This title is a TopicBased Course Preparing Students For The First Certificate Examination. Special Focus Is Given To Vocabulary Expansion, With Sections On Words Often Confused And Phrasal Verbs In Every Unit.
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Grammar and Vocabulary
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11 Meat: to eat or not to eat?
ic of dreams
12 The power and mag
13 Goodies and baddies
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GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 1
By the years of this century, he hacl (3) started 10 produce cartoons in Hollywood in
(6) with his brother Roy, who, for some reason, never (7) wo become as Famous as Wall
Disney is perhaps most well known on (8) of his lovible cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, who first
o in 1928 in a film called Steamboat Willie One of the mọx (10) —— cartoon films of all time is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which, when it was C11) in 1937, was the first full-length cartoon in the history of the cinema
(12) the 1950s, Walt Disney had become one of the world's major 13) ‘of films for cinema and television, As Disney Productions (14) , its founder retained complete artistic control of the films und! he also (15) on to publish books for children and cartoon strips in newspapers, featuring such characters as Donald Duck and Pluto the dog,
B In spite of
1 completed Bearly
B released BSince Bownery Benlarged
B put
€ disagreement already
C Although Cleft
C beginning Cyet relationship
D failed
D initial
Da 1D membership
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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 Ifa line is correct, put a tick (/) Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word
Duck Tales: The Movie
during all the holidays In spite of a few hostile reviews, audiences up and down the country have been queuing
creations: Uncle Scrooge and his esizy nephews Huey
Dewey and Louie After years of searching, stingy Uncle Scrooge has at last discovers the fabulous lost treasure
of the legendary thief, Collie B slips through his fingers and
2 But when the treasure rooge comes back home
empty-handed, except for an ol lamp in which, of course,
magic Genie Scrooge’s nephews will try to change their lives as they come up with more and more things for the Genie to do However, the evil Merlock also Wants (0 get hold of the lamp Sparks fly away as Merlock does everything he can to steal the Genie
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 Fame and fortune
Macaulay Culkin
fone of the most (1)
while he was sill an (2) —
— and well-paid stars in Hollywood FAME
Now he has grown up, he ADOLE
can look back on a (3) which reads like a fairy-tale, CHILD
‘There are indeed few American children who can claim to h:
been the most famous child in the world This was the case with
e reviews from the cities, who are not noted for FAVOUR, their (9) towards child stars, Culkin’s career did not KIND
fend with Home Alone, As a0) ———— he went on 10 TEEN
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 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,
0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bieyele
too Mỹ ướt too young to
1A knock at the door interrupted Dad’s story
3 Twas approached by a stringer who asked me the way
4 The total sales for this video are already over « million
sold
5 He hasn't stopped talking since he came into the room,
been
6 Seeing a cartoon for the first time wa
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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
@ — (80) on to shake off the ‘wonderkid? label later in life and 3) ——
(manage) to become successful adult actors Others, on the other hand, (4) (conti
appear in films but with very litle of the success they (5)
majority of them (6) (disappear) soon after their first appearance snd cinema:
M (not/see) them since
(have) as children Sadly the
‘Our own gener
movie magazines () (refer) to them These young stars (10)
(make) not only a name for themselves but also a lot of money In recent years on the big screen we
ap (see) Lukas Haas play the boy who (2) (witness) a murder
in the film Wintess, He 13) (make) other movies since then, but he
CỤ CC (nov become) a big name in Hollywood, The most famous of th
undoubtedly Macaulay Culkin who (15) (eam) as much as, if not more than, the mos superbrats is expensive superstars in Hollywood
6 Choose the correct tense in these sentences,
1 T can't come out now because | finish/P'm finishing my homework,
2 You've dropped your wallet, TIVEm 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 broadeasting/They broadcast the match live when rain stopped play
ight you lost your wallet?
Tye read/I've been reading a new thriller by Stephen King It's so good | can't put it down,
Thad been waiting/I had waited for ages for her to write before finally the letter arrived
9 When I will finish/1 have finished reacling this book, I'm going to read another one by him
10, OK, Fm going now but Pil see/I'm seeing you at the same time tomorrow
7 Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets
(broadcast) the programme on TV twice already
2 TV chat shows inerease) in number all the time
3 ews the first time the actor (eeeive)suh bad meviewx
51 (watch) TV for hours ~ P've had enough!
