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ASSIGNMENT 4
1. Look at the adjectives of feeling in the box. Which five are negative?

a. …………………… b. …………………. c. ………………… d. ……………… e. …………………

2. Complete the sentences with a suitable adjective from activity 1.

3. Complete the paragraph about Jamie with the adjective form of the words in
the box.
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4. Reading and Use of English (Part 3).

Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word
that fits in the gap in the same line. There’s an example at the beginning (0).

STRATEGY!
1. Read the whole text
to make sure you
understand it.
2. Look at each gapped
sentence in detail to
check what kind of
word you need (noun,
verb, etc.)
3. You might need a
positive or negative
word.

5. Find and correct the mistakes with adverbs in sentences 1-8. There are four
mistakes.
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6. Complete the sentences below with an appropriate adjective from the box.
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7. Reading and Use of English ( Part 7)

You’re going to read a magazine article about people who discovered they
had a relative they didn’t know about. For questions 1-10, choose from the
sections of the article (A-D).

STRATEGY!
1. Skim through the text to get a general idea
(gist).
2. Read the questions to know what you have to
look for in the texts. Underline key words or
phrases.
3. Skim through it again to find the key words or
phrases previously underlined or
synonyms/paraphrases.
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8. Find phrasal verbs in the texts A-D with the same meanings as the underlined
words and phrases in sentences 1-8 below. There are two phrasal verbs in
each of the texts.