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ADVANCED UNIT 9

9.1 Adjectives: the Arts

Put the letters in italics in the correct

order to complete the sentences.
1 Paintings of soup tins are
volcanonitenun
and not something you see every day.
2 I love modern art its so
thughotgnikovorp.
3 Picassos Guernica painting is so
clomplegin
even today. I can stare at it for hours.
4 Modern arts just too
fetafob for me.
I like conventional paintings like
landscapes.
5 The artistic design of early Disney

movies is quite
marchgin, maybe even cute.
6 The landscapes by Christian Rohlfs
kaelb and a
are
bit depressing at times.
7 I dont know why people love Banksy
so much. His art is highly
treadover in
my view.
8 The designs of Remy Macintosh have
always been
thissly and sophisticated.

Three-part multi-word verbs

Complete the sentences with the

correct form of a verb.
1 Ill
round to tidying
the house later, I promise.
along
2 Im happy to
with your choice of restaurant.
up
3 We really need to
with a new idea for our business.
4 Im sick of having to
up with their arguing all the time.
5 My school reunions next week. I
up with
cant wait to
my old friends.
6 We should join that protest and
up for our rights!
7 Aer the full ninety minutes, the
result of the match yesterday
down to penalty kicks.
in for pop
8 I dont
music. I prefer jazz.

Match a beginning in A with a phrase in B and an ending in C to

make sentences.

A
1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8
9

C
any mischief when
Richard went
down on
were away.
his word. Now hes not
Make sure you dont get
up with
taking me to New York.
Im putting on too much
fallen branches on the
up to
weight. I need to cut
road.
If youre in the area, would
her plans to move to
back on
you would you mind looking
Australia.
my grandmother at
After that storm last night,
down with her flat? I want to be
youll need to watch
sure shes OK.
people who arent as
Im so busy these days. Its
away with rich as her. What a
difficult to keep
snob!
I wonder if my sister will
out for
whatever shes got.
actually go
My colleagues feeling ill.
down on
everyones news.
I hope I dont come
student grants. As you
The government wants
through
can imagine, students
to do
with
arent happy.

10 Abru always looks

in on

chocolate and crisps.

1 Richard went back on his word. Now hes not taking me to New York.

9.2 Ideas

Complete the interview with the phrases in the box.

brainstorm ideas come up with an original idea
coming up with novel ideas gives me the idea
hit on the idea seemed like a good idea at the time
the ideas come to me toying with the idea
A: Aer publishing so many books, how do you keep
1
?
while Im reading a
B: Well, oen 2
newspaper or something. I see a story or article and it
3
for my next book.
for your latest
A: Is that how you 4
detective novel?
B: No. That was more difficult, actually. I had to sit down and
5
for hours for that one. Before that,
I was 6
of writing a different genre
for a change a historical drama. I even started writing it.
A: What made you stop?
, to try and do
B: Well, it had 7
something different, but actually I found it incredibly hard. It
was difficult for me to 8
that hadnt
been done before. So, in the end I went back to what I know and
love and the result is this book.

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Find and correct the mistake in
each sentence.
1 We could always ask Anne.
Shes usually full of
shining ideas.
2 I want to invite Salima to the
cinema, but I dont want to
give her the bad idea.
3 Is this plastic spider on my
bed someones thought of
a joke?
4 Dont worry. I have a clean
idea about what to do next.
5 Ive got to finish this job and
I dont have the thinnest idea
of how to start!
6 I have a thought of what Mrs
Browns wants in this essay,
but Im not completely sure.

Focus on up

a) review something you once

knew but have forgotten
b) tidy
c) share
d) tolerate
e) rip into pieces

9.3 Express yourself

Complete the sentences with

one word in each gap. The first
letter of each word is given.
1 Dont mention politics or Ben
will r
on for
hours about it.
2 You should speak your
if you feel
m
so strongly about it.
3 Im sick of hearing the same
views and opinions. Im
a fresh
c
perspective on life!
4 Amy really r
about that new exhibition.
5 I write a blog so I can let my
!
feelings f
6 The service here is terrible.
Im going to the give the
manager a piece of my
.
m

Match the underlined phrasal verbs with their meanings a)n).

1 When are you going to clean this mess up?
2 I cant put up with your bad cooking any longer!
3 Weve now come up against a bit of a problem.
4 I need to brush up on the names of bones for my biology exam.
5 Marcos trying to build his confidence up at public speaking.
6 Please write your experiments up aer the lesson.
7 I think I tore your bank statement up by mistake earlier. Sorry!
8 I admire Jessica for standing up to her boss and asking for more pay.
9 Lets divide the rest of the biscuits up between us.
10 I wonder how much of that biopic was actually true? Ill read up on it
later and find out.

f) research
g) increase
h) refuse to be treated badly by
a person of authority
i) meet
j) use notes to write a report, etc.

Complete the spidergram with the phrasal verbs from Exercise 7.

Are the two-part verbs separable or inseparable?
Three-part phrasal verbs

Two-part phrasal verbs

1

10

up

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs from
Exercise 8.
1 In most restaurants, tips are
equally
among the waiting staff each day.
their work anymore, they
2 Writers dont
just delete it from the page.
, he
3 No matter what problems William
always stays positive.
Harry more. He is a bully.
4 You should
some Spanish before our trip
5 Shall we
to Mexico?
her understanding of
6 Francine needs to
the text before the literature test.
them
7 Can I borrow your lecture notes so I can
for the essay?
Gaudi this evening before
8 I think I might
we go to Barcelona.
9 Were all getting together on Saturday to help
the beach. Will you help?
your insults anymore.
10 Im not going to
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Crossword

10 Use the clues to complete the crossword

with words and phrases from Unit 9.

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10
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11

13
14

15

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17

18

19

Across
5 escape punishment (phrasal verb) (3, 4, 4)
8 match a reason to an action (phrasal verb) (3, 4, 2)
12 unusual or interesting enough to attract
attention, e.g. art (8)
14 very different from the way people usually
think or behave (14)
15 tolerate (phrasal verb) (3, 2, 4)
16 talk about something you admire in an
excited way (4)
17 talk or complain in a loud, excited way because
you feel excited about it (4)
18 consider a thought or concept as worthy of
pursuit (3, 4, 3, 4)
19 have many useful and inventive thoughts (4, 2, 6, 5)

Down
1 come up with a new thought (3, 2, 2, 4).
2 met with approval, e.g. a film (4-8)
3 understand how something works, become
aware of (phrasal verb) (5, 2, 2)
4 a sarcastic question asking who made the
decision to do something silly (5, 6, 4, 3, 2)
5 agree with someone or something (phrasal verb) (2, 5, 4)
6 evoking strong emotions, e.g. art (8)
7 makes you think (7-9)
9 reduce (phrasal verb) (3, 4, 2)
10 consider something or someone as inferior
(phrasal verb) (4, 4, 2)
11 say what you really think (5, 4, 4)
13 not easy to notice unless you pay close attention (6)

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