6 Tusualy (tell) the kids a story before bedtime
71 — (go) to an exhibition of modern ant Last week
8 Asit (snow) all night the roads were blocked
9 The most popular film he (make) so far is Riding High
10 We looked out of the window and saw it (rain) so we stayed in,
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historical appear
1 Would you like to live in the centre of town or in the 2
2 He to be very serious, but in fact he has a great sense of humour,
3 She is now, but she was out of work for over a year
4 Tourists to Barcelona can visit great number of monuments
5 Can you this letter from English into Italian?
6 ‘The Indians were the inhabitants of America
7 My country: olives and citrus fruits and exports them to other countries,
8 What would you say is the most V programme in your country?
9 When you have a party, you have to do a lot of beforehand
10 The of the telephone revolutionized communication berween people
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Phrasal verbs:
3 Replace the underlined words in these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below Make any other changes that are necessary Use two of the phrasal verbs twice
make up take up look up come up come up with drawup,
putúp putupwih holdup — goup give up
1 Ifyou can'think of « funny
ory that really happened, then you can invent one,
[fyou can't come up with a funny story that really happened, then you can make one up
2 On Saturday morning | usually sit down and make a list of all the things T have to do, then something happens unexpectedly and [end up only doing half of them,
6 One way to get a lot of money is to rob a bank, but I wouldn't recommend it,
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 Somy I'm late, I way dchiyed 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, C or D 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
h cử ALone (0) Ế — oranotherwe probably all have Theres no (1) in getting depressed about it now — it's no 2) crying over spilt milk However, there may be some (3) in thinking about exactly what happened and why because we might be able t0 (4) some conclusions for the future
(One thing we all do now and again is to lose our (5) _with a friend or close (6) The odel thing is that we more often display great anger (7) someone we're (8) of than towards strangers, The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to let off bit of steam in
6 A relationship B member C familiar D relative
10 Aceffect Beonsequences Cconclusion D punishment
12 A thought B considered C regarded D believed
Mi Atelling B saying C speaking, D describing
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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 Use only one word in each space After each space you are given a clue to the kind of word that is missing
@ flexive pronoun) so they don't forget important obligations How many times (4)
(auxiliary verb) we all said, ‘I wish I had remembered” How (5) _(adverb of frequency) have we ded people by failing to remember (6) _ (pronoun) birthdays or name days?
o (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 i (9) (preposition) to them next time
but unfortunately the da
ay
(On the other hand, we sometimes do (12) (very or 100?) much for someone else hecause we want 10
tage has (10) (auxiliary verb) done and our relationship with that person (modal verb, future) never quite be the same again,
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 4
3 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, ifa line is correct, put a tick (/)
Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word,
Positive thinking
#00) Positive thinking does not mean you to have to find every
4 00 idea absolutely wonderful, It does mean you have to be
ready to explore
‘good features it may hus The next step might be to find ta idea and to uy and bring out whatever
the weaknesses in case the idea and to try and strengthen
them, rither than for using thet
better one or because, good though it i it is not the suitable
8 There is nothing wrong with being positive about an ide
9 at first and then rejecting it later, when you can see that
10 it won't to work Iris easy to be negative and esitical and,
11 it is time We had showed less respect for this kind of
12 destructive thinking and emphasized on creative thinking
13 more We should first make ourselves list the positive things
_—_ 4 about an idea before we criticize it Too much talent is wasted
15 in the negative thinking So remember ~ think positive!
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4 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
My ideal job
One thing 1 know is that wouldnt ike to have an (0) ebeuupation _——_occuy thủ hat do Wi pian, G1 or maths canst Tam not the @) type atall In fac, school Twas SCIENCE complete (3) In these subjects, Nether am | very PAIL
oun at dealing with poople, nor am 1 sojobsin AMBITION
business, administration and (5) _ dont really interest MANAGE ine either, Moreover, [find it () to be surrounded by IRRITATE
a Jot of people; I would much ra
to live comlonably
Questions and question tags
5 Complete the questions in the questionnaires below, then choose one of the questionnaires and write your own answers
You and clothes
0 Doyen dress bare Deshi oF ater?
Lusualy dress before breakfast
1 yon ve the same kind of clashes five year oa you eo lo?
2 somone else buy your clothes for you?
you ever bought anything and then not worn it
4 you fashion conscious?
does it take you to get dressed in the morning?
