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9 A slave to routine

1 Complete sentences 1–10 using the correct if you just think positively, you (6) can / would be
time phrase in the box. Use each option able to achieve anything.’
once only.
And as well as trying to inspire me, she’s very
just in time from time to time at a practical about helping me. Setting up a revision
time time after time at timetable for my exams was her idea. I probably
all times wouldn’t (7) have thought / think of making one
by the time have time set aside
myself but if I didn’t have a timetable for it, I might
time pass the time waste time
(8) be doing / not be doing any revision at all right
1 They ran up the stairs, two now! As it is, I’ve got into the habit of studying
and got to the during the morning because that’s when I’m at
top very quickly.
my best. If I left the revision until the evening, I
2 I finished my
(9) wouldn’t be able to / can’t get as much done.
work, almost everyone else had gone
I’ve also started ticking off the topics I’ve revised
home.
and I think as long as I (10) will carry on / carry on
3 Alison never seems to
to see any of her friends these days. doing this, I’ll probably do well in my exams.

4 He has been warned So from one slightly lazy student to any others
not to wear jeans to work but he never who may be reading … If I were you, I (11) will /
listens. would make the most of anybody who is trying to
5 I thought we were going to be late but support you. You might do better than you
luckily we arrived . imagined,
6 Don’t take those off! You need to wear (12) provided / unless you follow their advice.
safety glasses because these
experiments can be dangerous. / 12

7 We had to wait for ages so we played cards 3 Rewrite each sentence using the word(s)
to
in brackets. The new sentence should be
.
very similar in meaning to the first.
8 Remember to at the
1 I’ll hand in my homework when I’ve checked
end of the test to check your answers
it. (UNTIL)
carefully.
9 We often talk on the phone but we’re only
able to meet in person ,
which is a pity. 2 I didn’t write my answers neatly – I didn’t know it
10 My dad thinks I playing was a test. (HAD)
computer games.
2 Complete the gaps 1–12 in this text by / 10
choosing the correct option.
I’m so grateful to my maths teacher because if
3 You have to invite him, otherwise Lucy
she wasn’t so encouraging all the time, I’m sure won’t come either. (DON’T)
I’d
(1) give up / have given up by now. I think it’s
vital
to have people like Mrs Smart in your life. I mean,
(2) if / when nobody ever told me they 4 Maybe he will shave if you tell him you don’t
believed in me, I probably (3) won’t / wouldn’t be like beards. (MIGHT)
able
to motivate myself. To be honest, (4) unless /
provided my parents and teachers (5) will push /
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the things I know I’m reasonably good at. Mrs
Smart in particular is always reminding me
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5 You’ll get a great view from the top of the tower

unless you’re afraid of heights. (PROVIDED) Reading and Use of English Part 3
Word formation
5 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use
6 She’s still working at the factory because the word given in capitals at the end of
she didn’t accept that office job. some of the lines to form a word that fits
(ACCEPTED) in the gap in the same line. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
Example:
/ 12 (0) INVITATION

With hindsight, I probably shouldn’t

Reading and Use of English Part 2 have accepted my friend Rosa’s
Open cloze (1) INVITATION to join her on a INVITE
‘boot camp’. If I had realised how
4 For questions 1–8, read the text below hard it was going to be, I may well
and think of the word which best fits have given it a bit more
each gap. Use only one word in each (2) before THINK
gap. There is an example at the agreeing to go or I might even have
beginning (0). refused.
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Basically, boot camp turned out to RESIDE
be a 4 week (2)
Example:
programme which involved
Eating habits outdoor
fitness training in all kinds of weather. DEFINITE
There’s one famous pop star (0) WHO swears by
If you like mud, then boot camp is
eating only two meals a day rather than the average
(3) for you.
of three which most (1) us consume. Basically,
However, if you’re like me and you ADVISE
his theory is that good health comes (2)
positively hate getting dirty, cold
restricting your food intake and making sure you eat
and wet, my (4) is to
at the (3) suitable time in your daily routine
say no!
for your body to benefit fully. In his case, this means
eating a sizeable breakfast at around 8.30am and For 28 days I got up at 6am, ate a
then waiting (4) 5pm to eat your other meal of the bowl of fruit and raced to the field PUNCTUAL
day but we may not all be able to organise our day where we did our morning PARTICIPATE
like he does. exercise.
(5) was essential
For the majority of (5) , food is something
because if any (6)
we fit into our lives (6) than moulding our
were late, they had to do extra
lives around what and when we eat. The best we can
training! We then spent the whole day
aim (7) is to eat sensibly, which is to say
doing intensive sport and exercise BELIEVE
reasonably healthy food in appropriate portions. And
routines, apart from a short lunch
if we have a take-away or some fast food, it doesn’t
break. SATISFY
(8) to be a cause for concern provided
By the time I got home, I was
we don’t do it on a regular basis.
(7) tired
and, though I felt a certain
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8 /
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