a person
who plays the violin professionally a person who helps you practise a sport a
person who tries to find out more about a crime a person who types letters Look it
up in the telephone _

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

a person who looks after flowers and plants a person who writes plays a person who
makes films or puts on plays a machine used by six above a person who buys Camels
and Marlboro a person who is in charge of a company or office The missing word is _

Phrasal verbs with look 3 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of
the phrasal verbs below in each space.
Useone of the phrasalverbs twice. look up look out look forward to look into look
out for look through look down on look after look back They don't know how the
accident happened; they are 2 Could you 4 She is a snob - she 5 When we go on
holiday, our neighbour 6 8 When I 9 I am 10 I think we should 7 When you go to the
conference, will you receiving your letter. the subject a bit before we decide
which computer to buy. 3 I can never remember telephone numbers; I always have to
other people. the cats for us. Bill and give him my regards? ! That flowerpot is
going to fall off the window-ledge! to my school-days, I realize how lucky I was.

/ookiltj into
them

it. in the directory.

these old newspapers for articles about the environment?

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What's ina face?
MAR AND USE OF ENGLISH

actice: Use of English, Part 2

ns 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Useonly one in each space.

tes, the father of medicine, believed (0) __ .,-_____ is somehow connected (3) to
be shorter (5) depressed (8) _____ _____
''-'-Jlll'-U,

t_lt_a_t__

personality and physical appearance tried to prove that a person's

together. Even in our own times, researchers (2)

the way they look. Psychologists often divide people average and as they grow older
they (6) fatter. Although, in

two types: those that are short and fat and those that are tall and thin. People in
the first group mood may suddenly change and they become Nero, Napoleon and
Mussolini. Tall, thin people their personality is stress bad-tempered. They often
suffer (14) _____

these people tend to be cheerful extroverts, (7) of the short, stocky type, for
(10) they tend to be both shy (13)

inward-looking. Criminals often fall into this group and many dictators have also
smallish heads, long noses and bony faces. As far (12)

they do take part in sports, they are generally very good.

practice: Use of English, Part 4

uestions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Someof the
lines are and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (.I). line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

0 00 1 2 Y. 3 4

5 6
7

9
10 11

My mother was very interested for in my hair. She would watch it growing very
carefully until it had got to a length which she thought was scandalous. Then she
would start hinting that it was time to must get it cut. In those days (I was a
teenager then) I was very fond of my many hair. You might say I was very attached
to it and I hated to be parted from it. The longer it grew, the better I felt it.
My hair was thick and curly and I was afraid I would look ridiculous without it.
When I was a little, women in the local corner shop used to admire it and wish they
had hair like mine one; instead they had to go and have had their hair curled at
the hairdresser's. I was therefore proud of my mop of black, curly hair. When I
ignored about my mother's hints she would ask, tongue-in-cheek, whether I intended
to become a pop singer or a priest. (Orthodox priests let their hair to
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____ ____ ____ ____ 12 13 14 15 grow long.) When her little jokes became threats
and were combined with my father's commands to go and get off my hair cut without
further delay, I gave them in. I would then spend a few months feeling miserable
until my hair had grown. Then, once again, my mother would start complaining ...

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Show me your face and I'll tell you who you are
People have for a long time held the (0) is in some way a reflection of (1) (2)
physical (3) (4) have a lot of (6) selfFrom ancient times, this (7) the (8) and
therefore our is unique. How you feel about yourself also has . If, for example,
you , this will show in your face. between particular developed and became known as
physiognomy. reflect

bette!

that the face

. There is nothing

BELIEVE PERSON MAGIC CHARACTER APPEAR EXPRESS CONFIDENT CONNECT RELATE ACCURATE
IDENTITY

or mysterious about it: we all have different

a direct influence on your facial (5)

features and aspects of personality was made, and a systematic study of Physiognomy
has proved that people's faces (9) the example of (10) also behave in a similar
way.

people's characters. For those who don't find the idea convincing, let us take
twins, who not only look alike but

Either... or,both ... and, not only ... but also, neither ... nor
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, complete the second
sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too My sister is
t_O_(}--"r-~_(}_U_J1_:;:_;<Vqf--t(}---------

ride a bicycle.

1 I did not enjoy the performance and I didn't like the theatre. neither I liked 2
She is mean and bad-tempered. but Not

the theatre.

she is also bad-tempered.

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the corner shop and the supermarket have what we want. _______________________
burgled the house and did a lot of damage too. ______________________ the house but
they also did a lot of damage. the corner shop or at the supermarket.

_______________________

it also smells good.

_______________________ is ambitious and he wants to make a lot of money.

_______________________

the test.

on but he wants to be rich as well.

______________________

a pipe during the flight.

_______________________ The two starters in the set menu are soup and salad. either
_______________________

but he is also a nice person.

as a starter in the set menu.

the statements below true of your country? Rewrite these sentencesso they are true
of your country. their car breaks down, most people repair it themselves. men cook
their own meals. Most families have their milk delivered to their house. If a pipe
is leaking in the house, people mend it themselves. Most people do their own
housework. Children in my country make their own beds.

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6 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the verbs below in each
space.Then
match the sentenceswith the explanations below. deliver develop paint cut repair
take bring make test clean

1 He likes to have his breakfast

2 He is going to have his portrait

to him in bed because ... because ... because ... because ... on Saturday
because ... because ... to her house because ... because ... because '" because ...

3 She needs to have her eyes

4 She has had the television

5 He is having his hair

6 He is going to have a new suit

7 She has the shopping
8 She wants to have her sofa professionally

9 He is going to have his photograph

10 He can't wait to have the film

a he thinks he is very handsome. b it takes ages to dry when he washes it. c it

looks old and dirty. d he is looking forward to seeing his holiday snaps. e the
picture was a bit fuzzy. f he is lazy. g .,. he is going to get married. h ... he
needs a new passport . ... she keeps bumping into things . ... she is too old to
carry it.

VOCABULARY
Describing people

1 Underline the odd word out in each group.

1 nose

pointed frizzy small long fleshy prominent well-built slanting

flat deep sticking out round full round skinny round

straight curly pointed low thick high stocky close together

curly wavy prominent pear-shaped wavy low slim high

long straight turned-up thin thin wide bushy small

2 hair 3 ears 4 face

5 lips 6 forehead
7 body 8 eyes

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the clues below to complete the crossword and to find the missingword.

11 1

121
3
-

I I I I I I
-I I I I I I I

14
5 6
7

18 1.101
-

I I I

you feel like this before an exam or a visit to the dentist? who get into fights
very easily are face is shaped like a fruit, but it's not an apple. does a lot of
body-building so he is very not thin, he's not fat, he's quite muscular - so he's
________ _ _ _

remark to make; I don't think you should have mentioned her divorce. _

you have a broad, strong body, you are ________

; she never thinks of anyone but herself.

these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs below in each
space. hold on put back take back get on hold back take on go back on go on get
back you've finished playing with your toys, please ______ __________ gave me your
word. You can't __________ \~ that song ______ you am determined to succeed -
nothing in the world will __________ me your money them in the cupboard.

off the travel agent when the holiday was cancelled? till I've finished talking to
the manager? Then I'll be right with you. it now. me _

from where we left off. Where were we before we were interrupted? your nicest
clothes because I'm taking you to the best restaurant in town. very well with the
man who lives next door. to my university days; I haven't heard it for years. ,
will you be able to work on Saturdays?

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Meat: to eat or not to eat?
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, CorD best
fits each space.

A short history of beef

The word beef, which (0)

to the flesh of a cow or an ox, did not come to England with William the over from
France towards the (2) of the
_

Conqueror, as many people believe: it was first (1) food with the Romans when they
(4) but the Normans were definitely (6) a (7)

thirteenth century. There are records of beef being eaten nearly 4500 years ago and
beef was the most (3) in Britain. The Anglo Saxons (5)

to prefer mutton or pork, the thirteenth century _

on beef. The Normans also preferred cow's milk to sheep's milk and as that position
ever since and the 'roast beef of old . The word beef has 'muscular power or

there was a steady rise in the number of cows in Britain, so that (8)

beef had become the country's favourite meat. It has (9) England' has a special
(10)

not only in the hearts of the English people but also in their (11) English. It can
(14)

especially when beef is accompanied by Yorkshire pudding, a traditional English

(12) also acquired several metaphorical meanings in (13) the word came (15) 0 A
means 1 A brought 2 A end 3 A favourite 4 A arrived 5 A would 6 A fonder 7 A
conclusion 8 A until 9 A kept 10 A part 11 A kitchen 12 A cooking 13 A everyday 14
A refer 15 A along

effort', as in the adjective 'beefy' or to complain, as in 'Stop beefing about your

job all the time.' Both of these uses of from the United States in the nineteenth
century. B refers B came B finish B tasty Breached B had B keener Brule Bat B got B
situation B cook B plate B today B intend B to C used C taken C conclusion C
popular C visited C insisted C preferred C result C by C been C piece C meal C food
C usual C signal Cover D names D fetched D final D best D gone D tended D
enthusiastic D cause Don D continued D place D cuisine D dish D nowadays D mean D
round

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dice: Use of English, Part 4

estions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
lines are and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (if). e has a word which should not be there, write the word.

1
2

3 4

5 6
7

8 9 ______ 10 =-__ 11 _____ 12 ,..__ __ 13 ~ __ 14

___

15

John Montague, the eleventh Earl of Sandwich, was so keen on the gambling that he
could not drag himself away from the card table, even for a meal. Once he has spent
24 hours playing cards without once getting up to eat or drink. Instead, to stop
himself from feeling hungry during the game, he had his servants make to him a
special 'portable' meal, made up of a piece of cold beef between two slices of a
toast. There was nothing original in putting a piece of bread round vegetables or
even if round a lump of meat. It had been done for as long as bread itself had
existed. However, it was this famous incident that it gave the snack a name: the
sandwich. The first written record we have of the use of the word in this sense
goes back to 1762. The word was well off established by the middle of the
nineteenth century and even began to be used as a verb whose meaning 'to put
something between two things of another type', as in the, 'I found myself
sandwiched between a crowd of football fans and a brick wall.' Also, someone who
carries away two advertising boards over his shoulders came to be known as a
'sandwich man'.

practice: Use of English, Part 5

questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of
each line arm a ward that fits in the space in the same line.

more fruit and vegetables!

report on the (0) _____ ________ -;--__

eati'nj

habits of children in Britain

EAT LIKE SUFFICE PROPER SPEAK SOLVE EFFECT DAY FORTUNATE CONVENIENCE CONSEQUENCE

that children from the age of three to sixteen show a for vegetables and only eat
may have and physical amounts of fruit and vegetables at Christmas.

researcher says not eating (3) consequences on a child's (4) ,'''''''" ...ment,
resulting in poorer performance at school. ________ long run it is more (6)
gredients in their (7) ________ ________
________
is to give children extra iron and vitamins but if children get the right diet. ,
parents choose food for their children that is to prepare, rather than food which
is fresh
, it is difficult later to get children to

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Prepositions Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3
4 For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too My sister is
t_O_(}-:,r~_(}_U_J1_=_:J-I--t(}--------

ride a bicycle.

1 The police accused him of stealing the wallet. charged He 2 He would not stop
talking although no one was listening. insisted He 3 I regret having to leave the
party early. apologize I

stealing the wallet.

although no one was listening.

to leave the party early.

4 If we have a discussion about the problem, we might find a solution. discuss If

we might find a solution. 5 The house was in darkness except for a light in the
kitchen. apart The house was completely 6 I have had enough of tidying up after you
every day. tired I 7 I've lost interest completely in lessons at school. bored I am
8 They continued to look for the girl till it got dark. search The

a light in the kitchen.

after you every day.

lessons at school.

on till it got dark.

9 The school's success in the FCE exam made everyone feel very proud. proud
Everyone the school's success in the FCE exam. 10 I respect you a lot. respect I
have

you.

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this dialogue with an appropriate preposition in each space.Who do you think A, B

and Tom are? you'd stop complaining (1) are you accusing me (3)

about

all the work we have to do and get on with packing the suitcases. you.

not packing because I'm annoyed (2) now?

not accusing you and you know I'm as anxious (4) _____ discussing this problem now.
know what you're talking (6)

missing the plane as you are, but I insist anything us if we're

and we don't have much time to think (7)

now. The plane takes off in exactly two hours and I don't think it's going to wait
(8) there one hour before. So what do you want to discuss? you know I have great
admiration (9) tulated (10) _____ , if you have such enormous respect (11) let me
just say this: you know how fond I am (13) What has Tom got to do with it? know
that Tom is closer (14) _____ _____ _____ him.

your ability to organize things and I admit you should be my organizational skills,
why don't you listen Tom ...

making all the arrangements for the trip.

me and just get on with the packing? We're late enough as it is.

me than he is to you, but still, aren't you afraid of what might happen Tom is as
great as yours and any threat (16) him as you are and I object (18) him is a threat
to me any suggestion that I don't care Tom. I just want you to know I feel a the

OK, I apologize (20) saying you don't care (21) _____ what might happen. can we
stop arguing (23)
problem now - we just don't have time.

it because I can't come up with a solution (24)

, I know you're tired (25) of our bags and take him with us?

hearing me go on about this, but do you think we could slip him into

preposition

adjective annoyed anxious

preposition

noun admiration respect love threat solution

preposition

about
scared tired

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VOCABULARY
Word formation
1 Match words from list A with words from list B to make compound nouns. Usesome of
the words more than once.
A

B apple meat beans berry wine salad burger fruit flakes chop
beef

grape mashed straw fruit

beet

minced roast pork green

beef

white baked mineral instant corn French ice pine

water potatoes root cream

coffee

fries

Idioms with food words

2 Complete these idioms using one of the words below in each space.
bread meat cucumber peanuts bananas cake beetroot bean 1 I hardly paid anything for
it; I got it for
2 He went mad, completely

_ _ _ _ and butter. _ in it, like War and Peace. _

3 It's worthless; it's not worth a

4 He didn't lose his control at all. He stayed cool as a 5 I make my living by

doing private lessons; they're my 6 I was so embarrassed. I went as red as a 7 I
like a book with a lot of 8 It's so easy; it's a piece of

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underlined words in these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal
verbs any other changes that are necessary.

run out

cut down

cut up

put on

put off

to stop eating meat after all these stories about mad cows.

two kilos heavier than I was last year.

you put the meat in the pan you have to chop it into little pieces.

got any milk left.

want the kids' old toys so I donated them to a charity.

bad opinion of the film has made me not want to go and see it.

going to eat less sugar from now on.

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GRAMMAR AND USEOF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-
15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Useonly
one
word in each space.

The world of dreams 1

Most people feel that when they dream, they (0) contrary, dreams are often
connected (2) (4) spirits, a dream will represent (6) (9) is, (11) whether it turns
(13) (14) wake up.

are

carried off to another world. (1) our whole mind

the

our daily lives. (3)

filled with something, when we are either very upset (5)

when we are in good

_

reality in symbols. It is often said that we benefit (7) wrong. Dreams are
therefore

dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself when things (8) kind of escape,
almost a holiday from (10) , a strange (12)

life, with its fears and responsibilities. It

of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or down as soon as you

to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever,

you are one of those people disciplined enough to write (15)

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (.I). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Bruce's dream
.I 0 Bruce came over to my table at breakfast and asked whether he -to join me.
Without waiting for my reply, he sat down and 00 could
----

to

I within seconds started telling me about the dream he had been had

2 the night before. I really wanted to have a quiet breakfast without 3 talking
much, but I muttered a polite 'That's interesting' as Bruce 4 explained that he had
had dreamt that he was a pilot and was flying 5 some passengers to a remote holiday
destination in the Bahamas. 6 I told him I needed some and more coffee because I
found it difficult 7 to wake me up otherwise and have a proper conversation. He 8
carried on with the next episode of his dream which, he said, was 9 the most
interesting part. One of the passengers had turned out to 10 be a terrorist and had
hijacked the plane. Bruce explained me that he 11 had been reading a book about a
hijack and he said the dream must

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;;__ .. ""'--

12 have come about as a result of this. He also told me he was too 13 scared of
flying. I tried to change the subject by asking if he was ____ 14 planning to go
anywhere interesting in the summer and that was my _---15 most big mistake. He went
on to tell me in great detail that his dream had always been to visit the Bahamas.
He asked whether I had ever been to the Caribbean and explained that it wasn't
really all that expensive.

practice: Use of English, Part 5

questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end of
each line form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

world of dreams 2
some dreams (0) __ dt_:__l_S-,al!Jh,_'P_e_~_r __ again and again, which for the (1)
to the same place for a (2) We do not only 'go back' to (3) also to (4) we are
doing something very (5) ________
________

forever, other dreams come is like going and doing the same experiences
, like winning

APPEAR DREAM VACATE ENJOY PLEASURE SUCCESS SELF POSSIBLE REAL USUAL WAKE

ones. An example of a nice dream is

while a common nightmare is when we are making fools in public or being in a

situation from which it is
to escape. Perhaps, then, we should not see , but as an extension

as an escape from (8) ________ ________

continue to occupy ourselves

whatever pleasure or problems we have had during the day, while we . So, rather
than freeing us from everyday

speech and reported questions

this dialogue, which is basedon the text in exercise2. Usebetween one and four
words space. Ah, good morning Mary. Mind if I (1) I was just finishing my
breakfast. You know, I (2) Oh, really. Shall I tell you about it? Well, I dreamt
that I was a pilot and I (3) you see, to the Bahamas. How interesting. I could do
with another cup of coffee. I (4) proper conversation if I (5) Yes. The next part
of the dream (6) passengers (7) You don't say! Yes, you see, I (9) this book about
terrorism and I reckon that's why I difficult to have a interesting part. You see,
one of the to be a terrorist and he (8) the plane. enough coffee inside me, don't
you? this plane, ? Thanks. the strangest dream last night.

