SECOND EDITION

WORD
STORE
WORD BUILDING
PREFIXES SUFFIXES
Common prefixes Noun suffixes
Prefix Examples Suffix Examples
co- (=with, together) cooperate, coordinate -ment government, employment
inter- (=between) international, intercontinental -ion/-tion/-sion protection, decision
multi- (=many) multinational, multi-tasking -ation/-ition exploration, pronunciation
pre- (=before) prehistoric, pre-school -ence/-ance confidence, entrance
re- (=again) rewrite, retake -ity activity, reality
semi- (=half) semi-detached, semi-final -ness weakness, illness
-ing setting, acting
-al musical
Prefixes that give an opposite meaning -age percentage
Prefix Examples -y difficulty, discovery
-sis analysis, diagnosis
dis- dishonest, disagree -ure culture, architecture
il- illegal, illogical -hood neighbourhood, childhood
im- impossible, impatient -dom freedom
in- insensitive, inexpensive -er/-or producer, sculptor
ir- irresponsible, irregular -ist journalist, receptionist
non- nonsense, non-stop -ant/-ent assistant, student
un- unpopular, unfit -an/-ian electrician, mathematician
-ee employee

Adjective suffixes
Suffix Examples
-al environmental, traditional
-ic energetic, pessimistic
-ive sensitive, imaginative
-ful successful, cheerful
-less homeless, useless
-ous ambitious, generous
-y healthy, crazy
-ly elderly, friendly
-able/-ible adaptable, responsible
-ed interested, crowded
-ing boring, hard-working

Adverb suffixes
Suffix Examples
-ly badly, eventually

Verb suffixes
Suffix Examples
-ise/ize (Am.E.) realise, memorise
-en shorten, frighten
-ify identify, justify
WORD STORE 8Well-being
WORD STORE 8A | Symptoms WORD STORE 8D | P
 laces to do sport
court pitch pool rink track
a      cough       .
a .
1 badminton
a nose.
1 I’ve got basketball
a throat. court
handball
a stomachache.
tennis
a .
volleyball

2 football
.
hockey
2 I’ve got a pain in my right leg.
rugby
shoulder.
3 motor racing
. running
3 I feel ill.
4 skating
sick.
ice

back 5 swimming
4 My hurts.
thumb

WORD STORE 8B | Health WORD STORE 8E | Word families

1 be allergic to sth / asthmatic NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE
translation:
1 construction construct constructive
2 your pulse / your heart rate
2 creation creative
translation:
3 pollute polluted
3 a rash / spots
4 purification purify pure
translation:
4 fit / track of sth 5 support supportive
translation:
5 weight / your appetite
translation:
MY WORD STORE
6 choices / decisions
My top five words from Unit 8
translation:
1
7 anxiety / stress
2
translation:
3
4
WORD STORE 8C | Phrasal verbs 5
1   cut         sth out = stop eating or doing sth
2 over sth = recover from or get better
after (an illness)
3 out = faint or fall and be unable to
move or feel anything
4 sb out = make sb feel nervous or
stressed
5 from sth = to have an illness or
a condition such as asthma
6 sth up = start doing sth new
7 out = do physical exercise

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1 USE OF ENGLISH 1 WORD STORE 1
Lives people live p.  2 p.  3
Personality
un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-
Questions with like
-ive, -ative, -able, -ing
Verb + preposition

2 WORD PRACTICE 1 WORD STORE 2

Science and technology p.  4 p.  5
Phones and computers
Word building
Collocations
Collocations
The temperature

3 USE OF ENGLISH 2 WORD STORE 3

The arts p.  6 p.  7
TV programmes
Adjectives
Elements of a film/TV drama
Art and artists
Phrasal verbs

4 WORD PRACTICE 2 WORD STORE 4

Home sweet home p.  8 p.  9
Describing houses
Inside a house
make or do
Phrasal verbs
Collocations

5 USE OF ENGLISH 3 WORD STORE 5

Time to learn p.  10 p.  11
Education
Phrasal verbs
Collocations
get
of and for

6 WORD PRACTICE 3 WORD STORE 6

Just the job p.  12 p.  13
Collocations
Describing jobs
Phrasal verbs
Jobs
Word families

7 USE OF ENGLISH 4 WORD STORE 7

Consumer society p. 14 p.  15
Shops and services
Clothes and appearance
Collocations
Word families
Shopping

8 WORD PRACTICE 4 WORD STORE 8

Well-being p.  16 p.  17
Symptoms
Health
Phrasal verbs
Places to do sport
Word families

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USE OF ENGLISH 1

Multiple-choice cloze
1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best completes each gap.
There is one example.

