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 CONTENTS
UNIT 1 1 Simple Present 2 Present Continuous 3 Simple Past 4 Past Continuous 4

UNIT 2 1 Simple Present Perfect 2 Present Perfect Continuous

3 Simple Past Perfect 4 Past Perfect Continuous 9

UNIT 3 1 Simple Future 2 Future Continuous 3 Simple Future Perfect 14

UNIT 4 1 Plurals 2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns 18

UNIT 5 1 Adjectives 2 Adverbs 3 Very - Too - Enough 22

Revision 1 (Units 1-5) Part I: Grammar Revision – Part II: Exam Style 27

UNIT 6 Comparison 32

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UNIT 7 The Infinitive 36

UNIT 8 1 The Gerund 2 Infinitive or Gerund? 40

UNIT 9 Modals [I] (can, could, may, might, must) 45

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UNIT 10 Modals [II] (Shall I / we ... ?, should, ought to, will, would,, need) 50

Revision 2 (Units 6-10) Part I: Grammar Revision – Part II: Exam

m Style 55

UNIT 11
UNIT 12
The Passive

Conditionals
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UNIT 13 1 Unreal Past 2 Would rather - Had better 70

UNIT 14 Direct and Reported Speech 75

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UNIT 15 The ‘causative’ have 80

Revision 3 (Units 11-15) Part I: Grammar

rammar Revision – Part II: Exam Style 84
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UNIT 16 1 Relative Clauses 2 Clauses of Ti

Time 89

UNIT 17 1 Clauses of Purpose

urpose 2 Clauses of Reason 3 Clauses of Result 4 Clauses of Contrast 94

UNIT 18 1 Question
n Tags 2 So do I - Neither / Nor do I 99
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UNIT 19 Articles 1 The indefin

indefinite article: a / an 2 The definite article: the 104

Revision 4 (Unitss 16-19) Part

P I: Grammar Revision – Part II: Exam Style 109
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UNIT 20 1 Some - Any - No

2 Many - M
Much - A lot of / Lots of - Plenty of - A great deal of - (A) few - (A) little 114

UNIT 21 1 Eithe
Either - Neither, No - No one - None 2 Conjunctions 119

UNIT 22 1 Exclamatory Structures 2 Two Objects 123

UNIT 23 1 Participles 2 Emphatic Structures 127

Revision 5 (Units 20-23) Part I: Grammar Revision – Part II: Exam Style 131

Further Practice 136

Irregular Verbs 147
Appendix 1: Prepositional Phrases 149
Appendix 2: Verbs / Adjectives / Nouns with Prepositions 151
Glossary 154

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 1 Plurals
2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1 Plurals
√ ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎfi˜ ÙˆÓ ÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚˆÓ Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈÎÒÓ ➔ Δ· ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο ¤¯Ô˘Ó ÙÔÓ ›‰ÈÔ Ù‡Ô
Û¯ËÌ·Ù›˙ÂÙ·È Ì ÙËÓ Î·Ù¿ÏËÍË -s. ŸÙ·Ó ÙÔ Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈÎfi ÛÙÔÓ ÂÓÈÎfi Î·È ÛÙÔÓ ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎfi ·ÚÈıÌfi.
ÙÂÏÂÈÒÓÂÈ Û ‹¯Ô p, k, f ‹ t, ÙÔ s ÚÔʤÚÂÙ·È /s/. fish*, sheep, deer (= ÂÏ¿ÊÈ, ÂÏ¿ÊÈ·), species
¢È·ÊÔÚÂÙÈο ÚÔʤÚÂÙ·È /z/. (= ›‰Ô˜, ›‰Ë), series (= ÛÂÈÚ¿, ÛÂÈÚ¤˜), means
shops, locks, autographs, cats → /s/ (= ̤ÛÔ, ̤۷), aircraft (= ·ÂÚÔ
·ÂÚÔÛοÊÔ˜,
boys, cousins, apples, teachers → /z/ ·ÂÚÔÛοÊË), spacecraft (= ‰È·ÛÙËÌfiÏÔÈÔ,
‰È·ÛÙËÌ
‰È·ÛÙËÌfiÏÔÈ·)
Δ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο Ô˘ ÙÂÏÂÈÒÓÔ˘Ó Û -s, -sh, -ch Î·È -x

