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In some cases there are suggestions for extra vocabulary to add to your lists.
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I.jealous of 2.full of 3.capable of 4.famous for 5.ashamed of 6.ready for 7.good at
8.responsible for 9.proud of to.accustomed to II.typical of 12.aware of I3.dependent on
14.relevant to I5.afraid of
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1.to 2.of 3.of 4.of S.of 6.on 7.for 8.of 9.at IO.of II.of 12.for 13.to 14.for I5.of
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I.absent from 2.suspicious of 3.sorry for 4.satisfied with 5.1ate for\.1.keen on 7.guilty of
8.opposed to 9.better at IO.short of II.suitable for 12.similar to 13.terrified of 14.terrible at
15.tired of
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I.from 2.at 3.of 4.on 5.for 6.to 7.with 8.of 9.to IO.for It.for 12.of I1.of 14.at I5.of
Extra examples include: acquainted with, anlazed at/by, bad/awful/worse at, clever at, eligible
for, exempt from, fussy about, fond of, kind to, glad/happy/pleased about, preferable to,
quick/slow at, related to, worried about
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I.resigned from 2.depend on 3.concentrate on 4.insisted on 5.operated on 6.retire from
7.recover from 8.prevent ... from 9.congratulate ... on 10.borrow ... from II.differs ... from
I2.suffer from I3.decided on 14.escape from 15.rely on
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I.from 2.on 3.on 4.on 5.on 6.from 7.from 8.on 9.on IO.from ] l.from 12.on 13.fronl 14.from
IS.from
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l.consists/ed of 2.remind ... of 3.specialise in 4.succeeded in 5.pay for 6.belongs to 7.objected to
8.search for 9.believed in 10.apologising for 1I.blame .. for 12.approve of I3.forgive ... for
14.accused ... of t5.hope for
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l.of 2.for 3.of 4.in 5.to 6.for 7.of S.for 9.for 10.to II.for .~2.of I3.for 14.in 15.in
Extra examples include: ask for, choose between, disapprove of, interfere with~ listen toOl refer
to, reply to, smell/taste of, subscribe to, talk about, vote for/against, wait for, worry about
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I.took of 2.paying ... to 3.take of 4.took of 5.lost ... of 6.kccp ... on 7.nlakc ... of
8.Take of 9.put ... on lO.caught of ll~put to 12.pay ... on
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l.take advantage 2.take care 3.take charge 4.1ose count 5.make a fuss 6.take.nonotice 7.make
sense o.calch sight 9.keep an eye IO.take pity iI.put pressure 12.pay tax 13. playa trick 14.pay
attention I5.set fire 16.put a stop (See after Page 21 answers for more exprcssions.)
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I.nlake with 2.make for 3.take for 4.taken in 5.took ... in 6.take ... off 7.take ... for
8.lnakc for 9.rnake for IO.take in II.made with 12.made ... from
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l.for 2.for 3.for 4.with 5.with 6.from 7.for 8.for 9.for lO.in II.at I2.off 13.in 14.in 15.in
Extra examples include: declare war on, do business with, find the solution to, give advice
about, give a description of, give permission for, have a discussion about, have an effect on,
have no objection to, have second thoughts about, lose sight of, make a choice between, make
a habit of, nlake a good impression on, make a mess of, make progress towards, make a
reservation for, make a success oY', put your trust in, take a decision about, take exception to,
take a photograph of
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Exercise 1 l.f 2.a 3.b 4.d 5.j 6.e 7.g 8.i 9.h IO.c Exercise 2 l.g 2.j 3.f 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.d 8.h 9.e IO.i
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l.the sun shines 2.a crowd gathers, shouts, boos 3.snow falls 4.a ship sails 5.a plane lands
6.a heart beats; thumps 7.a sweater fits 8.a fire burns 9.a car skids IO.a team loses, plays, trains
II.water boils 12.a dog barks, howls I3.a band plays, marches 14.a colour fades 15.a nose
itches
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Exercise 1 l.f 2.h 3.e 4.i 5.a 6.b 7.c 8.g 9.j lO.d Exercise 2 l.h 2.a 3.c 4.i 5.j 6.d 7.e 8.b 9.f lO.g
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I.turn a corner.. a key 2.hold your breath.. a party.. a conversation~ an interview 3.take place,
