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week grammar vocabulary reading comprehension

1 Part 1 –1. gr.11, ex. 1-23. gr. 12, ex. 1-26. gr. 13, ex. 1-2

Part 1 -4. voc. 5, ex. 1-25. voc. 6, ex. 1-2 part 2 –8. voc. 7, ex. 1-2

Part 1 –2. reading, ex. 1-2

2 Part 2 -10. gr. 14, ex. 1-2part 7 –41. gr. 23, ex. 212. gr. 15, ex. 1part 3 –2. gr. 16, ex. 1-2

Part 2 –9. voc. 8, ex. 1-211. voc. 9, ex. 1-214. voc. 10, ex. 1part 3 –5. intermediate lesson, ex. 2

Part 1 –7. reading 9, ex. 1-2

3 Part 4 –4. gr. 18, ex. 1-2-36. gr. 19, ex. 1-2-3

Part 4 –2. voc. 11, ex. 1-2part 5 –1. voc. 12, ex. 1part 7 –42. voc. Course 1, ex. 1-243. voc. Course 2, ex. 1


4 Part 3 –4. grammar 17, ex. 1-2 5. int. lesson, ex. 3part 4 -2. gr. 20, ex. 1-2part 6 – 33. gr. 22, ex. 1-2

Part 7 –43. voc. Course 2, ex. 244. voc. Course 3, ex. 1-245. voc. Course 4, ex. 1-246. voc. Course 5, ex. 1


5 Part 4 –4. gr. 21, ex. 1part 7 –41. gr. 23, ex. 1noun + pp (gr29)

Part 4 –3. voc. 13, ex. 15. voc. 14, ex. 1-26. voc. 15, ex. 1-27. voc. 16, ex. 1-2

part 3 –1. reading, ex. 2part 4 –3. reading 12, ex. 1

LEVEL WORKIntermediate

The exercises in this bundle are in a different order than those on the internet. Therefore, check this table carefully. You can find the answer key at the back. Have fun.(De oefeningen in deze bundel staan in een andere volgorde dan op het internet. Kijk daarom goed in de onderstaande tabel. De juiste antwoorden vind je dan weer achteraan. Veel puzzelgenot.)

Level WorkIntermediate

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LEVEL WORKintermediate

part 11. GRAMMAR 11

i1mixed *Exercise 1

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

Research has 1_____ that excessive music damages 2_____ hearing. In fact many young people now 3_____ from deafness from regularly going to discos 4_____ the level of noise is 5_____ high that they have to shout to make themselves 6_____. Unfortunately, in spite 7_____ modern technology, noise is very 8_____ part of our modern world - planes 9_____ overhead, traffic thundering 10_____ busy roads, television, portable radios, all produce noise 11_____ which we have become so accustomed that we hardly notice 12_____. In fact people going on country holidays have 13_____ known to complain that it is 14_____ quiet. They actually 15_____ the noises they are used to in their daily lives. The problem is that noise, 16_____ it does not necessarily cause deafness, causes stress and this 17_____ in the long run prove harmful. However, the decision about more or 18_____ noise cannot be 19_____ to scientists alone. It is 20_____ to us to decide what kind of world we want to live in.

ig2structures *Exercise 2

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it.He was ...

Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money.

1) She said she was sorry she hadn't finished her homework.She apologised ...

2) He left college four years ago.It ...

3) 'Can you lend me five pounds, John?' said Mary.Mary asked ...

4) The hotel was fully booked.There ...

5) It's no use waiting any longer for the bus.There's no ...

6) It isn't necessary for you to go to all that trouble.You ...

7) Have you used all the coffee?Isn't ...

8) I haven't smoked for two years now.I gave ...

9) What is your father's profession?What does ...

10) I like swimming.I'm ...

2. READING COMPREHENSION 8

irc1mixedup *Exercise 1


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Put the sentences of the following story in the correct order.

1) 'I want you to paint a picture of me. How much will it cost?'2) 'But I'll have to keep my socks on, because my feet get cold, and I'll have to wear something to put my brushes in.'3) Then she thought that, as she had a very beautiful body, the artist might be happy to paint her picture more cheaply if she wore no clothes while he was painting it.4) 'Five hundred pounds,' said the artist.5) 'Oh?' said the lady.6) The artist thought for a moment.7) 'And how much will it cost if you paint me without any clothes on?'8) 'That is a lot of money.'9) One day a beautiful young lady went to a famous artist and said,10) So she said,11) 'One thousand pounds,' he then said.

irc2 and but so *Exercise 2

Complete the following story with the conjunctions "and", "but" and "so" in the correct places.

The Second World War had begun, _____ John wanted to join the army, _____ he was only 16 years old, _____ boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. _____ when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18._____ John's brother had joined the army a few days before, _____ the same doctor had examined him too. This doctor remembered the older boy's family name, _____ when he saw John's papers, he was surprised.'How old are you?' he said.'Eighteen, sir,' said John.'_____ your brother was eighteen, too,' said the doctor. 'Are you twins?''Oh, no, sir,' said John, _____ his face went red. 'My brother is five months older than I am.'

3. GRAMMAR 12

ig3perfecttenses *Exercise 1

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Make all the necessary changes.

1 You (can't see) Jack yesterday. He is out of town.2 If you had been there, we (have) a good time.3 By the time you (finish) work I (be) at the cinema for hours.4 He (have) lunch tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.5 I thought you had forgotten (come). I (wait) for you for two hours.6 Why hasn't this letter been written yet? It should (write) yesterday.7 He said he (wait) since 4.8 You ever (visit) Madame Tussaud's?9 While I (watch) TV, my brother (play) the piano.10 I (buy) this house two months ago.11 Tom should (open) the door when he saw me.12 I wish I (have) more money; now I can't buy this dress.13 If you (listen) to him, you would have learnt a lot.14 Mary said they (go) to Italy next summer.15 I am not used to (work) hard.16 If they (arrive) on time, they'll call us.

ig4conditionals *Exercise 2

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Make all the necessary changes.


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1 We wouldn't have missed the train if you (get dressed) in time.2 Jill (come) to the party if we had invited her.3 If I hadn't called Tom, I not (know) the results.4 If you (go) to the concert, you would have enjoyed yourself.5 What you (do) if I had failed you at the exam?6 Where would Jane have gone if she (win) the first prize?7 You (be) angry with me if I had forgotten about your birthday?8 I wouldn't have told you the truth if I not (have to).9 They (give) me back my watch if they had found it.

4. VOCABULARY 5

iv1related words *Exercise 1

The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word.

Examples: He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK (answer: unlocked)Why don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE (answer: competition)

1) He used to visit us every Friday morning with unfailing _____ . REGULAR2) I found the whole experience extremely _____ . EMBARRASS3) There are a number of _____ we can investigate before we take any action. POSSIBLE4) When he was younger, he was _____ to read as much as he could. COURAGE5) Much to her parents' _____, the girl went to live and work in London when she was only seventeen.

APPROVE6) She's a nice girl, but she tends to be rather _____ . TALK7) All the children were given an _____ against measles. INJECT8) We had an interesting _____ about jazz. CONVERSE9) Their holiday in Africa last year was an _____ experience. FORGET10) What we need is something or some way to _____ the legs on this table. STRONG

iv2relatedwords Exercise 2

Look at the following examples of how adjectives are formed:

enjoy - enjoyable, response - responsible, practice - practical, care - careful, drama - dramatic, child - childish, attract - attractive, harm - harmless.

Now make adjectives from the following words using the suffixes above. In some cases, more than one adjective is possible.

1) fool2) believe3) atom4) produce5) terror6) music7) hope8) progress9) forget10) rest11) rely12) success13) horror14) sense15) talk16) self17) reason


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18) politics

5. VOCABULARY 6

iv3relatedwords *Exercise 1


Examples: He took out his key, UNLOCKED the door and went inside. LOCKWhy don't you go in for that COMPETITION? You might win it. COMPETE

1) You can only really learn a sport well if you have a good _____. INSTRUCT2) You can't really depend on him to do anything. He's most _____. RELY3) I must have _____ that book: I can't seem to find it anywhere. LAY4) The noise of the planes taking off over our heads was _____. DEAF5) I know it's a little difficult to understand it at first, so I'll try to _____ it. SIMPLE6) To the best of my _____, John's living in France now. KNOW7) I'm afraid Mr Smith has been _____ called away on business. EXPECT8) This new law is ridiculous: they can't possibly _____ it! FORCE9) We still know _____ little about the wild life of certain parts of the world. COMPARE10) Along with poor health and overpopulation, _____ is one of the most widespread problems in the world today. POOR

iv4adjectives *Exercise 2




1) agree2) critic3) science4) use5) culture6) specify7) notice8) education9) athlete10) speech11) remark12) romance13) tropic14) mathematics15) philosophy16) break17) society18) Spain


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6. GRAMMAR 13

ig5mixed *Exercise 1

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

1) 'I have never eaten mutton.' '_____ .'A) So have I B) Neither have I C) Nor I have D) Either have I

2) _____ English people like beer.A) The most B) Most C) Most of D) The most of

3) I hope you _____ by my playing the violin.A) were not to disturb B) are not disturbing C) have not been disturbed D) did not disturb

4) You can take _____ orange.A) two B) all C) either D) both

5) She's recovered from her illness, _____ makes me very happy.A) that B) what C) --- D) which

6) Do you remember _____ Greg in Paris last year?A) seeing B) see C) to have seen D) to see

7) His new watch cost far _____ than his old one.A) more B) much C) most D) many

8) I wish I _____ younger.A) had been B) would have been C) were D) have been

9) She said she _____ to me, but she didn't.A) would have written B) will have written C) will write D) would write

10) If he _____ lucky, he could get the job.A) is B) had been C) would be D) would have been



Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it.He was ...Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money.

1) It isn't easy to study with the radio on.Studying ...

2) It was too cold for them to have the windows open.It was so cold ...

3) You paid more than was necessary for that dress.You needn't ...

4. Does he really need to make such a noise?Is it really ...

5) He played better than anyone else in the competition.No one else ...


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6) She was so angry that she couldn't speak.She was too ...

7) The journey was so long that we felt tired when we arrived.It was ...

8) Laughing at other people's misfortunes is unkind.It is ...

9) He was going to buy a house, but he didn't have enough money.If he'd ...

10) We didn't know you were coming, so we didn't wait for you.We'd have ...


irc3gap *Exercise 1

In the article below, three words have been removed. Find what words were in place of 'AAA', 'BBB' and 'CCC'.

Girl, 8, is expelled for 'crime' of father

A girl aged eight has been expelled from a private AAA in Merseyside because of a drugs allegation against her father.Olivia Avis, who attended the McKee AAA in Allerton, Liverpool, CCC put in a taxi and sent BBB unaccompanied into the care of her sick 13-year-old sister.She knew nothing of her father's alleged crime because her mother, who is separated from him, had been waiting to break the news to her.Olivia's place at the AAA came into question as news spread among parents of the appearance before magistrates in Manchester of Edward Avis, who CCC accused of conspiring to import a controlled drug. Pamela McKee, the head teacher, said she expelled the girl because she CCC under pressure from other parents who were threatening to withdraw their children. She admitted she CCC wrong to send her BBB unaccompanied.Olivia's mother, Elizabeth Avis, 36, from Childwall, said she CCC appalled by the AAA's behaviour and considered it outrageous her daughter could be punished for something her father CCC alleged to have done.She said: "Olivia CCC terrified and crying her eyes out when she CCC put in the taxi. They put my daughter under serious risk by sending her BBB alone."

irc4gap *Exercise 2

Ten words have been removed from the text below; they are given at the end. Put them in the right places.

Workers want more time with family

One in five people in work would be prepared to take a cut in pay to spend more time with their families, according to an opinion poll 1)_____ yesterday.Half of those interviewed by Mori worried about 2)_____ too little time with their families and one in four said it was 3)_____ to have a good family life and get ahead in the career stakes. The poll was carried out for the management consultancy WFD, which advises 4)_____ such as IBM and American Express on how to help their staff achieve what it calls the "work/life balance".It found that the 16-35 age group was most preoccupied with trying to 5)_____ this balance. Ninety-two per cent said it was at least fairly 6)_____, with the belief spread equally over men and women. WFD said this meant the "demise of the yuppie", as it proved that "fast cars and flashy penthouses are no longer enough for the 7)_____ and upwardly mobile".The issue was of most importance in the professions, where 98 per cent were worried about it;


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followed closely by 8)_____ of large companies, where 95 per cent said it was a major concern. High earners were more likely to worry about having too little time to themselves than lower earners. Fifty per cent of those earning more than 17,500 pounds were worried, compared to 36 per cent of those earning under 9,500 pounds.Single people were as 9)_____ as married people to be concerned by the lack of balance. Self-employed workers, however, were much less worried than others about balancing work and outside life. Liz Bargh, chief 10)_____ of WPD UK, said the poll was "powerful evidence" that the balance between work and life was one that more companies had to address.

Words to be used:

important - spending - executive - achieve – published - likely - companies - impossible - young - employees


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intermediatepart 2

8. VOCABULARY 7

iv5 make or do*Make or do?

Exercise 1

Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentences.

1) May I (do / make) a suggestion, please?2) His wife never (does / makes) any housework.3) How can you (do / make) such a boring job?4) The president (did / made) his speech and sat down.5) I have to (do / make) a phone call urgently.6) My children hate (doing / making) the washing up.7) You mustn't (do / make) any noise.8) Can you (do / make) the shopping for me, please?9) I've (done / made) my decision, and it is final.10) Who (did / made) this stupid mistake?11) I just wanted to (do / make) you a favour, you know.12) Oh, you're always (doing / making) such a fuss about small things.

iv6 make or do*Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of "do" or "make".

1) Have you _____ all the necessary arrangements?2) My son doesn't want to _____ military service.3) Do you like _____ crossword puzzles?4) Why don't we _____ something interesting?5) John _____ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful.6) You should really _____ an effort and finish this job on time.7) We didn't _____ French at school.8) Last year the company _____ a profit at last.9) I hate Jill; she always _____ trouble.10) We don't want to _____ business with you.11) Fred _____ an excuse and left the party.12) Try to _____ your best this time.


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9. VOCABULARY 8

iv7 related words *Exercise 1


Examples:He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK --> unlockedWhy don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE --> competition

1) 'I need some _____ of your identity,' the cashier told him. PROVE2) The room was quite _____, so we went to another hotel. SUIT3) She burst into _____ at his joke about the parrot. LAUGH4) 'Rain will continue _____ the afternoon,' the forecast said. THROUGH5) What's the _____ of this room, do you think? WIDE6) It's _____ easy to learn a language if you hear it all the time. COMPARE7) You get a very good _____ of food at that snack bar. VARY8) Don't drop that cup! All _____ have to be paid for. BREAK9) What awful handwriting! I can't read her _____. SIGN10) Your dress needs _____, Mary, if you want to be in fashion. LONG11) The news came as such a shock to them that they were both _____. SPEECH12) I thought the whole evening was very _____. ENJOY13) She didn't get the job because she didn't have the right _____. QUALIFY14) I'm full of admiration for people who overcome a serious _____ like that. ABLE15) There are certain things that families can only discuss freely in the _____ of their own home.

PRIVATE16) This is one of those cameras that can eject the film _____ when you press a button. AUTOMATIC17) She wouldn't have done so well without the constant _____ of her parents and friends. COURAGE

iv8 related words *Exercise 2

For the instructions, please see exercise 1.

1) John is _____ hardworking. EXTREME2) I didn't like the food. I found it most _____. PLEASANT3) He was sacked from his job because he was _____. EFFICIENT4) She was arrested because she was driving _____. CARE5) It was very _____ of him not to help you. KIND6) My wife likes the colour blue. I find it _____. ATTRACT7) He's a lucky man. He's been _____ married for eight years. HAPPY8) I bought a new car because the old one was so _____. RELY9) The dancer was superb. She gave a _____ performance. FAULT10) The passengers were frightened when the pilot flew _____ close to the building. DANGER


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10. GRAMMAR 14



Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it.He was ...

Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money.

1) Peter arrived too late to see his cousin win the match.Peter wasn't early ...

2) She would prefer you to buy a new car.She'd rather ...

3) I've never seen that girl here before.It's ...

4) The only food she can't eat is pickled onions.She can eat ...

5) Janet says she's sorry she was late this morning.Janet would ...

6) Mr Warden's funeral took place last week.Mr Warden ...

7) They paid more for their meal than they needed.They needn't ...

8) 'I don't think you should carry all that money in your hip pocket, Alan,' Margaret said.Margaret advised ...

9) The traffic was so heavy we went by underground.It was ...

10) Your only chance of getting a seat is to queue.Unless ...


Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

With a screeching of brakes, the car stopped outside the supermarket 1_____ the bank. Three masked men leapt out and raced across the road to the bank which was 2_____ opening. It was the early morning rush 3_____. Everyone was hurrying to work, so nobody in the street took 4_____ notice. The men pushed their way into the bank, slamming the door 5_____ them. Seconds 6_____ the alarm went 7_____. The men reappeared, dashed to their waiting car, 8_____ the driver already had the engine 9_____. They jumped in and the car took off, disappearing 10_____ the corner at top 11_____. When the police arrived, they found two bank clerks shot in 12_____ chest, the manager locked in his office, hammering 13_____ the door and a third clerk 14_____ unconscious on the floor. It was he 15_____ had managed to sound the alarm 16_____ he was hit on the head with a gun.The car was found 17_____ in a side street but the robbers are 18_____ at large. They got 19_____ with 140,000 pounds in cash. The police have issued a description, but so 20_____ no one has come forward to help them with their enquiries.