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·›ÚÓÔ˘Ó -es ÛÙÔÓ ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎfi. ΔÔ -es ÚÔʤÚÂÙ·È /Èz/. ∞§§∞: hovercraft → hovercraft(s)
hove s)
glasses, dishes, watches, boxes → /Èz/

¶ÚÔÛ¤ÍÙ ÙȘ ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ ÂÚÈÙÒÛÂȘ:

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1 Δ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο Ô˘ ÙÂÏÂÈÒÓÔ˘Ó Û ۇÌʈÓÔ + -y
‰ÈÒ¯ÓÔ˘Ó ÙÔ y Î·È ·›ÚÓÔ˘Ó -ies.
cherry → cherries ∞§§∞: day → days PA
2 Δ· ÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο Ô˘ ÙÂÏÂÈÒÓÔ˘Ó Û -f ‹
-fe, ‰ÈÒ¯ÓÔ˘Ó ÙÔ f ‹ fe Î·È ·›ÚÓÔ˘Ó ÙËÓ Î·Ù¿ÏËÍË
-ves.
half → halves shelf → shelves Look at those deer. They’re so beautiful!
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knife → knives thief → thieves
* ŸÙ·Ó ·Ó·ÊÂÚfiÌ·ÛÙ ÛÙÔ „¿ÚÈ ˆ˜ ÙÚÔÊ‹, Ë Ï¤ÍË
leaf → leaves wife → wives
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fish Â›Ó·È ÌË ·ÚÈıÌ‹ÛÈÌÔ Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈÎfi ηÈ

life → lives wolf → wolves
v Û˘ÓÂÒ˜ ¤¯ÂÈ ÌfiÓÔ ÂÓÈÎfi ·ÚÈıÌfi.
loaf → loaves Fresh fish is very expensive here.
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∞§§∞: belief (= ÂÔ›ıËÛË) → beliefs

efs
chief (= ·Ú¯ËÁfi˜) → chiefs
ief ¶ƒ√™∂•Δ∂!
cliff (= ÁÎÚÂÌfi˜) → cliffs Δ· ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο ·ÔÙÂÏÔ‡ÓÙ·È ·fi ‰‡Ô
Ô¿Ú‰·ÏË) → giraffes
giraffe (= ηÌËÏÔ¿Ú‰·ÏË) gira ÛΤÏË ‹ ̤ÚË. μÚ›ÛÎÔÓÙ·È ¿ÓÙÔÙ ÛÙÔÓ
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ÁË) → roofs
roof (= ÛÙ¤ÁË) oofs ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎfi ·ÚÈıÌfi Î·È ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈÔ‡ÓÙ·È ÌÂ
Ì·ÙÔÎÈ‚ÒÙÈÔ) → safes
safe (= ¯ÚËÌ·ÙÔÎÈ‚ÒÙÈÔ) Ú‹Ì·Ù· ‹ ϤÍÂȘ ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎÔ‡ ·ÚÈıÌÔ‡. ¶ÚÈÓ ·fi
·˘Ù¿ ‚¿˙Ô˘Ì these ‹ those. [√Ãπ: a / an, one,
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3 Δ· ÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈ Ô˘ ÙÂÏÂÈÒÓÔ˘Ó ÛÂ -o

ÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο
two, this, that]
·›ÚÓÔ˘Ó
ÓÔ˘Ó -s..
hippos,
os, kilos, photo
photos, pianos, radios, studios,

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videos jeans, trousers, shorts, pyjamas,
swimming trunks (= ·ÓÙÚÈÎfi Ì·ÁÈfi), are /
∞§§∞: tomato → tomatoes, potato → potatoes These / tights (= ηÏÛfiÓ), leggings were /
hero → heroes Those
(= ÎÔÏÏ¿Ó), scissors, scales have
(= ˙˘Á·ÚÈ¿)

∞ÓÒÌ·ÏÔÈ ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎÔ› ∞Ó ı¤ÏÔ˘Ì ӷ ·Ó·ÊÂÚıԇ̠ے ·˘Ù¿ ·ÚÈıÌËÙÈο,

man → men goose (= ¯‹Ó·) → geese ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠a pair of ... is, two pairs of ... are ÎÏ.
woman → women mouse → mice

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jeans, trousers,
child → children louse (= „›ڷ) → lice
A pair of shorts, pyjamas, is / was / has
foot → feet ox (= ‚fi‰È) → oxen Two pairs of swimming trunks, are / were /
tooth → teeth tights, leggings, have
scissors, scales

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1 Add -s or -es. 2 Write the plural.

