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Read the dialogue ald rnatch fhe serirs in bold to the definitions on the rieht.

la

l-l

teiephone severat people/ptaces

reach a tota] of

FT_l

trLl
I

dl-l

wash the plates/dishes/etc after a meal pay what one owes

have a meal in a restaurant

,Gl-l

,fi* ft]
,

finish what one is drinking

l-g:l gain admission to a ptace b.g. ctub) thl-l stop likins sthisb
sptii somelhing into smailer paris

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i iook at a bookliisVetc without reading carefully

Ted: Hello, Val. Have any of the others arrived yet?

&

'u{al. Not yet. I haven't been here long myself_ Let me

get you a drink. After all, it ls nearly Christmas.

Replace each phrase in frold with a suitable expression fr.om the list, using the correct tcnse;'forrn.

Ted: Thanks, Val. Cheersl Val: You know, Ted. h was a great idea of yours to 1) eat out instead of the usual office party * and this is a fabulous restauranil Hcw did you

irinlt ttli. t,tri otri.

',t,ttslt
rtJt

t.irt,q rrnttrtirf

. ultir ult,

There's nothing in the fridge, Let's go to a restaurant

instead-

fnd

it? I

Ted: By accideni, really. you have to book weeks in advance to 2) get into the "Taj Mahal". which is ihe first ptace I thought of, Anyway, 13) rang
around the olher lndian reslaurants in town and eventually got us in here, I didn't actuallv know what it was like. Well, the decor is marvellous - and I musl say, from 4) browsing through the menu. the range

material you want.

telephoned several places but I couldn't find the

i hate to say this. but you owe me !30 and I think it's about time you paid rne. I like giving dinner pariies, but I can,t stand having to wash lhe dishes afterwards!
It's getting rather late, We'd better finish our drinks and go home.

'Jal:

of dishes they offer is most impressive, too.

Have you always liked tndian food? Ted: I used to .._ To be honest. l,ve 5) gone off it now.

ial:

but everyone else in the office likes it. By the way, before the others arrive, I need to ask you a favour. I was in such a hurry to get here I for_ got my credit card, and I haven,l got much cash wilh me. Could you pay my share of the bill tonight? I'll 6) settle up wilh you tornorrow. Don't worry, there's no need for you to pay. Mr Turnbull has given us 1200 frorn the company expense account. lf the bill 7) amounts to more than that, we'll.iust g) divide lhe rest into equai shares. lt shouldn't be more than a few oounds
each.

FiIl in each gap with a suitatrle preposition frorn the list. itin. of/, thxtrtdt, !ri

I was browsing -_.-... ."...-. some old newspapers In the attic when I saw a story about my grandfather.

Ted: That's a relief! | was afraid I'd end the evening having to g) wash up!

lncluding the cavalry. Alexander the Great s army no more than i5,000 men. The cornpany is divided several different departments. each with its GWn responsibilitres.

amounted

Jal:

Well, now you can relax and enjoy yourself. Ted. Oh, look. here are the others. 10) Drink up and let's jain lhem at the iabie.

I used to love that restaurant, but l,ve gone it now it's under new management.

I only rnanaged to get us this restaurant because ihere was a last-rninute cancellaiion.
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Read the dialogue and match tlre verlrs in trold with the explanations belop'.

Choose the con'ect ans$/er

A. B. C or D.

This rnilk smells odd. lt must nave gone .-"., ..........

Luke. Happy New Year, Vall l'm really sorry I couldn't join you for the meal before Christmas, but I'd
already prornised to take my wife to "Framboise". I was luckyto get atable, so I couldn't change our plans. Val: Everyone's been 1) going on about what a nice restaurant ii is. Was it as good as they say? Luke: Actr.rally, nol When rny meal arrived, I took one mouthful and realised the meat had 2) gone off. Val: That's aMul! You could have got food poisoning. Luke: Exactly. But the good thing is. the meal was free of charge. | 3) totted up what we would have paid and we saved ourselves over f60. Anyway, how was your evening? Val: Very nice, actuaily. Ted ordered all sorts of things to 4) nibble at while we were waiting for the main

Aout

Bup

Coff

Din

I'm so hungry | could polish -.....-.. ....-... allthe food

8up Aoff l'll clear

you can start

in ihe fridge.

Cdown Dat
the things from the table and
C

yor-rr homework,

Ain

away

at

down

We'll have to cut it's blocking our view.

that branch because

Aat

Boff

Cin

Dup

6 Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition

hom the list.
ut. dou,n. ott" Ltlt

course ...

Luke: And what did you have? You don't like very hot curry, do you? Pete: Oh, there were lols of different dishes to choose from. Most of us had a mild chicken korma. The food was slill loo hot for Sue, though. She didn't say anything, but she 5) gulped dorvn nearly a whole jug of waterLuke: And what about Steve? He always likes a curry. Pete: Actually, he didn't have much o{ an appelite. He just 6) picked at his food for a while. then said he
couldn't eat any more. he always has a healthy appetite. Pete: Yes, he 7) polished off his meai and the resi of Steve's. I reminded him he was supposed to be on a diet, and he said it was all right because he'd

1 l've heard the story of his operation at least ten

timesl I wish he'd stop going about it. the bill" and it will be about f]0 I've totted for each of us.

the cheese, The mouse was busy nibbling so it didn't notice the cat creeping up on it. your milk like that - you'll gei Don't gulp indigesticn. I needn't have made so much food - everybody just picked it and there was lots left over.