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11. VOCABULARY 9 - prefixes

iv9 prefixes *Exercise 1

The three most important negative prefixes in English are:un- : unhappydis- : disapprovemis- : misinterpret

Complete the following sentences using a word that starts with one of these prefixes.

Example: In some countries men and women receive _____ pay. What do you think of the idea of equal pay for equal work? Answer: unequal

1) I was sure I had locked the back door, but when we got back home, I found it _____.2) John and his wife usually agree, but when it comes to money matters, they always _____.3) We found people in country areas very friendly, but people we spoke to in the cities were very _____.4) I always thought that Bill was totally honest, so when I found out that he had been _____, I was very shocked.5) The shop said the toy was _____, but it didn't take the children long to break it!6) I've always found Mary very kind, so I'm surprised you said she was _____ to you.7) I like nearly all fruit, but I have to say I _____ bananas.8) I was sure I had understood what you meant, but obviously I _____ you badly.9) I hope that peace and order will come out of the present situation of terrorism and _____.10) At first we were satisfied with our hotel, but as it became noisier and noisier, we grew more and more _____.11) You can bring cooked meat into Britain, but you can't bring in _____ meat.12) Some of your ideas are helpful, but I'm sorry to say that some are _____.13) Last year's festival was very _____, but this year's much better organised.14) Two runners qualified for the 100 metres, but two were _____ for using drugs.15) Why don't we stress the similarities between us, instead of the _____?16) No sooner had we packed than we had to _____ again. The plane was delayed.17) The opponents of factory farming say it is _____. The natural thing is for animals to be outside, running free.

iv10 prefixes *Exercise 2

Use the following prefixes to make words to fit the explanations:

over-, mis-, anti-, non-, re-, pro-, pre-, ex-, post-

A) too enthusiastic B) not a driver C) place wrongly D) the former king E) do again F) after 1980G) in favour of war H) before 1900 I) against nuclear

Now use the words in the following sentences:

1) The _____ demonstration marched as far as the power station itself.2) I can't give you a lift. I'm afraid I'm a _____.3) This work isn't good enough. You'll have to _____ it - and this time be more careful.4) _____ women were expected to stay at home.5) I don't know where I've put your book. I must have _____ it.6) Calm down! Take it easy! He's only a pop singer. There's no need to be _____.7) The _____ comes to England quite a lot to visit his relatives in Buckingham Place.8) The Conservative Party became more popular in the _____ period.9) I thought you were a pacifist. How can you say you would have been _____ in 1945?


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12. GRAMMAR 15 Grammar explanation

Here are some English verbs that can be followed by 'ing' or 'to+Infinitive', but the meaning is different.

form meaning examples common mistakesremember+-ing

= remember something that happened in the past

- He'll always remember visiting London for the first time in his life.- I remember going for walks with my grandfather when I was young.

remember+to+infinitive

= not forget to do something

- Remember to post these letters, please.- I'll remember to tell Tom the news.

* Please remember doing your homework before you leave.* I remember to see Mary yesterday.

forget+-ing = forget something that happened in the past

- I'll never forget seeing the Queen.- We can't forget eating shrimps for the first time.

forget+to+infinitive

= forget about doing something that should be done

- They always forget to give me my letters.- I won't forget to phone Mary.

* Don't forget writing to Mary.* I'll never forget to meet Michael Jackson when I was ten.

stop+-ing = not do something any more; finish

- I think we should all stop smoking.- He had to stop learning French because he had no time.

stop+to+infinitive

= stop because you want to do something

- Every half hour I stop to smoke a cigarette.- When we heard the crash we decided to stop to see what it was.

* You should stop to smoke because it's bad for you.* When his father arrived, John stopped saying hello to him.

go on+-ing = continue doing what you've been doing

- Do you really want to go on playing football in this rain?- He didn't mind the noise; he just went on reading his book.

go on+to+infinitive

= continue with something different

- After the introduction he went on to talk about his topic.- When he finished his coffee, he went on to explain the new rules.

try+to+infinitive = make an effort to do something

- Try to work harder this year, please.- We tried to move the washing machine, but it was too heavy.

try+ing = do something as an experiment, to see what will happen

- Have you tried driving in London?- Why don't you try using a hammer?

regret+ing = be sorry about something that was in the past

- I regret phoning John; it was a bad mistake.- You'll never regret buying this excellent machine.

regret+to+infinitive

= be sorry about to give bad news

- I regret to tell you that your uncle died this morning.- We regret to have to inform you that your services are no longer required.


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Now do the exercise below.

ig9gerundinfinitive *Exercise

Complete the following sentences with the given verbs in the correct form. You will have to use each twice.

pay, close, work, complain, leave, tell, go, visit

1) I must remember _____ some money to pay for the repairs.2) She just went on _____ about everything.3) We mustn't forget _____ Monique when we're in Paris.4) Please remember _____ the door when you go out.5) I tried _____ in a department store, but it wasn't a very good job.6) I remember _____ the door, but I'm not sure that I locked it.7) Oh dear! I think I forgot _____ the rent this month.8) She complained about everything else, and then she went on _____ about the price.9) I must remember _____ to the dentist on Wednesday.10) I'll never forget _____ Paris for the first time.11) I really regret _____ everyone what happened. I should have kept it a secret.12) I remember _____ to the dentist as a child.13) You really must try _____ harder.14) I remember _____ the money in the drawer, but it's not there now.15) I regret _____ you that there has been a serious accident.16) I paid the electricity bill, but I don't remember _____ the rent.


irc7truefalse *Exercise 1

Read the following article and do the exercise that follows.

Hospital 'put plaster on wrong leg'

A two-year-old boy who was taken to a hospital's accident department with a broken leg was first sent home with painkillers and the following day had the wrong limb set in plaster.Ryan Stephen fractured his right leg after falling over a pair of skates at his home in South Shields. His mother, Alison, 32, took him to South Tyneside District Hospital, where he was given painkillers and discharged.She returned to the hospital with him the following day as he was unable to stand and an X-ray showed a spiral fracture of the right tibia. But staff put his left leg in plaster, leaving him to walk around on the broken one until his mother returned him to the casualty department for the third time.Mrs Stephen said: "By the time everything was sorted out it was 20 hours after Ryan had initially broken his leg. I want to know how something as disgraceful as this could have happened."A hospital spokesman said her complaints were being investigated.

Read these sentences and decide whether they are true, false or not stated (the article contains no information about it)?

1) Ryan arrived at the hospital by ambulance.2) The X-ray was wrong the first time Ryan visited the hospital.3) Ryan had no pains when he left the hospital after the first visit.4) The last two visits to the hospital happened on the same day.5) Ryan visited the hospital three times.6) Mrs Stephen is planning to take the hospital to court.7) The hospital said that they had made no mistake.


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irc8mixed *Exercise 2

The sentences of the following article have got mixed up. Put them in the correct order.

A) Also, the cigarette plays a patriotic song when puffed on, and, said Pu, "The mixture (of herbs) is also good against cancer."

B) The product is a cigarillo-sized tube containing Chinese herbs plus a small battery and microchip and a dozen other components, but no tobacco.

C) Chinese inventor Pu Danming recently claimed he had sold 50,000 of the "healthy cigarettes" that he introduced in Beijing in November.

D) The cigarette is not lighted; rather, when the "smoker" takes a puff, a light flashes on the end to imitate a burning ash.

14. VOCABULARY 10 - theatre

iv11 theatre *Exercise 1

Find the words for these definitions.

1) a person who writes plays - p . . . . . . . . .2) the part of theatre where actors and actresses play - s . . . .3) all the people who watch a play - a . . . . . . .4) all the actors and actresses in a play - c . . .5) the place in a theatre where you leave your coats - c . . . . . . . .6) this goes up at the beginning of a play and goes down at the end - c . . . . . .7) this person shows you where you can sit - u . . . . . . . .8) the ground floor of the theatre where people sit - s . . . . .9) musicians sit here and play during a play - p . .10) the person who helps the actors when they forget their lines - p . . . . . . .

-Exercise 2

The following pairs of words mean the same, but they are used differently in American English and in British English. Which word is the American version and which is the British?

1) theatre - theater2) checkroom - cloakroom3) stalls - orchestra4) box office - ticket office5) usher - usherette6) upper circle - balcony7) dinner jacket - tuxedo


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part 315. READING COMPREHENSION 11

-Exercise 1

In the following article two words have been replaced - 'AAA' and 'BBB'. Find what the original words were.

Vandalism by children as young as six was the main reason for a rise BBB almost 80 per cent in the number BBB AAA accidents last year, the Health and Safety Executive reported yesterday.Although the number BBB incidents involving fatalities remained low, the executive warned that the rapid increase in objects being placed on the line, the stoning BBB drivers' windows and arson attacks threatened the possibility BBB a major tragedy "with very many deaths".In 1996-97, the total number BBB accidents, including derailments, collisions and fires, rose to 1,753, compared with 989 in the previous 12 months. More than half were caused by vandalism.Instances BBB AAAs running into objects placed on the track increased by 53 per cent, from 488 to 741. Cases BBB arson rose from 256 to 302. Incidents BBB damage to drivers' cab windows, a category not separately reported before, numbered 468, BBB which 87 per cent were caused maliciously.Stan Robertson, the HSE's chief inspector BBB railways, said he was particularly concerned by the "massive and very disturbing" increase in the deliberate planting BBB obstructions such as masonry, stolen cars, disused washing machines, supermarket trolleys and bicycles.Recent incidents involved:- Children aged six, seven and eight who placed a pile BBB wood and stones on a stretch BBB the East Coast main line in south Yorkshire that is used by AAAs travelling at 125mph;- A group who wrapped a tennis-court net around a signal gantry and used it to drop rocks on passenger AAAs passing beneath;- A AAA derailment in Hertfordshire that caused a carriage to turn on to its side after vandals placed concrete on the track.The British Transport Police said: "These kinds BBB obstruction are now a daily occurrence. It's often children or young teenagers who don't realise the dangers BBB what they are doing. A AAA running at 125mph normally takes a mile and a quarter to stop. If it hits a lump BBB concrete, it could easily be derailed, resulting in multiple fatalities. This is an issue BBB extreme seriousness."The police want to see Railtrack and AAA operators making trespass more difficult by improvements to fencing, lighting and station design and by removing potential lineside hiding-places. The safety executive has set up a working group to produce new proposals for combating vandalism, which is due to report by the end BBB the year.

irc9mixed *Exercise 2

The sentences of the following article have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order.

A) But her younger brother Iskander, 10, also did so well in his maths and further maths A-level papers that he is keen to join her at university this September.

B) Sufiah, one of five brothers and sisters gifted in mathematics and tennis, will be matching the feat achieved by Ruth Lawrence 13 years ago when she begins her degree course this autumn at the university's last all-female college, St Hilda's.


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C) The children's father, a freelance researcher, said yesterday that his son was intellectually and emotionally ready for university, and he would be approaching colleges, including St Hugh's, to see if anything could be arranged.

D) As predicted, she easily overcame the final obstacle, an A-grade in further maths, last week.

E) Sufiah Yusof, the 12-year-old maths prodigy had a place at Oxford University confirmed yesterday - where she could be joined by her younger brother.

F) If successful, he will be just 11 when he goes up to the university, making him one of its youngest entrants since the Middle Ages.

16. GRAMMAR 16

ig11oneword *Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) How _____ are you staying here? 2) Please answer _____ their questions. 3) We want you _____ to do your homework now. 4) They will be with us _____ the next four weeks. 5) Mandy never helped _____ us. 6) Even I, _____ my age, go to the disco. 7) Do you attend _____ French classes? 8) What will we do _____ Saturday morning? 9) They don't work, _____ they? 10) We visited _____ Lake Windermere last week. 11) We organised _____ lots of events last year. 12) Students in the Sixth Form often study _____ their own. 13) We _____ to go to the cinema a lot when we were young. 14) What subjects did you specialise _____? 15) Shakespeare was eighteen when he married _____ Anne Hathaway. 16) This book belongs _____ me.

ig12tenses *Exercise 2

Put the verbs in the following sentences in the correct form. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer.

1) If you (give) me your cake, I (do) your homework for tomorrow. 2) They (play) tennis while their mother (cook) dinner. 3) You (have to) go to work when you (be) a little boy? 4) Mary (travel) to England tomorrow. 5) They (be) very happy when their parents (arrive) later today. 6) Look at those clouds in the sky - it (rain) soon! 7) She (not like) it if you (open) the window. 8) You (think) that Mary (come) to the disco tonight? 9) Jane (go) to the cinema yesterday, but she (not like) the film. 10) They (not have to) wash the dishes tonight if you (do) it for them. 11) They (buy) this car when they (be) in England? 12) Jane never (learn) the new words; she (get) a bad mark for her vocabulary test tomorrow.


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irc10missingsentences *Exercise 1

Eight sentences have been left out of the following article. Read the text and put the sentences at the end into the right places - but be careful, one of the given sentences is not needed. The first one has been done to help you.

Why do we need two ears?

1) E Even if you only had one ear that worked properly, you would still hear sounds and understand them. Having two ears helps us find out more about what is going on around us.

2) _____ Ears act as direction finders because sounds arrives at one ear before it reaches the other ear. Your brain measures the difference and automatically works out the direction of the sound.

3) ______ As we grow up, we get better at working out where a noise is coming from and how far away the thing making the noise is.

4) _____ They had to be able to track animals to hunt food. They also had to know which way to turn when large animals were tracking them.

5) _____ Bats, for instance, use echo-location to find their way in the dark. But directional hearing is still a very useful skill for us too. If you heard someone shouting for help, you would know which way to run to get to them. Our ears work best at listening to sounds like music or people talking, but animals have ears suited to different needs.

6) _____ Others have ears that work best for listening to very deep notes. Some animals can hear faint noises, while others are completely deaf. Snakes do not have ears at all and people used to think they were deaf.

7) _____ The bone vibrates when the air or the ground vibrates. Most insects are deaf but grasshoppers can hear through their legs. They call to one another by making chirping sounds with their legs. Dogs have superior hearing to us; they can hear notes that are higher than those we hear. If you blow a special dog whistle that makes a very high note, you will not be able to hear it, but any dogs nearby will hear the note and might come running.

8) _____

The missing sentences: A) But we now know that they can hear sounds through a bone that lies under the skin of the face. B) This skill is called directional hearing and it was very important to our ancestors in the past. C) With two ears we can tell which direction a sound is coming from. D) As we get near old age, we are often unable to hear well. E) Both our ears work in the same way. F) You may have noticed the way they twitch their ears to and fro: they do this to find out where a

sound is coming from. G) Wild animals still need this skill today, and many of them have better directional hearing than

people. H) Even very young babies turn to look in the direction a noise is coming from. I) Some animals can hear notes much higher than any sound your ears can hear.

Irc11train *Exercise 2

Read the text below and do the exercise that follows.

The train had stopped before a red signal which blocked the way. The engineer and conductor were talking excitedly with the signal man, whom the station master at Medicine Bow, the next stop, had sent on to meet the train. The passengers gathered around and took part in the discussion. Passepartout, joining the group, heard the signal man say, "No! You can't pass! The bridge at Medicine Bow is shaky, and would not bear the weight of the train." There was a suspension bridge about a mile from the place where they now were. According to the signal man, it was in a ruinous condition, several of the iron wires being broken; and it was impossible to risk the passage. He did not in any way exaggerate the condition of the bridge. Passepartout, not daring to inform his master of what he heard, listened with set teeth, still as a statue. "Hum!" cried Colonel Proctor; "but we are not going to stay here, I imagine, and take root in the snow?" "Colonel," replied the conductor, "we have telegraphed Omaha for a train, but it is not likely that it will reach Medicine Bow in less than six hours."


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"Six hours!" cried Passepartout. "Certainly," returned the conductor. "Besides, it will take us as long as that to reach Medicine Bow on foot. "But it is only a mile from here," said one of the passengers. "Yes, but it's on the other side of the river." "And can't we cross that in a boat?" asked the Colonel. "That's impossible. The creek is swollen from the rains. It is a rapid, and we shall have to make a detour to the north to find a shallow part."

Choose the correct answers:

1) The train got a red signal because A) it reached a station. B) there was something lying on the rails. C) it was dangerous to go on.

2) Which sentence is true? A) The station master ordered the signal man to explain the situation to the people on the train. B) The conductor sent the signal man to the station master. C) The passengers listened to the engineer and the signal man in silence.

3) They couldn't go on because A) the river washed away the iron wires. B) the bridge was likely to collapse any time. C) it was snowing heavily.

4) Passepartout A) couldn't wait to speak to his master about the situation. B) stood motionless while listening to the conversation. C) had tears in his eyes since he was so disappointed about the bad news.

5) Which sentence is true? A) The passengers would like another train to take them to Medicine Bow. B) It will take about six hours for the Omaha train to arrive in Medicine Bow. C) The passengers will have to make a short cut in order to reach Medicine Bow.

6) How can the passengers reach the next stop? A) By crossing the river on foot. B) By walking one mile over the bridge. C) By the next train.

18. GRAMMAR 17


Complete the following story with the words or phrases from the choices below.

