5 VOCABULARY EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 5 5.2 True or myth

5.1 Idioms: secrets

3 Put the letters in italics in the correct order.
1 Many people have tried to revyif the existence
1 Find and correct the mistakes with of the Loch Ness monster.
idioms. 2 Some people have set out to
curoven eht rutth about Oak Island.
1 We never really knew much about
our neighbours. They stayed 3 Cannotliveon doswim says that
themselves to themselves. many UFO sightings are actually just aircra.
2 Michael let it slide last week that he 4 It is considered a callfay by most that we have
is looking for a new job. ever been visited by aliens.
3 The bosses are meeting behind locked 5 It is a ylnommoc
doors so something must be wrong. dehl princepoet that Einstein was a poor student.
4 Ruben has a secret, but he won’t 6 Astronauts have knedbude the
drop the beans! thmy that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space.
5 Don’t forget it’s a surprise party,
so please don’t let the cat out of Multi-word verbs
the back.
6 I tried to surprise Dafeenah with a 4 Match the beginnings in A with words in B and the endings in C
weekend away, but her sister gave to make sentences.
the match away.
7 It’s best if you don’t mention Sally’s A B C
problem. Try to be schtum.
1 The police have decided to crack around to who wants it more.
2 Complete the sentences with the 2 I hope the weather brightens away and do nothing.
words and phrases in the box.
3 I can see how far I’ve come
away on organised crime.
between you and me blurting out when I think
classified covert furtive
4 I’m not sure who’ll win the
hush-hush something to hide back the competition.
match. It’ll boil
top secret
5 I hope Ian’s not late again.
1 Leon’s looking very nervous. I think down waiting.
I hate standing
he has .
2 Remember you can’t tell anyone. 6 There wasn’t much to take down to how I was as a child.
This has to be just 7 Tom’s such a great athlete.
. off for a few days.
He’ll blow
3 This is a
project. Very few people know 8 After a hard day at work the carnival. I was
off
about it. I just want to switch looking forward to it.
4 Francesca’s looking a bit 9 It’s an interesting offer. from that course.
over
. Maybe she’s Let me mull it I learnt very little.
up to no good.
10 It’s a shame the council
5 I’m afraid I can’t give you that up in time for the match.
had to call
information. It’s
. 1 The police have decided to crack down on organised crime.
6 Andrew would make a terrible spy.
He’s always 5 Underline the correct alternatives.
secrets! 1 I hope Bob doesn’t slip on/down/back to his old ways.
7 There’s going to be a big 2 I can’t believe they killed in/off/down my favourite character!
announcement, but it’s all a bit
3 Paul soldiered on/down/over to the end in spite of the weather.
at the moment.
4 Life is really starting to look under/around/up!
8 The military is carrying out a
operation in 5 We all need to calm down/on/back and think about this.
the mountains. 6 I’m sure I can help. We just need to talk it up/over/in.
7 What a mess. We need to tidy up/around/over.
8 I love lounging in/around/over at the weekend.

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5.3 Journalism 8 Complete the spidergram with the underlined

phrases from Exercise 7.
6 Complete the text with the words in the box.
Phrasal verbs Prepositional phrases
injunctions investigative scoops sensitive 1 5
sources whistle-blowing 2 6

These days the world of 1

journalism 3 7
goes to greater lengths to find a good story. 4 8
Newspapers are under pressure to publish more 9
2
than their rivals and this has resulted
10
in more people taking out 3 against
those newspapers to prevent them publishing
certain stories.
The digital age has seen the leak of much more
4
information from government
departments and this tends to make the front pages.
5
has become more prominent with
journalists working hard to protect their on
6
from investigation.
9 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
Focus on on phrases from Exercise 8.
1 This music video’s stunning. It must have been
7 Match the underlined phrases with meanings a)–j). filmed in the Caribbean.
1 I’m hopeful good things are on the horizon. 2 My mum calls to me every
2 I don’t think miniskirts will catch on. evening at 7p.m. I think she worries about me.
3 Our new single is on track to become No. 1. 3 I’ll be glad when it’s spring and temperatures are
4 The latest Bond film was made on location. .
5 Can you check up on Maisie while you’re 4 So, what’s for you next
upstairs? year then?
6 My holiday plans are on hold. 5 Can you me in the morning
7 Student numbers are on the increase. and make sure I’m awake? I don’t want to be late.
8 I’ve got a lot of books on loan from the library. 6 The professor’s asked us to
9 I’m going to call on Rob on the way home. graphene before our next lecture.
10 I’ve been reading up on Indian traditions 7 I love this car but sadly it’s just
recently. for a few days.
8 Let’s put the dinner party
a) at a place relevant to a story, i.e. a film until you’re feeling better.
b) research information using written material 9 We’re for a very profitable
c) getting larger in quantity or level year.
d) in the right direction 10 Baking’s really recently,
e) coming up in the near future hasn’t it?
f) become popular
g) paused until a later time
h) find out if someone is OK
i) borrowed
j) pay a visit

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Crossword
10 Use the clues to complete the crossword with words and phrases from Unit 5.
1

3 4

6 7

9 10 11

12 13 14

15

16

17

18

Across
6 disprove a misconception (6, 1, 4) 19 20
9 tell someone a piece of information
that should not be told (7, 1, 6)
12 to pay someone money and end their
employment due to age (7, 3)
15 make something more exciting/interesting (4, 2)
16 data that only certain people can see (10, 11)
17 reduce the number of possible options (6, 4)
18 think back to a time in the past (4, 4, 4, 4)
19 behave in a silly way (4, 6)

Down
1 continue bravely despite setbacks (7, 2)
2 look at something for a long time (4, 4)
3 go faster (5, 2)
4 tell a secret (idiom) (5, 3, 5)
5 move something to a new place, usually in order
to make an area tidy (3, 4)
7 say something suddenly, without thinking of the 11 tell people in public about illegal or unethical
consequences (5, 3) practices at their place of work (7-7)
8 don’t say a word (idiom) (4, 6) 13 a false idea that people believe is true (7)
10 ask the court to stop someone doing something 14 a news story that no other media has (5)
(4, 3, 2, 10) 20 say an opinion out loud (5, 3)

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