6 do you wear when you go to 1 ps
pats of shoes do you have?
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Your est friend
1 has this person ticen your best tend?
2 ‘ere you when you Fist mt? At school, work or somewhere ele — your friend bom inthe same year as your
Wen quality do you like most in your best friend? -
+ Your frends personaly similar or dierent
6 des most ofthe talking, you or your tend!
? never gue with your fiend? What abou?
6 Complete these questions with a tag
You coulkin't lend me some money, could you »
ways lived in the same
6 You'd never steal anything, 7?
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, 2
iving advice
7 Give advice on these problems by finishing the sentences below
1 My boyfriend says he wants us 10 split up
wt were you, (A talk to him and try to find out why
2 I'm hopeless at maths and T need to do well at it
‘The best thing to do
3 Lean't keep my weight down
Why don't you uy
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5 Tm alNays broke
"
6 My boss says I don't work I
Don't you think
No one ever writes me letters
You could try _
8 Lcan't get up in time to go to work
1 would threaten to call the police
——— Wrling to them first or giving them a ring, cating 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
1 Complete this table Sometimes there is more than one possible adjective
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2 Complete these sentences using one ofthe adjectives from the table in exercise 1 in each space
5 People are bom, they grow up and eventually they die; just like the leaves on a tree Its _
6 They are the pop group 1 like best They are my
She tells some really great jokes, She is ——
8 She drives slowly and always looks in the mirror Sh driver
9 She sent me a present alter I helped her to pass the exam, She feels —_ tome
10 Students should listen to what the teacher iy saying in class, They should be
Phrasal verbs
3 Complete these dialogues using the correct form of one ofthe phrasal verbs below in each space holdon
wkeon get on counton goon pputon—turnon
Feaveon tryon putthough fetdown take upset up
ArHello, can you) put me through 1
A:Tm sure you won't, We'd like you to (6) your duties immediately, if possible
` Bi do Don't worry, I won't let you down You can (8) ——— ín thấy company, you have 10 work hard me
` ` with the letters I don't think we've finished yet
A: Do you think this pullover suits mez
B: Why dont you (10) a
n exhibition of photographs at the Arts
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~ 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, B, Cor D best fis each space
Lisbon: on the waterfront
“The organizers of EXPO 1998 in Lisbon have a big () A on their hands They aim to (1)
‘The EXPO committee want 10 (6) building an expensive four-month festival which will 7) ———
forever, Instead, they would like (0 give Lisbon something which will be around (8) _ itis ll over Iris clewr that Lisbon has learnt from the (9) — Seville’s EXPO 1992, a successful (10) which, however, left behind a desen of expensive but (1) buildings
The intended site of the EXPO is a five-mile stretch of river which (12) people know about because itis occupied by outdated industries that (13) _ the environment, When the fair is over, an (14) more than five times the size of EXPO's 60 hectares will provide propenty for (15) and businesses in city in which there is a lack of both
A celebration, B festival C year D anniversary
15 A dwellers B neighbours householders D residents
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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, Ifa line is correct, put a tick (/) Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word
Leave it at home
7 0) Cats became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting
twill 00 around Tis is sill rue when you will drive along a quiet country
road or a modern motorway As far as you getting from one place
to another in the city is concerned, it isa different story, Whenever
5 the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an elficient means
6 ofa transport The other day my wife was feeling a bit unde he
weather She had been having terrible headaches for some long
8 time and she decided she couldnt take it anymore and asked from
9 me to give her a lift to the doctor, whase surgery is in the centre
part of town We live in a suburh in the old quarter of the city and
11 itis about twenty minutes away on foot On the way back, however,
12 itis all uphill and T must to admit it can be exhausting, especially on a
13, hor day, Reluctantly 1 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 —T knew we were beginning a long journey
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 Far from the madding crowd?
