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ISBN 978-0-521-14075-1

Fourth Edition(With Removable Key)

This book for upper-intermediate students provides extensive guidance and practice in fi ve crucial areas:

• Grammar.

• Phrasal verbs.

• Vocabulary.

• Word study.

• Writing.

It can be used to supplement any upper-intermediate coursebook and is suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge FCE or IGCSE in English as a Second Language examinations.

Key features include:

• 77 user-friendly units and eight tests.

• Wide variety of challenging exercises.

• Regular recycling of grammar and vocabulary.

• Model compositions for writing tasks.

• Practice in all task types for FCE Papers 2 and 3.

• Recommended by Cambridge International Examinations for IGCSE English as a Second Language preparation.

• Ideal material for classroom use or self-study.

• Removable answer key.

Clare West has taught in the UK and overseas for many years and is an established author.

Clare West

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 6

SECTION 1 GRAMMAR

1 Present simple and present continuous 82 Past simple and present perfect 103 Past simple and past continuous 124 Past simple and past perfect 135 RECYCLING 14

6 Conditionals 167 Passives 188 Supposition 209 Question tags 21

10 RECYCLING 22

11 Reported speech 2412 I wish and If only 2613 The future 2814 Future continuous and future perfect 2915 RECYCLING 30

16 Prepositions 3217 Comparatives and superlatives 3418 Have something done 3619 Definite and indefinite articles 3720 RECYCLING 38

21 Difficult verbs 4022 Relative pronouns 4223 Quantifiers 4424 Gerund and infinitive 4625 RECYCLING 48

26 Linking words 5027 Modal verbs 5228 Adjectives 5429 Adverbs 5530 RECYCLING 56

SECTION 2 PHRASAL VERBS

31 Phrasal verbs with look 5832 Phrasal verbs with take 5933 Phrasal verbs with put 60

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34 Phrasal verbs with bring 6135 Phrasal verbs with set, stand and run 6236 RECYCLING 63

37 Phrasal verbs with come 6538 Phrasal verbs with go 6639 Phrasal verbs with get 6740 Phrasal verbs with turn 6841 Phrasal verbs with see, give and break 6942 RECYCLING 70

SECTION 3 VOCABULARY

43 Computers and the internet 7244 Sport 7445 Books and reading 7546 Work 7647 Education 7748 RECYCLING 78

49 The environment 8050 Crime and punishment 8151 Health and fitness 8252 Travel and holidays 8353 Science and technology 8454 RECYCLING 85

55 Food and drink 8756 People and lifestyles 8857 Relationships 8958 Entertainment and the media 9059 Money and shopping 9160 RECYCLING 92

SECTION 4 WORD STUDY

61 Word building 9462 Headline language 9663 Idioms 9864 Collocations 10065 Colloquial language 10266 RECYCLING 104

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SECTION 5 WRITING

67 Informal letters and emails 10668 Formal letters 10869 Replying to emails and letters 11070 Articles 11471 Reports 11672 Reviews 11873 Short stories 12074 Essays 12275 Set texts 12476 Spelling 12677 Editing and checking 128

TESTS

Test 1 130 Test 2 132 Test 3 134 Test 4 136 Test 5 138 Test 6 140 Test 7 142 Test 8 144

IRREGULAR VERBS 146

KEY (removable) 147

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UNIT 1

1 He always _________ chocolate after lunch. (eat)2 I can’t come. I _________ my mother. (help)3 They _________ hard enough at present. (not / study)4 They often _________ coffee in the evenings. (drink)5 Clara occasionally _________ to the theatre. (go)6 Yukiko _________ a bath now. (have)7 We _________ a cake at the moment. (make)8 I never _________ cigarettes. (smoke)9 She _________ her hair twice a week. (wash)

10 Lisa _________ her sister’s car today. (drive)11 The Amazon _________ into the Atlantic. (flow)12 Many birds _________ south for the winter. (fly)

1 You / speak / Greek? ____________________________________________2 Bill / know / Mr Jameson? _______________________________________3 We / not live / in a large house. __________________________________4 Alexander / not go / to the beach very often. ______________________5 I / have to / attend the ceremony? ________________________________6 Jane / watch / television at the moment? __________________________7 Costas / not work / in a bank. ___________________________________8 The children / not listen / to their mother now. ____________________9 Theo / live / in New York? ________________________________________

10 William / study / at the moment?__________________________________11 Where / you / usually spend / your holidays? _______________________12 I / not earn much money at present. ______________________________

A Complete the sentences, using the present simple or the present continuous.

B Write full sentences using the information given.EXAMPLE: You / enjoy / the party? Are you enjoying the party?

Present simple and present continuous

The present simple is used to talk about

a actions done regularly or frequently, often with adverbs like never, seldom, occasionally, sometimes, often, usually and always:

b facts that are always or usually true:

The present continuous is used to talk about things that are happening now, at the moment of speaking, often with adverbs like now, at the moment, at present, today, this week, etc:

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C Complete the sentences, using the correct present tense of the verbs in brackets.

D Complete the sentences, using the correct present tense of the verbs in brackets.

1 A famous actress _________ in a play at the local theatre. (appear)2 I’m sure she _________ tea to coffee. (prefer)3 His story _________ to be true. (appear)4 George _________ of visiting Turkey this summer. (think)5 Rupert says the book _________ to him. (belong)6 The director _________ that would be a mistake. (believe)7 Louisa _________ having supper late. (hate)8 This pasta _________ simply delicious. (taste)9 There _________ to be something wrong with the photocopier. (seem)

10 Now I _________ what the teacher _________ . (understand, mean)11 You’d better not drink that milk. It _________ bad. (smell)12 Frank _________ me a lot of money! (owe)

1 He usually _________ very hard, but he _________ at all today because it’s a holiday. (work, not / work)

2 Look! That man _________ out of the bank! And he _________ a large bag full of money! (run, carry)

3 I don’t mind babysitting for you. Your baby never _________. (cry)4 Every time he _________ a photo, his hand _________, and his photos

never _________ good. (take, shake, look)5 ‘Can you come out for a drink with us later?’ ‘Sorry, I _________ Liza

with her work, and it’ll take us hours to finish it.’ (help)6 She usually _________ a BMW, but today she _________ her husband’s

Volvo. (drive)7 ‘Where do you live?’ ‘Normally I _________ in Paris with my parents,

but at the moment I _________ in London, so I _________ with an English family.’ (live, study, live)

8 I know you _________ because you _________ out of the window!(not / listen, look)

9 Julia _________ five languages fluently, and at the moment she _________ as a translator. (speak, work)

10 I _________ three pullovers in winter because I always _________ cold.(wear, feel)

11 Wood _________ on water. (float)12 ‘Why _________ you _________?’ ‘Because nobody _________ me, that’s

why!’ (cry, love)

UNIT 1

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The following verbs do not normally take the continuous form:

The following verbs can be used in the simple or continuous form but with different meanings:

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