- •1 Put the sentences in the correct places in the text below.
- •2 Answer the questions about the text above.
- •3 Complete the text with one word for each gap.
- •4 Make sentences using these words and the correct form of the verb.
- •5 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
- •6 Fill the gaps with nouns or prepositions to make word combinations or phrasal verbs.
- •7 Correct the underlined mistakes in these sentences.
- •8 Listen to the talk. Put the information in the order you hear it.
- •9 Listen to the talk again. Are these sentences true or false?
- •10 Choose the best answer a), b), c) or d) to complete the sentences.
- •11 Put these words in the correct column in the table.
2 Answer the questions about the text above.
0 Who do journalists talk about at the Booker Prize?
People who write books_____
1 At first, what does a publisher want from a writer?
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2 Why do people publish books?
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3 Which THREE people ask for changes to be made?
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4 What TWO reasons are given for people choosing a book before reading it?
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5 Where do you find a ‘blurb’?
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6 Which TWO pieces of advice does the writer of the article give?
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3 Complete the text with one word for each gap.
My brother always told me 0_to_ be more careful but I wasn’t and now, 1__________ I can pay the fine, I am going to prison. How 2__________ this happen? I 3__________ staying with my brother in his flat in 4__________ Netherlands, when I received a call. The man on the phone 5__________ me he lived downstairs and he 6__________ closed the door of his flat and left the key inside. He asked me 7__________ I could help him get back into his house. My brother’s balcony is just above his so I saw that if I climbed down from my brother’s balcony I 8__________ be able to get into flat. These apartments, 9__________ were built fifty years ago, are very strong and I have 10__________ of experience of climbing so it was very easy. I was inside the flat in five minutes. I told the man he was lucky 11__________ I was such a good climber. He just laughed.
The next morning I 12__________ arrested for helping a burglary. The man 13__________ have been a thief. I thought I 14__________ helping someone into their flat, not stealing everything from a policeman’s flat. My brother was right. I 15__________ to be more careful.
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4 Make sentences using these words and the correct form of the verb.
0 I be able have the meeting at 7 p.m.
I will be able to have the meeting at 7 p.m.
1 I write the project all day yesterday.
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2 I advise him take the plane but he prefer travel by train.
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3 The local council not discuss the issue yet.
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4 Unless the trend change, we make a lot of money.
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5 Sarah present the morning programmes for the last three years.
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6 He say he do it the week before.
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7 By the end of this week the experiments must finish.
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8 I probably have the packages by Friday.
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9 If I be you, I tell him now.
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10 It must be David that phone Angela last night.
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