Exchange programmes
Every year lots of students 0 on exchange programmes and stay with students in
other countries. This practice was first inspired 1 volunteers who helped in other
countries in the past.
There are special organisations that help schools plan these and it can be a wonderful
2
. Students stay with teenagers of the 3 age, who are often 4 in the same
things. Sometimes students 5
a short time in the other country – maybe two or three
weeks – but in some countries students go for longer periods. They can go for as long as
a year and also 6 at a school or college in the other country.
Exchange programmes are good 7 you meet people from different countries and
also learn about living in another country. Of course, it’s an excellent way to practise and
improve a foreign language at the same time as having 8 !
Before going on an exchange programme, it’s important for the school to choose 9
right person for you to stay with. You 10 to fill in forms about your personality, family,
interests and pastimes.

0 A do B take C make D go
1 A of B from C by D with
2 A example B experience C event D impression
3 A common B same C near D exact
4 A keen B passionate C serious D interested
5 A leave B make C are D spend
6 A go B study C pass D stay
7 A for B because C and D that
8 A fun B joke C laugh D smile
9 A a B some C any D the
10 A must B should C need D will

Sentence transformation
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
Use no more than three words.

0 Jane lives near Lacey.

Jane doesn’t live very far from Lacey.
1 I sat down to read a magazine and Dylan came in.
While I a magazine, Dylan came in.
2 There were some photographs of toys from 100 years ago.
There were some photographs of toys that children play with 100 years ago.
3 Jane tries not to watch competitions because she gets nervous.
Jane avoids competitions because she gets nervous.
4 Tommy swims so fast – it’s amazing!
Tommy is swimmer – it’s amazing!
5 Jane would like to play golf, but she hasn’t got enough money to buy all the equipment.
Jane would like to play golf, but she can’t buy all the equipment.
6 Jane took some photos while she was walking.
Jane took some photos her walk.

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WORD STORE 1 Lives people live
WORD STORE 1A | Personality WORD STORE 1E | Verb + preposition
POSITIVE ≠ NEGATIVE 1 care /   think   / about
1 caring ≠ selfish 2 in
2 ≠ miserable 3 / focus on
3 ≠ mean 4 to
4 ≠ lazy 5 connect / with
5 ≠ shy
6 ≠ silly MY WORD STORE
My top five words from Unit 1
1
WORD STORE 1B | un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis- 2
1 adventurous   ≠ unadventurous 3
2 dependent ≠ 4
3 honest ≠ 5
4 ≠ impolite
5 ≠ unpopular
6 responsible ≠
7 ≠ insensitive WORD STORE GLOSSARY
8 ≠ unwise Words to learn
PARTS OF SPEECH
adjective – e.g. good, red, shy
WORD STORE 1C | Questions with like
adverb – e.g. well, badly, often
be + like > personality
article – a/an, the
What is he/she like? noun – e.g. table, advice, uniform
1 (adjective) numeral – e.g. one, two, first, second
look + like > appearance preposition – e.g. at, in, under
pronoun – e.g. it, we, him
What does he look like?
verb – e.g. teach, learn, remember
2 (noun phrase)
OTHER TERMS
like as a verb
antonym – e.g. caring ≠ selfish
What do you like? collocation – e.g. go home, find a solution
compound noun – e.g. website, text message
3 (noun phrase) MY WORD STORE
partitive – e.g. can of cola, box of chocolates
My top five words from Unit 1
phrasal verb – e.g. switch on, find out, give up
1
WORD STORE 1D | -ive, -ative, -able, -ing synonym – e.g. big = large
2
act adapt communicate imagine inspire protect WORD BUILDING
3
prefix – e.g. unfit, disagree
4
1 active suffix – e.g. successful, employment
5
-ive 2

-ative 4

-able 5

-ing 6

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WORD PRACTICE 1 Lives people live, Science and technology
For questions 1–30, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

