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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AMBATO

CENTER OF LANGUAGES
ENGLISH UNLIMITED
Student name:
Teacher name:
DIANA PROAO
Lorena Monser Melndez Escobar
B1+INtermediate


UNIT 8
8.1 Multi-word verbs: tidying and cleaning
Complete the multi-word verbs in the advertisement.
Free shop
Do you have stuff you want to get rid of?
Have you tidied up your house or garage recently?
Are you cleaning out your flat?
Is there no more space in your home to put away your things?
Dont throw away your clutter!
If you dont want it, give it away! Bring it to us and well find a new owner for it.
8.2 Describing products
Margot works in her local free shop. Highlight the correct words to complete what
she says.







Ive just started working here three afternoons a week and Im loving it. Its amazing what
good stuff people bring in. Most of the electrical things are in
good working / condition order, and often the directions / instructions are included or
they come / go with extra accessories, too. If someone brings in something that
can play / do up sometimes, theyre very honest about that and we mention it on the label
we attach to it.
Then a lot of people bring in really nice clothes and bags. Sometimes they
could get / do with a clean or a small repair, but mainly theyre in
good

condition / conditioning. The whole concept is ideal with / for people who want to
reduce the amount of stuff we throw away or just people who like to find a bargain!

8.3 Travel situations
Complete what Bryn says using the words in the box. Put the verbs in the correct
form.






a lift a nightmare journey break down cancelled get off get
stuck hitchhike the wrong bus

Id bought a second-hand motorbike on the Internet from
someone who only lived 40 km away from me. I decided
to get the bus there to pick it up, but I had a nightmare
journey . First, I got on the wrong bus , or rather the
right bus, but going the wrong way. When I realised, I got
off when we got to the train station in the next town.
Unfortunately, all the trains had been cancelled that day
because of engineering work on the line, so I had to wait
another hour to get the bus back to where I started from. It
was rush hour by then and we got stuck in a traffic jam,
and by the time I got back, there werent any more buses
going to the other town that day. So I decided to try and
hitchhike . I was surprised when a car soon stopped and a
really nice guy gave me a lift . He said hed drive me all
the way, but can you believe this? his car broke down
on the motorway after about 10 km. It just convinced me
how much I really needed that motorbike!
8.4 Travel situations
Listen to Fiona describing a journey to a friend. Choose the phrases she uses.








Fiona: We had a nightmare journey back from my parents' house at the weekend.
Friend: Oh, no. What happened?
Fiona: Well, we got a lift from my dad to the station, but on the way we got stuck in a traffic
jam.
Friend: Uh-oh.
Fiona: We were running really late, so Dad offered to give us a lift to a different station so
we'd be able to get a connecting train.
Friend: OK.
Fiona: So we got to the other station just as a train was pulling in.
Friend: OK.
Fiona: And we ran for it and got on.
Friend: Phew!
Fiona: But wait for it - we'd got on the wrong train!
Friend: No way!
Fiona: Yeah, and what's worse is that it took us right back to near Mum and Dad's!
Friend: So what did you do?
Fiona: Well, we got off and called Dad again. He ended up driving us all the way home!
1
have a nightmare journey
get stuck in a traffic jam
hitchhike
a connecting train
be cancelled
get on the wrong train
break down
get off
8.5 Modals of deduction and speculation
Margot is talking to one of her colleagues in the free shop about some things that
have been brought in to the shop.
Complete what they say with must, might/could or cant.
Margot: Oh, look at this strange thing. What is it?
Clara: No idea! It could be some sort of kids toy.
Margot:
No, it can't be that. Itd be too dangerous with all those metal bits on. Maybe its
something you use in the kitchen.
Clara:
Yes, it might be something like that. Oh yes, look. Theres a food processor
here it must be an accessory for that.
Margot: Wow! Look at this jacket. Thats really cool.
Clara:
Yeah, that must be pretty old look, the buttons are made of bone, not plastic.
I think it could be from the 1920s or 30s.
Margot: No, it can't be that old. Id say 1950s, perhaps.
Clara: Maybe youre right. Im sure it must be quite valuable, though, dont you think?

