ANSWERS TO REVIEW 5 (PAGES 70-71 COURSEBOOK)
VOCABULARY
1. I'm not surprised she feels humiliated – he's always putting her down in public
like that.
2. You can't turn your back on me now, not after all I've done for you in the past!
3. The mortgage is putting a real strain on our finances.
4. The Brazilian striker never really took to his new coach and by the end of his first
season he was asking for a transfer.
5. He really gets on my nerves. He never stops complaining.
6. My boss has always had it on for me; nothing I do is good enough for me.
7. Greta Garbo took such a strong dislike to her co-star Frederic March that she
used to eat garlic before filming their love scenes.
8. My brother has done very well for himself, but he does tend to look down on me.
Or is it my inferiority complex?
9. Samantha broke up with her boyfriend last week; they'd been going out with each
other for 3 years.
10. Their marriage had been going through a bad patch and they'd decided to start
divorce proceedings.
REFERENCE AND ELLIPSIS
1. our old one keeps
2. I hope not – I haven't brought
3. …, and neither / nor is my wife
4. …, but I do.
5. If so, can you hurry up?
6. It should be -
7. I have already or I already have
8. I'd really love to
9. I think we should have been
10. …, but he hasn't.
ENGLISH IN USE: OPEN CLOZE
1. were
2. would
3. them
4. when
5. Despite
6. which
7. without
8. it/this/that
9. What
10. over
11. have
12. their
13. to
14. out
15. such