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UPPER INTERMEDIATE UNIT 3 Multi-word verbs

3.1 Sayings
4 Complete the conversations with the correct
form of a word from box A and a word from
box B.
1 Underline the correct alternatives.
1 I’m never having that soup again. Once bitten, twice shy./ A drop go (x2) run set settled
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. take (x2) turn
2 Simon was horrible to Angelique, but every cloud has a
silver lining./what goes around comes around. B up by down on (x2) out (x2)
3 I’m worried I’ll lose all this money if I invest it, but nothing up (x2)
ventured, nothing gained./once bitten, twice shy. 1 A: Did Nadia 1turn up to the party
4 I know you feel bad now, but don’t forget – when in Rome, last night?
do as the Romans do./every cloud has a silver lining. B: No, she’s recently 2 yoga
5 I wouldn’t normally eat food like this, but once bitten, and took a class instead.
twice shy./when in Rome do as the Romans do. 2 A: Has Raavi 3 yet?
B: No! He showed no commitment, so
3.2 Adjectives for stories his girlfriend 4 of patience
and le him. She 5 her own
2 Underline the correct alternatives. business and got engaged to one of her
1 That last book I read was so hilarious/incredible/poignant. customers. Raavi’s still single.
I cried for hours aer I’d finished it. 3 A: Jay’s just 6  a new job.
2 The action scenes in this film are incredible/inspiring/ B: Has he? I thought he was at university.
moving. He jumped his car over a train! Did he 7 ?
3 Annie made us laugh with her remarkable/intense/ A: No, he graduated last year. Then he
hilarious stories about life as a police officer. 8
 to train as a soware
4 I’ve just watched a documentary about child refugees. engineer.
It was very moving/remarkable/hilarious. B: Really? Wow, those four years
5 I love poignant/intense/moving actors that can really hold
9
 fast.
everyone’s attention.
6 Intense/Hilarious/Inspiring stories in sport make me want
5 Complete the sentences with one
preposition in each gap.
to take up running or something!
7 Incredible Journey is a really hilarious/intense/remarkable 1 Those cats fighting in the street woke
story of two dogs and a cat that walk 300 miles to find everyone last night.
their owners. 2 Getting food poisoning has really put me
eating shellfish.
3 Stuart asked Clare to go out with him, but
Verbs used in stories she turned him .
4 Eventually I gave
3 Complete the story with the correct form of the words in
and agreed that
Barcelona was the better football team.
the box.
5 My coat’s soaking wet. I need to take it
crawl gaze sigh wander whisper yawn and hang it to dry.
6 That new company has just taken           
Emma 1 out of the window at the moonlit another twenty new employees.
garden beneath. She really longed to explore the strange
7 Don’t forget to ring Paola . She called
silver world outside. She took a deep breath and
when you were out.
2
gently, her breath misting up the glass of
the window pane. ‘Perhaps tonight I’ll visit the forest,’ she 8 I’m sure I could find the answer if I looked it
3
quietly to herself. ‘I’ll 4 under online.
the garden gate and run along the path to the woods. It’s
late, everyone’s asleep, so I’ll be all alone and I’ll able to
5
around without anyone seeing me.’
Suddenly she 6 , her mouth wide open. She
felt terribly tired. Her adventure would have to wait for
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3.3 Reading genres 8 Match the phrases in Exercise 7 with their

meanings a)–n).
6 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first
a) start           
and last letters are given.
b) get less hot           
1 I enjoy b s, like those big-budget summer movies.
c) reduce your speed           
2 Some people check their phones every few minutes for a social
d) think you’re better than others           
media u e.
e) backwards and forwards           
3 W a is the first place I go to for information, even
if it might not be 100 percent accurate. f) insult someone           
4 I oen read comments on website f s, but I rarely g) begin to be ill           
contribute to them. h) refuse           
5 I don’t like fiction. I prefer b s or a s i) be destroyed by fire           
about real people. j) be unreliable           
6 The washing machine isn’t working. Can you see if there’s a k) become more relaxed           
solution in the m l? l) reduce quantity           
7 I love this song, but I don’t understand the l s. m) knowing something but hide it from
8 I sometimes read g p magazines to find out other people         
what celebrities are up to! n) stop operating, e.g. a company           

9 Complete the sentences with the correct

Focus on down form of phrases from Exercise 7.

