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Cutting Edge Interm Workbook 62-75
Cutting Edge Interm Workbook 62-75
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Pronunciation
Lotterywinners
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Bert died two yeors ofter winning the lottery. ..7He spent some of the money on o new cor. .....
He only gove his daughter f,500. .....
Sally thinks thqt Bert ote himself to deoth. .....
The psychologist soys thot people find it very difficult when they hove
big chongesin their lives. .....
One person left the country portly becouseof her relotives......
A husbqnd qnd wife bought o winning lottery ticket together ond then
he left her. .....
FreddieMcMqhon went mqd over q lottery ticket. .....
reff
ffiffiffiffiffiw
PastPerfector PastSimPle
with the
the gapsin thesesentences
1 Complete
(in
each
sentence
I bestform of the verb in brackets
rne verb shouldbe in the PastPerfectand the other(s)
'r the PastSimple).
:
1 .............
How's Suson?
o I hoven't seen her for oges.
b I hodn't seen her for oges.
(sfart)Beth
(see)it before.
before.
(feel)much better ofter
Helen
( h a v e )a g o o d s l e e p .
s h e. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cole ............
PresentPerfector Past
Perfect
Melisso
brother
When luliq
(not realise)he
(sing) on old
". (neverhear)
before.
i
When I ..................
( w r i f e t) h e l e t t e rI
.. (post) it stroightowoY.
j
(become)Mrs
Before Morti
Stephens'personol ossistontshe
(work)os o recephonist.
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Reportedstatements
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/ havebeenkilled\
in a bomb /
\
Vtrc!_-./
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t
practised
t
7/
\
(eisnt ho.ursevery
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M
( doingvery well
\--gIItiJ--/
airport,
,q a) Clarehasjust arrivedat SanFrancisco
d$ whereher friendJoshis meetingher.Claretook a
Iongtime to go throughcustoms.Reportthe
questionsthat shewas asked.
t'ue
lrst!ii\
k:'d--/
/-il;\qtt6ry9
<_J
heardsomebodY\
Vtttoy'
Vft.[![1"}--..
usethe \
| Brazit
'n thegarden,/
,/
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q]','iIl5P
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Reportedquestions
\lnternetmorethan/
\anyone--,/
terribletime in customs.
Theyaskedme so many
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t!4.t?.th?..d-l!.!*r.As.qwcb-edl.lkthngu..4nn...
2
Stephen'steocher told us
w h i c h s q i dt h q t . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b) lE
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and tell
- t toldW Frsnthst I'dbe
VocabularY
Weatherphrases
from
a) Matcha weatherphrasefrom columnA with a result
c o l u m nB .
tste.
tel/ + object
. I soid F-FaftI'd be lote.
soy withoutobject
. t said to Fron that l'd be late.
say+to+object
l- Fiveof thesesentenceshave
J mistakes.Findthe mistakes
and correctthem.
tay,
Sorry, whot did You t2tfr
B
so I put the woshing out to drY.
so we decidednot to go soiling.
f
6 It wqs freezing cold
Presidenthqd been in qn
accident.
\lqtthew hosn't told his boss
thot he's leoving Yet.
Roseqnne'sfqther soid her she
2.......
3.......
4.......
5.......
6.......
7 .......
8.......
9 .......
10 .......
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b)Nowcoverthephrases(1-10)andtestyourse|f.Lookatthesenten
belowand completethe gap with the missingword'
z"^^-:,..
cold'
1 It wos ./f.?4!'U..-.....'..
"" wind'
6 It wos o dork,
7 It wos
8 It wos o cleor,
"" morning'
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Listenand read
S h e r l o c kH o l m e s
TheReturn
$herlnck
$irArthurC{rnan
Doyle
Holmes was
Lestrade and I woke up at half past ten'
gun and I saw
waiting for us. He told me to bring my
stick before
him pick up his favourite strong walking
we left the house.
took us
We quickly drove to Chiswick, and Holmes
that the
to a large house in a dark street' I thought
because
people inside must have already gone to bed
the house was so dark and quiet'
'We
'I'm glad it's not raining,' said Holmes quietly'
smoke and
may have to wait a long time' We mustn't
going to
we must be very quiet, but I hope we are
discover something tonight''
have to
We waited for five minutes but we didn't
opened
wait much longer' The garden gate suddenly
path towards
and a man ran quickly down the garden
quickly that
so
the house. lt was so dark and he moved
into
it was impossible to see his face' He disappeared
the darkness and we waited in silence'
a window
The next thing we heard was the sound of
inside
light
small
opening very slowly, then we saw a
the front room of the house'
'Let's go to the open window, then we can catch him
as he comes out,' said Lesl'rade'
had come
But betbre we could move, the man
that he had
outside again. In the light we could see
round to
looked
something white under his arm' He
there was a
see if anyone was watching him' Then
the wall' He
sudden crash as he broke the thing against
of us coming
was so busy that he didn't see the three
and he fell to
towards him. Holmes jumped on his back
quickly ran to help
the ground heavily. Lestrade and I
soon it was
Holmes. I had my gun ready and
impossible for the man to escape'
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2
b ) L i s t e na n d / o r r e a d a g a i n a n d
mark these statements f (true) or
F (false).