We live in a new residential area on the outskirts of London Iris
a quiet (0) neighbourhood riety maken a
of the atmosphere and the fiver Another (6) is the ADVANTAGE night life ~ there isn't any IF you want (7) you have ENTERTAIN
to invent it yourself or drive into (8) London, with all CENTRE the hassle of finding a (9) arking space, Luckily, it surr
is only five minutes walk from onr house to the nearest
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Present simple and present continuous
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 fist
sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given You must use between two and
five words, including the word given
0 My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle
My sister is
1 Trains are rarely late in my country
time
2 She never stops saying how much she dislikes public transport
complaining
3 My flatmate studies history
share
My neighbour often plays loud music and it really iritates me
10 You moan about the weather all the time and it gets on my nerves
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5 Complete this text using the correct form (present simple or present continuous) of one of the verbs below in each space Use one of the verbs twice
fed ruin eg feel write stay have
look smell it » wih take hope
Dear Mavi -
He (1) arm ering toyou trom our sive, new country cottage Inthe village of Foxwood
tới out myself or abut the He LA) think 1 toll you my parents fd bough dis Old, eighteenth century cottage because they everything s well with you Lonh (2) at the moment Ta yan o_ isa good place to bring up keds T suppose they (6) a poi Tim su đi this fresh air doing me a of good and t suppose ic only Ơ) an hour to get
wo the ety centre from Here, And have toads very prety Ast write 1~8) — at the
kitchen window, which (9) —
For watks there I(1D sight now so L can’t go for my litte stroll as 1 planned The flowers tonto a lovely wood and I often (10)
a) — lovely this time of yes
So, in many ways, life is OK, On the other hand, there isn't much else to do here, W's so quiet and the peacefulness q3) to get on my nenes AL ihe moment a friend of mine from Spain
ay with us and that’s great Her name's Pilar and she comes from Pamplona, We
as 4 great time together, but what am T 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 tenses where appropriate
1 ‘This man was driving a big lorry along the high street, Suddenly he came to a comer and a small
car that was coming up behind him crashed into the back of his lorry
Hey? shouted the driver of the ear, ‘Why didn't you put your hand out to signal
to tum right?
Are you crazy? anywered the lorry driver W
This man is driving a big lorry along the high street
you were going,
at would have been the point of sticking my hand out
man was driving along a country road, admiring the beautiful scenery Suddenly another car appeared
round at 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 angry, the
tumed the comer sn opened his window and shouted back Cow?
But just as the 1
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3 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 couldnt sce my lorry, how could you see my hand?
© be erashes into a huge pig in the micklle of the road,
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3 Complete these sentences using one of the words from exercises 1 and 2 in each space
Cars go at a much higher speed on the Motorway
1
2 The —_ has decided to call an election,
3 Most of the in this town is caused by cars and factories
4 you have any about the food, go and see the manager
5 I's quite easy to the weather nowadays using satellite information 6A goes around a city and avoids traffic in the centre,
of a new office block has begun in the centre of town
he in the road; they are very dangerous
‘They should repai
9 Isthere no to the problem of overcrowded cities?
10 As he was driving along the main street he suddenly tumed into a litle
Phrasal verbs
4 Match the phrasal verbs in list A with their meanings in list B Four of the phrasal verbs have more
‘than one meaning,
1 get away a give a lift
2 get away will have something retuned
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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 Use only one
word in each space Use the articles a and the more than once
A day in Spain
‘The morning in Spain lasts 0) #18! 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 having 2) dlink and so the evening begins, Dinner is served from nine o'clock and the evening may
continue well into the night
There’s no town, large or small, without (3) main square and it is (1) great public festivities take place, (5) square is the: heart of community life, In the past, the entrances £0 the square used 10 (6) blocked so that it could serve as a bullring, something which is sill done (7
Villages where they do not have their own bullring,
In the cities, bars are popular mecting places where one goes for (8) aperitif at lunch-time, to drink a lass (9) _ wine with friends und to try the tapas, which may be anything (10) olives to seafood Afier work comes the feriulia or informal club hour (11) men gather and, (12)
