Variant 1
1. Listen to the radio programmer and fill in the gaps
Caller's complaint:
Her 1) … takes he 2) … without asking.
Aunt Alice's advice:
- Consider it as 3) … that she likes your styles.
- Agree she can wear some clothes but must first ask your 4) … .
- Make a 5) … drawer for clothes that can be shared. Agree that everything else id completely 6) … .
2. Complete the sentences with the words: ashamed, spoil, sternly, drowsy, temptation, finer, on credit.
1 Leah is on a strict diet and must resist all … ; no crisps or chocolate.
2 I shouldn't have shouted at you. I am … on my actions.
3 He wears designer clothes and drives an expensive car. He obviously prefers … things in life.
4 Jake's just woken up from surgery and is feeling a little … .
5 I'll get this vase … because I don't have any money right now.
6 The teacher spoke … to the naughty pupil.
7 Don't let what happened … your day!
3. Choose the correct word
1 I know / have known Andy since he was a child.
2 I'm not visiting / haven't visited my grandparents this week, I'll visit them next week.
3 Mia clean / is cleaning her room right now.
4 Lindy and Sam have been owning / have owned this house for ten years.
5 I am waiting / have been waiting here for three hours! Where have you been?
6 We need / needs to talk to Darren.
7 I am going on holiday to Spain. This time next week, I will lie / will be lying in the sun.
8 Mind the low ceiling! You are going to hit / will hit your head!
9 I 'm sure Jack gets / will get the job.
4. Complete the sentences with the words: recently, at the moment, for, before, every morning.
1 I go jogging … .
2 Have seen any good films … ?
3 Tom is walking the dog … but I'll tell him you called.
4 Let's got to Rome this summer. We've never been there … .
5 Lily hasn't been skiing … three years.
5. Read the text and fill in the gaps (1-6) with the phrases (A-G).
The traditional nuclear family of 1960s Britain consisted of a married male breadwinner and female carer living in the household with their children. This now a thing of the past.
Since the sixties, the dramatic change in the structure of family life has taken place in the UK. Marriage rates have been declining 1) … . Divorce rates have increased dramatically in the last four decades. There are also more and more couples 2) … . Single parents are no longer the exception and women have started giving birth to fewer children later on in life. The result is that is becoming increasingly rare to find the nuclear family structure in the 21st century Britain. Indeed, researchers agree by 2020 it will be very difficult to talk about «typical British family» 3) … . While many people worry about the «breakdown» of the family, others propose another way of looking at things. These people suggest that families are not falling apart. Rather, the future of the family is stronger than ever in the UK. Families live apart 4) … . Surveys show that family members who live apart still turn to other
5) … . And families are still responsible for most of the socialising which occurs in British life. Also, it is conversations between family members 6) … . In other words the change that the family has undergone in the last few decades is not so much a breakdown. It is a reinvention. Families in the UK are still highly valued and will continue to be so in the future.
A for support when important life events occur
B so in fact relationships between family members are improving
C but the emotional support and commitment between family members remains just as strong as ever
D and the age at which people marry has been increasing
E because there will be so many different types
F who have chosen not to marry
G which accounts for a large percentage of telephone usage