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snack
Grammar
Pronunciation
Connectedspeech:linksbetweenwords
Holmes
iere is an extractfromthe Sherlock
how
Notice
Nopoleon'
storvTheSixBustsof
I
and
linksomewords:Lestrade
,^re
+ IvoW4
Eonsonanq
halfpastten'Holmes
angwo$f{!t
Lestrade
gun
',vaswaitingfor us' He told me to bring my
walking
and I saw frim[ict up his favouritestrong
stickbeforewe left the house''
in this
a) Markthe linksbetweenwords
from the SherlockHolmesstory'
paragraph
man
But before we could move' the
light
had come outside again' In the
we could see that he had something
white under his arm' He looked
r o u n d [ o s e e i F a n Y o n ew a s w a t c h i n g
crash
him. Then Lherewas a sudden
the
as he broke the thing against
didn't
waII. He was so busY that he
see the three of us coming I'owards
and
him. Holmes jumPecl on his back
he
'-.se
fell
to
the
ground
heavilY'
help
Lesffade and I quicklY ran to
and
Holmes. I had mY gun readY
man to
soon it was impossible for the
escape.
.::m
repeateach
U) ta-J Listento the paragraphand
attentionto the links'
ff,rur", givingspecial
Definitearticlefor sharedknowledge
readeror
We usethe when it is clearto the
aretalking
listenerwhichpersonor thingwe
about:
. 'AreYoucomingto the Pub?'
both know which
irh"ip"ut", und tf'" listener
pub.)
. 'There's
o nicepub about 10 minutesdway''
(Thelistenerdoesn'tknowthe pub')
. 'Who'sthat ot the door?'
this
(Thespeakerand the listenerknow that
in')
are
they
meansthe front door of the house
. 'l heard a door oPen''
(Thespeakerdoesn'tknowwhichone')
Holmes
s*a Hereis the beginningof a Sherlock
L"f
is telling
Watson
story, TheGoldenG/osses'Dr
or
o / an the'
the story.Completethe gapswith
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stru*#ac**
lmprgveyeut'writing
caRbe easily
Thesepairsof time expressions
confused:
. After the lesson,we went for a drink.
After + noun
. Afterwords, we took o toxi home.
Afterwords + clause
for tellingstories
Tirneexpre$sions
.$ d*h a) Sheilakeepsa diary aboutwhat happens
$ fu*#to her eachday.Readtheseextractsabout how
manstudyingEnglish'
a Russian
she met Gregory,
word or phrase
a
suitable
gaps
with
the
Complete
someof them
(You
use
to
will
need
from the box.
morethan once.)
$fl ,t $it
,
^t C-.+
$l{:96#ifi
..- / was hokinl
I went to the l;Lrary ard (z)
Sue! parfr' He was
the
for a bookI saw CreiorT, yy frota
he
(s)...'...'.."......."""'
htsEnglish
do;ry
l,o*e11rk
i,d
words
wtth
so^e
hin
*e if / to"ld he/p
saw tnetheaske/
theaffeeshopshut,tnfact!
(?)..................'......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I. .p.u. .l l e d t h e i n i u r e d m q n o u t o f t h e
cqr ond then I colled the ombulonce.
r$h,sePt$
Wqdnesday
Gregoryphore/ ard asked*e to1o to a concertwith hm
o nI h t
( s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . .*.o. r k t om o r r w
ofhavinl
becawe
srre,
wasn't
(s) ........................
I
toyt up early the next da4,but 1reyry explainedthat
piantsl so(to) .....'.'...
it wasa famousRussian
/ said l'dgo.
TIqisday!at|-.s'ePt*6t
We had a yeat errening. The *uusic was brt//tant and /
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and Permission
Obligation
with a
the gapsin thesesentences
Complete
*ord or phrasefrom the box.
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sPendmore time
I :hink people
rvith their fqmilies ond lesstime ot work'
to wolk oround the
Possengers
plone when it is toking off.
on
Yes,first You toke o short written test, then there's
interview with o teocher.......""
to toke o dictionory
Cqndidqtes...............
into the exom, but they con't toke in o grommor
I / have to / test?
book.
buY alcohol in o Pub
You
unless You're over l-8.
