Focus 3 Unit 2. Vocabulary and Grammar

Complete the sentences with the missing words. Use phrasal verbs.

1. My family came to       me on when I ran the marathon.

2. If you don’t enjoy team sports, perhaps you should    in for something like tennis or golf.

3. When her leg started hurting she decided to      out of the race.

4. Sally feels like she     her team down because she missed the goal.

5. You can      off a lot of calories by doing an energetic dance class.

6. He wanted a relaxing physical activity, so he decided to      up yoga.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. There are two extra verbs.

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1. It was very easy to      their opponents – they had never played table tennis before.

2. Our team have been playing really badly recently – they have      their last ten games.

3. Natasha was too slow to       the world record.

4. You won't       a point if you touch the ball with your hand.

5. The oldest marathon runner was over seventy years old. He      last but he was very proud of himself.

6. What should I do to      fit?

Grammar. Write one missing word in each sentence.

1. The students      playing football at nine o'clock yesterday.

2. Sarah met an old friend of hers       she was going to the swimming pool.

3. How     they travel to Glasgow for the final match of the season?

4. I did     enjoy the match – it was boring because both teams played rather badly.

5. After reading chapter one, I realised that I     read the book before.

Use the prompts to complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.

1.                      (what / Sally / do) the last time you saw her?

2. When I wanted to buy a ticket to the match I realised that                      (I / leave / my wallet) at home.

3.                (it / rain) when your mum asked you to go to the supermarket?

4. People had tears in their eyes when                             (the athlete / finally / cross) the finish line.

5. He didn't recognise the goalkeeper on the other team because                (he / not / see) him before.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. My parents encouraged me         (work) hard at school.

2. You can’t make people      (like) you.

3. My teachers urged me              (not / leave) school.

4. I can’t imagine        (live) in a big city.

5. Emma told me what she would    (do) if she were me.

6. We’re planning       (go) to Barcelona in June.

7. We couldn’t afford         (wait) any longer, so we left.

8. I don’t think my parents will let me    (go) to a big music festival.