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(10) this dream, don't you? They say dreams are just a continuation of our pretty
scared of everyday life, you know. And shall I tell you something else? (11)
flying. Bet you didn't know that. Mary: Bruce: Mary: Bruce: No. (12) to go anywhere
interesting for your holidays this summer? Well, Mary, it's interesting you should
ask me that because, you know what? My dream (13) to visit the Bahamas. Really.
(14) to the Caribbean? It's not really all that expensive, you know. What are you

doing this summer, by the way?

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 5 For questions 1-10, complete the
secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too t_(JO~,<-yo-U-J1-::...,+q-t-

(J------ride a bicycle. My sister is ________

1 'I did not steal the money from the till,' said the boy. stolen The boy 2 'I have
never killed anyone,' said the accused.

the money from the till.

ever
The accused denied that he 3 'Who ate the cake?' she asked. anyone.

had
She wanted 4 'Freud's book was not the first one about dreams,' said the lecturer.
written The lecturer explained that books about dreams book. 5 'Do you ever have
nightmares in which you're falling from a great height?' the cake.

Freud's

dreamt
She asked him whether height. 6 'He must pay his bill soon,' said Jill. about
falling from a great

pay
She said his bill soon. 7 The psychiatrist asked her what she had dreamt about the
night before.

dream
'What 8 'You mustn't work so hard,' said the doctor to Katy. not The doctor advised
night?, asked the psychiatrist.

hard.

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promised he would come on time in future. _______________ asked them the way to the
station. _______________________
these sentences using reported speech.

now on,' he said.

to the station?' she asked.

Reported speech Mary said Mary told us He said been reading a good book.' She said
She claimed The doctor said She told us she hasn't been here today.' She told us he
He promised He told her She told him She asked me you coming or not?' 'Where do you
come from?' She asked me She asked me _ _ _ _ _ _

al verbs with bring

the underlined words in these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal
verbs . Make any other changes that are necessary. Use each phrasal verb twice.

bring off
't

bring up

bring down

bring back

Michael Jackson going to release any more albums? government are trying to make the
price of houses cheaper.

was very difficult to swim across the English Channel but he managed it. Do you
believe they should re-introduce school uniforms? The party wants to win the
election for a fourth time. Do you think they can manage it? Where did you spend
your childhood?

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7 Unpopular economic policies forced the government to resign. 8 Who mentioned the
subject at the meeting? 9 My parents went to Australia for a holiday and they got
me this boomerang as a souvenir. 10 The Japanese keep producing new electronic
gadgets.

Word formation 2
Complete this table. Use the prefixes and suffixes to make as many adjectives as
you can.

verb believe create desire explain express imagine interpret predict produce punish
relate respond revolt value

noun

adjective (un-, in-, ir-, -able, -ive, -ary, -ible)

Complete these sentences using one of the words above in each space.

I am not going to clean the floor; it's not my 2 Your 3 I want to be a painter or a
composer. I want to do something

_ with my life.

for not doing your homework will be to stay behind after school.

4 The Queen of England's art collection is so that it is impossible to insure it. 5

He says he saw some visitors from outer space in his garden - it's just _ 6 My
husband's mood is very 7 The French 8 He has a sad ; sometimes he's happy and the
next minute he's depressed. , which took place in 1789, changed the history of
Europe. on his face. I wonder what's wrong?

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Goodies and baddies

practice: Use of English, Part 1

uestions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, 8, C or D best fits
each space.

seek robbery link

aged 68 (0) ____

broken ribs in an attack by an armed robber in her penthouse in Kensington, at

other robberies to see if they are linked after Rachael Avitan to in

, police said yesterday. Police are (1)

at her home in Oxford Square. Mrs Avitan, the wife of a millionaire shipowner, was
(3) coins and cash. Police said the objects and money (5) that the raid was by a
gang which important people),

a safe before she was locked in the bathroom with the 24-year-old maid. robber
escaped with jewellery, (4) ____ raid were worth about 30 000 pounds. They ruled
out the (6) Scotland Yard said it was possible a (9) ensington, Belgravia and
Chelsea. A (10) the latest (11)

its victims from Who's Who (a reference guide containing information (8)

of robbers were targeting wealthy families living in for Scotland Yard said there
may have been only one man . Mrs Avitan has been allowed to the maid and pulled her
back into the house. over her valuables. 'It was terribly scary,' said Mrs . She
said the robber broke in through the back door

but it is not clear if it was one of a (12)

hospital but is still having treatment for her (13) her maid was letting herself
out to go home. The man (14) told Mrs Avitan she wouldn't get hurt if she (15)

caught

A spokesperson

B suffered B examining B stolen B pushed B costly B robbed B chance B spots B about

B party B speaker B attack B team B aches B grabbed B handed

C injured C looking C attacked C attacked C expensive C missing C possibility C

discovers C around C pair C commentator C fact C serial C wounds Chugged C took

D hurt D inquiring D mugged D threatened D valuable D taken D probability D checks

D upon D team D presenter D robber D series D injuries D squeezed D got

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Made of money?

have
./ ----

0 00

A couple were walking down Oxford Street when they have stopped to look in a
jeweller'S window. The woman, who was young and I attractive but a little bit also
vain, said she'd love to have a pair of 2 diamond ear-rings. The man, who was not
very well off, was madly 3 in love with the girl and didn't want to lose her.
Suddenly he did took 4 a brick out of his pocket, smashed the window and grabbed
the 5 ear-rings, then which he gave to the woman. She gave him a big hug 6 and a
smile and they carried on walking. A little further down the 7 street they stopped
at again another jeweller'S and the woman saw 8 a beautiful diamond ring which she
said she would love to have on 9 her finger. The man took up another brick from his
pocket, smashed 10 a hole in the glass, grabbed at the ring and handed it to the
woman, 11 who was, of course, too delighted. A few minutes later, they found 12
themselves standing outside yet another jeweller's window and 13 the woman looked
at a pearl necklace of which she said would look 14 gorgeous round her neck. The
man turned round angrily to the woman 15 and said: That's enough, you must think
I'm made of bricks.'

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Smuggler's reduced sentence

A British man was convicted and sentenced to twenty years'
(0)

imprisonment

yesterday after a court in the northern city of of trying to and a father of a

young boy, discovered the tusks in his car. of in Ethiopia. He
_ ' asked

PRISON GUILT EMPLOY INVESTIGATE RESIDE DESTINY DESPERATE EMPLOY

Moyale in Kenya found him (1) smuggle irory tusks into Kenya David Murray, who is
(2) special police (3)

was arrested last September on the Kenyan-Ethiopian border after A court spokesman
said that Murray, a (4) Manchester in England, told the court that he had been
hired to deliver the car from England to a (5) said he had accepted the job because
he (6) , needed the money'. Once in Ethiopia, his (7) , him to take the car to
Kenya. Murray was not given an

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________ ________ in a (10)

for this change of plan, but did it anyway. managed to persuade the court to give
activity before.

EXPLAIN LAW CRIME

the reduced sentence of twenty years because he has not been

nvolved

to/would + infinitive,

be/get used to + -inq; relative clauses

practice: Use of English, Part 3

questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the
first using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two
and words, including the word given. My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.
________ t_(J_(J-:;,~}'1-(J-u_:J1...,,+q-t-(J------ride a bicycle.

I wish I knew the owner of this car.

_______________________ Driving on the right is a new experience for me. used I

There was a time when people didn't watch TV. ______________________ His father
would disappear for days.

is.

on the right.

TV.

habit
______________________ for days.

______________________

has a serious crime problem.

______________________

somuch.

______________________ went to the seaside every summer when I was a child.

______________________

living here.

the seaside every summer.

is the building

to school.

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5 Respondto these questions using used to + infinitive.
1 Murderers are not executed nowadays, are they?

2 Few children work in factories today, is that right?

3 There are more beggars on the streets than there were twenty years ago, don't you
agree?

4 Are drug-related crimes more common nowadays?

5 There aren't so many hijackings now, are there?

6 Do you remember there being so many bank robberies when you were young?

7 You don't hear about pirates attacking ships much nowadays, do you?

8 Did you like stories about smugglers when you were a child?

VOCABULARY
Crime

1 Complete these definitions of words associatedwith crime with an appropriate

relative pronoun.
1 a crime in __

w_lt_t_c_It__

someone tries to get money out of someone else by threatening to make known

something unpleasant = __ 3 a person 4 a building 5 a small room in a prison 6 a

sum of money 7 a crime ______ 9 a person ______ 10 a person ______ 11 a person
______ 8 a criminal act in ______

h_la_t._k_n1_a_t_1__
you then use to achieve political aims
= _

2 to take control of an aircraft illegally, people

robs someone with violence in the street = have done wrong are kept locked up
prisoners are kept is paid as a punishment
= = = = _ _ _

_
= _

involves killing a person intentionally should be blamed for a crime job it is to

investigate a crime the police have their offices

someone lights a fire in order to cause damage

= = _ = _ _

commits a crime, often as an occupation

=

_
12 a person ______ 13 a building ______

job is to protect a person or a place

=

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small group of policemen ______ a group of people (twelve in England) ______ ______
______

work together
=

= _

a policeman regularly works

decide whether someone is innocent or guilty

business is to advise people about the law criminal cases are heard = the prisoner
is kept
=

_
_

the closed area in a court

helps to prove something in a court of law =

match the words from the box with the definitions above. court lawyer beat
detective blackmail station evidence dock murder culprit guard hijack mugger arson
criminal jury squad prison

",n"ni.nTCI

these sentencesusing one of the words from the box above in each space. ________
before I sign these papers. planes in order to make their cause known to the world.
was sleeping. his boss by revealing his illegal behaviour to the press. decided the
accused was guilty. on her way home and robbed of her savings. to answer some
questions,' the police officer said. must be someone who knows the family well. of
50 pounds for speeding.

political groups often prisoner escaped while the ________ ________ old lady was
attacked by a like you to come along to the police ________ Someone has burgled
their flat. The

noun

verb invest occur participate produce prosecute punish receive rob select suspect

noun
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4 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the words from the table
in exercise3 in each space. 1 Because of the 2 If you 3 A bank 4 What time did the
burglary 5 The suspect will make an 6 The 7 The 8 9 10 To for murder is life of my
teacher, I have decided to become a professional pianist. a crime, you will be
punished. took place on High Street yesterday. _ in court tomorrow. of President
Kennedy took place in 1963. _ should not stop after school, but should continue
through your life. in team sports is compulsory in my school. your skills in
speaking English, you should practise as often as possible.

Phrasal verbs with make and take

5 Complete these exchangesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs below
in each space.
Usesome of the phrasalverbs more than once. make for take for make out take out
make up take up make off take off

Who is on the committee? It is

of two men and two women. too much time.

2 Why didn't you start French lessons last month? I was-too busy and I thought it
would 3 Did you go round the museum yesterday? Yes, but I couldn't 4 Why are you
going to the dentist? Because I have to have a couple of teeth 5 What do your
students do at the end of the lesson? They just grab their bags and 6 How much did
the thieves get away with? Oh, they must have 7 When did he become famous? His
career really 8 Did the jury believe the witness? No, they thought he had 9 Hello,
John. I'm not John, I'm Charles. Sorry, I My parents Easy. I just 12 Bruce and Mary
have had a quarrel. Yes, but I think they've kissed and you me someone else. 10
What did you do on your birthday? the door.

what the guide was saying because it was all in French. _

with at least one million pounds. when he appeared in a film with Tom Hanks. the
whole story.

for a meal in an expensive restaurant. I was ill. now.

11 How did you manage to avoid taking the test?

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practice: Use of English, Part 2

questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Useonly one in each space.

anustanc (BBC 1, 10.55 am) In today's programme you can join Steve Rider for a
morning session of snooker
(0)

____fjy_!!!__

the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. If you prefer something (1) for the Rugby League
Cup Final (3) second in a four-part series (6)

a bit more St Helen's (the the life of _ got back

then stay switched (2) and the Bradford Bulls, which (4)

be broadcast live from Wembley at 2.30 pm.

Fear Itself (BBC 2, 8.05 pm) This is (5)

mtracted polio, a disease (7)

President Franklin D Roosevelt. Tonight's episode looks at the period in

Roosevelt's life when he would have put an end to most careers, let alone that (8)
who was hoping to become President of the United States. This fascinating
documentary shows ;/ Roosevelt fought back with great determination and optimism
and not (10) his feet again, but also walked triumphantly (11) _____ _____ the
White House. satire has long been a thorn in ANC Nothing Yet (Channel 4, 12.05 am)
This is an opportunity to enjoy a one-off performance Pieter-Dirk Uys, the jewish-
Afrikaner comedian (13) difficulty with his Nelson Mandela impression. side of
South Africa's political leaders, all of (14) he makes fun of, although he admits
he

practice: Use of English, Part 4

1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick
(./). has a word which should not be there, write the word.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A girl of ten has been become famous overnight after she was chosen to playa
leading role in a major film. Alice Coulthard, who lives in Muswell Hill, was
spotted by a talent scouts at a drama school in Homsey. Now she has been being
asked to play one of the four children in the film The Cement Garden, which is
based on the book by Ian McEwan. In the film she will to play the part of a twelve-
year-old, locked away in her own world of books and thoughts. Alice's parents are
delighted. 'We had a few doubts about at first, but now we are very pleased,' said
her 40-year-old father, Michael, a computer manager. The Cement Garden which has
been turned into a screenplay by director and screenwriter

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 9 Andrew Birkin, who wrote The Lost Boys, an award-
winning BBC series. 10 Producer Ene Vanaveski who said: 'We went to all the theatre
schools, 11 but when we saw Alice she was just the right for the part.' Mr Birkin
said 12 he was impressed by both of Alice's acting skills and her natural, unspoilt
13 personality. Alice has been taking on drama lessons for three years, 14 though
she has been interested in acting since she was five. She has now 15 got her own
agent and has started to go to other auditions.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Kids watch more TV

A study into children's television (0)
VleWll1j

habits reveals
_

VIEW EDUCATE BACK SUBURB POOR ENTERTAIN ACTIVE FEW COMMERCE FAVOUR VIOLENCE

that children whose parents have a high level of (1) tend to watch less television
than children from less educated family (2)

. The report also suggests that a high rate areas

of TV watching amongst children in poorer (3) often due to (4) (5)

(6)

and in the provinces, compared to those living in large urban centres, is and a
lack of other kinds of in the area. Discos, cinema, theatre and sports offer
children in urban centres a wider range of hours being spent , comedies and
adventure programmes, while twenty films

pastimes, which leads to far (7) in front of the box. (8) films are children's (9)
per cent of children said they preferred (10) and thrillers.

Verbs followed by infinitive or -ing form (gerund) Exam practice: Use of English,
Part 3 4 For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough too My sister is

to

ride a bicycle.

to_o~y'-(J-u-n-:::..,+q-l-o--------

ride a bicycle.

This TV is too expensive for us to buy at the moment. afford We

this TV at the moment.

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Peter'S idea was to stay in and watch a movie on TV. suggested Peter She forgot to
post the letter. remember She I will never forget lying on the beach in Mykonos.
always
I

a movie on TV.

the letter.

on the beach in Mykonos.

I am not on speaking terms with Bruce. stopped

I

to Bruce.

I talked to Mary and then went home. stopped On the way home Unfortunately, you
have not passed the test. regret We I wish I had married Mary!
________________________ Mary.

to Mary.

have not passed the test.

We could hear voices next door. talking We

next door.

________________________

less noise, please?