Last week I was walking home after playing tennis when it started raining very (1)_____. 'Oh no, I will get soaked before I (2)_____ home', I thought. 'I wish I (3)_____ to bring my raincoat.' But unfortunately I (4)_____ it at home. Luckily, just a couple of minutes later a friend of mine was passing me (5)_____ her car and offered me a lift. '(6)_____ I give you a ride home or would you (7)_____ have a cup of tea in Sam's cafe?' 'I think (8)_____ go home,' I said.'If I (9)_____ change my clothes, I know I'd fall ill, and (10)_____ I wouldn't be able to play in the tennis tournament next week. And I've been practising hard (11)_____' 'I'll wait for you to change if you like,' she told me. 'I think it's time you relaxed for a change. You (12)_____ too much about things lately. And people (13)_____ worry too much fall ill more easily. It's got nothing to do with rain!'

1) A) heavy B) hardly C) heavily D) much 2) A) arrive B) will arrive C) will be arriving D) am arriving 3) A) remembered B) would remember C) had remembered D) have remembered 4) A) forgot B) have forgotten C) was leaving D) had left 5) A) in B) with C) by D) without 6) A) Would B) Shall C) Will D) Could 7) A) prefer B) rather C) like D) mind 8) A) I'd better B) I'd like C) it's better D) why not 9) A) wouldn't B) didn't C) hadn't D) won't 10) A) that B) after C) because D) then 11) A) for the last month B) since a month C) a month ago D) during last month


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12) A) worried B) have been worrying C) worry D) are worrying 13) A) whose B) whom C) who D) ---

ig14toomany *Exercise 2

Read the following story carefully. In some lines there's a word that is not necessary there - choose those words, but be careful, because in some lines there are no unnecessary words.

1) One evening a woman was so very frightened 2) when she saw a little mouse sitting 3) in the middle of the floor, and jumped 4) onto the chair and called for any help, 5) but nobody has came. 6) Then she remembered that she had had a cat. 7) She thought so it was brave enough to chase the little mouse away. 8) So she ran to downstairs to fetch it. She found the cat 9) and ran upstairs with it, feeling sure 10) that it would make the mouse to run away. 11) But instead of chasing the mouse, 12) the cat was jumped into the woman's lap - 13) it was the more afraid of the little creature than the woman. 14) The little mouse thought of that 15) it had never seen such a cowardly cat. 16) So it went into the kitchen and ate up all the cheese from the fridge.

19. Intermediate Lesson

Read the newspaper article below and do the exercises that follow

Wally, the 30-minute millionaire

Beachcomber Wally Taylor won a million with a lottery ticket - and gave it all away within half an hour. Mr Taylor, 61, who roams Queensland's tropical northern beaches in his mobile home, won a million Australian dollars (360,000 pounds) and handed it out at a rate of around 200 pounds a second. He gave it to 15 relatives, a couple of friends, the Heart Foundation and cancer research. As he reclined under a palm tree on Ellis Beach, a few miles from Cairns, he said: "I treated the caravan against white ants and kept just a few hundred bucks for emergencies. "I went from being broke to a millionaire and back again in 30 minutes. I am very happy to have traded all that money for a quiet life in the tropics. I'm not a nut. I reckon I spent my money wisely." The former navy rigger left the world behind and headed north after his divorce 20 years ago. He said: "Life is great up here. What better life could there be - eating fruit and coral trout and just taking it easy? I'd rather live in a caravan than a house. The neighbours are so much nicer." He still goes into his local newsagent's shop to buy a few lottery tickets each week. He said: "I'm still going for the big one, but if I win I'll do the same with it. I might only take 20 minutes to give it all away this time. I'm more experienced at it now."

Irc12Wally *Reading Comprehension

Decide whether the following sentences are true or false, or if the answer cannot be found in the text.

1) Wally lives in Australia. 2) He lives in a house on the beach. 3) He has 15 relatives. 4) He has spent all the money he won. 5) He had some money before he won the lottery. 6) He lives alone. 7) He works a lot. 8) He hopes to win again.

Iv12 Wally *Vocabulary

Find the following words or expressions in the text:

1) a big car that you can live in (two expressions!) 2) to give away 3) a stupid person 4) the person who lives next to you 5) slang word for dollar 6) a serious illness that kills a lot of people


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7) a person who has no money at all 8) in a clever way 9) to think, believe 10) not worry about anything

ig15firstconditional Grammar

Wally says: "If I win I'll do the same with it" This structure is sometimes called the "first conditional" or "future conditional", or simply "if structure 1". There are a lot of other structures that you can use with "if", but let's look at this one now. The important thing to remember here is not to use a future tense after "if", even if you are talking about the future. A lot of learners of English make this mistake - try not to do it. So, you can say "Mary will be very happy if you call her". OK, I know there are exceptions when it is correct to use the future after "if", but let's concentrate on basic things first.

Now put the verbs into the correct tense in the following sentences, using the pattern above:

1) If I (win) the lottery, I (buy) a Porsche. 2) What you (do) if the boss (give) you the yearly bonus? 3) Where you (go) if you (lose) your map? 4) If you (spend) all your money on sweets, you not (be able) to buy that car. 5) If we (catch) the 8:15 train, we (be) in London by midnight. 6) I (tell) you the truth if you not (tell) my father. 7) If they (work) like this for two more weeks, they (finish) it on time. 8) If Mary not (go) to the conference, Peter (miss) her.


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part 4*20. READING COMPREHENSION 13

irc5gap Exercise 1

Read the following text and complete it with the words given below, but be careful, because you need to use only half of the words given. The first one has been done for you to help you.

Words to be used: BETWEEN, WAS, BECAUSE, QUITE, SHARE, BEACH, CAR, QUIET, ALTHOUGH, LONG, HOLIDAY, PLANE, SPENT, AMONG, LENGTH, DEATH, HOLIDAYS, MOST, DIED, COAST, VERY, DIVIDE

The Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight lies less than five kilometres off the south (0)_coast_ of England. It is one of the country's best-known islands but, in spite of the short distance (1)_____ the island and the rest of England, a bridge has never been built to link the two. In order to get there, you must take a boat, or a private (2)_____. The island, which is about 37 kilometres in (3)_____ and 22 kilometres wide, has a population of 120,000, (4)_____ this rises in summer when tourists arrive in large numbers. People come here for the peace and (5)_____; it is an area of great natural beauty with delightful open countryside and long clean beaches. It was in the nineteenth century that people began to take (6)_____ on the Isle of Wight. The (7)_____ famous visitor to the island at this time was, without doubt, Queen Victoria. The Royal Family bought Osborne House in 1845 and the Queen, who loved the house, (8)_____ much of her life here. After her (9)_____ in 1901, the new King, Edward VII, gave Osborne House to the nation as he did not (10)_____ his mother's love of the house and had no wish to live in it.

Exercise 2

Read the text below and then use the words that follow to complete it. You must use each word once.

Irc6gap *Don't write me off, says Massey

Oxford United's Stuart Massey, victim of one of the worst injuries in 1)_____, has vowed: "Don't write me off just yet". An 2)_____ until he was signed up by his former 3)_____ Crystal Palace at the age of 27, Massey declared: "I came into the 4)_____ late and I want to stay in it. I'm not willing to give up that 5)_____ I get from playing just yet. "I haven't been in the game long enough. There's too much 6)_____ there for me to just say 'that's it'." The 33-year-old 7)_____ has undergone an exploratory operation on the right 8)_____ which was badly damaged by a tackle from Peter Beardsley in United's 2-0 win at Manchester City on March 7. He has been put in a full leg 9)_____ for five weeks to let the medial collateral ligament settle down but will need a major 10)_____, probably in early May, to reconstruct the knee which requires anterior cruciate repair. Massey is then looking at nearly eight 11)_____ before he can play again, taking him to Christmas - ten months after he suffered the 12)_____ - by which time he will be 34. With his 13)_____ at Oxford set to expire in June, inevitably there are 14)_____ over whether United will offer him a new deal.

Words to be used: game, midfielder, plaster, contract, electrician, months, hunger, club, injury, football, doubts, operation, knee, buzz


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21. VOCABULARY 11

iv13 eponyms Exercise 1

All the words in this exercise are eponyms. An eponym is a word that originally was the name of a person, place or something else, and then became widely used as a common word. Match the definitions with the eponyms below.

1) British policeman 2) tissue paper used as a handkerchief 3) when people decide not to completely ignore somebody or something, to show that they dislike

them 4) a closely fitting piece of clothing usually worn when doing exercise or dancing 5) vacuum cleaner 6) when angry people kill a person without a trial 7) a short, humorous poem; often nonsense 8) a game played by two or four people with rackets, on a court with a net 9) long trousers with very wide legs 10) the spirit or soul 11) an imaginary, wonderful land; paradise 12) a place where water with minerals in it comes out 13) a woman who is interested in intellectual ideas 14) ballpoint pen 15) swimming dress worn by women; has two very small parts 16) long rubber boots

A) pantaloon B) spa C) limerick D) bluestocking E) bobby F) leotard G) Shangri-la H) badminton I) boycott J) lynch K) psyche L) biro M) hoover N) kleenex O) bikini P) wellington

Iv14 verbs Exercise 2

Match the definitions with the verbs below.

1) go with somebody 2) make known publicly; say 3) change 4) hide 5) fly; rise far or fast 6) make a wide, unhappy smile 7) eat 8) suggest 9) pull a vehicle along 10) die or suffer from lack of food 11) excite; encourage 12) add colour 13) deal with; control 14) take or pick something suddenly

A) announce B) propose C) stimulate D) tow E) handle F) escort G) grin H) grab I) soar J) dye K) conceal L) starve M) consume N) modify


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22. INTERMEDIATE LESSON

Read the article below and do the exercises that follow.

Shop gets its own Supervalue card

A Hendon trader has decided to use his personal computer to fight competition from big retailers. Ahmad Amani, who runs David Allen's Supervalue Store in Brent Street, was determined not to be outdone by the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's and introduced a customer loyalty card of his own. "I trained in Information Technology and used my computer to design a card for my customers," said Mr Amani. "For every L5 they spend they get a sticker which they can stick on a card. When they have 20 stickers it gets them a L5 discount in my store." Mr Amani added Barnet Council could help small businesses by allowing customers to park outside on a Saturday morning.

Irc13 true or false Exercise 1

Decide whether the following statements are true, false, or not found in the text:

1) Mr Amani sells computers. 2) You can't park outside the shop on Saturday morning. 3) You have to buy 20 things at the shop to get a discount. 4) If you spend L200 at Mr Amani's shop, you'll get a L10 discount. 5) Mr Amani is a computer expert. 6) His card's design is similar to that of Tesco and Sainsbury's. 7) Mr Amani, Tesco and Sainsbury's started their loyalty cards at the same time.

Irc14 find Exercise 2

Find the following words in the text:

1) to work better than others 2) to let somebody do something 3) a person who buys and sells things 4) to say something more 5) a shop that sells a lot of various products 6) to decide something very strongly 7) a lower price 8) to manage a shop or a company 9) to start, bring to life 10) a piece of paper with glue on the back

Exercise 3

1) Where do you think this article was published? A) In a youth magazine B) In a national magazine C) In a local magazine D) In a council newsletter

2) What is the main purpose of the article? A) To criticise Barnet Council B) To inform us about a new idea C) To describe customer loyalty cards D) To introduce Mr Amani

Exercise 4

Here is an advertising leaflet that Mr Amani produced to tell everybody about his new customer loyalty card. Unfortunately, some mistakes were made when it was printed. Can you find all the mistakes?


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Dear Customers, I am happy to inform you about our new customer loyalty card. If you visit our shop in Barnet Street, you will be given a sticker every time you buy something. When you have collected 20 stickers, you will get L5. And there's some more good news for our Saturday shoppers: now you can park outside the shop in the morning!

23. GRAMMAR 18

ig16 prepositions Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary.

1) Thank you for reminding me _____ the party. 2) John's father has been accused _____ robbery. 3) Jill's parents don't approve _____ her new nose stud. 4) Jim's brother died _____ a heart attack. 5) Their program consists _____ eight parts. 6) Elvis joined _____ the army in 1958. 7) I wanted to pay _____ the dinner, but Jack didn't let me. 8) My mother wants me to pay _____ the telephone bill because she says I use it too much. 9) I'd like to thank my wife _____ everything she's done for me. 10) Do you think she will ever forgive you _____ this?

Ig17 prepositions Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences with one word.

1) I wanted to apologise _____ his daughter _____ my behaviour, but he didn't even let me inside the house.

2) Everybody blamed Joe _____ the accident, but they were wrong. 3) Mary blamed her failure at the exam _____ me. 4) A lot of people suffer _____ allergies. 5) Look, Johnny, I only want to protect you _____ this girl. 6) We'll see if we can go. It depends _____ the weather. 7) How can you live _____ so little money? 8) His friends congratulated Joe _____ passing his exam. 9) Do you believe _____ reincarnation? 10) Don't spend so much money _____ clothes! 11) Chris insisted _____ going to the cinema to see Godzilla.


Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary.

1) I can't concentrate _____ studying if you're making so much noise! 2) We prefer playing golf _____ playing snooker. 3) What happened _____ your new golden necklace? 4) This book will provide you _____ all the information you need. 5) I'd like to ask you to fill this bottle _____ your best wine. 6) In yesterday's accident, a taxi collided _____ a coach, and a lot of people were injured. 7) When that bus crashed _____ the wall, everybody ran out to the street. 8) Terry is fed up _____ school. 9) I don't really want to join _____ your club. 10) I'm afraid you'll have to translate the whole chapter _____ English.


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irc15 half words Exercise 1

The second half of some of the words in the following text have been deleted. If a whole word has six letters, for example, then three letters will be deleted; if the word has seven letters, then the first four letters will be given, and three deleted - in other words, half of the word is deleted, or less, but never more. Two words are given at the beginning as an example.

A man who was run ov_____ (OVER) and trapped under his own trac_____ (TRACTOR) has been branded luc_____ by the emergency services who resc_____ him. Fifty-eight-year-old Mr Richard Ramsay amazi_____ escaped with just bruises after being trapped und_____ his Massey Ferguson tractor for 40 minu_____, after it ran him over on Saturday. "When we arri_____ we couldn't actually see him beca_____ of the tractor. Both his legs we_____ trapped by the wheels and the top half was cau_____ by the pedals. It took us half an ho_____ to get him out. Every_____ was tangled in a hedge," said sub officer Mr Nigel Randall from Kingsclere's retained fire serv_____, "He was a ve_____ lucky chap. A bit more either way and he could have had some serious prob_____." Mr Ramsay, of Little Holdrops, Common Lane, Headley, was driv_____ his tractor out of fie_____ at Ashford Hill Road, opposite the chu_____, when he stopped to close a gate. On his ret_____ to the tractor he accidentally knoc_____ it into gear and it set off for the ro_____. Mr Ramsay's frantic efforts to tu_____ the tractor away from the road succe_____, but in doing so the tractor turned towa_____ him and ran him over. It trapped him under_____ its wheels and jammed into a hawthorn hedge. "It star_____ to move off so I grabbed the stee_____ wheel. It has got very go_____ steering. It is very lig_____ and I ended up pull_____ it into myself. It was one of tho_____ freaky things," he said. Mr Ramsay was conscious throu_____ his ordeal and praised those who hel_____ him. "One driver stop_____ and used her mob_____ phone to call the emerg_____ services. Unfortunately no-one got their names at the time but I'm extre_____ grateful," he said on Monday. The helpers star_____ to use a car jack to li_____ the tractor off Mr Ramsay until the fi_____ brigade arrived. They conti_____ to use the jack and then used a hydraulic platform to lift the tractor, bef_____ untangling Mr Ramsay from the hawthorn and pull_____ him free. "The emergency services were fanta_____. They couldn't have been any bet_____," said Mr Ramsay. He was tak_____ to North Hampshire Hospital but on examination it was fou_____ he had escaped with bruising. "I was lucky it wasn't one of the gre_____ big tractors and that it wasn't loa_____ up with anything, even though it fe_____ bloody heavy at the ti_____. "I've got one or two very pre_____ bruises but I feel much better. I shall ha_____ to go back to work tomo_____," said Mr Ramsay, "I'm extremely grat_____ that I came out of it as we_____ as I did." Pc. Chris Maggs of Tadley Police Station, who was at the sce_____ of the rescue operation and lat_____ visited Mr Ramsay in hosp_____ said he was a lucky man and that oth_____ police officers were thin_____ of asking Mr Ramsay for some lucky lott_____ numbers. Unfortu_____ for Mr Ramsay his own lottery numbers did not come up that night. "You can't have every_____," he quipped. Devotees of BBC Radio 4's 'The Archers' series will also have not_____ that Mr Ramsay was very much more fortunate than the la_____ lamented John Archer, who was killed rece_____ when a 'Fergie' tractor overturned.

25. GRAMMAR 19

ig19 prepositions Exercise 1

Find the correct preposition: at, by, in or on:

1) We came _____ sea from Dover. 2) You can't talk to Dad now; he's _____ work. 3) Write your answers _____ pencil first, please. 4) We travelled _____ night, so we couldn't see anything. 5) The Browns are _____ holiday. 6) Everything was _____ order in Jane's room. 7) We had to come _____ foot because of the strike. 8) There were _____ least a hundred people at the party. 9) His life was _____ danger after the accident. 10) He took my hat _____ mistake.


