Upper-intermediat 5tudenf Book

GRAMMAR
a Complete the second sentence so that it means
the same as the first.
1 After being in London for a year, I still find
driving on the left difficult.
After being in London for a year, I still can't
get _ _ _ ___ on the left.
2 My hair was very long when I was a teenager.
When I was a teenager I used _ _ __ long
hair.
3 'I think you should talk to a lawyer: he said
to Sarah.
He advised _ _ _ __ _ _ _ to a lawyer.
4 'I didn't kill my husband' she said.
She denied _ _ __ - _ .
5 'I'm sorry I'm late: James said.
James _ _ _ ___ late.
6 My brother is a waiter in a French restaurant.
My brother works _ _ _ _ _ _ in
a French restaurant.
b Put the bold verb in the gerund or infinitive.
1 I don't remember _ _ you before. meet
2 The car needs _ _ . Shall I take it
to the car wash?
3 He managed _ _ to the airport
on time.
4 You must try not _ _ _ late again.
clean
get
be
VOCABULARY
a Make nouns for people from the following words. Underline
the stressed syllable.
1 conduct
2 violin
3 drums
4 edit
5 compose
6 journal
7 solo
8 report
9 present
10 COlmnentate
b Complete the missing words.
1 Did you hear the w _ _ f _ _ ? It's going to rain.
2 Let's not see that film. It had an awful r _ _ in the paper.
3 This paper always supports the government. It's very
b __.
4 His latest song is really c ___ . Everybody's singing it.
S I can remember the lyrics, but I can't remember the t _ _ .
6 The report was c _ _ . He wasn't allowed to say what he
wanted to say.
7 Could I have an extra p _ _ for my bed, please?
8 My husband says I s _ __ really loudly when I'm asleep.
9 I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm going to have a
ll __ after lunch.
10 He has terrible i __. It takes him ages to get to sleep.
PRONUNCIATION
a Underline the word with a different sound
1
\Y
whisper whistle whole awake
choir keyboard click convince
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