NEF Advanced REVISE & CHECK slide 83 Grammar a,b Vocabulary a,b,c
GRAMMAR
a. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verb in brackets.
1. Do you think I ought to have apologizedto Mario yesterday? (apologize)
2. You’d better go to the doctor about that cough. (go)
3. You’re not supposed to use your mobile at work, but everyone does. (use)
4. Alex seems to be going out a lot at the moment.
Do you think he’s studying enough? (go out)
5. Isn’t there anywhere to sit down here? (sit down)
6. Rick hates admitting that he can’t dance very well. (admit)
7. I would love to have seen the installation, but it finished the day before we arrived. (see)
8. There’s no point calling him. He always has his phone turned off while he’s driving. (call)
9. It’s important for celebrities to be seen at all the right parties. (see)
10. Let’s go and have a coffee. The meeting isn’t due to start until 10.30. (start)
b. Circle the right phrase. Tick if both are possible.
1. It is not allowed to wear jewelry at school.
2. You should have listened to my advice, but it’s too late now.
3. The flight was at midday so we didn’t need to get up early. In fact, we got up at 9.30.
4. You seem a bit down today. Is everything OK?
5. It smells as if | as though someone has burned the toast.
6. Is that your father upstairs? I can hear his voice.
7. This coffee tastes like tea. It’s undrinkable!
8. I’l be working | Im’ working at home this afternoon, so you can call me there.
9. You’d better get on the train now. It’s about to leave.
10. The princess is to | due to open the new hospital early next month.
VOCABULARY
a. Complete the sentences with a form of the bold word and a prefix.
- Sorry, but you’ve misspelled my name. It’s K-A-T-Y, not K-A-T-I-E.
- I get very demotivated when I feel that I’m not making any progress.
- Nowadays in Venice, local residents are completely outnumbered by tourists.
- The film isn’t as good as everyone says it is. I think it’s very overrated.
- Look, I think they’ve undercharged us. The bill should be 80 pounds, not 60 pounds.
- I’m afraid this style of jeans has been discontinued – we won’t be receiving any more.
- The staff meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
- Trying to improve people’s lives by imposing all kinds of new laws on them is illogical.
b. Write the expressions or idioms for the definitions.
- a still life noun a painting or drawing of arrangements of objects such as flowers, fruit, etc.
- a self portrait noun a painting or drawing that an artist does of him/herself.
- a red herring an unimportant fact or idea that takes people’s attention away from the important things.
- a white elephant a thing that is useless even though it may have cost a lot of money.
- the black market an illegal form of trade in which goods that are difficult to obtain are bought and sold.
- red tape bureaucracy
c. Circle the right word.
1. I wore my new shoes to work today and now I’ve got a blister on my toe.
2. That’s a very deep cut. It may need stitches.
3. Do you know which surgeon will be operating on you?
4. I’ve got a strange rash on my hands. I think it might be an allergy to detergent.
5. My husband is as stubborn as a mule.
6. Grandad never hears the doorbell. He’s as deaf as a post.
7. I was so tired I slept like a log last night.
8. Now that my laptop’s been mended it works like a dream.
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