     1 Tom cares about other people’s feelings. He’s the 17 Take a warm hat and gloves! It’s
most person I know. outside!
A generous B emotional C sensitive A warm B freezing C boiling
     2 I think Sara is a bit – she is not very 18 Twenty years ago people used to work on big
confident. computers.
A silly B shy C serious A digital B desktop C electronic
     3 Henry’s very . He wants to become 19 A lot of people him on social media.
someone important and have lots of money. A splash B follow C download
A lazy B honest C ambitious 20 Does your friend write a about his life?
     4 Holly loves meeting and talking to people. A blog B virus C menu
I’d like to be as as she is.
21 Did you notes during the Chemistry
A clever B outgoing C honest lesson yesterday? Can I borrow them?
     5 Wow! Harry’s really – he writes the most A do B take C invent
interesting stories I’ve ever read!
22 Do you ever this website? There are
A protective B communicative C imaginative a lot of cool articles.
     6 I hate people because I can’t stand A go B visit C switch
when somebody lies to me.
23 This will help you find some useful
A outgoing B miserable C dishonest websites.
     7 Charlie always expects the worst to happen – A text message
he’s very .
B search engine
A unwise B protective C pessimistic
C Internet server
     8 I’m not very – I don’t like changes or
new experiences. 24 Can you help me my profile?

A generous B caring C adventurous A spend B update C switch on

     9 I think Jane is perfect to be our leader – she’s 25 Sorry, my battery while I was calling
really intelligent and . you.

A sensitive B sensible C silly A put on

10 Zara is really good chess. B went dead

A of B at C about C gave out

11 When I was younger, I was keen playing 26 Alexander Fleming penicillin – an

tennis. important antibiotic – in 1928.

A at B in C on A invented B discovered C collected

12 After twenty years of teaching, Mrs Jones is still 27 This ecological organisation is trying to
it. And her students always enjoy the the environment and make sure we still have
classes too. a planet to live on.

A worried about A collect B observe C protect

B disappointed with 28 He’s always wanted to be so he asked

for a telescope to observe the sky.
C passionate about
A an astronomer
13 I like jeans, but this pair is too tight
even for me. I’ll try a bigger size. B a mathematician

A casual B skinny C designer C a biologist

14 I think you should wear a suit and a for 29 What dictionary do you use to the
a job interview. meaning of words you don’t understand?

A tie B tracksuit C uniform A look up B check up C look after

15 We can’t afford to spend money things 30 Eric Townsend has a computer software
we don’t really need. company for seven years.

A on B for C at A made B gone C run

16 It took me three months to learn to type on my

computer without looking at the .
A broadband B keyboard C printer

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WORD STORE 2 Science and technology
WORD STORE 2A Phones and
computers | WORD STORE 2D | Collocations
data (x3) the environment evidence (x2) hours
1 broadband             
a research paper
2 desktop       computer     
3 k data
1 analyse
4 laptop
5 l p
6 password 2 collect
7 s e
8 text message
3 protect
9 username
10 w b
4 publish

REMEMBER THIS
5 spend
Compound nouns can be two words (e.g. text
message) or one word (e.g. username).

WORD STORE 2E | The temperature

WORD STORE 2B | Word building boiling chilly cold freezing hot warm
NOUN (subject) NOUN (person)
                
1 astronomy astronomer
              hot
2 biologist
          
3 chemist
       
4 computer scientist
    
5 mathematician
6 physicist

WORD STORE 2C | Collocations MY WORD STORE

1 collect specimens (of plants or animals) My top five words from Unit 2
2 a theory 1
3 something (that no one knew about 2
before) 3
4 an experiment (to learn what happens) 4
5 research (into a subject) 5
6 something (that did not exist before)
7 (or watch carefully)
8 measurements (of the size of
something)
9 notes (so you can remember
information)

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USE OF ENGLISH 2

Multiple-choice cloze
1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best completes each gap.
There is one example.

A frightening experience
One of my 0 hobbies is acting and I’ve done a lot of plays with my school and 1
club. When I started acting, I didn’t 2 to get nervous and I was really confident. I could
learn and remember lots of lines with no problems! Then one night I was acting 3
a fantastic play called Shadows. It’s about how a 4 met a poet called Lacey. It’s a very
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play and Lacey dies at the end. I was playing Lacey and right in the middle of
the second 6 I forgot my words. It was terrible! Afterwards everyone said that my
performance was great, but I was really disappointed 7 myself.
Now I concentrate much 8 when I’m on stage, but I’ve never forgotten that moment.
I still enjoy acting, but I don’t look 9 to going on stage as much as I used to. It’s more
frightening 10 taking an English exam!