8.68.7 Describing objects
Write the adjectives in the correct order to complete the descriptions.
1 Its a large brown leather one. (large / leather / brown)
2 Its a little pink plastic one. (pink / plastic / little)
3 Its a big blue nylon one. (big / nylon / blue)
4 Its a huge black metal one. (metal / black / huge)
5 Its a small multi-coloured cotton one. (multi-coloured / small / cotton)
6 Its a medium-sized cream canvas one. (canvas / cream / medium-sized)
Match the the sentences with the pictures of bags af.







Its got a picture of a cat on the front.
e
correc
It has wheels on the bottom.
d
correc
Its got some books and papers inside.
c
correc
Theres a zip on the top.
a
correc

Its got straps on the back.
b
correc
It has a pocket on the side.
f

8.88.9 Keyword 'have'
Listen to Mariana talking about moving to Spain. Which one thing doesn't she talk
about? Choose the correct answer.







Mariana: I have to say that moving to Spain was a bit of a shock. Erm, coming from London
I expected perhaps the same rhythm of life, but I moved to north-west Spain, and what I
found was things go a little bit slower over there, erm, for example, the day sometimes
starts a little bit later, erm, and as a result you could be at work from about ten till one. But
definitely at lunchtime, everything stops. People tend to go home for lunch or have a very,
very, very, very long lunch of about two or three hours, and, erm, this was a bit of a shock,
because I expected to be able to carry on with my day, having a quick sandwich. But, oh
no, erm, they don't let you do that.
So after your afternoon, when you can have a siesta if you want, you then go back to work,
or to school from about four till seven, erm, which again was a bit of a shock, because this
was when I expected to be home in my comfortable slippers. But I wasn't allowed to do that
either. And, er, you finally get home at about seven, but you don't really eat till about nine or
ten, and so you really have to adjust your lifestyle quite considerably.
1
The hours people work
When people eat breakfast
When people eat lunch
When people eat dinner

Listen to Mariana again. Write the missing words.
I have to say that moving to Spain was a bit of a shock. Erm, coming from London I
expected perhaps the same rhythm of life, but I moved to north-west Spain, and what I
found was things go a little bit slower over there, erm, for example, the day sometimes
starts a little bit later, erm, and as a result you could be at work from about ten till one. But
definitely at lunchtime, everything stops. People tend to go home for lunch or have a very,
very, very, very long lunch of about two or three hours, and, erm, this was a bit of a
shock, because I expected to be able to carry on with my
day, having a quick sandwich . But, oh no, erm, they don't let you do that.
So after your afternoon, when you can have a siesta if you want, you then go back to
work, or to school from about four till seven, erm, which again was a bit of a shock,
because this was when I expected to be home in my comfortable slippers. But I wasn't
allowed to do that either. And, er, you finally get home at about seven, but you don't really
eat till about nine or ten, and so you really have to adjust your lifestyle quite considerably.

8.108.11 Explore speaking: 'What a !'
Javier and Alice have just realised that they are on the wrong train. Listen and
complete what Alice says.





Javier: Can we get off at the next stop? Maybe change trains and get one to Beauville from
there?

Passenger: This train goes direct to Newmont. We arrive there in an hour. Youll need to
get the train from Newmont back to where youve come from. You can catch the train to
Beauville from there.

Alice: Oh, no! What a nightmare! Were going to be late.
Javier:
Can we get off at the next stop? Maybe change trains and get one to
Beauville from there?
Passenger:
This train goes direct to Newmont. We arrive there in an hour. Youll need to
get the train from Newmont back to where youve come from. You can catch
the train to Beauville from there.
Alice: Oh, no! What a nightmare ! Were going to be late.

You can use several expressions with What a to react to a bad situation.
Write the letters in brackets in the correct order. Listen to check your answers.


1What a (h s a e m) shame !
2What a (i p y t) pity !
3What a (t a s e w) waste !
4What a (s m e s) mess !
5 What a (g a h r n m t e i) nightmare !
8.12 Explore listening: A lost item
Frances McErlane has lost her mobile phone (called a cell phone in American
English).
She calls the restaurant where she thinks she lost it. Listen to the conversation and
choose the correct answers.








