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    Opposites: adjectives Complete the crossword by tnding a word thats opposite in meaning to each of the adjectives. (See example) "e[R |e [S|E[N|T EF ] FLTC j i = 7) fm t a CI : oI \ 4 J Down | 1 amateur (12) 3 odd umber) (4) 5 dark (6) 7 correct (6) ‘Across-+ 8 druk) 2 abeent rom elass)(7) 18 rough (asurface)(6) 10 mean(8) 4 dena (6) aT tay 6) 18. temporary (9) 6 toc00(6) 18 useful 14 private 6) 9 deep 20 wild(animaly) (4) 18. quiet 6) 11 careful) 22, stale bread) (6) 19 wide®) 12 blunt cenit) 23 negative(®) 2 asleep(6) Picture crossword: Be and vegetables {Lookatthe drawings and complete the crossword, GoW BOS ‘ ) es Complete the sentences (Complete teerosswor by fitng nthe missing words nach ofthe _santances (See example) ‘Across 8 Tean'teut this meat, my ‘sn’ sharp enough. (5) 5 mom ou arent aid with smathng yu have bought nash, remember to keep the, ° Pace including ‘and packing. 7) 11 OhPat,doyou think you could get me some stamps from the 2 4s) 12 You'l have topeak louder, Tm afraid, Aunt Mary’ bit. © 10 BB 16 W RE 10 “ " 1 10 ‘Thejob offered a renee FOU! (6) Pass mea pair of. ‘ewnpaper. (6) always wanted a as child, but my parents didn't think there ‘was room in our fat fr a dog ora eat. 3) TeLooks like rain. You'd better take an. with you. (8) The ‘on the front page ofthe newspaper said: FIVE ARRESTED FOR BOMB DEATHS. @) never buy books, Talways borrow them from the local o ‘She asked for aroom with a of tho soa. (4) .f £18,000 a year (6) please, Brian. [want to cut this article out of the Down | “What does inaolent mean? ‘Tvenoidee. Look it up in the. 40) ‘These shoes don't. they're too small. (8) ‘She weighed 10 kilos too much, so her doctor advised her to goon a a ‘We could tell someone was at home because there was smoke coming out of the o In the lst football match ofthe season Liverpool beat Manchester United by ‘three ‘toone. (5) ‘Coffe, John?” “Yes, please. Sugar but no. 0 {usually ll my car up with.........-on my way to work on Monday ‘morning. (6) Could you arrange thelist of students in. onder, please? (12) Could you read this for me please, David? can't oe a thing without my () ‘The train standing at. Tis the 14.25 to Swansea. (8) ‘The examiner asked her a lotof very dificult. o ‘She went tothe sto got some medicine. (7) 21 My cousin is flying to Canada tomorrow, 0 we're all going to the tosee him off. (7) The. was out of order so we had to use the stairs to get tothe seventh floor. (4) un Jobs and occupations Pat the mined ltrs for ach word inthe right order fo complete te crossword. Each word sao or occupation. To help you, the answers arb ‘iven alphabetical order atthe fot ote page. (See example) (rin alr TF [1 Je [war [OJe [N Across—> Down | 8 antiwrecaffd (7.5) 1 arestisw (8) 4. hitencet (®) 2 retache(t) 7 vctodr(6) 5 createpen 9) 9 unre) 6 rolitaunsg (10) 12, tensdit 7) 8 muandts(7) 13 dasirerehsr (11) 10 sasnmeal (8) 16 mefrra(6) AI rirhailna 9) 19 covaryert 9) 14 kerab (5) 20 enirm(s) 15 amisbensenu (11) 25 thoreeb(7) Y7 Mareeedini (1) 28 tre) 18 crost’6) 28 Win 6) 21 feeh 4) 29 staanoeetig (65) 22 pemacleni (9) 30 apiconit (6) 24 himencea (8) 25 erarbh(6) 27 eatpnom (7) factor architect baker barber businessman butcher ‘carpenter chef dentist doctor dustman electrician ‘etate agent farmer hairdrower journalist librarian mechanic miner nurse optician pilot policeman postman salesman ‘secretary teacher traficwarden vet waitreas Classifications ‘Complete the crossword by nang one wordt classy ech of te groups of three words. (See example) Acrose—+ Arabic, Swedish, Dutch (9) ‘bracelet, ing, earring (9) theft, murder, fraud (6) leek, caulifower, cabbage (10) onze, va768, 212001 6) ‘knife, fork, spoon (7) beech oak, pine (5) ‘square, triangle, rectangle (6) Arica, Asia, Burope (10) ‘rapes, pineapples, peaches (6) ‘van, oa, lorry @) Sapiter, Mars, Venus (1) ‘roendile, snake, lizard (@) u “ Down } ball, goat, fox (1) bridge, chess, dominoes (5) copper, iron, tin (6) kilos, pounds, grammes (7) yen, pound sterling, lira (10) ddagger, gun, sword (7) wasp, beetle, ant (7) People 1 ‘Read te sentances and complete the crossword. (See example) wi ‘Across z 8. Someone who takes something from a shop without paying fort. (10) 6 Aperwon who represents his or her country abroad. (10) HP 10 Someone who eats fruit and vegetables, but never ents meat. (10) 18 A person who gets secret information fram another epuntry.