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CAMBRIDGE ( Upper Intermediate Workbook Nicholas Tims & Jan Bell with Chris Redston & Gillie Cunningham: (Upper Intermediate Workbook Nicholas Tims & Jan Bell CAMBRIDGE with Chris Redston & Gillie Cunningham Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press ‘The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK ‘wrwcambridge org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521691659 © Cambridge University Press 2007 ‘This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, ro reproduction of any part may take place without the written, permission of Cambridge University Pres. First published 2007 Reprinted 2007 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this publication is availabe from the British Library ISBN 978-0-521-69165-9 Workbook with Key ISBN 978.0-521-60337-9 Students Book with CD-ROM/Audio CD ISBN 978.0-521-69166-6 Teacher's Book ISBN 978.0-521-60341-6 Class Audio CDs ISBN 978.0-521-60345-4 Class Audio Cassettes ISBN 978-0-521-61401-6 Network CD-ROM ISBN 978-8-483-23372-6 Students Book with CD-ROM/Audio CD, Spanish edition ISBN 978-3-125-39744-6 Students Book with CD-ROM/Audio CD, Klett edition ‘Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents Need eae nce) eeu aad 1 Alife oflearning ps | Pontoto + pea Ta iy ton wrk OWT sah vetrien asa ‘eat ay aon arin ge Realtor ccm acne pon nganine sy ace “2 Time for a change p10 \[Portrotio 2 p65) rsh oan gs 2 eR rss fas feo geod o weg ore eat War cn gine (p09 ns Geapee ay 3 It’s against the law 515 Porttoiio 3 pes) Cine amas oa ee GT Seamtaea sane Fonts Ratings pen ai an paeoa a) pune ve me bonsrs Reals ring es sresetng wie gles pi ee 4 Telling stories 720 ~_ | Portfolio 4 p70) aT vr tn ee ear eamesty Tare rb om Pa Pret anno Song, Tons ae eed alae ces ea wera Yo sre tse Aen Sap dl Oe \Weting a stot oxapi: ais ‘eget ang tl ae pea cent 3 Nature's best p25 | Portioto 5 p72) anna Sars a re; Tog Wid car ee Tae pee aguas a Rincon Wig niet soatine Real Wer eso age (2) ok “6 Breaking codes p30 Porto 6 p74) nase wih ie copes aac aeabng (arscer gusng manag or cath Teas ol vob ng eal wet) aes ea Bea Word elt upton Readings oncplon a pos Weng courting pce: occu ate cues, sang tecvae 7_ Small worta pas | Portiolio 7 76) aim ons nares asta pw eae wad | Sephaniocinas mca ivy a ab Rega a RRL ST bitty oy ema an te pore ete owt eted Sraescbemttone | tata ee Soere ting cel Wer rg re tea Wer pies xp taemor “@ Making ends mest pao Pontotio a P78 Cag wt roves waves TRIE Tn) Te sw ae a Se smn = Seong pease Tea Wor sm Answer key @ Out and about pas \[Porfois 8 208) cena rnc Tip i om Teg on TaN tone tea Word suing anapodon Wits teioe Woutintero ack pines ore 70 The great divide psa _e | Panto 10 pee Taha is; a ert ar rai ero ‘around ans an aces Taal eonating doe at rama do rain. saeting jure quits Feat Wor cig ernass ending of arse el combing prion a Writing a dscursve ate corinan cent wore TH Making a living EJ Portfolio 1 pea ‘work cleats, cabs falls 2 eoniog ven, erste CSET Ve ven FT PR TED ‘seat Feat Werden gunn Trackin ens ating or ana gag Were ‘weting ac aang sored aa re [onal arats 12 That's weird! peo Portfolio 12, eo ‘logul wor press pon ‘alco cme Tie vals Pr dedoon ne poset wd HoT Fest nsf med and ret vers Teac «psa ar a a pay PS Wing peso erat abel a epee cannes Upper Intermediate Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio p88. Acknowledgements [Nicholas Tims and Jan Bell would ik to thank everyone at Cambridge for all their hard work, in particular Dily Silva (Sei Development Editor) for overseing the faceace project, Keith ‘Sands (Editor), Clare Nielsen’ Marsh (Freelance Editor) and Linda Matthews (Production Editor). Thanks also to Sue Uilstein, who ‘commissioned face2face, and Gille Cunningham and Chis Redston for all heir suppor. Nicholas Tims would also ike to thank Clare Turnbull and Pat “Tims for ther patience, encouragement and inspiration Jan Bell would ike to thank Bruce, Alex and Lucy Milne for ‘eing so tolerant near deadlines. “The authors and publishers would like to thank the fllowing teachers for the invaluable feedback which they provide ‘Beata Tomaszewska, Poland; Gloria Kabel Torres, Spal The authors and publishers are grateful wo the following, contributors pentacorbig: cover and text design and page make-up Hilary Luckcock: picture research ‘The