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Unit 5: Study time

Grammar
1

1 weren´t 2 go 3 will /´ll need / needs 4 finish / have finished

5 choose 6 complete / have completed 7 wouldn´t go 8 will / ´ll try

9 don´t pass 10 got / had got

1 correct 2 I would /´d spend more time practicing 3 she will / ´ll have trouble
finding a job 4 he has studied / he´s studied / studies too late 5 would I need to
take an advanced maths course 6 correct 7 I am going to travel / I´m going to
travel / I will travel / I´ll travel 8 correct

Vocabulary
1

1 look back at 2 got away with 3 puts off 4 handing back

5 live up to 6 turned out 7 pointed out 8 get over

1 unite join 2 known learned 3 learn study 4 join attend

5 know find out 6 learned taught 7 know get to know 8 join take part in

Across 2 career 4 degree 5 prospects 7 revision 8 tutor

9 marks

Down 1 research 2 course 3 admission 6 lessons

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-tion -ence -ment

Intention existence adjustment

Investigation preference agreement
qualification assessment
development
involvement

-ance other

appearance advice
behaviour
comparison
confusion
feeling
response

1 agreement 2 comparison / confusion 3 investigation 4 preference

5 response

Listening part 1
1 C (´Then your grandfather got ill and I had to come home to run the family business`)

2 A (´It drives me crazy wasting so much time`)

3 A (´But I really struggle being so far from them and all my old friends here in New
Zealand`)

4 B (´I´m worried it´s not very clear`)

5 B (´I was just wondering how you coped with all the reading when you did this course
last year`)

6 A (´E-books are much cheaper than paper books, so over the years you save money`)

7 B (´It was a colleague´s recommendation that eventually made me decide to get it,
despite my first impressions`)
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8 C (´How do you manage to study when you have to work in your mother´s shop after
school? I do most of my homework there.´

Reading and use of English part 3

1 repeatedly 2 interested 3 differences 4 unmotivated / demotivated

5 comparison 6 information 7 creativity 8 knowledge

Writing Part 1
2

Giving your opinion Expressing contrast

In my opinion However

I believe On the other hand

Introducing other people´s opinions Putting your ideas in order

Some people think that Firstly

Introducing an argument Furthermore

There are several reasons Introducing your conclusion

To sum up

1 F (You must do the essay in Part 1)

2 F (You must cover the two points given and include your own idea as well)

3F

4T

5T
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6T

7 F (Your essay should be between 140 and 190 words)

8T

Please, ask your teacher if you have

made a mistake and would like it
explained.