PRACTICE Match the two parts of the sentences.

1 He might have had an accident, 2 I wish 3 If only he 4 If Rob comes, 5 If Rob had thought about coming, Circle the correct words or phrases.

a b c d e

so he couldnt call. let me know. he had called me. he would have told me. hadnt had that accident.

1 Nevertheless / Although / In spite of being a good student at school, Nancy couldnt find a good job. Her uncle suggested 2 take / taking / to take a year off to see Europe; 3 however / although / despite, she decided not to because she wanted to earn her own money. 4 However / Even though / In spite of she was happy living at home with her parents, she had always looked forward 5 to live / living / to living in her own apartment. Write the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses. Dan 1 ____________________ (work) at the post office since he 2 ____________________ (graduate) from college. His father 3 ____________________ (help) him get the job. He 4 ____________________ (think) about retiring now. He 5 ____________________ (walk) the same route for too many years and he deserves a rest.

Write the words in the correct order. 1 I / is / more / need / study / time / to / What /. ___________________________________________________ 2 tonight / Id / home / get / early / better / . ___________________________________________________ 3 a / late / let / me / mother / My / on / out / stay / weeknight / wont / . ___________________________________________________

4 to / to / study / need / my / I / home / for / final / exams / early / be / . ___________________________________________________ 5 cant / dont / I / listen / parents / people / really / some / their / to / understand / Why/ . ___________________________________________________

Put the story in the correct order. Write the numbers 15. Two friends were driving home one night when they saw a woman standing on the highway. ___ He got the baby out and returned to his car. He couldnt see the woman anywhere. ___ She said there had been an accident and that she was all right, but her son was still in the car. ___ One of the men ran to the car and saw a couple that was dead in the front seat and a little boy crying in the back. ___ He then realized the woman he had talked to was really the woman who was dead in the front seat. ___ He asked his friend where she was, and his friend told him she had gone back to the car. Circle the correct words or phrases. The Eiffel Tower 1 build / is built / was built in 1889. I 2 am going / go / will go to Paris next week and I 3 climb / am going to climb / will climbed to the top and take a picture of the city. I wont take the elevator because the cost of the tickets 4 reduce / is reducing / is reduced if you take the stairs. Im sure it 5 was / will be / might be a great experience. Write words or phrases from the box. shoulders sprinter the sprint waist weightlifting

My brother is a great 1 _______________. He specializes in the 100 meters. He often runs longer distances, but he loves 2 _______________. Hes very strong. He does a lot of 3 _______________. He has a slim 4 _______________ and wide 5 _______________.

Write words or phrases from the box. armchair junk food log on online search engine

A Can you help me with my homework? I cant find any information about World War II. B You can do it. Just go 1 ______________. Go to a good 2 ______________ and type in World War II. A Please help me. Your computer skills are better than mine. I cant even 3 ______________. Come on! Get out of that 4 ______________ and stop eating that 5 ______________. I need real help, not advice. B Okay. Im coming.

Grammar

I Circle the correct words or phrases. A What time 1 will / does / is the plane leave tomorrow? B At six. I 2 take / will take / am taking Bob to the airport at four in the morning, but Im sure his plane 3 leaves / is leaving / will leave late. That airline is never on time. A If he 4 leave / had left / left the house any later, he 5 will be / would be / would have been worried about missing the plane.

Functions

II Circle the correct words or phrases. I just met my husband Johns family. It was very confusing. His parents 1 had / got divorced when he was young, so my 2 sister-in-law / mother-in-law has a different husband. My husband didnt have any brothers or sisters, but his mother and 3 father / stepfather had a daughter and he already had a son from his first marriage, so my husband has a 4 stepsister / half sister and a 5 stepbrother / half brother.

Vocabulary

III Write phrases from the box. became your boss couldnt talk about everything would be very difficult would have to change should we do

A What would you do if your best friend 1 _________________? B I dont know. I guess our friendship 2 _________________. A In what way? B We 3 _________________ the way we do now. It 4 _________________. A I guess youre right. I hate to tell you this, but I just got promoted. Im your boss now. B Oh, no. What 5 _________________? Functions
III Put the story in the correct order. Write the numbers 15. Two friends were driving home one night when they saw a woman standing on the highway. ___ He got the baby out and returned to his car. He couldnt see the woman anywhere. ___ She said there had been an accident and that she was all right, but her son was still in the car. ___ One of the men ran to the car and saw a couple that was dead in the front seat and a little boy crying in the back. ___ He then realized the woman he had talked to was really the woman who was dead in the front seat. ___ He asked his friend where she was, and his friend told him she had gone back to the car. VI Write phrases from the box. beans and lentils A B A B A B A B A B full of fat high in oil and butter pain and stress

I need to improve my diet. Well, you should eat fewer fats like 1 _______________. But what about potato chips? I love them. No, theyre 2 _______________ and theyre really 3 _______________ sodium. Thats too bad. What else? You should eat a lot of fiber. You can find that in legumes. What are they? 4 _______________. Oh. What about chocolate? Some people say its good for you. It can release endorphins that help reduce 5 _______________.

II Write the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.

Did you know that Moctezuma 1 ___________________ (govern) Mexico for many years when his kingdom 2 ___________________ (conquer) by the Spanish? If he 3 ___________________ (be) a stronger ruler, it 4 ___________________ (be) more difficult for the Spanish to defeat his people. Its very interesting. If I were you, I 5 ___________________ (read) a good history of this period.