Unit 1
Complete the sentences
1) Resilient people don’t usually get __________ up about minor setbacks.
2) You can make great _____ if you commit to seeing things through to completion.
3) I don't want to fly __ ___ ___ of a popular opinion, but iPhones are just lame Nokia.
1) hung
2) strides
3) in the face
Complete the sentences:
1) Being comfortable in your personal style is better than jumping on the _______ of every trend that comes along.
2) Peter Jackson is a ____ of knowledge, having been in the cinema world at least 20-odd years longer than others.
3) 1) _____ of your age, you can play boardgames.
1) bandwagon
2) fount
3) Irrespective
Complete the sentences:
1) It's important to identify your strong s___ p____ for a CV to find a job that would p___ to your particular s____.
2) Job experience might w____ a second look in a job application. Asking your friends to s____ the word might help as well.
3) Problematic d___ f____ can j_____ a person's chance of success in a job application.
1) It's important to identify your strong selling points for a CV to find a job that would play to your particular strengths.
2) Job experience might warrant a second look in a job application. Asking your friends to spread the word might help as well.
3) Problematic digital footprint can jeopardise person's chance of success in a job application.
Open the brackets:
1) He once forgot (switch off)___ the iron.
2) We were prepared (get) ___ an award.
3) He ended up (clean) ___ the kitchen floor.
to switch off
to get
cleaning
Match the similar sentences:
1) Her exam preparation always goes down to the wire.
2) Her neigbour tends to bang on her door in the morning.
3) Her work is spilling into her home and she doesn't stop thinking about her project.
a) The guy upstairs hits her door before going to work.
b) She hit the books the night before the test.
c) She has no work-life balance.
1-b
2-a
3-c
Choose the correct option:)
1) If the same approach doesn't work, maybe it's time to change pack / tack?
2) Many educators have simply thrown in the towel / power, leaving schools and pursuing other careers.
3) I cannot stand stand all these vacuum / vacuous comments about work-life balance.
1) tack
2) towel
3) vacuous
Complete the sentences:
1) I’d appreciate some peace and ____ while I’m working.
2) Gardening is my bread and ____ right now.
3) The solution to this problem isn’t cut and ____.
1) I’d appreciate some peace and quiet while I’m working.
2) Gardening is my bread and butter right now.
3) The solution to this problem isn’t cut and dried.
Choose the correct option:
1) Bob’s so busy he can barely keep his head above / over water.
2) Sometimes ideas and creativity just flow / stream.
3) I’m lucky to have a friend who I can gush / pour out my frustrations to.
1) above water.
2) ideas and creativity just flow.
3) pour out my frustrations
What perfect continuous goes to what sentence?
1) By next June I (work) here for a year.
2) The CEO (plan) the merger for months before the announcement.
3) He (wait) for us under the roof that's why his coat is dry.
1) By next June I’ll have been working here for a year.
2) The CEO had been planning the merger for months before the announcement.
3) He has been waiting for us under the roof that's why his coat is dry.
Paraphrase using reporting verbs:
1) ‘I agree with Marty’s point. We’ve been too lenient with students missing deadlines.’
2) ‘As I said before, my view is that we haven’t invested enough in maintaining the buildings.’
1) He echoed Marty’s point that they had been too lenient with students missing deadlines.
2) He reiterated (his view) that they hadn’t invested enough in maintaining the buildings.
Make up a Mixed Conditional:
1) He is a moron, no wonder girls were leaving him.
2) He is allergic to sweets, no wonder he's never eaten chocolate.
3) She is romantic, no wonder she read a lot of chick-lit.
1) If he weren't a moron, girls wouldn't have left him.
2) If he weren't allergic to sweets, he would have eaten chocolate.
3) If she weren't romantic, she wouldn't have read all the chick-lit under the sun.
Choose the correct option:
1) The twins differ fully / considerably / seriously in appearance and personality.
2) One should dress apparently / appealingly / appropriately for a job interview.
3) There are disadvantages of following all deeply / deadly / dully rooted traditions.
1) considerably
2) appropriately
3) deeply
Fill in the gaps with: ease, strained, engender, aggravate, strengthen
It's important to ___ bonds between colleagues. Otherwise, relationships between team members can become ____. If the communication is poor it might ____ distrust. If the members can't rely on each other, it might ____ the existing problems. It's recommended to arrange team-building activities to ___ those stress levels.
It's important to strengthen bonds between colleagues. Otherwise, relationships between team members can become strained. If the communication is poor it might engender distrust. If the members can't rely on each other, it might aggravate the existing problems. It's recommended to arrange team-building activities to ease those stress levels.