Luke: Never mind, Ibet Paul ate well

Use each word in botd to make a new sentence similar in meaning to the

original. Do nct change the word in bold.

I don't tike Geoff any more, because he was so rude (gone) to rny friend

8) cut off all the skin from the chicken, so it

wasn't fattening! Luke: Did you go anywhere afterwards?

Pete: No. but we had anoiher round of drinks at our

table after they"d 9) cleared away the dishes. The waiters probably thought we'd never leavel
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I

2 3 4 5 6

Mike and I have dinner at a restaurant at least once (eat) a week Unfortunately, my rent, bills and car insurance total (amount) more lhan my monthly income.
He musl have been very thirsty. because he drank a litre of water really quickly. {gulped)

FTI eat sth in several small, quick bites

iil

ldt

add figures to fnd the total

eat small amounts in an uninteresied way

trtl remove part sth repeatedly about

of

ia[l (food) decay, become bad

trT-l ialk
sth

using a sharp objeci

You'd better put that food in the fridge before il turns (goes) bad. King Henry Vlll killed some of his wives by removing

r;r-, drirrk sth very guickly in iarge swallows

aiter using it

lhT*l pi.rt sth away

rn

TiTt linish fa large poftion of) food completely

their heads

(cutting)

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Stndy the tables, then .nderline the ccrrecl prepositions in the senfences belorr',

7*O^"*(on) cut* down

cut down

redlce (amount spent on sttl)

1

| can'l sleep at night - I think I should the amount of cottee I drink. A cut off C cut out B cut down on D cut off from
You

make sth fall by chopping;

shouid

to the gallery this

week.

2 reduce the size of sth

on

*t- off out onl

do sth {e"9. eatldrinklsmoke) less 1 remove part af sth with a kniteletc;

z intenupt sbt'sth;
3

They're showing Picasso's most famous paintings. C go along A go along with

B goon

D go off

sfop a supplylservice (e-9. etectrictty) - cnt"off {from) sqparatesb/sffr fromsth remave sth from inside sth cut"

We've got to do something about these mice they've been ....--...-,...-... the woodwork again. A gulping down C polishing off D cutting off B nibbling at

cut

(usu. enginelappliance) stop warking

7go

^tong

't (e.9. work) progress or develap;

The construction project is ..."............. well and work should be completed by the end of the year. C going aiong with A going off D going on B going along

z visitlattend a place I meeting I etc

The

nurse

the bullet which was lodged

go along with agree wrthbccepf sth (e.9. suggestion) t (usu- electical) stop, kil; go off z explodelmake a sudden noise; t (e"9. faod) sAft b decay: 4 run away {with sblsth) go off* stap liking sth/sb go on l taJk repeatedly abaut sth; z (usu" electicat) skrt; z (time, money) be spent on slh judge accoding to {e.g.appeamnce) go on*

in the soldier's leg. A cui out B cut off

C cut back D cut down

1O Replace the *.ords in bold with a snitable

expression to rnake a new sntence sinilar

in meaning to the original-

| agree with his idea on the whole, but we need to look into the matter further. Most of my time and energy gets used up looking after mv children.
We can't judge according to last year'sfigures when

1 | was driving along when the engine just cut out/off. 2 Sharon woke up wilh a shock when her alarm clock 3
went onlofi. We'll have to cut outiback expendilure this month, or we won't be able to pay all our bills. There's no need to go along/on with what someone suggests just because they are older than you.

reviewing the company's performance this year"

4
5

Your article is too long for our purposes

you shorten il?

could

The flooding was so bad that our village was cut

down/off from the outside world. | havenl spoken to him since he went off/along
with my favourite CD. Our phone was cut offlout last week, because the telephone company thought we hadn't paid our billIt's not a good ideato go along/on appearances, as they often give a false impression. Most experts agree that cutting outldown the rainforests conlributes to global warming. The street lights go on/off automatically as soon as it begins to get dark.

Finish your drink and l'li buy you another beer" l've been told to reduee the amount of sugar I eat. l'm only allowed two bars of chocolate a weekl
You must have been hungryl You finished that pie in no lime.

10

Due to the storrn, the power failed for three hours

Choose the comect arswer

A, B, C or D.

I used to hate washing the dishes. so I decided to buv an automalic dishwasher.

10 The aircraft had almost reached 30.000 ft vuhen the

Iwish he'd stop...---....

he earns.

..,.-- about how much monev

A going off B going along

going along with D going on

engine slopped ruorking.

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Conrplete each sentence *"ith aI, by, ofJ, cn, oul o{ or u*du-.
first, but now I can duty as he

-:

I had some diificulty play the piano quite well. The taxi driver decided to go was beginning to teel sieepy"

U.se each word in bold tc make a new sentencc siruilar iu meaning lo the original. Ilo not change the rvord in bold.