0 A nice B popular C favourite D successful

1 A poetry B drama C film D comedy
2 A use B always C usually D find
3 A on B for C with D in
4 A actor B artist C writer D characters
5 A relaxing B moving C excellent D funny
6 A act B chapter C setting D album
7 A on B for C by D with
8 A more hard B harder C hardly D hardest
9 A toward B across C forward D over
10 A that B than C as D to

Sentence transformation
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
Use no more than three words.

0 I had to wait in a long queue to get into the exhibition, but that was OK.
I didn’t mind waiting in a long queue to get into the exhibition.
1 I arrived back from the concert a few moments ago.
I back from the concert.
2 Matilda and I are going to decide soon what we’ll do at the weekend.
We haven’t what we’ll do at the weekend.
3 The festival last year was more boring than this one.
The festival last year wasn’t this one.
4 Oscar and I have a meeting tomorrow at 2 o’clock – it’s decided.
We are tomorrow at 2 o’clock.
5 The books in the gift shop were too expensive for me to buy.
I didn’t money to buy any of the books in the gift shop.
6 Mrs Jing is a quicker reader than Mr Jing.
Mrs Jing reads Mr Jing.

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WORD STORE 3 The arts
WORD STORE 3A | TV programmes REMEMBER THIS
Factual
1 cooking programmes British American
2 documentaries film movie
3 news bulletins go to the cinema go to the movies
4 travel shows
5 weather forecasts WORD STORE 3D | A
 rt and artists
Light entertainment
art black and white exhibition public
1 animation
sculptor sculpture
2 c t s s
3 comedy 1 painter
4 game shows
Type of artist 2 photographer
5 r y TV 3      sculptor   
6 sitcoms
7 talent shows 1 photographs
2 classic oil paintings
Drama
3 landscapes
1 crime dramas
Type of art 4 modern abstract paintings
2 f y
5 portraits
3 musicals
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4 period dramas
7 street art
5 comedies
6 s e f n 1 at a museum
7 s p o s 2 in an gallery
Where to see it
8 thrillers 3 in places
4at a local

WORD STORE 3B | Adjectives

1 addictive          = WORD STORE 3E | Phrasal verbs
2 c =
1 come out = appear (in cinemas)
3 disappointing =
2 = stop doing sth
4 em g=
3 = become fashionable or popular
5 entertaining =
4 = spend time doing sth
6 en g=
5 = understand
7 e t=
6 = deal successfully (with a difficult
8 f g=
situation)
9 g g=
10 i e=
11 inspiring =
12 m g= MY WORD STORE

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My top five words from Unit 3
WORD STORE 3C E
 lements of a film /
1
TV drama
2
1
S P E C I A L E F F E C T S 3
2
C T N G 4
3
C S T M 5
4
P L T
5
S C R P T
6
C H R C T R S
7
S T T N G
8
S N D T R C K
9
N D N G
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WORD PRACTICE 2 The arts, Home sweet home
For questions 1–30, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

1 Mrs Jennings lives in a tiny with just one 16 Jane has got a small in the forest.
room and a small bathroom. A flat B bungalow C cottage
A block of flats 17 There are other houses joined on either side of
B studio apartment a house.
C detached house A terraced B detached C semi-detached
2 Every needs a lot of different brushes 18 This apartment must cost a lot. It’s right in the
and paints. , next to the market square.
A painter B sculptor C photographer A suburbs B city centre C countryside
3 During this course you will learn some basic 19 I don’t like working in offices. There are
techniques of oil . no walls and you can hear everything.
A painting B sculpture C photography A spacious B open-plan C impressive
4 The main subject of his work is the American 20 The windows are big, so the house has got lots of
countryside – he’s a famous painter. natural .
A portrait B abstract C landscape A light B view C attraction
5 Colin enjoys watching shows, where 21 It’s cold inside because the don’t work.
people answer questions and win prizes.
A cookers B fridges C radiators
A chat B game C talent
22 There’s too little space in my – I have no
6 Where can I buy the of the film? I want place to put all my dresses and skirts!
to listen to it at home. A shelves B cupboard C wardrobe
A story B soundtrack C setting 23 We need to put a new on the floor in
7 She has already refused to play the of a the living room.
police officer. A carpet B ceiling C cupboard
A role B plot C dialogue 24 She got to the top of the and looked
8 This film is really – you never know what back at the people below.
will happen next!
A stairs B ceiling C floor
A embarrassing
25 This conference centre looks very – it’s a
B gripping giant construction made of metal and glass.
C addictive A suitable B modern C ancient
9 My grandmother is writing her . She 26 William, could you come ? I’m in the
wants to tell everyone the story of her life. basement and I need your help.
A genre B biography C autobiography A downstairs B upstairs C the stairs
10 The latest Elliot Stone film is a real – it’s 27 Who the ironing in your family?
already made a lot of money. A has B does C makes
A blockbuster B trailer C genre 28 I’d like to make a about this phone.
11 The events described in this book place I bought it here last week, but it doesn’t work.
in Jordan. A noise B decision C complaint
A see B take C are 29 It’s difficult to drive here because the streets are
12 How can you watch ? They’ve got a very .
hundred thousand episodes!
A cosy B narrow C dense
A science fiction
30 We’re planning to visit the of the
B soap operas ancient city of Petra.
C weather forecasts A pavements B ruins C landscape
13 I love listening to music.
A factual B life C live
14 The for Elliot Stone’s new film looks
fantastic.
A trailer B awards C festival
15 I’m going to watch a new of my
favourite comedy series tonight.
A article B sitcom C episode