7 Complete the spidergram with the infinitive form of the

1 You can’t eat the pie yet. You need
to let it  first.
underlined phrases.
2 It’s so sad that they’re planning to
1 The village hall burnt down last night. the local
2 Calm down! Don’t get so stressed. shopping centre.
3 If more people don’t use the petrol station, it might close down. 3 I really need to  
4 I think I’m coming down with a cold. the amount of rubbish TV I watch.
5 It’s so hot in here. I need to cool down. 4 If I really think about it,
6 Let’s try to cut down on the amount of electricity we use. I know my
7 I hope Gavin gets here on time. He’s let me down before. singing isn’t very good.
8 Slow down! There’s a bike just ahead. 5 You should stop wasting time and
9 I’m sure Imogen looks down on me because I don’t have a degree. work.
10 Tomaso asked Rachel to marry him, but she turned him down. 6 I’m not surprised Angie didn’t come.
Can you believe it! She always me
11 Please don’t put me down in front of other people. It makes .
me look weak. 7 Paulo’s not here. He’s
12 I want to be an actress, but deep down I know it’ll never happen. flu.
13 OK, let’s stop chatting and get down to some work. 8 There were a lot of angry people at the
meeting. It took them ages to
14 We’ve driven up and down this road three times now. I think
.
we’re lost!
9 There’s a man walking
Phrasal verbs with Phrasal verbs with an the road.
a literal meaning idiomatic meaning I wonder what he’s doing.
1 6 10 I upset Jacques by
2 7 his offer of a li home.
3 8 11 Be careful with that candle. We don’t
4 9 want our house to .
5 down 10 12 You should
along this busy street.
11
13 Just because he’s travelled the
12
world doesn’t mean he should
everyone.
Other phrases
13
14 My teacher me
in front of the class for
14
making one mistake.

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Word search
10 Find the words in the word search that match meanings 1–20.
Y H N X L N M L O G Q L V G G R H K S J
M H V F H A X P N S S A J P U B I B C R
Z R J K C D K S L R T T V D B E L G L B
Q M D R A M A T I C A W K N W M A F R R
A B O X K G A B N E V E Y W P Y R Z K I
D L V N D I N T E N S E O R Y Y I A S N
L O U B C V F E A J S T R K V Y O F T G
C G H N I E Y R R L Z Z R C F Y U W A U
R S M O V I N G T G L S A B J U S Z N P
A S G E A N U C I L O O K U P T O T D O
W L R D A M H G C P C A M W Y A W N F E
L V O C Q X X N L K S T J X N D T M O T
S E W H V N O V E L N Z E O J X L S R R
L U U P A S S A W A Y Q Q M I R Z J W Y
G C P A K B P Z Q W D Y D H W U W Q E A
M A N G A I I M E R W V W M B N M X A C
P M F E I P C S Q H D N J U Y O D D C F
P K M O N I K Y D N C A A Y P U R L F H
R I O A T G U V A G B T B I R T U H C C
K T K R O H P O J O F Q R N I K M Z Y S

1 exciting and impressive, e.g. story (adjective) (8)           

2 a book of fiction (noun) (5)           
3 a website where people write about their hobbies or ideas (noun) (4)           
4 a set of creative texts with words chosen because of their sounds (noun) (6)           
5 admire (someone) (multi-word verb) (4, 2, 2)           
6 147-character social networking message (noun) (5)           
7 text published on the internet (noun) (6, 7)           
8 learn something without making an effort (multi-word verb) (4, 2)           
9 causing deep sadness or sympathy, e.g. story (adjective) (6)           
10 change from being a baby to an adult (multi-word verb) (4, 2)          
11 open your mouth to get oxygen, especially when tired or bored (verb) (4)           
12 die (multi-word verb) (4, 4)           
13 raise (children/animals) (multi-word verb) (5, 2)           
14 give a piece of work to someone, e.g. a teacher (multi-word verb) (4, 2)           
15 very funny (adjective) (9)           
16 strong and powerful, e.g. performance (adjective) (7)           
17 represent (multi-word verb) (5, 3)           
18 Japanese comic (noun) (5)           
19 move on the floor on your hands and knees (verb) (5)           
20 use everything up (multi-word verb) (3, 3)  
         

