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Vocabulary Grammar

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1 15 Listen again to the recording for Listening 1 Work in pairs. Look at the ten sentences a–j from
Part 1 and match these phrasal verbs with their Listening Part 1. Which sentences refer to
definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s past time?
Dictionary. past and present time?

count on something just present time?
sign up (for something) future time?
let someone down any time because the speaker is making a general
put something off point?
set off (on something)
go through with something
never live something down
pay up
come up
B do something unpleasant or difficult that has already
been agreed or promised
C agree to become involved in an organised activity
D be unable to stop feeling embarrassed about
something you have done
E decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a B If I’d known about the mosquitoes, I’d never have
later time or date signed up for this.
F disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed C If only you would put on some repellent!
to do or were expected to do D If you would please just stop moaning for a while,
G expect something to happen and make plans based on it perhaps we could start enjoying ourselves a bit.
H give someone the money that you owe them E Even if we had stayed at home, it would be better
I happen, usually unexpectedly because I would be relaxing in front of the telly right
J start a journey now instead of paddling up this miserable river.
F So, what will we do if the weather breaks?
2 Complete these sentences by writing one of the G Look, if things start looking really bad, we can always
phrasal verbs in the correct form in each gap. put the walk off for a while and set off a bit later.
All sorts of unexpected things can H If we don’t do it, we’ll never live it down.
if you travel without a detailed programme or plan. I Still, I guess they’d pay up anyway even if we didn’t
I’ve to help with the sponsored walk make it, wouldn’t they?
on Sunday and I hope I haven’t taken on too much. J If you leave yourself open to whatever comes up, it can
Marie made some rather foolish remarks and now she be very rewarding.
feels she’ll . K It could all have been quite dull otherwise, you know.
Martina didn’t want to her friends 2 Read these sentences and answer the questions
by not turning up to their party. about them.
Sasha the start of the climb till he’d
got over the injury to his ankle. Even if we had stayed at home, it would be better
Unless you , I won’t have enough because I would be relaxing in front of the telly right now
money to go on holiday this year. instead of paddling up this miserable river.
We were late and that’s why we Why is the underlined verb in the continuous?
were late arriving. If it hadn’t been snowing while we were waiting for the
You’ll need to take some waterproof clothes because bus, we wouldn’t have got so cold.
you can’t the weather being good Do the verbs in this sentence refer to present or past
at this time of year. time?
He threatened to leave the expedition, but I never Why does the speaker say ‘hadn’t been snowing’, not
expected him to it. ‘hadn’t snowed’?

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