18 Nothing will alter / modify his view that

Vocabulary homelessness is one of the most serious problems that

U3A Task 1 our community faces.
19 As part of the training for this voluntary work, we will
Choose the correct words to complete the teach you how to adjust / adapt your behaviour to
sentences. become more effective in your communication.
20 They wanted to find out how a journalistic idea
16 My community college experience taught me to evolved / adapted into a charity project.
believe in myself and adjusted / transformed my life. 21 The board intends to spend three million pounds to
17 My circumstances have changed, so the amount of alter / revamp the abandoned theatre into a state-of-
tax I am due to pay has been amended / adapted. the-art facility.
18 He admitted that a dramatic change in his thinking 22 The guerrilla gardening group has ten days to
had altered / modified the course of his life. adapt / amend the petition and acquire another 500
19 The new plan produced by the council is an attempt signatures.
to alter / revamp the museum by extending its facilities 23 Last year, the local community gardeners
with commercial areas. transformed / modified a number of neglected public
20 Positive changes can be as hard to adapt / evolve spaces in their neighbourhood into beautiful green
to as the negative ones. areas.
21 People adjust / transform their behaviour ___/8
according to social norms and expectations.
22 Most social media apps maintain the right to modify U3B Task 2
/ transform the ‘terms and conditions’ without any prior Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
notice. one word only.
23 The world of health care delivery is quickly
evolving / amending to meet both personalised 24 Many people believe homelessness is a serious
consumer demand and the need for cost-efficient problem and are prepared to sacrifices to
outcomes. tackle it.
___/8 25In order to succeed, you should your
best and give it everything you’ve got, no matter what.
U3A Task 2 26 In motivating your team, knowing you
should praise and actually doing it, are
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
two different things.
one word only.
27 When organising a fundraising event many different
factors into play.
24 The surgery a massive impact on his
28 At the end of charity event, she each
health, but he managed to turn his life around thanks to
person a hug, asked their name and thanked them for
a charity.
coming to support her.
25 If we teach our children the importance
29 Ambitious plans have been forward to
of a good turn for others at a young age,
transform the central library into a modern community
that lesson will stay with them throughout their lives.
hub.
26 You can a difference in someone’s life
30 Graffiti artists over the city billboards to
by donating the items you no longer have a use for.
raise awareness of the charity event.
27 It is good to someone a compliment
___/7
when it comes from the heart and is sincere.
28 Unfortunately, when she desperately needed U4A Vocabulary
support, nobody her a helping hand.
29 a success of your life requires Task 1
determination, purpose and great people skills. Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
30 Several charity organisations one word only.
have concerns about the main underlying
cause of homelessness locally and nationally. 11 Her mother is very stylish and
always out in a crowd. It’s interesting how
she turns into a image of her mother
U3B Task 1 when she is dressed in wide, jeans and a
white shirt.
Choose the correct words to complete the
12 His work has been credited for adding a
sentences.
of fantasy and rebellion to fashion;
continually challenging society’s and
16 We reserve the right to modify / transform the
Terms of Service from time to time. values. His shows always uproar and
17Adapting / Evolving to a new set of cultural surprise audiences.
expectations and social norms while staying true to
your own sense of self is never easy.
13 He has chosen to answer his fans questions on 13 Over the years, he has a number of
twitter without sacrificing his eternal for valuable paintings, estimated to be worth $500 million.
privacy. He avoids publicity and 14 Energy providers find it much more difficult to
frequently anonymity in making donations predict how much electricity a business
and manages to out of almost all will in a year.
interviews. 15 A desire to is not the same as a desire
14 I have a twin sister. Although we are , to collect; collectors look for specific items while the
we are very different. Most of the time, I don’t other group of people save random items and store
understand her and we are totally on different them haphazardly.
. We try to away from each ___/5
other.