(S) y 15 Aperson who has deliberately killed someone. (8) ——- 7 + 18 Someone who sees person breaking the law. (7) - D 19 A person who draws plans for new buildings. (9) 20 A person who betrays his or her own country (7) Qf 7 Down | : | U t 1 Soneone wb esl. (6) b- mAW e&- 2 Someone who always looks or the best in life. (8) ‘4 Someone who has left his or her county for political reasons (7) ‘5. Someone who rides a horee in a race. (6) 1 Someone who breaks into houses, shops, et. in order to steal (7) fe | '8 Someone who i travelling on fot ina street. (10) © Anunmarried man. (8) 11. Someone who visite another country or district for a holiday. (7) ' 12 Someone who writes musi. (8) 114. Someone on the other side in a game or a contest. (8) 16 A shopkeeper who sels newspapers. (9) 17 Someone who watches a sport or an event without taking part himself or herself. (9) Collective nouns Complete te crossword by fing nthe gaps into sty. \ (Mr Brown took out «(14 acroe) of writing paper and Dogan to make a list of things he wanted to buy. He had alot of| ‘shopping todo today and wanted tomake sure he would ‘remember everything. ‘Halfan hour later, Ms Brown left the house. As he was getting ‘he car out ofthe garage he noticed that a... down) of lass on the garage door was missing. T must remember to fix ‘that sometime, he thought tohimaelf. ‘When he reached town, the first shop he went into was W.H. ‘Smith's. He had three things he wanted to buy there (11 down) of cards for hia son, Wiliam, « (12 acroas) of string an the local newspaper. Next door to W.H. Smith's was Boot the chemist, He looked at his list, ‘Yes, there were some things he needed to get there. He went, Inside and bought a {12 down) of s08p, 8 7 (6 scree) of toothpaste and nnn down) of tampon. "Then he went upetairs to the camera department and bought (9 down) of film for his daughter, Heather. ‘The next place he wanted to goto was Tesco's ~a large ‘supermarket, Ashe was walking along, he passed a furniture ‘shop. In the window was avery expensive (1 down) of drawers. Good heavens! Who on earth can afford to buy that?” he ‘thought to himself ‘Twominutes later he was inside Tesco's, He looked at his ist. ‘Right, lot's see now 2 across) eggs, 8 (18 down) of bread anda. (6 wcross) of milk" Slowly, his trolley began to fil up. He checked his list again ‘A. (14 down) of apples anda ........(8 down) ofjam.” Fiftcon minutes later, he was standing inthe queue atthe check- out counter. Ashe was waiting he noticed a large sign which said ‘THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER -TWO. (8 neroee) OF ‘SOCKS -90p! He decided to buy them, ‘There were only two more places left to go now — the tobacconist’s andthe florets. He was glad. The shopping bags were very heayy. [tthe tabacconit’s he bought @ 05 down) of matebet and &ncnon(TL aeons) of cigarettes, The shop also sold sweets, soe decided to buy a (12 down) of chocolate to eat Inter that evening when he watzhed television, ‘The lorist’s was at the ond ofthe arcade and ashe got near it he noticed 2 (16 across of people watching a young man. playing the guitar and singing. He had his guitar case open in front ofhim and, ashe pasoed, Mr Brown saw that there was a +no(8 down) of money init. Mr Brown liked music, so he ‘opened his wallet, took out £5 (40 acrow) and dropped it into the caso. Atthe florists he bought a large (7 down) of daffodils for is wife, Julia, As the assistant wrapped them up, he looked at ‘aie watch. It was five clock. He would have to hurry ithe wanted ‘tobe home before his wifo got back from work. 19 wo Picture crossword: animals Opposites: verbs ‘Complete the crossword by dng word tats oppostin meaning to (each of he verbs. Acrose—+ defend (6) appear (9) Tower (6) lengthen (7) eosen (7) destroy (6) accept (6) contract (metal) (6) ‘save (money) (5) arive(6) forbia 6) remember (6) increase (8) EB eneaen Down | deny (6) hides) Aoat (boat) (4) falc, expat) take one's timo, dawdle (6) encourage (10) weaken (10) punish (6) Word association 1 Complete te crossword by finding out whic word each of te groups of three word can be associated with (See example) LiL a ‘Across — 4 surgeon, ward, ambulance (8) 1 6 bark, leash, poodle (9) 2 8 branch, trunk, beech (4) 8 10 books, borrow, reference (7) 5 12 daffodil stem, petal 6) 1 18, carols, turkey, presents (®) 9 14 frame,canvas, watercolour(8) UL 17 crossbar, handlebars, saddle(7) 15, 18 bonnet, overtake, Volvo(S) 16 19 bank, Thames, flow 5) a 20 cleove, collar, eu) 22 umpire, serve, net (6) Down | comer, goal, kick-off 8) beak, nest, pigeon (4) telescope, galaxy, black hole (9) sheet, pillow, blanket (3) club, hole, green (4) ‘headline, circulation, reporter (9) relay, Olympic Games, lap ®) receiver dial, directory ®) playground, blackboard, homework (6) best man, ring, bride (7) Mixed up clues 1 ‘nts crossword al the words have been ied, but he cesar al mixed ‘up. Write the coret answer (1 Down, 8 Across, te.) in ono each ve. ‘(See example) rs] 3 Down a s Ppefete fr ~ [o| A [m[u [mM]? [s D G Lf G| G [elt JAIN Ic le |e iE ry! 1 >] [R} [BlRlolK/é (0 G . R) | AlVIAIL IAIN CHE E He s K lo Glo[s|s |i |r ha A a) [N N E RIT IN| a] | iS 6 Ir s c | N v ° le} fal TI A N E | t] _ [eJalnieTelR) N | E [T (wale[elelr . lr . | F/ lk Oo HI Gh [olply _ 1 M. L} le] ns ‘Aperson who pays to stay in someone else's house. Atype af fish ‘A common ilines especially amongst children) where the glands ‘well, particularly the neck and mouth. ‘A religious festival in March or April when Christiane remember the death of Jesus Christ and his return to life, ‘Unable to read or write ‘Used to tick things together, e.g, wood, paper, te. ‘The main part of tree. ‘The yellow part ofan egg. ‘To travel regularly a long distance between one's house and work. Partof scar which you lift up to see the engi - Anatural disaster where a mass of mow and je erashes down the ‘sido of a mountain, ‘A container for money. ‘Towalk unsteadily, eg. ifyou areillor drunk. (One ofthe signs ofthe zodine (someone born between June 23- aly 29). Being able to speak two languages fuently. ‘Acommon yellow spring flower. ‘Tolook quickly at something Very old. Expecting a baby. low some people fee! when they look down from a high building. ‘Totalk about other people especially about their private lives. ‘A word that ends with the same sound at another, e. mouse’, rouse Having no money. ‘The line running from the front tothe back ofthe head when hair {is combed in opposite directions. ‘You voice may sound like this you have been speaking or ‘shouting all day. The dinner party Cngite teexossvard yin ite gaps inte sto. To, fetter ac say wo gr TOME. don't know w. 1 down) the following story is true orn (S.down) but acording toa friend of m, (9 across) it happened to her sister ae, (16 down) of years ago, ‘My friend's sister (down) for an advertising agency and one particular evening hadjnvited h (down) bows and soveral important veal ®) mend (6) error (7) sadnens (6) expensive) impolite 4) prison (4) weep a) competition very big (®) help) (10), detest (4) goin(s) odour (5) sad) Down | leave 6) wicked) happy) freedom (D) need (0) (1) peculiar?) anaiety (6) alter 6) ‘completely quict 6) swim (0) (6) presenta) (4) 00d-ooking 8) occur (6) employment 4) attempt (v) 9) Word association 2 opt the crossword by tcing out whch ‘hee word canbe assocated wih women te props of 1" 16 1 2 3 ‘ e ‘Acrose—+ hall sleet, forecast (7) Jace, hel, sole (4) iver, re, trout (7) beer, barman, pint) pilot, seat belt, wings (@) tweed, lapel, sleeves () ‘isle, Sunday, pulpit (6) iamonds, bridge, hue (6) horoscope, Gemini zadiae (®) ‘helmet, uniform, truncheon (9) Down | ‘compartment, engine, platform (5) capital, Thames, Big Ben (6) keyboard, disk, mouse (8) ‘emuctor, symphony, percussion ¥) bishop, pawn, checkmate (5) ‘laws, purr, siamese (3) ot, pram, nappy (4) cover, chapter, title (4) deck, anchor, eruia (4) vault, account, oan 4) Mixed up clues 2 ‘In this crossword al the words have ben fled in, bu the clues area! mixed up. Wie the corect answer (1 Down, 8 Aros, ein ont of |r >] > F|>[o[|>|m/= [mia] RACSIRIESbaGa <0 |r Amr |e] ay aa | |y| ‘All the actors in a play or film, Avwritten account of someone's life ‘The place where beer is made. ‘Applan ofa journey which includes the names of places tobe seen and visited. ‘The skin ofan orange, apple et. Aperiod ofa hundred years. A field of frit tree, large encloaure or cage for keeping binds in. person who believes ll forms of war tobe wrong. Anoceasion in which actors practise and learn thir speach ete before performing in public. An instrument to meke distant object, eg stars, ook bigger. ‘The ist of items to be discussed at a meeting Avery strong wind ‘Asynonym for ‘wide A large wolfe dog often used by the police or for guarding property Abook of mape ‘A doctor who performs operations at a hospital ‘The lit of efferent fads needed to cook adish ‘The meat we get from a calf ‘A place where dead people are buried. ‘The crime of stting fre to houses, shope, ete. often forthe insurance money. ‘A society or organization that gives help inthe form of git, clothing or money tothe poor. A table of reference, usualy at the back ofa book, where key ‘worda are listed alphabetically together with the page numbers on which they occu. ‘An athletics eventin which teams of four people take part. Each person only runs part ofthe distance. ‘The pedal in a car which you press before you change gear 6-letter words In tis crossword, each of he msi words has sito. ‘ast letter of each word is tela! -E Tolook quickly at something. 8 M____L A book ofinetructions eg fora car, computer program, ete, T A large area ofland covered with: 11 SM Aloudery, 12 P.___N People who break the law may be sent here, 13 LT eg. bee beetle, pier. 18 SB Anouter area ofa town or city where people ive. 17 M____& Fully developed or ripe fruit, wine, cheese ee. 18 BL___H Partofa tree. 18 P___C Anoutdoor meal, ¢g. inthe country, using food that you have Drought with you. 24 RE Alistofingredients and a set of instructions that tells you how to wok something. 5 © Abuilding ora room where you can roulette, for money. 26 BL. Alight, gentle wind 20 M___.R Todoliberately kill person, 82 R____E Tosaveorset someone foe from danger or harm, 3 u 38 © ‘ands o other games, eg, C___D Someone whois easily afraid; not at all brave S.-W shape offour equal sides s. LY Themoney you are paid each month for your jb, Down | 1 P___E Avery important word in English ifyou want to be polite --R_A large notice, picture or photograph that you put upon a wall or noticeboard, often to advertie something, =D The opposite o allow. --8 The words ofa song, £ Tostop working, usually because you have reached a certain age. _-D A piece ofand surrounded by water, ‘The part ofan airport where planes takeoff and land. -E Aoliday on a ship. 1. Your car wouldn't gt very far without this. What every company hopes to make. (The opposite of toss’) People 2 ‘Somat te crosordyting in te msing wad nt Toh you, steer f each word phos. ener CET LI al Across —+ 1. don't know him all that well really. He's just an ccccnnn (12) ‘7 Twenty people work for Mrs Slater. She has twenty ® 8 Most ofthe poople who rented the fats wore immigrants, In fat, most ofthe u 2 “ 16 18 ‘came from India, (7) George works for his cousin, Arthur. Arthur is George's 6 Mysitersburband bass been putin charg of thelacl newspaper. Hes thenewe. ‘We rent our fat from Mr Parker. He is our. @ ‘Thirteen people died inthe plane crash, Among the v wore ive schoolchildren. 7) ‘Mark and Deborah own the business together. Deborah is Mark's P. @ ‘She was the only one who was not killed in the crash, She was the only 5 @ David Wilson has been my solicitor for over forty years, Lam one of his oldest Cnennnnen(D) David takes the place ofthe boss when she’ sway. He'sher d © daughter. She's my c. © 3. Mybrother wasborn on the samme day as me. He is my t. @ 4) May Lintroduce my + Charles White. He works in the sales ‘5. Mr Jones buys his goods at my shop. He Aepartment and I'm in the account department. (8) e ofrmine. 