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How da you feel about having your English corrected? 3 Doyouhaveany funny or embarrassing stories related to misunderstanding 4 Isthere anything you still find difficule about English? clM 2B 3M 4W 5W 6B Sreemenn 1 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 rushing 3 bubbling sway 4 slapped 5 concocting 6 picture 7 leap RAMMAR, had forgoteento ‘would catch used to catch caught bbrokedown lived used tolive Vabeen hiding were sill working 2 shared /used to share 3 went/usedtogo 4 hadcleaned 5 wouldlieJusedeolie 6 fall 7 had been singing 8 stopped 9 stood 10 looked LL wasstaring 12 told 13 was watching 1 hadseen| 15. didn'sleep 3 VOCABULARY a2 fear improvement hatred death belief shame wisdom childhood sadness celebration ‘membership illness boredom 4 PRONUNCIATION 2 Circle celebration, imagination, and curiosity 5 LISTENING a Speaker bA3 BI C4 D2 ES FIGS #4 12 73 6 READING a 910 biT 2F 3F 4F ST OF | ‘1 PRONUNCIATION 2 rendezvous faux pas dgjava ‘entrepreneur ballet bouquet fiancé(e) coup fae accompli 1 2 VOCABULARY a2b 2 message b 2 casuahies 2 charged 3 way 3 dectared 3 moulding 4 anywhere 4 shelled 4 Stughtered 5 hte 5 ceasefire 5 merelesly 6 on 6 surrender © morale 7 house 7 defeated 7 pass Bact 8 snipers 8 pivotal © 2 around 9 Tooted 3 away 10 commander 4 behind 5 ou : pipe Sree Colloquial English 7 on oe i 3 ioe Talking about...history 9 by 4 suntiver 1 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE 5 commander 10 back a 2 swiul — 3 dead 7 vietory ate 3 LEXIS IN CONTEXT ees 4 sights 2 ruleout 9 capeure 5 picture 3 win, over 10 retreat oa 44 Foor, bil 1 execute ae 5 shor sweet teen 4 ondinary eae © 1 shied 7 follow, chrough con 2 READING & makeup, mind pane can 4 declare 2 4 GRAMMAR 3F 2 Canyou get Pau to lok at my computer? aT 3 Tinevergeeisediogetingupars.30i 9 GRAMMAR SF the morning 2 2 words 6T 4 The afternoon shadow got lnger athe 3 concerned 77 sn went dow 4 mater aF 5 Weregettingourkichen epaincednext 5 whole mont 6 wy 6 cant get the kids to eatcheir dinner. 7 ay 7 Thopel dont get sent to Manchester —1 8 case want tstayin London, 9 hand 8 Pablictansport in my own is geting 10 least beter b 2 Basically 1 VOCABULARY 9. 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That story isawfully boring, 3 GRAMMAR a 2 Nocundl 3 Rarely 4 Nosooner 5 Only 6 Scarcely 7 Notonly 8 Never 2 didhe betray my trust buthe also wrecked my cat 3 hadthe sun gone down when before the temperature fll dramatically 4 have seen such a wonderful sighs. 5 had the veacher turned her back chan the childcen stated whispering 6 ‘had the woman sat down when (before her baby started crying, 7 doyou find ewo people soalie, 8 areplacement teacher has been found will elassesrecommence. 4 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 ential implored immobile dove with : merely Backpacks conceivable X 5 LISTENING a1 successful 2 not successful bIF2T 37 4F ST 6F 6 READING 2 Theauthor advises not totry to finish a bookiifyou'e really nt enjoying i bie 2b 3a 4e Se © 1 grabyou 2 takea shine 5 putyouott 4 Torpity’s sake 5 toitsbitter end 6 outofhand Shem 1 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 with 3 of 4 of 5 with 6 on GRAMMAR 2 appears 53 expected 4 According 5 may 6 seem 7 agreed 8 Apparently 2 Ikappeats It would appear that 3 Ithasbeem announced that | Inwas announced that isthought have may have been Iuseems /Itwould seem that might have entered leishoped thae (OCABULARY ‘ved takes spare make awe having From,to In by before short spare hands being up whole BaP Qxe9 HeG0-AE Oar OED i Ra eo BTN IO a 4 PRONUNCIATION 2 Mycousin Nick is never ontime Tind_doing housework akes_sp_a lot oftime 4 Wewalked_totown_aswehad plenty of time. 5 Weseem rohaverun_out_of ime 6 Les_a question_of ime before the sports_centre opens 1 Lalways freak our if the bus arrives ate. 2 He'sabicimpatient times, 3. 