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Find the correct preposition: at, by, in or on:

1) Jane's ill, so she had to stay _____ home. 2) Look there! That house is _____ fire! 3) Did you come _____ air? 4) Fred is _____ love with Mary. 5) They were _____ a hurry, so they couldn't wait for you. 6) Wash your hands and face _____ once! 7) _____ fact, the exam wasn't difficult. 8) My father is away _____ business. 9) I'd like to talk to you _____ private, if possible, please. 10) I didn't know he was there; we met _____ accident.


Find the correct preposition: at, by or in:

1) When I got home, I found everything _____ place. 2) We wanted to go _____ ship, but then we heard that flying is much cheaper. 3) Joe wasn't doing well _____ school. 4) I'm afraid we haven't got any of these things _____ stock. 5) Could you cut it _____ half for me, please? 6) Yes, I know him _____ sight, but I haven't been introduced to him. 7) I opened the door and _____ the same time there was a loud crash. 8) The Princess shook hands with everybody _____ turn. 9) They decided to travel _____ land because it was quicker.


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part 5iv15 26. VOCABULARY 12

Words often confused Here are some groups of words that learners of English often have problems with. Study the explanations, then do the exercise below. thief, robber, burglar A thief is a person who steals something. A robber uses violence to steal money or something else from shops, banks or trains. A burglar breaks into houses to steal things.

say, tell, speak, talk You usually use say to report something that someone has said. If you want to add the person you are talking to, you must use the preposition "to". Examples: "I'm not ill," said Joe. She said to me, "I'm leaving you." You usually use tell to give information. Also, use tell and not say when you mention both the speaker and the person being spoken to. Examples: I told him everything he wanted to know. Jill told us about the accident. You usually use speak when only person is active, and the others are listening. When two or more people have a conversation, they talk.

food, meal, dish Food is what you eat to keep you alive. A dish is specially prepared food: like vegetable soup or Yorkshire pudding. The time when you eat food is called a meal; it can be breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.

Complete the following sentences below with one of the words from the above explanation, in their correct forms. 1) At this hotel ____ are served at strange times. 2) The bank _____ tried to get away in a stolen car. 3) We _____ them not to go there. 4) I wanted to _____ to John yesterday.5) Yesterday a _____ broke into our house. 6) Some people are so poor they can't even buy enough _____ for themselves. 7) Fred _____ that the weather was nice. 8) Did you see that _____ take that woman's bag? 9) I decided to prepare a new _____, using my own ideas. 10) We _____ for hours, because we hadn't seen each other for a very long time.


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27. GRAMMAR 20

Grammar explanation: such and so Look at the following sentences: 1) Peter is so nice. Everybody likes him. 2) Peter is such a nice boy. Everybody likes him. 3) Peter is such a gentleman. Everybody likes him. 4) They had such excellent whisky that we drank it all.

You can use 'such' before a noun. Sometimes there is an adjective (nice, good, bad, etc.) before the noun ('such a nice boy', sentence 2), sometimes there is not ('such a gentleman', sentence 3). If you have an uncountable noun (wine, cheese, etc.) in the sentence, you mustn't use 'a' (or 'an') before it ('such excellent whisky', sentence 4). You can use 'so' before an adjective (nice, good, bad, etc.) or adverb (well, quietly, nicely, etc.), when there is no noun after it ('so nice', sentence 1).

Other sample sentences: Robert DeNiro is such a brilliant actor. (because 'actor' is a countable noun) My girlfriend is so helpful. (because there's no noun, only an adjective - helpful) Why are you shouting so loudly? (because there's no noun, only a an adverb - loudly) They are such fools. (because 'fool' is countable; no 'a', because 'fools' is plural) I've never seen such a beautiful picture. (because 'picture' is a countable noun) Their whisky was so good that we drank it all. (because there's no noun, only an adjective - good)

Now do the exercises below.

Ig22 so/such Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with the expressions 'so' 'such' or 'such a(n)'. 1) I didn't like this film; it was _____ stupid. 2) I'm glad they are our neighbours. They are _____ nice people. 3) You don't want me to believe _____ crazy story, do you? 4) It was _____ lovely weather that we decided to have a picnic. 5) Everybody was _____ tired that they went to bed at once. 6) Please don't drive _____ fast. 7) Johnny is _____ clever boy. 8) It was _____ shock when I heard that Jim had died. 9) I've never drunk _____ awful whisky. 10) It's _____ nice day. Let's go out! 11) I didn't know that your car was _____ old. 12) Five o'clock?! I never get up _____ early!

Ig23 so/such Exercise 2

Rewrite the following sentences so that they mean the same. Use 'so' or 'such (a/an)' in each sentence.

Examples: The beer was so expensive that we didn't buy it. It was ... Answer: It was such expensive beer that we didn't buy it. Kate is such a nice person. Kate is ... Answer: Kate is so nice.

1) This woman is so beautiful. I've never seen ... 2) My father is such a generous man. My father is ... 3) It was such a surprise when we received a letter from you. We were ... 4) Your car is so expensive. You have ... 5) This film was so boring. I've never seen ... 6) It's such an old computer. This computer is ...


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28. VOCABULARY 13

iv16 The language of English newspaper headlines

Headlines in newspapers are usually short, because writers want to catch the attention of readers. This means that the language of headlines is a bit unusual. In this lesson we're going to look at some words that are often used in headlines. The grammar is also different here; this will be the topic of the next lesson. First, here's a list of words often used in headlines: aid, axe, back, bar, bid, blast, blaze, boost, head, hunt, clash, curb, cut, drama, drive, gems, go-ahead, hit, key, link, move, ordeal, oust, plea, pledge, poll, probe, quit, row, strife, talks, threat, wed

Now do the exercise below.

Match the definitions with one of the words in the list. 1) quarrel, argument 18) marry 2) search 19) explosion 3) danger 20) exclude, forbid 4) help 21) leave, resign 5) very important 22) investigation 6) cut, remove 23) director 7) affect negatively 24) approval 8) dispute 25) election or public opinion survey 9) discussions 26) reduction 10) encourage 27) tense situation 11) connection 28) promise 12) request 29) push out, remove 13) limit 30) jewels 14) fire 31) step towards a positive solution 15) conflict 32) painful experience 16) campaign, effort 33) attempt 17) support

29. GRAMMAR 21

ig24 The language of English newspaper headlines - Part 2

In the previous lesson you learnt (American English: learned) about the special vocabulary used in newspaper headlines. Now we'll look at the special grammar structures that you can find in them. First, here are some basic rules: - Articles (a, an, the) are left out:

"Bomb found in library" - A bomb has been found in a library "Queen opens news hospital" - The Queen opened a new hospital

- The verb "to be" and its forms (was, were, has been, etc.) are left out: "Bank robbers caught" - Bank robbers have been caught "Children injured in bus crash" - Children were injured in a bus crash "Tenants moving out of damaged house" - The tenants are moving out of a damaged house

- The Present Simple is used to talk about both past and present events: "Bank president dies" - A bank president died "Actor sent to prison" - An actor has been sent to prison "Students fight for changes" - Students are fighting for changes

- When talking about the future, the "to+Infinitive" is often used: "President to introduce new taxes" - The President is going to introduce new taxes "Hospital to launch new project" - A hospital is going to launch a new project

- Some words that can easily be guessed from the context are left out, too: "Two die in fire" - Two people died in a fire "Miss World won by Miss Australia" - The Miss World contest has been won by Miss Australia


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Now read the headlines below and rewrite them to make complete sentences.

1) World record for 400 metres broken 2) School girl climbs Everest 3) Europe getting warmer, says scientist 4) Museum to open new exhibition 5) Three held after explosion 6) Sales figures improving 7) Minister criticised at council meeting 8) US to cut aid 9) Four million stolen from bank 10) Thousands made homeless in quake 11) War hero dies in accident 12) Drug smuggler caught in bar

30. VOCABULARY 14

The language of English newspaper headlines - part 3

In this lesson we're going to look at some more words used specially in newspaper headlines. Look at this list of words, and then do the exercise that follows.

act, aid, alert, blow, bolster, bond, boom, brink, call (for), cash, charge, clamp down on, clear

iv17 newspapers Exercise 1

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions. 1) good, prosperous period 2) warning, alarm 3) find innocent 4) money 5) give support 6) do something, take action 7) deal firmly with something illegal 8) demand 9) bad news 10) help 11) formal accusation by police 12) edge (of disaster) 13) political or business association

iv18 newspapers

The following words and expressions are mainly found in British newspapers and magazines: BA, BR, City, Commons, gaol, Lords, MP, PC, peer, PM, Tory, Ulster

Exercise 2

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions.

1) police constable 2) conservative 3) the House of Lords in Parliament 4) British Rail 5) London's financial institutions 6) the House of Commons in Parliament 7) lord; a member of the House of Lords 8) old British spelling for jail (prison) 9) Member of Parliament 10) Northern Ireland


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11) British Airways 12) prime minister

31. VOCABULARY 15

iv19 The language of English newspaper headlines - Part 4

Look at this list of words, and then do the exercises that follow. con, gag, loom, walk out, snatch, toll, slash, go, leap, quiz, saga, riddle

Exercise 1

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions.

1) leave as a form of protest 2) the number of people killed 3) prevent from speaking, censor 4) resign, disappear 5) rob, robbery 6) mystery 7) trick, swindle 8) question, interrogate 9) long-running news story 10) huge increase 11) reduce drastically, cut 12) threaten to happen

iv20 newspapersHere are some more words used specially in headlines: vow, set to, stun, top, haul, life, due, slash, hit out at, pit

Exercise 2

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions. 1) exceed 2) imprisonment for life 3) quick journey 4) coal mine 5) ready to, about to 6) expected to arrive 7) promise 8) attack with words 9) something stolen or found by police 10) shock, surprise

32. VOCABULARY 16

iv21 The language of English newspaper headlines - Part 5

Look at this list of words, and then do the exercises that follow. sway, peril, hail, spree, leak, slump, gun down, go for, foil, dole

Exercise 1

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions. 1) fall 2) welcome, praise 3) shoot 4) persuade 5) prevent from succeeding


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6) danger 7) unemployment pay 8) sold for 9) wild spending expedition 10) unofficial publication of secret information

iv22 newspapers Exercise 2

Here some even more words used specially in English newspaper headlines: spark, slay, rampage, premier, odds, grab, mar, feud, firm, flak

Match the words and expressions above with these definitions. 1) riot 2) head of government 3) take aggressively 4) long-lasting disagreement 5) determined not to change 6) cause to start 7) serious criticism 8) spoil 9) chances 10) murder


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One exercise a day


part 633. GRAMMAR 22

ig25 one word Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. Sometimes more than one answer can be correct.

1) _____ we were waiting for the bus, it began to rain. 2) Do you feel _____ going to the cinema? 3) I think this party is great. Jane, Mandy, are you enjoying _____, too? 4) Venice _____ built on a number of islands. 5) We thought the weather _____ be good tomorrow. 6) Most _____ my friends are on holiday now. 7) We drank _____ lots of wine. 8) Someone who is wearing a mask cannot _____ recognised. 9) Carnival is celebrated _____ many different ways. 10) Perhaps you _____ better start working. 11) I was feeling _____, because the film was not exciting at all. 12) You have to keep an eye _____ the shoppers. 13) We _____ to go camping a lot when we were younger. 14) People send love messages to _____ another on Valentine's Day. 15) Don't interrupt _____ me, Dan! 16) I _____ a cold last week.

Ig26 tenses Exercise 2

Put the verbs in the following sentences in the correct forms.

1) You'd better (learn) all the new words. 2) What you (read) when I (arrive) yesterday? 3) Jack (do) his homework yesterday, although he not (be) to school the previous day. 4) We (fly) to Paris tomorrow. 5) You (used to) go to the disco when you were younger? 6) Maybe you ought to (spend) more time with your children. 7) Why you (tell) John yesterday that we not (help) you last week? 8) Mary (return) from Berlin yet? 9) What your father (do) at the moment? 10) Yesterday I (ask) Jim when they (go) to the cinema. 11) Jill (say) that they not (have to) go to work the following day. 12) I knew that Tim (can) not find his pen for several days.


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34. READING COMPRHENSION 15

irc16 mixed up Exercise 1

The first sentences of each passage in the following text have been removed and mixed up. Match each sentence with the correct passage.

Missing sentences: 1) One of my parents' few rules is: if they say stop, I stop - without question or hesitation. 2) Since I began driving, I have learned some amazing things about my parents. 3) No one has been hurt, car damages are nothing that a couple grand could not fix, and my parents

have not tried to take control of the car yet. 4) There are not many times in a guy's life when he is able to turn the tables on his family by

following their instructions. 5) I am beginning to think that my parents associate my learning to drive with our religion. 6) Learning to drive has been more different than I expected.

The text where the sentences are taken from:

My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy

A _____ While driving everyone to church, I had an opportunity. When the car was closing in on an intersection, the light changed, and my dad immediately shouted "Stop." B _____ So I slammed on the brakes, and every unstationary object flew forward. I heard my three brothers groan in the back, and my mother give a short, nervous laugh. After my father recovered, he looked at me with bulging eyes and said with a shaky voice, "Nice work, Jas." C _____ I had really looked forward to getting my permit six months ago; I had imagined myself cruising down Route 66 in my babe magnet minivan. The day I started to drive, the reality of the situation hit me: for the next five months my paranoid parents would be in the car with me wherever I went. D _____ Whenever I get behind the wheel a change immediately occurs. My calm, reasonable parents disappear, leaving nervous wrecks. They try to hide their feelings, but whenever they give advice, it is either spoken through clenched teeth or screamed. E _____ Not only do they lift pleading eyes toward heaven as I start the engine, the drive to church is the only time that they relinquish the keys without argument. They probably figure that God will protect us since we are going to church to worship him (and they always seem thankful as they stagger out of the car when we arrive). F _____ All things considered, I would say I am doing pretty well. However, my parents could use a psychologist.

Irc17 lion Exercise 2

Some words have been replaced with nonsense words (in italics) in the following text. Find what the original words were.

Shy lion rescued from street, taken to zoo

A homeless baby lion plang hiding under a car in one of Mexico City's roughest neighborhoods was captured with lassos and taken to a zoo Tuesday, firemen who rescued it olh. "We blin it to a circus but they olh they didn't have any lions, so we blin it to the Chapultepec Zoo instead," fireman Israel Mendoza Sanchez of Mexico City's central fire station told Reuters. "Maybe it was someone's pet." The six-month-old female lion was plang by traffic reporters working for a Mexico City radio station in the asphalt jungle of Doctores, one of the capital's most crime-ridden areas, early Tuesday morning. "I hope it eats some of the criminals," olh a caller to the radio station Radio Red, when the escape was reported. "This rescue was very unusual," Mendoza added. "We usually only get calls for escaped birds." plang is _____ olh is _____ blin is _____


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irc18 sweater Exercise 1


Baggy sweater saves boy in fall

A) Gurgus, who only suffered minor scratches, said he had heard his friends, playing below his apartment, call him and so climbed onto loose bricks to see them before falling.

B) A baggy sweatshirt spared a 12-year-old boy from serious injury when he fell 130 feet from his Belgrade high-rise apartment, Yugoslav media said on Tuesday.

C) Neighbors passing the spot where Gurgus fell last Saturday stared with disbelief at broken branches, a piece of the sweatshirt hanging from the tree and two imprints from Daniel's knees in the ground below.

D) Witnesses said Daniel Gurgus' plunge from the balcony was slowed when the shirt caught on tree branches, the daily Blic reported

Irc19 half words Exercise 2

The second half of some of the words in the following text have been deleted. If a whole word has six letters, for example, then three letters will be deleted; if the word has seven letters, then the first four letters will be given, and three deleted - in other words, half of the word is deleted, or less, but never more. Two words are given at the beginning as an example.

Wild monkeys injure 26 in attacks

A gro_____ (group) of wild monkeys atta_____ (attacked) passers-by in a Japanese seas_____ town, inju_____ 26 people, a town offi_____ said Tuesday. The monkeys appe_____ in gardens and stre_____, biting peo_____ in the back and le_____. Local author_____ using loudspeakers war_____ residents to bew_____ of the monkeys as the to_____ organized a hu_____ for them. "We have to mo_____ fast to do somet_____ about these monkeys beca_____ the people here are scared to dea_____," the official sa_____. The inju_____ were slight and all of the vict_____ received injec_____ for rabies. The wave of atta_____ by a group of six monkeys occu_____ between Sunday morn_____ and Monday even_____ in the cent_____ Japanese town of Ito. "This is the fir_____ time this has ever happ_____ and we're not su_____ why it happ_____," the offi_____ said. "We've had a lot of sn_____ in the mountains the pa_____ couple of wee_____ so may_____ the monkeys we_____ looking for fo_____ below."

36. VOCABULARY 17


irc20 3 articles Exercise 1

The sentences of these three articles have been mixed up. Find which sentences belong to each title and then put them in the correct order.

Amateur Bond:The wrong car:No key:

A) The resulting explosion started a blaze that burned down his family's house and scorched a car parked outside.

B) He had to kick out a back window to get into the car, giving police more than enough time to respond to the emergency call by store clerks.

C) He wasn't seriously hurt but reportedly tried to drive away in a car that looked like his but wasn't.

D) The owner called the police, who charged him with driving while intoxicated.E) Police in Cadiz, Kentucky charged Kevin Stanley Stokes, 25, with robbing a grocery store.