a seat, a bath, offence, a photograph 4.leave home, a stain 5.give permission, evidence, offence
6.have breakfast, [un, a bath, earache, an operation 7.make a mistake, a speech, a start, a film,
a decision S.catch fire, a fish, a thief 9.do (me) a favour, the washing-up to.tell the truth,
(me) the time II.change your mind, my clothes, direction 12.keep watch I3.set an example, a
trap, standards, a target
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I.deny 2.missed 3.nodded 4.lowered 5.kee.r 6.accepted 7.catch 8.hit 9.forgotten IOJengthen
ll.t'ailed 12.hideI3.tightening 14.attacking
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I.n:jcct 1.d~rcIlJ 3.k~cp 4.llliss 5.dcny 6.pass 7.1osc X.borrow 9.cntcr to.hit II.shake 12.lowcr
13.forget 14.hide lS.lengthen 16";.~on1plicate 17.catch 1S.loosen 19.save 20.strengthen
Extra exanlples include: win/lose a game, build/demolish a block of flats, send/receive a letter,
capture/release a suspect, deposit/withdraw money, praise/criticise a performance, buy/sell
something, obey/break the law., make/lose money
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I.artificial 2.shallow 3.exact 4.busy 5.calm 6.superior 7.1ight 8.emotional 9.low lO.flexible
II.stale I2.rapid I3.gentle I4.dark
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I.natural 2.rough 3.emotional 4.fair 5.shallow 6.approximate 7.rigid 8.poor 9.10w lO.hcavy
II.severe I2.busy I3.slow I4.smooth I5.considerable 16.fresh I7.mild 18.gentle J9.inferior
20.worthless
Extra examples include: negative/positive attitude, warm/cool welcome, amateur/professional
team, ambiguous/clear instructions, permanent/temporary job, major/minor problem,
sharp/blunt knife, odd/even number, near/distant future
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l.in tears 2.in the end 3.in ink 4.in pain 5.in silence 6.In the past 7.in time 8.in public
9.in common 10.in pieces lI.in a moment 12.in love
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l.common 2.the end 3.error 4.fashion 5.a hurry 6.ink 7.love 8.a moment 9.order 10.pain
II.particular I2.the past I3.pieces 14.public I5.practice 16.silence 17.tears I8.time
Other expressions include: in advance, in· charge, in favour (of), in the olood (for)., in return.,
in agreement (with), in a good/bad mood, in other words, in short, in any case, in the long run
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I.on sale 2.on his own 3.on the phone 4.on time 5.on strike 6.on fire 7.on his mind 8.on foot
9.on guard IO.on the radio II.on the increase 12.on business
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I.business 2.credit 3.a diet 4.fire 5.foot 6.guard 7.the increase 8.loan 9.his mind to.his own
II.the phone I2.purpose I3.the radio I4.sale I5.strike 16.time I7.trial I8.his way
Other expressions include: on behalf of~ on the whole, on TV, on duty., on second thoughts..
on the contrary, on approval, on display
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I.out of order 2.out of sight 3.out of tune 4.out of date 5.ont of practice 6.out of work 7.out
of luck 8.out of control 9.out of doors IO.out of the question II.out of breath 12.out of reach
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I.breath 2.control 3.danger 4.date 5.debt6.doors 7.fashion 8.1uck 9.order JO. place 11. practice
12.print I3.the question 14.reach I5.season J6.sight 17.tune IS.work
Other expressions include: out of focus. out of stock, out of hearing out of character, out of
the ordinary
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by accident, under age, by air, under control, by far, at first, under guarantee., under the
impression, for instance, at least, from now on, at present, for sale, at times, without \varning
I.under the impression 2.for instance 3.by accident 4.by air S.At first 6.under age 7.under
guarantee 8.for sale 9.without warning 10.at present 1] .at least 12.by far 13.at tilnes 14. FrOl1l
now on I5.under control
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at any rate, by all means, without delay, without doubt, by mistake, under pressure, from time
to time, for the time being
Other expressions include: at a glance, at last, at the latest, at war (with), at once, at sea,
at work, at short notice, at a disadvantage, at risk, at a profit/loss
by heart, by chance, by the way, by no means, by name, by sight
for a while, for now/the moment, for ages, for ever, for a change