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WORD STORE 4 Home sweet home
WORD STORE 4A | Describing houses WORD STORE 4C | make or do
Type of house make do
1 a bungalow
1 your bed 1 your homework
2 a cottage
2 a complaint 2 the cooking
3 a detached house
3 a decision 3 the housework
4 a semi-detached house
4 4 the washing     
5 a terraced house
5 5
6 a block of flats
6 6
Location 7
1 in the suburbs 8
2 in a village
3 near the sea
4 in the countryside WORD STORE 4D | Phrasal verbs
5 on a housing estate away in (x2) out round
6 1 come round = visit sb in their house
Location in a building 2 get from sth = move away from sth
1 downstairs 4 on the top floor 3 keep sb = stop sb entering a place
2 in the basement 5 on 4 let sb = allow sb to enter
3 on the first floor 6 5 stay = stay at home, not go out
Building materials
1 stone 4 c
WORD STORE 4E | Collocations
2 wood 5 m
ancient dense hot lush nomadic
3b 6 g
scorching volcanic
Description
1 ancient city
1 traditional 4 o
2 crater
2m 5 c
3 rainforest
3s 6 h
4 springs
5 temperatures
WORD STORE 4B | Inside a house 6 tribe
1 bedside tables = 7 vegetation
2 bookcases =
3 carpets =
4 a chest of drawers =
MY WORD STORE
5 a cooker =
My top five words from Unit 4
6 cupboards =
1
7 a desk =
2
8 a fridge =
3
9 a front door =
4
10 a kitchen sink =
5
11 a ladder =
12 radiators =
13 shelves =
14 stairs =
15 a wardrobe =
16 wooden floors =

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USE OF ENGLISH 3

Multiple-choice cloze
1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best completes each gap.
There is one example.

Where did you grow up?

Read some of our readers’ stories.
I have a lot of great memories of the house 0 I grew up. Now we live 1 the
suburbs, but when I was little, my dad got a job in the countryside and we lived in a big old
house on the 2 of a village. We lived there for ten years and I used to go to the village
school. We were 3 the sea and my friends and I often explored the beach and the
caves in the cliffs. The area is famous 4 its beaches and white cliffs and it was the
5
for a popular TV series last year!
I loved that old house. Some people think it’s lonely to be in the countryside, but I 6
being on my 7 sometimes. If I felt 8 , I could go up to my bedroom and look out
of the window. I had a breathtaking 9 from there across the fields and to the sea. It was
very relaxing and made me feel better. I was really unhappy when we 10 to the town!

0 A which B whose C where D who

1 A on B in C by D over
2 A side B centre C edge D part
3 A at B over C close D near
4 A of B on C with D for
5 A plot B setting C place D soundtrack
6 A wanted B decided C hoped D enjoyed
7 A alone B self C own D single
8 A miserable B proud C crowded D famous
9 A scene B sight C view D picture
10 A changed B transported C moved D travelled

Sentence transformation
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
Use no more than three words.