Restaurant worker: Emperor's Restaurant, good morning.
Frances: Oh, hello. Erm, I had dinner at your restaurant last night, and I have a feeling I left
my cell phone there.
Restaurant worker: OK, I can have a look in the lost and found box for you, madam.
Frances: Oh, thank you.
Restaurant worker: Hello?
Frances: Yes, hi.
Restaurant worker: Hello. Good news, I had a word with our restaurant manager, and it
turns out that one of our members of staff did find a cell phone last night when he was
tidying up.
Frances: Oh, perfect!
Restaurant worker: Could you just describe the phone to me, madam?
Frances: Erm, oh, yes. Of course. It's a Nokia. It's got the Nokia logo on the front. Erm, it's
got the volume control on the side. Erm, what else ... Oh, it was in a green leather case
Restaurant worker: Ah. I'm sorry to interrupt, but this isn't a Nokia phone. It must belong to
someone else.
Frances: What do you mean? That can't be right. How many people leave their phones in
restaurants every day?
Restaurant worker: More than you'd imagine, madam. Listen, I apologise, but this can't be
your phone. It's the wrong make.
Frances: Well, what am I supposed to do now?
Restaurant worker: I'm not sure, madam.
Frances: One of your staff probably threw it away.
Restaurant worker: I doubt that very much, madam. All our employees are trained to look
out for lost property and alert a manager when they find something. Is it possible you had
your phone stolen?
Frances: I doubt it. My friend drove me all the way home from the restaurant.
Restaurant worker: So your friend might have it. You should call him or her.
Frances: Yes, you might be right. OK. Thank you.
Restaurant worker: Thanks, madam. Have a nice day.

1 Who found the phone?
The restaurant manager
Another employee

2 What does Frances' phone have on the front?
The volume control
A logo

3 Why can't this phone be Frances'?
It's not a Nokia phone.
It wasn't in a green leather case.

4 What does Frances think happened to her phone?
One of the restaurant employees threw it away.
She left it in her friend's car.

5 What does the person Frances is speaking to think happened to her phone?
One of the restaurant employees threw it away.
She left it in her friend's car.

8.13 Explore listening: A lost item
Listen to the conversation again. Complete the sentences with these words.











Restaurant worker: Emperor's Restaurant, good morning.
Frances: Oh, hello. Erm, I had dinner at your restaurant last night, and I have a feeling I left
my cell phone there.
Restaurant worker: OK, I can have a look in the lost and found box for you, madam.
Frances: Oh, thank you.
Restaurant worker: Hello?
Frances: Yes, hi.
Restaurant worker: Hello. Good news, I had a word with our restaurant manager, and it
turns out that one of our members of staff did find a cell phone last night when he was
tidying up.
Frances: Oh, perfect!
Restaurant worker: Could you just describe the phone to me, madam?
Frances: Erm, oh, yes. Of course. It's a Nokia. It's got the Nokia logo on the front. Erm, it's
got the volume control on the side. Erm, what else ... Oh, it was in a green leather case
Restaurant worker: Ah. I'm sorry to interrupt, but this isn't a Nokia phone. It must belong to
someone else.
Frances: What do you mean? That can't be right. How many people leave their phones in
restaurants every day?
Restaurant worker: More than you'd imagine, madam. Listen, I apologise, but this can't be
your phone. It's the wrong make.
Frances: Well, what am I supposed to do now?
Restaurant worker: I'm not sure, madam.
Frances: One of your staff probably threw it away.
Restaurant worker: I doubt that very much, madam. All our employees are trained to look
out for lost property and alert a manager when they find something. Is it possible you had
your phone stolen?
Frances: I doubt it. My friend drove me all the way home from the restaurant.
Restaurant worker: So your friend might have it. You should call him or her.
Frances: Yes, you might be right. OK. Thank you.
Restaurant worker: Thanks, madam. Have a nice day.
1 I have a feeling I left my cell phone there.
2 I can have a look in the lost and found box.
3 One of our members of staff did find a cell phone last night when he was tidying up .
4 It's got the Nokia logo on the front . Um, it's got the volume control on the side.
5 It must belong to someone else.
6 This can't be your phone.
7 One of your staff probably threw it away.
8 Is it possible you had your phone stolen ?
9 My friend drove me all the way home from the restaurant.
10 Yes, you might be right.

