Gf ammaf I narrative tenses 2 Look at the tapescript for Ex. l again. Complete the text with appropriate forms oFthe verbs in the box. Then listen and check your answers. be appear make never appear have come iake begin be earn Complete the sentences using an appropriate form of the verbs in the box. go eat Lre meet rain release work Writing 5 Write a short story based on the pictures. Write one or two sentences for each picture using the prompts. David_an apple when he broke a tooth. We were very excited because we to Disneyland belore. j BV lunchtime she was exhausted because she hard aI moning. The weather was tefiible. In fact, it_on the day we arrived and on the day we left! When I opened the fiidge, I found that my flatmate allthe Foodl Deborah/love/Tiddles upset/when /missing notices/offer/reward Mr and Mrs Brarksome/enjoy/ TV/very old 7 oliver Store's film, ,Alexarder, in 2oo5 When she came into the house, Carla's skin was very red she _ in the sun all day. rvlv noLher _ ny fathe'dr a nighf.lub in r982. one evenrng/ something wrong/ picture nothing wrong/TV set take torch/outside somethingwrong/ aerial? Vocabulary I time expressions 5 Complete the sentenaes using words or phrases from the box. One ofthem is not needed. after that at that iime until for the previous From that point on since then throughout up untilthat point while 1 _ century, th€ two countries had been at war 2 stopped smokingthreeyears ago and lhaven't had a single c;garette _. 3 He got sick last year but he had been very healthy. IVlrs Thatcher was Prime Minister_the 198os. It was the late 195os ard _there were almost no supermarkets in England, We missed our connecting flight and things just got worse, Giovanni used to look after the children see/cat phone/fire brigade firefighter/ladder/ The rnechanic arrived and repaired our car we were able to continue on ourjourney, return/cat/Deborah glve/reward use/money television Vocabulary I materiats lJse the ctues to complete the crossword. 2 They've just bought a l4ge house. 3 People who live in the country are sometimes prejudiced against peqple]{hqljvqilajiu. 1 cheap shoes and toys (n) 2 antique vases are made from it (r) 5 good material for summer clothes (r) 7 slishtty elastic (ddl) 9 has a bright surface (ddr) 10 car tyres (nJ 11 the opposite ofsmooth (ddl) 4 perfectfor a wedding dress (r) Down 5 I have never understood the finarcialbasis of international trade. I The ql!g!! ofthe River Nile is n Uganda. Visitors to London, New \brk and Los Angeles often rernark on ho$,easy it is to buv (1) things at any iime ofthe day or night lt isn'i the well-known department stores, large supermarkets or huge shopping malls that they are talklng about but those tiny 5hoDs 2 Amerildn, ll stores'and the British calT 'corner shops'. We hardLv ever take hoLidays. The governnenr is con<idF i-g cha-girg tfe ldw o- DeoDle novinq ro rhi, cou-iry lror anotfer My parents own and manage a dry cleaning business. Pronunciation 2 E Answer the questions. Then listen and cnecK. comes from trees (r) shoes and belts (r) opposite ot hard (adj) has an even suface (adj) when something gets wet (odl) like something animals have to keep them warm (ddj) a wedding ring (r) a strorg metal (r) Which letter isn't pronounced in: iron silver ls the letter'o' pronounced the same in: gold bronze ls the letter'c'pronounced the same in: cotton lycra ls the stress on the first or second syllable in: rubber denim Reading a Read the text (don't worry about the gaps). Answer the questions. 1 What arc canvenience stores? 2 What is sornetimes surprising aboutthese places? 3 Who usually works rn these stores in London? 4 How do these stores find empLoyees? 