0 I’ve known my classmate Rob for five years.

I first met my classmate Rob five years ago .
1 Harriet and I learnt French in that classroom.
That’s the Harriet and I learnt French.
2 My sister won’t pass her driving test if she doesn’t practise every day.
My sister won’t pass her driving test she practises every day.
3 It was so embarrassing – my face was completely red!
I was so – my face was completely red!
4 It might rain later, so we’ll take the bus home instead of walking.
If later, we’ll take the bus home instead of walking.
5 The rule says: ‘Always wear trainers in the gym.’
We wear trainers in the gym.
6 I don’t know French so I need a dictionary.
If , I wouldn’t need a dictionary.

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WORD STORE 5 Time to learn
WORD STORE 5A | Education WORD STORE 5D | g
 et
1 academic subjects       = main subjects taught at
get exhausted get good grades get ill
school
get a job get into university get nervous
2 = s ports and clubs for
students after regular get rid of sth
lessons
3 = a person from your class get = become
+ adjectives or past participle
4 = obligatory
5 = academic programme
6 = memorise 1get exhausted 3

7 = with students of different 2

levels
8 = period of the academic year get = buy, obtain, receive
9 = list of the times of classes + nouns
10  = a person with a university
degree 4
5

WORD STORE 5B | Phrasal verbs

1 break up = stop working at the end of term get
in phrases and phrasal verbs
2 = manage a difficult situation
3 = get a place (at university)
6
4 =g
 ive a piece of work to 7
a teacher
5 = learn at the same speed as other
students REMEMBER THIS
6 = stand in a line get (to) + noun = arrive
7 = c hange to the next level, year or get home
school
get to school
get to the station
WORD STORE 5C | Collocations
1 pay attention
2 /get/have a degree WORD STORE 5E | o
 f and for
3 /pass/fail/revise for an exam 1 make fun of sb
4 tuition fees 2 get over a difficulty with the support sb
5 /do/hand in/mark homework 3 be/become a professor sth
6 lessons 4 have/find a passion sth
7 /learn from mistakes 5 dream sth
8 /go to/start/finish/leave school 6 make the mistake doing sth
9 /take a subject

MY WORD STORE
My top five words from Unit 5
1
2
3
4
5

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WORD PRACTICE 3 Time to learn, Just the job
For questions 1–30, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

1 To be a biologist you need to have a university 17 Our neighbour, Mrs Hill, is now but
. she’s looking for a job.
A exam B subject C degree A unemployed B employed C overtime
2 As a student of , you should travel 18 There’s something wrong with the power cables in
to other countries to see the most impressive our flat. Please, call the .
buildings. A carpenter
A Science B Geography C Architecture B electrician
3 In this country, school education is for C interpreter
children between six and sixteen years old.
19 Kim works at a swimming pool. She’s a .
A flexible B demanding C compulsory
A lifeguard B carer C beautician
4 In my opinion, learning new things
20 In my opinion, the best for this job is
heart is not the best method.
someone who can speak English and French.
A by B on C with
A employer B candidate C supervisor
5 What’s wrong with Ruby? Her are very
21 It’s too late to apply this job.
low this term.
A at B on C for
A grades B abilities C subjects
22 I can work only twenty hours a week, so I’m
6 The school is always full. The food is
looking for a job.
tasty and quite cheap.
A manual B holiday C part-time
A gate B canteen C curriculum
23 I’m afraid Lauren is too optimistic about her
7 The university has confirmed that will
chances of . She has to wait till next
go up next year.
year.
A gap years
A position B promotion C profession
B tuition fees
24 My dad wants to when he is sixty-five.
C entrance exams
A retire B finish C take off
8 I’m happy because I passed the exam to get
25 Oliver would like to work IT.
university.
A at B in C for
A into B with C out of
26 We usually have to a lot of overtime in
9 I got rid all my textbooks when I
December.
finished school.
A do B get C make
A at B of C with
27 You don’t have to come to the office every day. It’s
10 I usually ill when autumn comes.
OK to work .
A get B catch C start
A from home
11 This course is very useful. I’m really getting
B indoors
of it.
C as part of a team
A a lot out B exhausted C a good job
28 Amber hopes she will be -paid in the
12 Someone has made a big to the school.
future.
We’ve got enough money now to buy some new
computers. A well B high C average

