Unit 3

Listening

Speaker 1: B. Who lost consciousness?

Speaker 2: C. Who stayed as still as a statue?

Speaker 3: F. Who was shocked by what he was told?

Speaker 4: A. Who was satisfied with his deed?

Speaker 5: D. Who had stitches?

 

Vocabulary

Exercise A

1. You have a high temperature, runny or blocked nose, sore throat and a splitting headache.

    g. Your doctor examines you and prescribes some medicine which will hep you get rid of the flu

        virus.

2. You have a light injury or wound.    a. You dress it with a bandage or a sticking plaster.

3. You fall down and break your leg.

    b. The surgeon operates on you to set your bone and put it in plaster. Then you need crutches.

4. You stumble, slip and have a deep cut.     f. You need stitches.

5. You have regular headaches because of stress.

    h. You can try alternative medicine such as acupuncture and reflexology or take up a sport to beat

        stress.

6. You feel under the weather.    e. You have a routine check up carried out – you have a blood test.

7. A member of your family faints.

   d. Provide first aid to help him/her regain consciousness and call for an ambulance.

 

Exercise B

1. accident

2. stumbled

3. ambulance

4. operation

5. set

6. plaster

7. crutches

8. pink

 

Exercise C

1. lose/regain c. consciousness

2. catch/pick up d. a concussion

3. recover a. from a bug

4. suffer/have b. an illness

 

Exercise D

1. run over sb    c. drive over sb's body or part of it

2. run into/crash into    e. hit

3. set out/off     a. begin a journey

4. pull out       f. move away from the side of a road

5. pull up      b. stop

 

Exercise E

1. When he pulled out that day, it was foggy and drizzly and the road was dangerously slippery.

2. There was poor visibility because of the rain and as she was trying to pull up her car crushed into the hard shoulder.

3. The car got out of control and ran into a bus coming in the opposite direction.

4. As the lorry was moving at high speed the careless driver almost ran over a dog crossing the road.

 

Exercise F

1. from

2. to

3. of

4. with

5. in

6. over

7. in

8. in

9. of

10. to

11. at

 

Exercise H

1. health is failing NEGATIVE

2. get over an illness POSITIVE

3. throw off an illness POSITIVE

4. health is picking up POSITIVE

5. not feeling myself NEGATIVE

6. feel on top of the world POSITIVE

7. go/be down with an illness NEGATIVE

8. feel run down NEGATIVE

9. feel as sound as a bell POSITIVE

 

Exercise I

1. to get over

2. throw it off

3.on top of the world

4. sound as a bell

5. run down

 

 

Unit 4

Listening

1. Where is he? B. a youth club

2. What does he like to do? C. sign up in a self-defence course

3. What does she feel? A. regret

4. Who was seen holding the gun? A. Mrs Anderson

5. What did the police find? B. a dead man and an empty case

6. For whom does the new law require stiff penalties? C. repeat offenders

7. What must teenagers Internet users do? A. know their limits

8.What is she telling them to do? B. not always obey their peers

 

Vocabulary

Exercise A

1. release

2. flee

3. defend

4. prosecute

5. alibi

6. witness

7. victim

8. interrogation

9. demonstration

 

Exercise B

1. commit a crime, a blunder, suicide, a murder, an offence

2. stan on probation, the blame on sb

3. put trial, still

4. pass a law

5. restore law and order, stolen property

6. catch sb red-handed, my breath

7. receive a fine, a sentence, a ticket for committing an offence

 

Exercise C

1. incidence

2. slums

3. rate

4. roam

5. involved

 

Exercise D

1. rustling

2. crashing

3. faint

4. sharp

5. clicking

 

Exercise E

Verbs of Walking & Moving

1. tip to

2. crawl

3. stagger

4. limp

5.dash

6. wander

7. stride

8. creep

Verbs of Speaking

1. moan

2. groan

3. gasp

4. mumble

5. exclaim

6. shriek

7. yell

8. whisper

 

1. He came striding along the corridor holding a small box.

2. Shrieking with pain, she picked up the phone and called for help.

3. She started groaning when she saw a cockroach.

4. He's still limped after the car accident he had two months ago.

5. Amber lost her balance, staggered and fell off the stairs.

 

Exercise F

Verbs of Seeing/Looking

1. glimpse

2. stare

3. glance

4. gaze

5. peep

6. glare

7. peer

Verbs of Crying

1. sob

2. weep with joy/rage

3. shed tears of laughter/joy

 

1. I glimpsed through the smoke to see if there was anybody in the room.

2. It's rude to stare at people. Be polite!

3. The little boy sobbed when he saw that his toy car was broken.

4.He glanced around the room to see where he had left his keys.

 

Exercise G

1. He looked at me threatening and grabbed the money.

2. She was pacing nervously up and down the room.

3. He was deeply sorry fir causing us all that trouble.

4. I soon realised that the bulgar had skillfully de-activated the burglar alarm.

 

Exercise H

1. gorgeous

2. nasty

3. evil

4. enormous

5. bulky

6. massive

7. minute

8. dazzling

9. overcast

10. dim

 

Exercise I

1. I was petrified with fear... negative

2. I was thrilled at... positive

3. It was amazing... positive

4. I shook/trembled at the thought of.../that... negative

5. I was seized with fear... negative

6. I felt over the moon... positive

7. The sight sent a chill down my spine... negative

8. I sighed whit relief... positive

9. I was scared to death... negative

10. I froze with shock... negative

11. I jumped for joy when... positive

12. My hair stood on end... negative 

Exercise J

1. might have been

2. made

3. was tip toeing

4. took

5. crawled

6. saw

7. kept