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👉LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation
1. a. Listen and repeat, paying attention to the underlined words. 🎧
1. The sky today is clear and blue.
2. The speaker talked a lot about honesty.
3. The store on that corner sells local specialities.
b. Choose A, B, C, or D to show the word in each group with a different stress pattern.
1. A. humorous B. tremendous C. numerous D. generous
2. A. national B. animal C. arrival D. typical
3. A. festival B. cultural C. poisonous D. ambitious
Vocabulary
2. Complete the sentences with the words and phrase from the box.
| customers bargain single-use habitats natural disasters |
1. We should recycle various _____ products instead of throwing them away.
2. Shopping centres attract a lot of _____ during the sales season.
3. Population growth is causing destruction of wildlife ______ throughout the world.
4. Luckily, my home town rarely suffers from _____, such as floods or storms.
5. Generally, you can't _____ over prices of goods in supermarkets.
3. Use the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. The tsunami in Tonga was very (destroy) _____hundreds of houses were swept away.
2. One (advantage) _____ of shopping online is that you do not know exactly what you will get.
3. Endangered species are animals in the wild that face a high risk of (extinct) _____.
4. (Addict) _____ shopping is a form of behaviour that makes shoppers buy many items they don't need.
5. When a natural disaster happens, we must listen to (instruct) _____ from local authorities.
Grammar
4. Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. While I (clean) _____ out my cupboards, I found these photos.
2. Sam is studying hard. He (have) _____ his exam this Friday.
3. This brochure says that the big sale (start) _____ next Friday.
4. _____ the flood victims still (wait) _____ when the rescuers came?
5. I just (fall)_____ asleep last night when I (hear) _____ a knock at the door.
5. Complete the sentences, so that they are true for you.
1. When I finished my lessons yesterday, ___________.
2. Before I go to bed at night, ___________.
3. I will wait until the teacher ___________.
4. As soon as we have our summer holiday, ___________.
5. I usually listen to music while ______.