8.14 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Watch Clare and Andrs talking about their nightmare journeys. Which experience
are they talking about?
Clare: When I was about sixteen years old I did the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award,
which is an award for young people. Erm, you have to do a, something to help the
community, and you have to do a, an element that's an activity element, a hiking element.
So, for the hike, erm, we went to North Wales. It was with the school, there was about five
of us in, in my separate group and we had to cover about fifteen miles in two days with all
your backpack and your tent and everything that you need. Erm, the group that we were in
weren't particularly good at map reading and, er, I think that halfway through the first day
we realised we were lost, so, rather than ask for help, we decided to follow a river, erm, not
realising that it really made a difference which side of the river we were on. Erm, we didn't
realise that until the river had got so wide, erm, we couldn't cross it, even though we were
on the wrong side. So, eventually at about eleven o'clock at night we'd managed to get
ourselves on top of a hill, and we thought we could see what looked like our the rest of
our group camping down below. So we started signalling "SOS" on our torches and luckily
it was our group and, er, about three or four angry parents and teachers came to fetch us
from the top of the mountain at eleven o'clock. And by the time we got down everybody had
eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at five o'clock the next
morning to try and complete the miles that we'd not done on the first day. But we still failed
it anyway.

Andrs: I was travelling the night train from Florence, Italy to Vienna, Austria. Before I
went to sleep in the cabin I tied my a little bag with my documents, passport, wallet,
phone, MP3 player, and, er, all of my money in it, and I tied it to my waist. When I woke up
it was gone and I was without a passport, just with a hundred Euros to my name which I
had stashed in my pocket, without speaking the language and without knowing anyone, so
that was a crisis. I went to the Honduran embassy. They were able to get me the number
for the embassy of Guatemala in Austria. I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open
up the embassy. To my surprise the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew
what to do in that sort of situation, so I had to wait for the United States, er, Guatemalan
embassies to open. They rang them and asked them what was the procedure, the protocol.
They said, "Just print him a new passport for seventy-five Euros." I only had one hundred,
so I had to give three quarters of all the money under my name to, er, for a new passport.

1 Clare: got lost
2 Andrs: lost something

8.15 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Match the sentence halves to tell Clares story. Watch again to check.

Clare: When I was about sixteen years old I did the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award,
which is an award for young people. Erm, you have to do a, something to help the
community, and you have to do a, an element that's an activity element, a hiking element.
So, for the hike, erm, we went to North Wales. It was with the school, there was about five
of us in, in my separate group and we had to cover about fifteen miles in two days with all
your backpack and your tent and everything that you need. Erm, the group that we were in
weren't particularly good at map reading and, er, I think that halfway through the first day
we realised we were lost, so, rather than ask for help, we decided to follow a river, erm, not
realising that it really made a difference which side of the river we were on. Erm, we didn't
realise that until the river had got so wide, erm, we couldn't cross it, even though we were
on the wrong side. So, eventually at about eleven o'clock at night we'd managed to get
ourselves on top of a hill, and we thought we could see what looked like our the rest of
our group camping down below. So we started signalling "SOS" on our torches and luckily
it was our group and, er, about three or four angry parents and teachers came to fetch us
from the top of the mountain at eleven o'clock. And by the time we got down everybody had
eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at five o'clock the next
morning to try and complete the miles that we'd not done on the first day. But we still failed
it anyway.

Andrs: I was travelling the night train from Florence, Italy to Vienna, Austria. Before I
went to sleep in the cabin I tied my a little bag with my documents, passport, wallet,
phone, MP3 player, and, er, all of my money in it, and I tied it to my waist. When I woke up
it was gone and I was without a passport, just with a hundred Euros to my name which I
had stashed in my pocket, without speaking the language and without knowing anyone, so
that was a crisis. I went to the Honduran embassy. They were able to get me the number
for the embassy of Guatemala in Austria. I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open
up the embassy. To my surprise the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew
what to do in that sort of situation, so I had to wait for the United States, er, Guatemalan
embassies to open. They rang them and asked them what was the procedure, the protocol.
They said, "Just print him a new passport for seventy-five Euros." I only had one hundred,
so I had to give three quarters of all the money under my name to, er, for a new passport.
They had to walk about 15 miles
carrying all their camping equipment.
correct


They got lost
because they werent very good at reading the map.
correct


They followed a river
not realising they were on the wrong side of it.
correct


They couldnt cross the river
because it was too wide.
correct


They climbed a hill
to see where they were.
correct


They used their torches
to signal for help.
correct


Their teachers were angry
when they came to rescue them.
correct


Everyone else was asleep
when they arrived at the camp.

