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English
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English upper-intermediate
Ruth Gairns
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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What do you mean
How much did it
set her back? 70,000
Her mum’s bought her a studio
| flat near the university
Guess who with
How many
My uncle bought a two-bed flat last year
Guess how much
’'m going to have to tell you
’cos you're such a dope you'll never get it
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_ Move in with sb start
living with sb | go on! a phrase used to
_ dope @ idiot, fool
ị © This means that the
_ word or phrase is
_ informal verb snake
Write the answers to the clues in the snake
i
The last letter of each word is the first letter of the next word
Grey squares are the beginning or end of a word
publicize a product or service
2 choose someone by voting for them
3 promise to do something bad to someone
if they don’t do what you want
4 discuss something so that you can reach
an agreement, especially in business give someone a job
6 you do this when you’re feeling sleepy
or bored see or hear something get bigger in size or number find out
10 feel sorry that something did or didn’t happen
11 catch your foot on something and fall over, or nearly fall over
12 like something more than something else
13 make sb remember something
14 interrupt someone when they are busy
15 ask anxiously for something that you want very much (often money)
16 get bigger or develop
17 move around in no particular direction
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Study the picture for two minutes Then answer the questions on page 7 You must not turn back to the picture
WORDS IN A WORD ~~ would you —
Using only the letters in the word INVESTIGATE, label the pictures | believe it?
| RF A kidnapping trial in Colorado, USA,
| Idd was nearly finished when a member of
| the jury confessed that he didn’t
_ have the slightest idea what
| was going on — he was _ totally deaf The judge
_ asked him whether he
_ had understood anything
- at all, and sent him home
_ when he didn’t reply
_ A few minutes later, another juror
_ admitted that she hadn’‘t understood _ anything either Although fluent in Spanish,
_ Portuguese, Russian and Swahili, she didn’t
_ know a single word of English, and was
_ shocked to hear that she had been listening
_ Finally, a third juror revealed that he suffered
_ from both afflictions: he was unable to speak
1 English and had been completely deaf since
2 animal doctor childhood
3 December 31st is New Year's {
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5
Now answer these clues, again using only the letters in INVESTIGATE
buy shares in a company
go browar th the sun _ Not surprisingly, the trial was abandoned
an agent buys or sells properties for people
You have two minutes Think of five more words using the letters in
INVESTIGATE
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Answer the clues about crimes and criminals The letters in grey
spell out another word meaning ‘people who commit crimes’
person who steals things from people's bags in public places
stealing from a person or place (a general word)
stealing from shops
person who kills someone deliberately
person who buys and sells cocaine, etc
making illegal copies of money, paintings, etc to make a profit
the crime of setting fire to places deliberately
the crime of attacking someone physically
Find expressions in the honeycomb for the clues below
The phrases can run in any direction
sonnel PES L : ’ ủ ‘eer
1 someone is believed to have 8 take an innocent person
done something wrong, but prisoner and demand
the police have no proof money, etc for their
be under suspicion release
2_ a witness does this in a trial
10 try to avoid being captured
by the police
11 the judge does this when
he/she decides to lock
someone away
do something illegal
admit in court that you did
something illegal
5 the judge does this when
he/she says what the
punishment will be 12 decide not to do anything
not do anything illegal illegal again
13 offer yourself to be captured (e.g by the
police)
when the police find
someone in the act of doing
something criminal
CRIME #® CRIME *© CRIME © CRIME e¢ CRIME
person who takes and keeps someone prisoner illegally, especially for money
Translate these nouns into your language
suspect offender accomplice victim witness security guard private investigator / private eye
lawyer barrister informer defendant judge
jury
juror probation officer
CRIME « CRIME ® CRIME 5
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The answers to the clues all end in the letter T in the centre
Moving clockwise from 1-12, the letters in the shaded circle will
spell the name of a well known movie star
9 feel sad because you wish
something had or hadn't
happened
10 ‘She ate the apple’ ‘She’ is the
subject, ‘ate’ is the verb, ‘the apple’
is the :
11 small leather case for money, credit cards, etc
12 think that something will happen
Find 10 differences in these versions of a story In each case,
is the meaning the same or different?
was Gonvicted) of murder, which was really ¢ ishing)
The defendant) was Cacquitted )of murder, which was really (astounding)
same aif ferent
SAME
| left home at about 6.00 in the evening, driving through the heavy rush hour
traffic It was pouring with rain, and | was getting worried because I'd told my
girlfriend that I’d pick her up at 6.30 | got stuck in the traffic and was stationary
for about quarter of an hour Anyway, a guy standing at the corner near the
library was hitchhiking | offered him a lift, as he was going in the same direction |
as me In fact, it turned out that he was going to the same address as me - to
see my girlfriend With a bunch of flowers And a box of chocolates Hmm
I set out at about 6.00 in the evening, driving through the
hectic rush hour traffic It was drizzling, and I was getting |
worried because I’d told my girlfriend that I’d call for her at |
6.30 I got held up in the traffic and couldn’t move for
about quarter of an hour Anyway, a guy standing at the
corner near the bookshop was hitchhiking I offered him a
lift, as he was going my way In fact, it turned out that he
was heading for the same address as me — to see my
girlfriend With a bouquet And a box of chocolates Hmm
through a window
on the ground floor
He would listen to
see if anyone was at
home, and then get
in through a window and steal whatever he could It was obvious that
he had worn gloves — there were no fingerprints — and he left no clues inside the flats The sequence of burglaries continued until a perceptive police officer noticed something that the burglar hadn’t thought about
Add a letter somewhere in each of the words
on the left so that they match the clue The first one has been done as an example The letters in the boxes spell out a word
a small narrow boat for one or
SAGE J two people
another word for an animal, Best J usually large and wild TICKS L] magicians perform these
physical structure of a person avs _] or animal
say something is true, without CAN = having any proof
ARROW L] the opposite of wide BRIDE L] you use it to cross a river
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Complete the crossword The letters in the middle column, when
you read them from left to right, spell out a message that you see
or hear in airports What’s the message?