authors and publishers are grateful 10 the following for Permission to reproduce copyright material. While every effort has been made, it has not always been possible to Identify the sources ofall the material used, oto contact the copyright holders Ifany omissions are brought to our notice, ‘we willbe happy to include the appropriate acknowledgements fon reprinting. For the text on p13: Sarah Norgate, adapted from No need for speed’, The Guardian, 20 May 2006, and forthe text on p78: Paul ‘Lewis, ‘Britons are shelling out more than ever before of luxuries, Dut is it making ws happy? The Guardian, 12 May 2006, ‘©Guardian Newspapers Limite; forthe text on p28: Max ‘Christan, miss the smell of my son hair, Gwirwmaxukenet for the adapted biographical information on p48: by kind permission of EsrefArmagan; for the text on p58: adapted from "The tnternet ina cup, The Economist, 18 December 2003, ©The "Economist Newspaper 11d; forthe text on p66 (I): Theresa Orange and Louise OF lynn, from a letter to The Times, 17 December 2005, by permission of the authors; for the text on pS, adaped from Be ste be secure, wwwchomeofice govuk, ©Crown ‘copyright 2006; fr the Wikimedia logo on p80: OWikimedia Foundation; for the Digg banner on p80: Odigg Inc. 2006, ‘The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright photographs and material ey: L= left, Alamy images/@BlueMoon Stock for p5 (), /®Tim Gander for p (te), fOProfimedia International sro. fr p24, Goss Images for 127, /OAndrew Paterson for p33, /OGoGo Images for p42 (0, 1Obnage Source fr pA? 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Vocabulary and ‘grammar are given equal importance and there is a strong focus on listening and speaking in social situations. face2face is fully compatible with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) and Pe ee eta Ne eee aad ‘The Student's Book comes packaged with a free fully-interactive CD-ROM/Audio CD with over 200 exercises in all language areas including video, gemes, recording capability, progress chart and customised tests. There is Oe Can a ean en re eee cus nea kee ie Self-study exercises for every lesson of the Student's Book Full Answer Key. Deere ee Ue ee eo ‘A 24-page Reading and Whiting Portfolio linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages. AA comprehensive list of Can do’ statements allowing stuxents to track their own progress Ree Ra eed pistes a Rite] | yada, Fs EM OVW 03,9001 61 0 eae s Ls ny ie ene > ae ‘iii Perret tee Tae tote t Tl 780521169165 1A life of learning Language Summary 1, Student's Book 113 14. A global language Language ability (TE The English verb system Read what Carl, Heidi and Maria say about speaking languages. a) Match the beginnings of sentences Fill in the gaps withthe phrases in the boxes. 1-9 to endings a)-4). | English is _ i) “mautebetae “few ew words 1 can't speak a word 2 More people speak - 3 In the year 1000, English _ 4 By the beginning of the 21° century, English had .. 5 The English language was 6 Athundred years ago the world was... 7 Since 1997, increasing numbers of Chinese students have To be honest, I'.’mquitebadat. languages. _.. of French that I learned at school, of anything els. = st language is Swiss German, but I live near 8 At present, over abilion people are My firs language is Swiss German, but 1k 9. Immigration, new technologies, popular the border, $0 14... at Italian, culture and even war have a in French, We went to Lyon 2) learning English worldwide Heid a5 ao ») had approximately 40,000 words. = Jast summer and 1*, sedan «) all contributed to the growth of English. also fluent in ‘conversation im bil | Oe ee [Hertuncin Gnhveaconesatio mbilnad tsabtasy | wingFrachsean erator ‘My mother is Spanish and my father is French so 1 " rn cgi to England to improve their Englis , Tm. ~ English @) Mandarin Chinese than any other which I need for my job. 1° in language in the world Marin 1) taken to North America by settlers in ~ the 17% century. Rewrite these sentences using the words/phrases in brackets. ee ee 75 countries around the world, 1 Tdont know any Japanese. (word) pesos eo Portuguese, but " 1 can’t speak aword of Japanese. 2 learned a few words of Italian on holiday. (picked) 1 3 My sister can speak Chinese very well. fluent) My... = 4 Tan speak both French and Spanish prety. lingul tm i ‘on holiday. 