1 Complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning.

1 They left home because their living conditions were very basic.

Their basic conditions caused them to leave home.

2 They didn’t have visas, so they weren’t allowed in.

They weren’t visas, so they didn't get in.

3 There were so many people that they had to wait for hours.

They had to wait for hours because of the many people.

4 They had to beg for food as they were living in such poverty.

They were so poverty that they begged for food.

Underline the part of the sentence that you think is wrong, and write the correct version. Look
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at the example. If you think the sentence is correct, write ‘CORRECT’.

I am learning English for getting a better job. to get

Many people come here to create a better life for themselves.
He went to town early to avoided the traffic.
He went early not in order to get stuck in traffic.
I went there for to see the country.
I came here for meeting people.
She went abroad for the chance to have a new life.

Complete the gaps in the sentences with one of the words or phrases from the box. Use each
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word or phrase ONCE only.

Although    Despite    despite the fact that    Even though    though    However    However,

in spite of    in spite of the fact that    but

1 Despite the countryside is more boring for a young person, there’s so much going on in the capital.

2 Even though my kitchen is quite small, it has everything I need.

3 Although I love living in the country, I sometimes find it boring.

4 I also like my room, despite the fact that the fact that the ceiling is rather low.

5 I intend to stay there but I hate the weather, as I love the country.

6 It’s hard to find cheap flats in the capital. However in the smaller towns, flats can be cheaper.

7 My job is great, though, and I might get a rise soon.

8 However, being quite lonely, it’s lovely and quiet at night.

4 Complete the gaps with words from the box

citizens    mayor    president    elections    monarch    prime    government    parliament
resident    identity cards    passports    subjects    leaders    local    vote

My country has a hereditary president, who is the head of state. The parliament consists of a group of

lawmakers from all political parties, called a government, and a prime minister. All the people in the

country are leaders of the monarch, not subjects of the state. The government is chosen by the people

every 5 years in elections in which anyone who is over 18 can vote. We don’t have identity cards, only

passports, which you need to use when you leave the country.

5 Match the words. Then use the resulting collocations to complete the sentences.

1 strode Cautiously .
2 staggered Aimlessly .
3 Stumbled . purposefully
4 Tiptoed . unsteadily
5 Wandered . Awkwardly .

After drinking a bottle of champagne, he strode staggered home.

Coming down the mountain, he awkwardly stumbled, and fell to his death.

He purposefully tiptoed into the chamber and demanded to see the prime minister on an urgent matter.

I aimlessly wandered as a cloud.

When the president was angry, everyone in the building cautiously unsteadily around him.
6 Read the beginning of a magazine article and choose the correct word or words for each gap.

Meet the Immigrants

Immigrants are people just like us. They have their own history, and their own culture, their own language,
which might indeed be different from ours. While in spite of these superficial differences, deep down they
want the same things we do: a better future for their children.
Immigrants are not insane villains who have come here to steal our jobs or our housing; they have not
come here for to cheat our government or benefit systems. They have come here to find a better life, and
in the process no doubt they will enrich our national culture.
If many citizens feel threatened by immigrants, it’s because they have not talked to them, and found out
their stories. Many immigrants must have faced great hardships to arrive at our shores, and all the
immigrants I have spoken to tell that they risked their lives getting here. Although many of them used to
have very good lives in their own country, war ruined everything for them. They know that the citizens of
their new country sometimes look on the bright side them, but the decision to leave their homes and start
a new life was not an easy decision to doing.

1 A own B lonely C only D single

2 A might have been B might C must have been D must not have
3 A however B Whereas C While D However,
in spite of the fact
4 A despite the fact that B in spite of C D even though
that
5 A calculating B psychopathic C insane D sadistic
6 A capture B destroy C steal D hurt
7 A for to B so C for D to
8 A government B election C health service D monarch
9 A for finding B to find C for to find D to finding
10 A citizens B indigenous C born and bred D migrants
11 A asylum B immigrants C aliens D natives
12 A so B while C because D so that
13 A warned B suggested C said D talked to
14 A must B might C must have D can’t have
15 A tell B ask C promise D say
worked on two
16 A risked their lives B limped painfully C strolled confidently D
levels
17 A Even B Although C But D However,
18 A would B didn’t used to C used to D didn’t use to
look on the bright
19 A B look back on C look up to D look down on
side
20 A do B making C make D doing

7 Read the rest of the article “Meet the Immigrants” and answer the questions below.
Most of the immigrants I interviewed for this article came here because of war, or political troubles in their
own countries, but some came simply to find better opportunities for themselves and their families. All of
them have a tragic tale to tell.
Bana Amena came to this country from Syria after a perilous journey by boat, on foot and on train. She
didn’t have to leave her whole family behind because she doesn’t have a family any more. They were killed
by rebels in an attack on the town where she lived. She survived after taking refuge in a cellar. She said it
was an easy decision to leave because she had nothing to lose.
Arvin Bagwis was a teacher in his country. He left when some rebels came to his school and started taking
the children. He knew they were recruiting new soldiers for their army. The rebels warned him that he
would be shot if he told anyone what they were doing.
Abasi Bahati comes from a country that has just seen the end of half a century of civil war. He wants to be
a doctor, but there are no training facilities for doctors in his country, and the hospitals are all in ruins. He
told me that many people like him want to rebuild the country, but that they need to get training and skills
that can only be found in other countries. He has promised to return to his country when he has become a
doctor.

Only immigrants from countries who are experiencing war were interviewed for this article.

Yes

All the people interviewed for this article intend to return home one day.

No

Questions 3 – 5
Who said what? Write the letter for the direct speech next to the correct name.

A)  “I might return if I can find a better job with the training I get from overseas.”
B)  “I was in hiding for 8 days, then I made the decision to flee.”
C)  “I told them if they took the children I would alert the authorities. But the authorities in my country don’t
care. So I left.” “Everything will be done by CGI. Lots of people will be made redundant.”
D)  “I will return when the time is right and when I have learnt enough to help my fellow countrymen.”
E)  “Don’t tell anyone.”
F)  “If you tell anyone what’s going on, we will come back and kill you.”
G)  “My family were killed when rebels came to our town and started shooting people.”
H)  “They are going to shoot lots of people for sure.”

3 Bana Amena B, G, H

4 The soldiers who talked to Arvin Bagwis C, E, F

5 Abasi Bahati A, D