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ird conditional with would have he hadn’t been a football fan, he wouldn't ave lost all his money. (Bob had saved some of his money, he ould have had enough. wouldn't have arrived ontime. passed my exam. My parents bought me a TV. didn't have @ map. | got lost. fWe didn't play well, We didn't win the match, icy complained about the meal. She got a 0 dessert The film wasn't interesting. | fell sleep, Read Gina's story and make sentences in be third conditional. »a) +b) If It hadn't started to rain, she wouldn't F have gone into a second-hand shop. pb) + c) If she hadn't gone into .. Gia ves on her wa to buy anew amen jit started to rain i) She went into a second-hand shop. ‘She: bought ar old painting. fy Her art expert friend saw it. fe) Gina discovered that it was ‘valuable. Psecoante:aipiitironey. © D7 < jouse and a new arthchair! Diop Vea) Vocabulary: Verbs connected YY with money Sai .2» Look at the article in Exercise 2 again. Which of the verbs from the box below can you find in the article? {V afford « borrow (from) * donate (to) + earn |e get into debt * give away) + go bankrupt | inhert (rom) * invest (ir) + lend (to) + lose | emake + owe (to) * pay * pay (sb back) * repay | | «save © spend (on) * splash out (on) * win 1b Complete with the verbs from the box above. Pea ORCL RCOR SC LL A TEACHER from East London has 2 donated her £3 million lottery win to charity. Lorna Davies, 49, 2 __ the money last month but instead of*__on the usual Tuxuries, she gave the money away. Lorna, who* __ about £30,000 a year, said, I dont really need the” money. I don’t have any debts to* and I don't __ the bank any money. Ihave simple tastes and I can? __to buy what I need? Lorna’ children, who won't now*__ the money when she dies, had no comment but her husband, Bill, said, ‘If she had?__ some of the money in the stock market or "” ___ some on a new house, I would have been happier! Write © Write an essay arguing for and against the topic ‘Winning a lot of money is usually a bad thing for people.’ For help with discursive _ essays, go to the Writing bank on page 139. © Extra practice For more practice, go to page 128.99 @ 8 @ B Look at the notes below and list your main points for each paragraph. Then write your essay. ‘Try to include linkers in your essay. Should. older teenagers : be paid to go to school?’ Paragraph 1: Introduction : + Start with statement about the In the USA and the UK, people are discussing the idea that older ‘essay title. E teenagers should be pald to goto schoo. "@teuaiHowever tis + Say that thore are two sides to hooks many people, others think that tis @ good ia, the argument | teenagers to go to school */n conclusion/Firsty/What's more, sragraph 2: ‘For’ paragraph ‘encourages teenagers to stay in education and get better « White a topic sentence io introduce 2 the points for the statement. * Give two or three main points, ‘+ Make sure that you include examples or expianations | people feel that paying older teenagers to learn is a bad idea. They say itis expensive and th p's abas oe same re and! the Paragraph 3: ‘Against’ paragraph governmagp can't atford the money. *Lthink’ they argue that it may + Write topic sentence to introduce encouraiffeome students to stay at school for the points against the statement. the wrong reason,’ however/tor example/what's FRR, + Give two or three main points. more because they want to eam the money and ‘Make sure that you include [not because they want to study. exampies or explanations. To sum up/Furthermore/Firsty there are 2 | strong arguments for and against paying older Paragraph 4: Conclusion j E teenagers to study. * On the other hand/Such. + Write @ short summary, asl mycin aba ies because it * Give your opinion and areason. | ‘encourages the wrong kind of attitude to learning. Complete the sentences with the correct form eee 7) of the verb in the box: Chooge the correct word. 6 im tightening ghtenedt spiders. , | hve seat she = fuss st =. | was getting worryingiworried about you. [tate ene Sos || Bethe boot was ray Boringrbored ; +3 Cold, wet weather is depressing/depressed. 1 | don't want to share a room with him, He gets on Foo we ennitied wth the nes my nerves. | 5 My sister can be really annoying/annoyed. 2 |__my best friend, Jos. !can tellhim anything | BF 6 felt qulteexcitinglexcited on the plane. ee ee eheea "7 I'm too embarrassing/embarrassed to sing in 3 Jenny's lucky. She __ a really close relationship front of all those people! Example essay a e/ with her mum, | ‘8 I'm confusing/confused. Where are we now? | 4 Ike our new English teacher. She __us tke 49 It’s so frustratinglitustrated when ry cults. © laptop crashes. 5 My litle brother __me crazy! He's always 40 That funfair ride looks terrifying/terrified. borrowing my things! | Fett thought the fim was quite amusinglamused. 6 |__ alot about my sister. | always make sure | Pete 1 feet confident/proud. | did it without help. she's OK. | 7 Harry __ very close to his father, They do | everything together. 8 George gets annoyed with his parents because | they __over him all the time. 43 | know I did wrong. | fool ashamedishocked. 