Take a holiday on the M1 key

1= NEGLECTED 2= HAND 3= HARBOUR 4= YET 5= PEOPLE 6= TAKE 7= SCENES 8= RATHER.

WHY ARE SO MANY MEN SECRET DIETERS?

1. f   2. g  3. c   4. e    5. b  

Look Back 6 & 7

LOOK BACK 6

AGE
1 elderly 2 in their prime 3 coming of age 4 for their age, their age 5 Age discrimination 6 Maturity.

MODAL VERBS AND RELATED PHRASES
1 makes 2 ’m not able 3 are allowed to 4 aren’t supposed to 5 won’t be able 6 don’t have to
7 don’t have to 8 managed to

FUTURE PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS
1 won’t be sitting 2 will definitely have finished 3 ’ll have arrived 4 will still be communicating
5 will have been replaced.

OPTIMISM/PESSIMISIM
had my ups and downs , had mixed feelings, look on the bright side, upbeat , looking forward to, dread ed , going nowhere, filled me up with despair.

PERSUADING
A: Don’t you agree that …
B: But surely …
A: Why? Anyone can see that …
B: But shouldn’t …
A: So what you’re saying is that …
B: But isn’t it obvious that …
A: Well clearly …

LOOK BACK 7

TELEVISION

1A sketch show, sitcom, the news, costume drama, quiz, serial, documentary, detective series, game show, current affairs programme, soap opera, reality show, thriller, wildlife programme, docudrama.

1B laugh – sketch show, sitcom, reality show, game show

learn something – documentary, quiz, current affairs programme, docudrama

just relax and watch real people – game show, reality show

catch up on the news – the news, current  affairs programme

test your knowledge – quiz.

QUANTIFIERS

1 Both 2 Neither 3 quite a few of 4 a little 5 hardly any 6 Neither 7 every 8 another 9 several 10 a few.

REPORTED SPEECH

1 Last week, an interviewer asked me what my biggest weakness was.

2 The other day, a complete stranger walked up to me and asked what I had been doing lately.

3 Once, I was trying on trousers and the shop assistant asked if I would like/wanted to try a bigger size.

4 Every day, my flatmate asks me to do the dishes and then says he/she’ll do them next time.

5 At the end of a first date, the girl asked me when I wanted to get married.

6 At 3a.m., my phone rang and the caller asked if I was sleeping.

REPORTING VERBS

1 to help 2 making 3 to lend 4 to pay 5 for being 6 to quit 7 of being 8 to do.

ADDING EMPHASIS

1 so 2 so 3 very 4 the 5 that’s 6 she 7 such 8 that (the first one)

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