a glass of wine, discuss (13) news, polities and football or tell jokes The end of the aftemoon is (ái people often have cup of chocolate or, in summer, (15) refreshing, cold drink and churros: delicious, twisted fritters
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 Ifa line is correct, put a tick W)
Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word
An international summer camp
0 For the last few of years, my children have been going t0 a summer camp
00 in nonhern 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
iL mine, are keen on adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras
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of opportunities to practise their English as English is the only language spoken
's of Chalkidiki, It is andl huge (120 000 square metres) and is just a stone's throw away from the clear
siding and table tennis Other sponts include basketball, volley-Dull
‘The Camp ends with a sports contest in the last week which all parents are invited 10 attend,
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
A tip round Europe
Greece and Spain, the customer is expected to pay a litle extra
for) service As for bars and pubs, again customs SATISEY
In Britain, one (6) doesnot have to pay a tip in CERTAIN pubs, while in hotel hars itis 7) common t leave FAIR your small change behind, This is the case in (8) too, GERMAN but in France you leave a tip only when drinks are brought 10 your
table In the (9) of European countries, with the MAJOR d0) of Ireland where it applies only in top horels, EXCEPT
porters reeeive a
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ip for carrying your luggage to your 100m for you
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Articles
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
0 My sister is not old enough to ride # bieycle
too
My Sư foo young to nức abisde
1 the mame of my dois Rover called
5 aly is where we went for a holiday last year
6 Americans are usu
States
People
ly quite self-confident
re usually quite self-confident
7 ‘The medical profession is a difficult one
doctor
Being
8 John is sill veceiving treatment in the clinic
hospital John receiving treatment
9 Chileren don’t attend classes on Saturday
school
10 You can do a lot of things both day and night in Barcelona,
at
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5 Complete this text with their, some, a, the or @ (when no article is needed) Sometimes there is
more than one possibilty
Here are (1) S0ME sips help you yet on well with Q) French on your next visit to
eo ‘beautiful country, When you first meet someone, do not star sing C4) fist name, except with (3) younger people, It is best to watt to be invited to use (6) first names The proper way t0 greet someone is “Bonjour, Monsieur or Madame.’ (7) Trench like conversation,
When you are speaking to (8) — French people, do not be surprised if they keep interrupting you and even raise (9) woices; it is quite normal (10) French people shake hands much more than (1D Americans or most Furopeans: if you fail t0 shake (12) _ _ hands, you may be considered rude, Close friends will kiss (13) cheeks (once, ewice, even three times), However, itis more a light touching of cheeks than (14) true kiss, One of (15) :miost common mistakes non-native speakers of (16) _ French make is when expressing their age In many languages one says 1
am X years old’, whereas in French one says, “L have X years,
Word order
6 Put these statements about customs and culture into the correct order
1 should/talk you/at/small/parties/make (Britain)
You should make small talk at parties
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7 Are the statements in exercise 6 true for your country? Write similar sentences about customs and
culture in your country, using the topics in brackets,
1 Most of the words below can be both verbs and nouns Underline the ones that are only verbs and
the ones that are only nouns —
park visit food drink meet tlk shop buy cat dress stroll lamp tum suit order pay
Now complete these sentences using one of the words above in each space
1 Afier the meal, how about going to the pub fora?
2 You got that CD for only five pounds? That was a very good :
3 Whose is it 10 answer the next question?
4 Tahways at the supermarket ~ i's quicker and cheaper
5 There's nothing like a along the sea front on a sunny Sunday morning,
6 When I give an _ Texpect you to obey,’ said the general
7 Why don't we pay our neighbours a on Christmas Fe?
Word formation
2 Complete this table
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Phrasal verbs with turn
3 Match the words and phrases below with the phrasal verbs they go with Many of the words and phrases go with more than one phrasal verb
the radio crime drugs
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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 bes fits each space
Laurel or Hardy?