8.16 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Clare uses adverbs to emphasise these things she says. Choose the correct adverb.
Watch again to check.

Clare: When I was about sixteen years old I did the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award,
which is an award for young people. Erm, you have to do a, something to help the
community, and you have to do a, an element that's an activity element, a hiking element.
So, for the hike, erm, we went to North Wales. It was with the school, there was about five
of us in, in my separate group and we had to cover about fifteen miles in two days with all
your backpack and your tent and everything that you need. Erm, the group that we were in
weren't particularly good at map reading and, er, I think that halfway through the first day
we realised we were lost, so, rather than ask for help, we decided to follow a river, erm, not
realising that it really made a difference which side of the river we were on. Erm, we didn't
realise that until the river had got so wide, erm, we couldn't cross it, even though we were
on the wrong side. So, eventually at about eleven o'clock at night we'd managed to get
ourselves on top of a hill, and we thought we could see what looked like our the rest of
our group camping down below. So we started signalling "SOS" on our torches and luckily
it was our group and, er, about three or four angry parents and teachers came to fetch us
from the top of the mountain at eleven o'clock. And by the time we got down everybody had
eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at five o'clock the next
morning to try and complete the miles that we'd not done on the first day. But we still failed
it anyway.

Andrs: I was travelling the night train from Florence, Italy to Vienna, Austria. Before I
went to sleep in the cabin I tied my a little bag with my documents, passport, wallet,
phone, MP3 player, and, er, all of my money in it, and I tied it to my waist. When I woke up
it was gone and I was without a passport, just with a hundred Euros to my name which I
had stashed in my pocket, without speaking the language and without knowing anyone, so
that was a crisis. I went to the Honduran embassy. They were able to get me the number
for the embassy of Guatemala in Austria. I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open
up the embassy. To my surprise the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew
what to do in that sort of situation, so I had to wait for the United States, er, Guatemalan
embassies to open. They rang them and asked them what was the procedure, the protocol.
They said, "Just print him a new passport for seventy-five Euros." I only had one hundred,
so I had to give three quarters of all the money under my name to, er, for a new passport.

1 The group that we were in werent particularly good at map reading.
2
We decided to follow a river, not realising that it really made a difference which side of
the river we were on.
3 So eventually at about 11 oclock at night, wed managed to get ourselves on top of a hill.
4
We thought we could see what looked like the rest of our group camping down below, so
we started signalling SOS on our torches and luckily it was our group.
5
Everybody had eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at
five oclock the next morning.

8.17 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Are these statements about Andrs story true or false? Watch again to check.
Clare: When I was about sixteen years old I did the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award,
which is an award for young people. Erm, you have to do a, something to help the
community, and you have to do a, an element that's an activity element, a hiking element.
So, for the hike, erm, we went to North Wales. It was with the school, there was about five
of us in, in my separate group and we had to cover about fifteen miles in two days with all
your backpack and your tent and everything that you need. Erm, the group that we were in
weren't particularly good at map reading and, er, I think that halfway through the first day
we realised we were lost, so, rather than ask for help, we decided to follow a river, erm, not
realising that it really made a difference which side of the river we were on. Erm, we didn't
realise that until the river had got so wide, erm, we couldn't cross it, even though we were
on the wrong side. So, eventually at about eleven o'clock at night we'd managed to get
ourselves on top of a hill, and we thought we could see what looked like our the rest of
our group camping down below. So we started signalling "SOS" on our torches and luckily
it was our group and, er, about three or four angry parents and teachers came to fetch us
from the top of the mountain at eleven o'clock. And by the time we got down everybody had
eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at five o'clock the next
morning to try and complete the miles that we'd not done on the first day. But we still failed
it anyway.

Andrs: I was travelling the night train from Florence, Italy to Vienna, Austria. Before I
went to sleep in the cabin I tied my a little bag with my documents, passport, wallet,
phone, MP3 player, and, er, all of my money in it, and I tied it to my waist. When I woke up
it was gone and I was without a passport, just with a hundred Euros to my name which I
had stashed in my pocket, without speaking the language and without knowing anyone, so
that was a crisis. I went to the Honduran embassy. They were able to get me the number
for the embassy of Guatemala in Austria. I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open
up the embassy. To my surprise the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew
what to do in that sort of situation, so I had to wait for the United States, er, Guatemalan
embassies to open. They rang them and asked them what was the procedure, the protocol.
They said, "Just print him a new passport for seventy-five Euros." I only had one hundred,
so I had to give three quarters of all the money under my name to, er, for a new passport.