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Shewas very excited, 7 READING a2 bic 2A 3F 4D 5B I Talking about..illustration 1 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE ‘work kind umber age mood 2 READING a 1 They work ragether to producea single work of art While they were at university. 43 Theeditors gor confused because they were identical twins, ‘They are special editions illustrated by professional artists, ‘Tobear children for other couples ‘They could see their own story init ‘Theaccentuated perspectives, strong light and the use of few colours. 8 Iewon a gold medal for being the best illustration of 2012, Sree 1 VOCABULARY faint surgeon cold plaster bruise asthma iden word diagnosis clectric shock blister allergic reaction fs antibiotics stitches hneast attack rash food poisoning 2 LEXIS IN CONTEXT nothing risk(s) heart word 3 GRAMMAR 42 toprogramme tobe sniffing 4 being photographed 5 complaining 6 twobecome 7 haveworn 8 taking 9 tosetup 10 Having eaca 2 tohave paid 3 tohave met 4 5 6 8 9 0 1 ‘enough to swim tohavelost tobemade tobe chosen beingrakento Having read the nowhere 0 go sno point ny 8 4 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 makes 3 do + make 5 does 6 did 7 Making 5 VOCABULARY 2 stubborn 3 white 4 good S drinks 6 quick 7 sleep 8 thin 9 deat 0 lind 6 PRONUNCIATION 4 Circled words in bold: 2 The surgeon arrived as soonas the patient was ready. roo are fora doctor, so we went 1 to hospital 4 The specialist suggested [went ona diet forawhile Vmallergicto plasters, so never use them, bb 2 The surgeon arrivedas soon asthe patient Was ready. 3 Iewastoo late foradoctor, straight 1 hospital 4 The specialise suggested went ona diet forawhile 5 Umallergicto plasters, sol neveruse them. 7 READING a3 bia 2c 3b 4a8 LISTENING 2 Ashlyn doesn't feel pain. 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They were om thick hect fice. They had to goupa long hil, 7 Onthe main road. 8 Inthe deep snow atthe side ofthe road, 9 Se satand slid dow the hill 10-Tewas 7.30 in the morning, Srememcaeea 1 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 adores 3 content 4 cre 5 6 sceptical live 2 VOCABULARY a 2 squeak 3 ncigh 4 shell 5 chick 6 calves 7 cage 8 claws Hidden ward: beehives horns, dog far, ied beak, cat grunt, ish ‘iter Pig bred, captivity righteactivists hunted, sport endangered species charity prorect, environment live, wild rested: uelly RAMMAR 4 av ov b hy ‘might do should woulda’ couldn't e Bay Ont RCO BE CHONG LH aC ae TB ID 4 PRONUNCIATION 4A Doyouknow where you're going on holiday ye? B No,| dont. love to go on a safari but iy girlfriend docsn't wantto, AA She doesn't like animals, does she? B She does like animals she's gor three cats. Bur she doesn't want to go ona safari A Where does she want togo then? Doesn't she want 0 see lionsin the wild? I'd love to. B Sowould . And so would my gielftiend Bur she really doesnt like camping Neither do ifm honest. 