Collocations/Expressions
A
Complet e the bla nks with the verb s go, come, reach or get. get.
get
go/get
better
to sleep
get
revenge
get
on sb’s nerves
red
get
off sb’s back
an agreement
get
down to business
reach
a decision
get
rid of
go
come
to terms with
get
ready
reach
get
into trouble
get
the sack
get
lost
go
over the top
get
dark
come
in handy
get
the job
get
even with
B Complete the sentences with the collocations / expression s in the box below . Use each one only once. in som ebo dy’s shoe s
on top of
in charge of
1 Mr Johnson is
in search of
on the safe side
in charg e of
in troub le with
____the company’s marketing department.
2 People People who who systema tically cheat cheat the the tax system will will one day b e ________ in trouble with
on the safe side
3 The doc tor insisted that I should be given a thoroug h check-up just to be __ 4 The children wandered around the neighbourhood
the Tax Department.
__________ in search of
their lost dog.
5 Nobody would want to b e __________ in his shoes_________ _ pot with all those debts he has to pay off. on top of
6 After weeks of hard hard work, Kevin was confident he was finally
C
the situation.
Complete the collocations collocations bel ow with the words in the box. You may use some of the wor ds m ore than once. once. In some cases more than one w ord may be correct. correct.
bar
bunch
can
clap
flash
pair
of pyjamas
sheet
flash
of lightning
bar
of beer
pair pair
a
pint/can
a
set
a
bunch
flock
pair
pint
set
sheet
swarm
tube
pair
of scissors
flock
of sheep
of sung lasses
set
of rules
claP
of thunder
of paper .of soap
of traff ic lights
flock
of birds
of flow ers
tube
of toothp aste
swarm
of bees
Read the sentences on the left and match the phrasal v erbs with their definitions on the right by writing the correct number in the box next to each definition.
A
COME
1 While cleaning the basement, I came acr oss something I thought I had lost
years ago. 2 Joe cam e into a lot of money, which changed his life completely. 3 Why doesn’t Julie come round to our place anymore? 4 The scientists took months to come up with a solution to their problem. 5 Richard came down with a bad cold the day before his exams. 6 It took the round/to after she had fainted. the woman a few minute s tocome round/to
3
stop by, visit
2 inherit 1 fin find by by chan chance ce 6 regain consciou sness 5 betak en ill with 4
think of and suggest
unit 0 1 B GO
move / travel around, visit
1 They decided to go ahead with their trip despite the bad weather conditions.
match
2 Once you have have finished finished cleaning, cleaning, you can go on w ith your job.
explode
3 The docto r wanted to go over the test results with his patient.
start sth
4 That tie g o e s w i t h your suit nicely. 5 Luckily no one was injured when the bomb went off.
continue doing
6 While visiting Rome, we went round all the major archaeological sites.
turn sour, start to decay
7 The child w e n t t h r o u g h a lot before recovering completely.
examine / discuss in detail
8 The milk w e n t o f f after on ly an hour in the scorching heat.
suffer
9 What’s going on in there? Open the door!
happen
C BE 1 What's on this weekend at the theatre?
2 We were promised that the the hard times would be over soon. 3
I was about to leave leave home w hen some un expected visitors arrived.
4 I'm for the m ayor's plan plan to relocate the town hall. hall. ’re ruining the garden again! 5 What are the boys up to? Don’t tell me they ’re 6 I mu st be off now. My parents are expecting me for dinner.
Words with Prepositions Prepositions Complete the blank s with prepositions. A Complete Ad jec ti ve s
excellent
at
experienced happv
in
for
sb
Nouns
Verbs
an answer
associate
an exDert (take)Dride
h a oD oD V w i th th / a b o u t s t h
a reDlv
Droud
a reD ort
°f
respected responsible
for
concentrate
on/in/at
cooperate
t0
deal
on
with
on
sth
sb
w i th th
include
an opp ortunity
st h
on
conaratu late sb
in
praise sb
w i th th
'n
w ith ith
sth
provide sth
fo r
sb
succeed
in
supply sb
w i th th
sth
to
sb
supply sth
G Read the following sentences sentences and complete them them with prepositions. for
2 I would be more than hap py to provide you 3 We supply all major companies 4 She takes great pride
with
in
our products.
of
for
the homeless.
yourself. What you did was wrong!