1 photo...... 6 tomato...... 1 series ......................... 9 woman .........................
2 video...... 7 studio...... 2 wolf ......................... 10 key .........................
3 beach ......................... 11 brush .........................
3 hero...... 8 potato......
4 cliff ......................... 12 child .........................
4 piano...... 9 kilo......
5 country ......................... 13 mouse .........................
5 radio...... 10 hippo...... 6 foot ......................... 14 spacecraft .........................
7 sheep ......................... 15 ox .........................
8 shelf ......................... 16 giraffe .........................

2 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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1 Uncountable nouns (= ÌË ·ÚÈıÌ‹ÛÈÌ· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο) Â›Ó·È Ù· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο Ô˘ ‰ÂÓ ·ÚÈıÌÔ‡ÓÙ·ÚÈıÌÔ‡ÓÙ·È Î·È ÁÈÁÈ’ ·˘Ùfi ‰ÂÓ
¤¯Ô˘Ó ÏËı˘ÓÙÈÎfi ·ÚÈıÌfi. M ·˘Ù¿ Ù· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈԇ̠ڋ̷ٷ Î·È Ï¤ÍÂȘ ÂÓÈÎÔ‡ · ·ÚÈıÌÔ‡. ¶ÚÈÓ
·fi ·˘Ù¿ ‚¿˙Ô˘Ì this, that, much, some, any. [√Ãπ: these, those, many]. E›Û˘ ‰ÂÓ ‚¿˙Ô˘Ì a, an ‹ one, two
ÎÏ ÚÈÓ ·fi ·˘Ù¿ Ù· Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο. MÂÚÈο uncountable nouns Â›Ó·È Ù·: fruit, colate, rice (= Ú‡˙È), spaghetti,
it, chocolate,

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pasta (= ˙˘Ì·ÚÈο), cereal (= ‰ËÌËÙÚȷο), cheese, meat, milk, water, lemonade, ÂÙڤϷÈÔ / Ï¿‰È), petrol
ade oill (= Â
(= ‚ÂÓ˙›ÓË), wood (= ͇ÏÔ) ÎÏ.
MÔÚԇ̠ӷ ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ‹ÛÔ˘Ì ÙȘ ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ ϤÍÂȘ Ì ÔÚÈṲ̂ӷ uncountable nouns ÁÈ· Ó· ‰Â›ÍÔ˘ÌÂ
· uncountab
ÔÛfiÙËÙ·:
a bar of chocolate / soap (= Ͽη)
[∞§§∞: a box of chocolates = ÎÔ˘Ù› ÛÔÎÔÏ·Ù¿ÎÈ·]
PA a kil
kilo of meat
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a loaf of bread
/ cheese

a bottle of wine / beer packet of sugar / pasta (= ·Î¤ÙÔ)

a pa
a bowl of soup / cereal (= ÌÔÏ) a piece of paper / cake / cheese
a can of Coke / soda / beer (= ÎÔ˘Ù¿ÎÈ) a sheet of paper (= ʇÏÏÔ)
a cup of tea / coffee a slice of bread / cake / ham (= ʤٷ)
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a carton of milk / orange juice (=

= ¯¿ÚÙÈÓÔ ÎÔ˘Ù›) a tin of dog food / soup / paint
a glass of water / lemonade (= ÎÔÓÛ¤Ú‚·, ÌÂÙ·ÏÏÈÎfi ÎÔ˘Ù›)
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a jar of jam / honey (= ‚·˙¿ÎÈ)

˙¿ÎÈ) a tube of toothpaste (= ÛˆÏËÓ¿ÚÈÔ)

2 √È ·Ú·Î¿Ùˆ ϤÍÂȘ ›ӷÈÈ Â›Û˘ un

uncountable nouns.