5 LISTENING a rabbit 2 ct 3 parrot 4 dog 5 lizard bA# B82 C1 DS E3 6 READING a Numbers 2 and 4 arenot mentioned bIE2C 3D 4A 5FSomme cists 1 VOCABULARY 1 sliced roasted chopped whipped scrambled minced ep fried steamed silled food processor colander baking ay whisk mixing bow! chopping board fying pan saucepan 2 PRONUNCIATION a2 3 4 5 6 7 8 comfartable medicine different temperature chocelate dictionary vegetables 3 LEXIS IN CONTEXT i 3 4 fiddly stuf gobble 5 chew 4. GRAMMAR / v w Keereal bow! y Reheend ofthe story plastic bags ¢ women's magazines vegetable drawer Fiona and Charles’) Chaslee's car trainee manager hhasband’s clothes Dread knife animals’ cages alarm clock 5 LEXIS IN CONTEXT 2 3 4 Chillies Ginger Monkfish Oysters a No. Speaker 1 1 She was cooking for her boyfriend and afriend, 2 ‘She was making spaghest bolognese. 3. She used chilli peppers instead of green peppers 4 ‘She threw the dishin thebin. ‘Speaker 2 T She wascooking fr friends 2 She was cooking apiece of roast meat 23 She put the grill on instead ofthe oven 44 She ordered s takeaway. Speaker 3: 1 She was cooking for her family. 2. She was preparing antipasti (bruschetta) 3 Sheused 199 much gar 4 She threw the food away 7 READING ‘a Heading Sis the best alternative. bic 2b 3a 4c 5d 6b peirmelene Talking about..insects and animals 1 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE 2 bie 3 whole 4 Tike 5 pretty 650 8 9 0 there going something 2 READING ATP 2T3T4F ST 6T Sommer: ‘1 LEXIS IN CONTEXT ruled back hucdle nothing detox stumbled ball 2 GRAMMAR ard ‘The person [spoke to was theassistant manager, not the manager 3 ‘Theresson (why) I didn't buy the bag was ‘because that iswas too expensive 4 Tewasher grandmother who taught her hhow to bakebread, 5. What happened was (tht) Jane shut che door with her keysstllinside, What I ncedisa good, ong res. ‘Thething that impressed me was [was impressed by how uly helene 8 The village where my parents live my parentslivein is very picturesque 3 PRONUNCIATION a 1 Thething ike most about my husband ishissense of humour, 2 What I don't understand is why you dda’ tell me before 3 Thereason why I don' like cheese is because of the rexcure 4 Iwas the lorry that caused the accident. 5. The person id most keto goon holiday with smy sister, 6's your health that 'm worried about: 4 LEXIS IN CONTEXT On acquiring proceedings Aispiricing gravely entered reflecting sock ‘melancholy OCABULARY refuse ie conumial besides currently crabarased fleas ea Bomvausun Semrianeone’ beside hy ashamed effects actually compromise deny6 LISTENING 4 PRONUNCIATION 2 Ingeneralthebookhasahappyending a 2 &b bit gab 21 tha oF 5 ab te oad Tha 5 7T 5 LISTENING BF 4 The children arelearning how to play rugby, andthe classes aren't very 7 READING competitive a Sentence 2is the bes. b 1 founders Po obib 2d 3a te sb Sree 1 LEXIS IN CONTEXT situps thighs: G READING oe 2 Short periods of exercise, training bIE 2C 3A 4G SB 6F flexibility preseups stretch crunk Doysand girls Sunday physical ames four sticker chant 2 VOCABULARY 2 height 3 flatten 4 shorten 5 stcength 6 8 depth weakened lengthen 9 wie i 2 where i 3 of which 4 whose : 5 whieh, 6 which 7 that, which, — 8 what 9) who 0 cowhom 2. My cousin, whois across-country ‘runner, has been given a scholarship by an American University 3 There's been afrost, wich means that the match wll probably be cancelled, 4 Ourteam has two poalkeepers. neither ‘of whom can play next weekend, 5 Those trainers, which 've only had fora week, have broken already: 6 Wespoke toa steward, who directed us 7 Theacket (which /that) [bough for my son wasnt very expensive 8 Theshowers, many of which do not work properly, are very earaly cleaned