6 I haven't practised my French for along time. (rusty) My ... verb forms. 2) Present Perfect Simple .9. ) Past Continuous _ «) Past Simple passive __ 4) Present Continuous _. «) Present Simple passive ‘Past Simple @) Present Simple .. ) Present Perfect Continuous 1) Past Perfect Simple __. 1A and 1B © A Rest fost pan of hearide hou Base Frgsh and chase the correct verb form The man who made English easy Theides of inening an ier ngage i ot 8 oe Ore the pa 10 es, Ings aoe crete Giet bngas tre ase used hr pots One of the est eel of ese “have beens East gis ‘By 1923 the First World War 4was/had been over fr fve yeas, but Europe was srecoveringfecovered om tS ee Charles Kay Ogden, a linguist and writer, was running several bookshops in Cambige. He Shad justust published a book which described bow we use language The sucess of his book thad inspiredfnspred Ogden to design universal nguage ~ someting tht was much simpler than Englsh, but doesn''t requte nave Engish speaks to study a diferent engage. n 1850 Ogde’s book Bosc English: A General Introduction with Rules and. Grammar Swas/were publshed. estimated that on wwe, tf ‘Wtakes/took | <> wees | Dare bert i er Oplen Mbelieved/was “2 beterng tac Ph ca be lane in seen ees ‘There had been/were only 850 words and ihe ganar ny sled wth fon ‘exceptions to each rule. 1) Read the second part of the article and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. The language +. attracted... (ated) the attention of educators al ver the werd, but ts devopment = a eg) by the Second Word War te the ner, both the Bitsh Prime Minster and the President of the United Slates © ook for ideas that might promote word peace. They bth z (Give) speeches that supported the use of Basic English In the past 60. year, the language 7 .- (have) some succes In some parts of fast Asia, teachers : (il se) Ogden word fists However, in the main, the language has disappeared. But now that we 1B My first week Education 1 Complete the crossword with words connected with education. felelolrlels {sole Across > 7 news (hon) that there are mary more nonnative than native speakers cof Engish, recently some linguists * (Gs) whether we should revst Ogden ideas. And the Whkipedia website fas sarted a veson of their main eneydopedia which (ote) in Basic Engst for non-native lames ofthe language. 1A senior person who teaches at a British university. 4. Acclass where a group of students meets to study and discuss something. 7 Money given by an organisation to pay for someone's studies. 8A formal talk on an academic subject. 9 Anarea of knowledge which is studied, Down + 2 Asschool that is free to attend because the government pays for it. 3. Apperson who has a degree from a university or college. 5 The buildings of a college or university and the land that surrounds them. 6 Anadvanced degree that usually lasts for one year. Uses of auxiliaries @ 4) Are sentences 1-8 correct? Change the incorrect sentences. oe 2 Did you went to the seminar yesterday? 3-1 do work very hard, but I still find the course difficult. 4 Some universities does give scholarships, but we don. 5. T'm the only person here who went to a state school, arent I? 6 If Lwere you, I don't eat in the college canteen. 7 You like doing exams or prefer continual assessment? 8 Ive be invited to apply for a PRD, but the fees are 100 high. by Match the corrected sentences in 2a) to the replies a)-h). 4) 4... Dontt you? ® They are, arent they? ») Well, 'm not 2. Are you? a Tdon' enjoy either!) . Sodol Wouldnt you? Why?) No, I didnt. © Read the conversation and choose the correct auxiliary verb: a,b) oro. Pra Hi, Its Sara, "isn’t it? We met last week, 2. You're Phil we? SARA Yes, we? rit Well remembered. You *_.___ warn me when we met that you often forget names. SARA 19, unfortunately, But I... making a special effort this week. Anyway, how ?