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advice, equipment
uipmentt (=
( ÂÍÔÏÈÛ
ÂÍÔÏÈÛÌfi˜)
Í Ï , furniture,
This / is /
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information,
n, jewellery (=
= ÎÔÛÌ‹Ì·Ù·)
Î , knowledge
That was /
(= ÁÓÒÛÂȘ), luggage
uggage / b
baggage (= ·ÔÛ΢¤˜),
has
machinery
hinery
inery (= Ì˯·Ó‹Ì·Ù·), rubbish (= ÛÎÔ˘›‰È·)
( Ì˯·Ó
Ì˯·Ó‹
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·Ó
AÓ ı¤ÏÔ˘Ì ӷ ·Ó·ÊÂÚıԇ̠·ÚÈıÌËÙÈο Û’ ·˘Ù¿ Ù·
Ô˘ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο, ÌÔÚԇ̠ӷ ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ‹ÛÔ˘Ì a piece of ... is,
ÛÈ·ÛÙÈο, ÌÔÚÔ
... are ÎÏ.
two pieces of ..
The furniture in this shop is nice
but too expensive for us.
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A piece of advice, equipment, furniture, is / was / has
Two pieces of information, jewellery, luggage /
are / were / have
baggage, machinery, rubbish

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people / police + are / were / have mathematics / physics / gymnastics + is / was / has
Some people were waiting outside the building. Physics is very difficult for me.
The police have been looking for him for months.
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thunder (= ‚ÚÔÓÙ‹)
hair / money + is / was / has lightning (= ÎÂÚ·˘Ófi˜, ·ÛÙÚ·‹) + is / was / has
Your hair is very nice today. All that thunder and lightning last night was very scary.
The money was in my pocket.
➔ two, three ÎÏ hundred / thousand people
news + is / was / has [√Ãπ: two hundreds, three thousands]
There isn’t any news about the plane crash. ∞§§∞: hundreds / thousands of people

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3 Write the plural where there is one. 4 Choose the correct answer.
1 dress ......................... 16 roof ......................... 1 Our new furniture has / have arrived.
2 thief ......................... 17 loaf ......................... 2 The police is / are finally here.
3 puppy ......................... 18 lightning ......................... 3 All her jewellery is / are in the safe.
4 aircraft ......................... 19 postman ......................... 4 My knowledge of computers is / are
5 petrol ......................... 20 information ......................... very limited.

6 safe ......................... 21 fruit ......................... 5 Pasta is / are very fattening.

7 spaghetti ......................... 22 goose ......................... 6 The news is / are bad, I’m afraid.

8 chief ......................... 23 knife ......................... 7 Is / Are the scales in the bathroom?

9 rubbish ......................... 24 means ......................... 8 Fruit has / have a lot of vitamins.

10 baggage ......................... 25 deer ......................... 9 The scissors is / are in that
cupboard.
11 bush ......................... 26 louse .........................

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10 There was / were rubbish
bis
12 means ......................... 27 tooth .........................
everywhere
rywhere after the parade.
erywhere p
13 money ......................... 28 monkey .........................
11 Your advice was were very helpful.
as / w
14 leaf ......................... 29 machinery .........................
2 Mathematics is / are the subject I
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15 meat ......................... 30 wood ......................... hate most.
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mo

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5 Tick (✓) the words which go with the nouns.
PA 6 Th is what Jenny needs from the
This
supermarket. Read her list and fill in
is are that those much one suitable word in each gap.
1 swimming trunks
2 money Shopping list
3 equipment one ......................... of toothpaste
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4 wood three ......................... of milk

5 information one ......................... of bread
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6 people two ......................... of sugar

ten ......................... of ham
7 machinery
one ......................... of chocolate
8 tights
three ......................... of dog food
9 luggage
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one ......................... of strawberry

10 news jam
11 jeans two ......................... of red wine
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12 fruit six ......................... of Coke

7 Fill in the plural.

1 We need some ......................... (strawberry) and 6 You and I have the same ......................... (belief).
some ......................... (peach) from the supermarket. 7 In some ......................... (country) it is common for
2 A lot of different ......................... (species) of ......................... (man) to have two or more
animals live in the Amazon. ......................... (wife).
3 Is it true that cats have nine ......................... (life)? 8 She cut the apple into two ......................... (half) and
4 There are some beautiful ......................... (fish) in gave them to the ......................... (child).
our aquarium. 9 ......................... (fox) are clever animals.
5 Batman and Spiderman are my favourite 10 They say that if you can’t sleep, you should count
......................... (hero). ......................... (sheep).

