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UNIT 10          Review the Grammar



            charts    1   LISTEN to the conversation. Write the words you hear.
            10.1–10.6,
            10.8         Milan:  Sorry I’ve been too busy

                                  (1)                    together recently.
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                         Amy:      Yeah, you need (2)
                                  more breaks!

                         Milan:   I know. So, how is your hockey going?
                         Amy:      Well, I’m getting better at
                                  (3)                    the puck,  but I still
                                                                 1
                                  don’t skate very fast. The coach has advised

                                  (4)                    more training.
                         Milan:  So, are you going to agree (5)                   that?

                         Amy:       Well, I don’t mind (6)                hard, but I want to avoid
                                  (7)                    injured. I don’t want (8)                 my knee again.
                                  It’s still not (9)                for me to play at full speed.

                         Milan:  Well, listen . . . I’m going to the park (10)              some exercise tomorrow
                                  morning. Why don’t you come along?


                         1  puck: the small black disk that is used in hockey


            charts    2  Complete Nadia’s blog entry about her job as a teacher. Use the gerund or the infinitive of
            10.1–10.3    each verb in parentheses. In some cases you can use both forms.




                            I had a few different jobs in mind when I was young. I thought about

                        (1)     studying       (study) medicine because I love (2)
                        (help) other people, but (3)                           (become) a doctor is hard

                        work! You need (4)                              (study) for so many years. Also, I
                        wasn’t sure I wanted (5)                            (work) long hours like most

                        doctors seem (6)                             (do). My final choice was between
                        (7)                              (become) a nurse and (8)

                        (work) as an elementary school teacher. Well, (9)                          (teach) won!

                            I started (10)                            (teach) five years ago, and I know I made the
                        right choice. I really like (11)                         (work) at my school. Sometimes

                        I don’t have enough time (12)                            (finish) all my work, but the
                        children are great. I love my job, and I love (13)                        (know) that my

                        work makes a difference. That is very important to me.



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