_________ shoes are much too expensive; we can't _________ ,.,........ you and I
have ________ _________ _________ _________
7"""""-----

walking under it. to pay that much.

waiting in queues. It's one of the things I hate most. canying this box? It's too
heavy for me. to get married this year. lying on the beach reading a book. It's
great! to bring her sun cream, so she's sure to get sunburn. banning smoking in the
office? I think it would be better for everyone. paying that much money for a bit
of plastic.
to follow me, please? The manager is ready to see you.

you

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6 Complete this letter using the correct form (infinitive with to or -ing form) of
one of the verbs
below in each space.Usetwo of the verbstwice. ask hear have see read travel make
come arrive learn

Dear Henry, Thanks for your letter, which I enjoyed (1) (2) guest speaker. We are
all looking forward to (4) your books over the years. I am sorry (6) come, but we
hope (7) I would also like (8) would prefer (11) I look forward to (12) Best
wishes, Luke her on a future occasion. you when you would prefer (9) , so I can
arrange your and leave. If you very much. I am glad you will be able you as our so
many of you speak after (5) to our conference in October and we are particularly
pleased (3)

that your wife Deborah is not well and will not be able to

flight for you. Please let me know as soon as you can when you intend (10)' from
you,

these arrangements yourself, please let me know in the next few days.

Ellipsis
7 Complete these sentenceswith an appropriate modal verb.
1 If you can't do it, we'll have to find someone who ____£'!!!__ . 2 You should
have become a doctor. You're right. I have. _ be. _ have. be. 3 I have never stolen
any money and I never 4 She is not as hard working as she 5 He can sing much better
than you 6 I didn't go to the dentist but now I realize I 7 They are not yet rich
and perhaps they never 8 I would stop smoking if I _

8 Complete these sentenceswith an appropriate auxiliary verb.

1 My mother has a job and so 3 I think you're taller than me. I'm sure I 5 They
haven't visited the Parthenon yet, 6 I think I eat more than you _ _ _ my father. _
_ they? _ 2 Mary has decided to marry Arthur. Yes, I know she 4 Some students
managed to pass the test, but others

7 She's probably got a lot of money. Yes, she certainly looks as if she 8 I'm
absolutely exhausted. I thought you might

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derline the odd word out in each group. director newscaster series turn cartoon
conductor announcer channel printer edition volume comedy audience drama publisher
broadcast soap box office newsflash quiz column

mplete this dialogue using one of the words from exercise1 in each space. ________
the television on, Marion. The Rich and the Ugly is on in a minute operas. Anyway,
_

You're not watching that rubbish, are you? I can't stand Brazilian (2) ________
isiton? I think it's on Channel Five. I only started watching it last week, this is
the last (4) I find it quite funny, more like a (5) I'd rather watch a (6) It's an
incredibly popular (7) other show on TV. . You mean to say that more (9) Yes. Ah,
it's just starting. Can you turn the (0)

than the usual melodramatic stuff. like Tom and Jerry or The Flintstones any day. .
It's got bigger (8) ratings than any

watch rubbish like that than any other programme? up? I can't hear anything.

lete this table using the suffixes -el, -ie, -ous and -fuf. adjective noun harm
history humour origin poison practice science tradition use adjective

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4
Complete these sentences using one of the adjectives from the table in exercise 3
in each space.

Fortunately, there are few 2 They will have to carry out a lot of 3 Does watching
violence on TV have a/an 4 In the morning, some TV channels show school subjects.

snakes in our country. experiments to find a cure for the disease. effect on
children? programmes, which can help children with their problems are getting worse
all the time. event. remark and we all laughed. events, such as running and
jumping. painting is in the Louvre.

5 Pollution, traffic and other 6 The first landing on the Moon was a/an
7 Be 8 The teacher made a/an 9 What I like about the Olympics are the 10 The
picture you see here is only a copy. The

when you answer the question in the exam and remember to check your answers.

Expressions and phrasal verbs with keep

)

Complete these sentences using one of the words or prepositions below in each
space. Use one of the prepositions twice.

on

diary

back

warm

awake

off

word

change

secret _

up

still

1 I gave the waiter five pounds and told him to keep the 2 It's difficult to keep 3
Keep 5 I keep a 7 He kept 8 Can you keep a 10 This is hard work. I can't keep it 11
Traffic in most countries has to keep 12 Notices warned us to keep the grass. 4 The
noise from the party kept me 6 He said he would marry me and he kept his ? You
won't tell anyone? in this cold weather. while I take your picture - stop moving!
all night _

because I like to write down what happens everyday. interrupting me. It was very
rude. _
9 She hasn't told us the whole story; I'm sure she's keeping something for long.
the right.

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AND USE OF ENGLISH

practice: Use of English, Part 1
questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, CorD best fits
each space.

some psychiatrists attempt to explain genius, they talk in (0) __ of describing

remarkable men. (Sadly, it is usually men, (1) Psvchiatrists often (2) to geniuses
as people who (3)

C __

of mental disturbance. This is a strange

occasionally women are also mentioned.) to be oversensitive, melancholy and even

out on 30

scruzopnreruc: they channel their destructive energy into their masterpieces. A

survey (4) American writers revealed that 37% of them (5) painters and sculptors)
showed that 38% had (6) ____ ____ some sort of psychiatric treatment.

from depression. A British study of famous artists (including

of intelligence, expressed at a recent conference in the French city of Bordeaux,

to space of time: Bach, for example, with his 46 volumes of musical genius is a
question of how much is created? We don't all time, said that genius is Leonardo
and

geniuses as people who matured very early and are workaholics with an amazing (9)

produce a lot of work in a (10)

compositions. Does this mean intelligence and (11) inspiration and 99%
perspiration! interesting (13)

the answer yet, but Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors (12)

about geniuses are that they tend to be born in Spring, (14)

nakespeare, and they become orphans in their early childhood. One (15)

whether it is a sign of good or

B explanations B though B speak Bused B made B suffered B taken B aspect B believes

B wish B Sh011 B yet Bin B facts B such B thinks

C terms C however C mention C use C carried C passed C received C research C sees C

plan C soon C also Cat C knowledge C as C wonders

D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

ways moreover refer will put been got reason take ability bit even from problems
example denies

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4
2
For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of
the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is
correct, put a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the
word.

Brain training

be
./

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Do you remember how at school certain subjects seemed be impossible to understand?

However much the teacher tried to explain geography, for example, you still did not
grasp even though the basics? Now some psychologists are suggesting that learning
difficulties may lie in the way the subjects are been presented rather than being a
failure on the part of the children. According to a method that called NLP (don't
worry what the letters stand for now), people fall into groups depending on how
they do learn best - through sight, sound or feeling. For example, a visual child
will to learn best through diagrams, an auditory child through spoken words, while
a kinesthetic child will benefit most from and practical examples. It is easy to
find out at which group your child belongs to. All you have to do is ask him or her
a question, such as 'What was your day at school like?' According to the new theory
of NLP, the way the child will answers will tell you whether they learn through
sight, sound or feeling. So, a visual child, when answering, will look up to your
right, whereas an auditory child will look from left to right. A child that has
learns best through feeling will look down to the left and right before giving an
answer.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

3
For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Seven-year-olds fail test

A study by the National Foundation for (0) __ of 3 400 seven-year-old pupils shows
an (1) maths and English which is simply (2) seven children lack basic (3)

E_~_u_c_a_t_i_ol1_a_I__
_ of maths and

Research of basic

EDUCATION IGNORE BELIEVE KNOW THREE EXPRESS UNDERSTAND ACCURACY LOAF CONFIDE ABLE

The results, which were published recently, show that one in cannot even do simple
multiplication, such as 5 x 5. The results also show that a (4) of the children in
this age group cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5) _ such as half and a
quarter, refer to. Moreover, only half of the children had any (6) and only one in
thirty could (7) three 50p (8) is. of the decimal system for money read the
temperature

on a thermometer. Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of As regards
English, more than a quarter have not learnt to read with any (9) and have problems
with the alphabet; meanwhile another 25% are (10) to spell easy words, like can,
man and hot.

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(1): future

simple, going to, present continuous,

present simple

practice: Use of English, Part 3

questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it hasa similar meaning to the
first using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two
and words, including the word given. My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.
My sister is

to_(J-,,'-yo_u---;~_.:7_q-t-,,--------ride

a bicycle.

They intend to travel round the world when they retire. go They are The weather
forecast predicts a drop in temperature tomorrow.

a world tour when they retire.

will
They say tomorrow colder. I can't come at eleven on Saturday, as I have an
appointment with the hairdresser. having I can't come at eleven on Saturday because
The time of departure for your flight to Rio is six o'clock takes The plane to Rio
It looks like that old bridge is ready to fall down.

hair cut.

six o'clock.

is
It looks like that old bridge

collapse.

Waiter, bring us a bottle of champagne, please. have ______________________ I don't

mind laying the table if you do the washing up.

a bottle of champagne, please.

will
I Have you got any plans for this evening? doing Are Kick off is at three o'clock
sharp. match The Who's your baby-sitter for this evening? looking Who if you agree
to wash up.

this evening?

three o'clock exactly.

your baby this evening?

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5 Choosethe correct future form in these sentences.
1 Do you want to come to London with me on Saturday? Thanks, but I'll go/I'm going
to a football match on Saturday. 2 Where do you think you're going? I'm leaving/I
leave because I have a French lesson now. 3 What do you intend to do with yourself
when you finish school? I've decided I will/I'm going to be an actor. 4 Although
the test is starting/starts at nine o'clock, you should get here fifteen minutes
early. 5 Bye then. See you tonight. Yes. I'll/I'm seeing you outside the pub at
eight.

6 You're breaking/You're going to break that vase if you don't put it down.
7 OK, I'll lend/I lend you the money, but you must pay it back next week.

Questions and answers 6 Match the questions in list A with their answers in list B.
A 1 What's your teacher like? 2 What does your mum look like? 3 Whereabouts do you
live? 4 What do you like to do in your spare time? 5 What are your plans for the
future? 6 How do you find studying English? 7 Which famous person would you most
like to meet and why? 8 What kind of music do you like?
B

a The President of the USA because he's so powerful. b I don't have much, but I'm
quite keen on tennis. c She's tall and dark. d Not too bad. If you get a chance to
practise speaking. e It depends on my mood - sometimes classical, sometimes techno!
f Sometimes she shouts, but usually she's OK. g I quite fancy having my own shop. h
Not far from here.

7 Now write your own answersto the questions above.

1 2

3 4

5 6
7

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this table. noun

verb
examine exist inform invent invite know predict promote publish

noun

r r\rYlnl",-tn

the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Useone
of the from the table above in each sentence.

I know very little about computers. _______________________ What time does the
train leave? __________________________ When he gets there, there will be someone
there to meet him. On We must tell the police immediately.
_________________________ When is his next book coming out? When What did the
robber look like? Can you give me
I haven't been invited to the party. _____________________________

poor.

train?

him.

immediately.

next book?

robber?

to the party.

I believe Bell invented the telephone. The telephone

, wasn't it?

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Phrasal verbs 3
Match the phrasal verbs in list A with their meanings in list B. Two of the phrasal
verbs have more than one meaning. A 1 take back B

a start liking someone b offer someone a job c challenge d accept e start an

activity f return g stop an activity h collect respect increase

2 look up to 3 give up 4 go up

5 pick up
6 take to 7 take up 8 take on

4 Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs above
in each space. Use two of the phrasal verbs twice.

__________

Mary the first time I saw her. you your offer ofa job. a sport to lose some weight.
it to the shop. eating meat and only eat vegetables from now on. the kids from
school? his teacher and takes his advice whenever he has problems. . Could you call
the doctor? _ the champion to try and win the title.

2 Your application was successful. We'll 3 Frazer is going to __________ 4 I would

like to ___________

5 I need to __________
6 This milk has gone off. Let's
7 I am going to ___________

8 Who __________ 9 He

10 The child's temperature has ___________

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MAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
practice: Use of English, Part 2
questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space.Useonly one rd in each space.

of the most important days of the year is the first of january and it is celebrated
(0)
. It is the time of year (1)

allover

the

people get together and eat and drink a lot and generally behave with each other.
In London, on the stroke (3) celebrate in (5) midnight before the usual the a
different

th and affection (2)

Year begins, people gather in Trafalgar Square and not (4) _____ _____ is (12)
_____

but also sometimes throw themselves into the fountain under Nelson's column. In
Spain, people eat grape for each of the twelve strokes of midnight. No one knows
exactly (7) say it was the Romans. In China, they celebrate New Year, which is (10)
of celebrating the New Year began. Some people believe (8) from that in the West,
(11)
.'-' ...uu.~'-'

was the Chinese who started it,

only for one day but for several days. A special custom in some make so-called 'New
Year's resolutions'. This means you make a big decision to way by stopping any bad
habits you may (14)
. For example,

say they will stop smoking, they will work harder, they will do (15) so on. It is
pity that the optimistic spirit of New Year often does not last very long!

best to pass their exams,

practice: Use of English, Part 5

questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end of
each line a word that fits in the space in the same line.

or superstition?

__

tlt_e+.fi_n_l_'t_io_n __

of the word

DEFINE BELIEVE

________

- but can these beliefs be referred to as have at all. In all periods for things
with

PROVE BE SUPERSTITION EXPLAIN KNOW

perstrtionsr Throughout history, human (3) theories which turned out to be false,
but the people who them were sometimes not (4) , people have had to find (5)
________

they have had and so beliefs that we today find

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crazy seemed quite (7) famous and very (8) long voyages were (10) the world. at the
time. For example, the scientist Aristotle thought that on about falling off the
edge of REASON INFLUENCE TRAVEL ANXIETY

the world was flat and for many centuries (9)

Conditionals (1): zero, first and second Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 3
For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is fo_o_y<-"-U-H .....
..,,rq-l-o-------- ride a bicycle.

1 On rainy days we don't go out. stay When 2 You should not answer any of the
police's questions.

home.

refuse
If the police ask you questions, 3 I won't buy a new suit unless I get a pay rise.
if I will only 4 I would welcome a change of job. could If 5 A change of job would
do you good. them.

I get a pay rise.

change my job.

were
If I change jobs.

6 All you have to do to switch the light on is press this button.

comes If you press 7 You should ignore strangers asking for money. on.

ignore
If strangers ask 8 Going on holiday is the best way to relax. want If --'-9 Don't
break that vase because you'll have to pay for it. them.

should go on holiday.

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would
If you Unless I recover from my injury, I can't play on Saturday. get If my injury
have to pay for it.

I won't be able to play on Saturday.

Match the clausesin list A with the clausesin list B to make complete sentences.
B

If the taxman calls, 2 If you play with fire, 3 If you don't work harder, If I
wanted to make someone laugh, If I saw someone cheating in an exam, If you sit down
all the time, If you drink any more, If you mix blue and yellow, If you hear the
alarm, If the building caught fire,

a b c d e f g h

I'd put on a funny face. you'll fail the exam. leave the building immediately. you
get fat. you won't be able to drive. tell him I'm not here. I'd tell the teacher. I
wouldn't use the lift. you get burnt. you get green.

advicewould you give for these problems? Finishthe sentencesbelow using an

appropriate conditional. Your friend keeps arriving late at work after staying up
all night at parties.

aIf~u~n~~~ru~~~~re,--~J-o-u-w-i-ff-k-~-e~J~o-U-y~/~~_h_.
b If I were you, c If the boss asks you where you were, Your friend keeps
quarrelling with his/her parents because they disapprove of his/her friends. a
Ifyou~vrteyourfr~ndshome, If I were you, c If they keep bothering you, Water seems
to be becoming more and more scarce every year. a When you wash your car, If we
didn't leave the taps running all the time, c If you have a
garden,--------------------------------A friend is not sure how to spend the summer
holidays. a If you go to Rome, If you went to Paris, c If you go to Athens, friend
has acquired a lot of money. If you tell all your If I were you,
Ifyougctb~clbeg~ngktte~,-------------------------------------

_
_ _

~ _ _

_ _

_ _ __

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VOCABULARY
Numbers
1 Write these figures in words. number 12 12th 13th 22nd words number 250000
2000000 8 August 1951 1 May 30/9/98 100% 25 x 25
=

words

yz
Y4
75th

0-'4
610

150 -7- 5 = 34 - 6
=

2 Complete these idioms with an appropriate word.

1 ________ 3 On ________ 4 ________ 5 ________ come, first served. hour, just when
everyone thought he wasn't going to turn up. thoughts, I think I will come for a
curry with you. time lucky. a loaf is better than none. is a crowd. basket. -
faced; you just can't trust them. 2 He arrived at the ________

6 Two is company, ________ 7 Don't put all your eggs in 8 Politicians are often

Words often confused

3 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the words below in each
space.
destroy sprain damage crash harm demolish crack break hurt injure smash

I don't want to 3 If you 4 The car 5 The thieves 6 The bombs 7 They're going to 8
OUf best player was

your feelings but this painting is not very good, is it? _ _ the glasses, you will
have to pay for the into a tree. the window by throwing a brick through it. the
town completely. that old building and put up a new one. in Saturday's match and
can't play for a while.

2 A bit of hard work never did anyone any

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I haven't broken any bones, but I think I've __ ________

my ankle.

in the window pane; I can just about see it.

