Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Unit 1
A Circle the correct words.
1 Steve is slim / lazy because he does a lot of exercise.
2 Fiona’s mum has always kept a diary / secret about her travels and now she’s rewriting it as a book.
3 My uncle’s daughter, Jane, is my mum’s nephew / niece.
4 Peter and his brother are quite tall. Their build / height is 1.95m.
5 This old car isn’t very reliable / easy-going. The engine keeps stopping.
6 Cynthia is Grandma’s elderly / honest sister. She’s eighty years old.
7 Mum and Dad got / fell in love when they first met.
8 Aunt Maisie likes wearing young / scruffy clothes at home.
9 My teacher paid me a compliment / sympathy. She said I’m very clever.
10 Pat was sad when her parents got divorced / generous.
B Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Food ___________ (usually / cost) more in a restaurant than it does to cook it at home.
2 Christine really ___________ (look) like her aunt.
3 Right now, a lot of sports equipment ___________ (lie) around in the gym.
4 Detectives ___________ (look) for clues to find the man’s relatives.
5 A little advice ___________ (always / help) a friend who needs it.
6 I can’t study because the neighbours’ children ___________ (make) a lot of noise outside.
7 Many people ___________ (not know) where their ancestors came from.
8 Where ___________ (you / think) of going for your summer holiday?
9 Bill thinks maths ___________ (not be) an easy subject.
10 Lots of research ___________ (show) how past generations moved around the world.
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thirsty traditional variety
A 1 ___________ smell was coming from the restaurant when we walked in. There was a great 2 ___________ of
food on the menu, too. I was so 3 ___________ that I wanted to eat everything. But first, we asked for
a 4 ___________ of cool water because we were very 5 ___________ after our long walk. Stupidly, I dropped
a 6 ___________ on the floor, so the waiter brought me a clean one when he served our 7 ___________.
Then we ordered a 8 ___________ Greek salad and some fish. The salad was a 9 ___________ tomatoes,
cucumber, peppers, olives and cheese. After the main course, they brought us a free bowl of fresh fruit for
a 10 ___________ . It was a wonderful meal!
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Nick has 1 ___________ to Antarctica to study icebergs. He’ll be back in 2 ___________ month from now. Scientists
like him have 3 ___________ studying the weather there. The first explorers went there over one hundred years
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___________. People 5 ___________ done a lot of research 6 ___________ those days. Because 7 ___________
Antarctic has such 8 ___________ extremely cold climate, people can’t stay there 9 ___________ a long time.
Of course, Nick 10 ___________ taken special clothes and equipment to keep him warm and safe.
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kitchen living room noise mess
We are going to move 1 ___________ next month and I am very excited about it. Now we live on the
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___________ floor in a 3 ___________ of flats and I don’t really like it. It’s very small, but the worst thing is the
neighbours. They’re always making so much 4 ___________! But our new house will be much bigger. It’s a
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___________ house and that means that there are no other houses right next to it, so it will never be noisy.
It has a big 6 ___________ where my mum can teach me to cook. You know I’ve always wanted to learn how to
cook. The 7 ___________ is huge too! We’re going to get a big wide screen TV and you can all come over and
watch films with us whenever you want. But the best part is that I’m going to have my own 8 ___________.
Dad says I can decorate it any way I like and I’m going to paint all the walls in bright colours – even the
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___________ – and nobody will yell at me for making a 10 ___________! I really can’t wait to finally move in.
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 What ___________ (you / do) if you won a lot of money?
2 If you ___________ (not / sleep) enough, you are always tired.
3 If I were you, I ___________ (not / trust) Pam.
4 Unless you try hard, you ___________ (never / get) on the football team.
5 If the weather ___________ (be) good this weekend, we might go to the beach.
6 I will never finish on time if you ___________ (not / help) me.
7 Unless you ___________ (study) for the test, you might not pass.
8 He won’t go skiing unless I ___________ (go) with him.
9 ___________ (you / go) to study abroad if you could?
10 Unless I can leave work early, we ___________ (not / have) the time to go shopping.
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1 I think I’ll ___________ the school football team; I really love the game.
2 My mother always wanted me to become a doctor, but I’m just not ___________ the job. I can’t stand the
sight of blood!
3 If you’ve got so much free time, why don’t you ___________ a hobby?
4 Okay, he’s the best student in the whole school, but does he have to ___________ like that? It’s no wonder
he hasn’t got any friends.
5 If you wanted to ___________ what I was up to, you should have asked me.
6 You shouldn’t give up volleyball so quickly. I’m sure you’ll soon ___________ the game when you get more
practice.
7 I wish I could apply for the job, but doesn’t it ___________ a university degree? You know I haven’t got one.
8 Just wait here and the doctor will ___________ your name when he is ready to see you.
1 I’ll meet you outside the cinema. Let me just ___________ the address so I don’t forget it.
2 When the film ends, all you need to do is ___________ the DVD player.
3 That hairstyle has really begun to ___________ – all the teenagers are cutting their hair that way.
4 I fell asleep before the film ended, so how did it ___________? Do they catch the bad guy in the end?
5 I enjoy watching cartoons now as much as I did when I was a child; I don’t think I’ll ever ___________ them.
6 Our teacher wanted us to ___________ a scene from a play we were studying in our English class.
7 We thought we would be able to buy tickets for the concert at the gate, but they were starting to
___________ the people in the queue in front of us.
8 At the end of a play, the actors usually talk with members of the audience who want to meet them and
___________ autographs.
9 Our neighbours are always having such noisy parties! My dad has had to go over and ask them to
___________ the music three times this week.
10 Will you ___________ the radio, please? They’re playing my favourite song.
11 Do you mind if I ___________ the television? I want to see the news.
12 It’s unbelievable! His new album managed to ___________ in just one day!