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CD3 34 Listen to five people talking about things

they like doing at the weekend. Match speakers 15
to activities af. Use each letter once only. There is
one extra letter which you dont need to use.

1 Speaker 1
2 Speaker 2
3 Speaker 3
4 Speaker 4
5 Speaker 5

a relaxing with the Sunday

papers
b doing some DIY
c doing some gardening
d preparing a meal for friends
e watching sport on TV
f 
doing routine jobs at home

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Write these colloquial words/phrases.

1 stupid or silly: c razy
2 find somebody attractive: f
3 a British pound: a q
4 go somewhere for a short time: p

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worried and anxious: s
o
fashionable: t
do something wrong or badly: m
u
a friend: a m
throw something away: c
o
a toilet: a l
a man: a g
quite, but not extremely: p
annoy or worry somebody: b
something that is annoying because it causes
problems or is difficult to do: a h

5 relax: c
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Listen to a radio interview with Karen Thomas,

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a sports therapist. Choose the correct answers.

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Complete the idioms in these sentences.

1 Thanks for the card. It really made my

1 Recent research has shown that the number of

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sports injuries has ...

a gone down. b stayed the same. c gone up.
Karen says that more people over 30 are taking up
exercise because they ...
a want to join a sports club. b want to lose weight.
c have serious health problems.
Karen thinks people are more likely to get injured
if they ...
a have just started exercising. b have been
exercising for years. c hire a personal trainer.
Most of the people she sees have physical
problems because they ...

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came completely

of the
.
of
. It
takes an hour to drive to the nearest shop!
4 I love living in New York, but its a
cry
the small village where I grew up.
5 Sarah, Ive lost my watch. Could you
an
out for it when youre tidying up?
6 I was so tired when I went to bed last night that I
like a
.
3 My parents live in the

7 Ive been working so hard recently. Im going

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5 Karen advises people who want new sports shoes

to ...
a buy fashionable trainers.
b go to a shop with well-trained staff.
c get the most expensive pair they can afford.
6 She thinks the best exercise for people who havent
done any before is
a walking. b going to the gym. c jogging.
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2 I had no idea I was going to get promoted it

a go running. b need to lose weight.

c dont exercise at all.

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to the countryside for a week to

my
.
That exam was a
of
. I got
every question right.
No, dont worry, he was only
your
. You shouldnt take him seriously.
That documentary on global warming certainly
gave me
for
.
When everyone arrives, lets play some party
games to
the
.

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Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases. There

may be more than one possible answer.

in excess ofgive or taketons ofor so-ish

tinyaroundroughlyvast-oddfar (+ -er)
b

1 My cousins company made profits in excess of

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100,000 in their first year of business.

Well have
food for the party so you
dont need to bring anything.
It takes twenty minutes to drive to my house,
a minute or two.
Lets leave the house
eight in the
morning.
They said the book would get here in a day
.
The house looks great. There was only a
bit of work to be done.
Shall we invite people round for seven
or is that too early?
They ate a
amount of food!
She thinks its
three days work but
its difficult to be sure.
That job took
(long)
than I expected.
There must have been forty
teenagers
at my sons party. It was crazy.
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Fill in the gaps with the positive or negative

forms of these verbs and the correct form of the

verb in brackets.
wouldneedshouldcould
1 I dont know whether he would have studied

(study) harder in another school.

(go) to the airport because
Ginas boyfriend had already picked her up.
3 He
(buy) that house if hed
known that the roof leaked.
4 I know I was wrong. I
(do)
what you told me, but I didnt.
5 We
(stay) longer at the party
last night, but we decided to leave early.
2 We

Tick the correct sentences. Change the incorrect

ones.

to pass

1 She managed passing her driving test.

2 I slept like a log last night.
3 He warned me to not talk to them.
4 Ill have finish by the time you get home.
5 They finally persuaded Joe to help them.
6 Were having our kitchen redesign next month.
7 At midday Ill be driving to the hotel.
8 No one want to come to the cinema with me!
9 They replaced the window themselves.

10 Peter denied not stealing my mobile.

11 I dont want neither of my parents to come.
12 My brother was accused for shoplifting.


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I m so worried. James flew to Canada today and

he hasnt phoned.
Its a long journey. He 1 must /cant be (be) tired.
Or his plane 2cant/might
(crash).
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Dont be silly. That must/cant
(happen). It would have been on the news.
Yes, youre right. But why hasnt he phoned?
W hat time is it in Canada now?
Er, about three in the morning, I think.
Thats it, then. He 4cant/must
(be)
asleep.
Yes, of course. I suppose he 5cant/might
(try) to text me when he landed, but perhaps his
phone doesnt work over there.
Isnt that Jamess mobile on the floor?
Oh no! It 6must/cant
(fall) out of his
pocket when we were having breakfast.

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Read this conversation. Choose the correct

modal verbs and fill in the gaps with the correct

form of the verbs in brackets.

 nd look, there are seven text messages for him

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from someone called Bill.
Oh dear, thats his boss. He 7must/may
(try) to get hold of James about something
important.
Do you know why James has gone to Canada?
Er, he 8might/cant
(give) a talk at a
conference, but Im not sure.
Have you checked your computer? He
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may/cant
(send) you an email.
Yes, thats good. I hadnt thought of that.

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