Part 1: Vocabulary

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a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 2
e. 3
f. 1
g. 5
h. 4

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1. h2
2. c
3. 4,
4. a
5. f
6. d
7. g
8. e

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1.f 2.a. 3.d 4.h. 5.c 6.g 7.e 8.b

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1. c
2. c
3. a
4. b

Part 2: Practice exercise

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Predictions Answer
place Mexico
time 6 week
 city/break Working

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Predictions Answer
time 2 weeks
person best friend
(v) to study

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1. name
2. place
3. time
4. date

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1. name
2. time
3. name
4. date
5. time
6. name
7. date

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1. Geoffrey
2. 19t September
3. 3210
4. cash

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1.c 2.d 3.a 4.a 5.b 6.d

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1.a 2.c 3.d 4.b
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a John is poorly. / John is sick.
b He has arranged to see a play. / He
has got tickets for a musical.
c He is afraid of being on the water. /
He is frightened of the sea
Exercise 9
1 c (Look at the audioscript on page 103. John has
booked theatre tickets, but this is not the reason
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he cannot go on the boat trip. The reason is that
he is scared of water: / hate the sea, and I'll be
sick with fear if the waves are big! The word sick
is used here, but John is saying he will be sick
because he is scared, not because he is ill.)