knives, forks, spoons
a cut of meat you can eat
well done, medium, rare, etc
put something over
something else to protect or
hide it
make someone's face go red
small carpets or mats
a departure - where
you wait for your flight
talk informally about things
that aren’t important
a kind of soap you put in
the washing machine
person in charge of an
orchestra
very thin, sharp piece of
steel you use in sewing
a
A \ famous scientist was on his
2 way to give a talk when
_ his chauffeur had an idea
_ Hey, boss, since I’ve heard —
_ your lecture so many times, why don’t | deliver it and give you _ the night off?’ ‘Sounds great,’ said the scientist
When they got to the auditorium, the scientist put
onthe chauffeur’s hat and settled into the back
TT | | row The chauffeur walked to the front and gave
_ the lecture Afterwards, he asked if there were
any questions — a ee
Yes,’ said one professor, who then asked a
highly technical question -
"The chauffeur was panic-stricken for a [| W moment, but quickly recovered
These are the questions for
the picture on page 4
Were there any people
in the room?
What was the dog doing?
Had anyone been eating?
Was the door open,
closed, or locked?
What was on the floor
between the table and
the window?
What was broken?
What was on the table
next to the armchair?
What was hanging from
Each circle contains a nine-letter word Write a letter in the middle of the circle
to complete the word The letter in the centre is the last letter of the word All the words are class words, e.g transport (buses, trains, planes, etc.)
There are examples next to each box to help you
OO =
Cà mm (Ất}A mụ crane
pantomime
leotard
vase
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” try to stop a fire
engine by mistake
5 You have to assume
; the lotus position
(yoga) when you re
weighing yourself
on the bathroom
scales
ÊB You steam up the
F screen when you're
watching TV
: You get a black
nose when you read
signs that you need glasses
making a spectacle of yourself
how goox [ are you at first aid?
“Ty this quiz Write true: i or false
in A bruise isa sign that there is bleeding below the Màn,
a if ‘you havea bad bruise, put a hot compress on it to reduce
Ly A broken ankle will usually appear swollen and bruised
the dictionary for half
oO When someone is going to fain, i may g0 pales start
: : Oo if someone faints, you halide raise thet res and loosen the
= Hiccups are caused by an initation of the pedlapirog
_ sweating and feel cold
clothing around their neck and chest
= oo & Ss ane sisal 2gp ˆ
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remedies ~ Complete the crossword using the pictures Be careful — put the words in the correct places
of each word words begin on ir sight ose to you,
TỊAC| TƑ J2 07 Translate into your language 0 N ) of
feel under the weather
feel dizzy feel shivery lose your voice a fractured ankle a swollen knee a sprained wrist a dislocated shoulder have your arm put in plaster bathe a wound take someone's pulse
have a minor operation have your appendix out get over an illness make a complete recovery
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’m onto something
Half an hour on the bus you could ve rung me Click click
Pm on this amazing Yeeeaaah
site You wouldn’t
Can
Í use your
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current account bank
account you can take
money out of at any
up the garden path
Write the answers to the clues in the spaces They are all phrasal verbs
The last letter of each word is the first letter of the next word
Grey squares are the beginning or end of a word
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~ would you
believe it?
5 oe than 45, 000 pieces of plastic
| debris float on every equate mile
382, 650 ‘babies are born every day and 144,902
ople die every day, so the world population
increases by 237, ine every day
In Holland there j is approximately one bike for every
pe rson, with: sixteen million bikes nationwide
Teenagers often have episodes of anger and
: negativity, slamming doors and having tantrums
Experts say that most teenage anger fits last
B In the whole history of the world, have New Year’s
Eve and New Year’s Day ever fallen in the same year?
Ina leap year (a leap year happens once every four
years), how many months have twenty-eight days?
P What do you find right in the middle of circles?
You have 435 large silver cups and 193 small ones
in your collection of sporting trophies If you take
away all except a dozen, how many are left?
PB lf you add 1000 to a certain number, the result will
be more than if you multiply that number by 1000
What is the number?
Add a letter somewhere in each of the words
on the left so that they match the clue
The first one has been done as an example
The letters in the boxes spell out a word
SALON a pink fish, often eaten smoked GUST |_| invited person
GRIN _]} cereal PAIN |_| European country POND (| a weight, approximately half a kilo BUSH _] you do this to your hair
SOLD _} not liquid or gas RISE _] wash through with water TIER [_| large animal of the cat family
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SHAPES AND DIMENSIONS « SHAPES AND DIMENSIONS
Translate these adjectives into your language
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each clue Words 1-8 move e from: the outside of the circle,
ae number 1 ‘stolen’) Words 9-16 move around
ge amount of noney and possessions
in Swit ;erland : Ạ walk slowl and ï in a jeled way - plan or drawing of something which walk be made or built : island in French Polynesia oe
room where radic and TV programmes are ae made | university qualification — ăn oe
9 eg Beet simple past simple, past e
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Unjumble the words Then match them with things in the pictures
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tudy the picture for two minutes Then answer the questions on page 21
‘ou must not turn back to the picture
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stars and planets
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