5 How are family members paid for the r work? b Reptace the underlined words and phrases in the following sentences with words and phrases from the text. 1 Harrods is a famous department store in London, Acro5s GrammaT I artictes 4 Cornplete the numbered gaps in the reading text in Ex. 3 with d, on, fhe or the zero afticle ( ). 5 Ten ofthe sentences contain mistakes. Tick (/) the c0rtect sentences and correct the mistal(es ;n the others, 1 Would you prefer milk or cream in your coffee? 2 lanine and /\rlike have got beautifuIgarden. 3 Sh€'d been living lf th€ Los Angeles sinc€ the 198os. 4 Heathrow is the busiest alrport in the United Kingdom 5 When lwas young I want€d to be astronaut 6 L€t's have another Look at a first one they showed us 7 lthink mobile phone is the greatest rnvention ever 8 Teresa's first husband was an eng neeT. 9 Rudolf's planring to study the ph Losophy at univers ty. 10 Have you got the double roorn with a s€a v €w? 11 The Azores are in the middle ofAtlant c 0cean. 12 Geography was my favourite subiect at school. 13 love looking at a moon at night 4 This is nrost exciting book 've read for a long tirne 15 St [4oritz is one ofthe most €xp€nsive skiresorts in ihe Alps Thcy rnay not always bc situatcd on corners, but they are cenain v convcricnt for tourists and fof those c ty dlvellers who work long hou6 and don t have tjme to shop during the day. As peopl,. in large cities work longer and longer hours thc availability of aLe night shopping haJ becomc a n€cessrty rather lhan a luxLfy 1l) other thins thrt somenrnes cau5es surprise i5 that these shops are rarely o\dned or staffed by local people The Eng|sh sounding namcs ol'Super Savef', 'Bargain Supplies'or 'Mjni market' give no clue to the origin o[ the people worklng inside the store. In fact, they often seem to bc staffed by (4) people from variolrs parts oi Asia Their nationalit'es often reflecl thc history of immigration to the countrv conccrncd/ and they irequently come from natrons with a feputatiof fof successful rddp. rd .hotl^.prr6 t- \"^ \ort d rd. o, Angeles il is oftef Koreans and Chinese who run these stores and in London it is people Irom ihe lndian sub contincnt How to. I communicate interactively 6 Choose the correct alternative. A: r-low do yo. lt t\;nl fpcl dbo tF" t t TV shows? B: You mean things li(e Blg 8r'orher? B: I think they're qulte exciting What (2) for/abautyot? 3) Haw/What do you think? A: i th fk they're awful. They ma (e ordinary people look stupid B: Perhaps But isn't it (4) real/truethat p"oplF oo.P lo bF on Ll-efl: \oboa) forces them to iake part A: l q poocF co. B t I5r do ir,.e yo . dg ee thatTVcompanies take advantage of people sometimes? B: Not reatly. But I think t's irnpoftant that th€ people Linderstand what wil( happen to ther. afterwards A: Yes. Youte right. What(6) nore/else do you thirk is importaft? But what arc the economics oI such placcs? How can tiny shops make any profit whef employces have to be paid Lo work (5) -r, h o r. loLal b dr.$pr l,-, o"r I in the Asian cLlture of hard work, but rs mainly due to the t|adition of ihe exrended tamily. This is very diffefent from the typical Western fami y in which the indrvidual rnembers havc scparate Tives and careers When 17r Asran famr r owns a shoD everyone Sets involved - brotherc, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and chrldren evefybody k expecLed to work behind the counter Thus thcre is (8) Suaranteed source of staff available to \\.ork lrom early morninS until late at {9) ni8ht And Ether fhan bcinB paid salaric fhc rnemberc of the family simpl,v sharc - {101 p-ofiBartheendoithc\c2_' is a fecipe thai has L)roughl wealih i. ":1' immigrant families and nrade liie: , :- . for those of us $,ho rln out oi i : . o'clocl( on a Sunda! evenif-!l Reading a Read the inforrnation about five leading multinationalcompanies and tick (/) the correct column. 