HOMEWORK LANGUAGE

REAL-LIFE SUPERHEROES
ADVANCED 3 (CEF C1)

VOCABULARY
The words in BOLD are in the wrong sentences. Put them in the right ones. Write the correct words
in the right-hand column.
ONE POINT PER ANSWER
Your answer

1. The bouncer got the troublemaker in a FOILED and dragged him

out of the club. For him, fighting was part and parcel of the job.
2. Christian missionaries are viewed as BREWING by many people.
3. DUBBED were reported in bars around the city following the
derby match.

1. _____________
headlock
2. _____________
do-gooders

4. Saddam Hussein was BRAWLS The Butcher of Baghdad by Tony 3. _____________

brawls
Blair et al.

dubbed
4. _____________

foiled
5. Batman ROAMED The Jokers plan to contaminate the water 5. _____________
roamed
6. _____________

supply of Gotham City.

6. In the past, wolves WANNABES the hills and forests of Poland.

wannabes
7. _____________

7. The X-Factor is full of NURSE THEIR PRIDE.

nurse their pride

8. _____________

8. The winners celebrated into the night while the losers went

brewing
9. _____________

home to DO-GOODERS.
9. Jim and Bob had an argument on Friday, I wasnt really surprised
because trouble had been HEADLOCK between them for
weeks.

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headlock
1. ___________________

1. headlock

roamed
6. _________________

6. roamed

do-gooders
2. ___________________

2. do-gooders

wannabes
7. _________________

7. wannabes

brawls
3. __________________

3. Brawls

nurse their pride

8. _________________

8. nurse their pride

dubbed
4. __________________

4. dubbed

brewing
9. _________________

9. brewing

foiled
5. __________________

5. foiled

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YOUR SCORE: __________
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HOMEWORK LANGUAGE: CONNECTORS: TIME AND REASON

1
Read the article once, ignoring the gaps to check you understand its message.
2
Read again and complete the text with a single word in each space.
ONE POINT PER ANSWER

LONG-LOST LOVE
upon
sooner
I had no ____________
(1) sat down than she came in, smiling, her arms outstretched. ____________
ever
(2) seeing her, I realised that I had been hoping for this, ____________
(3) since I boarded the plane.

moment
And the ____________
(4) she sat down, it was as if she had never been away.

hardly
We had ____________
(5) exchanged hellos when the waiter asked whether he should bring
until
champagne. We began talking wildly, laughing between smiles. It was not ____________
(6) the first

bottle of champagne had been emptied that the conversation drifted to the past and it was only
then
As
____________
(7) that awkwardness and fear crept in. ____________
(8) time passed, an air of

unreality entered our conversation.

time
By the ____________
(9) we had finished our starters, our conversation had become less animated.

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which
We finished the second bottle almost in silence, at ____________
(10) point her eyes were filled
as
with tears. ____________
(11) we were saying goodbye, she said it was the first time she had cried
since
ago
____________
(12) I had left England, all those years ____________
(13).

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sooner
1. ___________________

1. sooner

8. As

upon
2. ___________________

2. Upon / On

As
8. _________________
time
9. _________________

ever
3. __________________
moment
4. __________________

3. ever

which
10. _________________

10.which

4. moment / instant

as
11. _________________

11.As

hardly
5. __________________
until
6. __________________

5. barely / hardly

since
12. _________________

12.since

6. until

ago
13. _________________

13.ago

then
7. __________________

7. then

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9. time

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AUTHENTIC EXTRA 1 (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS)

1
Read the article once, ignoring the gaps to check you understand its message.
2
Read again and complete the ANAGRAMS
1/2 POINT PER ANSWER

REAL LIFE SUPERHERO STOPS FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AFTER HE IS

ATTACKED
Roger Hayhurst, who (1)
also
_________
(SOLA) goes

by the name Knight

Warrior, hit the (2)
headlines
_______

(SLINEDAHE)

after it emerged he
patrolled streets near his
home in Swinton, Greater
Manchester, breaking up
fights and tackling antisocial behaviour.
Mr Hayhurst even hoped to become the mayor of Salford but a lack of funding stopped his (3)
political
__________
(LACIITLPO) ambitions. Mr Hayhurst, 20, who used a specially made (4)
costume
_____________
(MUESTCO) which his mother helped him buy, was later joined by Rebecca, his

fiancee
(5) _____________
(EECNAIF) who met him after hearing of his bravery. She was called Knight

Maiden.
gardener
But Mr Hayhurst, a (6) _____________
(REGRANED), has now given up crime-fighting after

attacked
being (7) _____________
(TATCAKDE). He said, "We were recognised and some (8)
lads
_____________
(DALS) started punching me."
admitted
His mother, Jennifer, 61, (9) _____________
(DEDAMTIT) that she had sometimes worried but
kindest
added, "He is one of the (10) _____________
(KNDISTE) young men I know."

