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Match 1-6 with a-h to make sentences.

1. You need to scroll F

2. We've run A

3. I'm still trying to figure E

4. You just click B

5. Tom hung C

6. Jen is interested D

Match 1-6 with a-h to make sentences. There are two extra options.

1. The man who stole my bag will appear E

2. Will you buy me a bottle H

3. I can't return this dress as I didn't keep C

4. To get a job, you have to apply G

5. Tom likes the T-shirt but wants to try B

6. Jerry's been busy, so now he's taking a D

Match 1-6 with a-h to make sentences. There are two extra options.

1. My friend Jan sells things in a local store. She's D

2. I get on very well C

3. At school, we eat our lunch G

4. Before a test, I always try to do A

5. I'd really love a job with a high H

6. Sam loves computers, so he'd like to work F

a-h to make sentences. There are two extra options.

1. To see great paintings, go to F
2. They gave Davida medal for D
3. The actor in the film gave B
4. I love the sea, so I'd like to live C
5. From the mountain, there was H
6. Our home is very 'green', as it's A a an eco-house...

READ + REWRITE

1. Read the newspaper report and put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable form of the passive voice. Use the lines below the exercise to write your answers: In Paxham yesterday a shop assistant (1) WAS FORCED (force) to hand over £500 after (2) SHE WAS (threaten) by a man with a knife. A man (3) FOUND GIULTY (arrest) in connection with the robbery and (4) IS STILL TO BE QUESTIONED (still/question) by the police.
2. Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C. About two years ago, my family and I moved into a really amazing house right out in the 1 A and away from everyone. My mum works as a full-time 2 B and the house is perfect for her to do her paintings,

as there's enough space for a big 3 C where she can paint. She says she's always 4 D by the wonderful landscape around the house, and the neighbours around us have been very 5 A and brought us food and drinks. My dad likes it here too and spends a lot of time 6 D in the garden.

3. Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C. After all the years I've spent in the classroom, it's finally time for me to 1 B school! I thought at first that I'd feel really 2 D, but in fact, the whole thing is 3 C difficult than I imagined. I've 4 A decided not to go straight to university, I made that decision several months ago. Instead, I'm going to wait and do a 5 C year. That will give me time to 6 B a job or course that's suitable for me.

4. Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Just recently, I had a fantastic trip abroad with my college, and one day we visited a science museum. I was very 1 C about the visit as

I love anything to do with space. The aim was to learn more about the history of space travel, and the conditions that astronauts have to live in nowadays while they are in space. The museum staff were really helpful and gave us information, and I took some great photos of the models of spacecraft they had there. Then when I got back home.

Last summer I decided to take an exam in French. I didn't want to put off revising for the exam till the last moment, so I prepared a great study schedule. I was going to learn a bit every day. It worked well at the beginning. After lunch, I would go to my room and get down to work for a good few hours. However, things went wrong one day when I needed to use an online dictionary. I saw some new messages from my friends, replied to them, watched a few videos and, before I knew it, it was dinnertime. In the end, I did very little revising and I

Failed the exam. Going online while studying is not always a good idea! Recently my dad has shown me an application which he uses to manage his time at work. It simply blocks access to Facebook and other pages. If only I ⁽⁵⁾had discovered it before! Maybe I'd ⁽⁶⁾have passed the exam and wouldn't have to re-take it now!

6. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1. 'I'm not going out tonight,' said Tom. Tom said he is not going out tonight.
2. 'I have a lot of homework to do,' said Tess. Tess said that she has a lot of homework to do.
3. 'I don't like eating ice cream,' said Mark. Mark said that he doesn't like eating ice cream.
4. 'I was at home all day,' said Robin. Robin said that he was at home all day.
5. 'I'm not fixing my bike now,' said Marta. Marta said she will fix her bike then.
6. 'My brother has just come back from the US,' said Melissa. Melissa said that her brother just got back from the US.

USE1.

Use the prompts to write questions.

1. What time do you go to school every morning?
2. What did your sister do today?
3. Did you use to play football when you were a child?
4. How many languages do your parents speak?
5. Have you ever met anyone famous?
6. Who are you waiting for now?

