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Unit 69

69.1 Match words on the left and right to form compound nouns or phrases.

69.2 Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right. Use each verb once only.

69.3 Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given. Use each verb once only.

Example: I'm a banker. / I work in banking.

1. What do you do?

What's ___________________________

2. I'm employed by the government.

I work ____________________________

3. I earn $50,000.

My _______________________________

4. I get 20,000 from my teaching job and another 10,000 from writing.

My total ________________________________________

5. In my job I look after all the computers in the building.

My job involves __________________________________

6. I'm responsible for one of the departments.

I'm in _________________________________________

UNIT 71

71.1 Write a synonym (= word with a similar meaning) for each of these phrases.

sack someone = dismiss someone

out of work = ___________________

leave a company = _______________

be given a better position in a company = be ________________

future possibilities in a job = ________________

stop working (often at 60 or 65) = ____________

workers in a company = __________________

take control of something (e.g. a company) = _______________

71.2 Find the logical answer on the right for each of the questions on the left.

71.3 Complete these sentences with a suitable word.

1. He's not happy in his own country. He wants to work _________________
2. I don't  want a full-time job. I'd prefer to work __________________
3. She'd like to go on another training _______________________
4. I'm bored in my job. I need a fresh _____________________
5. At the end of this year we should get a good pay ___________________
6. She's got more than a hundred workers under _________________
7. I didn't know he was the new manager. When did he take ________________?
8. I know it's not a great job. How much does she ________________________?

Unit 76

76.1 Look at the picture and answer the questions.

1. Did you sit in the stalls or circle?
2. Which row were you in?
3. Were you next to an aisle?
4. Did you have a good view of the stage?

76.2 Match the words on the left with the best definition on the right.

76.3 What word or phrase is being defined?

1. A play or film, and part of the story is sung to music.
2. The people who watch a play at the theatre.
3. The person who makes a film.
4. Journalists who write articles about fil,s and plays.
5. The name of the articles they write.
6. The translation of the words of a film across the bottom of the screen.
7. To reserve ticlets before the performance.
8. The most important actors in a film.

76.4 Complete these sentences describing parts of the story of different books and films.

1. The film is ___________________ in the 1940s, during the Second World War.
2. At the beginning, Paul meets Jennifer in a bookshop and they fall in _________________
3. The film is _______________ two women who drive across America.
4. The main character is young, clever and comes from a very rich __________________
5. The couple are yoo young to marry, and their  parents are very unhappy about the relationship, so they run ________________
6. In this film the husband loses money gambling, but ___________ first his wife knows nothing about it.
7. At the beginning, the company is successful, but then things start going ___________
8. There's a love story in it, and it's very funny. I suppose you'd call it a ____________

Unit 77

77.1 What do you call the people who play the following instruments?

1. piano - pianist
2. violin
3. guitar
4. cello
5. drums

77.2 Fill the gaps with the correct word. 

1. Do you play a musical ____________?

2. A: Do you like ______ music?

    B: Yes, very much.

    A: Who's your favourite ____________?

    B: It's hard to say, but I love Bach.

3. I sang in a ______ for years. We performed in churches all over the country.

4. Their new CD is ________ next week. I'm sure it'll go to number ____________

5. Their first single was very popular, but they haven't ____________ an album yet.

6. I think their __________ album is brilliant, and much better than their last one.

77.3 Now use the context and your own lnowledge to fill the gaps with a suitable word.

1. He used to be conductor of the Berlin Philarmonic _________________
2. Robbie Williams was in a ________ called Take That before he became a ______ artist.
3. Elton John _______ piano, and writes and _________ all his own songs.
4. I think 'Hey Jude' or 'I want to hold your hand' is the Beatles' biggest selling hit _________, but 'Sergeant Pepper' is probably their most  famous ____________. That or 'Abbey Road'.
5. I haven't been to the _________ since I saw The Marriage of Figaro last year.
6. Keith Richard has been ________ guitarists of the Rolling Stones for over 30 years.
7. Duke Ellington is one of the greatest __________ pianists ever.
8. 'Waterloo' was one of Abba's most famous hit _______________
9. Eric Clapton sings on his albums, but he first became famous as a _______________
10. Before he became a solo artist, Sting was the __________ singer with Police.