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F) Don Ramirez, 16, told police in Canberra, Australia, that after seeing a movie in which James Bond uses a spray can as a makeshift flame-thrower, he tried to kill a spider by setting bug spray on fire.

G) After taking $170 at gun point, the robber dashed out to his waiting getaway car to find the door locked and the keys inside.

H) Maryland police reported that after James D. Padgette Jr., 35, turned into a parking lot to make a U-turn, his door came open and he fell out, then was run over by his car.

Irc21 Cedric Exercise 2

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

Cedric himself knew nothing whatever about it. It had never been even mentioned to him. He knew that his papa had been an Englishman, because his mamma had told him so; but then his papa had died when he was so little a boy that he could not remember very much about him, except that he was big, and had blue eyes and a long moustache, and that it was a splendid thing to be carried around the room on his shoulder. Since his papa's death, Cedric had found out that it was best not to talk to his mamma about him. When his father was ill, Cedric had been sent away, and when he had returned, everything was over; and his mother, who had been very ill, too, was only just beginning to sit in her chair by the window. She was pale and thin, and all the dimples had gone from her prettyface, and her eyes looked large and mournful, and she was dressed in black."Dearest," said Cedric (his papa had called her that always, and so the little boy had learned to say it), - "dearest, is my papa better?"He felt her arms tremble, and so he turned his curly head and looked in her face. There was something in it that made him feel that he was going to cry."Dearest," he said, "is he well?"Then suddenly his loving little heart told him that he'd better put both his arms around her neck and kiss her again and again, and keep his soft cheek close to hers; and he did so, and she laid her face on his shoulder and cried bitterly, holding him as if she could never let him go again."Yes, he is well," she sobbed; "he is quite, quite well, but we - we have no one left but each other. No one at all."

(from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett)

1) When Cedric's father died,

A) Cedric was away on holiday.B) it happened very quickly and unexpectedly.C) he was still a young man.D) his mother didn't want to tell him first.

2) Cedric didn't know too much about his father because

A) he learnt that his mother didn't like him to ask questions about him.B) he was an Englishman.C) he died when Cedric was very young.D) he didn't remember much about him.

3) When Cedric returned home,

A) his mother was still as ill as before.B) his mother was crying.C) he started crying.D) he understood that his father had died.


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irc22 mixed up Exercise 1


Leopardess has cubs while on pill

A) The cubs and the mother, an Asian leopard that has been at the zoo with her mate for four years, are doing well and will remain together, he added.

B) A leopardess on the pill has perplexed zoologists in Cyprus, giving birth to two healthy cubs after a well-concealed pregnancy, zoo officials on the eastern Mediterranean island said on Thursday.

C) "Naturally it was very surprising to find two cubs in the cage on Wednesday morning," said Lambros Lambrou, director of the municipal zoo in the southern coastal city of Limassol.

D) "Obviously it didn’t work," Lambrou said.

E) The cat had been taking contraceptives mixed in her food twice a week.

F) "We had been giving her contraceptives for years and we did not expect a delivery.

irc23 true or false Exercise 2

Read the text below and decide whether the statements that follow are true or false.

Thomas Alva Edison

True or false?

1) Edison had a lot of health problems in his childhood.2) He lost his hearing after an accident.3) He lost his hearing totally when he was older.4) He bought and read a lot of books.5) His teacher thought he was too good for school.6) He later went to a special school for talented children.7) He worked alone on his most famous inventions.8) He was not always fair with his employees.

9) He was a very good father.10) He paid more attention to his older children.11) He believed that recording music on a phonograph was very important.12) He was a heavy smoker.13) He wore strange clothes.14) Ford was not really a good friend of Edison's.15) He didn't mind staying out even in bad weather.16) He several times killed animals in front of reporters.

39. VOCABULARY 18

Exercise 1: already done


Examples: He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK (answer: unlocked)Why don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE (answer: competition)

1) He used to visit us every Friday morning with unfailing _____. REGULAR2) I found the whole experience extremely _____. EMBARRASS3) There are a number of _____ we can investigate before we take any action. POSSIBLE4) When he was younger, he was _____ to read as much as he could. COURAGE


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5) Much to her parents' _____, the girl went to live and work in London when she was only seventeen. APPROVE6) She's a nice girl, but she tends to be rather _____. TALK7) All the children were given an _____ against measles. INJECT8) We had an interesting _____ about jazz. CONVERSE9) Their holiday in Africa last year was an _____ experience. FORGET10) What we need is something or some way to _____ the legs on this table. STRONG

Exercise 2


enjoy - enjoyable, response – responsible, practice - practical, care - careful, drama – dramatic, child - childish, attract - attractive, harm - harmless.


1) fool2) believe3) atom4) produce5) terror

6) music7) hope8) progress9) forget10) rest

11) rely12) success13) horror14) sense15) talk

16) self17) reason18) politics

40. VOCABULARY 19

======= EXERCISE 1 =======


Examples: He took out his key, UNLOCKED the door and went inside. LOCK

Why don't you go in for that COMPETITION? You might win it. COMPETE

1) You can only really learn a sport well if you have a good _____. INSTRUCT2) You can't really depend on him to do anything. He's most _____. RELY3) I must have _____ that book: I can't seem to find it anywhere. LAY4) The noise of the planes taking off over our heads was _____. DEAF5) I know it's a little difficult to understand it at first, so I'll try to _____ it. SIMPLE6) To the best of my _____, John's living in France now. KNOW7) I'm afraid Mr Smith has been _____ called away on business. EXPECT8) This new law is ridiculous: they can't possibly _____ it! FORCE9) We still know _____ little about the wild life of certain parts of the world. COMPARE10) Along with poor health and overpopulation, _____ is one of the most widespread problems in the world today. POOR

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1) agree2) critic3) science4) use5) culture

6) specify7) notice8) education9) athlete10) speech

11) remark12) romance13) tropic14) mathematics15) philosophy

16) break17) society18) Spain

One exercise a day


part 7


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41. GRAMMAR 23

ig27 mixed ======= EXERCISE 1 =======

Choose the correct phrases in brackets.

New tests reveal drinking could stop women becoming pregnant

Women should stop (to drink / drinking / drink / to drinking) if they want to become pregnant.Just one or two units of alcohol a week - one unit is the equivalent (with / to / of / for) a glass of wine -(should / could /must / have to) affect a woman's fertility.The research (was carried out / has been carried out / carried out / has carried out) by doctors at the National University Hospital in (a / the / - / its) Danish capital, Copenhagen, and its findings are published in the British Medical Journal, The Express reported.Study leader, Dr Tina Kold Jensen, said: 'It (has been known / was known / had been known / is known) for some time that large amounts of alcohol affect women (trying / to try / try / tried) to conceive.'But this is the first study (showing / to show / show / showed) that even women who drink quite low levels of alcohol are affected.'The team (have studied / had studied/ has studied / studied) 430 couples who were trying to conceive, asking about their drinking habits (in / at / on / by) monthly intervals.It found that women (drank / to drink / drinking / drink) between one to five units of alcohol a week(should / could / must / can) harm their chances of becoming pregnant (in / for / on / by) a third. More than 10 drinks a week could reduce it by up (with / onto / up to / up) two-thirds.The amount potential fathers (drank / drink / have drunk / had drunk) did not appear (to have / having / have / had) any impact. The Department of Health - which recommends women (could / might / would / should) drink no more than two or three units a day - said the findings would be looked (for / in / at / by) closely.And Tim Hedgeley, from infertility association Issue, said: 'We usually urge couples (drinking / to drink / drink / drank) moderately but do not indicate any particular level.'We may now.'

ig28 mixed *======= EXERCISE 2 =======

Complete the following story with one word in each blank

A friend of 1_____ had a relative who became odd and rather forgetful. She had begun to use a flower pot to hide money 2_____. 3_____ time she wanted some money she lifted the plant out 4_____ the pot with 5_____ hand and put the 6_____ hand in to get her money. The coins were all kept in one plastic bag and the 7_____ were in 8_____. One day she went off on holiday but 9_____ remembering to tell the neighbour who came in every day to water the plants about the pot with the money. You probably 10_____ have any trouble guessing what happened. When the old lady returnedthe 11_____ thing she did was 12_____ and look at her favourite plant. 13_____ her horror, it was no 14_____ there. She ran next door and rang the bell so loudly her neighbour thought the house 15_____ be on 16_____.'Where's my plant?' the old lady shouted the 17_____ the door opened. Her neighbour got quite a shock. 'Plant?Whatever are you ...?' she 18_____ to say before the old lady cut in. 'What have you done 19_____ my pink plant?''Oh, that one,' the neighbour said. 'It died. I threw it 20_____.'

42. VOCABULARY COURSE - LESSON 1

iv24 definitions ======= EXERCISE 1 =======

Find the words in the text for the definitions.

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A Tokyo train line introduced seatless cars as an experiment to reduce overcrowding during rush hours, but some commuters complained of being treated like cargo. The new cars on thecrowded Yamanote loop line have seats that can be lowered or folded back into the wall automatically by pushing a button.The seats will remain folded during morning rush hour to increase the cars' capacity and make it easier for passengers to get on and off the trains.The reaction of passengers was mixed. A middle-aged commuter said he liked the new car because it was less crowded, and that few people are able to sit anyway in cars that have seats. Other passengers, though, said they felt as if they were riding on a freight train.

1) a person who travels daily (usually to work)2) having a lot of people in a place where there's not enough room for them3) without seats4) the time of day when there's a lot of traffic5) a person who is 40-60 years old6) make something smaller7) say that something is wrong8) move something downwards9) make something bigger10) things or goods that a plane, a ship or a train is carrying11) to act or behave towards somebody

iv25 definitions ======= EXERCISE 2 =======

Find the words in the text for the definitions.

Home Alone 2 1/2: The real thing

Nothing wrong with taking a little Acapulco vacation without the children. When they're left behind with no adult supervision, though, it's a crime. David and Sharon Schoo of St. Charles, Illinois, found that out last week on returning from nine childless days in Mexico. The couple was arrested at O'Hare Airport and charged with felony child abandonment, cruelty to children and misdemeanor reckless endangerment for leaving alone daughters Nicole, 9, and Diana, 4. The girls were left with a refrigerator full of food and a note full of instructions - but no information on how to contact their parents. The children were found when a fire alarm went off and Nicole called 911. The girls are now in state custody.

1) say something is illegal2) to make a sudden, loud noise3) the right to look after or guard somebody4) take somebody to the police station5) without children6) two people who are married or living together7) causing pain to others

iv26 –less Look at these two words from the two texts: _seatless_ and _childless_. A lot of English words end in -less; as you can guess, it means "without". For example, if you are careless, you are not careful; and a homeless person doesn't have a home. Look at these words ending in -less and then complete the sentences with them. Be careful, not all the words are used!

fearless, doubtless, jobless, flawless, harmless, homeless, hopeless, lifeless, mindless, needless, tactless, fruitless, penniless, pointless, shameless, regardless, sleeveless, speechless

1) You've done this job perfectly! It's completely _____!2) After days of _____ searches, they gave up the hope of finding the lost children.3) You can't come to the opera in a _____ shirt!4) In his new movie he plays a _____ warrior from the Middle Ages.5) When I heard the news, I was _____!6) _____ to say, he didn't even listen to my arguments.


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7) Don't worry, it's only a _____ joke; he won't mind it, either.8) When she saw her dog's _____ body on the pavement, she started crying.9) The number of _____ people has been increasing for the past few months, as the recession caused several companies to shut down.10) We should all have the same rights and chances, _____ of race or colour.11) This pill is completely _____; you can safely take it.12) The reporter shouldn't have asked her age: it was really very _____.


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iv27 train Complete the following text with the words given at the end.

A Tokyo train line introduced seatless cars as a(n) _____ to reduce overcrowding during rush hours, but some _____ complained of being treated like _____. The new cars on the crowded Yamanote loop line have seats that can be lowered or folded back into the wall automatically by pushing a button.The seats will remain folded during morning _____ to increase the cars' _____ and make it easier for passengers to get on and off the trains.The _____ of passengers was mixed. A middle-aged _____ said he liked the new car because it was less crowded, and that few people are able to sit anyway in cars that have seats.Other passengers, though, said they felt as if they were riding on a _____.

capacity, cargo, freight train, experiment, reaction, commuter, commuters, rush hour

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iv28 vacation Complete the following text with the right words.

Nothing wrong with taking a little Acapulco vacation without the children. When they're left behind with no adult _____, though, it's a crime. David and Sharon Schoo of St. Charles, Illinois, found that out last week on returning from nine childless days in Mexico. The _____ was arrested at O'HareAirport and charged with felony child abandonment, _____ to children and misdemeanor reckless endangerment for leaving alone daughters Nicole, 9, and Diana, 4. The girls were left with a refrigerator full of food and a note full of _____ - but no information on how to contact their parents. The children were found when a fire alarm went off and Nicole called 911. The girls are now in state _____.


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iv29 definitions Read the following text and then find the words for the definitions.

Car bomb defused

Experts defused a 300-pound car bomb in a mostly Protestant town in Northern Ireland just before a scheduled attempt to keep peace from collapsing. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb, which had been left in Bainbridge, 18 miles southwest of Belfast. But suspicion fell on Irish Republican Army dissidents, who have been trying to undermine the peace process. Britain's Secretary for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, was to meet with Protestant leaders who threaten to pull out of the talks before they resume on Monday.

1) when you think somebody has done something bad2) say that you'll do something bad3) start again4) trying to do something5) a person who is very good at something6) stop taking part in something7) to stop something using unfair methods8) planned9) accept that you have done something10) to fail or stop suddenly11) something done at once12) say you have the right to something

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iv30 hospital Complete the following text with the words and expressions given:

Hospital 'put plaster on wrong leg'

A two-year-old boy who was taken to a hospital's 1)_____ with a broken leg was first sent home with 2)_____ and the following day had the wrong limb set in 3)_____.Ryan Stephen 4)_____ his right leg after falling over a pair of skates at his home in South Shields. His mother, Alison, 32, took him to South Tyneside District Hospital, where he was given 5)_____ and 6)_____.She returned to the hospital with him the following day as he was unable to stand and an 7)_____ showed a spiral 8)_____ of the right tibia. But staff put his left leg in 9)_____, leaving him to walk around on the broken one until his mother returned him to the 10)_____ for the third time.Mrs Stephen said: "By the time everything was sorted out it was 20 hours after Ryan had initially broken his leg. I want to know how something as disgraceful as this could have happened."A hospital spokesman said her complaints were being investigated.

plaster - plaster - painkillers – painkillers - casualty department - accident department - fracturefractured - discharged - X-ray


======= EXERCISE 1 =======

Read the text again in Lesson 3, Exercise 2: "Hospital put plaster on wrong leg"

iv31 health As you can see, there are a lot of words in it in connection with health. Here are some more words; put them in the right category:

prescription, sprain, discharge, pill, drops, ache, bandage, inflammation, crutch, transplant, doctor,

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medicine, dentist, surgeon, indigestion, anaesthetist, flu, paramedic, paediatrician, temperature, physician, plaster, general practitioner, internist, high blood pressure, rash, nurse, sneeze

People who help you when you are ill:Illnesses and health problems:Words in connection with health and illnesses:

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iv32 too fat Read the text below and do the exercise that follows.

20st lorry driver told he is too fat to adopt

A 20-stone lorry driver has been told that he and his wife cannot become foster parents because he is too fat.Cambridgeshire county council's Homefinders service wrote to Paul Rayner, 27, suggesting that he saw his GP for advice on losing weight. Mr Rayner, who is 5ft 11in tall, said: "I was furious when I read their letter. I am happy to take any medical to prove I am fit enough to be a father, but they haven't given me that chance. We could provide a loving, stable family for a child but they won't let us."The letter told Mr Rayner and his wife, Michelle, 25, that he would fail a mandatory medical because of his weight. Mrs Rayner, who has suffered several miscarriages, said at their home in Fen Ditton, near Cambridge: "This has devastated our lives. My husband keeps telling me he is sorry for ruining our chances and is very upset."Kala Nobbs, Cambridgeshire Social Services manager, said they tried to choose "fit and healthy" adoptive parents for children who had already suffered the loss of parents in one way or another to make sure it did not happen again.

Find the following words or expressions in the text above:

1) very angry2) local or family doctor3) to destroy completely4) to show that something is true5) to have pain or difficulty6) a person who brings up a child who is not his or her own7) to give something needed8) compulsory; something you must do9) to lose a child before it's born10) firm, well-balanced

46. VOCABULARY COURSE - LESSON 5iv33 bomb======= EXERCISE 1 =======

Complete the following text with the words given below.

Experts 1)_____ a 300-pound car bomb in a mostly Protestant town in Northern Ireland just before a 2)_____ attempt to keep peace from 3)_____. There was no 4)_____ claim of responsibility for the bomb, which had been left in Bainbridge, 18 miles southwest of Belfast. But 5)_____ fell on Irish Republican Army dissidents, who have been trying to 6)_____ the peace process. Britain's Secretary for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, was to meet with Protestant leaders who 7)_____ to pull out of the talks before they 8)_____ on Monday.

Words to be used:

suspicion - threaten - immediate - resumescheduled - defused - undermine - collapsing


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======= EXERCISE 2 =======iv34 lorry driver

Complete the following text with the words given below.