Put the words and phrasesbelow into groups according to which verb they go with.
Someof the words and phrasescan go with more than one verb. the beds housework the
shopping swimming friends dinner a swim war well a try for a walk your best an
attempt skiing a decision ago nothing money a cake a lot of work on holiday

Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs below in
each space. Useone of the phrasalverbstwice. go ahead We decided to We're going to
have the living room The actress herself I've been trying to hitch a lift but not a
single car has I've been receiving some strange phone calls and I just don't know
what to _____ I only a tooth my pyjamas yesterday. and so I didn't want to go to
the front door. your own shoe-laces? have out do up make up have on make of

with our plans, though some people disagreed. as it hasn't been painted for years.
very carefully before going to the reception. yet. them all.

When did you learn to

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GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, S, CorD best
fits each space.

Michaelangelo
Michaelangelo, one of the (0) __ Lodovico Buonarroti, (1) (2) (5) Michaelangelo (4)

D __

artists of all time, was born on 6th March 1475 in Caprese, where his father, of
this connection.

as a magistrate for six months. Ludovico was not a wealthy man but he up in
Settignano, a little mountain town just outside Florence. One of the first does
today. At school, Michaelangelo was (7) an

he was descended from an aristocratic family and he was very (3)

Michaelangelo must have become familiar with was the dome of the beautiful
Cathedral in Florence, to him at all. The only thing he wanted to do was to draw
and painters and sculptors

which dominated the city then as it (6) outstanding pupil; lessons did not (8) '(9)
(12) in the city. One can (11)

his time' as his elders probably called it, in the workshops of the (10)

the eager boy, for whom art was the most important thing in his whole life, six
years older than Michaelangelo,

at the wonderful pictures and statues which filled the beautiful churches of
Florence. His best friend an interest in the boy and helped him with his attempts
to draw and paint. his father at all. Only the most successful of artists in

while he was still a schoolboy was Francesco Granacci, who, (13) seems to have (14)
Michaelangelo's choice of profession did not (15) Florence stood any chance of
making any money. 0 A famous 1 A made 2 A remarked 3 A proud 4 A came 5 A outlooks
6 A yet 7 A by no means 8 A like 9 A use 10 A variety 11 A imagine 12 A glimpsing
13 A in spite of 14 A put 15 A please B better B became B claimed B pleased B grew
B looks B still B at least B attract B wander B groups B describe B gazing B
despite B made B thank C biggest C served C told C happy C lived C vision C already
C in any case C appeal Close C difference C think C watching C even C taken C like

D greatest D employed D announced D famous D took D sights D even D in fact D mean

D waste D various D remember D noticing D although D given D agree

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m practice: Use of English, Part 4

For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of
the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is
correct, put a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the
word.

A new hobby

ha---ve- 00

been

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

0 I finished university several years ago and I've been got a degree in Economics.
Before that I have studied graphics and worked in an 1 advertising agency for a
short time. I realized very quickly that by hying 2 to persuade people to buy
things they did not really need was not my cup 3 of tea. My university degree
allowed me to get a job working for various 4 charities so then I have worked for
Oxfam and War on Want, which 5 both campaign against hunger in the world and try to
help poor countries 6 stand on their own two feet. My ideal job would to be to work
for an 7 organisation like Greenpeace as a press officer or something like. After 8
all these years, I have never lost interest in drawing and painting and I 9 have
done recently taken up a hobby: I attend art classes at the local 10 college every
Monday and Friday. They are teach us to use watercolours 11 and I have already
painted a couple of landscapes and still lifes. There 12 are very various people on
the course, mostly middle-aged like me. 13 I think we're there for because we're
all a bit bored with our lives and 14 our jobs and want to do something other than
going to the pub or 15 sitting in front of the TV like as a vegetable.

m practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

don't know much about art

__ cr,_l_'t_ic_i_sm_s__
on is that it is not found (1) ________ ________

made of modern art, perhaps the most enough. This

CRITIC REAL COMPLAIN ARGUE GOOD

ART

is often expressed in different ways, but the always comes down to the belief that
the closer ________ it is. The more like a photograph
- 'It looks so real,' . This is why modern painters are

painting is, the more gifted the (5) say (6) accused of being (7) accused of (8)
________ ________

ADMIRE ABLE CHEAT CONCLUDE LIFE

to paint and are sometimes the public. If we accept this way

assessing art, then we would have to come to the that Madame Tussaud's - because it
is full of models of famous people - must contain greater

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Modal (1): obligation and necessity (must, have to, need) Exam practice: Use of
English, Part .3
4 For questions 1-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is t_(J_0-

r-}_(J_U_J1-::v~q-t-(J-------- ride a bicycle.

1 Jeans are not allowed in the office. must You 2 It is not necessary for you to
wake me up in the morning.

in the office.

have
You 3 Your clothes are a bit casual for a job interview. wake me up in the morning.

need
You 4 Shorts and trainers were not permitted at my school. let They 5 I'd better
get up early so I don't miss the bus. must I clothes for a job interview.

shorts and trainers at my school.

late or I'll miss the bus.

6 We were obliged to have a cold shower every morning in the army.

had
We 7 Do you want us to bring a bottle of wine to the party? a cold shower every
morning in the army.

need
Do a bottle of wine to the party?

8 We got to the airport two hours in advance though it wasn't necessary.

have
We 9 It is against the law to sell drugs to young people. to the airport two hours
in advance.

allowed
You sell drugs to young people.

10 It is not necessary for you to buy the book - I'll lend you mine.

need
You the book - I'll lend you mine.

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these sentences, making the positive sentences negative and the negative sentences

You have to have talent to paint as a hobby. You need to be talented to be a

successful painter. We had to do music at school. You must practise a lot to play
the piano well. You don't need to have a loud voice to be an actor. You need to be
tall to be a successful actor. Michaelangelo needed to go to art school to learn
how to paint.

noun

CorU?

verb invent enjoy

noun

C orU?

equip suggest inform behave confide publicize

Anr'lnl,ntn

these sentences using one of the nouns from the table above in each space.

I believe young people have too much You need a lot of ________ ________ ________ I
can give no

nowadays. They are allowed to do what they like. to perform in front of a large
audience.

I am not going to allow you back into the class unless you apologize! on the
Internet about almost any subject under the sun. do we need to go skiing? of the
film. for what I did. I just lost control, I don't know why.

When they interrupt programmes for advertisements it spoils my

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3 Underline the countable nouns in the box below.
bread gold brush snow advice fun frame help happiness nature information knowledge
painter progress weather exhibition work accommodation English gallery equipment
furniture homework housework luggage music rubbish masterpiece traffic

4 Choosethe correct word or words in these sentences.

1 Have you got any/all homework to do this evening?

2 She doesn't give us more/much homework; she only gives us most/a bit. She's a
great teacher! 3 I need some/several advice. Can you help me? 4 She has a lot of/a
great deal of knowledge of music. 5 I'm afraid you haven't made little/enough
progress and you'll have to take the course again. 6 We only have a little/few
furniture in the basement. 7 Do you have much more/many work to do? 8 Do you have
many/any accommodation? We need three rooms for tonight.

Phrasal verbs 5 Match the phrasal verbs in list A with their meanings in list B.
A 1 look into 2 run out 3 break off 4 see through 5 look out 6 run into 7 let down
8 see off 9 break down 10 let out
B

a b c d e f g h

be careful go with someone about to set off on a journey not be deceived by meet
unexpectedly have no more left reveal stop working investigate end disappoint

6 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs above
in each space.
1 She 2 I 3 4 The police are 5 I have 6 A good friend never 7 The dishwasher has 8
9 Mary 10 If you don't the secret him ; now everyone knows. at the airport. an old
friend the other day. the crime. of patience with you! Please leave the room. you
again. the trick. her engagement to Arthur. , you'll fail your exams. _

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m practice: Use of English, Part 2

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Useonly one word in each space.

On 14th April 1961, a young Russian cosmonaut made history by becoming the first
man (0) space. Seven years later, and just two weeks before the anniversary (1)
Earth, he was killed (2) _____ _____ born in Gzantsk in Russia and he began to
train (4) university. When he finally qualified as a pilot he (6)

t_o__

be in

his historic orbit around the a pilot while he was still a made an officer of the
the United States and the Soviet

a plane crash. This remarkable man was Yuri Gargarin. Gargarin

Soviet Airforce. He became a cosmonaut in 1960. The space race (7) Union had
already begun some years (8) _____ by surprise again (10) rrunutes, which is (13)
H"JHUlu,

, but while the Americans were still getting ready to send launching the Vostock
rocket into space, inside (11) was _

first satellite into space, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 round the Earth. In
1961, Russia took the first manned space flight lasted only 108 the age of 34, his
hometown of

first man in history to travel in space: Yuri Gargarin. (12) if not years, in
space. After his death in a test flight (15) was renamed 'Gargarin' in his honour.

very long when you bear in mind that, nowadays, astronauts (14)

·'-JL.alll"n.

m practice: Use of English, Part 5

r questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end of
each line form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

close-up of the Moon

___

I1_i_l1_e_t_e_el1_th
________ ________

century and for most of the twentieth telescopes. This research information about
the visible side of the _ showed that the landing of unmanned

NINE POWER VALUE SEE SPACE HIDE SUCCESS

up to the 1950s, the exploration of the Moon was carried

but it was only in October 1959 that the (3) of the Moon was revealed to the world.
Photographs taken the Soviet Lunik III (4) ________ the near side. The (6)
side of the Moon was, in fact, not very different

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spacecraft by the USAand the Russians in the 1960s and finally the landing of the
first man on the Moon in 1969 made possible the direct (7) (8) of the Moon's
surface. The Apollo astronauts in Houston. They set up instruments which and
through the use of laser between the EXPLORE HEAD MEASURE DISTANT collected rocks
and sent thousands of photographs back to calculated the Moon's (9) beams they
discovered the exact (10) Moon and the Earth.

future (2): future perfect simple, future perfect continuous, future continuous
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3
3 For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning
to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too My sister is

to_O~.Y'-O-U-J1...." ..... -:l-q-t.-o---------

ride a bicycle.

1 This time next week, we'll be on the beach in Majorca. lying This time next week
2 This is my twentieth year working in this office. working By the end of this
year, I 36th May is our first wedding anniversary. married On 6th May 4 There's a
test for all classes tomorrow morning. doing All the pupils 5 I'm going to finish
writing my third letter by Friday. written By Friday 6 If you don't need your bike
tomorrow, can I borrow it? using If you 7 The new school will be ready by October.
built The new school 8 I have tickets for the theatre tomorrow so I can't come for
a meal. be I can't come for a meal tomorrow because theatre.

on the beach in Majorca.

in this office for twenty years.

for one year.

tomorrow morning.

my third letter.

your bike tomorrow, can I borrow it?

by October.

to the

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9 Don't bother me because I will be busy all evening. working I By the year 2000
there will be no trees left in this town. cut By the year 2000 they

so don't bother me.

all the trees in this town.

Complete this dialogue using the correct form (future perfect simple, future
perfect continuous or future continuous) of the verbs in brackets. Andrew: Julia:
Andrew: Julia: Andrew: Julia: Andrew: Julia: Andrew: Julia: Andrew: This time next
week, I (1) hejeitiJ1} (get) ready to go to the airport. Oh, you lucky thing! Where
(2) you (go) this time? I don't know what you're getting at. What do you mean,
where (3) (go) this time? Well, you're always flying off somewhere. Rubbish! After
this next trip to Oxford I (4) (be) abroad twice this year. In fact, altogether, I
(5) (go) on four trips, two abroad and two here. Anyway, best of luck to you. I (6)
(sit) here working hard, while you're strolling around Oxford. I'll have you know I
(7) (not/stroll) round Oxford. I (8) _ (carry) out some very important research.
Oh, yeah, in the pubs of Oxford. By the time you come back, I (9) (write) hundreds
of letters. Oh, don't exaggerate, Julia. By the time I come back, you (10) (type)
just a few letters for the boss. A few letters? I (11) (sweat) over this word
processor and making who knows how many cups of tea and coffee. Listen to her!
Sweating over a hot word processor! Look, Julia, while you're drinking coffee every
day, I (12) (travel) hundreds of miles and when I finally get back, I (13)
(interview) dozens of people for my wretched report. Alright, alright. When (14)
you (leave)? I (15) (catch) the British Airways flight on Wednesday morning.

wtl!

Julia: Andrew:

Complete these sentencesusing the correct form (future perfect simple or future
continuous) of the verbs in brackets. 1 By this time next year, prices in the shops
2 By 2090, everyone 3 In ten years' time, the population of the world 4 In five
years' time, they 5 In twenty years' time, computers 6 By 2010, people 7 In five
years' time, everyone 8 In fifty years' time, everyone 9 By the year 2020, most of
us By 2100, people

w_l_h_'I_h_a_v._'e_l_I1_C_fj_'e_a_s_e_r:I
(speak) Chinese.

(increase) by 30%. (grow) to 500 million.

(find) a cure for cancer. (replace) books. (give up) smoking completely. (receive)
letters by E-mail. (fly) in their own helicopters. (stop) eating beef. (go) on
holiday to different planets.

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VOCABULARY
Word formation 1 Complete this table.
verb accommodate assist believe choose combine complete conclude connect correct
declare differ explain express revolve save speak suggest noun verb imagine
introduce investigate populate publish receive register relate
1

noun

2 Match these definitions with nouns from the table above.

1 when you put two or more different things together 3 the number of people in a
country or town 5 somewhere to live or just stay for the night 6 A member of your
family = 7 the amount of money you have in your account
= _ = _

2 when you tell someone your name and a few things about yourself in a hotel
= = _ / = _ _ _ _ = _ _

4 a word or a phrase, a way of saying something

=

8 In a school, office or hotel this is where you go first. = 9 If you make

mistakes, you will need some of this.
=

10 If things are not the same, there is one of these between them.

3 Solvethe clues below to complete the crossword and to find the missingword.
1 This person gives people jobs. 2 It is useful to know this person if you want to
be a famous author. 3 The boss of a school or a company. 4 This person is always
going places.

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This person travels in space. This person is in charge of the office. This person
discovers new places.
It is impossible to make a film without this man.
,--

13

1 2
3 4 5
6

I I I I I

This person mends your leaking pipes. This person works in a hotel or a restaurant.
This person decides whether you are guilty or not. Newspapers are full of what this
person writes. The missing word is _

resslons and phrasal verbs with get (1)

Match the expressionsin list A with their meanings in list B.
B

7 8 9

I I
I

10
11

get a new car get a letter get old/cold get onto a bus or a train get the table
through the window get the car started get dinner ready get a cold get someone to
help

a understand b move c catch d reach e ask, persuade f receive g become

12

h cause something to happen prepare j buy k enter

omplete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs below in
each space. away get along __________ She's really going to I I was busy but I
finally I won't be able to __________ get around get across get at get round to get
ahead get off

much nowadays, I'm too old. his message with the talent she's got. just fine with
my boss; she's very friendly. writing her a letter. it. from work before four, so
wait for me. the bus at Oxford Street when I go shopping. _

He's a good communicator; he knows how to

She put the medicine on a high shelf, where the children couldn't

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GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best
fits each space.

A new life
It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to (0)

that our life would never be the same again what it would be like not having to to
say there

it was a dream (1)

true. Like everyone else, I had often (2)

worry about paying the bills and just (3) would come a day when we could (5)
(6)

ends meet. My husband, Colin, always (4)

the lights on without worrying how much it was going to of years and we had begun
to wonder whether plans

us. Colin had been out of work for the last (7)

things would (8) (10)

get better. He had become depressed and irritable. Suddenly, we were (9)

to move into a big, new house in one of the more fashionable suburbs of town. We
knew that we would lose with the neighbours with whom we had shared so much (11)
the years, but both of us felt on gardening but there hadn't been at the ourselves
to a nice, long holiday. D convince D become D enjoyed D making D repeated D see D
ask D couple D rather D having D friendship D for D keen D blades D yard D spoil we
needed more space and a proper garden. I had always been (12) much scope for my
talents in the little (13) back of the house. Before moving, however, we decided to
(15) 0 A notice 1 A made 2 A planned 3 A having 4 A would 5 A let 6 A cost 7 A
dozen 8 A hardly 9 A making 10 A time 11 Ain 12 A fond 13 A part 14 A court 15 A
treat B realize B come B predicted B doing B had B leave B pay B few B sometimes B
drawing B communication B over B good B patch B square B enjoy C find C being C
imagined C putting C used C remember C spend C several C ever C looking C touch Cat
C enthusiastic C piece C entrance C give

of grass we had at the front and the tiny (14)

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practice: Use of English, Part 4

For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of
the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is
correct, put a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the
word.

