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2 Grammar
Dummy it
a What same three words are missing in each
sentence. Check in the text.
1 easy get hold of items to give
away.
2 awful see how asylum seekers
are treated
b Complete the text with the expressions
from Exercise 3a in the correct form.
b Look at the words in the box and make five
statements that you agree with. Compare your
answers with a partner.
It’s (not) nice
It’s (not) easy
It’s (not) unusual
It hurts
It doesn’t
cost anything
It feels good
c Rewrite the ideas, beginning ‘It … ’.
1 Living in the city is great. It’s great to live in the city.
2 Being kind to people is fun.
3 Helping other people is important
4 Giving things to people for free is crazy!
5 Sometimes people are a bit suspicious. That’s normal.
d Think about the place where you live. Write true
sentences with the structure ‘It … to … ’.
Where I live, it’s difficult to get from one place to another.
3 Vocabulary
Making an effort
a Find the underlined expressions in the text in
Exercise 1 that mean:
1 to make a great deal of effort to do something
go to great lengths
2 to do something without enthusiasm or real interest
3 to find something very difficult
4 (to get the right result) by experimenting
5 (to do something) without having to make much
effort
6 to find all your effort very rewarding
7 to do something the right way
to see people who are unhappy.
to ignore other people.
to be kind.
to feel lonely.
to understand why people
don’t help each other.
to help people who need it.
to say you’re sorry.
to see people smile.
Mum and Dad have always 1 gone to
great lengths to make sure I have a happy
family life, and I wanted to do something
for them. So I decided to become an expert
in washing up. And I mean an expert – this
wasn’t something I was going to do in a
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way. I was going to be the best!
At first I 3 and I didn’t always
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to get those knives and forks
as clean as I wanted. Occasionally a plate
would fall from my hands and break on the
floor but I wasn’t going to give up.
I found the best washing-up liquid through
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. I must have experimented with
more than a dozen before I found one that
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the job . After weeks
of practice I had finally become what I wanted
to be – the best washer-up in the world. And
I admit I used to 7 looking at that
rack of shining plates, glasses and dishes. I felt
proud.
And then one day I came home from
school, all excited at the thought of washing
up after the evening meal, and there it was
standing right in the middle of the kitchen –
all sparkling and new.
My parents had bought a dishwasher.
What had I done wrong?
c Work with a partner. Use the expressions
in Exercise 3a to talk about things you’ve
learned to do.
I learned to play the guitar through trial
and error.
At first I struggled to read the music.
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 114.
4 Pronunciation
Linking sounds: intrusive
/w/ and /j/
CD2 T19
Turn to page 111.
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