7 The government supplied food and med icine 8 The journ alist was praised
our company's catalogue.
her work . That's wh y she's she's the best in her field.
5 The govern me nt will provide housing
You sho uldn 't be proud 6 You
you and your wife. with
for
his report
to
the victims of the hurricane. hurricane. on
sth
p r o v id e sb
fo r
1 Congratulations Rodney! Rodney! I'm I'm so happy
fo r
the starving children of Africa. Africa.
unit unit0 1 Grammar Revision (Tenses) See Gramm ar Revie w page 14 147 ^ Read the text text bel ow and complete each blank with one word. All missing word s are a uxilia ux ilia ry verbs ve rbs (is, was, have, has, had, do, does, did etc.). etc.). __________ has ______ _________ ____ _ improved a lot since last year. You see, before My life (1 ) __________
__________ _ ________ _____________ _____been working in the same job for five years and that I (2 ) _________ __________ beginning to feel rather bored. I ( 4 ) _________ __________ _ was __________ _ was __________ I (3 ) _________
getting ready to apply for an other job when one day my boss boss called called me into her office. office. "Our company __________ thinking of starting _________ ___ ______ _________ ____ _ plan ning t o exp and overseas," she said. ( 5 ) ______ said. "We ( 6 ) ______ ________ _____ ___^^ __________ ___________ __ be with Spain Spain,, therefore we will (7 ) _________
________ ^ branch branch there. there. (8 ) ________
you think you would be interested in a transfer?" Naturally I accepted, although at
did
the time I (9)
needing some of our best employees to supp ort our new
_________ ___ __________ _ no t kn ow th a t t h e y ( 1 0 ) ______ ______________also ____also go ing to pr om ot e me
to ass istant manager. manager.
been
By the end of this month, I will have (11)
_________ ____ _ has exciting my life life (12 ) ______
living in Madrid for a year. You can't imagine how
become.
Simple, Past Past Progressive, Pre sent Pe rfect Sim ple or Present Perfect B Put the verb s in brackets into the Past Simple, Progressive and complete the boxes with the time words below. Use each time word wo rd only once. once. for
While
w hen
was having
ago
already
since since
_ (ha ve) a bath b ath ye ster st er da y ev en ing , I was in th e kit ch en .
________ came _________ __________ _ (come) into the kitchen, she couldn't believe her eyes! s h e ________
Mum. I
° iafen looking
I
(look) for my black belt
stj||
haven ’t foun d
seen
fo r
the past hour and Have
(not find) find) it. .
______ ________ __ you
(see) it anywhere?
Mother: No, No, but I thin k you Jim:
still
________ __ (want) to surprise her. ________ __ wanted ______ (cook) her favourite dish because I ______
When
Jim:
y et
Mary
was cooking
2
while
__________ _ (lend) it to your brothe r about a week Ieri _________
Oh, you ’re righ t. He
hasn't hasn't ciyen/didrrc give
(no t g(ve) jt back to me. I bet he
ago
nas nas been wearing
(wear)
it all week. Where is he now, Mum? I'm afraid afraid M ark ___ Mother: I'm __________ 9 0 t H e __________
3
|
have have been been working
I
haven’t finished
has
left
already
.(get) up about an hour before you . (work) on this pro ject (not finish) it
did
.(leave). . (do). (do) .
this morning but yet
. What am I going to tell my boss?
&
M y sister love s cats. /
She has gone to Italy. (She (She is stil l there.)
cats. / She loves cats.
She has been to Italy. (She (She has retu rned .)
Mysistershelovescats.
(Only
one
I bought this this bike two ye ars ago. /
subject in each sentence.)
(Past (Past Simple + ago) ago) There $>
is a book on the table. table.
I- hav e& oug htth is bike -two -two years ago.