1, l 5 Find words in the texi that mean: drjnks (r) 6 famous names or Labels belonging to a company th.t maf es producrs (r) \.!atld ladj) NestL6 Zara 5hell Gap 1 the youngest compafy 2 the oldest company I has the most shops 4 has the highest value of sales 5 based in 5an Francisco 6 foLrnded in London 7 emPloys the most peopLe 8 employs the fewest people 9 famous for its advertisements 10 owns businesses in 2oo couftries doesn i incLud€ at.ohct (rdll 5!aiLeC a CO-f,:-, o i1S::-i cn 1.,'- - drstributor 0i non alcoholjc beverages Through the 400 businesses ii owns in 200 d fterent countdes, il emp oys around one milliof peop e It is estimated tiat 1 3 billion Coca-Coa drinks are consumed every day lts sales are worth a rnost twenty three billion do lars per year. Multinational Factfile Nestl6 $,as lounded by Henri Neste in 1866 lts headqladeF are in Vevey, Swi?erland Nestld s culrcntly the world's argest manufact!ret 0ffood and beverages, wiih nternational sales of eighty seven bjLlion Swiss Francs (sixty-eight bili0n dolals) Nestle employs 247000 people a lover the world Coca-Cola is based inAtanta, GeoIg a, LISA Folnded in 1886, tisnowthe world's largest manulacturet and 6 inToLgr0ui ine eai of drink (v) _ Zara is one of Europe's besi known brands of fffi{ clotros srores. i q pa.I o- the kdite\ qolp. q!-llJ oaseo il la corLla. Spa lfelrr,t/ardslop opened in La Coruia ln 1975. The qroup now owns 2391 stores in ffty seven colntries ts sales are 5 7 blllion euros (around seven bi lion do lars) and i employs 47046 people in fifty-seven countries Shel is a m ultinat onal com pany famols for -/ '' 4.^J tts oetro stauons ano ot orodLction lacilties .a.taf [ - "" /ft 0 Foufded by lvlar.u. Sarrer in Lofdol r 1833 the compary rnerged with the Roya Dltch grolp in 1907 Shel's nternational headquaders js now n the Hague, Holland Shell operates in 140 countries and empoys aro!nd 112000 people Shel generates sales in the feg on of ejghteen billon dollars from its worLdwide operations , F"rors Io il, ,loife"slorps ard in"q:r"lvF E 4 dovF4is:rg anpaig rs. G"p s ofF ol .]F € *o.o" nosl ,e.ogni\ab e,l0ll- rg ora rd Tfe llrst Gap store opened in San Francisco, CaLilornia, in T969, and lhe cornpany is sull based n this ciry. There are now 3000 Gap stores ,rlorldwjde, employing 150000 people The company achieves sales of aroLnd sixteen bilion dotars annuaLly I Gfammaf I adjectives and adverbs 2 Rewrite each sentence with ihe word irl brackets in the correct position. Some ofthese new computer games are challenging. (incredibly) Same ofthese new conputetgames are i n cred i b ly ch a lle n q i n g. 1 When I have a headach€ all I want to do is lie down. (bad) He didr't urork so he was bo urd to iailthe exam. (hard) Anna s always dressed in d€signer outfits {exp€nsively) He interupted me in the m ddle of my speech. (rudely) 8 Do you know thern? (wel0 'm goingio take the First Certificate exam this year (d e fin ite ty) The weather caf be hot in September (surprisingly) [4atch the undertined phrases y/ith i1o_:s 3 phrases in the box. Three of the \vo-cs :-: phrases are not needed. 3 compLetely ruined high late near reasonably priced unlikely well recently hard nearLy probably unbeiievably 3 Youte very early; did you drive? (fast) 5 We'LtaLmost certainlv move to the country next 1 This new computer is not expersive at all, My uncle speaks Polish lLuentLv 0ur holiday was totallv spoilt by the awful She hasn't been comingto lessons in the last The class foufd the €xercise drfficutt. 