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English upper-intermediate workbook with key Lyn Scott $: David Scott OXFORD in unit one ... p.4 natural English showing impatience talking about activities describing difficulty describing your language ability asking follow-up questions grammar -ing form and infinitive wishes and regrets vocabulary learning sporting collocations collocation in dictionaries expand your grammar get used to / be used to expand your vocabulary learning and ability in unit two ... p.10 natural English That was ofyou! though and although asking for and making recommendations grammar should + infinitive should have + past participle possibility and probability vocabulary physical actions tourists' phrases tourist information expand your grammar have sth done expand your vocabulary travel and holidays in unit three ... p.16 natural English fancy (v) agreeing with and challenging opinions linking ideas grammar each other | one another, «self / -selves obligation, necessity, and prohibition sequencing information in a text vocabulary good and bad relationships personality phrases expand your grammar need expand your vocabulary personality in unit four ... p.22 natural English frequency phrases “sitting on the fence” making and responding to requests grammar nouns in groups future simple and continuous vocabulary adjectives describing reactions the language of editing words of similar meaning expand your grammar future perfect expand your vocabulary phrases with of in unit five ... p.28 natural English talking about test /exam results expectation and surprise spoken v. written English not that + adjective grammar narrative tenses modifying and intensifying adverbs vocabulary taking exams Phrasal verbs so and such expand your grammar modifiers + too + adjective expand your vocabulary formal and informal verbs in unit six... p.34 natural English talking about needs apparently, it appears / seems that getting sb's attention grammar past simple and present perfect passive indirect questions vocabulary feelings and emotions collocation expressing opinions and interest dangers and disasters knowing your prepositions expand your grammar other passive forms expand your vocabulary phrases with in and on Tick (Y) when you've done these sections. natural English showing impatience talking about activities describing difficulty describing your language ability asking follow-up questions p.pOoDOo grammar -ing form and infinitive wishes and regrets go expand your grammar get used to / be used to vocabulary learning sporting collocations collocation in dictionaries expand your vocabulary learning and ability dadod off natural English showing impatience 1 Dorota is a company manager. She's having a bad day at work! Put these sentences into the conversations below. Oh, no! They're hopeless! Can we try a different company? É Al kel Hes pivineth. tation-Hehast 8 8 p Oh, really! She hasn't been on time once this week! Not again. There's always something wrong with it! canos Oh, for goodness sake! He only putin the order on Monday. He knows that it can take up to two weeks. f Oh, honestly! asked you to take them yourself. They're urgent. Karol Adam just called. He can't come to the meeting this afternoon. Dorota b_ 1 Dorota Did you deliver the documents to Head Office? Marcus Isent them this morning. Dorota __ 2 Ingrid The photocopier's broken down! Dorota 3 Robert Karen's just called. She's going to be late again. Dorota 4 Dorota Did you order some more stationery? Marcus Yes, but they cant deliver it until Thursday. Dorota 5 Ingrid Dorota 4say it! Say it, don't write it! You manage an office. Respond when a staff member tells you these things. Luca Martini called. He hasn't received his order yet. Oh honestly! He knows | haven't got time to do it today. Mr Tanaka wants your monthly report by 2.00 p.m. today. Manolo called. He's sick. He's not coming in today, | can't find those documents that you wanted. The computers aren't working, The electrician won't be able to Fix the air-conditioning until tomorrow afternoon. pass the fitness test? natural English talking about activities 2 Write sentences with the same meaning. Use the words given. I sometimes have to do some work at the weekends. (bit) I sometimes have to do a bit of work at the weekends. 1 Do you play sport often? (lot) 2 We only watch a little TV. (much) 3 He does no exercise. (at all) 4 We often go skiing in the winter. (lot) 5 I've only done a little revision for my exams. (much) natural English describing difficulty 3 Some students are talking about an English test that they have just done. Order the words to make sentences. found / the reading test /1/easy I found the reading test easy. 1 it/hard / understand / 1 found /to /the listening test 2 the vocabulary test / found / tricky /1/ quite 3 part/the pictures / hardest / Describing / was /the 4 hopeless/1/the grammar test / at /was 5 quite/the writing test /found / challenging /1 Imagine you have taken an English test. Say how you felt about the test, using the information below. l found the listening easy. Listening easy Vocabulary — challenging