Vocabulary in Context

Intermediate (B1)
 B1 Easter – The Resurrection of Jesus Christ LIU029

Complete the text about Easter with the words from the box. There are TWO words
you will not need.

On Easter Sunday Christians around the world

(1) _______________________ the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ. The Jewish, religious teacher and son
of God was (2) ______________________ by the celebrate
Romans about 2000 years ago. Three days after
he had died, he returned to life again and church
(3) _____________________ to heaven. cross
Many Christians think that, like Jesus, they will death
also rise to heaven after (4) __________________.
That’s why Easter is celebrated with (5) _____________________ music and desert
symbols of new life, like flowers and new clothes.
entered
The name Easter may come from “Eostre”, an Anglo-Saxon
executed
(6) ___________________. Every year a spring festival was celebrated in her (7)
_____________________. In most Christian churches Easter is celebrated fasting
sometime between March 22 and April 25. It falls on the first Sunday after
followers
the first full moon in spring.
goddess
Easter (8) _____________________ the end of a time of prayer and
(9) _____________________ that we call Lent. It is believed that during this honour
time Jesus Christ went through the (10) _____________________ for forty days
joyful
without food.
leaves
The last week before Easter is called Holy Week. It begins on Palm Sunday,
the day on which Jesus (11) _____________________ Jerusalem. His followers marks
threw palm (12) _____________________ on the streets. On Holy Thursday,
nailed
Jesus had his Last Supper with his disciples or (13) _____________________.
The next day, Good Friday, Jesus was nailed to the (14) ____________________. resurrection
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon church services around the world recall the
rose
last hours of his (15) _____________________.

On Easter morning (16) _____________________ is celebrated. On the evening

suffering
before, many people take part in processions with candles in the hands.
On Easter Day the fasting period is over, and people get together with
their families and friends and have big meals.

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 B1 A Healthy Lifestyle LIU004

Fill in the blanks with words from the box. There are THREE words you will not need.

Scientists around the world agree

that the key to staying _____________
affects
and keeping fit is to eat less and
do ________________ exercise such attacks
as walking or cycling. However,
chemicals
people who exercise too
intensively often __________________ cholesterol
themselves by spending the rest of diet
the day in front of the TV set. At the same time, they have to eat more to
disease
give them _________________ for the next workout. To avoid gaining
_________________ , researchers suggest that going for a longer walk or doses
riding a bike for a few hours may actually be better than high-energy
effects
exercise.
energy

gentle
A low-fat _________________ may be good for your waistline, but research
healthy
suggests it may have negative psychological _________________ . Medical
experts have found out that volunteers who followed a strict twenty-five heart
percent fat diet reported feelings of depressions and bad _______________ .
mood

physical
Many of us already know that drinking coffee raises your blood pressure
_________________ but according to the latest studies, it too, can make you
bad-tempered. Mice that were given regular _________________ of caffeine protect
by researchers turned out to be more aggressive than others. On the reduce
other hand, chemicals found in tea can _________________ the risk of heart
reward
_________________ and have a positive effect on _________________ levels and
high blood pressure. weight

If you’re a chocolate fan, there’s good news for you! Recent studies have revealed that
_________________ found in chocolate can not only put you in a good mood but also
_________________ you from a variety of minor illnesses including colds, coughs, depressions
and even help reduce the risk of _________________ disease.

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 B1 Teatime LIU027

Read the text about tea, one of the world's favourite beverages. Think of ONE word
that fits into each blank.

Tea is one of the world's (1) _________________ popular beverages. According to a legend, it
originated in China thousands of years (2) _________________, when leaves from a tea bush
fell (3) _________________ a hot water pot of the Chinese emperor.

At first, only wealthy British families (4) _________________ able to afford drinking tea, which
was brought from India by merchants and traders. Some people even locked it up to
prevent it from (5) _________________ stolen.

There are many ways to drink tea. (6) _________________ most people just drink their tea
pure, others add milk or a lemon. The most common forms are black and green tea. Vanilla
or fruit flavouring (7) _________________ often added to tea to give it a special taste. Some
people brew their tea in convenient tea bags, others pour boiling (8) _________________ over
crushed tea leaves.