Te was a music-hall comedian in England before he went to America in 1910, In those (0 — É — he oftlen
a Chaplin, He made his first sho film in 1918 but did not (2)
competitive (3)
Putting Pants on Philip in 192 ‘of screen comedy The
partnership The humorist leo MeCare
his own ws
to understanding their relationship As a (L1)
paicl wwice as much as his friend because he believed he was (13)
B colleague Bclaim
Many critics (5)
{0 establish himself in the film he made with his famous fat (4) was called that he was the more creative (6) of the him a rare comic who was intelligent (8)
markably talented, while his partner was (10)
Unroughout their care pant in their creation, his partner was incapable of creating anything at
C days
C resembled fail
© position
© partner
C refuse Cadtor
© deserihed enough
to make up
so and this is the key together he (12) on being,
noice as much, While he wrote the films
Il it was nuuzing how
D week Dik
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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 aline has a word which should not be there, write the word
A sense of humour
Yo Have you noticed how ofien people are happy to hear the same joke
(0 over and over again? One reason, of course, is that they have not Tam sure i
2 something to do with getting at the sime pleasure more than once
1 Do you know it? or Tave you heard it before?’ people must always
6 surprising that if joke is worth hearing, itis worth bh
¥ an infectious disease than to have a sense of humour He argued,
9 tongue-in-cheek no doubt, that although that people who possess a sense
_10 of humour have a good time, they do never actually achieve anything
_ 11 important, whether good or h 1 This, thought Nash, is because when
14 a good laugh at themselves As a result, what might to have been a
15 great achievement is left unfinished,
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5
5 answer something like, ‘It doesn't matter, le’s hear it again.” It is not such,
ing several times,
1 think it was Ogden Nash who once said that it is probably better to have
12 people with a sense of the humour begin to do anything important, they
15 can't help noticing how so funny they look doing it, so they stop to have
3 For questions 1-10, read the jokes 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
1 The boss of big company broughrall iso) employees ropetver and told them he hd 1 take He od them he had
ji a tae WOR wir BOG? RSE NA WA
“ the bad news he continued, sha
2: wha are the (5) become a (6) Te howl Bae veel wha pati for any young person who wishes 10
to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year and have the
Ow afterwards to explain why
3 A judge, in sentencing a (8) recently, stid: Tm going to give
you the maximum (9) Fm going to let you go free, so you
can worry about taxes, inflation, (10) _ bills and everything else,
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Unit 5
Now match the jokes with these punchlines There is one extra punchline which you do not need to use
just like the rest of us they never do Wwe are bankrupt it didnt happen
Past simple and past continuous
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 ‘ve words, including the word given sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given You must use between two and
) My sister is not olel enough to ride a bieycle wo
Mysiweris tao young to tide a hicyete
1 Daring his law studies he met his fature wife studying
While _ _ he met his future ite
2 she had more freedom shen her father was ahgoad travelling
White she had more freedom,
3 hud been atthe pany too long and 1 92s bored! enjoying
1 because {hal Been there too long
Andrew said the mistake was my fault
blamed
Te misbehaved all the time, even when the teacher told him off
8 Tewas windy all day yesterday blowing
When he got to the pany everyone was chatting
the pany everyone was chatting and eating
10 ‘They
were ite dinner and discussed the problem at the same time
_ discussed the problem, While
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5 Match the clauses in list A with the clauses in list B to make complete sentences
1 He stayed up late a because he was trying to lose weight
2 He had bis hair cut b because she was wearing jeans
3 She looked much younger © because the baby was erying
1 She laughed d because he was leaving,
5 Lwish I had worn my overcoat ¢ because it was freezing outside
6 He packed his bags £ pecause music was playing in the background
7 He refused to eat any cake g because he was going into the army
B He felt very uncomfortable hy because he was revising for an exam,
9 1 coldnt hear a word she said 1 because he was sitting on the floor
10 The atmosphere was pleasant | because people were telling, jokes,
6 Complete these sentences using the past continuous form of ane of the verbs below in each space Use one of the verbs twice
1 T went to bed early because 1 vas lng tired
3 He learnt the text by heart when he for the exam,
+ He couldn't answer the phone because he abath,
5 She lost her purse while she the shopping,
6 When he got home at three in thẻ morning everyone _
‘They couldn't go for a pienie because it outside,
8 He can't be the murderer because he ‘Tall evening
-phone răng just as to bed,
7 Answer these questions using the past simple or the past continuous You can use some of the verbs below
dance jump watch seream — celebrate ugh:
1 a What did you do when the telephone rung?
b What were you doing when the telephone rang?
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3.4 What was everyone at the party doing when the lights went out?
) What did everyone at the pany do when the lights went out
were you doing when the fire broke ou
b What did you do when the fire broke out?
5 a What were you doing when you heard about your success in the exam?
b What did you do when you heard about your success in the exam?
member appoint champion empty enjoy gOOd excile fond friend —_ enter
happy hard lazy manage amuse partner retire sai - scholar stingy
2 Complete these sentences using one of the words from exercise 1 in each space
1 Scrooge is famous for his with money
2 Money doesn't always bring, -h people are often miserable
3 How much does of that club cose
i Lean't see you at five because I have another
A good adventure film is usually Full of
6 He went into with his best friend but the business went bankrupt
My favourite form of isthe cinema
8 Which team do you think is going to win the
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2 set Ð the place where the actors walk and talk
3 role © the part an actor plays
{ box office the person who writes the text for the actors
5 applause © where the action takes place, for example in a room oF a forest
6 scene F what we can see in the background, offen painted
7 director 8 where they sell tickets
8 stage Ih the person who tells the aetors what to do
4 Now write definitions for these words,
Phrasal verbs with take
5 Replace the underlined words in these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below: Make any ather changes that are necessary Use one of the phrasal verbs twice
lake in takeafter take up take off take to takedown - take báck
" He lakes after his grandfather
2 Tm afraid | didn't like John at firs it took me some time to like him,
Why don't you accept the offer of a job with the record company?