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UPPER INTERMEDIATE UNIT 10 Music

10.1 Adjectives to describe films

3 Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I’m not sure if I’ve ever visited Koroni, but the
1 Write the letters in italics in the correct order to name rings a phone.
complete the sentences. 2 I didn’t think Niall wanted to go on a city break.
He’s very quickly changed his song.
1 That horror movie was too recyep.
I couldn’t really enjoy it. 3 Alena’s starting to irritate me. She just sits at
the back of the class touching with her phone.
2 I can’t stand yrog movies.
I hate the sight of blood. 4 I know that Felipe’s cleverer than me, but
I sometimes get tired of playing second violin
3 The thriller I watched last night was so
to him.
pingprig. I had no idea what would
happen until the end. 5 I know Francesca’s made a success of her life,
but I wish she’d stop blowing her own whistle.
4 I watched a chinogut drama about
a man’s struggle to overcome his disability last 6 That seems like a real bargain. That chest of
night. It made me cry. drawers is going for a tune.
5 That docudrama was adonuttings. 7 If we want to raise more money for our charity,
Surely it will win an award. we need to sing up some more support.
6 This action movie’s too 8 Well, we both know we did the wrong thing.
tsaf-decap for me. I can’t keep up with what’s It’s time to own up and face the orchestra.
happening.
7 I once saw a thughot- Two-part phrases
gorovkinp documentary that really made me think
about how we fish our seas. 4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
8 I’m sure there’ll be complaints aer that news
report. It was pretty bounds cons downs on quiet ready
vitalcoroners and not everyone will agree with it. then through
1 My cake doesn’t look like a shop-bought one. It’s a
10.2 The Arts bit rough and .
2 If you keep studying, your language ability will
2 Complete the conversation with the words in the come on in leaps and .
box. 3 All I want on a Sunday aernoon is a little peace
and .
a stir flop ground breaking hype a letdown 4 I go out for a walk on the beach now and
must-see rave reviews sell-out .
A: I’m going to visit that new 4D cinema in town. 5 I’m a Barcelona fan through and .
Apparently it’s got amazing, 1 6 I can’t stand those lectures that just go on and
technology no one’s seen before. .
B: So I’ve heard. It created 2 at 7 I’m not sure about buying a new house. There are
work yesterday when one of my colleagues was pros and .
describing it. He said there are even wind and rain 8 It’s usual in forty years of marriage to have ups
effects. and .
A: Will they be showing that 3
summer blockbuster that’s coming out next week?
B: Yes, it’s supposed to be the best film ever. I know I
shouldn’t believe all the 4 ,
but critics have written 5
about it so I hope I’m not disappointed.
A: Well, no doubt it’ll be a 6 at
the box office either way.
B: I just hope it’s not 7 like last
year’s sci-fi movie.
A: Gosh, yes, that was awful. It deserved to be a
8
.

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5 Match 1–8 with the endings a)–h). 8 Match the phrases from Exercise 7 with their
1 I’m afraid that’s my final offer. Take it meanings 1–11. Two phrases match one meaning.
2 Don’t worry, sooner 1 fed up with                
3 We’ll be there in about an hour and a half, give 2 things that are advisable or not advisable
4 I’m not sure he’s a wise investor. It’s everything                
5 I watched a programme about air sea rescues last 3 things you enjoy or don’t enjoy
night. The life                
6 Sometimes my cooking’s quite good, but it’s still 4 many times                
a little hit 5 increasing, e.g. in number, quality
7 Don’t worry, you’ll get to the airport on time                
one way 6 move something around a computer screen
8 My new restaurant’s opening tomorrow. I guess it’s                
time to sink 7 ideas for and against                
8 in a circular movement                
a) or death situations are really tense. 9 in this place and in that place
b) or swim!                
c) or later your dog will come home. 10 decreasing, e.g. quality                
d) or another. 11 give someone what they want and get what
e) or nothing with him. you want                
f) or miss with me.
g) or take ten minutes. 9 Complete the sentences with phrases from Exercise 8.
h) or leave it. 1 We’ve discussed this again.
You’re not staying out aer midnight.
2 I’ve lived , but never
10.3 Dimensions anywhere in particular for very long.
6 Underline the correct alternatives.
3 There seems to be
news on the TV these days.
bad