Tea drinking has a long tradition in Britain. Every Briton (9) _________________ about 5 cups
of tea per day, or about 1,700 cups a year – the largest per capita consumption in the
(10) _________________. Traditional afternoon teatime goes (11) _________________ to the 19th
century. Many families celebrate this custom in an exclusive way, with expensive china and
silver spoons.

Tea has a stimulating effect (12) _________________ your body, because it contains
(13) _________________ caffeine than coffee. It is great for those who are afraid of putting on
too much (14) _________________ as it has only 4 calories per cup.

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 B1 Opposites GV006

Complete the sentences by using the opposite of the words in brackets at the end of
each sentence. Use the words in the box. You will need to change the forms of these
words.

ADMIT - ATTACK – BAN - DESTROY – EMPTY – FAIL – FALL -

FORGET - LAUGH – LEAVE – LEND – LOOSEN - LOSE - MISS –
PUNISH – RECEIVE – REJECT - SAVE – SUCCEED - TEACH

1. She tripped over the carpet and everyone _________________. (CRY)

2. He _________________ the bottle of spoilt milk into the sink. (FILL)
3. Don't _________________ to come to our party tomorrow. (REMEMBER)
4. We have _________________ in stopping the spread of the illness. (FAIL)
5. When does your train _________________? (ARRIVE)
6. We _________________ too much money on unimportant things we really don't need.
(SAVE)
7. The dollar has _________________ against the euro recently (RISE).
8. The car _________________ the tree and crashed into a telephone pole instead. (HIT)
9. The exam was very difficult. As a result, most of the students ________________. (PASS)
10. We don't expect our team to _________________ tomorrow. (WIN)
11. She _________________ being the source of the rumours. (DENY)
12. I wanted to her to become a member of the committee, but our boss _______________
the proposal. (ACCEPT)
13. We only _________________ our tickets a day before the concert took place. (SEND)
14. Jack asked me if I could _________________ him my iPad. (BORROW)
15. My brother _________________ me how to repair my bike. (LEARN)
16. Smoking is _________________ in public places. (ALLOW)
17. He _________________ his tie and took his jacket off. (TIGHTEN)
18. The soldiers weren't able to _________________ the fortress. (ATTACK)
19. A lot of bridges and motorways were _________________ during the earthquake.
(CREATE)
20. The teacher _________________ the pupils by giving them lines to write. (REWARD)
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 B1 Michael Phelps LIU028

Complete the text about Michael Phelps with the words from the box. There are TWO
words you will not need.

Michael Phelps – Most Successful Swimmer of All Times

Michael Phelps, the most successful swimmer of

all times, ended his career after his last
(1) ________________________ at the Olympic Games appearance
in Rio de Janeiro. He won a total of 28 Olympic
medals, 23 of them in gold. In the 2008 Beijing dominated
games he broke Mark Spitz's (2) _________________ experienced
record, winning 8 gold medals at a single
Olympics. In the 2016 Olympic Games, Phelps failed
won 5 gold (3) ____________________ and one in flag
silver. His last competition was the butterfly leg in
the 4X100 m men's (4) ____________________. inspired
Michael Phelps
Image : Agência Brasil After the event Michael Phelps, at the age of 31, legendary
Fotografias / CC BY declared the end of his so (5) ____________________ medals
career. The American swimmer came back from
(6) ____________________ after the 2012 Olympics in London. In Rio, he was nation
chosen to lead America's Olympic team into the stadium and carry the popular
(7) ____________________.
record
Born in Baltimore, Michael was the youngest of three children. He began
swimming at the age of 7. By the time he reached 10 he had already held a relay
national (8) ____________________ for swimmers of his age in the 100-meter
retirement
butterfly event. In 2000 he became the youngest male to join the US
Olympic swimming team in 68 years. At his first games in Sydney, Phelps successful
finished fifth in the 200m butterfly event. In the following years Phelps
(9) ____________________ the swimming world. He competed in 6 single
events, including butterfly, freestyle and backstroke as well as the medley
races. Phelps not only became the world's best swimmer, but also (10) ____________________
other Americans. At the Rio games, the United States was the world's most successful
swimming (11) ____________________.