6 If you pay cash, Il give it to you for five pounds less
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6 Talking sense
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 Use only one word in each space
How do we see in 3D?
When we look across a field, how (0) @_we know that one distant object is bigger than another
a that one object is behind another, notin (2) of Tn (3) words, how do wwe see things in three dimensions, in proper relation to (4) che instead of secing everything “at? the answer is that (5) we see things, we see them not (6) with our eyes but with
o minds as well we see things (8) the light of experience, Our minds and memories help) to interpret what we see For instance, experience gives us an idea about the size
dò _— things A man (11) 3 boát some điganee from the shore looks much smaller
gu — aman on the beach, But you don’ think (13) fone isa very large man and the
an 1 very small man, What you say £0 yourself is that one man is nearby’ and the other is
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 Ifa line is correct, puta tick (/),
Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word
How do bats know where they are going?
46 Aneodd thing about bats is that they do not have a good 7 o# eyesight, athough they have to hunt for the food during
the night Infact, bats do not rely on their eves to find out their way They use a kind of radar system which works like this: when they fy, bats make high-pitched sounds Which are so high that human beings cannot yet hear them, The echoes from these sounds are thrown back t0 the bat while iis sill into the ait, The bat can tell whether the echo came from an object nearby or much far away and it will change the direction of is flight to avoid to
9 crashing into the object Bats depend on flying more than
10 most animals, While birds and insects also fly, they have
11 and the ability to walk about if necessary However,
12 bat cannot walk very easily because of its limbs and
13 feet are not suitable; it ca ily
11 So itis actually then easier fora bat to hang upside
15 down from a branch than to sit on it
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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
All about owls
For thousands of years the owl has been a (0) _@reature which CREATE,
thay had a special (1) for people Primitive people hac) MEAN
‘many superstitions about the owl, (2) because of the MAIN
strange sound of the cries it makes, In many parts of Europe, the
hooting of an owl is (3) to be an omen of death THINK
In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of 4) — wit WIRE
was closely linked with the female (5) Athi Gob
The ovis bird that really comes to life at night and its whole
body is (6) suited to this way of living SPFCIAL
An owl has very (7) hearing and a remarkable
is) to sce in the dark, If there are any other anima
around at night, it will hear them (9) , and because the TMMEDIATE
owt is S010) of its tervitory, it will frighten them away PROTECT
with its strange hoot
Comparative and superlative adjectives
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
0 My sister is not old! enough to ride a bicycle
too
My sister is too young to os ride a bieycle
1 Objects that are close are clearer than objects that are distant
clear
This month's test and last months test were eq
ist
This month's test
last month’ test
3 My brother lives nearer to: me than my mother does far
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4 As people get older their eyesight bec
In many countries people choose a dog as a pet
popular
8 Our sense of smell is not as good as that of most animals,
sense oF smell than us,
9 There's no animal as beautiful as a horse
1 The elephant has the longer/longest nose (or trunk) in the animal kingclom
2 The elephant does mucli/more with its nose than/that any other animal
3 There are most/more than/of 40 000 muscles in an elephant’s trunk,
4 Elephants have worse/worser memories than most animals,
5 An clephant can run more fast/faster than i human being,
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VOCABULARY
Word formation
1 Complete this table
(voman) appear
detect direct discover entertain explode follow immigrate inhabit manage protect speak understand)
How many suffixes are there for different kinds of people in the table?