A solution B decision C donation 29 Your depends on how long you work for
a company and how well you do your job.
13 I can’t help you this time. You have to do your
A competition B salary C retail
homework on your .
30 Did you know that William’s father got
A best B own C conditions
and is looking for a job?
14 This film is boring. It’s hard for me to
A shift B fired C promotion
attention to it.
A hold B keep C pay
15 On Saturdays I usually try to relax and chill
in front of the TV.
A up B out C myself
16 Tim is an estate . He sells flats and
houses.
A assistant B agent C instructor

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WORD STORE 6 Just the job
WORD STORE 6A | Collocations WORD STORE 6C | Phrasal verbs
Employment 1   come        up with sth = think of or produce sth
a full-time job 2 put sb off sth = make sb not want or like sth
1 have
a part-time job 3 up with sth/sb = tolerate sth/sb
4 take sb on = employ sb
apply for
2 5 up = arrive
resign from

employed WORD STORE 6D | Jobs

3 be unemployed
bus driving estate office shop skiing taxi
travel

the sack 1 bus

4 get
driver

Terms and Conditions

2
well paid agent
1 be

3
overtime assistant
do
2
work
night shifts 4
instructor
indoors
3 work

WORD STORE 6E | Word families

4 be NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

get 1 creation create creative

5 2 competition compete
five weeks’ paid holiday
have
3 peace –
take 4 determination –
5 logic –
WORD STORE 6B | Describing jobs 6 reliance rely (on)
1 challenging        = difficult but interesting
2 c e = makes you use original ideas
3 demanding = difficult and needs a lot of energy MY WORD STORE
4 repetitive = doing the same thing again and again My top five words from Unit 6
5 rewarding = gives you satisfaction 1
6 stressful = makes you feel nervous 2
7 tiring = makes you feel tired 3
8 i g = makes you want to know more 4
5
REMEMBER THIS
you find sth challenging, tiring, etc. =
you think that sth is challenging, tiring, etc.

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USE OF ENGLISH 4

Multiple-choice cloze
1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best completes each gap.
There is one example.

Making new from old

Read some of our readers’ stories.
Last month I was window 0 when I saw some incredible furniture in a new furniture
store. Unfortunately, you can’t 1
up a bargain in such expensive shops. If you bought
anything there, you would need to 2 a lot of money. Instead, you should think about
fixing up some old items yourself. I tried and it works! Recently I helped my neighbour
clear out her garage. There was 3 rubbish in the garage she wanted to get rid of, but
because her back 4
she needed help. During the process, I saw an old table which she
said 5 there for years. The neighbour said I could take 6 I liked. And I liked the
table. It was in bad shape, but I took it home. I searched the Internet trying to 7 out
how to renovate it.
I quickly learnt one thing: most products that are 8 for refinishing furniture are not safe
to use indoors. I 9 warned about it before, but somehow I forgot. First, I began to feel
dizzy, and then I nearly passed 10 ! I finished the job in the garden. Now I have
a beautiful table and there’s less rubbish on the planet.

0 A buying B checking C shopping D looking

1 A find B pick C take D find
2 A loan B lack C spend D sale
3 A lot of B a few C any D lots of
4 A pained B hurt C felt D aches
5 A is B has been C was D had been
6 A anything B somewhere C someone D anywhere
7 A learn B search C fall D figure
8 A recommended B recommend C recommending D recommendation
9 A has been B am C had been D have been
10 A out B down C over D by

Sentence transformation
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
Use no more than three words.
0 I last went to the cinema six months ago.
I haven’t been to the cinema for six months.
1 Could we meet and discuss it tomorrow?
Could we meet and over tomorrow?
2 They have shown this film on TV.
This film on TV.
3 We were surprised because there weren’t many people in the office.
We were surprised because there were only in the office.
4 ‘I saw a great programme last Monday,’ said Tom.
Tom said that a great programme last Monday.
5 In the café, we couldn’t find a seat.
In the café, there wasn’t to sit.
6 When Henry came to the meeting, Tom wasn’t there anymore.
When Henry came to the meeting, Tom left.