Sally was very close to crying when she heard the bad news. {verge) I can't lalk now because I'rn workinq on an adicle I (work) write"

3 The band was -..,.,........... the verge of stardam" 4 Jim won't be coming torright because he's feeling a bit .--.........-"..-. the weather.

have to

started simply

lnvestigations later confirmed tlrat the

accident.

fire

had

Dark color-rrs are fashionable this

winler.

{vogue)

No. you certainly may not borrow my car!

the questionl

lt

is

lf you are not sure about something. you may ask

your teacher for

help.

{doubt}

t ? Underline the correct alter-native in each

scnlence.

5 6

You may not succeed in the beginning, but don't gel (firsl) discouraged

The policeman arrested two hooligans even though he was officially not working. tduty)
Staying out ali night is completely unacceptable for (question) someone of your age.

The charity managed to raise a iol of money to help (aid) the horneless

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1

a) Underli.ne the most suitable preposition

in each ofthe cxpressions.

to long for/over sth adjacent by/to slh cope onlwith sbisth sb's taste aliin stlr
(e-g- music) 6 coincide over/with sthf 8

2 3 4

aware forlof sb/sth a/the reason foriot sth 9 dedicate sth intolto
T

i
i i

sb/sth

worthy forlof sth {e.g

specra/ honour)

10

allittleino demand

about/for sth

Short hair seems io be on vogue/in vogue this ys31.

b) Use each word in trold 1o make a ne$: sentence similar in nreaning to the original. Do not change the v'ord in bold.
Michelle can't handle situations in which she has to (cope) make a quick decision

Dock workers went on strike/undar strike iodav,

demanding higher wages.
I

read that Stephen King is currently off work/at work

on his next novel.

Bill was a lar,,r'yer at prolessioniby profession, but he's been retired for over seven years now.

2 3

The hotel is convenientlv located beside the lown's

marn souare.

{adjacent)

A benefit concetl was performed in aid ofiby aid of the local hospital. Farmers were out oJ doubt/in doubt as to whether there would be a good harvest ihis year.
1g

The film {estival happens to occur at the same time as the city's bi-centennial celebrations {coincide)

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4.
.l've never been able 1o appreciate.her preference in.

music"

{taste}

Justine"is very upset-al the. moment, because.shels quite a few problems recently had A dedicate to C cope with

to

i wasn't conscious of the fact that I had taken sorneone else's umbrella instead o{ rny own. {aware)

long for

coincide with

Trevor is

currently
D

on a new adveftising

The cause oi Jack's dismissal was his poor attendance record. {reason)

campaign for a famous toy company. A at work C aware of

B
10

by accident

off duty

I would like
children-

1o devote more time

to my wife

and

(dedicate)

Much to the surprise of the band, there's been a (demand) huge call for their latest album.
tl-

I'm afraid we won't be able lo tour France tooether. since my holidays don't .......-.......... yours. C demand for A cope with D long for B coincide with

seerns that the older I get, ttre more I desire the (long) retum of my childhood years.

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Jody was being very modesl when she said she wasn't deseruing of the award. {wotthY}

Use the word in trold to complete each nelg sentence u'ith a sinrilar meaning to the original. use fwo to five words. Do not change the $'ord in bold.

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Choose the correct answer

Ao B, C

or D-

li you're not sure as to how to get there, ask someone for directions alono the wav. {doubt) lf you're ........ to get there, ask someone for directions along the way.

Nurses went .-.-......-...".,. today in their demand for better working conditions. A under the weather C on sirike D ai work on B in doubt Megan is my best friend, but even I rnust admit she ciotheshas terrible C aware of A demand for D taste in B long for

Sandy. l'd like

I'd like to address this song to my beautiful wife, {dedicate)

.....,"... mv

beautifulwife, Sandy.
Some pessimists believe that we are very close io (verge) having another world war pessimists believe we .......... Some -. having another world war. We live in a new block of flats beside a shopping

because of her Laura became a librarian great love o{ books" C on strike A at first pro{ession D off duty B by

mall.

{adjacent)

We live in a new block of flats

Local charities held a series of fundraising events farnine victims in Africa. C on the verge o{ A in aid of D adjacenl to at work cn B
Everyone at work agreed that Janet was .....".,"-........

want a serious relaiionship. {long) Although lenjoy being single, sometimes ..... relaiionship.

Although I enjoy being single, sometinres I really

the Employee o{ the Month Award. C dedicaie to A in aid of D at work on B worthy of

Penicillin was discovered ,.............. when a scientist was working on somelhing completely different. C on strike A by accideni D by profession B at first I'm glad I went to the Careers Fair. I wasn'i ...........--. all the opportunities open to me after graduationC in aid of A on the verge of D aware oi B worthy o{

Unfortunalely, there has been very litile interest in the company's ne\ry range of products. {demand)
Unfortunately, there has been
.

the company's new range of products.

I don't have a temperature any more. but I'm stili not feeling completely well. {weather) ldon't have a lemperature anv more. but I'm

The night watchman had just stopped working rrhen ihe break-in occurred" {duty)
The night watchman had just gone .."....... the break-in occun.ed.

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