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8 Complete the second sentence so that it means the

same as the first, using no more than three words.
10 Prepositional Phrases
1 at midnight = Ù· ÌÂÛ¿Ó˘¯Ù·
1 That girl has got really beautiful hair.
is
That girl’s hair ............................... really beautiful. 2 at the moment = ÙÒÚ·, ÚÔ˜ ÙÔ ·ÚfiÓ
3 at once = ·Ì¤Ûˆ˜
2 I liked the fish she made last night.
The fish she made last night ................................ 4 at the same time = Û˘Á¯ÚfiÓˆ˜
very good. 5 at sunset = ÙÔ ËÏÈÔ‚·Û›ÏÂÌ·, ηٿ ÙË
‰‡ÛË ÙÔ˘ ËÏ›Ô˘
3 These leggings are too big for me.
This ............................... leggings is too big for me. 6 at war = Û fiÏÂÌÔ
7 at the weekend = ÙÔ Û·‚‚·ÙÔ·ÚÈ·ÎÔ
4 How much coffee do you drink every day?
How many ................................ coffee do you
Fill in the correct prepositional
onal ph
phra
phrase.
drink every day?
1 We left from the beachach ..................................
...................
..................... ,

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5 You’ll find all the information you need in this just as it started to
o get dark.
leaflet.
2 ‘Come here ..................................
...............................
............................. !’ Dad said
All the information you need ................................
to me.
in this leaflet.
3 How can ann you study and lilis listen to music
6 Let me give you some advice. ..................................
..................... ?
...........................

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Let me give you a ................................ advice.
4 I can’t help you. I’m busy .................................. .
5 I usually hang o out with my friends

9 Choose the correct answer.

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...................
.....
6 People sa say ghosts come out
.

1 My ..... stolen at the airport. ........

.................................. .
a luggage were c luggages was
7 The
Th two countries have been
b luggage was d luggages were
.................................. for many years.
2 I usually have a ..... of cereal for breakfast.
t
a tin c bar
11 Verbs / Adjectives / Nouns +
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b tube d bowl
3 Your new ..... very nice. Prepositions
a trouser is c trousers
rousers is
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b trouser are d trousers are 1 arrest sb for sth = Û˘ÏÏ·Ì‚¿Óˆ Î ÁÈ· ÎÙ

4 The ..... very loud and woke me up.
up 2 arrive at = Êı¿Óˆ Û (ÌÈÎÚfi ̤ÚÔ˜ / ÙfiÔ)
a thunder was c thund
thunders w
was 3 arrive in = Êı¿Óˆ Û (¯ÒÚ·, fiÏË)
b thunder were e d thunde
thunders were 4 bad at = ηÎfi˜ ÛÂ
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5 My teacher gave
ave me ..... about
abou what
w to study at 5 believe in = ÈÛÙ‡ˆ ÛÂ
university.
6 blame sb for sth = ηÙËÁÔÚÒ Î ÁÈ· ÎÙ
a someme advice
dvice c an advice
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b some advices d many advice 7 be bored with sth = ‚·ÚÈ¤Ì·È Ì ÎÙ

6 .....
.. people went to see
s the group live in concert.
a Thousands
Thousand Choose from the above to fill in the gaps.
b Eighty
ghty th
thousands 1 I’m very .................................. physics. I just
c Thousands of can’t understand it.
d Eighty thousands of 2 Why do you always ................... me .................
everything?
3 The plane .................................. New York at
ten.
4 I’m .................................. this game. Let’s play
something else.
5 We .................................. the station at six
o’clock.
6 Do you .................................. magic?
7 The police ................... two men ...................
the robbery.

See also Further Practice A ex. 4 21

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