14 | always fee! sad/nervous before flying 5 It's lonely/alone here when everyone has left. 2 Choose the correct verb to complete the newspaper article. Kind-hearted neighbour A family have ' {aheritedinvested/won £20,000 from their eighty-year-old neighbous, Mrs Trellis, who passed away last eek. The family had thought that Mrs Trellis was poor as she had no relatives and sometimes had to” savelearn/borrow money from them. It seems, however, that Mrs Trellis had * spent/afforded/owed allthe money she had ‘ invested/lent/saved during her life on building up a valuable stamp collection. The family inherited it and sold it for £20,090. ‘They have decided to * pay back/donate/ ‘splash out some of the money to charity and to use the rest to * repay/owe/afford the money that they had” made/borrowed/lent from the bank last year to build’a new ‘garage on their house. Match 1-5 with a}-e) and write third conditional sentences with might have. 1 ~b) I might have passed if I'd. answered all the questions. | 11 pass) | | 2 She (sing) in the concert 3.1 (do) some work | | 4She (not come) | 5 You (not bum).the cake a):you {not give) her a lift. 'b) | (answer) all the questions. ¢} you (check) the oven. | d) she (not catch) a cold. ©) | (take) my laptop with me. 2 Replace the phrases in brackets with a phrasal verb from the box in the correct form. ‘+ work out '* point out * turn out « throw out + sell out, + find out Sticky tickets! | went into town to buy tickets for a rock concert but when I got there, the tickets had ? sold out (all been sold). | called my friend Nina, and she 2_ (gave me the information) that people sometimes had spare tickets which they sold on the Internet. Luckily it ®__ (happened) that there were a few tickets for sale. They were a bit expensive but | + ___ (calculated) that-+ had just enough money. The tickets arrived a few days later. That day | went to school happy. But when | got home 15__ (discovered) that Mum had. (put in the bin) the tickets with the rubbish! The tickets were a bit dirty and sticky when | got them out of the bin, but it was worth it~ the concert was great! Join the sentences. Use so, such a/an, so many (or so much + that. 1 He drove Wery fast. | was quite frightened. He chove so fast that | was quite frightened. 2 I talked very loudly. | ost my voice. 3 We met a lot of people. | don’t remember their names. 4 She goes to lots of parties. She must be exhausted. 5 He earns a lot of money. He doesn't kaw what to do with it. 6 Jenny worked too hard. She became il. 7 My little brother ate @ lot. He was sick. 8 | was very happy. I sang all the way home. + Complete the story with the phrasal verbs from the box. * throw away * put away © pass away * 90 away + run away + get away + look away Claire was alone in her grandparents’ house With the cat. The weather was stormy and the at was frightewed. Claire picked it up but it " got away from her and*__. She followed it Into the big, dark library. “That's strange,’ she thought. ‘’m sure those books and newspapers weren't on the floor earlier’ Sife*__ the books ___on the shelf and then + ___ the newspapers ___in the wastepaper bin, Suddenly the door closed with a bang. She heard a noise in the corridor. ‘Who's there?" she shouted. Whoever you are, pleases__.” The doar started to open. Claire was so {frightened that she couldn't watch and she ®_ ‘I don't believe in ghosts,’ she said to herself. ‘When people’ ___, they don’t become ghosts.” At that moment, she felt something brush ‘against her leg. It was the cat! Match each a (0-5) toits ining (ef). -f) a) make a reservation 5) give something (to the teacher) 6) start living in a new place d) burgle a house @)nct go out f}agree in the end to do something FFogvem imeakin 2boxkn Sayin #| anandin Smovein WY — ‘7 Complete with the correct form from the box. | scdrive *notfuss + falliniove + go out + get married + break up * not trust + get on snot care +notteat + havesgood-reidtionship |? ve always had a good relationship with my | 1dmother. She *__me lke a child and she yer me. |°__with her really well, Last year with a girl called Clara and |5__ with her. very upsef'when she wanted to®__but about it any more. My grandmother said that should never ®°___ you crazy and she's right. girls any more and | think it'll be @ long time re | want to? __ ‘10 Complete the sentences with a word or 4 phrase from the box. Actually right «kind of + Let me guess | scose * quid seating *noidea + though | sLook + Anyway » on earth Is that you, Vicky? Thanks for calling back. Inat’s for lunch? _... Pizzal 2 A: Grazie is Italian for ‘thank you’. B: Oh, ___. 3 There's a car corhing. __,out! 4 Idon’t believe it. That pizza cost five _—_ 5 What ___is grits? 6 A: Are you free today? B: ___, I'm free all week. 7 I've __ how to get there. Can | have a map? 8 I don't want to go out. ___, I've got lo money. @ Minggthat vase! Wow! That was _! 10 A Cornish pasty is a___meat pie. | 11 The film was a bit dull. liked the ending, _. | ‘1 | Write sentences with wish or if only and the past perfect using the cues in brackets. 14didn't have my umbrella and it rained. (take) I wishif only I'd taken my umbrella, 2 I went fo the party but I didn’t enjoy it. (not/go) 3 When I was on holiday, | put on five Klos! (not/ eat/so many chips) 4 My best friend moved to Australia and | miss her. (ny friend/stay in the UK) 5 It’s a pity that only fifty people came to our concert. (more people/come) ’ 6 My brother borrowed my mobile phone and roped it. (he/be/moré careful with)

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