It is Sus an ’s.
I boughtthisbtke twoyearsb efore.
(Use there when m entioning sth for the first time. time.
I have had this bike for two years. years. /
Use i t fo r sth sth already mentioned.)
(Pres (Present ent Perfe ct+for ) Ibavethi-sbike-lortwoyear-s.—-
€>
T h e y don't have a car. car. / (have = own)
I have had this bike since 1998. /
T h e y haven't got a car. car. / (have got = own)
(Present Perfe ct + since + time) I have had this bike since I was sixteen. /
The y haven't a car. ®
(Present Perfe ct + since + Past Simp le) I have-h ad this-bike this-bike since two yea rs ago. »
H e has a bath bath eve ry morning. / (have = take)
(Only one tim e w ord in each sentence. sentence.))
H e does n’t have a bath ev ery m orning. orning. J H e has- got a bath every moTning. ®
I haven't studied for a week, (refers to the past: The
last time time I studied was a week ago.)
James didn't use to smoke so much. /
(refers to the futur e: I I have to study for a week, (refers
James didn't used to s m o k e s o m u e h .
must study fo ra week before I do sth else. else.))
(did/didn ’t + bare infinitive) &
I haven't eaten spaghetti for six months. /
I do sp eak French. / (emphasis)
Ihavetoeatspaghettiforsixmonths-.
He does eat snails. / T h e y did buy a house. / W e did saw the thief.
(do/does/did + bare infin itive)
Key Transformations I have never b een to Malta Malta before. before. It is the first first time I hav e e ver b ee n to Malta.
&
The last time time I saw h er wa s a ye ar ago. I last saw h er a ye ar ago. I have n’t see n he r for a year.
I had never b een to Malta Malta before. before. It wa s the first first time time I had eve r be en to Malta. Malta. W he n d id he start start working? working? How long has he bee n working? working? Ho w lo ng is it it since since he started working?
It has be en a yea r since I last last saw her. her. It is a yea r sinc e I last saw her. her.
unit unit 0 1 Examination Practice A
Read the text text below and think of the word which best fits each each space. Use only one wo rd in each space. space.
MONGY what
There is no dou bt tha t money, in the form that we know it today, today, (1). (1).
keeps keeps mode rn econom ic life function ing. Yet, Yet, throug ho ut history, history, money, in in wha tever form, has provided _________ and/or_________sell goods. people people (2 ) ______ __________ __ the ability to buy (3) _________ _________ ___ with ________ __________ ago _________ __________ _ used ______ civilisations (5 ) _________ __________ _ , civilisations _________ ___ to rely on Thousands of years years (4 ) __________
the barter system as a way of exchanging goods. Within this system a person had to exchange one thing ______ make/reach _______ _______ an agreem ent for another. This This meant that the two parties involved had to ( 6 ) ______
_________ ____ _ as _________ as to wh at they thou gh t their produ cts were worth. Items such such (7) ______ ___________w __w he at, tobacco and livestock have all been been used as as money at one time or another. It was was not u ntil m uch later that humans came up (8 ) ______ _________ ___ with ______ _________ ____ _ the idea of m oney in the form of m etal coins. coins. So So why __________ __ did___ ( 9 ) ________ did_____ ____ ____ ____the __the b arter system come to an end? The answ er is simple. Coins were m uch
easier to handle and c arry around. Since then, then, the use of coins coins has become w idespread. It has made _________ ____ _ _________ _____________de ____de ve lo pm en t commerce simpler and has given countries an opportunity (10) ______ __________ h^d __________ __________ never by doing business with other countries further afield, which they (11) __________
done business with before. In recent years, paper money has become more common all over the world, as it is easier to use. It _________ ____ _ not be long, however, before plastic cards take over completely, replacing (12) __________ __________^ ______
coins and paper money.
6 Complete the second sentence so that that it has a similar meaning to the first first sentenc sentence, e, using the the wor d given unchanged. You must use betwe en two a nd five words, including the wor d given.