A 20-stone lorry driver has been told that he and his wife cannot become 1)_____ parents because he is too fat.Cambridgeshire county council's Homefinders service wrote to Paul Rayner, 27, 2)_____ that he saw his GP for advice on losing weight. Mr Rayner, who is 5ft 11in tall, said: "I was 3)_____ when I read their letter. I am happy to take any medical to 4)_____ I am fit enough to be a father, but they haven't given me that 5)_____. We could 6)_____ a loving, stable family for a child but they won't let us."The letter told Mr Rayner and his wife, Michelle, 25, that he would fail a 7)_____ medical because of his weight.Mrs Rayner, who has 8)_____ several miscarriages, said at their home in Fen Ditton, near Cambridge: "This has 9)_____ our lives. My husband keeps telling me he is sorry for 10)_____ our chances and is very upset."Kala Nobbs, Cambridgeshire Social Services manager, saidthey tried to 11)_____ "fit and healthy" adoptive parentsor children who had already suffered the 12)_____ of parents in one way or another to make sure it did not happen again.

Words to be used:

prove - provide - suffered - chooseloss - foster - devastated - chancefurious - ruining - mandatory - suggesting


======= EXERCISE 1 =======iv35 find

First, read the following article:

A girl aged eight has been expelled from a private school in Merseyside because of a drugs allegation against her father.

Olivia Avis, who attended the McKee School in Allerton, Liverpool, was put in a taxi and sent home unaccompanied into the care of her sick 13-year-old sister.

She knew nothing of her father's alleged crime because her mother, who is separated from him, had been waiting to break the news to her.

Olivia's place at the school came into question as news spread among parents of the appearance before magistrates in Manchester of Edward Avis, who was accused of conspiring to import a controlled drug. Pamela McKee, the head teacher, said she expelled the girl because she was under pressure from other parents who were threatening to withdraw their children. She admitted she was wrong to send her home unaccompanied.

Olivia's mother, Elizabeth Avis, 36, from Childwall, said she was appalled by the school's behaviour and considered it outrageous her daughter could be punished for something her father was alleged to have done.

Now find the following words in the text above:

1) without others2) to accept that you've done something wrong3) to send away


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4) absolutely shocking, unacceptable5) not living together6) to say or think that somebody has done something (usually wrong)7) to say that you'll do something that will hurt others8) to think, believe9) ill10) to work together with others to do something illegal or bad

======= EXERCISE 2 =======iv36 oldRead the following article and complete it with the words given below it.

Shigechiyo Izumi may be the oldest man in the world. He is 120, and lives in Japan. For most of his life, Izumi has eaten his own farm vegetables. These he cooks in a little 1)_____ fat from his pigs, also 2)_____ on fresh vegetables.

The Japanese live longer than any other nation, and the old people who today live well into their 3)_____ and nineties in Japan have all their lives eaten simple food, like Izumi's, prepared with care and artistry from fresh 4)_____. Fish, fruit, vegetables, soya curds and rice are their 5)_____ foods. Why then should Izumi's food be of interest to us in Britain? Because industrial Japan, like most other countries, still has strong 6)_____ with its agricultural past. Izumi's meals are largely untouched by modern intensive agriculture and food 7)_____. Peasant 8)_____ the world over have taught us much about food and health. When they have clean water and enough to eat, they are 9)_____ fit and strong. They take plenty of exercise. They suffer only rarely from 'western' 10)_____ such as overweight, tooth decay, intestinal problems like piles, constipation, diverticular disease and colon cancer, diabetes and heart attacks. The quality of their food is the key to their good health.

This is not to romanticise 11)_____ life. Growing all your own food is hard work, and land and water are often 12)_____. Lack of sanitation brings infectious diseases, and many children die in 13)_____ . But if you want to know where to find healthy food, peasant communities are the place to start. 14)_____ of all kinds, fruit and vegetables are the basis of their meals.Fats, meats, 15)_____ foods and sugars are luxuries.

Words to be used:

staple - eighties - processing - generally - porkpeasant - infancy - links - fed - cerealsingredients - diseases - dairy - communities - scarce