__ Pat OK.1° _ it going? already had a tutorial with my PhD tutor. sath? you? Who's that? PHiL His name’ Professor Shavick. Everyone else was very impressed by him, but 1. SARA 1, 1 ____.. expect you know him, actually. You see, Im Pai Ob, sorry, hold on ~ thats my phone ringing 1 ais isnt a doesnt 2 a)didnt — havent — arent 3adid do ojhave 4 a) have b) do did 5 3)'m do have 6 a)'m b) ive gi 7 ajhas does. is 8 a)do yd dive 9 s)Did —b)Have Havent 10 ajwasnt —b) didnt) havent 11 a'mnot dont = ido 12 a)am. b) have do 1B Read the second part of the conversation. Fill in the gaps with the correct positive or negative auxiliaries. Use contractions (ve, 5, ete.) if possible. uit Sorry, where were we? Yes, Professor Shavick, He’ a bit strange, "isn't. he? 14_____. imterviewed by him so we hadn't met befor. SARA Neither 9. __ | when I started here. ‘And I must admit—he+_____. appear rather unusual when you fist meet him Pi Unusual? If met him inthe street, 1+____ probably run away screaming All that hair! HeS been spending far too much time with his computer. He should get litle sunshine, ¢____ he? saan Well, perhaps. Anyway: 17... think Teven asked ‘you what you're doing your PAD in. Sata Well, 1*_____ not doing a PhD actualy her, teach here. eit You dont, ®..... you? SARA Er... yes. Computer science, as a matter _ going to say of fact. Sorry, 1 something earlier, but Pai. How embarrassing. So, Professor Shavick 4s a colleague of yours? A&A Um ... wel, I suppose he's my boss really But. worry =1%___ tell him anything! And not all computer: scientists are like him, 1 promise! Teaching thinking ‘A Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to ares a suspected murderer. They don't know twhat he looks like but they know his names John. Inside the Nous, they find «surgeon, a lorry driver, « mechanic and ‘afieman, all playing cards, Without hesitation or asking any questions, they ‘immediately arrest the fireman, How do they Know they've gt the right man? Pec eWay 8 The answer to the puzzle is printed atthe bottom of the page. But if you don’t know it, ry * not to look. (not look) yet Read this article and then force yourself? (chink) alittle harder. Inthe 1960s Edward de Bono, a Maltese doctor and writer, invented the phrase ‘lateral thinking’. De Bono believes that we understand the world by building up patterns based on experience. These patterns teach us? (recognise) familiar problems and situations and allow us+_______.... (make) simple decisions quickly. However, de Bono argues these patterns can also stop us from seeing the solution toa problem, D De Bono thinks that for every problem, you need 5 (check) your assumptions. What did you assume when you read the puzzle above? To think laterally means you mustavoid®________ (make) assumptions about a problem and make yourself? (think) ‘outside the bor’ 1¢ Making the grade E Got the solution yer? No? Well, keep __ (read) then think again. F De Bono once asked some children : (suggest) ways of estimating the height ofa tall building. Asking the architect, dropping a stone from the top and ‘measuring the time taken to fall were sensible suggestions. But one boy refused (take) ‘the question seriously. “Put the building on its side and measure i,” he sai, The class laughed. De Bono then managed (demonstrate) that this was actually avery sensible idea. You can put the building on its side, de Bono pointed out, ina photograph. And ifyou put something else in the photograph ~ that you know the height of-you can easily calculate the height of the building. G In fact children are often good at lateral thinking. With less life ‘experience they bring fewer assumptions to a problem and so provide different solutions. So, if you can’t answer the murderer puzzle yet, try asking a young person the same problem. You might (be) surprised at how simple they find it ‘quo aya som uouuyfayp “vow aoe a1ubypou pup anu fiz) “uooBuns a4, Reading oO Read the article quickly and ‘choose the best definition of lateral thinking, Lateral thinking is «new way of thinking about old problems. 6) a fun way of solving puzzles 6) an alternative to traditional logic. Verb patterns (1) @ Read the article again. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Read the article again. Which paragraph or paragraphs of the article: encourage you not to give up thinking about the puzzle? _ 2 tells you what ‘ou need do ou want to use atera think 3 explai_ why some peopl bette lateral thinking? 4 gives an example ot solving a problem by lateral thinking? 5 presents & lateral thinkin, sroble ‘or the reader aly 6 explain: he w traditionally deal with problems? 7 ‘tells you where you ea find the solution to the pus 1D Evening classes Keeping a conversation going | @ 2 roost es response 1. Clare's doing a pottery class at the moment. 2) Really? How’ it going? ) Like what, exactly? 9) Such as? 2 Nancy wants us to do a French class. 