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Rewrite sentences 1-4 using the correct form of one of the words/phrases in the box
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People with many talents can adapt to it well and tend to find a new job quickly. adjust, revolutionise, cause damage, have a positive effect on sākt mācīties
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People with many talents can adjust it well and tend to find a new job quickly.
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It's done harm to family relationships. revolutionise, cause damage, have a positive effect on sākt mācīties
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It's caused damage to family relationships.
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It has enabled people in the developing world to have a better quality of life. revolutionise, have a positive effect on sākt mācīties
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It's had a positive effect on the quality of life of people in the developing world.
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It completely transformed the way people think about war. sākt mācīties
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It revolutionised the way people think about war.
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People with many talents can adjust it well and tend to find a new job quickly. sākt mācīties
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it - losing your job/being made unemployed.
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It's caused damage to family relationships. sākt mācīties
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it - TV, mobile phones, the internet.
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It's had a positive effect on the quality of life of people in the developing world. sākt mācīties
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it - medicine, better crops, provision of water pumps/wells. crops -plants such as wheat, fruit, vegetables etc that farmers grow and sell. Well - a deep hole in the ground from which water or oil is taken
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It revolutionised the way people think about war. sākt mācīties
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it - news broadcasts, 24-hour news, photographs of war, blogs/forums/social media, a particular war film.
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Complete the quiz questions with a/an, the or no article.
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(1) game of (2) BASKETBALL was invented by: sākt mācīties
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The game of BASKETBALL was invented by:
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(4) Chinese general Zhao Tuo sākt mācīties
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The Chinese general Zhao Tuo
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(5) prisoners of war in Korea sākt mācīties
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prisoners of war in Korea
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Originally, basketball was played by throwing... sākt mācīties
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(6) first peach of the season sākt mācīties
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the first peach of the season
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WINDSURFING was invented by: (9) Ukrainian sailor. sākt mācīties
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(11) Head of (12) Australian Imperial Navy. sākt mācīties
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The Head of Australian Imperial Navy.
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It was developed: in (13) 14 BC. sākt mācīties
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It was developed: in 14 BC.
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during (14) First World War. sākt mācīties
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during the First World War.
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SCRABBLE was developed by a former architect who was: (16) unemployed. sākt mācīties
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(17) designer of the Eiffel Tower. sākt mācīties
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the designer of the Eiffel Tower.
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Answer the quiz questions. sākt mācīties
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Check your answers on page 160.
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The game of BASKETBALL was invented by: a) a teacher in America. b) The Chinese general Zhao Tuo. c) prisoners of war in Korea. sākt mācīties
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Originally, basketball was played by throwing... into a fruit basket. a) the first peach of the season. b) a football. c) apples. sākt mācīties
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WINDSURFING was invented by: a) a Ukrainian sailor. b) an American. c) The Head of Australian Imperial Navy. sākt mācīties
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a) in 14 BC. b) during the First World War. c) in the 1960s. sākt mācīties
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during the First World War.
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SCRABBLE was developed by a former architect who was: a) unemployed. b) the designer of the Eiffel Tower. c) blind. sākt mācīties
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Add vowels to complete the words.
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Seven key questions when you (?) a new version of a product: sākt mācīties
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Seven key questions when you launch a new version of a product:
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Is the market for the product difficult to (?) into? sākt mācīties
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Is the market for the product difficult to break into?
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Is there a (?) in the market? sākt mācīties
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Is there a gap in the market?
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How would you (?) the price? sākt mācīties
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How would you set the price?
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If sales are poor, will you (?) or (?) the price? sākt mācīties
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If sales are poor, will you increase or reduce the price?
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What are the best ways to (?) the product? sākt mācīties
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What are the best ways to promote the product?
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Where is the best place to (?) the product? sākt mācīties
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Where is the best place to advertise the product?
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What famous person could best (?) the product? sākt mācīties
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What famous person could best endorse the product?
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Complete B's answers in two different ways. Use conditional structures.
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Have you decided whether to get that car? I'm not sure yet. But it (?) save money on fuel. sākt mācīties
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I'm not sure yet. But it'd save money on fuel.
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Have you decided whether to get that car? Well, it (?) save money on fuel, so yes. sākt mācīties
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Well, it'll save money on fuel, so yes.
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Shall we go ahead with the ad? I (?) wait a little longer. But it's up to you. sākt mācīties
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I'd wait a little longer. But it's up to you.
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Shall we go ahead with the ad? I (?) wait a little longer. It's my decision. sākt mācīties
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I'll wait a little longer. It's my decision.