Now, Michael Phelps wants to spend more time working with his foundation, which he created
after the Beijing Olympics to make swimming more (12) ____________________ among young
people. He also wants more time with his family.

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 B1 Meals and Eating Out TOP008

Complete the sentences a word or phrase from the box.

1. I always have a light ____________ – with a cup of coffee and a croissant.

2. You're a local, aren't you? – So, can you ___________________ a restaurant

around here?
bill
3. After waiting for 10 minutes the waiter came to our table and _________
our ____________. book a table

4. They _________ excellent food at the Thai restaurant around the corner. breakfast

5. My boyfriend __________ me __________ for dinner every weekend. continental

6. You get a three-__________ meal for only $12 . course

7. The food was excellent, but the __________ was rather slow. crowded

8. Experts say that breakfast is the most important __________ of the day. dinner

9. The new restaurant offers ________________ food. Just call them and 15 fully booked
minutes later you can pick up your order.
main
10. You usually leave a 10% __________ for the waiter.
meal
11. I wanted to go to the new restaurant, but it was _________________, so
menu
we had to go somewhere else.
packed lunch
12. When the waiter brought the __________, I was surprised that
everything was so cheap. recommend

13. If we decide to go there we'll have to ___________________. There are serve

always so many people.
service
14. I'm here with my wife. I'd like a ___________________ .
table for two
15. The bar is always so __________ because people stop there after work.
takeaway food
16. My dad always chooses the most important item on the __________.
takes …. out
17. We won't be home until 6 in the evening so take a ___________________
tip
with you.
took … order
18. It was a cheap hotel that only offered a _______________ breakfast.

19. We had roast turkey for our __________ course.

20. They invited us for _____________ tomorrow evening. We definitely

should go.

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 B1 Key Word Transformation KWT007

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the
word given. Use between TWO and FIVE words.

1. I read the instructions twice because I wanted to be certain that I understood them.
(MAKE)
I ___________________________ that I understood the instructions, so I read them twice.
2. They waited at the bus stop and five minutes later their bus arrived. (BEEN)
They ___________________________ at the bus stop for five minutes when their bus arrived.
3. I'm not going home in the rain. (UNTIL)
I won't go home ___________________________ raining.
4. They must think of a better plan than that. (COME)
They'll have ______________________________ a better plan than that.
5. People think that church is over a century old. (THOUGHT)
That church ___________________________ over a century old.
6. Maybe you left your keys in the kitchen. (MIGHT)
You ___________________________ your keys in the kitchen.
7. Wearing a helmet is compulsory when you go roller skating. (HAVE)
You ___________________________ a helmet when you go roller skating.
8. The boy says he doesn't know anything about the missing money. (CLAIMS)
The boy _____________________________ anything about the missing money.
9. He called the police last night. (CALL)
He ___________________________ to the police last night.
10. The headmaster announced, "There will be a concert at the end of June." (PLACE)
The headmaster announced that a concert ___________________________ at the end of June.
11. Someone is cleaning up our garden next week. (CLEANED)
We __________________________________ up next week.
12. Answering this email is not necessary. (NEED)
You ______________________________ this email.
13. We must leave early tomorrow morning, because the weather will get bad later on.
(OUT)
We need ___________________________ early tomorrow morning, because the weather will
get bad later on.
14. It is possible that Maria didn't get your message. (MAY)
Maria ___________________________ your message.

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 B1 Popular Music – From the 1950s to the 1980s LIU002

Word Formation : Use the word in brackets to form a new word that fits in each
space.

When Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock ” appeared in

the 1950s a new sound in music was created. It was
the perfect ____________________ (EXPRESS) of a fast-
moving society. Although teenagers liked it, the older
generation hated it. The king of the rock and roll era
was Elvis Presley, who provoked his audience with his
hip swings.
Billy Haley and His Comets in 1956
In the 1960s teenagers started to rebel against society.
They were against everything their parents stood for: _________________ (FASHION) clothes,
no drugs, no sex before ____________________ (MARRY) and other things.