Journey of my dreams
./

bij

er s

0 Until a few months ago, Colin, my husband, was looking for a job without 00 big
success and feeling life had little to offer to him. Now, after winning the 1
Lottery, we are rich and are both in a position to enjoy our leisure time as we 2
have never been able to do in our lives before. Our children are being grown 3 up
and living abroad so we have no one to share out our good fortune with. 4 Anyway,
we have decided to go on a long cruise. Colin came home a few 5 days ago with a
huge pile of some colourful brochures for exotic holidays, the 6 kind of holiday I
thought only film stars went on, not people like us. Now it 7 will be me lying on
the deck of a luxury liner, sipping my Campari and sunbathing 8 as we will sail to
some far-off destination. The idea of a swimming pool on a ship 9 is something more
I have only read about. We started looking through the 10 brochures last night, for
finding all those mythical places very tempting. It is hard to 11 believe that the
Pyramids and the Taj Mahal will not just still be pictures in a book, 12 but that
we could actually be there, standing inside and having our photograph 13 taken so
we can show people back in home that we have really been. Of course 14 we will have
to buy a new camera; our little Kodak hasn't been working good 15 since our Harry's
wedding, which was ten whole years ago. And when I think of the washing machine we
couldn't afford to get repaired six months ago ...

practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Just a bit of fun?

For many people, playing card games is one of the most ways of spending their
leisure time. Indeed, in some cultures card games and even an element of (1) _
(0)

en;~yable

ENJOY GAMBLE WIN

HARM

amongst friends and family is quite common on certain special occasions, such as
New Year's Eve. (2) a bit like having your fortune told - it is a (3) Even if you
don't win, you can take comfort in sayings, such as '(4) ________ at cards, lucky
in love.' It is often to watch someone who has never played cards luck' just LUCK
AMUSE BEGIN FASCINATE BORE FORTUNATE ADDICT at cards is bit of fun.

before beat all the experts. This is called '(6) and it adds to the fun. Some
people find it (7) watching a game of cards, while others find the whole thing
incredibly (8) (9) ________
if they are not taking an active part. , for some people card games become an that
they cannot control.

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Conditionals (2): third and mixed Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3
4 For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning
to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too My sister is

t_o_o---,,7'-~_O_U_J1_=..,q,--to--------- ride a bicycle.

1 She didn't go to the party and had an awful evening.

nice
If she had gone to the party, she 2 It's too hot to go for a walk today.
if

evening.

We could go for a walk 3 I managed to get up on time by going to bed early. late If
I 4 If you buy a ticket, you will win some money. any You 5 The accident happened
because you were driving so fast. driving If you had

hot today.

I wouldn't have got up on time.

if you don't buy a ticket.

the accident wouldn't have happened.

6 I would like you to give me a ring the moment you arrive. please
As soon as 7 She was upset because I forgot her birthday. me a ring.

been
She 8 I didn't pass the exam so I am taking it again. would If I had passed the
exam, I 9 Take my advice and marry when you are older. get If I were you, 10 He
went on a diet and lost a lot of weight. so If he hadn't gone on a diet, he would
happier if I hadn't forgotten her birthday.

it again.

later.

weight.

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Match the sentences in list A with the appropriate responses in list B. B

He is wearing a ring. He is tall and very athletic. 3 She refused to eat cake and
ice-cream. Next door they are playing music and dancing. They look suntanned and
very relaxed. He was able to play the piano when he was five. All the lights are
switched off in their house. She looks completely different from you. He is tall,
has blond hair and speaks German. He has a slightly foreign accent.
Read the puzzle below.

a He might be a basketball player. b They must have been on holiday. c She can't be
your twin sister. d He must be a genius. e He could be Austrian. f He could be a
married man. g They must be having a party. h He must have lived abroad for a few
years. She must be on a diet. They must have gone to bed.

Anthony is lying dead on the floor in the bedroom. Around his body there is some
broken glass and some water. The door of the room is locked. The window is open.
Who is Anthony? How did he die?
Here are ten clues. Complete the clues using can't, could, might or the verbs in
brackets. Use the clues to solve the puzzle.

must

and the correct form of

There is only a little water, so Anthony 2 There's no blood, so Anthony 3 There is

no gun either, so he (kill) Anthony. He (stab). (shot).

(drown).

4 Cleopatra also lives in the house but she was asleep in the room next door, so
she (have) a heart attack. (But he didn't') (kill) him.

The glass is not from a drinking glass. 7 Cleopatra was very fond of Anthony, so
she 8 Anthony 9 Someone Cleopatra owns a cat called Caesar. Answer: Anthony is a
and he must have died (commit) suicide then! (No, he didn't') (poison) him! (No, he
wasn't poisoned!)

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VOCABULARY Shops and services 1 Solvethe clues below to complete the crossword and
to find the missingword.
1 Can we go to the bank? I need to some money. 2 Is this a spy who sells
newspapers? 3 The opposite of cheap is _ 4 You wait here for the train. 5 If you
want to make sure the letter gets there, send it by post. 6 This where you have
your money in a bank. 7 This person sells fish. S This is where you pay in a
supermarket. 9 This does not mean it isn't valuable but that it is very valuable.
10 How much does that dress _ 11 The American word for shop is 12 13 14 15 16
.--

16 1 2 3 4 151 I l61
7 8 9

I I

I I I J
11

10
_

12 13 14 15

This person does not work with trains but sells pape r. A big shop or house has
many of these. You carry your luggage or shopping in one of these Another word for
expensive is _ The missing word is _

Word formation
2 Match words from list A with words from list B to make compound nouns. Usesome of
the words more than once. A shop department news post youth travel credit shoe
luxury junk pocket
B

money hostel card assistant goods office food store shop agent

shop assistant
•

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Complete these sentencesusing one of the compound nouns from exercise2 in each
space. 1 I wonder how much those shoes are? Let's ask the 2 Where shall we go for
our holiday? Let's go to a 3 The hotels are full. Why don't we stay in the 4 If you
want to buy lots of different things, you should go to a 5 I want to pick up a
registered letter so I have to go the 6 The government has put a high tax on _ _ 7
Children often complain that their parents don't give them enough _ _ _ _ _

verbs with get (2)

Match the phrasalverbs in list A with their meanings in list B. Two of the phrasal
verbs havetwo

get down get over get by get through get round get off get ahead get down to

a manage, survive b write down c become known d persuade e succeed (in an exam) f
depress g leave (a bus) h start be successful recover

Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasalverbs above in
each space. If you want to Once the news had Don't speak so fast because I can't
She did very well in physics, but I'm afraid she failed to To get to the museum,
your right. She's just had an operation but she's beginning to Thinking about all
the hungry people in the world really she let me go. OK, the break's over now,
let's We're not rich but we make ends meet. We just about some work. _ me it now. _
her and , you have to have talent but also a lot of luck. that they were getting
married, the telephone wouldn't stop ringing. all the information. the maths paper.
the bus at Trafalgar Square and then walk up the first street on

My mum didn't want me to go to the party at first but in the end I managed to

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GRAMMAR AND USEOf ENGLISH Exam practice: Use of English, Part 2 1 For questions 1-
15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Useonly
one
word in each space.

A world language
The English language is big business: every day more and (0) English (1)

more

people around the world are learning making a living from Britain, the English

a foreign language and more and more people (2) important sources of income.

providing English in various forms, including teachers, writers and publishers. (3)
language is one of the country's (4) English is quite unique in the history (5)
world speak (6)

the world's languages: an amazing one in seven people in the _ none of them

, which makes it undoubtedly the first world language in history. (7)

English, Latin, French and Greek were also to some extent international languages
(8) ever managed to reach either the number of users that English has (9)
situations in (10) (12) the world's telephone conversations are carried (11)
certainly use English as the medium of communication, (14) become the language of
science: two thirds of scientists write (15) majority of doctors in the world learn
English as part of their studies.

the incredible range of

English is used today. For example, 75% of the world's correspondence and 60% of in
English. Chinese also has a billion speakers, but almost Chinese or Spanish.
English has also research papers in English and the a Chinese businessman meets a
Spanish colleague at a conference, they (13)

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4

2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Someof
the lines are
correct, and some havea word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a
tick (if). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

Looking for a job

beinq
if ..r

0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

This year I celebrate twenty years as being an English teacher. I am often asked
how I chose this career. In fact, I didn't choose it: I drifted into it, like a lot
of such other people who have become English teachers. When I finished university
what I have really wanted to do was act - the theatre was, and still is, my first
love. I tried to get it into drama school and nearly managed it. I don't think my
acting was the problem. In one drama school it was my singing one; the director
said a successful actor needs to be able to both sing and dance. I have never been
very good at either. He sat at the piano while I tried to sing a much well-known
tune - I was not Pavarotti. At another school,
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8 9
10

11 12 13 14 15

I was foolish enough to admit I didn't have any money with which to pay up the fees
for my training, so even if though they thought I could act, they couldn't see how
I was going to pay my way. I had reached a dead end. Then I saw a poster in the
university English department which advertising jobs for teachers in Italy. I had
always wanted to go to Italy because I had heard of so much about it from my
father. He had been born in Italy and ran a small pizzeria in Camden Town. Just for
fun a friend and I we decided to go along to the interview in London, though we had
not been inside a classroom since we left school.

m practice: Use of English, Part 5

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Hollywood forever?
Apart from television, the cinema is the most popular form of

(0)
(1)

entertat'nment

for most people because it is still relatively

. Hollywood is, of course, the capital of the

ENTERTAIN EXPENSE NATION ROUGH ITALY HOUSE SUCCESS MUSIC FASHION SPECIAL TOUCH

(2) (3) (4)

cinema industry. Hollywood movies make up 75% of all the films we watch at our
local cinemas. and French film stars, Hollywood stars, such as names
_

Although we may find it difficult to remember the names of Sylvester Stallone and
Meryl Streep are (5) all around the world. Moreover, only Hollywood seems to make
certain kinds of films (6) ________ ________ really a Hollywood (9) ________ are
one example but we can also include westerns, with cinema goers. But cowboys and
Indians are and they are still going strong by time and changes in attitudes. The
cowboys

although for a time 'spaghetti westerns' (made in Italy) were quite

after all these years. Such films, however, have not remained are no longer always
the goodies as they were in the 1940s.

bs followed by infinitive with or without to m practice: Use of English, Part 3

For questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence,using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between two and words, including the word given. My sister is not old enough to
ride a bicycle. too My sister is to_0---7'yc._o_u_n--:;:-v:/-q_ _o
t

ride a bicycle.

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1 I suppose you are very tired after your long walk. must You 2 '1 won't come home
late from the party,' she said. promised She 3 It would have been better if you had
gone to bed earlier. should You after your long walk.

late from the party.

to bed so late.

4 We were allowed to stay up late if there was a good film on television. let My
parents if there was a good film on television. S 'Don't swim just after you have
eaten,' she said to them. warned She 6 We had to do a lot of homework at my school.
made We 7 1 prefer reading books to playing with computers. rather I'd 8 The sound
of birds singing in the trees makes me feel good. hear 1 feel good

swim just after they had eaten.

a lot of homework at my school.

play with computers.

in the trees.

9 The general gave the order to fire on the enemy to the soldiers. ordered The fire
on the enemy. 10 I'm sure there was an insect crawling up my back just now. felt
I'm sure

up my back just now.

5 Complete this letter using the correct form (with or without

to) of one of the verbs below in each space.

visit ask be begin recommend do have hear get stay book go tell hire check Dear
Jenny, Thanks for your letter. I'm pleased (1) (2) Let me (3) allowed (5)
(6)

you're going to the States this year and 1 would a visa and you are

delighted to give you some tips to make your trip as enjoyable as possible. you
first of all that you won't need (4) with your local American consulate. on the
West Coast (California) and then so, I would advise you (9) a car, but for up to
three months. I am not sure about the details, so you'd better

1 started my visit in New York, but you may prefer (7) travel eastwards. If you can
afford (8) otherwise you can (10) (11) Hollywood, you'll have (12)

around very comfortably on the Greyhound buses. If you would like to Los Angeles,
which is huge and

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polluted. You can (13) (14) ________

a place on a guided tour round some of the big studios, which I'd highly . Finally,
look out for some stars! When I was in LA, I saw Tom Cruise in a restaurant. I for
his autograph but he was gone before I could get my notebook out.

I hope that what I've written will be of some help. Have a wonderful time and send
me a postcard!

(-ing forms)
Complete these sentences using the

-ing

form of one of the verbs below in each space.

hear

complain

lend

have

meet

walk

lie

cook

play

laugh

I enjoy
2 I hate

on the beach and doing nothing all day. people my books and having to ask for them
back months later. in the rain without an umbrella. when people trip over. for
other people is my favourite way of relaxing. about something you can't change.
outside my window. all about your summer holidays. to go into hospital. you for the
first time - it was five years ago.

3 I can't stand 4 I can't help

5 6 It's no use

7 I can see some children

8 I am just not interested in 9 I am anxious about I remember

Homonyms are words that are spelt and pronounced the same, but have different
meanings. Complete these pairs of sentences using one of the words below for each
pair.

tap

fall

rock

case

serve

spend

kind

train

odd

How much do you Where are you going to It was very What I heard a light Turn the
hot Whose turn is it to
It

a week? your holidays? of you to meet me at the station. of music do you like? on
the door. on. the ball? your country in many ways. every day. _

You can I love travelling by

If you want to be in the team, you'll have to

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6 Have you packed your A famous lawyer was handling the 7 Careful you don't In the
8 If you can't find your The best 9 His behaviour has been rather There is an 10 A
huge the leaves turn to yellow. , ask someone. to solve the problem is to discuss
it. lately. number of us, so someone can't play. came rolling down the mountain.
it. for the trip? _ and hurt yourself.

When the baby's sleepy, I take it in my arms and

Phrasal verbs
2 Replacethe underlined words in these sentenceswith the correct form of one of the
phrasalverbs
below. Make any other changesthat are necessary. come across put forward keep up
put up with cut down turn up make out put out take on put on 1 I was just walking
along the street when I bumped into someone I hadn't seen for years.

2 It's odd how people you haven't seen for years appear unexpectedly in the
strangest places.

3 The lessons were much too difficult for me and I found it difficult to do all the
work.

4 At the committee meeting I suggested an idea but no one liked it.

5 I want to lose weight so I'm eating fewer cakes and sweets.

6 Some football players fall to the ground and pretend they are in pain.

7 I will not tolerate such behaviour - it must stop!

8 He threw water over the flames in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

9 We are going to perform a play at school this Christmas.

10 The director gave me a job as an English teacher.

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races

practice: Use of English, Part 1

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best
fits each space.

I'm an Aston Villa fan and (0) __

D __

I don't take much of an interest in the game generally, I (1)

my to London to see ,I other Villa the team's quiet. . At last,

local team whenever they play at home and I usually turn (2) it. I had had
difficulty getting hold of a ticket and had only (4) ____ found myself in a part of
the stadium which was (7) drink and the referee hadn't even (8) scarf so they (11)
and generally (12)

for a few important matches in other cities. it at the last minute. The whole thing
with Liverpool fans who had already had too much to

This time they were playing Liverpool in a vital semi-final match and I travelled
all the (3)

out to be a big mistake. There wasn't much choice about where to stand and, to my
(6) the whistle for kick-off yet. I recognized a (9)

supporters in the midst of the Liverpool crowd who, unlike me, were not only
wearing but (10) a good time. I thought the situation might become nasty so I just
(13)

out like a sore thumb against the sea of Liverpool fans. They were singing and
chanting

There was a roar and more chanting from the crowd as the two teams came running
onto the (14) ____

the referee blew his whistle and the big match was underway. Most of the first half
was pretty dull with only a few at goal but then everything changed when the
referee awarded our side a penalty. Of course the Liverpool fans went crazy and
started throwing objects onto the field and smashing anything they could get hold
of. A despite A follow Aon Away A reached A turned A confusion A full A started A
few Beven B clap B down B journey B managed B made B fear B squashed B blown B
crowd B taking B made B doing B made B grass B kicks C however C support C away C
road C arrived C found C surprise C squeezed C played C group C throwing Clooked C
having C kept C stands C attacks D although D like D up D miles D succeeded D ended
D shock D packed D taken D number D waving D appeared D enjoying D went D stadium D
shots

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Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4 2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and
look carefully at each line. Someof the lines are
correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put
a tick (if) If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word.

The king of sports?

./

the

0 00
1 2

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

The stadium is only a few minutes away from where I live so I usually go to matches
on the foot. I put on my team's colours and set off with a couple of friends from
work. I always feel a sense of excitement as I turn to the corner and the tall
floodlights come into view at the top of the main stand of the stadium. By the time
we will get to the stadium, there are big enough crowds, all heading in the same
direction. As soon as we get inside, the chanting begins and the suspense builds
up. I have been to a lot of games which were utterly boring: the weather was such
cold and drizzly and the game finished in a goal-less draw. After going games like
that, some fans express their disappointment through acts of violence but I just
look ahead to the next game. Violence on and off of the pitch is the biggest
problem in football, but the behaviour of some of the stars also gives the game a
bad name. If we take Maradona of Argentina: he was, as everyone knows it, a great
player but he got involved with drugs and was excluded from the 1994 World Cup
after he failing a drugs test. Another of the greatest players was the Englishman
George Best, but again the pressure of being a star was too great for him. He
turned up to drink and retired when he was only twenty-six.