8) Iways hitting smaller or weaker boys. He's such ab. © He ‘9 Timothy and Barbara have been going out with each other for almost nine 10 18 15 ” 8 ‘months. I's the longest time Barbara has had the samme b. @ ‘Mra Brown's husband died Uhre years ago. She haa been w, for ‘three years. (6) 1 goto Mr Tomkins to have my haircut. He's been my b since Twas aboy.(6) ‘Samantha and Simon have ust got engaged. Samantha is Simon's f o Mrs Grove makes all Pamela's dresses. She is herd a0) ‘People usually call for Mr Sanders when they want to fit new bath ora shower. He's the beat p ‘inthe area. 7) [Neither other parente i alive. She's ano © Three jokes ‘Some te crossword by ling in the missing words in te tre jokes. To help yu, te tst ete ofeach words gen. Joke ‘A farmer's wife was expecting ab. (27 across) and the town doctor was called out inthe m. ‘4 down) ofthe night tothe farmhouse. It was miles away from a, ‘(18 down) and was extremely old-fashioned. In £ (4 down), it didn't even have electricity, ‘The doctor went tothe farmer's wife and the nervous farmer w. 19 across) called to assist. He stood holding the oil lamp in o (G2 across) to sive the doctor light. ‘Hold the lamp closer." (83 acros) the doctor, and within minutes a boy was, (82 down) “Hang on a minate!said the doctor. ‘I think you're g (down) tohave oo ‘wins. Bring the lamp closer.” Fiveminute (0 across) a twin baby gir ame into the world. The farmer was stil recovering f...--nn(35 down) the shock when the doctor called ‘ut, ‘Hold on a minute. Ido believe you're going to have triplet. C. 8 cron) closer with the laxp.” ‘And soon, another baby appeared. The farmer aat down: down), white-faced, “Good heavens? said the doctor. Tt. (20 across) it could be quads. Come cloer and {down the lamp.” ‘Not likely said the farmer. Tm not that stupid. It’s the blasted light . (6 across) keeps attracting them? . 6 Joke2 ‘Tadith was taking toh. (28 acros) friend, Jenny. ‘Joey gave mes. “(1 down a shock yesterday.” ‘oey? You mean your budgerigar?” ‘Yes, poor litle thing. Ta jun (23 down) up my lighter with petrol before letting him out of his cage for his exercise. Thadn't noticed that T' gpilled ® (16 acroas) oft on the table. Wel, Joey noticed it of course and b (11 down) could stop him he'd flown onto the table and taken two oF three beakfula” “What happened?” ‘Wel, he gave a very oad squav, lew straight up and ht the ceiling, Then he few three times. (29 acroa the room, going faster and faster all the t. "d0down) “Good heavens? “Then he flew 0. (9 across into the hall, into the kitchen, out of the kitchen back into the hall again, and finally into the bathroom, There be Eovnnren(2 aerone traight atthe mirror and smacked his little heed £8. -rnnn (81 down) the glass and then fell nto the washbasin. And there he Lac (@8 down) on his back net moving,” ‘What? You mean he was dead? (No he'd just (36 acre) out of petrol!” Jokes ‘A motorist was d 7 acrons) through the country when he stopped © ‘8 acroes) a hiteh-hiker. The hitchhiker was holding a cow. Dean nn n(14 acroe) you aif; said the motorist, aa ‘acros) Yea’ take your cow “Ob, dont worry; said the hitchhiker, be fee n(94 aerone) us in her own time’. So the hiteh-hiker got in and the m, 81 across) started up. He drove ‘50 kilometres an hour and the cow ran along behind him. He drove at 60 ‘Kilometres an hour and the cow was.....(28 aeroa) running behind him. i drove at 70 kilometres an hour, yet the cow was somehow managing o Keep ‘up with his. But he noticed in his m. -(24 down) thatthe cow seemed to betiring. (15 down) her tongue was hanging out of her mouth, ‘Tm worried (25 down) your cow,’ said the motorist to his passenger, ‘Hier tongue is hanging out ofthe right side of her mouth” “Ob, that all (18 down) said the hiteh-hiker, just vs vnnn(17 down) she's going to overtake” British and American English "The words in tae inthe sentences are American Engsh. Complete the _

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