When teenagers started dressing themselves in old clothes and wore wild, loose hair, the
hippy _____________________ (MOVE) was born. The most famous band of the 1960s were
The Beatles, with their _____________________ (CATCH) tunes and cool hairstyles. Their music
influenced many bands and ___________________ (COMPOSE) who came after them.

In the 1970s disco queens and punk bands set the trend in popular music. Some, like the
Sex Pistols, preferred ________________ (CHAOS) sounds. In contrast, female singers like
Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer filled dancing floors with hot disco beats.

The 1980s brought an important change in the music scene. For

the first time ___________________ (MUSIC) showed themselves on
television as MTV, the first music video station started
broadcasting. Record labels invested ___________________ (HEAVY) in
making great videos of their stars. Towards the end of the decade,
pop divas like Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston produced
__________________ (COUNT) hits with their _____________________
Whitney Houston
(POWER) voices.

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 B1 Describing People TOP006

Complete the sentences with an adjective from the box.

ambitious – amusing - careless – cautious – cheerful - greedy - healthy –

ordinary - outgoing - polite – serious - slim - tall - wealthy

1. My girlfriend likes to do sports and eat fresh vegetables. She doesn't smoke so I guess
she's a very ___________________ person.

2. ___________________ people always want more and more. They are never satisfied with what
they have.

3. Since she has gone on a diet and lost 10 kg she has become a ___________________ young
lady.

4. My sister is not very ___________________. She never goes to parties and doesn't like to
meet people.

5. Nobody is more ___________________ than by little brother. He never picks up anything and
throws all his belongings around.

6. Dan and Benny are very ___________________ when they cross the street. They are afraid of
being hit by passing cars.

7. He's so ___________________. He always wants to be the best in class.

8. Nothing seems to make grandfather sad. He is such a ___________________ person and

smiles all the time.

9. Jack is not ___________________ enough to be a basketball player. He's only 6'1".

10. We taught our children to be ___________________ and always say "please" and "thank you".

11. Her classmates think she's an ___________________ girl, but she herself thinks she's
something special.

12. My uncle likes to tell jokes and entertain people. He's very ___________________.

13. You can never go out and have fun with him. He never laughs and is so ___________________
all the time.

14. She has two cars, a large house and always wears the most expensive clothes. She
seems to be very ___________________.

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 B1 Age of Adulthood LIU025

Read the text about becoming an adult around the world. Think of ONE word that
fits into each blank.

Becoming an adult is a very important phase in every person's (1) ______________ . However,
when this happens can be very different depending (2) ______________ where you live or
which culture you (3) ______________ from. Most countries have laws on when adolescents
are allowed to do certain things.

In the US, for example, adulthood starts at the (4) ______________ of 16, when a person can
get employment or a driving licence. Even (5) ______________ American youngsters have the
right to vote at 18, they can't legally drink alcohol (6) ______________ they reach the age of
21.

In some countries of Central and South America, girls celebrate their 15th (7) ______________,
which marks their rise to womanhood. Families often (8) ______________ church services with
their 15-year old daughters and afterwards have parties with many guests.

In Japan young men and women transfer to adulthood at 20, when they are (9) ____________
to vote and drink alcohol. The Japanese even have a special day for this event
(10) ______________ "Coming-of-Age Day", the second Monday of January. On this day, the
new adults celebrate (11) ______________ their families and attend speeches given by
politicians.

Until recently young people in Saudi Arabia (12) ______________ considered adults at the age
of 15 - a time when they started showing physical signs (13) ______________ becoming an
adult. However, a (14) ______________ years ago the country raised this age to 18.

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 B1 Education TOP004

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

blackboard - boarding school - cheat - comprehensive - compulsory -

degree - gap – gym - headmaster - high school - instructions -
participate – primary - public – term - timetable

1. Some students stay at a _________________________ the whole week and only come home at
the weekend.

2. At the end of school, you might want to take a ___________________ year before you go to
university.

3. In Great Britain most of the students attend a _________________________ school, a school for
all pupils of the same age.

