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3 Expressions with DO and MAKE (Study

box, page 30)
3.1 Look it up
Put do or make in the middle of each of these word
circles. Use an English - English dictionary to help you if
you are not sure.
a difference

the bed

7 When her old boyfriend arrived at the party, she

.................................................. and left as quickly as
possible.
8 We
in computer skills at
wversity.
9 1never seem to have enough time to
.
.................................................. when 1get up.
10 Ten of the football fans were arrested for
.
.................................................. in the city centre after the
match.
11 Blow out the candles and ..;
!

a wish
an effort .---/

I----I~

afuss

a phone call

amess

a complaint

an excuse
themost

of

an experiment

B
a course

harm

the washing-up

the shopping

a favour

3.2 Do or Make?
Complete the following sentences with expressions from
Exercise 3.1. You may need to add an artiele. The first one
has been done as an example.
~
trouble
bit
choice
fun
experiments
'. favour
bed
washing-up
complaint
harm
.excuse
wish
phone calls offer
1
2

3
4

5
6

12

If you wish to make complaint, you' d better speak to the

manager.
The occasonal cgarette 'shouldn't
.
youany
.
Can you
Alex? -I nee<L200
by tomorrow.
Can you please
:
.
after 8 p.m., when it's dteaprate?
Frank is really lazy, he never offers to
,..;
~ '.'.,
.
.: ~
;.:;..:
.,
~ L.~'.;.:after meals,
At school, a lot of children
.'.~,., : _ :
:;.:..,.........
Bruce becausehe had a strange abcent.

4 The past continuous (Focus on grammar.

pages 33-35)
4.1 Nick's alibi

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3

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each of

the following sentences. Put a circle round the letter you
choose, as in the example.
Example: 1

I'll pass the exam.

A wish
1 Mary,
A who' s

B want

e like

Example: Neil isn't very interested (interest) in his job.

1

hope

because everyone was

.i11.
B off

e aside

4 'rhey'vJ moved house five times

A since

B from

5 .Althoughinjured,

Mandy

~ could waIk

e was possible

to walk

6 We bought one of those

sale.
A ltalian B stainless steel

e before

Mr Donne
(teach) English literature
at the university before becoming a successful writer.

4'

It was extremely kind of you and we're both

...................................... (true) grateful.

They strongly
(approve) of
smoking and won't allow smokers in the house!

I've never
nervous.

The
Britain is France.

Graeme' s a rather strange-Iooking man with a

.......................,
(break) nose.

Rachel did much

exams than she expected.

D out
1995.
D for

to the village to get help.

B could have walked
D managed to walk
modern coffee pots at the

e big

(fortunate), our favourite hotel was

fully booked.

2 Unfortunately, they all did a lot of

.
A damage
B complaints e mistakes D excuses

. A away

CheryI is a really
(friend) person,
she always finds time to talk to people.

parents come from Montreal, is bilingual.

B that' s
e which
D whose

3 The meeting had to be put

Fill each blank with a suitable form of the word in

brackets. See the example provided.

D black

(fly) before and I'm very

(far) I've ever been from

(good) in her

7 They
five candidates so far this marning.
A 've been interviewing
B 'd interviewed

e interviewed

D 've interviewed

8 How many times

to New York last year?
A has he gone
B did he go
e had he gone
D has he been
9 [oe seems to be working
this year than last.

A harder

e as hard

10 Surprisingly, interest rates

A had been fallen
e have been falling

B more hardly
D hardest
recently.
B had been falling
D were falling

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10 It can't have been good news because she

...................................... (tear) the letter up and burst into
tears!

D
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