"' to go
monthsif Youlike...........
,,Y
tg;rwifr,i,,
ride a bicycleon the
You .............
motorwoy - it's verY dongerous'
hove breokfost onY time
Guests
between7.00 qnd 9.00 o.m.
I know I ..................
but it helPs me to relox.
k
No, you don't hove to - you con join for lust six
r e o l l y s m o k es o m u c h '
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$"$
Obligation
and permission
in
the past
Thesepeoplearetalkingabouttheir liveswhen
**F they
were aboutfourteen.Changethe sentences
"6
(if necessary)
so that they are true for you.
"6q
gXanr?
Pttnn:
weren't - No - we
Krv:
feNe:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?. . . ' . .
Iralo:
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c) Monais talkingto Vanessa
aboutVanessa's
daughter,
Francoise.
Moua: Americo- a - Did - hove- Froncoise
- time in - good?
don,thaveto (x2\
cl
v ou .........!!('!!{l*"'.
!......... smoke in the library.
I t ' s f r e et o g e t i n : y o u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p o y .
I missedmy troin qnd I ...........
qn hour for the next one.
. . . . . . . . . . . .?. . .
VeNessa:six -week- to - she -workhod
No - o - doys _
wqit holf
MoNl:
so I ..............
terrible - Thqt's !
......1
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woit long.
- you ..........
Don't cry, Jessico
fon if you don't wont to.
I
Children
I ..................
ploy with
T$
r e m dw $m
b) iE Listento the.wordsand
o and
markthe stressedsYllables
o,
sYllables
the unstressed
oo
o
e.g.mathematics.
c) Completethesesentencesso
that they are true for You.
1 My fovouritesubjectis / wqs
becquse
'3
The customsofficer..........her
open her suitcose.
:
{
Ihqte/hqted
becouse
us sPend q week in
Ihey
their house in the mountoins.
I qm / wos hopelessot
lfind/found
very
difficult.
is/
Spellingand Pronunciation
School/ universitysubjects
.y a) Eachof the subjectsin the box hasa spellingmistake'
d Correctthe mistake'
Ilike/liked
but
I'm not / I wosn't verY good ot it.
Ifind/found
reolly
sosciology
langaugeslitterature informationtecnology
interesting.
education midiastudies
sychologyfilosophy phisical
religousstudieseconomicKs
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Vocabulary
Grammar
snack
Transport:
noun+ noun
Prepositions
of movement
AB
+-,,;
LdAr
i-m
lqr
ous
sPeed
ticket
season
crash
ranK
parking
petrol
helmet
station
traffic
until5.30.
I'm sorry I'm lote. There wqs q terrible
neor the
footboll ground, becquseof qll the
f,,
W)
5 ..........
hotel.
fl,
If you're going to toke the troin to work every doy, it's cheaper to buy o
s(-l_
7 ..........
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8 ..........
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u
ffi
:',':,,,c
',.1,
",'",,,
9 ..........
o
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
10..........
#*#dffi$* $t
il
l.i
l=l
tt
L_.1
desks
Check-in
w
$-
w
w
A-^
V*'
Passport
control
Cate
w q-h9
#% ffi
W
ffi
ffi
Entrance
Trolleys
(At the entronce) Are there ony cash dispensers
here?
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Grammar
snack
lmproveyour writing
-ingformsas nouns
Linkingwor ds
S * Readthe text and circlethe correctlinking
& $ word.
lDrivinglwhenyou'retiredlis dangerousl.
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urite
rhem
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nf;u
;*J,s;*',
t 1,ffi+*ffi{i#ffi.
in practice and, (2) despitethis / ap a iqsrylt,"
h rt,spermittedtosetmorriedo.heoseor14
It isn't compulsory to weor o crosh helmet on o
motorbike
., i,fiffi",1"iftH]ftiil'ffi]::,TH*'
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,
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uryatqlal
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ry
with a
,:.,,iCompletethe gapsin thesesentences
form
of the
and
the
best
box,
*ni- phrasefrom the
verb in brackets.
:Aa
(?l
fle."A..bl*.glfi.tW.
Y,ffi
(write)it down.
they............
( h a v e )a n
'::*:-":::
ff#;:"
i:::l"::ITH::,ll"J:
:"1
..... (be) o greot
Rupert
pionist, but he didn't proctise enough.
The room wos o terrible messwhen the men hod
f i n i s h e dp o i n t i n gi t . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
it myself.
r"}
c
d
e
f
everything.'
'l knew I shouldn't hove gone to thqt hoirdresser.'
'You should hove told me your bosswos o vegetorion''
o
b
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