7 8 lMy son is almost six years oLd now iimmy gelting a promotion seems rather hard to believe Sheila handed in her essay e.fteli!t!.a9!Ue. The clents willexpect to get a discount. (certainLyJ 10 The plane flew at a ereat heieht over the city. 6 ll .nowed hrougl-o.l ou ,lolad,'. (.Fa. lJ,' Vocabulary I verb phrases with fdke Choose the correct words to complete the sentence5. , NF:r v ,l rhp qt dpnt< tha q 'n/av A took part of B took in C took part in You should never take good health A for grant B as granted C for granted A l(orean company has that old factory. A taken over B taL(en up c taken ollt tried it for a month but d dn't real[y that A take to B take at c take in Seeirg the sun set over the mountains really too( ray breath A over B out C away H€ wasn't pay ng much attentiof so h€ didn't A it in all B it all in C it all through It djdn't worry me ai all, I took A it in the stride B allin my stride c jt allin mystride The use ofelectric cars has never reaLty ir the USA. A taken oll B taken part in c lakef o, E Narrative tenses 1 Compleie the seniences using the correct form ofverbs ;n the box. Use the clues to complete the crossword. 3 build cLean have invade play start take wait watch work 1 /\,lillie was covered ln dust. She the loft allnrorning. Russia in 1812. I managed to Finish my essay while the children in the gardef. Bythe iimethe train arrived I for more than two hours The Great Pyramid 400O years ag0, about was de{ayed by the traffcsowhen got to the gollcourse lfound my friends without rne. Across 4 What is the _ dress ol your country? 5 I got a job if lMarch but lor ihe two months was 6 The pyramids are the greaiest monum€nts of- Egypt I There was rationing th€ Second World War. 9 l!,ly grandmother is jn a home for people Down Som-" of my auni's clothes are vely old L.lp until that I had been an engrneer _ clothes arer't aLways expensive. That old hotel s full of beautiful furniture. whar will life be I k€ in the 22rd 1 W€ television when we heard an enorrnous bang in the By the time I got down to the sw mmifg pool the other guests all the sun beds. Whei h-" got home lack collapsed onto the sofa, exhaust€d he at the factory all day. 3 6 7 10 a bath when I heard ihe news on tne laoro- Vocabulary 2 Match the objects l-12 with the describing/materiaI words a-I. Articles 4 Choose the correct alternative. 1 a weddirg ring 2 a mtrror 3 a pair of swimming trunks a lycra c rough d oentrn Isambard Kiflgdom Brunel Isambard Klagdom Brrmel was (1) nast/ttu nast/a nast lan/].ous Bdtush engineer of thc 19$ centuy. Bom m 1806 in (2) d Poltsi nauth/the PorcLnautwattsltlDlltlLhjs tust major work was the co.shution of a nilway behvcm London and Brjstol in the west of England The construchon ot (3) a htilra:ty/ the railun{nilulty ]nyolvedbdldjr.g (4) a tunleL/tunftl/thL t1ltLtlcl nea r the towr of Box in Some$et. It l\as ihr€e kiomehes lon& (s) langest/a longest/ttu lal:.€tsf tunnel e\-er conslrucied ai the ume AJter his success with raiLwal's, Bnmel tumed his aiiention to (6) Lht ships/ships. He wanred io connect his railwav line in B siol with Ner{, York nr (7) Uniled Slnks/a United Stdtes/the Ulited Stafes h1 1838 he built the 'Great Western', fie tust large steam po .ered ship, which crossed (8) lle ,,ltlantic/Atl0nth/a11 Atknth n ody fiJteen days. Bnmels' next project $.as to b.uild (9) the shipla ship/ship made or iron- He achieved this ]n 1843 r'ith ihe 'Creat Bdtain' It was also d1e tust to be driven by (10) /1 ptupeLLelrhe pnpellet (11)'Ihe ambinan/An anbilian/Anbitian and (72) the stubbarn eiss/ a strtubamness/stubbainness were the Sreat€si features of Bruneys chffacterr he alvays slrova to desi8n the bitgest:Lnd best 4 bed sheets e gold 5 lce 0n a toao f slippery 6 acushion g streichy 7 a pair ofjeans h soft 8 car tyres i leather 9 a wedding dress j shiny 10 an elastic band k rubber 11 a mountaln paih I cotton 12 expens ve 5hoe5 5 Eightofthe sentences contain mistakes. Find 7 Choose the correct alternative. Vocabula,ry 1 Watching the sursei in Hawaii took my breath Adjectives and adverbs friendly. than the others. students. the mistakes and correct them. 1 Heinrich often afiives lately lorwork. 