Focus 3 Unit 3. Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Vocabulary

Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letters are given.!!!!

1. I try not to drive during r     hour because it takes so long to get anywhere.

2. I'd love to c      Europe by train, travelling from Lisbon in the west to Ukraine in the east.

3. I dream of going on a v       across the Atlantic Ocean from the UK to New York.

4. We walked along a w        p     that followed the irregular course of the river.

5. The accident happened on the r       journey and we couldn't get back home.

6. In London, the p       t          is so good that it’s not really necessary to take a taxi.

Read the definitions and write the words. Some letters are given.

1. Something you consider very unlikely or impossible – u           e

2. Walking without any shoes or socks on your feet – ba       t

3. To separate yourself from friends and family, often when travelling – c    yourself o    .

4. A break taken by students between school and university, usually for a year – g    y     .

5. A journey on a boat taken only for pleasure, usually a holiday – a c      

6. To take money out from a cash point – w         .

Grammar

Complete the sentences with the words in blue and green.

could have been can't be might be must be can't have been must have been

1. The bird we saw in the park                 a blackbird. They're common here.

2. Tom took the first train to London this morning. He         in the capital right now.

3. This          the hotel we're looking for. It looks too big and expensive.

4. The weather tomorrow is going to be really bad so the journey to the airport          longer than usual.

5. Margaret                in her car when she phoned me. I heard the noise of a busy street.

6. Wendy                 on a safari in Africa last summer. She doesn't have a passport and has never been abroad!

Choose the correct option. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

1. People                [used to smoke, would to smoke] on the plane some forty or fifty years ago. It wasn't prohibited then!

2. Going to the zoo             [cost, use to cost] very little when I was a child so everyone could afford it.

3. When I was a child, I              [used to love, would love] going on fishing trips with my grandpa.

4. When my brother was small, he             [use to take, would take] a teddy bear to school with him.

5. After getting to the top of the mountain, Alex             [used to see, saw] a small village beneath.

6. Elephants             [used to see, seen] to this lake regularly in the past but now they live in a different area.