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WORD STORE 7 Consumer society
WORD STORE 7A | Shops and services WORD STORE 7C | C
 ollocations
Clothing and accessories 1 keep the receipt = keep the paper you get when
1 a clothes shop you buy something
2 a shoe shop 2 get a refund = get your money back
3 a charity shop 3 go window shopping = look at things in shop windows
4 4 have = reduce the price on
5 everything

Food 5 be = on promotion at a low

1 a baker’s price

2 a butcher’s 6 pick up = buy much cheaper

3 a greengrocer’s than normal

4 a supermarket 7 be = a good reason to pay the

price
Finance
8 last = be good quality for
1 a bank
a long time
2 an estate agent’s
3 a post office REMEMBER THIS
Health and beauty go shopping = shopping for pleasure
1 a chemist’s 3 an optician’s do the shopping = buying food and things for the
2 a hairdresser’s 4 a health centre house

Other
1 a computer shop 6 a sports shop WORD STORE 7D | Word families
2 a department store 7 a stationer’s VERB / VERB PHRASE NOUN (person) NOUN
3 a DIY store 8 a toy shop 1 earn earner earnings
4 a florist’s 9
2 investor investment
5 a newsagent’s 3 payer payment
4 produce producer
WORD STORE 7B | C
 lothes and appearance 5 seller sale
My clothes look … 6 trade trader
1 fashionable
2 good WORD STORE 7E | S
 hopping
3 original           1 shipped = sent out
4 comfortable 2 = for sale
5 s 3 = user
6 g 4 = requests for goods

I buy / I wear … 5 = a line of people waiting

1 d clothes 6 = the person who takes payment

2 good q clothes from the customer

3 b

Materials MY WORD STORE

1 ca My top five words from Unit 7
2 co 1
3 denim 2
4 l 3
5 s 4
6 w 5

Useful phrases
1 It me = it makes me look good
2 It me = it is the right size for me

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WORD PRACTICE 4 Consumer society, Well-being
For questions 1–30, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

1 The in West Street doesn’t have 16 There are so many projects here that
fresh meat on Mondays. you can’t escape from the noise and dust.
A baker’s B butcher’s C greengrocer’s A construction
2 Please, go to the and send this letter B protection
for me. C purification
A bookstore B stationer’s C post office 17 I love going to the ice to watch ice
3 You can buy a at a jeweller’s. skaters practise.
A doll B ring C scarf A court B ring C rink
4 How can I create at this online 18 Harry came out in a after touching
bookstore? I want to start buying books. an exotic plant.
A a subscription A sore B rash C pain
B a delivery 19 I was surprised when my brother decided to
C an account ice hockey – he had never liked
5 Use your if you want to listen to skating.
music. Dad’s sleeping. A take on B get on C take up
A checkout desk 20 The exhaust were so thick that it was
B headphones hard to see across the street.

C games console A clouds B fumes C masks

6 You don’t need to take any shampoo or 21 My grandfather had pains in his and
toothpaste. There will be some in we were worried about his heart.
the hotel room. A thumb B chest C back
A toiletries B orders C bunches 22 After jogging for over an hour, we sat down on
7 You use a vacuum cleaner to clean . a wooden park to rest.

A hands B carpets C windows A bench B track C path

8 My favourite sports shop is . Now I 23 If you keep of everything you eat for
can afford to buy a new pair of trainers. a week, you can see how healthy your diet is.
A picking up a bargain A note B place C track
B on special offer 24 People say that doing exercise can
your anxiety and make you feel calmer.
C having a sale
A remove B delete C reduce
9 Oh my! These jeans don’t ! Could I
have a bigger pair? 25 A friend invited Amber to go , but
she is afraid of high places so she said no.
A suit B last C fit
A climbing B riding C racing
10 Excuse me, can I these shoes?
26 Owen loves sweets, so it’s difficult for him to
A fit B suit C try on
out sugar from his diet.
11 I’m afraid this book is out of , but
A take B check C cut
we’ll get more copies next week.
27 Every time you visit the doctor, someone will
A size B stock C package
weigh you and check your heart .
12 I’m sorry, these jackets have . Please
A speed B rate C pulse
ask next week.
28 On days when the air pollution is very bad,
A tried on B sold out C exchanged
young children and elderly people are most at
13 Excuse me, what’s the on this .
yoghurt? I can’t see it.
A danger B sick C risk
A refund B delivery C sell-by date
29 I have such a throat that it hurts to
14 Keep the – you’ll need it if you take eat or drink anything!
the shoes back to the shop.
A sore B hurt C runny
A purse B receipt C service
30 is a sport where two teams use their
15 When Jane her appetite, her mother hands to hit the ball over a net, not letting it
took her to see the doctor. touch the ground.
A missed B lost C dropped A Tennis B Basketball C Volleyball

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