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I'm not sure which colour to choose. Let's ask Anne. What do you think she (?) say? sākt mācīties
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What do you think she'll say?
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I'm not sure which colour to choose. A shame Anne's not here. What (?) she say? sākt mācīties
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A shame Anne's not here. What would she say?
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Can we have the meeting away from the office? Yes, provided we (be) back by four. sākt mācīties
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Yes, provided we're back by four.
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Can we have the meeting away from the office? No, because we (not be) back by four. sākt mācīties
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No, because we wouldn't be back by four.
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Underline the correct alternatives in the article.
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(?) you wanted to sell a product in a shop; sākt mācīties
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Supposing you wanted to sell a product in a shop;
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exactly where (?) you place it to promote it best? sākt mācīties
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exactly where would you place it to promote it best?
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Research shows that if there (?) two similar products, identical in quality but different in price, sākt mācīties
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Research shows that if there are two similar products, identical in quality but different in price,
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the shop (?) the more expensive one on the shelf you see first, and put the cheaper one around the corner. sākt mācīties
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the shop will put the more expensive one on the shelf you see first, and put the cheaper one around the corner.
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That way, (?) you want to buy the product, sākt mācīties
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That way, provided you want to buy the product,
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you (?) the expensive one in your basket; sākt mācīties
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you will put the expensive one in your basket;
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and then, even if you (?) the cheaper one later, sākt mācīties
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and then, even if you saw the cheaper one later,
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you probably (?) go to the trouble of swapping it. sākt mācīties
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you probably wouldn't go to the trouble of swapping it.
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Similarly, if a product was on the bottom shelf, consumers (?) less likely to buy it sākt mācīties
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Similarly, if a product was on the bottom shelf, consumers would be less likely to buy it
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(they're often too lazy to bend over(?) they're quite short). sākt mācīties
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(they're often too lazy to bend over unless they're quite short).
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Find and correct ten mistakes sākt mācīties
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in the student's conversation.
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It's be great if we could have the class party at a four-star hotel. sākt mācīties
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It'd be great if we could have the class party at a four-star hotel. It'(s) be great if we could have the class party at a four-star hotel.
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That wouldn't be my last choice. How much do you feel about the school cafeteria? sākt mācīties
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That wouldn't be my first choice. How do you feel about the school cafeteria? That wouldn't be my (last) choice. How (much) do you feel about the school cafeteria?
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The school cafeteria? To be honest, wouldn't work. What does Pizza Rizza strike you? sākt mācīties
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The school cafeteria? To be honest, it/that wouldn't work. How does Pizza Rizza strike you? The school cafeteria? To be honest, X wouldn't work. (What) does Pizza Rizza strike you?
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That's no a bad idea at all. sākt mācīties
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That's not a bad idea at all.
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Actually, I think we're on the wrong truck here, I think we should go for somewhere nicer. sākt mācīties
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Actually, I think we're on the wrong track here, I think we should go for somewhere nicer. Actually, I think we're on the wrong (truck) here, I think we should go for somewhere nicer.
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OK. Supposed we try the Four Seasons or the Hilton? sākt mācīties
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OK. Suppose we try the Four Seasons or the Hilton? OK. (Supposed) we try the Four Seasons or the Hilton?
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I'm tearing between the two, but the Four Seasons is closer. sākt mācīties
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I'm torn between the two, but the Four Seasons is closer. I'm (tearing) between the two, but the Four Seasons is closer.
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Try to memorise the phrases.
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(?) we could have the class party at a four-star hotel. sākt mācīties
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It'd be great if we could have the class party at a four-star hotel.
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That (?) choice. (?) the school cafeteria? sākt mācīties
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That wouldn't be my first choice; How do you feel about That wouldn't be my first choice. How do you feel about the school cafeteria?
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The school cafeteria? (?), it/that wouldn't work. (?) Pizza Rizza (?)? sākt mācīties
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To be honest; How does X strike you? The school cafeteria? To be honest, it/that wouldn't work. How does Pizza Rizza strike you?
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That's not a bad idea at all.
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Actually, I think we're (?), I think we should go for somewhere nicer. sākt mācīties
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Actually, I think we're on the wrong track here, I think we should go for somewhere nicer.
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OK. (?) the Four Seasons or the Hilton? sākt mācīties
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OK. Suppose we try the Four Seasons or the Hilton?
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(?) the two, but the Four Seasons is closer. sākt mācīties
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I'm torn between the two, but the Four Seasons is closer.
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Plan a party for your class. sākt mācīties
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the place, kind of food, activities/games, live music and dress.
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Remember the rules of brainstorming sākt mācīties
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just say ideas and write them down but don't criticise.
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