4. The teacher wrote something on the _________________________, but we couldn’t read it.

5. In England _________________________ schools are actually private.

6. You are not allowed to _________________________ at your final exams.

7. The _________________________ wants to speak to you because you have broken the school
rules.

8. A _________________________ is a list of the subjects you have every day.

9. Children attend a _________________________ school from 5 to 11.

10. The summer ______________________ lasts from the beginning of March to the end of June.

11. Before you start with the test please read the _________________________.

12. In America students go to a _________________________ from 12 to 18.

13. For physical education we have to go to the _________________________.

14. Not all subjects are _________________________, there are some you can choose.

15. You can move on to university where you can get a bachelor’s or a master’s
____________________.

16. Many students _________________________ in activities after school, for example drama clubs
or sport.
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 B1 Work and Jobs TOP003

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

application – break - candidate – colleague – contract – crew - employment - full time –

journalist – occupation – professional – retire - salary – scientist - tour guide - uniform

1. Up to now voters in Florida have always supported the Republican _____________________ .

2. The police took down personal information, like my name, address and
_____________________.

3. While most people in developed countries _____________________ at the age of 65, some
still work on because they need something to do.

4. We asked the _____________________ if it was safe to walk in the city at night.

5. The head of the personnel department asked me what professional _____________________

I had.

6. Many students in English schools must wear school _____________________.

7. The TV station sent a camera _____________________ to cover the events at the stadium.

8. _____________________ have found out that there is a connection between stress and the
way you behave in private.

9. The film star has agreed to a five-year _____________________ in which she would make
three films.

10. The average _____________________ for the job was $40,000 a year.

11. The _____________________ prospects for young teachers is not very good at the moment.

12. His friends and former _____________________ described him as an ambitious young man.

13. My mother works _____________________ in a factory in town. She only has every second
weekend off.

14. The foreign _____________________ have been told to leave the war zone as quickly as
possible.

15. Please send in your _____________________, together with a CV, by next Friday.

16. They decided to have a _____________________ for lunch and then work on the project
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 B1 Key Word Transformation KWT006

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the
word given. Use between TWO and FIVE words.

1. Her brother sings better than she does. (AS)

She doesn't __________________________ her brother.
2. Jack is so arrogant I can't stand him. (SUCH)
I can't stand Jack because ________________________________ person.
3. After an hour we stopped practicing. (HAD)
We ______________________________ for an hour when we stopped.
4. Learning to play so well surely took him a long time! (MUST)
It _______________________________ him a long time to play so well.
5. When I was little I was often scared at night. (USED)
I _______________________________ at night when I was little.
6. I'll call you the minute I arrive at the airport. (SOON)
I'll call you __________________________ I arrive at the airport.
7. A week from now, I'll be on a plane to New York. (FLYING)
This time next week, I __________________________ to New York.
8. People in this factory produce many different things. (ARE)
Many different things __________________________ at this factory.
9. Will they let us take photos at the concert? (ALLOWED)
Will ________________________________ photos at the concert?
10. Our fan club gave us a small amount of money (LITTLE)
We _______________________________ money from our fan club.
11. We had to stop because there was no petrol left in the car. (RAN)
We had to stop because we __________________________ petrol.
12. "Don't touch the fresh paint", he told me. (WARNED)
He _________________________________ the fresh paint.
13. We paid someone we knew to make these fancy chairs. (HAD)
We _______________________________ made by someone we knew.
14. John recently became the new football manager. (TAKEN)
Recently, John __________________________ the job of the new football manager.
15. The band are too good for this to be their first performance. (CAN'T)
This _______________________________ performance
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 B1 The Truman Show LIU021

Complete the text with a word from the box. There are TWO words you will not need.