You are going to read an article about counterfeit goods. Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

SAVE MONEY WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW Fake brand-name goods have been popular for many years. Most people who buy them know that what they are buying isn't really made by the company whose name is on the label. (1)

Although………… A Some people purchase cheaper options deliberately, knowing they aren't genuine but hoping theywon't do any harm. B However, unlike an illegal fake……

1. D;
2. E;
3. A;
4. F;
5. B

2. You are writing an email to a good friend. How would you end it? Katie, Love the photos on Facebook of last weekend. Fancy catching up over a coffee later this week? Call me. Love

1. ABILITY- BE ABLE TO: express present, future and past abilities. Don’t add the “-s” for the 3 person. Followed by the baserdform of the verb. They don’t have the infinitive form or the “-ing” form. They are auxiliaries.
2. ABILITY- CAN: express present and future abilities. . Don’t add the “-s” for the 3 person. Followed by the base form of therdverb. They don’t have the infinitive form or the “-ing” form. They are auxiliaries.
3. ABILITY- COULD: express past abilities. In the case of a single

past event, you should use “was/were able to”. Don’t add the“-s” for the 3 person. Followed by the base form of the verb. They don’t have the infinitive form or the “-ing” form. They are auxiliaries.

4. ADJECTIVE: gives information about a noun. Put it before a noun.

5. ADJECTIVE SUPERLATIVES: to make comparison. [the + adjective+EST/the most + adjective/the least + adjective/ irregular:good →best; bad →worst]

6. ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES – AS…AS: between 2 things that are (not) the same [(not) as + adjective +as]

7. ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES – THAN: s.t./s.o. is different than an other [adjectiveER/more + adj./less + adj. + than]. Irregular form: good →better; bad →worse.

8. ADVERBS: gives information about a verb. They can be of manner (how) and frequency (how often) [“It’s a lovely house]

9. ADVERBS- AS…AS: to make comparison. [as + adverb + as]

10. ADVERBS- COMPARATIVES: between 2

things that are not the same [adverbER + than]

11. ADVERBS- SUPERLATIVES: to make comparison [adv.EST]

12. ADVERBS- COMPARATIVE + AND +COMP. ADV: s.t. is increasing/decreasing. With three (or more) syllable use: more and more + adv]

13. ADVERBS- THE + COMP. ADV, + THE + COMP. ADV.: show cause and effect [e.g. "The harder he plays, the better he got"]

14. ADVICE- HAD BETTER (NOT): give strong advice. Usually contracted (I'd). ONLY for present and future.

15. ADVICE- OUGHT TO: s.t. is advisable.

16. ADVICE- SHOULD (/DN'T): normally used in questions [(wh-quest) should + subj. + base form verb]

17. ARTICLES- DEFINITE: when there is a specific thing/person/place. For specific words. [the]

18. ARTICLES- INDEFINITE: when there isn't a specific thing/person/place. For generic words. [a/an]

19. ASSIMILATION: when a sound becomes similar to its neighbour sound during articulation [e.g. the prefix in- becomes im-in impossible]

20. BACK-FORMATION: a creative reduction of a word,

21. BLENDING: when parts of the words are deleted, e.g. breakfast + lunch = brunch.

22. BOUND MORPHEMES: MORPHEME is the smallest meaningful unit in a language. In English, for example, the morpheme "ion" can be added to the verb "elect" and the result is the noun "election". To a morpheme we can add AFFIX, divided into PREFIX (at the end of a word), INFIX (in the middle of a word) and SUFFIX (at the beginning of a word)]. The plural morpheme "-s" can be added to the noun election to obtain the plural form of the same noun: elections (which is not a new vocabulary item but the inflected variant of an already existing one).

23. CLIPPING: shortening a polysyllabic word by deleting one or more syllables, e.g. "gasoline" in "gas".

24. CLOSE WORD CLASSES: rarely adopt new members. They are determiners (the), preposition (from), quantifiers (every) and conjunction (and).

time is often given. [e.g. “the train leaves at 9 a.m.]

32. FUTURE: to express prediction about the future. WILL/WON’T: Actions/situations we decide to do at the moment of speaking. Contracted form (I’ll); BE GOING TO