Reading. hard/Finish in time Speaking hopeless Grammar tricky Now say something about the last test you really took. wordbooster collocation in dictionaries 4 Underline words that collocate. One, two, or three may be correct. to look up homework a phone number aword 1 flick through a magazine a grammar book a computer 2 the latest news fashion technology 3 by heart know read learn 4 toskip a few pages a class lunch 5 the gist have know get Now cover the words on the right and try to remember the collocations. S get used to / be used to your grammar When something is difficult or unfamiliar at first but it becomes more familiar, or you become accustomed to it, you can use the structure get used to sth / get used to doing sth. 1 didn't like my haircut to start with. I thought it was too short, but now I'm getting used to it. When 1 moved to London ¡t took me a long time to get used to living in such a big city. When you are familiar with something you can use be used to sth/ be used to doing sth. Our apartment is very close to the airport. When we first moved in 1 noticed every plane that went overhead, but now I'm used to the noise. In fact, 1 don't even notice it any more. In my new job 1 start work early, at 7.30 a.m. For the first few weeks it was really hard but now I'm used to getting up early. In fact 1 quite like it because we finish at 3.30 p.m. You can also use be used to sth / be used to doing sth in the past. When I first moved into my own flat it was hard at first because I was used to living at home with my mum. When we went hiking in the mountains I got very tired because I wasn't used to walking so far. Replace the underlined words. Use be used to or get used to in the appropriate form. When 1 got here I was freezing all the time but now I'm becoming accustomed to it. And Tve bought some warm clothes! I'm getting used to ¡t. 1 Tostart with I found the food too spicy, but now it's OK. In fact, 1 quite like it. 2 Now I'm becoming more familiar with the money, but when we first got here 1 kept giving everyone the wrong notes. 3 I'found the job quite hard at first because 1 wasn't familiar with working such long hours. 4 My dad found retirement difficult - he didn't know what to do with himself. He was accustomed to a busy work schedule. When you go abroad, it can often take three or four days to become familiar with the time difference between countries. Imagine you are studying or working in England. Say how familiar you are with the things below. Use be used to / get used to and the words given. At first | found it really cold, but now Pm getting used to 1t. the weather (cold) English Food (boring) the accent (strange) driving on the left (difficult) unit one 7 natural English describing your > language ability an 9 How well can these people speak grammar wishes and regrets German? Order the sentences. 8 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct a Lean get by in German. form. Your wishes and regrets Is there something you would like to change about yourself or your life past or present? Tm very shy. 1 hate going to parties if1 don't know everyone there. So 1 wish I was (be) more outgoing. Tm retired now and 'm enjoying life but 1 wish 1 hadn't worked (not Jwork) so hard. I regret not spending (not spend) more time with my family. Iwish1l________ — (can)simg.Idon'twant to be a pop star, but I'd like to have a nice voice. T really hate the job I'm doing at the moment. In fact I wish I a (not/haveto)workatall 1 got married when I was 19. It didn't work out and we got divorced after five years. I think we were too young. I don'tregret3____________ (get) married but Iwishwe%_______________ (meet) when we were both a bit older — maybe then we would still be together. I don't like wearing glasses or contact lenses. I wish 1 5 [(have)perfecteyesight.Isupposelcould have a laser operation but I don't like the idea of that. Iwish16_____ (travel)whenIwas younger but it wasrt as easy in those days. 1 tell my granddaughter that she should go and see as much of the world as she can. There are lots of things about myself ld like to change, butifI had to choose just one, 'd say Iwish17 (be) shorter. Pm even taller than my boyfriend! Tleft school when I was 16. I really didn't enjoy school and I just wanted to getajob. NowIwish18 (stay) at school and maybe gone to university. I really regret 9 (not get) better qualifications. A few years ago 1 was offered ajob abroad. My boyfriend didn't want me to gosolturned down the offer. Iwish110__________—_ (accept) it because we broke up six months later! Write two paragraphs about yourself. What would you like to change b Ispeak German quite well, but it's a bit rusty. c T'm fluent in German. d Tonly know a few words of German. e Iwish I could speak German. s|] +.» Speaks ¡t very well a[] y 30 doesn't speak itatall... ME vocabulary learning 10 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences. [A] Why don't you give 1 O Ttend to pick things 2 L] I can't get used 3 L] T'm getting 4 L] Do you want to have 5 0] She's making good 6 El] Igot discouraged 7 El] Tused to study for five hours every night but I