15 I read about this community in which women and U5A Task 2
men dress the ; there’s no way of
expressing their own through their outfit Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
besides the hairstyle; the they project one word only.
creates a strong impression.
16 My uncle is easy for a clever
U4B Read the sentences and complete the gaps salesman; he can easily be talked into spending
with one word only. money on something that he doesn’t need.
17 At the end of a sales period, our company disposes
11 As the daughter of a famous fashion designer it is of goods, either by selling them to employees at
very difficult for her to have her own ; a price or giving them away.
one that expresses her , especially when 18 When the things you've accumulated
everybody thinks she is a copy of her have value, clearing them out becomes
mother. challenging.
12 I my living by making unusual 19 Smart investment opportunities are things you
pictures. I have a different on should never up if you are given the
photography and my edited picture is a opportunity.
cry from the original image that comes 20 Our advertising campaign pushes all the
out of the camera. right ; sales have doubled as a result.
13 She is a contemporary artist known for her unique ___/5
approach in making images; combining different film
and TV genres. Each image, which is a far
U5A Task 3
from the ordinary, tells a tale with an
of eccentricity which goes against and at Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
times, society’s norms. one word only.
14 Although their parents can them apart,
identical twins look alike and are to most 21 In order to claim back your expenses, you
people. When it down to their personality, should onto every receipt.
however, the story is different. 22 Most companies’ budgets are up by
15 He no longer wishes to work as a professional investing in the latest technologies.
singer saying that he has out of it and it 23 It took about six months for me to get
was time to up to the fact that he had lost the of the business.
his creativity and couldn’t go any than 24 Customers want to buy goods and services
that. that their needs at a price they can afford.
25 People out old things when they move
into a new house because they think everything has to
U5ATask 1 be new and clean.
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with U5B Task 1
one word only.
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
11 With all the money she with her record one word only.
sales, Sharon invested in a number of businesses.
12 He a 50 percent share of a small 11 There are eco-friendly groups of business villages
advertising company. It cost him £2 million. that produce more energy than they .
12 My aunt has a very generous and happily shares 12 He plays the role of a man who lives in
her worldly . a world and is occasionally forced to cope
13 The majority of marketers agree that it’s their role with reality.
to customer data, but not actually analyse 13 It’s a complete that only the English
it on a daily basis. are capable of performing Shakespeare.
14 For those who are , the quantity of 14 He was under the that he was a secret
their collected items sets them apart from other people, agent trying to save his own life.
which leads to extreme cluttering of their home or 15 Theatrical was a general movement in
workplace. 19th-century theatre that focused on ‘real life’; real
15 My friend has a small flat on the people in everyday situations.
outskirts of Kuala Lumpur which he intends to rent out. 16 Many successful actors recommend reading to
expand your .
U5B Task 2 17 Flying cars are a step closer to after
the introduction of driverless cars.
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
one word only. U6A Task 2
Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences.
16 The competition might have viewed us as
a touch but we are tougher and harder to 18 He out that he's furious, but most of
beat now. the time he's feeling something completely different.
17 We're at a defining in time – one that 19 The actor explained to the journalist why
will lead to profound changes in society and in the way he on the iconic role of Batman.
we live. 20 The writers let the audience decide for themselves
18 Millions of unused items sit dust in our whether she actually saw it or it up.
homes, slowly losing value as they grow outdated. 21 She on such a great accent that it’s
19 sell strategies are aggressive and really hard not to take her for an American.
usually put a huge amount of pressure on the client.
20 In our company we were driven by our
director’s desire for perfection, passion for U6A Task 3
creativity and exploration of new ideas. Complete the collocations in the sentences.

