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1Francis Ford Coppola, who made the Godfather films, is a very well-known director.
2The Godfather films are about a Mafia family who/that live and operate in the US.
4The first two Godfather films, which Coppola made in the 1970s, are considered classics (delete them).
5The Godfather films, which starred Al Pacino, follow the history of the fictional Corleone family (delete they).
6Coppola also made the film Apocalypse Now, which was set in the Vietnam War.
11.2 Participles
A
1She got married last month (delete was).
2While/When I was walking down the street, the wind was blowing very hard.
4Feeling nervous, he began his speech.
5I usually watch TV while doing the ironing.
B
1I asked a lot of questions, trying to find out what really happened./Trying to find out what really happened, I asked a lot of questions.
2We met (while) working in the same office.
3Opened in 2000, the Tate Modern is a huge art gallery in London.
4Written over 100 years ago, this novel is still relevant today.
5Several buildings got damaged in the storm.
6I must get changed for the party.
7The managers running the company are making a lot of mistakes.
8(While/When) Coming into the room, I realized that something was wrong.
9There’s not much time left so let’s get started.
10There is a big tourist attraction in London known as The London Eye.
11.3Trying, succeeding & failing
A
1in his attempt
2we succeeded in repairing
3managed to finish
4made no effort to help
5failed to do
6my first attempt to act/at acting
7efforts to repair it myself
8and attempted to stop
9tried putting the cupboard
10made an effort to solve
B
1C
2A
3C
C
1successful
2unsuccessfully
3success
4failures
5achievement
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11.4 Word focus
Phrasal verbs: various
A
1stick to
2pulled up
3see to
4throwing … away
5call off
6hang on
7held up
8back … up
9stand for
10clear up
Word formation: various
A
1enjoyable
2boring
3scary
4impressive
5frightening
6shock
7fright
8enthusiastic
9surprises
10exhausted
C
1annoyance
2frustration
3confusion
4impression
5interest
6attractive
7confidence
8pleasure
9satisfied
10worry
Word sets
D
1proper
2right
3valid
4precise
1convenient
2fit
3suited
4relevant
1flock
2bunch
3set
4pack
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ECCE Practice 11
Grammar
1b
2c
3a
4b
5d
6b
7c
8c
Vocabulary
9b
10d
11b
12b
13c
14d
15c
16a
FCE Practice 11
Part 5
1lawyers
2knowledge
3attention
4unpredictable
5agency
6generally
7evidence
8missing
9security
10glamorous
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Unit 12 Comparison & degree
12.1 Comparisons
Stop & check
2Your idea is a better one than mine.
3I find tennis much more interesting than football.
4The weather is getting worse all the time.
5This book is not as good as his last one.
A
1less serious
2sadder / wiser
3more varied
4better
5worse
6harder
7more honest
8better
9sunnier
10more complicated
11less frequently
12faster
B
1not as keen on football as Tom (is)
2haven’t eaten as much as me/as I have
3play (the) guitar as well as Will (can)/(does)
4haven’t won as many games as them/as they have
5was as successful as his first (film) (was)
6haven’t got/don’t have as much confidence as you (have)
7works as hard as his boss (does)
8haven’t seen as many films as you (have)
9as much (money) as me/as I do
10as many cars as it used to
C
1is better than his previous one/CD (was)
2less experience of this kind of thing than I have/than me
3cost more than mine (did)
4more quickly than me/than I do
5more interesting job than me/than I have
6more interest in politics than me/than I have
7less enthusiastically than me/than I did
8a less complicated life than me/than I do
9more hobbies than me/than I have
10fewer countries than you (have)
D
1the wettest
2the least exciting
3the happiest
4the most well-known
5the least popular
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6the cleverest / the simplest
7the worst
8the least worried
9the best
10the most skilful
D
1the most exciting film I’ve ever seen
2the kindest person I’ve ever met
3the least enjoyable journey I’ve ever had
4the most pleasant people I’ve ever met
5the strangest person in my class
6the most impressive performance he has ever given
12.2 So, such & to
A
1so
2such
3too
4so much
5so many
6such
7too
8so
9too
10too many
11too many
12such
B
1I’m too busy to get bored.
2She had so much bad publicity, she stopped being popular.
3They’re having too much fun to want to leave now.
4He has such strong opinions that nobody can make him change his mind.
5We eat too many sweet things – it’s not good for our teeth.
C
1is such good food that
2spoke so quietly that
3is too complicated for me
4so many mistakes that
5such an exciting city that
6so hungry that I could
7was too tired to go
8so good at the hob that
9so much money that
10too many friends to get
11so rude that he offended
12such nice people that
13happened too quickly for me
14too expensive for most people
15bought such a lot of
16in such bad condition that
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12.3 Enough
A
1not old enough to vote
2enough courage to say
3clearly enough for her to
4was cheap enough for us
5enough food for everyone
6enough money to pay
7enough talent to become
8young enough to start
9a good enough player to be
10clever enough to do
11enough (of the) questions to pass
12enough (of the) grammar to speak
13a big enough car for
14enough of their conversation
15see enough (of it) to
16enough qualifications to get
17not a big enough stadium
18enough about him to have
19enough times to (be able to) find
20enough (of the) questions correctly
B
1we’ve got plenty of time to get
2there were plenty of seats
3I’ve brought plenty
4were plenty of interesting souvenirs
12.4 Degree
A
1B
2C
3A
4D
5A
6A
7B
8A
9B
10B
11B
12B
13D
14C
15D
B
1terribly disappointing
2quite a strange person
3far too annoyed
4a little smaller
5a bit too cold
6was considerably more than
7much too unhappy
8a bit more intelligent
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12.5 Word focus
Phrasal verbs: various
A
1wear out
2count on
3carried out
4work out
5checked in
6handed … in
7showing off
8knocked down
9picked up
10live up to
Word formation: various
B
1surprising
2satisfaction
3boredom
4enthusiasm
5disappointment
6tiring
7anxiety
8worrying
9solution
10improvements
C
1delightful
2anger
3saddened
4embarrassment
5tiredness
6amazement
7please
8amusing
9embarrassing
10fascinating
11amusement
12relaxing
13excitement
14depressing
15exhaustion
16sadness
17shocking
18disappointing
19Relaxation
20nervousness/nerves
Prepositional phrases: various
D
1to
2To
3at
4at
5on
6to
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7in / of
8by
9at
10in / of
ECCE Practice 12
Grammar
1c
2d
3c
4b
5a
6c
7d
8c
Vocabulary
9a
10a
11a
12b
13a
14d
15c
16c
FCE Use of English Practice Test
Part 1
1A
2B
3D
4C
5B
6A
7D
8B
9A
10C
11C
12C
13A
14B
15D
Part 2
16for
17At
18without
19between
20a
21It
22to
23be
24been
25there
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26was
27what
28about
29she
30and
Part 3
31wish I could go
32good enough driver
33even though he (had) lost
34it necessary for
35makes so much noise
36found it difficult to
37get in touch with
38illness caused him to cancel
39wouldn’t/would not have found out
40was set up by
Part 4
42of
43places
44which
45it
46in
48one
49to
51at
52and
55for
Part 5
56traditional
57generations
58anger
59foreigners
60secretly
61unfashionable
62service
63patience
64politeness
65frustrated
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