Vocabulary

1. Complete the verbs. The first letter is given.

1. The ceiling is low. We’re going to have to c___________ through the tunnel.

2. You’re going too fast. B___________!

3. The car in front of us is going really slowly. Why don’t you o___________ it?

4. We’ve got enough wood, why don’t we c___________ a hut?

5. We can’t continue down this street. We’ll need to r___________.

6. If you want to make a fire, you’ll have to g___________ some dry wood first.

7. Make sure you don’t damage the car. S___________ carefully around this corner.

8. We’ve collected too much water. Why don’t we e___________ it for some food?

2. Use a noun to complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to

the first sentence.

1. The man in the games shop was really friendly.

His ____________________ was amazing.

2. The hotel receptionist treated us really badly.

His ____________________ was awful.

3. It was so dark in the middle of the forest that we were scared.

The ____________________ scared us.

4. My brother and I often argue.

Our ____________________ will never stop.

5. My teacher says that my weak point is my spelling.

My greatest ____________________ is my spelling.

6. She was embarrassed because she had to speak in front of the class.
Speaking in front of the class caused her ____________________.

7. My dad keeps fit by cycling to work.

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Cycling to work improves his ____________________.

8. My sister’s Maths teacher encouraged her to study Maths at university.

She studied Maths at university because of her Maths teacher’s
____________________.

Grammar

3. Complete the sentences with a suitable relative pronoun. Use that where
possible.

1. Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse, _________________ was

made of wood.

2. Our computer got a virus _________________ destroyed the hard drive and we
had to buy a new one.

3. Amazon is an online shop _________________ you can buy things like books,
electronics, music, and clothes.

4. Are you someone _________________ spends all your free time on social
networking sites?

5. The library _________________ I often go after school has a great range of

computer games.

6. My aunt is a person _________________ can explain how to use different

computer programs really well.

7. Our laptop, _________________ we bought 8 years ago, is getting quite slow.

8. My sister, _________________ is studying computer science, won a prize for

designing a game.

4. Match the sentences. Then rewrite the sentences with a non-defining relative
clause and who, which or where. Remember to use commas.

1. I was given a new mobile phone

a. It has a huge memory.
for my birthday.

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b. He’s been in the Theory of
2. My best friend is called Tom. Everything and J.K. Rowling’s latest
film.

3. Our car is 25 years old. c. It had been there for 60 years.

4. My favourite actor is Eddie

d. He’s much better now.
Redmayne.

5. I often go to the Star cinema. e. They show old films there.

6. My dad hurt his knee during a f. You can buy all kinds of things
football match. there.

7. We often go to the shopping g. It’s by far the slowest car on the

centre. road.

8. The department store was

h. He has seen an erupting volcano.
destroyed in the earthquake.

Word profile

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of catch and the words from
the list.

fire | me eating | up with | a cold | attention | up | up on | up

1. Keep walking! I’ll go back for my umbrella and then I _______________________

you ___________________.

2. We were walking in the woods when a small animal ___________________ my

___________________.

3. When can we ___________________? I’ve got so much to tell you.

4. My mum ___________________the last biscuit. She wasn’t pleased.

5. I haven’t done anything all week. I hope to ___________________ my schoolwork

at the weekend.

6. Someone dropped a cigarette and the forest soon ___________________.

7. I haven’t spoken to Laura for ages. I hope I can ___________________ her soon.

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8. During the winter, she often ___________________ and she misses school. 

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