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also
1. ___________________

1. also

gardener
6. __________________

6. gardener

headlines
2. ___________________

2. headlines

attacked
7. __________________

7. attacked

political
3. __________________

3. political

lads
8. __________________

8. lads

costume
4. __________________

4. costume

admitted
9. __________________

9. admitted

5. __________________
fiancee

5. fiancee

kindest
10.__________________

10.kindest

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AUTHENTIC EXTRA 2 REAMONN SUPER GIRL

Listen and complete the lyrics.
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by the way she walks
You can tell ______________________
(1) that she's my girl.

You can tell by the way she talks

She rules the world
see in her eyes
You can ______________________
(2) that no one is her chief

She's my girlMy supergirl.

And then she says
on the way
It's OK, I got lost ______________________
(3) but I'm a super girl and super girls
don't cry
______________________
(4)

And then she says

late last night
It's alright, I got home ______________
(5) but I'm a super girl, and super girls just fly
nothing can go wrong
And then she'd say that ______________________
(6)

When you're in love, what can be wrong?

And then she'd laugh the night time into day
Pushing her fear further along
REPEAT CHORUS

And then she'd shout down the line

no more time
Tell me she's got _____________
(7) cause she's a super girl, and super girls don't cry

And then she'd scream in my face

leave this place
Tell me to leave, _______________
(8) cause she's a super girl, and super girls just fly

Yeah she's a super girl, a super girl.

burning trees
She's sowin' seeds, shes ______________________
(9)

She's sowin' seeds, Shes burning streams

REPEAT TO FADE

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by the way she walks

1. ___________________

1. by the way she walks

nothing can go wrong 6. nothing can go wrong

6. _________________

see in her eyes

2. ___________________

2. see in her eyes

no more time
7. _________________

7. no more time

3. __________________
on the way

3. on the way

leave this place

8. _________________

8. leave this place

4. __________________
don't cry

4. dont cry

burning trees
9. _________________

9. burning tress

5. __________________
late last night

5. late last night

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AUTHENTIC EXTRA 3 (DAILY MAIL)

1
Read the text once, ignoring the gaps to check you understand its message.
2
Read again and complete the article with sections (A - J). Write the letters in the spaces provided.
1/2 POINT PER ANSWER

UNMASKED: THE 'REAL-LIFE SUPERHEROES' PATROLLING THE NATION'S

STREETS
In black leather and metal spikes, and hidden beneath haunting masks, these are the real-life

a
superheroes daring to fight crime _______
(1).

While they might seem like characters from a comic book, the masked men prowl through the
country's cities, including Boston, San Fransisco and Milwaukee, to save their fellow citizens.
After donning their masks, which resemble clowns, hawks, skulls or ninjas, they group together and
patrol streets on foot throughout the night.
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h (2), while others merely carry mobile phones.

Some crusaders arm themselves with _______
f
One such masked crusader is Nihilist or Dave Montgomery by day _______
(3) from Salt Lake
City, Utah, the New York Times reports.
Montgomery turned to a life of fighting crime after kicking alcoholism and looking for something to

j
do. Now he dresses in a leather cape, a black hood _______
(4), to face the streets thugs.
g (5), he told the New York Times.
The more professional you look, _______
Another Salt Lake City crusader is Red Voltage. After two years of patrols, he became leader of the

b (6).
Black Monday Society _______
There are times when Im putting the suit on, and Im just like, How crazy am I to do this? I do feel
odd.
The police try to have little to do with the masked crusaders.
Were not endorsing them, supporting them, condemning them or anything else were staying

i
neutral and _______
(7), Detective Joshua Ashdown from Salt Lake City Police Department told the
New York Times.
Some of the crusaders have got into trouble after muscling in on the polices ground.
Phoenix Jones from Seattle, Washington was arrested in October after police said he pepper-sprayed

d (8).
people while _______
The 23-year-old, part of the Rain City Superhero Movement, claims to have broken up knife fights,

e (9) and been stabbed in the line of duty.

_______

c (10) .
In January he got a broken nose after he was held at gun point and _______
A. on the nation's streets
B. about six months ago
C. beaten up by two men
D. trying to break up a fight
E. caught drug dealers
F. a father-of-one and tattoo artist
G. the more seriously they take you
H. pepper spray or police batons
I. out of it

J. and a metal mask

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a
1. ___________

1. A

5. G

e
9. __________

9. E

6. B

c
10.__________

10.C

h
2. ___________

2. H

g
5. __________
b
6. __________

f
3. ___________

3. F

i
7. __________

7. I

j
4. ___________

4. J

d
8. __________

8. D

5
YOUR SCORE: __________
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