couldn't keep 8 Ú Tm finding it difficult but I'm going to persevere a ago? b when the teacher laughed at me. Cc progress. d betteratit. e withitfora while. Í up quite quickly. g itup. h taty i tohisaccent. test yourself! Cover endings a to ¡ above, and try to finish sentences 1 to 8 from memory. about yourself now? What regrets do you have about the past? 8 unitone Tick (Y) when you've done these sections. natural English That was ... of you! though and although asking for and making recommendations ooo grammar should + infinitive should have + past participle possibility and probability expand your grammar have sth done godo vocabulary physical actions tourists' phrases tourist information expand your vocabulary travel and holidays dadgod off natural English That was ... of you! 1 Write responses. Use the words in the box. clever brave Kind stupid The waitress knocked over my drink when she brought us the meal. 1 He's afraid of heights but he went mountain-climbing anyway. 2 Iwas going to call a taxi but my boss offered to give me a lift. 3 Ilocked the keys in the car. 4 She invited some of her colleagues to her party but none of them came. 5 Isolved your computer problem. Asay ¡tl vocabulary physical actions think back! Look at the pictures. Remember the verbs 2 Match the pictures and instructions, Bend down and touch your toes. careless not / very nice That was careless of her e Cover the column on the right above and respond. for these physical actions. 1 Raise your hands above your head and reach up asif you were trying to touch the ceiling. 2 Lean against the wall and raise your right leg. Hold it there for ten seconds. 3 Now move away from the wall and keep your leg raised. If you lose your balance, just reach back and touch the wall again with your fingertips. 4. Sit down, lean forward, and try to grab hold of your toes. 5 Get down on your knees and stretch forward. experiences grammar should + infinitive 3 Write sentences with the same meaning. Use should or shouldn*t. There's a meeting for all new students in the main hall at 9.30 a.m. All new students Should meet in the main hall at 9.30 a.m. | 1 Passengers are not allowed to smoke anywhere inside the airport building. Passengers 2 They left at 8.00, so I expect they'Il be here by 10.00. They left at 8.00, so they 3 I don't think you'll have any trouble finding somewhere to stay. You 4 Isuggest that you talk to her as soon as possible and sort it out. Tthink you 5 Add up the two numbers — I'm sure the total is 25. Add up the two numbers — the total 6 That address is wrong — it's Kenneth Road, not Tennis Road. That address is wrong — it 7 Don't wear that on the plane. You'll feel cold. You 8 Start taking the tablets today and I think you'll feel better by tomorrow. Start taking the tablets today and you grammar should have + past participle 4 What would you say about these situations? Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in brackets. You went to an interview very casually dressed. The interviewer was very formal. You didn't get the job. (wear) Ishould've worn a suit 1 You were only ten minutes late to meet some friends but they had already gone when you arrived. (wait) They 2 Your friend left his car in front of a hospital. It was towed away. (park) He 3 You had a huge lunch and now you feel sick. (eat) I 4 You are stuck in traffic. You wish you hadn't driven. (walk) We 5 Some bags were stolen from your friend's car. (leave) She say 1tl Respond with your own ideas. I'should've taken something for my You are at: a party, | but you' Pre not enjoying ¿yourself headache. because: 'youlve had a headache all day. N You turned down ajjob offer but y you wish you hadn't, ls with your girlfriend/b Pa anto e tired. 11 wordbooster tourist information 5 You're in a tourist information office. Complete the questions. mom, You want to get to th lat's the best way to get from here to the beach? 1 You wantto know where to get a good map of the area. What's the best 2 2 You want to knowifit's possible to get tickets for tonight's show? Is there any chance 3 You want to know where to get something to eat nearby. Can I 2 4 You want to know if it's necessary to buy bus tickets in advance. Dol have 2 5 You want to know the entrance fee for the museum. How much How much does 1t cost to get into the art gallery? correct money for the bus. Yo olaa oir tour for this afternoon. (> Losi Dad for words grammar possibility and probability 6 Tick possible sentences. One, two, or three may be possible. A Will Katia be at Peter's party? a Idoubtif shell Y b She's bound to c 1 dare say she'll B Ishouldnt think so. want to see Peter with his new girlfriend. a I don't suppose b Its likely that c Idoubtif we'll win. The other team's supposed to be brilliant. a 1 don't suppose they!ll be late. b Theyre not likely to be late. c Theyll probably be late. Yeah, they always are! a 1 doubt if everything will be OK. b Everything's bound to be OK. c I'm sure everything will be OK. Don't worry. a She might well b She'll definitely e She's highly likely to need another operation. We won't know until tomorrow. a I probably won't get the job. They are looking for b I shouldn't think T'Ul get the job. someone with more c I'm sure to get the job. experience. a She's bound to pass. b TI dare say she'll pass. c She'll definitely pass. She's studied so hard for these exams. a He's not likely to invite me b He might well invite me c I doubt if he'll invite me to the wedding after the row T had with his girlfriend. a Ishouldn't think ¡t'll cost much. b Tt's sure to cost a fortune. c It probably won't cost too much. Td love to have dinner there, but I can't afford it. unit two 13 7 Write sentences. Use the words given. They / bound / be late. They're bound to be late 5 There / probably / not /be enough. Tdoubt/it/work. T dare say / Fabien / get the job. Things / unlikely /improve. 