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5 3 For questions 1-10, read the text below.
Usethe word given in capitals at the end of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

The Olympics: another view

(0)

Un/t'ke

most people, I took no interest whatsoever in the I see the whole thing as a

LIKE BASIC

last Olympics because (1)

circus: it is a circus where athletes perform tricks and it is a circus for big
business. I am sure my views are not typical of how the
(2)

of sports fans feel about the Olympic Games. In my _ for expensive aimed is the way
way in which gold medallists overnight and make a lot of is causing the Games
serious damage.

MAJOR SPONSOR ADVERT COMMERCE EQUIP PARTICULAR DISAPPOINT RIDICULE PERSON

opinion, the commercialization of sport through (3) and (4) During the event,
television is full of (5) trainers, clothes and sports (6) (7) them such things.
What I also find (8) teams are now called after the company that sponsors them.
Finally, there is the (9) become well-known (10)

at teenagers, whose parents can ill afford to buy

money appearing in adverts for trainers or breakfast cereal.

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'.o.'~"'FI"lhlnn

a sequence of events

practice: Use of English, Part 3

For questions 1-10, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between two and five words, including the word given.

o My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle.

too My sister is
t_(J_(J-,,~~-(J-U-I1_:;:..,q-l--t-(J------- ride

a bicycle.

First I'll get a bit of sleep and then I'll get the dinner ready. nap After I

I'll get the dinner ready.

2 The first thing the police did when they got here was to take my fingerprints.
arrived As they took my fingerprints. 3 I can only start washing the dishes when
you finish eating. have Once

I can start washing the dishes.

4 As soon as the players appeared on the pitch the crowd roared. moment The on the
pitch the crowd roared. 5 We went to the theatre but they had sold out of tickets.
got By 6 We can't leave if John doesn't arrive. until We'll 7 As soon as the lesson
had finished I went home. straight I Please try the plan and then make comments.
given Don't make any comments about the plan before 9 If you haven't had enough
practice, don't take part in the show. unless Don't take part in the show On my
return from London I'll telephone you. get I'll give you a

to the theatre there were no tickets left.

arrives.

thelesson.

try.

practice.

from London.

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5 Rewritethese sentencesusing the word or phrase in brackets.

1 Take your umbrella with you because it might rain. (in case)

2 You can go to the party but you must come back by midnight. (as long as) 3 On
hearing the news she telephoned her mother. (as soon as) 4 It is a pity I don't
know Spanish. (wish)

5 Read the instructions and then switch the machine on. (before)
6 Finish the task before you stop working. (until)
7 We'll have to leave now. (time)

8 I can't afford to buy that car yet. (when)

linking and contrasting ideas 6 Complete this text using one of the words or
phrasesbelow in each space.
in addition

to sum up

as for firstly

in spite of

not only ... but also

what's more flnally

even though however

Making a speech
Well, here we are at the end of the conference and it's nearly time for us all to
go home. Before we do, I'd like to say a few things. (1) conference so well, (2)
people to give talks, (4) (5)

Ft'rst{y

, let me

begin by thanking the chairperson of the association for organizing the

, I would like to make one

various difficulties. (3)

suggestion: why not hold the conference over three days instead of two? (4)

to allow more

to allow visitors to this beautiful city to see some of the sights? , a longer
conference would make it possible for participants to get to know each other to the
chairperson, I know that we would

better. But to get back to my words of thanks ... (6) run so smoothly. (7) leave to
attend the conference (8) (9)

all like to show our appreciation to the conference staff, who through their hard
work have made the last few days , on a personal note, I would like to thank my
university for giving me this is one of the busiest times in the year for all of
us. , I feel the conference has my wife and children, there are no words to express
my gratitude for their support and

patience. There is little more I would like to say at this stage so, (10) been a
great success and it has taught us all a great deal about ...

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Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellingsand different
meanings. Complete these pairs of sentencesusing the words below. weight/wait
air/heir In the first Children should be The ozone layer protects us from the
It is difficult for a mother to

flu/flew raise/rays

fare/fair tires/tyres

scene/seen sight/site

of the play the hero meets the heroine. but not heard. of the sun. three children
on her own. your turn? _ to the British throne. of confidence about her. _ _ and
was off work for a week. into a rage when she saw the mess on the floor. appearance
but she is very charming. was delayed and then cancelled because of air traffic
problems. you out. for your car; they're completely bald! to leave the room during
the test? so we can all hear you. to the nearest town? every year in the capital
city.

Can you please Prince Charles is the She has an The accident was a terrible I have
been working on a building I caught She She has a rather The You should get new Are
we Read the text How much is the bus There is a huge international

What are you doing to bring down your

Cleaning the house from top to bottom really

ressions with time

Complete these sentencesusing one of the words below in each space. from tell
_______
It

table is

pass on

first five

take all

this at

wasting your spends good

the half

your time, there's no hurry. time we were on our way. time next week, we'll be on
our way to Jamaica. times a week. times do I have to tell you to keep quiet? time
we used to play hide and seek.

_______ I do sport How I remember

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time? the time. time I went to the theatre was when I was about ten. her time
watching TV all day. time at the party. your time. Get on with some work! time
children were forced to work cleaning chimneys. time to time. Not very often, I'm
afraid. the time. _ time to meetings. times I feel like just giving up and finding
another job. time was three-nil. me the time?

7 Can I take up a bit of

8 She keeps complaining

9 The _______
10 She _______
11 We had a _______

12 Stop _______ 13 At _______ 14 I see Trevor _______ 15 _______ 17 The score at

16 Listening to the radio helped me to 18 Have you got a railway time 19 Can you 20
She always comes

Phrasal verbs
3 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below
in each space.
catch on fall out catch up kick out drop out join up drop off play away kick off
play up join in send off _ _ _ _ him _ _ _ _ _ too far him him me _ _ _ _ _ fall
behind send up

1 I am not friends with Peter anymore. We've 2 Don't just sit there watching the
game, 4 I'm looking forward to the match. What time do they 5 The pupil misbehaved
so much that the teacher had to 6 She let the naughty pupil back into class as long
as he stopped 7 After the first year I couldn't cope with university, so I decided
to 3 If there is a war and they want soldiers for the army, would you

8 That style looks so old-fashioned; I don't think clothes like that will ever 9
The other runners were so far ahead that it was difficult for him to 10 She
couldn't catch up with the other runners because she had 11 After the player had
committed his fourth foul, the referee had to 12 The prime minister has got such a
funny voice, it is easy to 13 When we got to the market I asked the taxi driver to
14 A game against an opposing team is more difficult when you

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RAMMAR AND USEOF ENGLISH m practice: Use of English, Part 2
For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
space. Useonly one word in each space.

A weekend in Tenerife
The weekend was a disaster. Have you ever (0) __ (1) (4)

h_ee_J1 __

to Tenerife? Given a choice between Siberia and a it's near the beach, but the it
was

four-star hotel in Playa de las Americas, I'd choose Siberia any day. Playa de las
Americas is the name of the resort we stayed. Laurence chose it from the travel
agent's brochures (2) to be the most awful place you can imagine. Playa is the
Spanish (5) airport and we were due to arrive late (3) night. Well, that seemed to
make sense but it turned

the resort doesn't have a beach, not what I'd call a beach, anyway - just a strip
of black mud. (6) made (7) powdered coke; it's volcanic, you see. Apparently, only
a few years (8) and now it's

beaches in Tenerife are black because the whole island is basically an enormous
lump of coke and the beaches are just a barren shoreline and then some businessmen
decided to build a resort (9) Blackpool beside the Atlantic. There's a main street
(10) smells all round the clock. (11) (13) took (15)

is always choked with traffic and lined with

the most vulgar bars, cafes and discos you ever saw, with deafening music and
flashing lights and greasy cooking from that there's nothing except block after
block of high-rise hotels any trees or grass. We didn't realize how horrible we
arrived and the taxi from the airport and apartments. It's a concrete nightmare
with (12) was immediately because it was dark (14)

by what seemed to me to be a suspiciously roundabout route.

m practice: Use of English, Part 4

For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of
the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is
correct, put a tick (./). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the
word.

A room with a view

(Jut ./ 0 When I arrived on the island the first thing I had to do was find out 00
somewhere to stay. Although the harbour was crowded with hotels and houses who
offering rooms (with hot water and panoramic views), 2 I preferred to head straight
for one of the small hotels recommended by 3 my guide book. So that with my pack on
my back, I struggled up the steep 4 hill that led to the Sunview Hotel. It was a
hard work and I wished I had 5 taken a taxi, as although it was still only May the
weather it was already 6 very hot. To make things worse, the Sunview was completely
booked up

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and I had to continue my search. The owner, who was
friendly and helpful, told me I should have phoned earlier but he also told me that
where I would find a vacant room. I have followed his directions and came to a
little, concrete block, with a big sign saying 'Rooms' hanging from an olive tree
in the front yard. Luckily, they already had a couple of free rooms and I chose the
one with the best view. After I having a quick shower, I set out to explore the
town. Arriving in May meant I could to avoid the crowds, which in the high season
fill the narrow streets. Now I nearly had the place to myself, except for a few
German tourists and except elderly English couples who were staying in the four-
star hotel just outside the town.

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5

3 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Usethe word given in capitals at the end
of each line
to form a word that fits in the spacein the same line.

Getting away from it all

How many times have you come back from what was meant to be a (0)

relaxin!!

holiday and said, 'If only I had stayed at home!' than staying home? that foreign
travel is tiring and
_ - this is

RELAX
STRESS SURPRISE SUCCESS

Why are holidays often more (1) It is not actually very (2) trip needs planning and
very careful (4) in stuffy airports because of (5)
(6)

it is not just because of the distances involved. A (3) hard work. Having set off,
you will probably have to spend hours delays.

PREPARE END
FLY

, as everyone knows, is itself a stressful experience

for most people. Finally, you arrive in an (7) with perhaps no (8)
It is almost like becoming a child again: one feels so (9)

environment _

FAMILIAR KNOW HELP WAIT

whatsoever of the local language.

and stupid. Imagine not being able to explain what you want to eat to a (10) or
where you are staying to a taxi driver!

Expressing wishes and regrets; inversion Exam practice: Use of English, Part 3 4
For questions 1-10, complete the secondsentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given.

My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. too My sister is t{J_{J---r.Y'--

{J_u_n~...,-rq-t-(J-------- ride a bicycle. What a shame we didn't go to Paris
instead. gone If

Paris instead.

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22

You didn't choose the right resort. chosen You I regret not going to Mykonos when I
was younger. wish I What a pity Tenerife was so noisy. wish I I would love to visit
Seville in the Spring. could If It was a mistake to come to Madrid in July. should
We 7 My English could be improved. knew I 8 I'd rather you didn't copy my homework.
wish I 9 Would you like to visit the Far East? wish Do We arrived late and missed
the last bus. only If Rewrite these sentences,beginning with the words given. Mario
would like a new bicycle. Mario wishes John is not looking forward to sitting the
exam on Friday. John wishes 3 I'm really sony I can't come to your dinner party
this evening. I wish

another resort.

Mykonos when I was younger.

so noisy.

Seville in the Spring.

to Madrid in July.

better.

own homework.

to the Far East?

earlier; we would have caught the last bus.

_ _ _ _

I was really sony I didn't see you when you visited London last week. I wish 5 Mr
Brown was very angry about the mess the builders made in his house. Mr Brown wished

_ _ _

6 What a pity you missed the show.

I wish 7 It would be nice if you were here now. I wish

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6 Rewrite these sentences,beginning with the underlined word or words.
1 I hardly ever drink whisky.
2 I have never been arrested by the police.

3 I have rarely met anyone famous. 4 I would not only like to go to Peru, I would
also like to visit China.

5 I seldom make long distance telephone calls.

6 I will only lose weight if I start doing a sport. 7 I will never give up trying
to get the Proficiency.

7 Write sentencesbeginning with the adverbsgiven and using the tenses in brackets.
Hardly ever 2 Never (present simple) (present perfect simple) (future simple)
(present perfect simple) (would) (present simple) (future simple)

3 Never 4 Rarely
5 Not only 6 Seldom 7 Only if

VOCABULARY
Words often confused 1 Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the
words below in each space.Use
each word more than once. travel journey trip voyage flight excursion _ around
Europe? by train. to India turned out very differently from what he had expected.
from England to India used to take six months. cheques to cash. to tourist sights.

1 He came home after years of foreign 2 Did you get to Athens during your 3 It's a
six-hour 4 Columbus' 5 The

6 When I go abroad, I prefer to carry 7 On our holiday the hotel organized lots of

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22

That was the worst I'm going on a business We decided to break our Are you going to
join the We'll have time for a We made the long Our I have to go to the It's lovely
weather. Let's go for a day

I've ever been on, there was turbulence all the way. to Brussels for the day. in
Oxford and spend the night there. to see the old castle? to Madrid at the weekend.
to Patagonia by train. is the 406 to Rome.
to the country.

agency to book our holiday.

hrasal verbs
Match the phrasalverbs in list A with their meanings in list B. B a b c d e f g h j
k I m n o p q

take back make out bring up do up give back get down get by 8 take up 9 put up with
get through cut back on go on put through put off put on call off come up

manage make contact fasten understand postpone connect continue write what someone
is saying refer to something at a meeting be asked in an exam reduce organize a
performance stan (a hobby) return something return something to someone bear,
tolerate cancel

Complete these sentencesusing the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs above in
each space. They've One thing I can't Could you They're this food the meeting
because no one can go to it. is people lying to me; I find it unacceptable.
something to it. to the kitchen, please, and bring something fresh? a new
production of Hamlet at the Royal Theatre. our spending. in the grammar test.
everything he said. the issue at Monday's council meeting. refusing to eat and
drink?

I've gained a lot from this city over the years. Now I want to

We can't afford to live like this; we'll have to It's not difficult to predict the
questions which are likely to It's scandalous - I'm going to How long can he The
prime minister talked so fast that journalists found it difficult to

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Word formation 4 Solvethe clues below to complete the crossword and to find the
missingword.
17 1 121

I I
3 4 5 6 17
1

I I I I I I I I I I

8
9

1101

I
11

112 13 114 15 116 lOur

I I I I I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

visit to Disneyland was simply magic. It was

2 War is bad because it destroys. It is 3 My best friend gives me a lot of support.

She is very 4 This ring is made of gold. It is very 5 This water is dirty. Don't
drink it, it's not

6 The composition is a narrative but you also have to describe people and places,
so it's quite 7 The food at the hotel was so awful I couldn't eat it. It was just
not 8 Your shirt is green, yellow and blue. It's very 9 Can you put it in the
washing machine? Is it machine 10 The food was uncooked so I couldn't digest it. It
was 11 The book is a pleasure to react It is very 13 She doesn't hesitate about
decisions. She is very 14 It can't be true - I don't believe it! It's 16 I'll never
forgive your behaviour. It was absolutely 17 The missing word is _ 15 He doesn't
play in the attack; his role is just to defend. It's _

12 Nouns in English can be divided into those we can count and those which are

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MARANO ENGLISH
6 A 7D 8 B 9 A 10 C 6 7 8 9 10 famous adolescent childhood ./ has when ./ in 6 7 8
9 10 11B 12 C 13D 14 A 15 D 11 will 12 ./ 13./ 14 away 15 ./ successful performance
favourable kindness teenager

7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

have broadcast are increasing had received was watching, rang have been watching
tell went had been snowing has made was raining

UNIT 2
GRAMMARANO USE OF ENGLISH
1 C 2A 3A 4A 5 A 6 D 7C 8B 9D 10 B 11D 12 A 13B 14 A 15 D 13 our 14 are 15 do

VOCABULARY
1 verb popularize invent produce

adjective popular inventive productive famous creative responsive decisive suburban

pleasant natural original historic/ al employed

create respond decide

was telling a/his story are broadcasting the Oscar ceremony came up tome has sold
over a million has been talking from had never seen a cartoon was she wearing I had
been sitting and I will write has only just remembers went 3 managed continued had
had disappeared have not seen has also produced 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 refer have made
have seen witnessed has made has not become earns

prepare originate appear employ

translate

noun popularity invention inventor production producer fame creation creator

response decision suburb pleasure preparation nature origin history appearance
employer employee employment translation translator

2 1 from 2 who 3 themselves 4 have 5 often 6 their 7 although 8 have 9 up 10 been

11 can 12 too 3 1 ./ 2 may 3 case 4 for 5 ./ 6 7 8 9 10 up the ./ ./ to

11 had 12 on 13./ 14 ./ 15 the

4 1 chemistry 2 scientific 3 failure 4 ambitious 5 management 6 irritating 7

artistic 8 occasionally 9 particularly 10 reasonable 5 1 Did 2 Does 3 Have 4 5 6 7
Are Howlong What How many 5 6 7 8 Is Who Do Have