1 Andrs travelled from Florence to Vienna by bus.
True
False

2 Someone stole his money and documents.

True
False

3 He had 200 in his pocket.
True
False

4 He didnt know anyone in Vienna.

True
False

5 The Guatemalan embassy was open when he got there.
True
False

6 No one at the embassy knew how to help him.
True
False

7 They rang the Guatemalan embassy in the United States.

True
False

8 Andrs had to spend all his money on a new passport.

True
False

8.18 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Complete these extracts from Andrs story with a correct preposition. Watch again
to check.
Clare: When I was about sixteen years old I did the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award,
which is an award for young people. Erm, you have to do a, something to help the
community, and you have to do a, an element that's an activity element, a hiking element.
So, for the hike, erm, we went to North Wales. It was with the school, there was about five
of us in, in my separate group and we had to cover about fifteen miles in two days with all
your backpack and your tent and everything that you need. Erm, the group that we were in
weren't particularly good at map reading and, er, I think that halfway through the first day
we realised we were lost, so, rather than ask for help, we decided to follow a river, erm, not
realising that it really made a difference which side of the river we were on. Erm, we didn't
realise that until the river had got so wide, erm, we couldn't cross it, even though we were
on the wrong side. So, eventually at about eleven o'clock at night we'd managed to get
ourselves on top of a hill, and we thought we could see what looked like our the rest of
our group camping down below. So we started signalling "SOS" on our torches and luckily
it was our group and, er, about three or four angry parents and teachers came to fetch us
from the top of the mountain at eleven o'clock. And by the time we got down everybody had
eaten, they were fast asleep, we still had to pitch our tent and get up at five o'clock the next
morning to try and complete the miles that we'd not done on the first day. But we still failed
it anyway.

Andrs: I was travelling the night train from Florence, Italy to Vienna, Austria. Before I
went to sleep in the cabin I tied my a little bag with my documents, passport, wallet,
phone, MP3 player, and, er, all of my money in it, and I tied it to my waist. When I woke up
it was gone and I was without a passport, just with a hundred Euros to my name which I
had stashed in my pocket, without speaking the language and without knowing anyone, so
that was a crisis. I went to the Honduran embassy. They were able to get me the number
for the embassy of Guatemala in Austria. I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open
up the embassy. To my surprise the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew
what to do in that sort of situation, so I had to wait for the United States, er, Guatemalan
embassies to open. They rang them and asked them what was the procedure, the protocol.
They said, "Just print him a new passport for seventy-five Euros." I only had one hundred,
so I had to give three quarters of all the money under my name to, er, for a new passport.

1 I tied it to my waist.
2 I was without a passport, just with a hundred euros to my name.
3 I went, waited a couple of hours for them to open up the embassy.
4 To my surprise, the ambassador was on holiday and no one else knew what to
do in that sort of situation.
5 They said just print him a new passport for 75.

8.19 Interview: Nightmare journeys
Which of the two situations would you find more worrying? Why?
8.20 Explore Writing
Test, part 1
Choose the correct answer.
1 When people move to a new house they often take the opportunity to ___________
their clutter.
get rid of
get rid to
get rid
get rid up
2 It's a good idea to ___________ unwanted stuff to a charity shop.
give away
give up
give off
give out
3 If you want your office to look tidy you'll have to ___________ all those files that are
cluttering up the room.
put off
put away
put out
put down
4 I've asked you before to ___________ all that rubbish in the garage!
take off
put away
get rid of
go away with
5 I find it really difficult to throw things ___________ I get very attached to my
possessions.
off
away
down
about
6 Can you clean ___________ the kitchen for me please?
to
off
of
up
7 I'm not sure that I can help you fix the car I'll ___________ but I'm not really very
mechanical.
have go
have to go
have a go
have the go
8 I can't remember exactly which room the meeting is in, but I ___________ it's in Room
6.
have a thought
have an opinion
have a feeling
have a sense
9 I'm sorry but I haven't had ___________ to speak to my manager about the problem
yet leave it with me and I'll see what I can do.