48. INTERMEDIATE LESSON (LONG)

~~~~~~~~READING~~~~~~~~

Read the article below and do the exercises that follow.

Terror on the Tarmac

Tenerife, 27 March, 1977. The normally sunny holiday resort was covered by a shroud of mist and fog. Spring is one of the peak times for tourists and the airport was under pressure. To make matters dramatically worse, a bomb had been found at neighbouring Las Palmas Airport, which had been closed. All traffic was being diverted to Tenerife, which was not equipped to deal with the situation. One of the aircraft diverted from Las Palmas was a Pan Am 747, originating from Los Angeles. It had three hundred and ninety-six passengers and crew. The aircraft sat at Tenerife, waiting for Las Palmas to re-open. Also at Tenerife, and also bound for Las Palmas, was another huge 747, this one operated by KLM. It had come from Amsterdam carrying two hundred and forty-eight passengers and crew. A total of six hundred and forty-four travelling to Las Palmas.After a couple of hours of delay, the aircraft were told that Las Palmas was now open; they could proceed to take off. They taxied down the runway, the KLM 747 first. The captain of the Pan Am flight


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was told to follow, but to take the third turning on the left off the strip and wait until the KLM had taken off. When the KLM flight reached the end of the runway, it was to turn round and begin take-off. The Pan Am flight had to be safely out of the way.When the aircraft had landed, visibility had been good. Now fog had settled over the airport. The pilots were following instructions from the control tower; nobody could see anybody else and the airport did not have a ground radar system. What followed was a shameful catalogue of blind error and rashness. Whilst the Pan Am wandered down the runway in some confusion, looking for the third turning on the left, the KLM flight, captained by the company's Chief Pilot Training Officer, reached the end of the runway and rapidly completed its pre-flight checks. He was in a hurry. Without waiting for correct clearance from the control tower, the captain began to slowly move the aircraft forward. Meanwhile, in the fog the Pan Am flight were uncertain as to how many turnings they had passed. The third one seemed to be a long time coming. Unknown to them, they had missed it, and were taxiing towards disaster. At six minutes past five, as the KLM jet gathered speed, the control tower was certain it was still stationary, and had no intention of letting it go until he knew the Pan Am was off the runway and told them to let him know when they were clear. This exchange was relayed in the cabin of the KLM flight. The captain ignored it. One of the KLM's crew, the engineer, hearing the conversation between the control tower and the Pan Am flight, ventured to mention his doubts to his superior:KLM engineer: "Is he not clear, that Pan American?"KLM captain : "Oh, yes!"Eight seconds later the Pan Am saw the KLM flight rushing towards them. The pilot screamed:"There he is ... look at him! Goddamn! That son-of-a-* is coming!"The KLM crew tried to pull their aircraft up and over the Pan Am airplane.They just got off the ground, but the main landing gear smashed a path through the fuselage of the Pan Am airplane, and after five hundred feet of flight, it fell back onto the runway, slid another 1,000 feet and burst into flames, incinerating everyone inside. The crushed and twisted metal of the Pan Am trapped the surviving passengers; then a fire broke out.Out of that six hundred and forty-four only fifty-nine survived, and they were all injured.

* four-letter word; censored

(by Ian Schott, in World Famous Catastrophies)

~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 1~~~~~~~~~~

Draw a map of the runway, showing the two airplanes at the moment of the crash. Include their directions and parts of the runway as well.

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Read the following letter written by a survivor of the Tenerife crash, who was travelling on the Pan Am 747. A lot of the letter is false - find and correct all the mistakes.

Dear Mary,We are having a very interesting holiday here. We decided to come now because there are not too many tourists here at this time of the year. We were hoping to have a peaceful time, but on our way here a bomb was found on the plane, so we had to land at Tenerife instead of Las Palmas. Luckily everything went well and we could get ready for take-off after a few minutes. The weather was beautiful, and our captain told us that we would be the first plane to leave Tenerife.Unfortunately, another plane crashed into our left wing, and we couldn't take off. Jane and me were lucky not to get hurt when a lot of people died and several others were injured.Anyway, everything is OK now. I hope you are all well.See you soon,Love,Peter


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~~~~~~~~~~GRAMMAR 1~~~~~~~~~~EXPLANATION: TO BE + TO + INFINITIVE

You can find the structure "it was to turn round" towards the end of the second paragraph. Study how it is used

* You can use the 'to be + to + infinitive' structure to say that something is planned to happen:> After dinner they were to go to a movie.> A new church is to be built in our street.

* You can also use the 'to be + to + infinitive' structure when you want to describe a task, aim, or method:> Our job is to help children.> Their aim is to collect enough money for the new Town Hall.> The simplest way is to smuggle the money out of the country and spend it abroad.

* You can also say that it is someone's job 'to do something':> It is my job to find these criminals.

* You can use the 'to be + to + infinitive' structure in questions after 'who' or 'what' to ask what should happen or be done in a situation:> Who is to question him?> What is to be done with those old cars?

~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 3~~~~~~~~~~Now change the following sentences using the 'to be + to + infinitive' structure:

Examples:We planned that you would go to London. ->You are to go to London.We want to fly around the world in 20 hours. ->Our aim is to fly around the world in 20 hours.

1 I was told to look after the children.2 What do you think we should do with these books?3 We want Tom to drive the van.4 I told them to clean the kitchen.5 Joe wants to collect all the Brazilian stamps he can find.6 We were told to repair the bikes.7 Who do you think should buy the tickets?8 Do you want to visit all the countries in Asia?

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EXPLANATION: NOUN + PAST PARTICIPLE

In the first paragraph, you can find the structure "One of the aircraft diverted from Las Palmas was a Pan Am ..." 'Diverted' tells us what happened to the aircraft.

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> a noun--> I think the article written by Jack is very good.> 'those'--> Many of those questioned agreed with the minister.> an indefinite pronoun (someone, anyone etc.)--> Here's a photo of someone killed in the accident.

You can use it to identify or describe someone or something by saying what happens or has happened to them.

~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 4~~~~~~~~~~ig29 noun + PP

1 People were killed in the accident. They were Americans.2 We sold books. The number of them doubled this year.3 People are sent to prison. They are usually guilty.4 Products are shown on television. They are usually not as good in real life.5 Fruits are sold in busy roads. They can be unhealthy.6 There was a car crash. Luckily, nobody was hurt.7 People were arrested. Some of them were freed later. (Some of those ...)8 Money was stolen. It has never been found.


======= EXERCISE =======iv37 reformerRead the following article and complete it with the words given below it.

Unreformed reformer arrested

One of France's leading prison reformers has been given another chance to assess what it's like "inside" after being arrested in connection with the 1)_____ of 1,000 franc notes worth about 7 million pounds.Serge Livrozet, aged 47, who has spent more than 20 years leading 2)_____ against prison conditions, is alleged to have used the same Paris printing presses to make the notes that were used to publish his books and novels.The printing works were under 3)_____ 24 hours a day for at least a month before being raided by about 100 police. Two men were arrested on the 4)_____, while Livrozet and his woman companion were taken into 5)_____ on the Riviera.Police were 6)_____ because the printing works, which employ about 10 people, are usually closed during August but work was going on late into the night. They found hundreds of 7)_____ of forged notes.Gaol would be no new experience for Livrozet, who was imprisoned for nine years in his early 20s for armed 8)_____. At the time, he was an apprentice 9)_____ but took up writing after leading prison protests, some of which ended in riots. His first book was called From Prison to Revolt.He founded the Prisoners' Action Committee, which became a sort of gaolbirds' 10)_____, negotiating widespread improvements in prison conditions.

Words to be used:

surveillance - custody - plumber - sheets - proteststrade union - robbery - forgery - suspicious - premises


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English, as there are no easy rules for learning when to use which; in most cases, you must remember them as phrases. Sometimes the following simple rule might help: if you're talking about creating something, when the result is something new, then use "make"; for example: "This company _makes_ cars." Whenyou're talking about completing something or solving a problem, but nothing new is created, use "do"; for example: "I didn't want to _do_ the task." But be careful, this is not always true - as I said, you must learn most of them as phrases.

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Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentences.

1) May I (do / make) a suggestion, please?2) His husband never (does / makes) any housework.3) How can you (do / make) such a boring job?4) The president (did / made) his speech and sat down.5) I have to (do / make) a phone call urgently.6) My children hate (doing / making) the washing up.7) You mustn't (do / make) any noise.8) Can you (do / make) the shopping for me, please?9) I've (done / made) my decision, and it is final.10) Who (did / made) this stupid mistake?11) I just wanted to (do / make) you a favour, you know.12) Oh, you're always (doing / making) such a fuss about small things.

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Complete the following sentences with the correct form of "do" or "make".

1) Have you _____ all the necessary arrangements?2) My son doesn't want to _____ military service.3) Do you like _____ crossword puzzles?4) Why don't we _____ something interesting?5) John _____ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful.6) You should really _____ an effort and finish this job on time.7) We didn't _____ French at school.8) Last year the company _____ a profit at last.9) I hate Jill; she always _____ trouble.10) We don't want to _____ business with you.11) Fred _____ an excuse and left the party.12) Try to _____ your best this time.

51. VOCABULARY COURSE - LESSON 9 - PREFIXES

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The three most important negative prefixes in English are:

un- : unhappydis- : disapprovemis- : misinterpret

Complete the following sentences using a word that starts with one of these prefixes.

Example: In some countries men and women receive _____ pay.What do you think of the idea of equal pay for equal work?


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Answer: unequal

1) I was sure I had locked the back door, but when we got back home, I found it _____.

2) John and his wife usually agree, but when it comes to money matters, they always _____.

3) We found people in country areas very friendly, but people we spoke to in the cities were very _____.

4) I always thought that Bill was totally honest, so when I found out that he had been _____, I was very shocked.

5) The shop said the toy was _____, but it didn't take the children long to break it!

6) I've always found Mary very kind, so I'm surprised you said she was _____ to you.

7) I like nearly all fruit, but I have to say I _____ bananas.

8) I was sure I had understood what you meant, but obviously I _____ you badly.

9) I hope that peace and order will come out of the present situation of terrorism and _____.

10) At first we were satisfied with our hotel, but as it became noisier and noisier, we grew more and more _____.

11) You can bring cooked meat into Britain, but you can't bring in _____ meat.

12) Some of your ideas are helpful, but I'm sorry to say that some are _____.

13) Last year's festival was very _____, but this year's much better organised.

14) Two runners qualified for the 100 metres, but two were _____ for using drugs.

15) Why don't we stress the similarities between us, instead of the _____?

16) No sooner had we packed than we had to _____ again. The plane was delayed.

17) The opponents of factory farming say it is _____. The natural thing is for animals to be outside, running free.


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Find the words for these definitions. The number of dots shows how many letters are missing.

1) a person who writes plays - p . . . . . . . . .

2) the part of theatre where actors and actresses play - s . . . .

3) all the people who watch a play - a . . . . . . .

4) all the actors and actresses in a play - c . . .

5) the place in a theatre where you leave your coats - c . . . . . . . .

6) this goes up at the beginning of a play and goes down at the end - c . . . . . .

7) this person shows you where you can sit - u . . . . . . . .


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8) the ground floor of the theatre where people sit - s . . . . .

9) musicians sit here and play during a play - p . .

10) the person who helps the actors when they forget their lines - p . . . . . . .

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The following pairs of words mean the same, but they are used differently in American English and in British English.Which word is the American version and which is the British?

1) theatre - theater2) checkroom - cloakroom3) stalls - orchestra4) box office - ticket office5) usher - usherette6) upper circle - balcony7) dinner jacket - tuxedo


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LEVEL WORKINTERMEDIATE

Solutions 11. GRAMMAR 11

ig1mixed Exercise 1

1) shown / proved 2) people's /the / our 3) suffer 4) where 5) so 6) heard7) of 8) much 9) flying 10) along 11) to 12) it 13) been 14) too15) miss 16) though / although 17) can / may / does 18) less 19) left 20) up

ig2structures Exercise 2

1) She apologised for not finishing / having finished her homework.2) It is four years since he left college.3) Mary asked John if he could lend her 5 pounds. or... if she could borrow 5 pounds from him. or... to lend her 5 pounds.4) There was no room left in the hotel / were no vacancies in the hotel.5) There's no point (in) waiting any longer for the bus.6) You needn't / don't have to / shouldn't go to all that rouble.7) Isn't there any coffee left?8) I gave up smoking two years ago.9) What does your father do?10) I'm fond of / keen on swimming.


Exercise 1

The correct order: 9, 1, 4, 5, 8, 3, 10, 7, 6, 11, 2

Exercise 2

The missing words are in CAPITAL letters.

The Second World War had begun, AND John wanted to join the army, BUT he was only 16 years old, AND boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. SO when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18.BUT John's brother had joined the army a few days before, AND the same doctor had examined him too. This doctor remembered the older boy's family name, SO when he saw John's papers, he was surprised.'How old are you?' he said.'Eighteen, sir,' said John.'BUT your brother was eighteen, too,' said the doctor. 'Are you twins?''Oh, no, sir,' said John, AND his face went red. 'My brother is five months older than I am.'

3. GRAMMAR 12

Exercise 1

1 You can't (or: couldn't) have seen Jack yesterday. He is out of town.


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2 If you had been there, we would have had a good time.3 By the time you finish work I will have been at the cinema for hours.4 He will be having lunch tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.5 I thought you had forgotten to come. I have been waiting for you for two hours.6 Why hasn't this letter been written yet? It should have been written yesterday.7 He said he had been waiting since 4.8 Have you ever visited Madame Tussaud's?9 While I was watching TV, my brother was playing the piano.10 I bought this house two months ago.11 Tom should have opened the door when he saw me.12 I wish I had more money; now I can't buy this dress.13 If you had listened to him, you would have learnt a lot.14 Mary said they would go (or: were going) to Italy next summer.15 I am not used to working hard.16 If they arrive on time, they'll call us.

Exercise 2

1 We wouldn't have missed the train if you had got dressed in time.2 Jill would have come to the party if we had invited her.3 If I hadn't called Tom, I would not have known the results.4 If you had gone to the concert, you would have enjoyed yourself.5 What would you have done if I had failed you at the exam?6 Where would Jane have gone if she had won the first prize?7 Would you have been angry with me if I had forgotten about your birthday?8 I wouldn't have told you the truth if I had not had to.9 They would have given me back my watch if they had found it.

4. VOCABULARY 5

Exercise 1

1) regularity 2) embarrassing 3) possibilities 4) encouraged 5) disapproval6) talkative 7) injection 8) conversation 9) unforgettable 10) strengthen

Exercise 2

1) foolish 2) believable 3) atomic 4) productive 5) terrible 6) musical7) hopeful, hopeless 8) progressive 9) forgettable, forgetful 10) restless, restful 11) reliable12) successful 13) horrific 14) senseless, sensitive 15) talkative 16) selfish17) reasonable 18) political

5. VOCABULARY 6

Exercise 1

1) instructor 2) unreliable 3) mislaid 4) deafening 5) simplify 6) knowledge7) unexpectedly 8) enforce 9) comparably 10) poverty

Exercise 2

1) agreeable 2) critical 3) scientific 4) useful, useless 5) cultural 6) specific7) noticeable 8) educational 9) athletic 10) speechless 11) remarkable 12) romantic


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13) tropical 14) mathematical 15) philosophical 16) breakable 17) sociable 18) Spanish

6. GRAMMAR 13

Exercise 1

1 – B 2 – B 3 – C 4 – C 5 – D 6 – A 7 – A 8 – C 9 – D 10 - A

Exercise 2

1) Studying with the radio on isn't easy.2) It was so cold that they didn't have the windows open.3) You needn't have paid so much for that dress.4) Is it really necessary for him to make such a noise?5) No one else played better than him in the competition.6) She was too angry to speak.

7) It was such a long journey that we felt tired when we arrived.8) It is unkind to laugh at other people's misfortunes.9) If he'd had enough money, he would have bought a house.10) We'd have waited for you if we had known you were coming.


Exercise 1

These words were replaced: 'AAA' – school 'BBB' – home 'CCC' - was

Exercise 2

1) published 2) spending 3) impossible 4) companies 5) achieve 6) important7) young 8) employees 9) likely 10) executive


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Solutions 28. VOCABULARY 7 Make or do?

Exercise 1

1) May I _make_ a suggestion, please?2) His husband never _does_ any housework.3) How can you _do_ such a boring job?4) The president _made_ his speech and sat down.5) I have to _make_ a phone call urgently.6) My children hate _doing_ the washing up.7) You mustn't _make_ any noise.8) Can you _do_ the shopping for me, please?9) I've _made_ my decision, and it is final.10) Who _made_ this stupid mistake?11) I just wanted to _do_ you a favour, you know.12) Oh, you're always _making_ such a fuss about small things.

Exercise 2

1) Have you _made_ all the necessary arrangements?2) My son doesn't want to _do_ military service.3) Do you like _doing_ crossword puzzles?4) Why don't we _do_ something interesting?5) John _made_ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful.6) You should really _make_ an effort and finish this job on time.7) We didn't _do_ French at school.8) Last year the company _made_ a profit at last.9) I hate Jill; she always _makes_ trouble.10) We don't want to _do_ business with you.11) Fred _made_ an excuse and left the party.12) Try to _do_ your best this time.

9. VOCABULARY 8

Exercise 1

1) proof 2) unsuitable 3) laughter 4) throughout 5) width 6) comparatively7) variety 8) breakages 9) signature 10) lengthening 11) speechless 12) enjoyable13) qualifications 14) disability 15) privacy 16) automatically 17) encouragement

Exercise 2

1) extremely 2) unpleasant 3) inefficient 4) carelessly 5) unkind 6) unattractive7) happily 8) unreliable 9) faultless 10) dangerously

10. GRAMMAR 14 Exercise 1

1) Peter wasn't early enough to see his cousin win the match.2) She'd rather you bought a new car.3) It's the first time (that) I've seen that girl here.4) She can eat any food / everything apart from / but / except / with the exception of pickled onions.5) Janet would like to apologise / says that she's sorry for being late this morning.6) Mr Warden was buried / cremated last week.7) They needn't have paid as much for their meal as they did.8) Margaret advised Alan not to carry so much money in his hip pocket. or: Margaret advised Alan


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against carrying ...9) It was such heavy traffic (that) we went by Underground.10) Unless you queue you won't get a seat. or: you won't have / haven't (got) a chance of getting a seat

Exercise 2

1) opposite 2) just 3) hour 4) any 5) behind 6) later 7) off 8) where 9) running / going 10) round 11) speed 12) the 13) on 14) lying 15) who 16) before17) later / parked 18) still 19) away 20) far

11. VOCABULARY 9 - prefixes Exercise 1

1) unlocked 2) disagree 3) unfriendly 4) dishonest 5) unbreakable 6) unkind7) dislike 8) misunderstood9) disorder 10) dissatisfied 11) uncooked 12) unhelpful13) disorganised 14) disqualified 15) dissimilarities 16) unpack 17) unnatural

Exercise 2

1) anti-nuclear 2) non-driver 3) redo 4) pre-1900 5) mislaid 6) over-enthusiastic7) ex-king 8) post-1980 9) pro-war

12. GRAMMAR 15 Exercise

1) I must remember _to leave_ some money to pay for the repairs.2) She just went on _complaining_ about everything.3) We mustn't forget _to visit_ Monique when we're in Paris.4) Please remember _to close_ the door when you go out.5) I tried _working_ in a department store, but it wasn't a very good job.6) I remember _closing_ the door, but I'm not sure that I locked it.7) Oh dear! I think I forgot _to pay_ the rent this month.8) She complained about everything else, and then she went on _to complain_ about the price.9) I must remember _to go_ to the dentist on Wednesday.10) I'll never forget _visiting_ Paris for the first time.11) I really regret _telling_ everyone what happened. I should have kept it a secret.12) I remember _going_ to the dentist as a child.13) You really must try _to work_ harder.14) I remember _leaving_ the money in the drawer, but it's not there now.15) I regret _to tell_ you that there has been a serious accident.16) I paid the electricity bill, but I don't remember _paying_ the rent.


Exercise 1

1) False 2) False 3) Not stated 4) True 5) True 6) Not stated 7) False

Exercise 2 Correct order: C, B, D, A

14. VOCABULARY 10 - theatre

Exercise 1


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1) playwright 2) stage 3) audience 4) cast 5) cloakroom 6) curtain 7) usherette8) stalls 9) pit 10) prompter

Exercise 2 (AmE: American English - BrE: British English)

1) BrE: theatre - AmE: theatre 2) AmE: checkroom - BrE: cloakroom 3) BrE: stalls - AmE: orchestra4) BrE: box office - AmE: ticket office 5) AmE: usher - BrE: usherette 6) BrE: upper circle - AmE: balcony 7) BrE: dinner jacket - AmE: tuxedo


Solutions 315. READING COMPREHENSION 11

Exercise 1

AAA – train BBB - of

Exercise 2

Correct order: E, B, D, A, F, C

16. GRAMMAR 16

Exercise 1

1) long 2) --- 3) --- 4) for 5) --- 6) at 7) --- 8) on 9) do 10) --- 11) --- 12) on 13) used 14) in 16) --- 17) to

Exercise 2

1) If you give me your cake, I'll do your homework for tomorrow. 2) They were playing tennis while their mother was cooking dinner. 3) Did you have to go to work when you were a little boy? 4) Mary is travelling (or 'is going to travel') to England tomorrow. 5) They will be very happy when their parents arrive later today. 6) Look at those clouds in the sky - it's going to rain soon! 7) She won't like it if you open the window. or She wouldn't like it if you opened the window. 8) Do you think that Mary will come to the disco tonight? 9) Jane went to the cinema yesterday, but she didn't like the film. 10) They won't have to wash the dishes tonight if you do it for them. or They wouldn't have to wash the

dishes tonight if you did it for them. 11) Did they buy this car when they were in England? 12) Jane never learns the new words; she is going to get a bad mark for her vocabulary test tomorrow.


Exercise 1

1 - E 2 - C 3 - H 4 - B 5 - G 6 - I 7 - A 8 - F


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Exercise 2

1) C 2) A 3) B 4) B 5) B 6) A

18. GRAMMAR 17

Exercise 1

1) C 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) A 6) B 7) B 8) A 9) B 10) D 11) A 12) B 13) C

Exercise 2

1) so 2) --- 3) --- 4) any 5) has 6) had 7) so 8) to 9) --- 10) to 11) --- 12) was 13) the 14) of 15) --- 16) ---

19. LESSON

Reading Comprehension

1) true 2) false 3) true 4) false 5) false 6) true 7) false 8) true

Vocabulary

1) mobile home – caravan2) to hand out3) a nut4) neighbour5) a buck6) cancer7) broke8) wisely9) to reckon10) to take it easy

Grammar

1) win – ‘ll buy2) will you do – gives3) will you go – lose4) spend – won’t be able5) catch – ‘ll be6) ‘ll tell – don’t tell7) work – ‘ll finish8) doesn’t go – ‘ll miss


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Solutions 420. READING COMPREHENSION 13

Exercise 1

1) between 2) plane 3) length 4) although 5) quiet 6) holidays 7) most 8) spent 9) death 10) share

Exercise 2

1) football 2) electrician 3) club 4) game 5) buzz 6) hunger 7) midfielder 8) knee 9) plaster 10) operation 11) months 12) injury 13) contract 14) doubts

21. VOCABULARY 11

Exercise 1

1) British policeman - E) bobby 2) tissue paper used as a handkerchief - N) kleenex 3) when people decide to completely ignore somebody or something, to show that they dislike them -

I) boycott 4) a closely fitting piece of clothing usually worn when doing exercise or dancing - F) leotard 5) vacuum cleaner - M) hoover 6) when angry people kill a person without a trial - J) lynch 7) a short, humorous poem; often nonsense - C) limerick 8) a game played by two or four people with rackets, on a court with a net - H) badminton 9) long trousers with very wide legs - A) pantaloon 10) the spirit or soul - K) psyche 11) an imaginary, wonderful land; paradise - G) Shangri-la 12) a place where water with minerals in it comes out - B) spa 13) a woman who is interested in intellectual ideas - D) bluestocking 14) ballpoint pen - L) biro 15) swimming dress worn by women; has two very small parts - O) bikini 16) long rubber boots - P) wellington

Exercise 2

1) go with somebody - F) escort 2) make known publicly; say - A) announce 3) change - N) modify 4) hide - K) conceal 5) fly; rise far or fast - I) soar 6) make a wide, unhappy smile - G) grin 7) eat - M) consume 8) suggest - B) propose 9) pull a vehicle along - D) tow 10) die or suffer from lack of food - L) starve 11) excite; encourage - C) stimulate 12) add colour - J) dye 13) deal with; control - E) handle 14) take or pick something suddenly - H) grab

21. INTERMEDIATE LESSON

READING COMPREHENSION

1) Wally lives in Australia. - TRUE 2) He lives in a house on the beach. - FALSE 3) He has 15 relatives. - NOT IN THE TEXT

4) He has spent all the money he won. - FALSE


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5) He had some money before he won the lottery. - FALSE

6) He lives alone. - NOT IN THE TEXT

7) He works a lot. - FALSE 8) He hopes to win again. – TRUE

VOCABULARY


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1) a big car that you can live in (two expressions!) - CARAVAN, MOBILE HOME 2) to give away - TO HAND OUT 3) a stupid person - A NUT 4) the person who lives next to you - NEIGHBOUR 5) slang word for dollar – BUCK6) a serious illness that kills a lot of people - CANCER 7) a person who has no money at all - BROKE 8) in a clever way - WISELY 9) to think, believe - TO RECKON 10) not worry about anything – TAKE IT EASY

GRAMMAR

1) If I (win) the lottery, I (buy) a Porsche. - If I win the lottery, I'll buy a Porsche 2) What you (do) if the boss (give) you the yearly bonus? - What will you do if the boss gives you the

yearly bonus? 3) Where you (go) if you (lose) your map? - Where will you go if you lose your map? 4) If you (spend) all your money on sweets, you not (be able) to buy that car. - If you spend all your

money on sweets, you won't be able to buy that car. 5) If we (catch) the 8:15 train, we (be) in London by midnight. - If we catch the 8:15 train, we'll be in

London by midnight. 6) I (tell) you the truth if you not (tell) my father. - I'll tell you the truth if you don't tell my father. 7) If they (work) like this for two more weeks, they (finish) it on time. - If they work like this for two more

weeks, they'll finish it on time. 8) If Mary not (go) to the conference, Peter (miss) her. - If Mary doesn't go to the conference, Peter will

miss her.

22. LESSON

Exercise 1

1) Not in the text. 2) True. 3) False. 4) True. 5) Not in the text.6) Not in the text. 7) False.

Exercise 2

1) to outdo 2) to allow 3) a trader 4) to add 5) retailer 6) to be determined 7) a discount 8) to run 9) to introduce 10) a sticker

Exercise 3

1) C 2) B

Exercise 4

I am happy to inform you about our new customer loyalty card. If you visit our shop in ***Barnet Street***, (Correct: Brent Street) you will be given a sticker ***every time you buy something.*** (Correct: only if you spend L5) When you have collected 20 stickers, you will get ***L5***. (Correct: you'll get a L5 discount) And there's some more good news for our Saturday shoppers: now you ***can park outside the shop in the morning!*** (Correct: you can't)

23. GRAMMAR 18

Exercise 1

1) Thank you for reminding me ABOUT the party. 2) John's father has been accused OF robbery. 3) Jill's parents don't approve OF her new nose stud. 4) Jim's brother died OF a heart attack.

5) Their program consists OF eight parts. 6) Elvis joined --- the army in 1958. 7) I wanted to pay FOR the dinner, but Jack didn't let me. 8) My mother wants me to pay --- the telephone bill because she says I use it too much. 9) I'd like to thank my wife FOR everything she's done for me. 10) Do you think she will ever forgive you FOR this?

Exercise 2

1) I wanted to apologise TO his daughter FOR my behaviour, but he didn't even let me inside the house. 2) Everybody blamed Joe FOR the accident, but they were wrong. 3) Mary blamed her failure at the exam ON me. 4) A lot of people suffer FROM allergies. 5) Look, Johnny, I only want to protect you FROM this girl. 6) We'll see if we can go. It depends ON the weather. 7) How can you live ON so little money? 8) His friends congratulated Joe ON passing his exam. 9) Do you believe IN reincarnation? 10) Don't spend so much money ON clothes! 11) Chris insisted ON going to the cinema to see Godzilla

Exercise 3

1) I can't concentrate ON studying if you're making so much noise! 2) We prefer playing golf TO playing snooker. 3) What happened TO your new golden necklace? 4) This book will provide you WITH all the information you need. 5) I'd like to ask you to fill this bottle WITH your best wine. 6) In yesterday's accident, a taxi collided WITH a coach, and a lot of people were injured. 7) When that bus crashed INTO the wall, everybody ran out to the street. 8) Terry is fed up WITH school. 9) I don't really want to join --- your club. 10) I'm afraid you'll have to translate the whole chapter INTO English.


A man who was run ov_____ (OVER) and trapped under his own trac_____ (TRACTOR) has been branded luc_____ (LUCKY) by the emergency services who resc_____ (RESCUED) him. Fifty-eight-year-old Mr Richard Ramsay amazi_____ (AMAZINGLY) escaped with just bruises after being trapped und_____ (UNDER) his Massey Ferguson tractor for 40 minu_____ (MINUTES), after it ran him over on Saturday. "When we arri_____ (ARRIVED) we couldn't actually see him beca_____ (BECAUSE) of the tractor. Both his legs we_____ (WERE) trapped by the wheels and the top half was cau_____ (CAUGHT) by the pedals. It took us half an ho_____ (HOUR) to get him out. Every_____ (EVERYTHING) was tangled in a hedge," said sub officer Mr Nigel Randall from Kingsclere's retained fire serv_____ (SERVICE), "He was a ve_____ (VERY) lucky chap. A bit more either way and he could have had some serious prob_____ (PROBLEMS)." Mr Ramsay, of Little Holdrops, Common Lane, Headley, was driv_____ (DRIVING) his tractor out of fie_____ (FIELD) at Ashford Hill Road, opposite the chu_____ (CHURCH), when he stopped to close a gate. On his ret_____ (RETURN) to the tractor he accidentally knoc_____ (KNOCKED) it into gear and it set off for the ro_____ (ROAD). Mr Ramsay's frantic efforts to tu_____ (TURN) the tractor away from the road succe_____ (SUCCEEDED), but in doing so the tractor turned towa_____ (TOWARDS) him and ran him over. It trapped him under_____ (UNDERNEATH) its wheels and jammed into a hawthorn hedge. "It star_____ (STARTED) to move off so I grabbed the stee_____ (STEERING) wheel. It has got very go_____ (GOOD) steering. It is very lig_____ (LIGHT) and I ended up pull_____ (PULLING) it into myself. It was one of tho_____ (THOSE) freaky things," he said. Mr Ramsay was conscious throu_____ (THROUGHOUT) his ordeal and praised those who hel_____ (HELPED) him. "One driver stop_____ (STOPPED) and used her mob_____ (MOBILE) phone to call the emerg_____ (EMERGENCY) services. Unfortunately no-one got their names at the time but I'm extre_____ (EXTREMELY) grateful," he said on Monday. The helpers star_____ (STARTED) to use a car jack to li_____ (LIFT) the tractor off Mr Ramsay until the fi_____ (FIRE) brigade arrived. They conti_____

(CONTINUED) to use the jack and then used a hydraulic platform to lift the tractor, bef_____ (BEFORE) untangling Mr Ramsay from the hawthorn and pull_____ (PULLED) him free. "The emergency services were fanta_____ (FANTASTIC). They couldn't have been any bet_____, (BETTER)" said Mr Ramsay. He was tak_____ (TAKEN) to North Hampshire Hospital but on examination it was fou_____ (FOUND) he had escaped with bruising. "I was lucky it wasn't one of the gre_____ (GREAT) big tractors and that it wasn't loa_____ (LOADED) up with anything, even though it fe_____ (FELT) bloody heavy at the ti_____ (TIME). "I've got one or two very pre_____ (PRETTY) bruises but I feel much better. I shall ha_____ (HAVE) to go back to work tomo_____ (TOMORROW)," said Mr Ramsay, "I'm extremely grat_____ (GRATEFUL) that I came out of it as we_____ (WELL) as I did." Pc. Chris Maggs of Tadley Police Station, who was at the sce_____ (SCENE) of the rescue operation and lat_____ (LATER) visited Mr Ramsay in hosp_____ (HOSPITAL) said he was a lucky man and that oth_____ (OTHER) police officers were thin_____ (THINKING) of asking Mr Ramsay for some lucky lott_____ (LOTTERY) numbers. Unfortu_____ (UNFORTUNATELY) for Mr Ramsay his own lottery numbers did not come up that night. "You can't have every_____ (EVERYTHING)," he quipped. Devotees of BBC Radio 4's 'The Archers' series will also have not_____ (NOTED) that Mr Ramsay was very much more fortunate than the la_____ (LATE) lamented John Archer, who was killed rece_____ (RECENTLY) when a 'Fergie' tractor overturned.

25. GRAMMAR 19

Exercise 1

1) by 2) at 3) in 4) by 5) on 6) in 7) on 8) at 9) in 10) by

Exercise 2

1) at 2) on 3) by 4) in 5) in 6) at 7) in 8) on 9) in 10) by

Exercise 3

1) in 2) by 3) at 4) in 5) in 6) by 7) at 8) in 9) by



Exercise 1

1) so 2) such 3) such a 4) such 5) so 6) so 7) such a 8) such 9) such 10) such a 11) so 12) so

Exercise 2

1) I've never seen such a beautiful woman. 2) My father is so generous. 3) We were so surprised when we received a letter from you. 4) You have such an expensive car. 5) I've never seen such a boring film. 6) This computer is so old.

27. VOCABULARY 12

1) meals 2) robbers 3) told 4) speak 5) burglar 6) food 7) said 8) thief 9) dish 10) talked

28. VOCABULARY 13

1) row 2) hunt 3) threat 4) aid 5) key 6) axe 7) hit 8) clash 9) talks 10) boost 11) link 12) plea 13) curb 14) blaze 15) strife 16) drive 17) back 18) wed 19) blast20) bar 21) quit 22) probe 23) head 24) go-ahead 25) poll26) cut 27) drama 28) pledge 29) oust 30) gems 31) move32) ordeal 33) bid

29. GRAMMAR 21

1) The world record for 400 metres has been broken 2) A school girl has climbed Mount Everest 3) Europe is getting warmer, said a scientist 4) A museum is going to open a new exhibition 5) Three people are being held after an explosion 6) Sales figures are improving 7) A minister was criticised at a council meeting 8) The US is going to cut aid 9) Four million dollars (or pounds etc.) has been stolen from a bank 10) Thousands of people have been made homeless in an earthquake 11) A war hero died in an accident 12) A drug smuggler was caught in a bar

30. VOCABULARY 14

Exercise 1

1) boom 2) alert 3) clear 4) cash 5) bolster 6) act 7) clamp down on 8) call (for) 9) blow 10) aid 11) charge 12) brink 13) bond

Exercise 2

1) PC 2) Tory 3) Lords 4) BR 5) City 6) Commons 7) peer 8) gaol 9) MP 10) Ulster 11) BA 12) PM

31. VOCABULARY 15

Exercise 1

1) walk out 2) toll 3) gag 4) go 5) snatch 6) riddle 7) con 8) quiz 9) saga 10) leap 11) slash 12) loom

Exercise 2

1) top 2) life 3) dash 4) pit 5) set to 6) due 7) vow 8) hit out at 9) haul 10) stun

32. VOCABULARY 16

Exercise 1

1) slump 2) hail 3) gun down 4) sway 5) foil 6) peril 7) dole 8) go for 9) spree 10)

Exercise 2

1) rampage 2) premier 3) grab 4) feud 5) firm 6) spark 7) flak 8) mar 9) odds 10) slay



Exercise 1

1) while 2) like 3) yourselves 4) was 5) would 6) of 7) --- 8) be 9) in 10) had 11) bored 12) on 13) used 14) one 15) --- 16) had / caught

Exercise 2

1) You'd better learn all the new words. 2) What were you reading when I arrived yesterday? 3) Jack did his homework yesterday, although he hadn't been to school the previous day. 4) We are flying to Paris tomorrow. 5) Did you used to go to the disco when you were younger? 6) Maybe you ought to spend more time with your children. 7) Why did you tell John yesterday that we hadn't helped you last week? 8) Has Mary returned from Berlin yet? 9) What is your father doing at the moment? 10) Yesterday I asked Jim when they had gone / would go to the cinema. 11) Jill said that they wouldn't have to go to work the following day. 12) I knew that Tim hadn't been able to find his pen for several days


Exercise 1

A - 4 B - 1 C - 6 D - 2 E - 5 F - 3

Exercise 2

plang is "found" olh is "said" blin is "took"


Exercise 1 Correct order: B, D, A, C

Exercise 2

Wild monkeys injure 26 in attacks

A group of wild monkeys attacked passers-by in a Japanese seaside town, injuring 26 people, a town official said Tuesday. The monkeys appeared in gardens and streets, biting people in the back and legs. Local authorities using loudspeakers warned residents to beware of the monkeys as the town organised a hunt for them. "We have to move fast to do something about these monkeys because the people here are scared to death," the official said. The injuries were slight and all of the victims received injections for rabies. The wave of attacks by a group of six monkeys occurred between Sunday morning and Monday evening in the central Japanese town of Ito. "This is the first time this has ever happened and we're not sure why it happened," the official said. "We've had a lot of snow in the mountains the past couple of weeks so maybe the monkeys were looking for food below."

36. VOCABULARY 17

Exercise 1

1 – H 2 – K 3 – I 4 – F 5 – A 6 – M 7 – B 8 – C 9 – D 10 – N 11 – E 12 – J 13 - G14 - L

Exercise 2

1 – F 2 – A 3 – N 4 – K 5 – I 6 – G 7 – M 8 – B 9 – D 10 – L 11 – C 12 – J 13 - E14 - H


Exercise 1 Amateur Bond: F, A The wrong car: H, C, D No key: E, G, B

Exercise 2 1) D 2) A 3) D


Exercise 1 Correct order: B, F, C, A, E, D

Exercise 2

1) True 2) False 3) True 4) True 5) False 6) False7) False 8) True 9) False 10) False 11) False 12) False13) True 14) False 15) True 16) True

39. VOCABULARY 18

Exercise 1

1) regularity 2) embarrassing 3) possibilities 4) encouraged 5) disapproval6) talkative 7) injection 8) conversation 9) unforgettable 10) strengthen

Exercise 2

1) foolish 2) believeable 3) atomic 4) productive 5) terrible 6) musical7) hopeful, hopeless 8) progressive 9) forgettable, forgetful 10) restless, restful 11) reliable12) successful 13) horrific 14) senseless, sensitive 15) talkative 16) selfish17) reasonable 18) political

40. VOCABULARY 19

======= EXERCISE 1 =======

1) instructor 2) unreliable 3) mislaid 4) deafening 5) simplify 6) knowledge7) unexpectedly 8) enforce 9) comparably 10) poverty

======= EXERCISE 2 =======

1) agreeable 2) critical 3) scientific 4) useful, useless 5) cultural 6) specific7) noticeable 8) educational 9) athletic 10) speechless 11) remarkable 12) romantic13) tropical 14) mathematical 15) philosophical 16) breakable 17) sociable 18) Spanish



======= EXERCISE 1 - ANSWERS =======

New tests reveal drinking could stop women becoming pregnant

Women should stop drinking if they want to become pregnant.Just one or two units of alcohol a week - one unit is the equivalent of a glass of wine - could affect a woman's fertility.The research was carried out by doctors at the National University Hospital in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, and its findings are published in the British Medical Journal, The Express reported.Study leader, Dr Tina Kold Jensen, said: 'It has been known for some time that large amounts of alcohol affect women trying to conceive.'But this is the first study to show that even women who drink quite low levels of alcohol are affected.'The team studied 430 couples who were trying to conceive, asking about their drinking habits at monthly intervals.It found that women drinking between one to five units of alcohol a week could harm their chances of becoming pregnant by a third. More than 10 drinks a week could reduce it by up to two-thirds.The amount potential fathers drank did not appear to have any impact. The Department of Health - which recommends women should drink no more than two or three units a day - said the findings would be looked at closely.And Tim Hedgeley, from infertility association Issue, said: 'We usually urge couples to drink moderately but do not indicate any particular level.'We may now.'


1) mine 2) in 3) Every/Each 4) of 5) one 6) other7) notes 8) another9) without 10) won't 11) first 12) go 13) To 14) longer 15) must16) fire 17) minute/moment 18) started 19) with 20) out



1) a person who travels daily (usually to work) - commuter2) having a lot of people in a place where there's not enough room for them - crowded3) without seats - seatless4) the time of day when there's a lot of traffic - rush hour5) a person who is 40-60 years old - middle-aged6) make something smaller - reduce7) say that something is wrong - complain8) move something downwards - lower9) make something bigger - increase10) things or goods that a plane, a ship or a train is carrying - cargo11) to act or behave towards somebody - treat


1) say something is illegal – charge 2) to make a sudden, loud noise - go off

3) the right to look after or guard somebody – custody 4) take somebody to the police station - arrest5) without children – childless 6) two people who are married or living together - couple7) causing pain to others - cruelty

Answers to the exercise about words ending with -less:

1) You've done this job perfectly! It's completely flawless!2) After days of fruitless searches, they gave up the hope of finding the lost children.3) You can't come to the opera in a sleeveless shirt!4) In his new movie he plays a fearless warrior from the Middle Ages.5) When I heard the news, I was speechless!6) Needless to say, he didn't even listen to my arguments.7) Don't worry, it's only a harmless joke; he won't mind it, either.8) When she saw her dog's lifeless body on the pavement, she started crying.9) The number of jobless people has been increasing for the past few months, as the recession caused several companies to shut down.10) We should all have the same rights and chances, regardless of race or colour.11) This pill is completely harmless; you can safely take it.12) The reporter shouldn't have asked her age: it was really very tactless.

43. VOCABULARY COURSE – LESSON 2

EXERCISE 1

experiment – commuters – cargo – rush hour – capacity – reaction – commuter – freight train

EXERCISE 2

supervision – couple – cruelty – instructions - custody


======= EXERCISE 1 =======

1) when you think somebody has done something bad – suspicion2) say that you'll do something bad – threaten 3) start again - resume4) trying to do something – attempt 5) a person who is very good at something - expert6) stop taking part in something - pull out 7) to stop something using unfair methods - undermine8) planned – scheduled 9) accept that you have done something - responsibility10) to fail or stop suddenly – collapse 11) something done at once - immediate12) say you have the right to something - claim

======= EXERCISE 2 =======

1) casualty department 2) painkillers 3) plaster 4) fractured 5) painkillers6) discharged 7) X-ray 8) fracture 9) plaster 10) accident department



People who help you when you are ill: doctor, dentist, nurse, surgeon, anaesthetist, paramedic, paediatrician, physician, general practitioner, internist

Illnesses and health problems: flu, high blood pressure, indigestion, temperature, ache, rash, inflammation, sprain, sneeze

Words in connection with health and illnesses: prescription, discharge, medicine, pill, drops, bandage, plaster, crutch, transplant


1) furious 2) GP 3) devastate 4) prove 5) suffer 6) foster parent7) provide 8) mandatory 9) miscarriage 10) stable

46.VOCABULARY COURSE - LESSON 5


1) defused 2) scheduled 3) collapsing 4) immediate 5) suspicion 6) undermine7) threaten 8) resume


1) foster 2) suggesting 3) furious 4) prove 5) chance 6) provide7) mandatory 8) suffered 9) devastated 10) ruining 11) choose 12) loss



1) unaccompanied 2) admit 3) expel 4) outrageous 5) separated 6) allege7) threaten 8) consider 9) sick 10) conspire


1) pork 2) fed 3) eighties 4) ingredients 5) staple 6) links 7) processing8) communities 9) generally 10) diseases 11) peasant 12) scarce 13) infancy14) cereals 15) dairy

48. LESSON (LONG)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 1 - ANSWERS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The map of the runway at the moment of the crash (I hope it's clear ...)

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PANAM --->*<--- KLM

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 2 - ANSWERS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The mistakes in the letter are between ***

Dear Mary,

We are having a very interesting holiday here. We decided to come now because there are***not too many tourists*** here at this time of the year.

We were hoping to have a peaceful time, but on our way here a bomb was found ***on the plane,*** so we had to land at Tenerife instead of Las Palmas.Luckily everything went well and we could get ready for take-off after ***a few minutes***. The weather was ***beautiful***, and our captain told us that we would be the ***first*** plane to leave Tenerife.

Unfortunately, another plane crashed into our ***left wing***, and we couldn't take off. Jane and me were lucky ***not to get hurt*** when a lot of people died and several others were injured.

Anyway, everything is OK now. I hope you are all well.

See you soon,

Love,

Peter

~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 3~~~~~~~~~~

1 I was to look after the children. 2 What do you think we are to do with these books?3 Tom is to drive the van. 4 They were to clean the kitchen.5 Joe is to collect all the Brazilian stamps he can find. 6 We were to repair the bikes.7 Who do you think is to buy the tickets? 8 Are you to visit all the countries in Asia?