from bad to worse, from then on, from personal experience, from what I can gather
under no obligation, under suspicion, under her thU111b, under.an assumed name, under his
influence, under discussion
without fail, without exception, without my parents' consent, without success, without a break
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I.far 2.objected 3.on 4.01' 5.ready/prepared/dressed 6.for 7.missed 8.make 9.on lO.late
II.turned/reached 12.look 13.in 14.breath I5.dog I6.pay 17.beating 18.at 19.aware 20.in
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Exercise 1 I.blow up 2.beat ... up 3.gone up 4.turn up 5.speak up 6.brush up 7.call ... up 8.clear
up Exercise 2 I.get up 2.dress up 3.back ... up 4.stay up 5.came up 6.catching up
7.sum up 8.1nixing ... up
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I.back 2.beat 3.blow 4.brush 5.ca116.catch 7.clear 8.come 9.dress lO.get II.go 12.mix 13.speak
14.stay IS.sun1 16.turn
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Exercise 1 l.eats/has eaten up 2.owned up 3.lit up 4.shot up 5.build up 6.grow up 7.added up
8.bundled up Exercise 2 l.look ... up 2.brighten up 3.cheer ... up 4.piledup 5.drew up 6.hung
up 7.brought up 8.turn ... up
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Exercise 1 I.d 2.b 3.c 4.f 5.e 6.h 7.a 8.g Exercise 2 I.d 2.b 3.a 4.e 5.g 6.c 7.f 8.h
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Exercise 1 I.pick ... up 2.held up 3.put up 4.make up 5.do up 6.give up 7.take ... up S.set up
Exercise 2 I.held up 2.took up 3.made up 4.done ... up 5.put ... up 6.gave up 7.picked up
8.set up ,
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l.set up 2.pick up 3.do up 4.make up 5.take up 6.give up 7.hold up S.put up
Other verbs· include: book up, lock up, pack up, think up, use up, cut up, heat up, tune up, pay
up"} clean up
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Exercise I I. let ... down 2.died down 3.nlark ... down 4.Slow down 5.jot down 6.live ... down
7.cut down 8.play down Exercise 2 I.run down 2.1aid down 3.shouted down 4.backed down
5.getting ... down 6.settle down 7.poured down 8.closed down
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I.out of 2.up with 3.in on 4.up to 5.down on 6.forward to 7.up to 8.up for 9.up with IO.up for
II.up to 12.out on
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I.gave up smoking 2.put off the meeting/put the meeting off 3.run out of 4.time to get over
5.they turn up 6.put you up 7.stand in for Brian 8.get round to answering 9.put up with
IO.looks down on II.fall back on 12.had backed me lip
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(in)attcntive, (un)attractive, (~n)con1fortable, (in)con1petent, (in)formal, (un)healthy,
(in )0 ffensive, (un )predictabIe, (un)reasonabIe, (un)reliable 1.unreliable 2.uncomfortable
3.inrornlal 4.inconlpetent 5.unreasonable 6.unattractive 7.inattentive 8.unhealthy
9. unpredictable lO.inolTensive
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decide/decision, indecisive excuse, inexcusable expense, inexpensive sense, insensItIve
consider, inconsiderate believe/belief, unbelievable fortune, unfortunate help, unhelpful
profit, unprofitable succeed/success, unsuccessful
Other examples: depend,independent effect,ineffective •offend,inoffensive
condition,unconditional employ,...lnemployed favour,unfavourable law,unlawfulluck,unlucky
please,unpleasant
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(non-)alcoholic, harmful/less, (dis)honest, (il)logical, (dis)obedient, (dis)organised, painful/less,
(in1)patient, tactful/less, (non-)violent I.harmless 2.dishonest 3.painless 4.disorganised 5.non-
violent 6. tactless 7.non-alcoholic 8.disobedient 9.iIlogical IO.impatient
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agree,disagreeable loyalty, disloyal reputation, disreputable satisfy/satisfaction, dissatisfied
care~ careful/less think/thought, thoughtful/less use, useful/less illegal illegible immature
in1probable exist/existence, non-existent
Other examples: approve,disapproving connect,disconnected fruitful/less literacy,illiterate
immobile imperfect impossible impractical non-essential, non-stop
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l.incredibly 2.heavily 3.possibly 4.dramatically 5.shyly 6.noisily 7.unavoidably 8.Naturally
9.sarcastically IO.legibly 11.Unfortunately I2.comparatively 13.Basically 14.reliably I 5.shabbily.