1 Do you know the height/high of the Empire State 4 The weather just keeps getting
Building? . When will it stop raining?
2 I’m really glad that they decided to wide/widen 5 Before travelling to Japan, read our list of
this road. It’s much safer now. so you don’t offend anyone.
3 This wall’s really thickness/thick. I can’t get the nail in. 6 There are both of the
4 Be careful of the branches. The path narrows/ internet.
narrow a bit further ahead. 7 In any relationship there’s .
5 What is the depth/deep of the Pacific Ocean and That way everybody stays happy.
how broad/breadth is the Amazon River? 8 It’s easy to attach photos to an email. Just
6 If we take another route, we can shorten/short our the photo here.
journey by half an hour. 9 I’m of having to do ironing
7 Can you enlarge/large that image on the computer every day.
screen? It’s too small to see. 10 we argue about who’s
8 The hedge runs along the length/long of the going to take the bins out.
entire street. 11 It’s interesting that I’ve worked with some
colleagues for years, but still know nothing about
Focus on and their .
12 We keep going in circles
7 Match a word from box A with a word from box B to without really making a decision.
form phrases with and.
A again dos drag give here likes pros
more over round sick worse

B again cons dislikes don’ts drop more

over round take there tired worse

again and again

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Word search
10 Find the words in the word search that match meanings 1–20.
L A E T X F L B G J U K I M F M F N G T
E C W Y Q A M S I C K A N D T I R E D O
A O B Y E C H Y S T E R I C A L H A L U
P U I G S E A H K J B E G V F Q J L C C
S S K S C T I F Q H Z J R X D H M T G H
A T R A C H A N G E Y O U R T U N E A I
N I K X V E K D E V K F D V O V O R H N
D C S O E M T R Z J A U R H E G E N T G
B G I P J U B U Z J H L Q O M Q C A R Z
O U N H F S R M X U I L L U A P T T O D
U I K O G I E U A M W O L T I K Q I M X
N T O N O C A P B P I F G S N W I V B O
D A R E F G D S B E D S Q T S C Y E O E
S R S D O T T U O Y E U Z A T Q U G N C
W Z W B R H H P U X N S J N R V M Z E I
H T I H A V E P H I F P I D E R G O H G
U V M V S X B O T H N E H I A Z O Z B L
A G H G O N B R D I Q N Y N M O R C D S
W E E Y N R N T W Z E S P G L I Y I Z L
V G E U G W R F N I V E E W T I V R R Q

1 contains a lot of uncertainty and excitement, 16 either be successful or fail (phrase)

e.g. a film 17 admit responsibility for a mistake (phrase)
2 very funny, e.g. a film 18 produce a strong emotion, e.g. a film
3 type of media that most people watch/listen 19 end up having a different opinion to the one you
to/read etc., e.g. music started with (phrase)
4 type of media that a smaller group of people 20 noun form of broad
watch/listen to/read etc., e.g. music
5 musical instrument with strings that is not
plugged into an amplifier
6 fed up with (phrase)
7 very bloody, e.g. a film
8 brass instrument with a long slider that
you move
9 make something wider
10 try to get more help with something (phrase)
11 be sold for a very cheap price (phrase)
12 remarkably good
13 woodwind instrument that has a curve at the
bottom, oen used in jazz music
14 media talking about something a lot in a
positive way, e.g. a film
15 large improvements in something (phrase)

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