1/not/suppose / they /lend me the money. The car / sure /break down. He / definitely / be there. Who/ likely / win? natural English though and although 8 Match the pairs of sentences. DUNN o 14 La] Although the film had a lot of good actors init, O IT really like my job. O Although it was sunny, [_] Although 1 don't agree with him, O T only ate an hour ago. O Although it was a really cold day, Ol Although I haven't had anything to eat since breakfast, [_] The job itself is a bit boring. El Tunderstand what he's saying. a T'mnothungry at all. b Imeetalotof interesting people, though. Cc the water was warm enough to swim. it was still quite cold. T'm quite hungry again, though. A o > T can see his point of view. yum +_ogpa The pay's terrible, though. unit two T think he's got it all wrong, though. e have sth done your grammar We can use the structure have sth done (have + object + past participle) to talk about services that we ask or pay someone else to do for us. T'm having my hair cut this afternoon. (Someone else is going to cut it.) T had the car fixed. (Someone else fixed it and 1 paid them.) Compare this to: T fixed the car. (1 fixed ¡t myself.) We can also use get instead of have. Where did you get the car fixed? We also use have sth done when things happen to us but we do not know who was responsible. He had his wallet stolen. (Someone stole his wallet.) Complete the sentences below. Use the noun / verb pairs in the box, and have sth done in the correct tense. If the noun has already been used in the sentence, you must use a pronoun (as in the example). hairfeut phone/connect jeans/take up eyes/'test bag/steal jacket / dry clean house/ paint car/ service computer / fix Your hair looks nice. Where _did you have ¡t cut? 1 If you can't read that sign, you should . 2 Tve bought some jeans but 1 need to . They're much too long. 3 Can I get a lift to work with you? 1 and I can't pick it up until tomorrow. 4 I can't tell you our number. We've just moved in and we yet. 5 Tll have to + I spilt some red wine on it. 6 My parents at the moment so they're staying with me for a few days. 7 He when he was walking home yesterday. A boy ran up to him and grabbed it. 8 Call me, as I can't check my e-mails. There's something wrong with my computer and 1 can't until next week. Tick (4) when you've done these sections. doo poo natural English fancy (v) agreeing with and challenging opinions linking ideas grammar each other / one another, -self / -selves obligation, necessity, and prohibition sequencing information in a text expand your grammar need vocabulary good and bad relationships personality phrases off natural English fancy (v) 1 Rewrite the underlined sentences using fancy. A Do you wantto go to the cinema? Do you fancy going to the cinema? B Yeah, OK. What's on? A Do you feel like something to eat? B No, thanks. I only had lunch an hour ago. A Let's go for a swim. B Ldon'twantto do that — the water will be freezing! ooo expand your vocabulary personality ! 3 A You must be excited about moving into your new flat. B Actually, Ldon't really like the idea of living there. A Whynot? B It's notin a very nice area but it's all we can afford. 4 A Do t ¡me of table tennis? B Not now, but maybe later. 5 A We could go to Sparks for a drink. B Id like to go somewhere dif! E Asay ¡tl Look at the pictures, and ask questions using fancy. Do you fancy (getting) some food? 16 ti ties E vocabulary good and bad relationships 2 Complete the sentences. Use a verb from the box in the correct form. communicate hug relate consult stick upfor quarrel compete geton clash The couple in the flat upstairs guarrel _ all the time. 1 don't think they realize that we can hear them shouting. 1 My older brother and his friends always with each other — especially about who's the best at sport or who's the most popular with the girls! 2 Pablo and Sonia are splitting up. She says that she can't to him any more. Apparently he's changed a lot since he started this new job. 3 Don't you think that you should a lawyer about this? 4 1 well with most of my colleagues. We see each other socially as well as at work. 5 My little brother gets embarrassed if Mum ____ himwhen she drops him off at school. 