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disappear, disapprove, misbehave, misinfoffi1, enlarge, unload, unlock, misjudge, ensure,
misunderstand, unwrap I.misinformed 2.enlarging 3.unlocked 4.misbehave 5.disapproves/ed
6.disappeared 7.unloaded 8.misunderstand 9.disobeying IO.unwrapped II.misjudged I2.ensure
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disable., disconnect, discourage, discredit, disqualify, distrust misinterpret, mislead, mistrust
enable., encourage, entrust unpack, unscrew
Other exan1ples: disarm, disorganiselize, displease, disprove miscalculate, mismanage, misread,
lllisplace, mislay endanger, enrage unbutton, uncover, undress, unplug, unwind
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Exei·cise 1 I.apologise 2.regret 3.excuse 4.sorry 5.forgive 6.apologetic 7.apology
Exercise 2 I.persuade 2.advice 3.advise 4.insist 5.make 6.suggest Exercise 3 I.However 2.though
3.Despite 4.Although 5.in spite
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Possible sentences: I.Although he was rich, he wasn't happy., Despite all his money, he wasn't
happy. 2.She gave 111C sOlne advice about what to do., She advised me what to do. 3.Bring that
over here., Take that over there. 4.She left a note on the table to say where she had gone., On
the wall there was a notice saying smoking was forbidden. 5.1 borrowed some money fro111 my
friend., My friend lent me sonle money. 6.They will probably raise some of their prices., Some
prices will probably rise:
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Exercise I I.aware 2.sensible 3.apparent 4.familiar 5.accustomed 6.sensitive 7.sense Exercise 2
I.the sanle 2.shared 3.similar 4.like 5.common 6.aIike 7.identical Exercise 3 I.rejected 2.refused
3.dcnied 4.disagreed 5.disapproved 6.objected
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Possible sentences: I.She's a sensible person so she'll know what to do., She's very sensitive to
criticisnl 2.Her dress is identical to mine., Her dress is the same as mine. 3.He had worked very
hard so he was tired., He had done hardly any work so he wasn't tired. 4.If the sweater doesn't
fit, you can try another size., I'm afraid grey doesn't really suit you. 5.Would it be .convenient
for you to see me tomorrow afternoon?, We haven't found anyone who's really suitable for the
job. 6.He happened to mention the letter during our conversation., I expected him to refer to
the letter during our conversation.
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Exercise I I.Only 2.except 3.beside 4.Apart 5.besides 6.Instead 7.otherwise Exercise 2 I.protect
2.prevent 3.guard 4.divert 5.avoid Exercise 3 I.successful 2.fit 3.possible 4.succeed 5.capable
6.n1anage 7.skilled
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Possible sentences: 1.1 was able to avoid seeing her again., I was able to prevent him from
seeing her again. 2.Did you manage to do it?, Did you succeed in doing it? 3.We have to check
every suitcase in case someone is calfying a bomb., You use these levers to control the
machine. 4.The centre had to close down d,qe to a lack of funds., The attempt to break the
record ended in failure. 5.They'JI dismiss him if he keeps coming to work late., Don't resign
before you're sure you've got another job to go to. 6.1 nlust relnen1ber to phone my mother.,
I must remind her to phone her mother.
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Exercise 1 I.keen 2.fascinated 3.interested 4.appeal 5.fond 6.fancy 7.glad
Exercise 2 I.condemned 2.complained 3.accused 4.charged 5.blamed 6.arrested 7.sentenced
8.protested Exercise 3 I.permit 2.permission 3.let 4.allow 5.agree
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Possible sentences: 1.1 suppose I'm quite fond of her., I'm not very keen on working late
tonight. 2.Why did he allow them to leave?, Why did he let them leave? 3.They will announce
the decision to the press., They will inform the press of their decision. 4.They won first prize in
the competition., There's a reward of 100 dollars if you find the nlissing necklace. 5.1 think
we're going in the wi"ong direction., We asked for directions to the police station. 6.Could you
tell me the way to the town hall?, They walked along the path through the woods.
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I.e 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.C 9.D IO.C 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.B
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Exercise I 1. b.better than c.as well as 2. a.a more careful driver than c.as carefullv as
Exercise 2 I.has a warmer climate than 2.eat as fast as 3.the most powerful drill 4~nobody
works as hard 5.strangest person I've ever 6.wasn't as interesting as 7.the best badminton
p~~ .