Chose the correct option:
He doesn’t enjoy being corrected / correct when he speaks English. He said he has / had spent hours learning the words. He is sure that by the end of the year he will achieve / have achieved B1 level. If his tutor had said "no" to the lessons with him, she wouldn't be / been suffering now trying to explain grammar to him.
He doesn’t enjoy being corrected when he speaks English. He said he had spent hours learning the words. He is sure that by the end of the year he will have achieved B1 level. If his tutor had said "no" to the lessons with him, she wouldn't be suffering now trying to explain grammar to him.
What's missing?
1) He's ____ stupid ___ to touch bare wires with wet hands.
2) Fostering good relationships is ____ __ important __ developing a nurturing environment.
3) What feels like it's not __ ___ a fun __ a torture early in the morning?
1) He's so stupid as to touch bare wires with wet hands.
2) Fostering good relationships is equally as important as developing a nurturing environment.
3) What feels like it's not so much a fun as a torture early in the morning?
Match the parts of the sentences:
1) If I’d taken my pills,
2) If she hadn’t gained 10 kilos,
3) If I’d eaten lunch back then,
a) she could put on his jeans.
b) I would've had energy to finish the task.
c) I wouldn’t be sick in bed now.
1 - c
2 - a
3 - b
Complete the gaps:
1) The laptop was _____ near as expensive as we’d been led to believe.
2) The meal cooked by the new chef wasn’t a _____ on the delicacies the previous chef produced.
3) What he’s saying now about planning is at complete _____ with what he was saying six months ago.
1) The laptop was nowhere near as expensive as we’d been led to believe.
2) The meal cooked by the new chef wasn’t a patch on the delicacies the previous chef produced.
3) What he’s saying now about planning is at complete variance with what he was saying six months ago.
Choose the correct option:
I 've been made/ 'm making aware that a number of video meetings have been cancelled / being cancelled due to low attendance numbers. We need have/ to have attendance at these meetings made mandatory. /ˈmæn.də.tər.i/
I 've been made aware that a number of video meetings have been cancelled / due to low attendance numbers. We need to have attendance at these meetings made mandatory.
Complete the sentences:
1) Scientists ___ boundaries making new discoveries.
2) The financial crisis has ___ impacts for us all.
3) Netflix, ___ with power, released a new prequel to a sequel.
1) Scientists push boundaries making new discoveries.
2) The financial crisis has grave impacts for us all.
3) Netflix, drunk with power, released a new prequel to a sequel.
Guess the words:
During the campaign he promised to b____ the gap between the rich by a____ing resources to deal with the many inequalities in employment – from e____ing regulations to enable equal opportunities for every job seeker, to s____ing policy to allow for more apprenticeships.
During the campaign he promised to bridge the gap between the rich by allocating resources to deal with the many inequalities in employment – from enforcing regulations to enable equal opportunities for every job seeker, to shaping policy to allow for more apprenticeships.
Complete the sentences with "...ever":
1) Huge popularity awaits ____________ wins an Oscar even if the acting was mediocre.
2) With social media profile you can communicate with people ____________ you want.
3) With positive attitude you can have the time of your life in ____________ outfit you’ve got.
1) Huge popularity awaits whoever wins an Oscar even if the acting was mediocre.
2) With social media profile you can communicate with people whenever you want.
3) With positive attitude you can have the time of your life in whichever outfit you’ve got.
Fill in the prepositions:
1) Many viewers are calling ____ more signers, particularly on news programmes, to help the hearing impaired.
2) Jack reeled ____ the names of all the politicians he’d worked with, and I was impressed.
3) My friend talked me ____ watching the dubbed series with him, but I really prefer subtitles.
1) Many viewers are calling for more signers, particularly on news programmes, to help the hearing impaired.
2) Jack reeled off the names of all the politicians he’d worked with, and I was impressed.
3) My friend talked me into watching the dubbed series with him, but I really prefer subtitles.
Open the brackets using passives:
1) It (think) _____ that the opening of the new hospital will be delayed by up to two months.
2) It (decide) ____ not to continue with the new rail links because of the costs involved.
3) The novelist (say) ____ to have been born in Portsmouth.
1) It is thought that the opening of the new hospital will be delayed by up to two months.
2) It was decided not to continue with the new rail links because of the costs involved.
3) The novelist is said to have been born in Portsmouth.
Guess the adverb:
1) The report was i___ important for him to finish.
2) Her shoes cost a l___ high price.
3) The hand-made produce has s___ reduced in recent years.
immediately
ludicrously
significantly
Choose the correct option:
Over the flow / course of my life, I’ve encountered some of the world’s most remarkable species of animals.
She’s a little bit unpredictable and can be feisty / fastie sometimes.
Animals were pushed to the edge / brink of extinction by habitat loss and hunting.
course
feisty
brink