2 We had io drive slowly because ofthe heavy 2 lt's very hard to take /r/ort allthis raln, 3 I find people around here are general quite 3 Marco's relaxed about what happened; he took 5 Daniela left in the corner of the room her suitcase, 6 Th€ children Forgotstup;dly to bringtheir 5wimming costumes. 7 Ha wasn'r dangerougly driving, buI he wa: going quite Fast. information, Glasgow branch. completely tor"/ol granted. a Chil&en love feeling excited. 9 There is a lot ofcrime 1n this place where neighbouts live. 1l all I his stepslstride. 4 She's much better; she's leelin g fl nely today. 4 Mr Lester is going to take undetlaverthe 5 My sister can type amazingly quick. 5 Despite studylng hardly, l\,laria failed the test. 5 Young people often take rnodern technology 7 flave you seen any good films recentLy? E lihought that book was more interestingly 6I'mtakingpartin/afademonstrationagainst the war, to lor ages. Europe, 6 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the 8 Rewriie the sentences using nouns to replace c0rre.1 otoer. the phrases in itorcs. 9 Have you ever noticed how h/ghly lrogs can 7 Dan took ot/to his fianc6e's parents as soon as iump? he met them, rc This is definite the best restaurant we,ve been 8 Ptaying cricket has n€ver really taken oui/offin r The professor in a friendly wav treats allhis She writes books fota living She is o writer t Ernma loves being a mother, 2 lsabelis the oldest defiritely student in our 2 Hoving friendsisthe most importani thing for rlasr. pepe. 3 David plays the piana professionally. 3 washed this morfing the sheets. 4 We need to incrFase rh" onounl we ptodutc. 4 [4y brorhe forgers sompt nec hi9 P.N nunoe = ; . 5 Being hoppy is morc importdnt than wealrh. 6 l'm notverypleased with the thing you aftonged, 7 Professa( GtanI invents things. 8 5he has a personality warm and caring, ro Mv broLLer fldl.es o /iring tLudying physis. Reading b a Read the newspaper article and choose ihe best title. I Newspapers'DeadLyRivaL 2 BloggingWebsites 3 The Internet News lMil[ionaire b Read the articte again. Mark the sentences true (T) or fatse (F). 1 Drudge catls himseli'the ultimate blogger'. n 2 He loved news and current affairs even as a child. ! 3 He was a joumalist fot The Washington Star. a 4 lhe Intemet didn't exist when Drudge was a child ! 5 Drudge got his news fiom talking to people. ! 6 He interviewed l!4onica Lewinsky in 1998. n 7 The Drudge Repott is very usefulfor people who want up to date news. ! 8 Matt Drudge doesn't thifk the lnternet wjll take over From fewspapers in the future. n c Find the foltowing phrases in the text and match them with the meanings a-j. sprung up (para r) ! stems from (para 2) n ! ^.: ' -L ' , ,- ^, T- ,d 'duLd, uu5r55LU,, rPd,d z, t l dead end jobs (para z) ! sifting through (para 3) ! lnside stones (para 3) n juiciest gossip (para 3) n breaking news (para 3) n a 'must see' resource (para 4) n news junkie (para 4) ! thjngs that are happering now someone who wants to know the latest news allthe time lookingverycarelully ataltthe details to find something an overriding interest in something began/originated with a very usefuL or valuable place to flnd things information from people who are involved in actualevents workthat has no future and doesn't