8) In what way? ») How's it going? ©) Does she? 3. Michael and I want to do something more creative this term, @) What’ it like? ») What sort of writing? ©) Like what, exactly? 4 Vcant stand exams. 3) Why’ that? ) Such as? ©) Dont you? 'b) Match conversations 1~4 in 1a) to the next lines a)~d). a » © Yes, we're thinking of moving to Paris. Bad memories from school, really. a 4 _- We don't know yet. Maybe painting. Pretty well, I think ‘Complete conversations 1-5 with the correct question word and preposition. Whe What Hewlong Whe Where vit from about 0 Eve is starting her own business. Really? .Who.with. Its just her at the moment, Tom sam Alex has written a screenplay. No way! ——? es a thriller, I think, But I don't know the story or anything. NANCY ‘We've got to give in our application forms soon. 2 Do you know? T think you can just leave them with the secretary. 4 aT I got this camera for less than half price. Many Did you? Some website my daughter told me about, 5 ANA Our teacher's going away next week. jo) a, ANA Almost a fortnight, I think. Fill in the gaps in the conversation. Use one, two or three words. Tom Eve! Hi eve Tom! What a coincidence, was thinking about you recently, TOM 7.Were. you? Why 2 tha EVE Tas wondering if Clare sill does that pottery class TOM No, she gave that up a few months ago we? come? TOM Well, we moved house in March so ita bit far. eve Really? 4 10? TOM Near here, actually. On Culford Street. Anyway, Fann §OiNg? AE you still teaching? eve Yes, but not for much longer, thankfully. TOM. What ¢ mean? Eve Wel, 'm starting my own training business. JOM een ating? Eve Presentations, mainly But other stuff in the future. TOM. You've always been good at that kind of thing, nc nennnnne? T guess teaching helps. Eve Absolutely: Anyway, enough about me. What’ Culford Street? 7 TOM Great, Much quieter than our old place. Of course, life {sa little different these days. eve Different? In 2 ToM Well, since we lad the baby Eve A baby? Congratulations! Thad no idea! Reading and Wirting Portfolio 1 p34 2A 2 Time for a change Language Summary 2, Student's Book pt16 It’s bad for you! Expressing frequency © 2) Read the advice inthe Heaty Healthy eating cating’ leaflet. Choose the correct : i Je careful! ; parebepet Ye ap ) Xr areful! (once a week} 1 You can eat chips@ierysooftay 2 Sen \ 2 Try to eat some fruit once ina «White meat (2.0 chicken, turkey)» red meat while/every day. * vegetables ora 2 ItS alright to snack on biscuits * white/oily fish © cakes. biscui hocolat cccasonaly/most ofthe time 4 Only eat eps everyncwand in/mre often than not. Coes eet rarivrarely Present and past habits, repeated actions and states isn't good for you. ‘Choose the correct verb form. Sometimes both are possible. b) Read these comments. Are When my father would reach forty, something “used to happen/ the people following the advice happened to him. Before this he "was always eating/always used to eat what in the leaflet? Write ¥ (Yes) hhe wanted, but now ‘he's never eating/he won't eat any fried food and ‘or N (No), She's always worrying/he worried how much sugar and salt there isin ie everything, This is the same man who ‘used to eat/would eat chocolate aa all day long! These days *he gets up/he'd get up early to go to the gym choose fish or chicken rather every morning before work. Before his fortieth birthday, he "wouldeven os Complainvas even complaining abou having to walk to the ca! 2 L)tnovectiptoramer (QA pases inl ae : most days. ‘Change the incorrect phrases or 3 Ll tvery so often t remember Pat atic ¥ ifthe phrase is correct. to eat an apple or an orange 1 used to ive ina tiny village in 46 Cothave a biscuit with my southern Italy many years ago before I 'ased-to-go 10 university. At tat time there ‘was very litle 5 [_] Most of the time, while 'm tourism so there *didn’t use to rl have a be many restaurants and there ee eee only “use to be one sll hotel Because the village was so small everyone *would know everyone else 6 [teat vegetables at and so people ‘would say hello o you in the shops or while you were walking down the streets. We "used to spend a lot of time sitting in cafes and bars, chatting to everyone in our bad ltalian! It "would be very 7 ()My favourite food is cheese cheap to eat out so we ate delicious food all the time for next to nothing oes We ’used to make some fantastic friends and we till go back there from time to time to visit them. ‘eat them for lunch once in a while 1 coffee every now and again. of crisps. weekends, ‘Choose the correct answer. 