~~~~~~~~~~EXERCISE 4~~~~~~~~~~

1 The people killed in the accident were Americans. 2 The number of books sold doubled this year.3 People sent to prison are usually guilty. 4 Products shown on television are usually not as good in real life.5 Fruits sold in busy roads can be unhealthy. 6 Luckily, there was nobody hurt in the car crash.7 Some of those arrested were freed later. 8 The money stolen has never been found.


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1) forgery 2) protests 3) surveillance 4) premises 5) custody 6) suspicious7) sheets 8) robbery 9) plumber 10) trade union



1) May I _make_ a suggestion, please? 2) Her husband never _does_ any housework.3) How can you _do_ such a boring job? 4) The president _made_ his speech and sat down.5) I have to _make_ a phone call urgently. 6) My children hate _doing_ the washing up.7) You mustn't _make_ any noise. 8) Can you _do_ the shopping for me, please?9) I've _made_ my decision, and it is final. 10) Who _made_ this stupid mistake?11) I just wanted to _do_ you a favour, you know.

12) Oh, you're always _making_ such a fuss about small things.


1) Have you _made_ all the necessary arrangements? 2) My son doesn't want to _do_ military service.3) Do you like _doing_ crossword puzzles? 4) Why don't we _do_ something interesting?5) John _made_ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful.6) You should really _make_ an effort and finish this job on time.7) We didn't _do_ French at school. 8) Last year the company _made_ a profit at last.9) I hate Jill; she always _makes_ trouble. 10) We don't want to _do_ business with you.11) Fred _made_ an excuse and left the party. 12) Try to _do_ your best this time



1) unlocked 2) disagree 3) unfriendly 4) dishonest 5) unbreakable 6) unkind7) dislike 8) misunderstood 9) disorder 10) dissatisfied 11) uncooked12) unhelpful 13) disorganised 14) disqualified 15) dissimilarities 16) unpack17) unnatural


1) anti-nuclear 2) non-driver 3) redo 4) pre-1900 5) mislaid 6) over-enthusiastic7) ex-king 8) post-1980 9) pro-war



1) playwright 2) stage 3) audience 4) cast 5) cloakroom 6) curtain7) usherette 8) stalls 9) pit 10) prompter


(AmE: American English - BrE: British English)

1) BrE: theatre - AmE: theatre 2) AmE: checkroom - BrE: cloakroom 3) BrE: stalls - AmE: orchestra4) BrE: box office - AmE: ticket office 5) AmE: usher - BrE: usherette 6) BrE: upper circle - AmE: balcony 7) BrE: dinner jacket - AmE: tuxedo

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