FINAL COUNTDOWN – PART FIVE

Traditionally, let's limber up!

Are these statements true or false?

1. A vacancy is an available position in a given company.

2. A beautician is someone whose job is to look good.

3. Fringe benefits are also called perks.

4. You receive a pension when you start working for someone.

5. If you are an intern you are working in a particular job to gain experience.

6. Odd jobs are small jobs of different types.

1.T 2. F 3. T 4.F 5. T 6. T 

Why don't you describe this picture now? 

  

Choose the best option.

1. I'd never smoke a cigarette.

a) So would I

b) Nor would I

c) Neither wouldn't I

2. I can't find my umbrella. I _______________________it at work.

a) must leave 

b) had to leave

c) must have left

3. By 2017 they ____________________________ here for 23 years.

a) will have been living

b) are living

c) are going to leave

4. Her acquaintances __________________ the issue for three hours before they decided to call it a day and went home.

a) discussed

b) had discussed

c) had been discussing

1. b   2. c   3. a   4.c

FINAL COUNTDOWN – PART FOUR

You have learnt a multitude of lexical items this year. There’s no doubt about it. Let’s use your knowledge to warm you up a bit. Which of these are names of sports?

                             hurdles, javelin, bat, pole vault, circulation, tracksuit,
                                 umpire, fencing, weightlifting, street luge, puck

If you omitted bat, circulation, tracksuit, umpire and puck, congratulations!!!

BTW which of the omitted items do you associate with:
1. baseball?
2. running, jogging, athletics, clothes?
3. tennis?
4. hockey?
5. newspapers, magazines?
1. Bat 2. Tracksuit 3. Umpire 4. Puck 5. Circulation

Now, a chance to boast about your command of phrasal verbs. Match the verbs to their definitions.
1. MAKE UP FOR A. faint, lose consciousness
2. PASS OUT                         B. deceive, fool
3. FALL OUT WITH SB C. not be deceived by sth/sb that seems valuable
4. CATCH UP                        D. compensate for what is lost or missing
5. SEE THROUGH SB/STH E. quarrel, disagree, stop being friends with sb
6. TAKE SB IN                       F. reach the same point, standard
1D, 2A, 3E, 4F, 5C, 6B

For a change a bit of writing – complete the gaps
If I start my letter with “Dear Sir/Madam”, I should finish it using "Yours 1. _____________”, but if I write “Dear Mr Smith”, the ending should be “Yours 2. ________________________”.
1. faithfully 2. sincerely

And finally crème de la crème - paraphrasing 
Rewrite each sentence using the beginning which is provided.
1. I couldn’t persuade him in any way to see the real intention of the committee.
In no _______________________________the real intention of the committee .
2. She will never allow them to take part in this pageant.
Never ______________________________ to take part in this pageant .
3. One rarely has a chance to discuss such an issue with the president.
Rarely ______________________________to discuss such an issue with the president.
4. As soon as she came back home, she heard him knock at the door.
No sooner ________________________________knock at the door .
1. way could I persuade him to see   2. will she allow them   3. does one have a chance  5. had she come back home than she heard