1 My aunt is always apologising for everything she does ‘find it really annoying! }_ she’s very polite! 2. Fred used to like playing football a). but he prefers watching it these days 1) but he doesnt like watching it. 3 went to Scotland for my holidays last year ‘It would rain every day 1) trained every day. 44-1 go out fora long walk when Tim feeling stressed. Tt helps me clear my head. ) Id help me feel better '5 My dad and I would watch Match of the Day together on television. 4) Teused to be on at 10 p.m. on Saturdays. fb) Tremember seeing it a couple of times. 2A and 2B Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets + Ldrank up to five eups of strong coffee every morning before T save up. (would) ‘would drink upto five cups af strong coffee evene morning. before ga UP aa nnmnnmnnen 2 My doctor frequently tells me to take more exercise (always) 4 My wife avayschesko the labels before she buys food. (will 14 When was a student, I was a vegetarian, (usel to) + [never worried about my food until I put on weight, (used t0) 4 When my clldren weresmal I never gee them fast fod. (would) )) Life’s different here Feelings and opinions put sentences >) i the coset ord ‘Ata to Barcelona 1) [Een that Barcelona was fous "| Luckily th » were more than satisfied (Jof arvand architecture, an J were shocked 49 [ote fantastic food wea wee Wee he 4 Catt dea of istsxing he He of te dy. 1 Jost tbe shoppin in Brees, and {wasnt all disappointed aa [Tati the so sing the cathedral and hoses that Gand designed ty (1 by aa Eason balings Us Amel rane of us would ever get 3 4) Coto ts fanastie architecture 9 18a excited: | Vafortumately, however, the frends went with are not very fond @ cepa psn whi os Dear everyone, far. The kids seem fascinated in ABy)the sea, Sowers Norse yet aout at ou pa bt wi omens con Mest sr Hope you are impressed Sof/by fly re ontvend ch ea ton sr 1 prepasitions ‘The Gill Fami 132 Davy Ro. ‘Cambridge, a1 3TY UK 2B be used to, get used to Fill in the gaps with the correct form of be used to or get used to and the verb in brackets. 1 Julia kept drinking lots of water. She isn't used to eating. such spicy food. (eat) 2. Tm always losing my sunglasses. I haven't them yet. (wear) 3 I'm finding it more difficult than I thought to on the right, (drive) 4 My children are __ because we travelled abroad a lot when they were babies. (fy) 5 Its taken me ages, but ve finally tea with milk, (arin) 6 Are you uuu iM country without seasons yet? (live) 7 My grandmother is now emails, but not to using a mobile phone, (answer) © Will has just started working from home. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of these verbs. waste enjoy organise focus wear haveto get 1 Before I worked from home I used to .waste. atleast three hours. a day on the train. 2 I still cant get used to not Teave home at seven o'clock every morning, 3 Tmstill not used to ‘my own working day. | get distracted easily. 4 Tused to chatting to people inthe office so 1 sometimes feel abit lonely. 5 Timslowly getting used to __ con my work rather than whats happening in the house. 6 Td find it difficult to get used to suits and ties again instead of my jeans 7 When I worked in an office, I never used to {g0 to the gym in the evenings. ome in time to ‘Match the beginnings of sentences 1-6 to endings a)-). 1 There always A. 2 She cant get — 2 Shell never 4 Are you 5 Didhe 6 Hes never 2) getting used to your new school? 8) used to getting up so early now she has this new job 6) got used to living in the country, He finds it strange. 6 get used to the long winters in this country, «) use to be an actor at one time? 1 used to bea lot of talfic on this road. What’ happened? Find one mistake in each of these sentences and correct it. working 1. Tm not used to work so hard. 2 Hes getting used to have 1 baby in the house 3 He's use to driving long distances, so don't worry 4 He used to the hot weather. He comes from Australia. 5 Ididn’t used to like him, but Ido now, 6 We used to playing together when we were children. 7 Did you two used to know each other? 8 How long did it take to get used to wear contact lenses?

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