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Vocabulary and grammar review Unit 3

Vocabulary Grammar

1 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word 2 The words no, not and none are used incorrectly in
given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to some of these sentences. Correct the mistakes.

form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. I’ve searched everywhere for my passport but there is
There is an example at the beginning (0). not sign of it.
Most of my family love all kinds of sport, but no my
1SPCMFNT CFUXFFO sister – she thinks all sport is a waste of time.
OFJHICPVST The exam was so diffi cult that I didn’t get none of my

Research shows that nearly a fi fth of answers right.
Britons have had a serious dispute with Humans are basically no different from any other
their neighbours in the past year, with animal.
the (0) fi ndings suggesting that FIND I thought we had plenty of coffee but I’ve just looked
diffi cult (1) with our RELATION in the cupboard and there’s no left.
fellow residents are generally the result Not one of Patrick’s friends remembered his birthday.
of a breakdown in (2) COMMUNICATE Our rate of pay is no the point – it’s the actual working
between people. Although there conditions that are so awful.
are many people who do get on well The group left for the North Pole three weeks ago and
with their neighbours, the research so far we’ve had none news of their progress.
shows that nearly a third of Britons 3 Rewrite these short texts replacing active verbs with
(3) speak to them. RARE passive verbs where possible and appropriate.
One in seven of us don’t even know
the names of the people who live in We use the term ‘amnesia’ to refer to a partial or
our immediate (4) . NEIGHBOUR complete loss of memory. It is usually a temporary
Consequently, many neighbours are condition which only affects a certain part of a person’s
fi nding it (5) diffi cult INCREASE experience. Specifi c medical conditions can cause
to settle disputes amicably. One amnesia.
in seven people have had verbal
(6) with a neighbour ARGUE We all know very well that our real experiences form
in the past, and a small number of our memory. But could someone put a false memory
disputes have even ended in physical into our heads? Could they persuade us that we had
(7) . Feuding neighbours VIOLENT experienced something that never actually took place?
are also turning to the authorities to
solve their (8) for them. AGREE We use our semantic memory to store our knowledge
In fact, almost a fi fth of people have of the world. Everyone has this knowledge base,
reported their neighbours to the police and normally we can access it quickly and easily. Our
or local council. semantic memory includes the meanings of words and
the names of people and places.

Our working memory is a very important part of our
memory system. You can think of it as the ability to
remember and use a limited amount of information for
a short amount of time. Our working memory can help
us to perform a task, like following a set of instructions.
However, this information is erratic. If someone distracts
you, you can lose the information and you have to start
the task again.
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