2 1 suburbs 2 appears 3 employed 4 historic / al 5 translate

6 7 8 9 10

original produces popular preparation invention

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

They've awarded They were broadcasting you were wearing Ihad been I've been reading
I had been waiting I have finished I'll see

3 1 come up with, make one up 2 draw up, comes up 3 took up, gave up 4 comeup 5
look up 6 hold up 7 put me up 8 put up with 9 held up 10 wentup
1 Howlong 2 Where 3 Was 4 What 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 could you haven't you would you
don't you doyou would you didn't you

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8 hadn't you 9 dothey 10 shall we 8 1 If I were you (problem 4) 2 Why don't you try
/You could (problem 7) 3 Why don't you try /You could (problem 3) 4 The best thing
to do (problem 5 I suggest you/You should (problem 8) 6 Why don't you try /You
could (problem 5) 7 I suggest you/You should (problem 1) 8 The best thing to do
(problem

try try 2)

4 take (you) on 5 let (you) down 6 take up 7 geton 8 counton 9 goon 10 try (it) on
11 leave (it) on 12 putting on 13 setup

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

am sitting looks go is raining smell is beginning is staying are having

try

UNIT 3
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH

6) 11 C 2B 3 A 4D 5 A 2 1 you 6 B 7D 8 B 9B 10 A 11C 12 D 13 D 14 C 15 D 11,/ 12 to

13 it 14 was 15 ./

6 1 is driving, comes, is coming up, crashes, shouts, didn't you put, were going,
are you, answers, would have been (punchline b) 2 is driving, appears, misses,
opens, shouts, opens, shouts, turns (punchline c) 3 stops, comes on, can't start,
tries, change, comes up, asks (punchline a)

VOCABULARY
1
noun

VOCABULARY
1 verb choose compare complain construct develop govern improve pollute predict
solve

society disgust irritation misery skill importance attention interest communication

gratitude amusement influence despair care favour practice accuracy nature worry
boredom 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
7

adjective sociable,social disgusting, disgusted irritating,irritated, irritable

miserable skilled,skilful important attentive interesting,interested communicative
grateful amusing,amused influential desperate, despairing careful,caring
favourite,favourable practical accurate natural worrying,worried boring,bored

noun

6a
7 long 8 from

2 ./
3 up 4 more

9 ./
10 part
5 ./
3 1 2 3 4 5 6
7

8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

suburbs surroundings environmental industrial pollution disadvantage entertainment

central suitable underground are / run on time is always complaining share a flat
with is always playing is getting more goes perfectly with turned out to be is
rarely in a always says 'hello' are always moaning am writing hope wish am leading
feel have takes

choice comparison complaint construction development government improvement

pollution prediction solution

2 underground, ring road, motorway, motorcycle, side road, pothole, carpark,

highway 3 1 motorway /highway 2 government 3 pollution 4 complaints 5 predict 6
ring road 7 construction 8 potholes 9 solution 10 side road

8 9 10

influential worried boring, bored practical natural favourite amusing careful

grateful attentive

4 1 f 2i
3 b,d 5 1 2 3 4 5 hold up get back take off pick up take off

4 c, e 5 a,h 6 g,j 6 7 8 9 10 pick up hold up get away with get back get away

3 1 put (me) through 2 hold on 3 turning (it) on

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MMARAND OF ENGLISH
6 7 8 9 10 be in an of from 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 when over the when a
and ./ the ./ ./

5 You must never jump the queue. 6 They avoid saying 'no' directly. 7 They often
use formal titles, like 'Herr' for'Mr'. 8 They often interrupt each other. 9 Close
friends, especially women, may kiss cheeks. 10 Adults add their mother's family
name to theirs.

4 C 9 B 5 B 10 A Answer: Stan Laurel 21,/ 6./ 2 at 7 ./ 3./ 8./ 9 that 4 must 10 do

5 such 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 announcement pleasure government satisfaction
qualifications politician ability criminal punishment electricity

14 A 15 0 11,/ 12 the 13 so 14 to 15 ./

VOCABULARY
6 our 7,/ 8 do 9 ./ 10 it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 surprising differently generally
northern satisfactory certainly fairly Germany majority exception 1 only verbs:
meet, eat only nouns: food, lamp 1 2 3 4 drink buy turn shop 5 stroll 6 order 7
visit

called my dog go to / and see a film to the theatre is something has been in prison
5 on holiday to Italy / to Italy on holiday 6 from / in the States 7 a doctor is
not 8 is still in hospital go to school the day and at 9 their 10 0 11 some/the/0
12 0 130 14 a 15 the 16 0 You should make small talk at parties. / At parties you
should make small talk. 2 You should always be on time for meetings. You must not
stand too close to people. Eight is the luckiest number. /The luckiest number is
eight.

2 verb advertise appoint arrange arrive assist direct disappear inform introduce
know persuade refresh

noun advertisement, advertising appointment arrangement arrival assistance,

assistant direction disappearance information introduction knowledge persuasion
refreshment

1 we are bankrupt. 2 it didn't happen. 3 just like the rest of us. 4 1 he was
studying law 2 her father was travelling abroad 3 was not enjoying the party 4·
blamed me for 5 was always misbehaving 6 a lot of acting 7 did not stop raining 8
wind was blowing 9 his arrival at 10 they were eating/having dinner they 5 1h

3 1 turn back: at the frontier, because the road was blocked 2 turn down: the
volume, an offer, the TV,an application, the central heating a proposal, a
suggestion, drugs 3 turn off: the light, the TV,the central heating, the tap, the
radio 4 turn on: the light, the TV,the central heating, the tap, the radio 5 turn
out: to be someone else, to be true, the light 6 turn to: crime, drugs 7 turn up:
the volume, the TV,at a party, the radio, the central heating

2g
3 4 5 6 b

e d 7a 8i 9c 10 f 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 was was was was was was was was was was
feeling wearing preparing having doing sleeping raining watching wearing going

UNITS
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
11 A 2D 3 B 6 B 7A 8 C 110 12 B 13 C

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7 (Sample answers) la Ianswered it. 1b Iwas reading. 2a They sat down. 2b They were
misbehaving. 3a They were dancing. 3b They screamed. 4a Iwas sleeping. 4b Ijumped
out of the window. 5a Iwas watching TV. 5b Ijumped up and down!

4 yet 5 ./
3 1 meaning

9./ 10 ./

14 then 15 ./

VOCABULARY 1 -ship: championship, friendship,

hardship, membership, partnership, scholarship -ment: amusement, appointment,
enjoyment, entertainment, excitement, management, retirement -ness: emptiness,
fondness, goodness, happiness, laziness, sadness, stinginess 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
stinginess happiness membership appointment excitement partnership 7 entertainment
8 championship 3 c 4g 5 6 7 8

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6
7

mainly thought wisdom goddess especially sensitive ability immediately protective

are not as clear as was just as easy as live as far as older you get, the worse is
not as good as is heavier than are popular (as) have a better the most beautiful
animals are more loyal than longest more, than more, than worse faster no bigger
largest more easily big, as much

2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

immigrant examiner inhabitant detective discoverer manager / director protector 8

follower 9 speaker 10 performer/actor/actress

3 1 elephant

2 3 4 5 6
7

8 9 10 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

greyhound giraffe horse eagle hippopotamus snake ostrich mosquito scorpion cheetah
whale shark ant parrot tortoise going through goon go off going out went down
wentup goingup went off gone down going through went out goingon goingup gone off
go through go on

3 1 d

2
5 1 2 3 4

5a 6e

7
h

8 b

8 9 10

takes after take to take it back take in

take up take five pounds off took down taken in

VOCABULARY
1 verb act appear detect direct discover entertain examine explode follow immigrate
inhabit manage protect speak understand

UNITS
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
11 2 3 4 5 6 or 9 us front 10 of other 11 on each 12 than when 13 that only 14
other 7 our 15 far 8 in / through 6 to 7 much 8 to 11 and 12 of 13./

noun acting,action appearance detection direction discovery entertainment

examination explosion immigration management protection speech understanding

noun (person) actor,actress detective director discoverer entertainer examiner

follower immigrant inhabitant manager protector speaker

UNIT 7
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH lID
2 C 3D 4 B 5A 6 D 7 B 11A 12 C 13 A 14 D 15 B

8 D
9 C 10 D

2 lout
2,/

There are five suffixes for people: -or, -

3 ./

er, -ress, -ioe, -ani

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1 2 3 4

.I the for has

6 more

11.1
12 13 14 15 .I some been come

3
verb dedicate punish reside dominate repute impress explore interest exhaust
entertain noun dedication punishment residence, resident domination reputation
impression exploration interest exhaustion entertainment adjective dedicated
punishable residential dominant reputable impressive exploratory interested
interesting exhausting exhausted entertaining entertained

7 so
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 of his out on out it been or 6 which 7 .I 8 .I 9 in 10 had

7.1 8 have
9 .I 10 has

5.1
1 crowded

2 entertaining
3 continually
4 realistic

5 6 7 8 9 10

historical personalities admission daily presentations nearest

2 1 .I 2 was 3 of 4 been 5 .I

11.1
12 13 14 15 .I so was .I

1 has been used since / has been in use since 2 have been to Toledo 3 has been
learning to drive 4 of theatres have been built 5 have been correcting these tests
6 has only just 7 have improved since 8 have been living here for 9 have been
learning Spanish since 10 not gone /been to Ireland for 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 has
closed Hehasmade have seen I've been reading Iwent We've sold I've written you've
been crying we've been having I've been thinking

4 1 exhausted 2 exploration 3 impression 4 reputation 5 dominates 6 residential 7

punishment 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 has their were it is their its have have has 5 b
6c 7e

3 1 failures 2 explanations 3 solution 4 specialist 5 unfinished 6 disappeared 7

journalist 8 completely 9 influential 10 reputation 4 1 he had broken into 2 had
robbed his first bank/had first robbed a bank 3 had come five miles on 4 had been
living in 5 because / as he had succeeded / had been successful 6 she had got
married 7 Claire had turned off 8 had left the room by 9 he had been performing 10
had been driving

6 1 g 2a 3 d 4f 7 1 d 2f 3 b 4e
VOCABULARY
in-: infamous, incomplete, indirect

5 a 6g 7c

5 1 f 2c 3 d 4a
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 d e a h f b c g had had had had had had had had

5g 6e
7b

pre-: prehistoric, preview

-al: historical, classical, musical, national -ful: colourful, wonderful, careful
musical incomplete prehistoric colourful 5 national 6 infamous 7 historical

UNITS GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 had that one down into would

failed been studying tipped forgotten been travelling come lived forgotten

VOCABULARY
1 1 give it back 2 take him back

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3 4 5 6 7

called me back look back (on the past) bringing back keep back cut back

adjective curious furious inform informative exaggerate exaggerated interrupt

celebrate celebratory object suggest arrive approve approving gloomy think
thoughtful thoughtless understand understandable active dangerous mysterious excite
excited exciting terrify terrifying terrified 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 gloomy mystery
approve object celebrate terrifying active thoughtful understand interrupted

2 verb

noun curiosity fury information exaggeration interruption celebration objection

suggestion arrival approval gloom thought understanding activity danger mystery
excitement terror

3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

willingly kidnapped absence explanations really disappearance spending searchers

murdering knowledge are not allowed to leave is included in was accused of stealing
bridge has not been completed will be asked to is being looked into going to be
punished for may / might have been killed has been cut by are not allowed to

7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

large, old dining beautiful, antique expensive, gold tall, dark, handsome nice,
little large, black, leather old, blue, cotton old, Indian hunting stainless steel
bread big, fat, Chinese

VOCABULARY
1 verb amuse

UNIT 9
GRAMMARAND USE OF ENGLISH 11 D
2 C 6 B 7D 8 D 9 B 10 C 6 ./ 7 were 8./ 9 have 10 about 11D

5 (Sample answers) 1 A pensioner was run over in Banbury Road yesterday. 2 A man
has been struck by lightening in a forest near Oxford. 3 A new school is going to
be opened by the Mayor next week. 4 The world record for the 100 metres was broken
by Tim Cater last night in Stockholm. 5 A woman was murdered at the weekend whilst
on an evening stroll in Why tam Woods near Wolvercote. 6 The local hospital is
going to be closed due to a lack of funds. 7 A researcher said at a conference last
week that a cure for cancer will be found in the next five years. 8 English tests
have been made more difficult to try to raise falling standards in English
teaching. 9 A recent report in The Times claims that English is now spoken by one
billion people. 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 was (it) invented is called is referred
were/have been beaten are given is used is used to be invented had been invented
was brought is built 12 are written

adjectives amusing amused boring bore boredom bored confusion confusing confuse
confused depress depression depressing depressed disappoint disappointment
disappointing disappointed disgusting disgust disgust disgusted entertain
entertainment entertaining entertained excitement exciting excite excited
exhaustion exhausting exhaust exhausted fascinating fascinate fascination
fascinated frightening frighten fright frightened involve involvement involving
involved irritating irritate irritation irritated puzzle puzzlement puzzling
puzzled satisfy satisfaction satisfying satisfied shock shock shocking shocked 2 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 pianist cleaner violinist trainer investigator typist directory
gardener playwright 10 director

noun amusement

3A 4A
50 2 1 for 2 ./ 3 been

12 C 13 C 14 B 15 0
11,/ 12 that

4,/ 5 and

13 ./ 14 the 15 of

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typewriter smoker manager investigation 1 looking into

2 look through

3 look (them) up 4 looks down on 5 looks after 7 look out for 8 look back

4 1 neither the performance nor 2 only is she mean but 3 go shopping / do our
shopping either at 4 only did they burgle 5 not only looks good 6 John nor I passed
7 does he want to get 8 smoke either cigarettes or 9 does he play football well 10
is either soup or salad 6 1 brought 2 painted 3 tested 4 repaired 5 cut 6 made 7
delivered 8 cleaned 9 taken 10 developed

UNIT 11 GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH
11 A 2A 3 C 4A 5 D 2 1 has 2,/ 3./ 4 to 5 a 6 B 7C 8 C 9 A 10 D 6 if 7,/ 8 it 9 ./
10 ./ 110 12 0 13A 14 0 15 C 11 12 13 14 15 off whose the ./ away

a e b g j c h d

GRAMMAR AND
USE OF ENGLISH
1 1 go/went 2 have 3 to 4 into 5 than 6 get 7 their 8ar 9 been 10 example 11 have

VOCABULARY
11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 1 2 3 4 curly deep turned-up low wavy round bushy high nervous
aggressive pear-shaped muscular well-built tense insensitive intelligent thickset
self-centred overweight put (them) back get (your money) back hold on go back on
goon hold (me) back Puton geton takes (me) back take (you) on

3 1 dislike 2 sufficient 3 properly 4 speech 5 solution 6 effective 7 daily 8

unfortunately 9 convenient 10 consequently 4 1 was charged with 2 insisted on
talking 3 apologize for having 4 we discuss the problem, 5 dark apart from 6 am
tired of tidying 7 bored with 8 search for the girl went/ carried 9 was very proud
of 10 alotofrespectfor 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 about with of about on about
about for for on for to of 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 to for to to to
about for about about about to of

14 from 15 if/when

5 6a 7 one
8 had 9 about 10 ./ 11 12 13 14 15 to ./ off them ./ 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10

2 must

3 many 4 it 5 ./ 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

personality magical characteristics appearance expression confidence connection

relationship accurately identical

6 verb + preposition: complain about, accuse of, insist on, talk about, think
about, wait for, congratulate on, listen to, object to, care about, apologize for,
argue about

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adjective + preposition: annoyed with, anxious about, fond of, close to, loyal to,
scared about, tired of noun + preposition: admiration for, respect for, love for,
threat to, solution to VOCABULARY 1 grapefruit mashed potatoes strawberry fruit
salad minced meat, minced beef roast potatoes, roast beef pork chop green salad
beefburger baked potatoes, baked beans mineral water instant coffee cornflakes
French fries ice-cream pineapple white wine beetroot 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 peanuts bananas
bean cucumber bread beetroot 7 meat 8 cake

8 go 9a
10 11 12 13 14 15 real however type/sort/kind out unless them 6 7 8 9 10 and
me ./ ./ me

2 1 been 2 ./ 3 ./ 4 had

11.1
12 too 13./ 14 ./ 15 most

6 The doctor said I had to rest. 7 She told us she had seen him the day before. 8
She told us he had not been there that day. 9 He promised he would give me the
money the next / following day. 10 He told her to go there. 11 She told him not to
smoke. 12 She asked me if / whether I smoked. 13 She asked me if / whether I was
coming or not. 14 She asked me where I came from.

