GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - PROGRESS CHECK UNITS 7 -9

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la PROGRESS CHECK Units 7 -9: din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a IX-a intitulat GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - COURSEBOOK, Editura Longman, Autori Richard Acklam si Araminta Crace, Editia 2011

GOING FOR GOLD - Coursebook 
PROGRESS CHECK Units 7 -9

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 94

1. used to go
2. as intelligent as
3. a little more
4. am not used
5. a lot later
6. didn't use to
7. better than
8. far more

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 94

1. I prefer people to speak their mind and tell me what they really think.
2. We set off at 6.30 a.m. to catch the train.
3. After working here for five years, I've decided it's time to move on.
4. Promise me that you won't talk shop all evening.
5. When I was 18, I left home and went to university.
6. Don't talk about me behind my back. Just tell me what you think.
7. She has a very superior attitude and is always talking down  to me.
8. My father takes ages to get to the point of the story he's telling.
9. The course was too difficult and I dropped out after only two lessons.
10. I've moved house five times in the last seven years.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 94

1. the
2. a
3. the
4. a
5. the
6. O
7. The
8. the

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 94

1. Since I started college, I've got to know a lot of new people.
2. When I was a child, i did a lot of naughty things and got away with it. 
3. My flatmate gets on my nerves because he's always singing loudly.
4. When the teacher came in, everyone just carried on talking.
5. Kate made out that it was me who took that money, but it was her.
6. I was upset when they didn't offer me the job, but I've got over it now.
7. It took me about three hours to get down to writing my essay.
8. I missed two weeks of school and it took me a long time to catch up with everyone else / catch up / catch up with all the work.
9. I get on with everyone in my family.
10. I appologise for being so late. I'll buy you a coffee to make up for it.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 5 / page 95

1. You really must go to bed earlier.
2. You certainly shouldn't ride a motorbike without a helmet.
3. You should have given her the present before she left.
4. It's a good idea to practise your English every day.
5. You shouldn't have said such horrible things to him.
6. You should tell her how you really feel.
7. You ought to get some more cash before we go.
8. You shouldn't have gone to school without eating breakfast.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 6 / page 95

1. shallow
2. short
3. high
4. depth
5. narrow
6. length
7. wide
8. tall
9. deep
10. low

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 7 / page 95

1. complete
2. Sue, who was extremely hungry, decided to cook some pasta.
3. complete
4. I don't know anyone whose house is as nice as yours.
5. complete
6. There is a cafe near here where you can get really good coffee.
7. complete
8. complete 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 8 / page 95

1. really / very / extremely big
2. absolutely / really fantastic
3. correct
4. absolutely / really impossible
5. really / very / extremely good
6. absolutely / really brilliant
7. correct
8. really / very / extremely successful

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 9 / page 95

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C 
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. A