Truman Burbank is a 29-year-old (1) __________________ salesman who admitting

lives in a comfortable town called Seahaven, which is (2) ______________
on an island, probably off the coast of Florida. Truman is a sincere broadcast
and very nice person who begins to (3) ___________________ that there is convince
something very strange going on his life, and little by little, he learns
decides
the (4) ________________. Ever since he was born, Truman has been
filmed for a live television show that is (5) ____________________ 24 hours despite
a day to the rest of the world, and thus, everything and everyone that
drown
he thinks he knows is, in (6) ________________, part of a giant television
studio designed to (7) ________________ his life. fact

family

Truman begins to discover the (8) _________________ of his world insurance

when the television producers of "The Truman Show" begin to make located
silly (9) __________________ that give Truman an idea of what is really
happening. After listening to a radio broadcast that seems to be mistakes
broadcasting everything he is doing, and then seeing workers nature
who look like they're fixing his own (10) _________________ building as if
office
it were part of a movie set (which it is!), Truman (11) __________________
he needs to get away from Seahaven. He tells his wife and best producers
friend that he wants to go to the island of Fiji, where the family of a
reality
girl he once liked very much had apparently moved.
recorded

show
Thus, the (12) __________________ of the show must think of every
possible way to (13) _________________ Truman that it would really be suspect
much better if he stayed home in Seahaven, without of course, truth
(14) ____________________ to him that his whole world is actually a giant
TV studio. Eventually though, Truman becomes determined to leave
the island that he has never left before, (15) ___________________ his horrible fear of
water (which began as a child when he thought he saw his father (16) ____________________ in
a storm). As each way off the island is mysteriously blocked---from car to bus to boat---
Truman comes increasingly closer to finding out the true (17) _______________ of the world
around him.
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 B1 Weather and Climate TOP009

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

blizzard - breeze – chilly - clear - climate – flooded - foggy - forecast –

freezing – frost – lightning – mild – rainfall - storm – sunshine - tornado

1. There was a very bad ____________________ last night. The wind blew so heavily that our
old oak tree fell down.

2. It was so ____________________ that the airport was shut down because visibility was too
low.

3. It can get a bit ____________________ in the evening, so you should take a jacket with you.

4. The ____________________ caused a lot of damage because it hit a heavily populated area.

5. There was a cool ____________________ that came from the sea.

6. When I woke up this morning, I saw that the ground was covered with __________________.

7. During the thunderstorm ____________________ hit the tree and it caught fire.

8. Winters in Britain can be very cold, and temperatures can drop below __________________
level.

9. According to the weather ____________________, a warm front with occasional showers will
reach us by evening.

10. The skies were ____________________ and there was no wind. It was absolutely perfect for a
balloon trip.

11. Some alpine regions do not get much ____________________ because they are situated
between mountains.

12. Th ____________________ in Sicily is very mild. It rains a lot during the winter and it's hot
and dry in the summertime.

13. It rained so heavily that the central parts of the town were ____________________.

14. We had a rather ________________ winter this year. Even January was warmer than normal.

15. After the last few rainy days, it was great to get some ____________________ for a change.

16. A ____________________ swept through the north-eastern part of the country with
extremely low temperatures and huge amounts of snow.
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 B1 Word Formation Sentences WF013

Use the words in capitals to form a new word that fits into each blank!