6 When we were at school together, Jonas used to up for me when some of the other kids hit me. 7 Talways with my room-mate when I was at college. There was absolutely nothing we could agree on! 8 Ilike my boss but sometimes I find it quite difficult to with him. He just won't listen to other people. grammar each other / one another, -self / -selves 3 Choose the correct option. A How was your holiday? B Fantastic. l really enjoyed myself —. a me b myself c them d (-) A What did you do to your hand? B Icut____—— when Iwas slicing some bread. a me b myself c him d (-) My best friend and I talk to on the phone every day. aus b ourselves Cc eachother d (-) Can I help a me b yourselí c you d myself with those bags? They look heavy. Let's meet ————— at6.00. aus b ourselves cme d (-) Let me introduce . My name's Saori Matsuda. a me b myself c eachother d (-) A You play the guitar really well. B My dad taught how to play. a me b yourself c myself d (-) You need to concentrate well in class. a you b yourself cit d(-) We disagree with about a lot of things. a ourselves bus ceachother d (-) more if you're going to do 17 r grammar need need + infinitive is slightly stronger in meaning than should + infinitive. We need to do some shopping. The fridge is almost empty. TI need to take a holiday - I'm exhausted. need + -ing has a passive'meaning. In this structure, the object of the verb comes at the beginning of the phrase. Your shoes need cleaning. The car needs repairing. Complete the conversations using the verbs given. Use either need + infinitive or need + -ing. 1 A Have you replied to Eva's e-mail? B No, not yet. A You _need to do (need / do) it as soon as possible - she wants to know what time we're arriving. Also, remember to phone the hotel this afternoon - we 1. ¡(need /pay) the deposit before 5.00 p.m. today. Tm going shopping later. Do you need anything? B Yeah, some films for my camera and some sunblock. A TU get those. By the way, the lock on the suítcase 2 (need /fix). Can you do it? And also my sunglasses3_____ (need / mend) - the little pin has come out. Can you get some cat food? We 4__ —— [(need/leave) some here. You did ask Robert to come and feed her, didn't you? B Yes, but I think we 5 (need /remind) him about it. Write sentences about things you need to do, or which need doing, this week. natural English agreeing with and challenging opinions 5 Maria is a teacher. She asks her students if they would like to change the way the classroom is organized. The classroom is currently like picture 1. ali. a; ar”! Ml jali [== Complete makes Maria Jon Bianca Jon Bianca James Bianca James Maria Elizabeth James Jon Elizabeth Maria the conversation. Use words from the box. right why Tthink we should move the tables around in here. Idon't see why +. Tlike it the way it is. I don't. It's claustrophobic. Why do you ! that? Well, you can't move around very easily. say seems point We could try putting all the desks together in the centre. IT don't see the 2 of that. Yes, but there'1] be more space for all of us. Yes, that 3 Wouldn't it be better to put the desks into three groups? sense. Yes, Ithink you're 4. Tm still not sure. Why don't we just try it for a week? Yes, that 5 sensible. Does everyone agree? Which classroom layout are they going to try? say it) Reply to these statements from other students, using the words given. unit three 19 ES nan El RARA utay | 7 personality Match the adjectives and paraphrases. independent 1 thoughtless LJ outspoken [] cheerful El outgoing El vivacious [7] vain | moody [] Laid-back L] kind 10 O chatty full of life concerned about his / her appearance dessntocaluonothersesple happy one minute and unhappy the next usually very relaxed often speaks or acts without thinking of others g likes to speak his / her mind h- confident and sociable 00 nana >00a0500m i always has a smile on his / her face j hasa heart of gold k loves to talk Asay ítl He often speaks (or acts) wrthout thinking (of others). Do any of these adjectives describe you? 20 unitthree roster personality phrases think na) ( Remember five words to describe someone's deste someone psonaty. 6 Put these sentences into the magazine article below. a T'm sure that Mum and Dad think that I'm totally out of control b Idon't try to hide the fact that I want to get on in life. cc T'm sure my staff think that I can be a pain in the neck. d Ithink my friends would say that I'm a good laugh. eL peoplemightthinkPvegotabige How others see you, how you see yourself How do you think family, friends, or colleagues would describe your personality? Do you think they're right? CLARA, 21, student 1 1 -£ butin fact I'm quite shy. Because 'm really not very self confident 1 try to come across as outgoing and selfassured. CARLOS, 18, student 2 — butIdon't think I am. I like to think of myself as a bit wild! I just like to try everything once and live life to the full. MARTIN, 26, banker 3 — Some people probably think that 'm a bit too ambitious and obsessed with work, but ] won't be happy unless I get to the top! FELIX, 22, unemployed 4 —— Ido like to be funny but 1 sometimes think that people dor't see that P've got a serious and sensitive side too. PAOLA, 38, manager 5 — I'm very fussy about what time people get to work, how they dress, and the standard of their work, but that's my job!