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Grammar in Focus
Language
Focus
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Fill in the correct words. Check in the Word List.
1
He knew it was the .......................... thing to do
so he volunteered to lead the rescue mission.
2
Jane had never seen a ...............................
bear before.
3
It was too soon to calculate the ..................
number of casualties in the disaster.
4
The film tells the ................. story of the people
who survived a plane crash in the Andes.
• true • real • right • exact
1
Collocations
Fill in
go
or
get
. Check in your dictionary.
2
1
............... wrong
2
............ married
3
.................. bad
4
......... into detail
5
.............. angry
6
................ tired
7
........................ lost
8
.................... to any
trouble
9
............... to pieces
10
.................... better
Phrasal verbs & Prepositions
Choose the correct item.
1
It was a huge achievement when man landed
at/on
the moon.
2
Captain James Bexley was
on/in
charge of
the rescue mission.
3
The success of the mission depended
with/
on
the crew.
4
Even though she was scared, Jane stayed
calm and was able to cope
in/with
the
situation.
5
The officer whispered a message
at/to
the
police chief.
6 For/To
everyone’s relief no one was killed in
the earthquake.
7
The engineers have to carry
off/out
checks
on the bridge before they will allow any cars
to use it.
8
It turned
on/out
that the fire was started by
an electrical fault.
9
The survivors ran
off with/out of
food and
fresh water.
10
When they realised no rescue was coming,
they set
up/off
on foot across the desert.
5
I was flying to New York City
1)
.......................
(see)
my
friend Mark and I
2)
.................. thrilled. On the plane, I
3)
......................................
(hear)
about a hurricane
4)
................. Jamaica. That was 24th October. By 26th
October, everyone was talking
5)
................... it.
Sandy, which was the hurricane’s name, was moving
north and
6)
...............................
(get)
stronger.
Three days later I was sitting in Mark’s flat
7)
..............
the sky went dark. Soon, it was pouring
8)
.......... rain
and the wind was blowing things up and
9)
..............
the streets outside. Suddenly, water started coming up
the road from the river. The
10)
........ area was flooding,
and Mark’s flat was only
11)
.......... the first floor.
A week later, parts of New York were
12)
.....................
under water, and many New Yorkers were without
electricity. The emergency services were working
13)
........... the clock. Sandy caused damage worth $50
billion
14)
.............. the USA alone.
15)
........................
least 199 people lost
16)
.......... lives. Nobody who
17)
.......... met Sandy was likely to forget her.
Complete the gaps with the correct word. Then
put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
Grammar in Focus
Fill in:
lose
or
miss
. Check in your dictionary.
3
1
................. time
2
.................... an
opportunity
3
............. control
4
........................
contact with
5
................ the target
6
................. the point
7
.................. the train
8
.................. your job
9
.................... weight
10
................... a class
Sentence transformations
For each question, complete the second
sentence so that it means the same as the
first. Use no more than three words.
1
There’s never been a disaster as bad as this.
This is the ............................ disaster ever.
2
Both earthquakes and volcanoes can be
dangerous.
Earthquakes can be ...................................
as volcanoes.
3
The ambulance didn’t arrive for an hour.
It was an hour ............................................
the ambulance arrived.
4
The rescuers worked through the night,
saving people.
All through the night, the rescuers worked
...................................................... people.
5
Thankfully, there were no serious casualties.
There weren’t .............................................
serious casualties, thankfully.
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Vocabulary and Grammar practice
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