lead to a appeared irom nowhere exciting or shocking scandal the descriprjon He co.sjders the D dg. Re?ai t., be r propet nwrFper, very different ftoLr rhe trousdds of weblogs which havc spflng !p on Dtu.tge's fxscidtron for news xnd gossrp steds ftoh 2 childhood iob deli\-e.hg pzpers for Tbe llTtLngto, .vaf, It ga\e hh plerq' ot tinre m.L oppoftdty to catch up qth tbe hiest navs Uoinrcrcsted in school vork or spo.! DNdge devciopcd a f,nxticil obseslbn n'lth tu@u.s and polidc.l gossip ,\t school ris on\. good lnades qete fbr clurelt afiens. FoIowDS a sedes of dead-end lobs Drldge cndcd !p n los Angelcs h the 1990s, just in time for d1e be$ndng of vhaL was to become fie htenet. Thc flcdglng Wodd vlde N/eb rv.s x ferble hunung grounl for Dtudge He spdt hours sirug dlrough the newsgloups and ru.Lhehtary vebsitcs that L\en cisted, se.tclans ft. rumous an.l insi.te stotles ftom the polincxl and cntct jndent earlds He l2unched the ,,24r a4,r rvebslte i. 1995, a drily 'rmour bule|n' con'ainirg las versioD oi rhe la|est end juiciest gosslf from Hollvood aod Vhshington Alwars man,glng to be .he nrsr witn Lrtcaling news, Drudge's success was assuied who hc bccdac dt ntst person 'o publicise rhe Monica Lcwinskl Nou'vid, a tunovcr of ovcr $1 nillion a led hd hary thousands of subscribets, the ,zljd -Rl,i7 has bccome a'hust see'tesouce fot those hugty for the hrest nels and gossi| But vill drc ever incre,sing avaiialriliry of oqvs oo the lntehet nexn the end for ifs older rival, the convcntlon l newspapet? Dtudge doesnt &lnk so He sees $e t\o wddng together r\s f2r as dre nc$B ju.lie Dtudse6 corcetned there crnroer @ rhi, i' ivt,n o'"ag., 3 5 7 I 9 d f c t Lifammaf I fstructures t1) 2 Rewrite the sentences using conditionats. Start each sentence with f. Be carefulwith modaL verbs. (rst Conditional) I hope he asks me to marry him because I would accept. lf he asks ne to morry htn, I'll accept. 1 'm plani ng to get a Laptop so I can send emails when l'm travelling Complete the dialogue using appro:a::: conditional forms ofthe verbs in brac{E's. 3 Ann: Exactly. lf ld been paytng attention, ii (,) _ (not happen) Officer: Any idea who did it? Excuse rne. I G) _ 0fcoLrs€, madam Let deta Ls. Your name? l\4rs Ann Kendalt. And where and when did this ha:: = - At Denham's department store, a::_ tweniy rninutes ago. I put my bag c:,,_ tvhile lwas paying atthe r€gister. And someone too( your bag? Not really. lt there b) _ 0e) anyone suspicious, I would have not cec, Malibel hopes to pass the driving test because slre wantsto buy a car (2nd Conditional) The goverrment wants to buiLd more roads but they don't have enough money. lfthe governmenL had more maney, it would bujld 4 d li(eto swim more often but ldon't live near d pool join a choir but can t srng. 0fficer: OFficer: Officer: Officer: Of{lcer: Officer: Officer: ldon't want to be Late hope the train com€s for my ifterview so l on tirae, Tery would I ke to traveL around the worLd but he's scared of flying- HeL€na didn't go to the concert beca!se she lost the tickets. l\4aLi( m ght have got a promotion but his saLes figures were disappointing. We had to queue up lor tickets so we missed the start ofthe show Officer: Were there ary security cameras there? Ann: don . ,hinl .o n su.o rla! t4l (tetl) me iithey had had any. And whatwas in the bag? Everythjng. My mobile phone, keys Any credit cardsl Yes, one The thtef mighi try to use it. Well, ifyoLr G) _ (phone) y0ur credrt card company now, you (6) - (be abte) to cancelthe cards be[ore anyone can use them OK. But what about my keys? The thref might be able to get into my house_ Was there anyth;ng in your bag that had y0ur address on it, like a driving licence? No, don't th nk so Well, don't worry lithe threi (7) _ (not have) your address, he (8) (not know) where you live, wiLlhe? No, I suppose not Do you think there's any chance of me g€tting the bag back? it3 hard to say, bLrt ifafybody (9) - [nnd) the bas, we (1o) (contacu you stra ght away. lrnagine you are a famous persor], Write a diary entry or a bLog about an exciting day in your life. Write about 1oo words. Look at thc questions and page 5o of the Students' Book io help you. Wher€ were you?