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VOCABULARY
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Complete the sentences with the words below. Make any necessary changes.
doubt confident hardly miss goal rule tidy dare

1. Was the building badly damaged in the fire?

No. It was .................................. damaged at all.
2. Will she stay out late without permission?
No. She wont .................................. do that.
3. Do you have to wear a uniform to school?
Yes. Its one of the .................................. .
4. Were you sad when Mike left the village?
Yes, I was. I really .................................. him.
5. Who do you think Dan will take to the party?
Ive got no .................................. that hell take Sara.
6. Do you still want to live abroad for a while?
Yes. Its one of my main .................................. in life.
7. How do you feel about the teams chances of winning?
I'm absolutely .................................. . Im sure theyll win!
8. Who cleans your room?
I do, and its always clean and .................................. .
2

Complete the passage with the words below. Make any necessary changes.
recognise allow kind dare graceful harsh beg obey

Cinderella is a well-known fairy tale. Its about a pretty girl with a slim and 1. .................................. figure. She has
got two very ugly step-sisters and a 2. .................................. , cruel stepmother who expects Cinderella to
3. .................................. all her orders. Poor Cinderella. No one shows any 4. .................................. to her. She was
not even 5. .................................. to go to the Princes Ball with her sisters. But a fairy appeared, dressed Cinderella
in a beautiful gown and sent her to the ball. She told Cinderella to leave the ball at midnight. Cinderella wasnt
6. .................................. in her beautiful clothes, and the Prince immediately fell in love with her. When the clock
struck twelve, Cinderella didnt 7. .................................. stay a moment longer. She ran out, dropping her glass
slipper as she left. The Princes servants searched for the owner of the slipper, and when they found Cinderella, the
Prince 8. .................................. her to marry him. And as in all fairy tales, they lived happily ever after.
3

Complete the passage with the noun or adjective form of the words in brackets.

It is 1. .................................. (doubt) that Molly and Bill would have moved to the countryside if their business hadnt
failed. They had never considered the 2. .................................. (possible) of leaving their city flat. Despite the
3. .................................. (pollute), Molly loved city life. At first, Bill had lots of 4. .................................. (confident) that hed
find a new job, but as time passed, he hadnt had any luck and he was getting 5. .................................. (nerve). Then, a
letter arrived that offered a solution to their 6. .................................. (finance) problems. Mollys aunt, who had recently
died, had left them a country cottage in her will. In 7. .................................. (real), the couple didnt want to move, but it
was 8. .................................. (prefer) to their present situation. Eventually, they moved to the countryside, where they
were received with 9. .................................. (kind) by the local people and soon felt completely at home.

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Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs below. Use a dictionary to help you.
Make any necessary changes.
come down on come apart stand up to stand in for come across
come out stand by stand back come up with stand out

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

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Have you got any ideas? Not yet, but Ill try to .................................. something.
After weeks of being bullied by some older boys at school, Rick finally .................................. them.
Tommy is injured and cant play in the game. The coach wants you to .................................. him.
Poor Kate. I dont know why the other girls .................................. her so much.
You can rely on me. I .................................. whatever decision you make.
While we were cleaning the garage, I .................................. a key that Id lost.
Those two dancers are exceptionally good. They really .................................. from the others.
She writes lots of books. Her latest one .................................. last month.
That clock is very old. Be careful it doesnt .................................. when you move it.
Dont hurry to make a decision. .................................. and consider the whole situation first.

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GRAMMAR
1

Choose the sentence that best follows the original sentence.

1. We havent had time to invite friends round.

a. We finally invited them last night.
b. Well invite them next weekend.
2. He didnt remember locking the door.
a. So he went back to check.
b. So the door was open all day.
3. I stopped to buy some chocolate.
a. I was really hungry.
b. I decided to eat healthier food.
4. He had been saving his money for months.
a. He will soon have enough to buy a computer.
b. He finally had enough to buy a computer.
5. Have you been working all night?
a. You looked really tired.
b. You look really tired.
2

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.

1. The match started only a moment ago. (just)

The match ............................................................................................................................ .
2. Im certain I sent you a postcard. (remember)
I ............................................................................................................................................ .
3. Dont try to fix that vase; its impossible. (use)
Its ........................................................................................................................................ .
4. Sally rode a horse for the first time last weekend. (never)
Before last weekend, Sally .................................................................................................. .
5. It started snowing at midnight and its still snowing. (since)
It ........................................................................................................................................... .
6. It was a wonderful experience meeting students from China. (will never forget)
I ............................................................................................................................................ .
7. It was a bad idea that we arrived without calling first. (regret)
I ............................................................................................................................................ .
8. Kate worked at a job for five years, but then she quit. (after)
Kate ..................................................................................................................................... .
3

Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

In recent years, art thieves 1. .................................. (rob) many famous art galleries, stealing paintings worth many
millions of euros. They often spend months 2. .................................. (make) careful plans for the robberies, and
3. .................................. (catch) them is difficult. But some art thieves are too foolish 4. ..................................
(understand) that they must continue to be careful even after the robbery. The men that stole from the National Gallery of
Modern Art in Rome werent afraid of 5. .................................. (talk) on the phone about the sale of the paintings that they
6. .................................. (steal). One of the men was an employee of the museum. Unfortunately for him, the police had
decided 7. .................................. (listen) in on his phone conversations because he 8. .................................. (behave)
suspiciously for a while. The police also knew that his best friend had been in prison. The two robbers soon regretted
9. .................................. (be) so careless. They were arrested and sent to prison.

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
tell listen buy eat shout study wait graduate

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2.
3.
4.
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6.
7.
8.

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Jane is looking forward to .................................. from university.

He sold the car that he .................................. only a few months before.
Bob speaks German; he .................................. it in evening classes for over six months now.
I didnt know about the test; my friends forgot .................................. me about it.
Mary loves the new restaurant in town. She .................................. there several times.
Its no use .................................. at Jimmy. He wont listen to anyone.
They were angry because they .................................. for us for over two hours until we arrived.
.................................. to music relaxes me.

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