VOCABULARY
a g__________ adult is easy to trick because they trust and believe people too easily
gullible
do something that's been planned
a. set out b. make up c. carry out
carry out
David ____________ (study) all morning and he _________ (not take) any breaks.
Sorry, if I’d known you were busy, I __________________(not call).
Would not have called/wouldn’t have called
I’ve just noticed that my passport is due to/likely to expire next month, so I’ll need to renew it.
due to (a schedule that the speaker has not control over)
to receive or suffer from (damage/a wound)
s__________
sustain
happen by chance
a. come about b.see off c. call for
come about
His tendency to gossip means people don’t trust him.
IS
He________________ people don't trust him.
is always gossiping, which means
If they_________(not win) the match, I’d be feeling really sad right now.
hadn’t won
We _____________ basketball when we were 10.
a. used to play b. would play c. have played
a and b
Scientist often ask possible questions, then set out to find the answers.
H________________
HYPOTHETICAL
invent
a. put up with b. make up c. set out
make up
The team are winning/are on the verge of winning the cup, with just ten minutes left to play.
are on the verge of winning (something that will happen in the immediate future, no fixed arrangement)
I don’t want to buy these trainers, and anyway, they’re too expensive.
AFFORD
Even if I could___________________these trainers.
afford them, I would not buy
Last summer, we stayed in a________________hut in the country. (wooden/tiny/one-storey)
tiny one-storey wooden
This calls_____ question our previous beliefs
a. For b. out c. into
into
demand, request
a. get away from b. go aound c. call for
call for
Discoveries made today will have/are having an impact on everybody’s future.
will have
If you call her now, there is a chance she will still be at home.
MIGHT
If you call her now, _______________________
she might still be at home
I need some________________ boots (leather/riding/new)
new leather riding
obstacle
h__________
hurdle
aim to do
a. set out b. go over c. come about
set out
We are due to move into our new flat soon.
BE
We________________________
We’ll be moving into our new flat soon.
If the government lowered the election age, young people could vote.
TO
__________________________the election age, young people could vote.
If the government were to lower
The police never caught the culprit.
committed
The police never caught _________________________________ the crime.
the person who (had) committed