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                            Vocabulary and grammar review Unit 6









        Vocabulary                                                    Svetlana spent several months trying to decide which
                                                                     car to buy and she fi nally bought a car last week.
        1  In each of the sentences below, cross out the              Matthew likes reading novels. Matthew especially likes
          adjective in italics which does not collocate with the     reading romantic novels.
          noun in bold.                                               Violeta bought apples in the market. Violeta put some
             A high / big / signifi cant QFSDFOUBHF of accident       of the apples in the fruit bowl. Violeta used the other
             victims coming to hospital have been doing DIY at       apples to make an apple pie.
             home.                                                    Narayan has had two jobs. The two jobs were in a bank.
             For me, visiting Paris is always a great / wide /       Unfortunately the two jobs were not well paid.
             tremendous FYQFSJFODF – it really is my favourite city.     There are fi ve offi cial languages in Spain and Manolo
             Giovanni attaches considerable / great / large          speaks all of the fi ve offi cial languages of Spain.
             JNQPSUBODF to the way he dresses, so he always gets       Pete had never spoken to Ann, although Pete had often
             up extra early.                                         wanted to speak to Ann.
             If you want to do a gap year before going to       3  Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
             university, there is a(n) endless / huge / deep SBOHF of   meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.

             possibilities for you to choose from.                 Do not change the word given. You must use between
             Martina is showing a lot of promise and she’s made    three and six words, including the word given.
             high / considerable / satisfactory QSPHSFTT with her
             English this term.                                       The photo and the portrait look identical to me.
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             My brother has spent a huge / heavy / considerable      %*''&3&/$&
             BNPVOU of money renovating an old farmhouse – I         I can’t see                            the photo
             don’t know how he can afford it.                        and the portrait.
             They’re doing road works in the street and the OPJTF      The judges were generally less keen on portraits
             is so loud / terrible / big that I can hardly hear myself   painted from photos than portraits painted from life.
             think!                                                 5&/%&%
             One of the attractions of this job is the endless / high /     The judges                       on portraits
             wide WBSJFUZ of different tasks I have to perform.      painted from life than portraits painted from photos.
                                                                      This painting does not appear to be fi nished.
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        Grammar                                                      This painting                            is fi nished.
                                                                      Several of the applicants were not considered because
        2  Rewrite the following sentences in order to avoid         of their age.
          repetition of words and phrases.                           1"44&%
             ‘Do you think you’ll get a holiday in July?’ ‘I hope I get     Several of the applicants
             a holiday in July!’                                     to their age.
            ‘Do you think you’ll get a holiday in July?’ ‘I hope so!’     For many teenagers, their looks are their highest
             When a child feels unhappy, the child will ask for the   priority.
             child’s mother more often than the child will ask for the    ."55&34
             child’s father.                                         Appearance is                              many
             Gustav bought a large house by the sea about ten        teenagers.
             years ago. Buying a large house by the sea turned out      It’s encouraging to discover that the group is both
             to be a good investment.                                talented and enthusiastic.
             Leonardo lived in Canada as a child. The fact that     0/-:
             he lived in Canada is the reason why he speaks such     It’s encouraging to discover that the group shows
             fl uent English.                                                                      as well.



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