5 ./
3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

dreamer vacation enjoyable unpleasant successful ourselves impossible reality

usually awake

VOCABULARY 11 2 3 4 5 6
7

3 1 giveup 2 have put on two kilos since 3 cutitup 4 have run out of milk 5 gave
them away 6 put me off seeing it 7 cut down on

4 1 join you 2 had 3 was flying 4 find it 5 donothave 6 is the most 7 turned out 8
hijacked 9 have been reading 10 had 11 lam 12 Are you planning 13 has always been
14 Have you ever been 5 1 said he had not stolen 2 had ever killed 3 to know who
had eaten 4 had been written before 5 he had ever dreamt 6 he had to pay 7 did you
dream last 8 Katy not to work so 9 will not be late from 10 you tell me the way 6 1
2 3 4 Mary said it was hot. Mary told us she had seen Bruce. He said that he had
eaten. She said she had been reading a good book. 5 She claimed she could sing.

8 9 10

bring out bring down the price of houses brought it off bring back bring it off
were you brought up brought down the government broughtup brought me back bringing
out

2 verb believe create desire explain express imagine predict produce punish relate
respond revolt value

noun belief creation desire explanation expression imagination prediction

production product punishment relation relative responsibility response revolution
value

adjective un/believable un/ creative un/ desirable in/ explicable un/ expressive
un/imaginative imaginary un/ predictable un / productive punishable relative ir /
responsible un/ responsive revolutionary in/ valuable

UNIT 12
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH lIon

2 to
3 when/if 4 is 5 or 6 this 7 from

3 1 responsibility 2 punishment 3 creative 4 valuable 5 imaginary 6 unpredictable 7

revolution 8 expression

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IT 13

18 where 19 where 20 which 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3

court dock = evidence

= =

10 took (me) out 11 made out 12 madeup

6 C 7A 8 B 9 D 10 A 6./ 7 again 8 .I 9 up 10 at 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 guilty unemployed investigators resident destination desperately
employers explanation lawyer criminal

11B 12 D 13D 14 B 15 B 11 too

12 .I
13 of 14 .I

lawyer evidence hijack guard blackmail jury mugger station fine culprit

UNIT 14
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 with on between
will the about which of how only into by whose whom has 6 about 7.1 8 which 9.1 10
who 11 12 13 14 the of on

15 .I

I knew whose car this am not used to driving did not use to watch a habit of
disappearing in a neighborhood that / which did not use to smoke cannot get used to
we would go to am getting used to learning where I used to go

verb accuse appear assassinate commit confirm educate encourage impress imprison
improve invest occur participate produce prosecute punish receive rob select
suspect 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

noun accusation appearance assassination commitment confirmation education

encouragement impression imprisonment improvement investment occurence
participation production prosecution punishment reception robbery selection
suspicion

2 1 a 2 being 3 .I 4 to 5.1 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 1 2 3 4

.I 15 .I

VOCABULARY 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 which which who where, who

where which which which who who whose whose where who which who whose

= blackmail = hijack = mugger = prison = cell = fine = murder = arson = culprit =

criminal = detective = guard = station = squad = beat = jury = lawyer

encouragement commit robbery occur appearance assassination punishment,

imprisonment Education Participation improve madeup takeup make out taken out make
for madeoff took off madeup took (you) for

education backgrounds suburban poverty entertainment activities fewer Commercials

favourite violent cannot afford to buy suggested staying in and watching did not
remember to post will always remember lying have stopped speaking I stopped to talk
regret (to say) that you regret not marrying could hear people talking you try to
make avoid afford can't stand Would (you) mind

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5 6 7 8 9 10 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

planned / decided love / like / enjoy forgot suggest / start worth Would (you) like
reading to come tohave hearing reading to learn to see to ask to travel to arrive
tomake hearing can should will/would could / should can should will could

noun athletic care centre comedy danger drama education environment experiment harm
history humour origin poison practice science tradition use 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 1 2 3 4 5 6

adjective athletic careful central comical dangerous dramatic educational

environmental experimental harmful historic/ al humorous original poisonous
practical scientific traditional useful

3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 1 2 3 4

ignorance unbelievable knowledge third expressions understanding accurately loaves

confidence unable going to go on (it) will be colder I am having my takes off at is
going to we will have will lay the table you doing anything match kicks off!
starts/begins is looking after I'm going I'm leaving I'm going to starts I'll see
You're going to break I'll lend f c h b 5 6 7 8 g d a e

at

does has am didn't Haven't do has 8 be

poisonous scientific harmful educational environmental dramatic/historic/ careful

humourous athletic original change warm still awake diary word

al

7 on 8 secret 9 back 10 up 11 on 12 off

VOCABULARY
1 verb arrive believe celebrate conclude decide depart describe dominate enquire
examine exist inform invent invite know predict promote publish noun arrival belief
celebration conclusion decision departure description domination enquiry
examination existence information invention invitation knowledge prediction
promotion publication

VOCABULARY
1a b c d e f g channel broadcast edition box office article quiz column

UNIT 15 GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH

lIB
2D 3 A 4 C 5 B 2 1 2 3 4 5 though ,/ been that ,/

2 1 switch 2 soap 3 channel 4 episode 5" comedy 6 cartoon 7 series 8 audience 9

viewers 10 volume

6 C 7A 8 C 9D

lOB
6 7 8 9 10 do to and at ,/

11D 12 A 13 B 14 A 15 C 11,/ 12 will 13'/ 14 has 15 ,/

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2 1 knowledge of computers is very 2 is the departure of the 3 arrival someone will

be there to meet him 4 (the) information to the police 5 is the publication of his
6 a description of the 7 received/had an invitation 8 was an invention of Bell's

31 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5

it rains, we stay at (you should) refuse to answer them buy a new suit if I could I
would were you, I would this button, the light comes for money, (you should) ignore
you want you relax, you broke that vase, you would does not get better f i b 6 7 8
9 10 d e j

9 sprained 10 crack 4 make: the beds, an attempt, a cake, friends, war, dinner, a
decision, money do: the washing up, housework, nothing, a lot of work, the
shopping, well, your best go: swimming, for a walk, skiing, shopping, on holiday
have: a baby, a swim, a try, a go, a lot of work, dinner, friends, nothing, money 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 go ahead doneup made (herself) up goneby makeof had (a tooth) out
had (my pyjamas) on doup

5 h
2 i 3 g 4 j 6 a 7 d, e 8 b,c

4 1 took to 2 take (you) on 3 takeon 4 takeup 5 takeup 6 take (it) back 7 giveup 8
is picking up 9 looks up to 10 gone up

a g

c
h

VOCABULARY
1 number 12 12th 13th 22 1/2 1/4 75th 3/4 610 250000 2000000 8 August 1 May 30/9/98
100% 25x25= 150+ 5 = 34-6= 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

UNIT 16
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
11 when 2 towards 3 of 4 only 5 the 6 a/one 7 when/how 8 it 9 others 10 at 11 not
12 to 13 some 14 have 15 their 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 belief proof beings
superstitious explanations knowledge reasonable influential travellers anxious

words twelve twelfth thirteenth twenty-second half a quarter seventy-fifth three-

quarters six hundred and ten two hundred and fifty thousand two million 1951 the
eighth of August, nineteen fifty-one the first of May the thirtieth of September,
nineteen ninety-eight one hundred per cent twenty-five times twenty-five equals a/
one hundred and fifty divided by five equals thirty-four minus six equals 5 6 7 8
Half . three one two

UNIT 17
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
11 C 2 B 3A 4 B 50 6 B 7A 8 C 11A

12 B
13 0 14 C 15 A

90 10 0

2 1 by
2,/
3./ 4 then 5 ./ 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6

6 to 7 like 8 ./ 9 done 10 are

11,/

12 very
13 for 14 ./ 15 as

First eleventh second Third

hurt harm break,smash,damage crashed broke destroyed demolish injured

realistic complaint argument better artist admiringly unable cheating conclusion

life-like must not wear jeans do not have to need to wear smarter did not let us
wear must not get up had to have

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7 8 9 10

we need to bring need not have got are not allowed to do not need to buy / need not
buy

6 little 7 more 8 any 5 1 h 2e 3 i 4c 5 a 6 d 7 j 8 b 9g 10 f

5 1 You do not have to have talent to paint as a hobby. 2 You need not/ do not need
to be a successful painter. 3 We did not have to do music at school. 4 You do not
have to practise a lot to play the piano well. 5 You need/need to have a loud voice
to be an actor. 6 You do not need to be tall to be a successful actor. 7
Michaelangelo did not need to go to art school to learn how to paint.

6 1 let (the secret) out 2 saw (him) off 3 ran into 4 looking into 5 runout 6 lets
(you) down 7 broken down 8 saw through 9 broke off 10 lookout

4 1 will be getting 2 will (you) be going 3 will (1) be going 4 will have been 5
will have gone 6 will be sitting 7 will not be strolling 8 will be carrying 9 will
have written 10 will have typed 11 will have been sweating 12 will be travelling 13
will have interviewed 14 will (you) be leaving 15 will be catching 5 1 will 2 will
3 will 4 will 5 will 6 will 7 will 8 will 9 will 10 will 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 their
by which The not spend at have increased be speaking have grown have found have
replaced have given up be receiving be flying have stopped be going

VOCABULARY

UNIT 18
1 verb advertise grow produce televise explain consume free invent enjoy equip
suggest inform behave confide publicize 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 noun advertisement growth
production product television explanation consumption freedom invention enjoyment
equipment suggestion information behaviour confidence publicity CorU? C C&U C&U C
C&U C U U C&U U U C U U C&U U

GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH

1 1 of 2 in 3 was 4 as 5 at 6 was 7 between 8 before / previously 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 powerful valuable unseen spacecraft hidden successful
exploration headquarters measurements distance we will be lying will have been
working we will have been married will be doing a test I will have written will not
be using will have been built I will be going will be working all evening will have
cut down

VOCABULARY
1 verb accomodate assist believe choose combine complete conclude connect correct
declare differ explain express imagine introduce investigate populate publish
receive register relate revolve save speak suggest

freedom confidence behaviour information equipment enjoyment explanation

3 countable nouns: brush, frame, painter, exhibition, gallery, masterpiece 4 1 2 3

4 5 any much, a bit some a great deal of enough

noun accomodation assistance belief choice combination completion conclusion

connection correction declaration difference explanation expression imagination
introduction investigation population publication reception registration relation,
relative revolution savings speech suggestion

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2 1 combination 2 registration 3 population 4 expression 5 accomodation 6 relation/

relative 7 savings 8 reception 9 correction 10 difference 3 1 employer 2 publisher
3 director 4 traveller 5 astronaut 6 manager 7 explorer 8 cameraman 9 plumber 10
chef 11 judge 12 reporter 13 photographer 4 1 2 3 4 5 j f 7 8 9 10 11 i

3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6

gambling winning harmless Unlucky amusing beginner's fascinating boring

unfortunately addiction

13 14 15 16

floors trolley dear department

store

2 shop assistant, department store, newsagent, post office, postcard, youth hostel,
travel agent, credit card, shoe shop, luxury goods, junk food, pocket money 3 1
shop assistant 2 travel agent 3 youth hostel 4 department store 5 post office 6
luxury goods 7 pocket money 4 1 b, f 2 j 3 a 4e 5 c, d

would have had a nice if it was not so had not gone to bed late, will not win any
money not been driving so fast, you arrive, please give 7 would have been 8 would
not be taking / would not have to take 9 I would get married 10 not have lost so
much

5 1 f c
a

2 a 3 i

6g 7i 8 h
5 1 get ahead 2 got round 3 get down 4 get through 5 get off 6 get over 7 gets (me)
down 8 get round 9 get down to 10 getby

g
k b

4g
5 b 6 d 7 j 8c 9 e 10 h 6 1 2 3 4 5 can't have drowned can't have been stabbed
can't have been shot could not have killed might have had 7 could not have killed 8
must have commited 9 must / might have poisoned

e d

6 h
5 1 get around 2 get (his message) across 3 get ahead 4 get along 5 got round 6 get
at 7 getaway 8 get off

UNIT 20 GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH
lIas 2 3 4 5 6
7

UNIT 19 GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH
lIB 2 3D 4 5 B 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 A 7D 8 9A 11B 12 D 13B 14 D 15 A 11 12 13 14 15
still ./ in good ./

VOCABULARY
1 1 withdraw 2 news agent 3 expensive 4 platform 5 registered 6 account 7
fishmonger 8 check-out 9 invaluable 10 cost 11 store 12 stationer are In most of it
Before but / although or which out when will

e e
./ being out ./ some

we
6 ./ 7./ 8 will 9 more 10 for

8 9 10 11 12 13

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14 not 15 their 2 1 such 2 have 3 it 4,/ 5 one 6 7 8 9 10 ./ much up if ./ 11 which

12 of 13./ 14 we 15 ./

VOCABULARY 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 spend kind tap serve train

case fall way odd rock came across turn up keepup put forward cutting down on make
out put up with put out puton took me on

5 6 7 8 9 10

the time we got have to wait/ stay until John went straight home after you have
given it a unless you have had enough ring when Iget back

3 1 inexpensive

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

international roughly Italian household successfully Musicals fashionable

speciality untouched must be very tired promised not to come home should not have
gone let us stay up late warned them not to were made to do rather read books than
when I hear birds singing general ordered the soldiers to I felt an insect crawling

5 1 Take your umbrella with you in case it rains. 2 You can go to the party as long
as you come back by midnight. 3 As soon as she heard the news, she telephoned her
mother. 4 I wish I knew Spanish. 5 Read the instructions before switching / you
switch the machine on. 6 Do not stop working / work until you have finished the
task. 7 It is time we left. 8 When I have enough money, I will buy that car. 6 1 2
3 4 Firstly in spite of However Not only, but also What's more In addition Finally
even though Asfor to sum up

UNIT 21
GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH 11 C 2D 3A 4 B SA 6 C 7D 8 B 9A 10 D llA 12 C 13C 14 A
15 D 11 12 13 14 15 it ./ he ./ up

5
6 7 8 9 10

5 1 to hear 2 be 3 tell 4 tohave 5 to stay 6 check 7 to begin 8 todo 9 to hire 10

get 11 to visit 12 to go 13 book 14 recommend 15 to ask 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
lying lending walking laughing Cooking complaining playing hearing having meeting

VOCABULARY 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 scene / seen rays / raise

wait/weight heir/air sight / site flu/flew plain/plane tires / tyres allowed /
aloud fare / fair

6 such 2 1 ./ 7 going 2 to 8./ 3 will 4 enough 9 of 10 ./ 5./

3 1 basically

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 4

majority sponsorship advertising commercials equipment particularly disappointing

ridiculous personalities have had a nap soon as the police arrived you have
finished eating moment the players appeared

Take is This five many the your 8 all 9 first 10 spends

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

good wasting one from At pass half table tell on fallen out joinin join up kick off
kick (him) out playingup drop out catch on catch up fallen (too far) behind send
(him) off send (him) up drop (me) off play away

3 1 2 3 4 5

stressful surprising successful preparation endless

6 7 8 9 10

Flying unfamiliar knowledge helpless waiter

VOCABULARY
11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 travel trip journey voyage
journey / voyage traveller's excursions flight n d i c
0

4 1 only we had gone to 2 should have chosen 3 wish Ihad gone to 4 wish Tenerife
had not been 5 only Icould visit 6 should not have come 7 wish Iknew English 8 wish
you would do your 9 you wish to go 10 only we had arrived 5 1 Mario wishes he had a
new bicycle. 2 John wishes he did not have to sit/he were not sitting the exam on
Friday. 3 I wish I could come to your dinner party this evening, but I cannot. 4 I
wish I had seen you when you visited London last week. 5 Mr Brown wished the
builders had not made the / such a mess in his house. 6 I wish you had seen the
show. 7 I wish you were here now. 6 1 Hardly ever do I drink whisky. 2 Never have I
been arrested by the police. 3 Rarely have I met anyone famous. 4 Not only would I
like to go to Peru, I would also like to visit China. 5 Seldom do I make long
distance telephone calls. . 6 Only if I start doing a sport will I lose weight. 7
Never will I give up trying to get the Proficiency.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

trip journey excursion trip journey flight trip travel f e I q j

7 a 8m 9 P 10 b 11k 12 g

13 14 15 16 17

UNIT 22 GRAMMAR AND

USE OF ENGLISH
1 1 2 3 4 5 where 6 because 7 at 8 9 out 10 for 6 7 8 9 10 All of ago there
which ./ ./ that have ./ 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 Apart hardly it when us
already I to ./ except

put off / called off put up with give (something) back take (this food) back
putting on cutbackon comeup bringup get down goon 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
indigestible readable uncountable decisive unbelievable defensive unforgiveable
misunderstanding

4 1 magical 2 destructive 3 supportive 4 valuable 5 drinkable 6 descriptive 7

edible 8. colourful 9 washable

2 1 who 2./ 3 that 4 a 5 it

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