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Unit 7 Writing
A REVIEW
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE
Language workshop
1 Correct the errors in these sentences. (5 marks)
1 I can’t meet you for lunch. I’m getting my hair
doing.
2 I can’t sing as good as you.
3 It looks if Stephanie and Mark are very happy
together.
4 Oh no, I forgot sending my brother a birthday
card!
5 He’s so a nice person.
2 Choose the correct answers. (5 marks)
1 Our football team are playing against / for a team
from Italy next week.
2 What are you complaining about / to?
3 I’m not enough good / good enough to win yet.
4 We saw a café, so we stopped to have / having
a coffee.
5 They insisted on paying / to pay for the meal.
3 Add a suitable prefix or suffix to the bold words to
complete the sentences. (8 marks)
1 Our Earth suffers because of our ________ about
the environment. (ignore)
2 Some teenagers are ________ , but the majority
are well behaved. (responsible)
3 I’m sorry I’m late, but I’m very ________ this
morning! (organized)
4 Cycling is a very ________ way of getting fit.
(effect)
5 We get on really well. We seem to have a special
________ . (connect)
6 I can’t eat this meat. It’s so ________ that it’s
almost black! (cooked)
7 ________ are not allowed into the deep end of
the swimming pool. (swimmers)
8 Simon is really ________ . He never thinks about
other people. (self)
Linkers of contrast (2)
4 Rewrite the sentences. Use the bold linkers of
contrast. Make any changes necessary. (4 marks)
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1 The car broke down. We still got to the airport on
time. (although)
_______________________________________
2 The course was difficult. We still enjoyed it. (in
spite of)
_______________________________________
3 No one else wants to go to the film. I’m going.
(even if)
_______________________________________
4 There was heavy rain. The music festival wasn’t
cancelled. (despite)
_______________________________________
FOCUS ON THE TEXT
5 Correct the phrases. (3 marks)
1 In spite of they fall in love themselves
_______________________________________
2 Despite to be turned down at several auditions,
she keeps trying
_______________________________________
3 Even if they aren’t being the best dancers and
singers
_______________________________________
6 Add the corrected phrases 1–3 from exercise 5 to
the review in exercise 7 (A–C). (3 marks)
7 Choose the correct answers. (4 marks)
La La Land
(1) Despite / Even if being set in modern-day Los
Angeles, Damien Chazelle has created a feeling of
Hollywood in the 1960s in La La Land. This is the place
where dreams can some true – if you are lucky. The story
isn’t particularly original, but I don’t think it’s meant to be:
boy meets girl and they fall in love.
(2) Despite / Although Mia (Emma Stone) is a very
talented actress, she has to work in a coffee shop to pay
the bills. (A) ________ because she dreams of becoming
a great film star. She meets Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), an
amazing jazz pianist with his own dream – to open a jazz
club and play his own style of jazz there. (3) In spite of /
Although there is no instant attraction, several meetings
later, (B) ________ .
The film is a musical with lots of lovely dance routines. (C)
________ , Stone and Gosling have an energy that keeps
you toe-tapping along. But surprisingly, there is more to
the film than just another love story. The story climaxes
when Mia and Sebastian both have to decide what is more
important to them – their love or their dreams. Both
choose their ambitions over each other.
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Consequently, lots of people think the ending is sad while

others think it is a happy one. (4) Although / Even if you
don’t like musicals, go to see this film. You may come
away smiling or crying, but either way, you’ll come away
dancing!

8 Find and underline the following features in the

review: (3 marks)
1 a comment adverb
2 a linker of reason
3 two nouns with suffixes in paragraph 2

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