1
We last last went abroad abroad a long long time time ago. ago. n ot
yy yye e
have not been abroad for
a long time.
When did they start living in the suburbs? have
How
long have the y been living
in the suburbs?
It's It's the first tim e she has has ever had problems w ith the authorities. trouble 4
with the authorities before.
When Carl was yo ung , h e ______ _________ ______ ______ ______us ___used ed to go to
. a holiday camp every summer.
After the earthquake, the governm ent supplied food and medicine to the the homeless, homeless, provided
6
has neve r had trou ble
When Carl Carl was was young , he we nt to a holida y camp ever y summer, summer, used
5
She
_____ A fte ft e r t he ea rthq rt hq ua ke , t he g o v e rn m e n _______pro t_______pro vide d th e h omele ss w ith __
Lucy hasn't visited me since February. February. was
______________ ______ _ time Lucy visited me was _________ ______________ _________ ____ in February. The The las t _________
How long has he had this car? bought 8
_________ ___ How lon lon g ______
is it since since he boug ht
this car?
I haven't caug ht a cold for ages, ages, down
___________ __ I last _________
came down with a cold
ages ago.
.food and medicine.
unit 0 1
Words easily confused Use the correct form of the word s in the boxe s to complete the sentences in each g roup A-H below. You may use some of the words more than once. In some cases, more than one word may be correct.
jo b
oc cu p at io n
w or k
e m p lo ym en t
______ profession 1 Pe op op le le in in th th e m e d i c a l ______
wo rk long hours.
_________ 12^ ______ 2 In order to get a (n ) _________ ______
as a computer analyst, you need a degree in computer science.
work
3 Betty has has been ou t o f ____ ____
prof pr of es sio n
__since January.
______ agencies Employment ______ agencies help people find wo rk in their field.
-
______ __ __ on the application form. occupation ______
5 I was asked asked to w rite my presen t
B
task
course
duty task
1 They They were were set set the the
___ 2 It is a n ur se 's __
of cleaning the room after the meeting. _____ _ to make the the patients feel comfortable.
duty
________ __ course 3 Her marks are quite high, so she can choose between a medical or a la w ______
employer
employee assistant
1 T he s ho ho p
colleague
assistant
__ ___ helped me choose a jum per
clerk
officer
attendant
that suited me. me.
_______ _ js re sp on sible attendant ______ si ble fo r pa rk ing in g cu st om er s’ cars. ca rs.
2 The car park
_______ _ are expected to be at ______ ________ __ employer employees ______ at work by 8.30. 8.30. O u r
3 All
at university.
_______ _ 4 Jill wo rked as a (n )________ )_________clerk _clerk ______
insists on it.
for a law law firm before entering politics. politics.
5 All m y __ ______ colleagues ______ _______ _ at the office are friendly. officer
6 Bob is is a sen ior
D
party
crew
staff
1 A member of a politica l__ l______ 2
The teaching
3
The search _
4
The The sh ip's __ __
a im
staff party crew
goa l
in the armed forces.
intention
party
gave a speech in the town centre last night. at our school have formed a basketball team.
_ had no luck lu ck in fin fi n d in g th e m iss ing in g ch ild , served d rinks as the ship set sail. sail.
challenge
success
ambition
1
The Maths problem was a(n) __ ___
2
________ 0f environmental organisations is to stop environmental destruction. _______ _ aim/goal ________ T h e ______
challenge
and took me over an hour to solve.
unit nit 0 1 ambition
3 P eople with
success
4 T heir first album was was a great intention
5 I have no
achieve
and sold sold two million copies worldwide.
of changing my plans for tonight.
cope
fulfil
goals
will always try to achieve their
deal
face
succeed
1 J o hn hn ____ ______ ___ _ succeeded ______ boss to give give him the the day off. off. ________ __ jn convincing his boss 2 He doesn doe sn’t ’t ________deal/cope ____ ______ ____ __ with with crisis situations very well. 3 Despite Despite his his health health problems, problems, J o e ________fulfil ________fulfilled led _______ his ambition to play in the local football team. ___________ ____ his facing
4 The J ohnstons are are
financial difficulties a fter fter Mrs J ohnston lost her job.