/Why were you there? What happened?/What rime did it happen? How do you feelabout what happenedl Cel;a's dream is to unfortunately she (3d conditional) I met him because I went to the cinema. lf I hodn't gane ta the cinena, l wouldn' t have 7 Dave wof th€ prize because he knew allthe Writing Vocabulary I physicaI movements Choose the correct alternative. 1 Graham felt very relieved when the plane leared/ldrded safely on the runway. 2 'n gairsta leaplflip across the stream lt's of Ly a rnetr€ wide 'j Dan't leanlbend autoiihe trair window lt'sdargerous. 4 You shouLd always stretch lbend yarf knees when lifiing heavy obj€cts 5 A good cure for backache is io [ie on your side and ledr/frck your knees under your chrn 6 A good sense of bal6r.e/sr1l/rg is the secret to riding a b cycle. 7 Katre hit the ball and watched t,.oi1/fllp alongthe ground. 8 ln the forest the monkeys wete sMng ng l stretcrlrq from tree to Vee. Wfiting I explaining how to do somethrng 2 Rewrlte the exptanaiion of how to change a flat tyre as instructions. lJse imperatives and short sentences, The first two instructions have been done for you. . Stop the car . Put on the handbrake. How to change a flat tyre GetUng a puncture in one of your cars tyres can be \,ery annoying and rt's dangerous to aitempi to drive a car ihat has a flat tyre. Luckiy, changing the tyre is really ouite easy First oi all you should stop the car and make sure the handbrake is on Then look in the boot of the car and find the spare tyre, take t out and put it on the ground Then you can take out the jack and the wrefch they're Lrsually kepi n a frag somewhere in the car boot, lf your wheel has a cover, you should rernove it. Us ng the wrench, each of lhe nuts should be loosened slightly (one fu I turn counter-clockwise) Now you are ready to raise the car off the ground. Carefully position the jack (your car owner's manual w ll te I you where you need to place i) and gradually raise lhe car about 10 cent metres off the ground by turning ihe handle on the lack Now you can use the wrench to completely unscrew the nuts on the whee, After removing the nuts you'll be able to pullthe wheel off. Don't fofget to put it in the boot so you can take it to be repaired laterl Now you should ift up the spare wheel and slip it n1o positlon, putt ng the nuts t'ack and tighlening them up by hand - don't use the wrench Once you've done lhat you can ower the car back on to the ground Now it's time to really tighten the nuts - so use the wrench and tLlrn the nuts clockwise as hard as you can Replace the wheel cover if you've got one N,4ake sLrre you've put ihe jack, the wrench and the old wheel in the t'oot and you're ready to gol . l dead end jobs (para z) ! sifting through (para 3) ! lnside stones (para 3) n juiciest gossip (para 3) n breaking news (para 3) n a 'must see' resource (para 4) n news. lacilties .a.taf [ - "" /ft 0 Foufded by lvlar.u. Sarrer in Lofdol r 1 833 the compary rnerged with the Roya Dltch grolp in 1907 Shel's nternational headquaders js now n. i1o_:s 3 phrases in the box. Three of the vo-cs :-: phrases are not needed. 3 compLetely ruined high late near reasonably priced unlikely well recently hard nearLy probably unbeiievably 3 Youte