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Exercise t 1.so 2.so 3.So 4.such a 5.stlch 6.such Exercise 2 I. was so slTIall 2.so lTIuch noise
3.such strong coffee that we 4.writes so badly 5.hadl'd never seen such a 6.drove so slowly
7.so little time that we
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l.so cold 2.so quietly 3.so much money 4.such a shame 5.such high prices 6.such loud nlusic
I.so violent, cheap, angry, dark 2.so quickly, carelessly, deeply, dangerously 3.so much time,
few ideas, little time, many people 4.such a loud bang, an historic city, a warm bed, a difficult
question 5.such clothes, awful children, terrible storms, high mountains 6.such lovely weather,
fresh bread, heavy rain, pleasant music
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l.avoid staying out 2.great difficulty (in) understanding 1.prevented me fronl spea king
4.apologised for being 5.accused Sophie or breaking her 6.kcen on playing 7.usc shouting
8.instead of playing 9.objects to getting up IO.you mind not repeating II.prefers watching TV
I2.used to driving
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Possible examples:
Preposition + -ing: instead of looking miserable, without paying, after leaving school, by
working hard
Ad.iective + preposition + -ing: keen on playing foot b;-·lI., uscd/accustoll1Cd to driving this ca r..
interested in being an engineer, good at 111aking excuses, worried about 111ccting her parents,
capable of understanding
Verb + -iog: avoid meeting her, give up/stop smoking, mind (not) repeating that, prefer staying
in to going out, keep making mistakes
Verb + preposition + iog: prevent me from leaving, accuse her of stealing it., object to raying
extra, look forward to seeing you, congratulate her on conling first, thank thenl for conling
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I.old enough 2.advised Kate to wear 3.would/'d prefer you to 4.difficult for older people to
5.isl's said to be living 6.have let thenl leave 7.was too complicated for me 8.1 would/'d rather
not talk "9.persuade Murray to sing thenl IO.you happen to know II.seem tJ have left 12.had/'d
better not see
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Possihle CX~llllpk:s:
Verb + infinitive: happen to know, prolllise to C0I11C, hope to see you, hesitate to criticise,
arrange to nleet him, try/attempt to understand
Verb + i
+ infinitiv~: advise her to leave, would prefer you to come back later, per$uade
hin1 to contribute, forbid him to see her, encourage them to try again, remind her to be on
tilHe: hear hiln COl1le in.. watch her open her present let them escape, make him work harder
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Exercise 1 l.have/'ve been trying 2.have/'ve never driven 3.has/'s stolen 4.have/'ve visited
5.havel've been standing 6.havel've eaten Exercise 2 I.has/'s been working here for 2.first time I
have/'ve had 3.has not/hasn't seen him since 4.have/'ve been to Athens three 5.happier than
I've ever 6.has not/hasn't been tidied 7.have not/haven't eaten (anything) for
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I.asked Stuart if he was 2.refused to eat her 3.the train had never been 4.begged them to let
her .5.asked where the meeting was 6.'d better take your 7.said she was having her
8.John not to make 9.to know what they were IO.offered to come if she II.wondered why they
had/'d looked 12.that he look for/that he looked for/that he should look for
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Exercise I I.apologises 2.hadl'dknown 3.ilnprovcs 4.would have arrived 5.wQuld/'d take
6.had/'d gone Exercise 2 l.had/'d had enough money 2.unless you revise 3.me, I'd never have
4.hadn't been driving so 5.went to bed earlier 6.if he does not/doesn't arrive 7.wish I had
not/hadn't eaten
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Exercise I l.is made 2.was made 3.is being made 4.had been made 5.has been made 6.will be
nlade Exercise 2 I.are closed 2.has not/hasn't been cleaned 3.is/'s being interviewed 4.had just
been bought by 5.decision will be made by 6.must have been seen by 7.must be taken
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l.me why I hadn't 2.play as well as 3.believed to have travelled 4.such a bad driver 5.objected
to Sarah watching him 6.1 would/'d rath~, come 7.only I hadl'd asked 8.decision waS made by
9.wondered which room it was lO.strongest man I've ever II.too stale 12.used to writing
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I.Top tennis players don't snl0ke. 2.1 live in Belmont Road. 3.The team didn't playas wellas I
had expected. 4.The news is so depressing at the mOlnent. 5.They asked him where the police
station was. 6.Is he coming too?.::-I hope not. 7.1 don't have enough money. 84GO along
CrolTI\vell Street. 9.Have you got a room of your own?/Have you got your own room? lO.We
had such a good time. Il.In my country we start school when we are six. 12.They have four
children who are very ,unusing.
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