1. That's the only reason I'm _________________ going to your party (ACTUAL).
2. We experienced an _________________ day at the seaside. (FORGET)
3. You just have to speak _________________ and pretend that nobody is listening. (NATURE)
4. The new medicine proved to be very _________________ in dealing with the flu. (EFFECT)
5. You will _________________ need warm clothes when you travel in March. (DEFINITE)
6. There is no _________________ between the incident at the concert and the protest march.
(CONNECT)
7. Does anyone have any _________________ for our new project? (SUGGEST)
8. Many people think that 13 is an _________________ number (LUCK).
9. I couldn't believe the _________________ he gave me. (EXPLAIN)
10. The Russian oligarch is the _________________ of the stadium. (OWN)
11. The team have been very _________________ in their past few games. (IMPRESS)
12. The _________________ has decided not to raise income taxes this year. (GOVERN)
13. The weather is very _________________ in these parts of the country. (CHANGE)
14. The president's _________________ has gone up in the recent polls. (POPULAR)
15. It was so _________________ of me to leave the windows open so that someone could get
in. (CARE).
16. The _________________ was among the tallest in the city. (BUILD)
17. That pizza you made was very _________________ indeed. (TASTE)
18. Our _________________ is very important to me. (FRIEND)
19. It is _________________ to have such great children. (WONDER)
20. The doctor said that further treatment would be _________________. He simply won't
recover. (USE)
21. I saw the _________________ in the newspaper and thought I would apply at once.
(ADVERTISE)
22. Celebrities only want money, _________________ and glory. (FAMOUS)
23. The _________________ results have not been published yet. (SCIENCE)
24. Mark is a very _______________ young man. He always helps me with the groceries. (HELP)
25. It was a very _________________ thing to do, but in the end, it worked. (RISK)

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 B1 Geocaching LIU026

Complete the text about geocaching with the words from the box. There are TWO
words you will not need.

activity

actually

community

device

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Geocaching is an outdoor (1) __________________ , in which you must
wander around in the countryside trying to find (2) __________________ features
containers with small (3) __________________in them. The locations of
these containers are posted on the Internet by people who have found
(4) __________________been there.
hidden
In order to go geocaching on your own you need a GPS (5) ____________
or a mobile phone app that tells you where you are. Type in the items
coordinates and (6) __________________your way to the cache.
location
There are many (7) __________________that post information about the
location of a geocache. They offer information on what kind of cache navigate
to look for, the geographical (8) __________________of the area or how
difficult it is to find it. place

Once you have found the cache you can (9) __________________a presence
logbook, that records your (10) __________________and shows that you
have located the geocache. If you decide to keep the treasure you sign
must put something else in its (11) __________________so that other
people can find it. Caches can contain a wide range of (12) ____________ treasures
including badges, stickers, sweets or even money.
websites
The geocache (13) __________________is growing every day. It is
(14) __________________that there are about 3 million geocaches around
the world, on all continents, even Antarctica.
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 B1 Word Formation Sentences WF014

Use the words in capitals to form a new word that fits into each blank!

1. _________________ people are not always the happiest. (WEALTH)

2. There was an _________________ line of cars waiting to cross the border. (END)
3. He runs a _________________ restaurant near the beach. (FASHION)
4. The new cars are equipped with very _________________ engines. (POWER)
5. It was at a very early age that she decided to become a _________________. (MUSIC)
6. She deserved the _________________ she was given by the headmistress. (PUNISH)
7. The refugees got _________________ from the local police force. (PROTECT)
8. _________________, a number of people died in the accident. (FORTUNATE)
9. It was very _________________ at the disco, so we decided to go somewhere else. (NOISE)
10. We _________________ eat out. In most cases we get some takeaway food. (RARE)
11. There are thousands of _________________ people in the large cities of the world. (HOME)
12. Use your _________________ and think of something that will work. (IMAGINE)
13. If you accept this job you will have an enormous _________________ towards your
colleagues. (RESPONSIBLE)
14. The test was _________________ easy. We were finished in no time. (SURPRISE)
15. The pupils thought they were treated _________________ by the teacher and wrote a
protest letter to the headmaster. (FAIR)
16. She didn't give us any information that turned out to be very _________________. (USE)
17. The politician's _________________ did not come to the event. (SUPPORT)
18. It was _________________ to see anything in the thick fog. (POSSIBLE)
19. There are _________________ methods of succeeding. (VARY)
20. The train was very _________________, and we had to stand. (CROWD)
21. He took a lot of _________________ with him because it would be a long expedition.
(EQUIP)
22. I _________________ eating alone. I always have to have someone to talk to. (LIKE)
23. The student council provided financial and _______________ help for new students.
(PRACTICE)
24. The newspaper is delivered to my doorstep _____________ at 5 in the morning. (REGULAR)
25. The drive up to the mountains ended with a _________________ view of the sea. (FANTASY)

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