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Exercises

65.1 Fill in the gaps in this email with suitable addition words and phrases. Try to do it

without looking at the opposite page.

Dear Mrs Coldstream,
Further to my letter of 16 March, I should like to give you more information concerning my qualifications
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and experience. 2 holding a Diploma in Catering, I also have an Advanced Certificate in
Hotel Management. The course covered the usual areas: finance, front services, publicity, space allocation
. I also wish to point out that 4 holding these qualifications, I have now been
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working in the hotel trade for five years. 5 , my experience prior to that was also connected
with tourism and hospitality. I hope you will give my application due consideration.

Yours sincerely,
Gemma Weaver

65.2 Rewrite the sentences using the word or phrase in brackets at the end.

1 Physicallabourcanexhaustthebodyveryquickly.Excessivestudycanrapidlyreducementalpowers

too.(equally)Physicallabourcanexhaustthebodyveryquickly.Equally,excessivestudycanrapidlyreducemental
powers.
2 Mycousinturnedupandsomeschoolmatesofhiscamewithhim.(alongwith)

3 HeownsabigchemicalfactoryandherunsamassiveoilbusinessintheUSA.(aswellas)
4 I’mtheirscientificadviserandactasaconsultanttotheManagingDirector.(addition)
5 Itwasrainingandgettingdark.Wealsohadverylittlepetrolleftinthetank.(top)
6 He’saverygoodsinger.Hehasadegreeinmusic.(more)

65.3 Correct the mistakes in the use of addition words and phrases in these sentences.

being
1 Iworkpart-timeaswellasIamastudent,soIhaveabusylife.
2 Besidestohaveagoodjob,myambitionistomeetsomeonenicetosharemylifewith.
3 AlongsideIhavemanyotherresponsibilities,Inowhavetobeinchargeofstafftraining.
4 Inadditionhasadegree,shealsohasadiploma.
5 Likewisemyfatherwon’tagree,mymother’ssuretofindsomethingtoobjectto.
6 Tobootshe’sagoodfootballer,she’sagoodathlete.

7 Hesaidhe’dhavetofirstconsidertheorganisation,thenthesystem,thenthefinanceandsoforthsoon.

65.4 What addition words/phrases can you associate with these pictures?

1 to boot 2 intothe 3 in 4 on

65.5 Rewrite this text using alternatives to ‘and’ and the words in bold and as many
expressions from the opposite page as possible.

plus
To become a successful athlete you will need to be fit and you will need to train hard every day. And
you will need a very special type of determination and stamina. And you will need support from friends

and family, financial support and other things. And a good coach will help a great deal, motivating you
and setting goals for you. And with all those other things you will need that indefinable thing: talent.

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