U5B Task 3 22 He goes to great to engage the

audience and offer an entertaining performance.
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with 23 I really admire her and her last performance shows
one word only. that she is an artist through and .
24 Usually there's a moment when the
21 There is an interesting program on TV about the facade and you can separate the
tricks supermarkets play to get you to with performer from the performance.
your money. 25 He tried to convince me that the story was not
22 We didn’t loads of money out on a of his imagination.
advertisements; we were actually able to pay for them
using donations. U6B Task 1
23 How exactly do you get your team Complete the sentences with these words.
to into a marketing strategy? Here are
some suggestions that might help. Hallucinations dreams different illusion allusion
24 It doesn't take long for a new Android phone or differing image
tablet to get up with hundreds of pictures,
11 He suffered from awful , hearing and
redundant apps, and unused widgets.
seeing things that weren’t there.
25 Whether you've just set up a new business or have
12 It looked as if the model was wearing a black-satin
been running one for a while, you need to know how to
hat but a closer look revealed it was just her hair
stay of the game.
innovatively styled to create that .
13 Even identical twins can
have personality traits.
U6A Task 1 14 are both the essence of restful sleep
Complete the sentences with these words. and a powerful tool for cultivating self-awareness.
15 He would go to great lengths to protect his
Delusion fallacy fantasy illusion imagination realism public .
reality 16 We are both of opinion on the subject.
17 The earliest known to Shakespeare as
11 In interior designing you can create a playwright was in 1592.
the of metal by using paint.
U6B Task 2 U7B My favourite writer
Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences.
This isn’t the first book he’s published; all his books are
18 We wonder how, if she had it up, she political in one way or (16) . I can’t
could have given such detailed descriptions. (17) into words how much I admire his
19 It’s fascinating that some animals work. He uses cartoons to critique the government and
aren't in by the optical illusions that fool political parties and get his point (18) .
us. His work shines a (19) on issues that he
20 When he on this accent, he sounds so feels (20) about such as the need for
funny that it’s difficult to take him seriously. improvement in public services; he has his (21)
21 In this movie, Jackie on the role of a method of giving the government grief
high school student and gives a convincing over its plans; not led by others, but really leading the
performance throughout. (22) .One would describe him as a person
who doesn’t like to sit back and let the government
(23) all over him. He never gets tongue-
(24) or (25) back on his
U6B Task 3 word even when he is pushed into a corner. He is a
cartoonist with integrity who hooks you
Complete the collocations in the sentences. (26) his work. You wouldn’t think you
could give someone a (27) of your mind
22 Actors have to accept that giving interviews about through a cartoon but that’s what he does very skilfully.
movies is part and of the job. Words (28) me when describing the
23 Reflective surfaces give the illusion of a brighter ingenuity of his work. You can meet him and other like-
space and the of depth. (29) cartoonists in the international Comic
24 What I find most amazing about method actors is Art festival next month, and see how they put their
their ability to get into so well. ideas down on (30) .
25 After the break-up, the actress had to put on a
brave when she faced the waiting
cameras and fans.
U8A Complete the sentences with these words.
You may need to change the form of the words.
There is one extra word which you do not need to
Read the text and complete the gaps with one word use.
only.
blub chuckle empathise giggle groan
U7A One man’s word moan rant sympathise wail
It wasn’t the first time I was reading a book by G.
Thomas. He’s got a real (16) with words. I 11 When she saw the boss trying to stuff that massive
put it (17) to his years of experience as a sandwich into his mouth, Jane
writer. In my mind's (18) , I always saw started uncontrollably.
him as a lonely old man but he isn’t and the moment 12 How bad is your indigestion? I can with
he starts speaking, he makes you sit you, although I don’t completely understand how you
(19) and take (20) . I met feel.
him in a book signing where he was promoting ‘How to 13 We all like a good now and again, but
fight your (21) ’ a book which gives you too much complaining isn’t very good for a person.
some techniques to defend your opinion and argue 14 Jane still every single time she
successfully. To my (22) it’s one of those recounts that experience as if she’s telling the joke of
books that you would keep going back to. Thomas has the century.
years of dealing with opposing (23) as a 15 I would not able to be a psychologist if I were not
political activist, for (24) of a better word. able to with my patients.
He is a very passionate campaigner who is not afraid 16 It doesn’t matter how much the bill is,
to put(25) out there, something that could he every time he has to pay.
cost him someday if he doesn’t learn to 17 I have been invited to a party but I don’t want to go
(26) back sometimes. He concerns because the host can’t stop about the
himself with an (27) -widening range of government and healthcare.
issues that he brings to our (28) through 18 I can admit to like a baby afterwards.
his work. In (29) word, he dares to wade The ending of the film was heartbreaking.
into deep waters of social and political issues to raise
(30) .
U8A Task 2 21 This is something that I have to off my
chest because it's really bugging me.
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
one word only. 22 There was this guy at the party his
mouth off about how great his body is.
19 I was in when I was shown a picture of 23 He had us all in with his sense of
him with that ridiculous hat. humour and wonderful French accent.
20 She has been walking around with 24 When things are hard and I’m really low, I have a
a face since she found out she hadn’t lost good on his shoulder.
any weight. 25 When something or someone is really annoying me
21 She said that the incident had her up, I find a good to my best friend helps.
but she was going to be fine.
22 When someone’s made you feel angry, sometimes
it’s better to write it all down rather than
let in person.
23 I can see that something's upsetting you, so why
don't you it off your chest and tell me what
it is.
24 Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to
have a good and get it all out.
25 I completely broke down and my heart
out yesterday evening.

U8B Task 1
Complete the sentences with these words. You
may need to change the form of the words. There
is one extra word which you do not need to use.
angst compassion consideration gloomy
grumpy howl outrage moan shriek

11 It’s best not to talk him when he’s hungry, as he

gets .
12 How about showing some for the
environment and using food with recyclable
packaging?
13 You are not alone in your about aging
and getting frail.
14 When she is , the only thing that can
pick her up is chocolate ice-cream.
15 He must have been broken a leg the way he
starting .
16 It is important to be kind to yourself. Show yourself
the same you would show to a friend..
17 There was public over the amount of
food that supermarkets waste.
18 A funny scene in our house is when my sister
frantically runs around the kitchen
and with laughter while she is cooking.

U8B Task 2
Read the sentences and complete the gaps with
one word only.

19 I lost it and really let when I found out

what he had done.
20 She doesn’t like social occasions, but for work she
has to grin and it.