Exercise 1
What do we call these things and people?
1) A ticket for a concert is ________
2) Problems concerning health ________
3) An interview for a job is ________
4) Pictures taken on your holiday are your ________
5) Chocolate made with milk is ________
6) Somebody whose job is to inspect factories is ________
7) A horse that runs in races is ________
8) A race for horses is ________
9) Shoes for running are ________
10) A student studying at university is ________
11) The results of your exams are your ________
12) The carpet in the living room is ________
13) A scandal involving an oil company is ________
14) Workers at a car factory are ________
15) A scheme for the improvement of a road is ________
16) A department store in New York is ________
17) A course that lasts five days is ________
18) A question that has two parts is ________
19) A man who is thirty years old is ________
Show answers
1)
1 a concert ticket
2 health problems
3 a job interview
4 (your) holiday pictures
5 milk chocolate
6 a factory inspector
7 a race horse
8 a horse race
9 running shoes
10 a university student
11 (your) exam results
12 the living room carpet
13 an oil company scandal
14 car factory workers
15 a road improvement scheme
16 a New York department store
17 a five-day course
18 a two-part question
19 a thirty-year-old man
Exercise 2
Answer the questions using two of the following words each time:
accident belt birthday card credit driver
editor forecast newspaper number party road
room seat shop truck weather window
1) This can be caused by bad driving. a ________
2) You should wear this when you're in a car. a ________
3) You can use this to pay for things instead of cash. a ________
4) If you want to know if it's going to rain, this is what you need. the ________
5) This person is a top journalist. a ________
6) You might stop to look in this when you're walking along a street. a ________
7) If you're staying at a hotel, you need to remember this. your ________
8) This is a way to celebrate getting older. a ________
9) This person transports things by road. a ________
Show answers
2)
1 road accident
2 seat belt
3 credit card
4 weather forecast
5 newspaper editor
6 shop window
7 room number
8 birthday party
9 truck driver
Exercise 3
Which is correct?
1) It's quite a long book. There are 450 page / 450 pages.
2) I didn't have any change. I only had a twenty-pound / twenty pounds note.
3) I looked down and there were two ten-pound / ten pounds notes on the ground.
4) At work in the morning I usually have a 15-minute / 15 minutes break for coffee.
5) There are 60-minute / 60 minutes in an hour.
6) It's only a two-hour / two hours flight from London to Madrid.
7) office is on the tenth floor of a twelve-storey / twelve storeys building.
8) I work five-day / five days a week. Saturday and Sunday are free.
9) Five-star / Five stars hotels are the most expensive.
10) Sam's daughter is six-year-old / six years old.
11) The oldest building in the city is the 500-year-old / 500 years old castle.
12) Do you use the twelve-hour / twelve hours clock or the 24-hour / 24 hours clock?
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3)
1 450 pages
2 twenty-pound
3 ten-pound
4 15-minute
5 60 minutes
6 two-hour
7 twelve-storey
8 five days
9 Five-star
10 six years old
11 500-year-old
12 twelve-hour … 24-hour