B2: KEYS TO GRAMMAR EXERCISES

COPY 6B    USED TO,  BE USED TO, GET USED TO

a
2 get used to 3 usually 4 was used to being able
5 used to be 6 usually go

b
2 'm used to       3 get used to      4 used to     5 usually
6 get used to       7 'm used to      8 get used to
9 get used to      10 used to

c
2 being            3 seeing            4 get up      5 eating


COPY 8B REPORTING VERBS

a
1 to give 2 to come 3 having / having had
4 not going / not having gone 5 to tell; breaking
6 going 7 not to leave 8 making


b
2 promised to clean
3 apologized for forgetting
4 advised (his father) not to put
5 suggested trying
6 admitted eating
7 invited (me) to come
8 blamed (us) for losing


COPY 9A   CLAUSES OF CONTRAST AND PURPOSE

a    2 j 3 h 4 i 5 f 6 e 7 a 8 c 9 d 10 b

b

2 A lot of companies have reduced staff numbers in
order to save money.
3 Despite the long flight/ Despite the fact the flight
was long she felt great when she arrived in New
York.
4 Nick didn't tell Louisa the truth so as not to hurt her
feelings.
5 I bought the shoes even though they were
ridiculously expensive.
6 The company has a big market share in spite of
doing very little advertising / in spite of the fact that
they do very little advertising.
7 They had to leave the hotel early so that they
wouldn't miss their train.
8 She didn't get the job though she was a strong
candidate.

VOCABULARY COPY  9B  WORD BUILDING = WORD FORMATION

Prefix: 
2 underpaid 3 multimillionaire 4 subtitled
5 monolingual 6 autobiographies 7 antivirus
8 misunderstood 9 post-war 10 megabyte

Suffix: 
1 comfortable 2 sleepless 3 cheerful
4 recognizable 5 terrorism 6 improvement 7 inflation
8 weakness 9 elegance 10 childproof
Irregular: 1 heat 2 loss 3 height 4 death 5 hunger

6 success