2 Match the words for people from the table above with these definitions
1a person who goes to other countries to find work =
2 person who checks your answers and gives you marks ©
3 person who lives in a place
4a person who finds things and people
5 a person who finds countries =
person who keeps you from harm =
8 a person who is a supporter or fan of someone else =
9 person who talks in public =
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Unit 6
Animals
3 Use the clues to complete the names of these animals
the biggest land animal
the fastest log 9 one of the most dangerous insects = m —
bd 10 onc of the most poisonous creature wal = — —
one of the most useful animals t© people = h _¢ 12 the biggest creature ofall
one of the biggest and most powerful birds
the tallest ani LI the fastest animal in the world
13 the most dangerous creature in the sea
# one of the biggest birds but the worst at lying = 0 16 one of the slowest animals
Phrasal verbs with go
4 Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below in each space
Use each phrasal verb more than once
goout &OOTE gotirough godown goon goup
rm — 960 through a luan túc at thề moment
at seven o'clock,
'
3 Lset the alarm to
5 The show very well with audiences
6 There was a fire and the building in smoke
7 Tm to the north of the country to visit fiends,
8 She just without saying anything
9 The temperature’s today: it’s colder,
10 What way your mind before the operation?
It She ofthe building and through the main gate
12 Don't keep about your ex-boyfriend; i's boring
13 Prices are always aren't they?
14 This cheese has ‘Throw it away
15k these figures, We must make sure they are accurate
16 Please and finish your story
Answers for the elephant quiz, page 33
2 True, An elephant does all of the following with ity km per hour The top speed of an elephant is 40 km trunk: smells; breathes; sprays water (or sind) over per hour,
its body: puts its food in its mouth; blows trumpet 6 Tre, It was about the size of an African elephant calls; pulls down trees; detects insects in the air and 7 Te,
carries heavy objects 8 False Dolphins and primates are easier to train,
4 False They have good memories: if you attack them, 10 True,
they won't forget it!
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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 visit to Toledo
Toledo (0) _B our dramatically inst the blue, Castillian sky It is as spectacular (1) itis rich in
history Every comer of the city has a tale t0 be (2) _ which reflects a brilliant (3) in Spanish
istory There is something to see and enjoy at every (4) in Toledo Walking along the maze of narrow, winding lan
visit as there are many (7)
“The Burial of Count Org
you (5) _ churches, old houses and palaces, Allow at (6)
which should not be (8)
ave bet
fone whole day for your
‘The magnificent Cathedeal, which dates back interest Another unique experience is the El Greco House and Museum,
nay to this attractive, sixteenth
of the museum is 4 complete series of individual portraits of the
9 A little B enough C outstanding D excellent
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Unit Z
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 Ifa line is correct, put a tick (7)
If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word
Strasbourg,
_— Ý_—_ 0 9msbom ` —” 0 ‘Thanks toa favourable geographical positon ~ atthe
1 crossroads of waterways andl overland routes ~ Ue area
has always been an important European city
ơn which the Strasbourg now stands hay been inhabited for since the Bronze Age In the Middle Ages, it was un important economi
strong that by the fifteenth century it had become a free
century and welcomed free thinkers and refugees from
8 Switzerland, aly and France These newcomers have
boury
10 has became part of France Germany conquered it in 1870 9 greatly enriched the city’s cultural life In 1697, St
1 and it was only returned to France after the end of the First
12 World War, Ie was agai
13 World War and suffered some
14 city was been chosen to be the headquarters of the Council
occupied by Germany in the Second
sat destruction In 1949, the
15 of Europe, and since 1979 it has been come the seat of the
Furopean Parliament to which, at present, fifteen counties send representatives
Exam practice: Use of English, Part 5
3 For questions 1-10, read the text below Use the word given in capitals atthe end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line
Madame Tussaud’s
Madame Tussauds is one of the most popular (0) _ a@@éractions _ in
London and as itis very Q) in summer,
you get there early, This famous and highly (2)
museum contains life-like wax figures, which are (3)
brought up to date, On display are CÁ) mode
famous people, from the latest pop stars to (5) _ figures,
You can also see toclay’s politicians and the most well-known TV
Co You can buy st combined ticket which will allow
you (7) to both the Museum and the Planetarium next
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Present perfect simple and present perfect con!
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 frst 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 ol enough to ride a hicyele:
too
My sister is _ too young to = Fide a bicycle
1 The building was first used in the nineteenth century since
2 This is not my first visit to Toledo
been
3 Maria started learning co drive last year learning,
are far more theatres in the city than there used to be
_— in the city recently,
5 T started correcting these tests yesterday and [ still haven't finished been
6 ‘The exhibition opened just a few days ago only
7 Films on TV are better now than when I was a child improved
8 T moved here a couple of months ago
9 T first started learning Spanish when I went to Mexico for a holiday since
10 Irs five years since we went to Ireland for
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