5 Kim put a lot of work wo rk into her project proje ct and and
___ 6 During his career as as a teacher, teacher, he h a s __
manage
run
operate
achieved dealt
excellent results. with students from d ifferent backgrounds. backgrounds.
undertake
1 You have have to to read read the the instructions instructions c arefully arefully before before yo u ____ ______ __ operate operate ____ ______ ____ ____ __ the photocopying machine. 2 Brett couldn co uldn't 't find experienced experience d staff so h e ____ ______ ____ ___ _ ________________ his business on his own for a few months. 3 Kate was supposed to _______ undertake undertake _____ ________ ____ _ training of the new staff. 4 The compa ny is
H
skills
_______ _ by two people who share the responsibilities. managed/run managed/run ______
qualities
qualifications
experience
1 To get get the the job you must hav have e three three years’ years’
experience
qualifications 2 Leadership
in telecommunications and the necessary
., one of which is a university degree. qualities
__ __ are are required by a Prime Minister, as well as communication.
skills
________ ____ _ | ______ experience 3 Learning to winds urf was a fanta fa nta s tic ______ experience _____
(verb, noun, adje ctive or adverb) is each of the words below ow.. What part of speech (verb, A Look at the sen tences bel in bold type?
unit unit0 1
Each Each part of speech has a diffe ren t fun ctio n in the sentence. n u m
describe actions, events, feelings or situation s. (e.g. The two patterns d i f f e r from each other.) refer to people, animals, things, actions, situations or ideas. (e.g. There is a d i f f e r e n c e between the two patterns.)
qualities of nouns. nouns. JECTIVES2 describe the qualities (e.g. This pattern is d i f f e r e n t from that one.)
VERBS
describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, phrases or whole sentences, (e.g. The two patterns have been d i f f e r e n t l y designed.)
A l ot of Eng lish w or ds can be used as r o o t s for the formation of other words, which are called derivatives. Most adverbs, for instance, are are form form ed by adding the end ing -ly to the root adjective. careful 4 carefully
terrible 4 terribly
different 4 differently
B Choose the correct wor d A, B or C to complete the follow ing sentences. •
_________ attraction ________ ________ are the pandas. The zoo's ma in _________
A a tt ra ct iv e ly
B a tt ra ct iv e
(c )a tt r a c t io n
2 The teache r w a s ____ ______ ____ ____ ___angry__ _angry____ ____ ____ ____with __with the stu den t because he he did n’t do his his homew ork. A an ge r
(B Ja ng ry
C a ng rily ri ly
3 Before Before I set off on my journey, my fathe fathe r told me to d ri v e ____ ______ ____ ____ ___s _safe afely ly _________ __________. _. A safe
B sa fet y
(c )s a fe ly
________ between increase and decrease? ______ ____ ___ _ difference ________ 4 What's t h e ____
A di ffer ff er en ce
B d iffe if fe re n tl y
C d iffe if fe re n t
_______ _ photographer ______ ______ to take pictures at my w edding. 5 I hire hi re d a ______
A) ph p h o to g ra p he r
B p h o to g ra p h y
C ph o to gr ap h ic
6 Despite his age, he leads leads an an ______ _________ ____ _ active__________ life. A a c ti v it y
B a ctin ct ing g
( ^ a c t iv e
_______ and was promoted. 7 She She completed the p ro je ct ________ ________ successfully _______
A succ ess
(B )s u cc e ss fu lly
C su cce ssf ul
C Read the sentences bel ow and an d decid e what part of speech is missing. Then, complete the sentences sentences with the correct correct form of the wor ds in capitals. _______ ) _____ comfortable adjective adjective _______
1 I love sitting on my new sofa. sofa. It’s so (Part of speech: 2 She She chose light-co loure d fur nitu re to (Part of speech:
ve|ve|-b b
)
COMFORT
___ BRIGHT _brighten _____ _____ __
up her dull flat. 3
It’s certa inly (Part of speech:
