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Unit 4 Adverbial phrases
1 back to front
2 from head to toe
3 inside out (1)
I got dressed in a hurry this
morning, and I put my pullover
on back to front.
The car drove through the
puddle and splashed water all
over me – I got wet from head
to toe.
I’m going to show you round
the castle, and you can ask me
any questions you want – I
know this place inside out.
4 inside out (2)
5 from top to bottom
6 upside down (1)
Hey, Alex – I can see the label
of your T-shirt. I think you’ve
got it on inside out.
The kitchen was filthy, so on
Sunday we cleaned it from top
to bottom.
I turned my bedroom upside
down but I still couldn’t find
my passport!
7 upside down (2)
8 the wrong way round
The display was wonderful –
at one point, the planes were
flying upside down!
Well, of course it doesn’t work
– you’ve put the batteries in
the wrong way round.
Unit 5 Ways of getting involved
1 to give someone a hand = to help someone
I’m having lots of problems with this homework
– can you give me a hand, Mum?
2 to volunteer = to do something freely that you
don’t have to do
My brother didn’t have to join the army, but he
volunteered and now he’s a soldier.
3 with the aid of = with help or support
My grandma’s very old, but she can still walk
with the aid of a stick.
4 in aid of = in order to help
We’re collecting money in aid of poor children
in Africa.
5 aid worker = someone who is working in a
country where there is a war, no food, etc., in
order to help people
Before she started work as a doctor, Sian was an
aid worker in Africa.
6 to collaborate = to work together with another
person or other people
The British and French police collaborated to
catch the criminal.
7 to back = to give help/support with money or
with words
The government has decided to back plans for
research, and will give £5 million.
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