the luck
a time
a go
a chance
10 I've lost my wallet it's got a lot of cash ___________.
outside
on the front
inside
on the bottom
11 My friend ___________ us a lift to the airport.

had
gave
was
made
12 My car broke ___________ on the way to work this morning.

down
to
up
for
13 I hate having ___________ with friends they make me feel really bad.

arguements
argements
arguaments
arguments
14 I can't eat all this cake let's cut it in ___________ and we can share it.
half
harf
haf
halfe
15 Did you read that ___________ she wrote for the local newspaper?

article
aticle
alticle
artical
16 I'm leaving now I don't want to ___________ in traffic.
get stick
get stuck
be stick
have stuck
17 I'm really late for work do you think you could give me ___________ in your car?
a drive
a lift
a journey
a go
18 I was late for the meeting because my taxi got ___________ in a traffic jam and
couldn't move.

fixed
stopped
stuck
blocked
19 There's a flower design ___________ of my mobile phone.

in the front
on the front
on front
in front
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20 My bag has got pockets ___________ the side.

on
with
to
out
21 Can I have ___________ at your book please?
the look
look
a look
some looks
22 The car I'm selling is in good ___________. We've never had any problems with it.
working order
working state
working situation
working condition
23 The TV ___________ a table and remote control.
comes to
comes
comes at
comes with
24 I'll clean ___________ the kitchen if you'll tidy up the living room.
at
on
into
up
25 This bike is ___________ anyone who needs a cheap way to get around town.
ideal for
ideal with
ideal in
ideal to
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26 Instructions for use ___________ with the sandwich toaster.
are included
are include
be included
be include
27 The weather was so bad that all the trains were ___________ and we had to get the
bus.

stopped
halted
cancelled
held
28 I got ___________ the bus at the wrong place and had to get another bus back into
the town!

down
of
off
from
29 We ___________ because we didn't have a map.
got lost
made lost
had lost
be lost
30 Can I have ___________ with you in private please?
word
the word
a word
some word
31 I can't really describe my new bag it's ___________ like a string bag.
similar
seems
sort of
looks
32 My new house ___________ a square box from the outside but it's nice inside.
looks
likes
looks like
look like
33 I managed to ___________ back from the party.
go a lift
get lift
go lift
get a lift
34 The remote control can play ___________ sometimes it doesn't always work.
in
to
for
up
35 What's your suitcase like? It's black ___________ with a pocket on the outside.

silver
and silver
with silver
to silver
36 This ___________ your meal, because it's chicken I'm sure you ordered the
chicken, and I definitely ordered the fish.
might be
can be
must be
could be
37 Shall we walk to the station, or do you think that it ___________ quicker to take the
bus?
can be
must be
can't be
might be
38 This ___________ the right way there's a sign over there to the town centre, and
that's where we want to go.
could be
might be
must be
can be
39 I've been looking for my car keys for days they ___________ in the house because
I've looked everywhere.
can't be
mustn't be
mightn't be
couldn't be
40 There ___________ someone in the house, because I can hear a voice talking and
the TV and lights are on.
might be
can be
could be
must be
41 Oh look Sue said her missing bag was green. Do you think that one over there
___________ hers?
could be
must be
should be
will be
42 I think I've left my wallet at home. It ___________ on the bedside table, or perhaps in
the kitchen drawer.
might be
must be
can be
should be
43 I'll just answer the phone I'm expecting a call, so I'm sure it ___________ for me.

might be
must be
can be
can't be
44 So Kevin borrowed her car and then put that big scratch on it when he was parking?
She ___________ furious with him.
must be
might be
can be
may be
45 I haven't met him before, so he ___________ me.

mustn't know
mightn't know
can't know
will know
46 This ___________ our bus it's a number 6 and the ticket says we need number 7.
mustn't be
can't be
mightn't be
couldn't be
47 I'm sorry, but I ___________ go now I'm meeting my friend at 6 and I can't be late.
could
need
like to
have to
48 I ___________ cut last week.
have my hair
having my hair
had hair
had my hair
49 My coat is incredibly dirty I must ___________.
have it cleaned
have it clean
have cleaned it
it have cleaned