4 Au gu st is a (Part of speech: __ everyone is away on holiday.
______ dangeroustQ ) ______ dangerous tQ drjve gt hjgh speed
adjective adjective
)
peacefu l
m on th in ou r city, as
DANGE DANGER R PEAC PEACE E
unit O f robber
noun
5 The (Part of speech: _
held up the bank and
ROB
stole stole £200 000 . noun
6 Nobody could find the (Part (Part of speech:.
solution
to the
SOLVE
difficult Maths problem. 7
happily 8
adverb
Even Even thoug h they had financial financial difficulties, they were (Part (Part of speech:.
HAPPY
___ married.
I feel very (Part of spee ch :______ :_________ ___adjective adjective
sleepy
)
today. I think I’ll have
SLEEP
some coffee.
Examination Practice B , C or D best fits each space. A Read the text bel ow and decide which answer A , B,
FIN D ING
E M PL O YM E NT job jo b
My first (1)^
assistant
was as a sales (2)_
at
I wan ted to work pa rt-time, because I was still studying (3).
at a large large de partm ent store. ___uni ___u ni ve rs ity it y and an d I was o nl y
__________ to work a few nights a week. _________ ___ able __________ ( 4 ) ______
across
I came (5).
the ad vertiseme nt in the the local
newspaper. newspaper. I remem ber the inte rview as though (6 )
!___________ _ were yesterday. The personnel I __________
ma nager sat behind a large large desk. He asked asked me various question s which surprised me because all I wanted was to work in sales. An hour later, I was told that I had got the job and was given a contract to go (7 )
______ _________ ___ . I was to be trained for ten days before i over
too k my post. Also, Also, as a me mb er of (8).
staff
I was entitled to some benefits, including discounts.
When I eve ntua lly started, I was responsible (9)_ (9)_
fo r
the toy section. I really enjoyed it there
and I loved loved dem onstrating the differe nt toys. I was surprised surprised at how frien dly my (10) (10) _ were, too. They made working there fun even when we had to (11) ________deal wi th ( 12).
forget.
go t
colleagues customers who
on our nerves. On the whole, working there was a great experience which I will never
1
A occupation
B job
C work
2
A employee
B attendant
C officer
3
A in
B on
4
A excellent
B able
C proud
D experienced
5
A across
B into
C on
D round
B 1
C that
D there
B over
C ahead
D with
B c re w
C team
D party
C with
D fo r
6 7
(A)it A on
(fi) s t a f f 8 (fi) s 9
A of
B at
10
A assistants
B staff
11
A control
12
A came
(»at
( C) colleagues colleagues
(JB) deal with B went
C manage
©got
D employment
( d ) ) assistant assistant D fo r
D employees D cooperate D were
Complete the text text bel ow with the correct form of the word s in capitals.
AN UNUSUAL OUTING C0USjn jn A |ex 0f fe rjng to _______ _ suggestion ______ ______ tQ my C0US Last week I made a (1 ) ______
SUGGEST
______ amusement __ take him to an (2) ______ was very excited because it ______ park. He was
AMUSE
_______ _ favourite ________ was his (3 ) ______ ________ place. However, from the moment I picked
FAVOUR
__________ _ which surprised me since _________ ___ noisy _________ him up, he was very ( 4 ) ______
NOISE
_______ _ normally ________ ________very d jfferent, At one his his beha viour was (5) ______ one point,
NORMAL
_________ ___ ________ __ Luckily ______ while waiting to get on a ride, he disappeared. (6) ______
LUCK
_________ _ helpful _________ _________ found him an hour the manager, who was very (7 ) ________
HELP
later amongst a crowd. Apparently, Alex had seen a famous basketball player and
______ apologised ______ _______ _ to me immecjiately wanted his autograph. He (8 ) __ immecjiately b ut I
APOLOGY
was so (9) ______ _________ ___ angry _________ _________ at him that we left. It was then that I made
ANGER
________ __ decision________never to take Alex out again. the (10) ______
DECIDE
