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3 Either the children or their 53.2 7 cost-cutting
mother is/are delivering the 1 yesterday's announcement 8 losing battle
letters. 2 the extension of the airport 9 breathing space
4 Either the management or the 3 David's guitar playing 10 video recording
workers are going to have to 4 The completion of the road 11 film-making
give way in the disagreement. 5 last week's shopping list (Notice the word order in 7, 10
6 the responsibility of the firm and 11.)
52.3 who built the houses
The new premises we plan to 7 last year's calendar
occupy in Camford are • now 8 Alice's opinion
being built. The outskirts of this UNIT 55
city are an ideal site for a 9 his brother's shoulder 55.1
company like ours. R and D are ^ 10 the friend of a man I know at noun + noun
work
('is' can also be used here) an 11 The evacuation of the 2 a newspaper headline
important part of our work, and 3 X
next year fifty per cent of our building 4 car insurance
budget is to be spent on our 53.3 5 X
Camford centre. Some of our staff 2 They protested about the 6 X
in the US are f' being asked to introduction of the new rules. 7 X
relocate, and eventually around 3 They were shocked by Bill's 8 a bicycle wheel
ten per cent of our US workforce rudeness. 9 X
are •/ ('is' can also be used here) 4 They were happy about the
to move to Britain. However, the extension of the railway line. 10 a dish cloth
majority of our new employees 5 They were lucky to escape this noun + 's + noun
are to be recruited locally, and we morning's fire. 2 X
think that the local community 3 a bird's nest
are ('is' can also be used here) 53.4 4 X
going to benefit enormously from The signs should have read: 5 X
this development. A number of CONSULTANTS' PARKING 6 a nurse's uniform
business leaders and the local NEW SEASON'S CARROTS 7 X
Member of Parliament are being TO FLATS NOS: 38-45 8 X
invited to a meeting next week. ONE OF EUROPE'S GREATEST 9 a man's voice
Unfortunately, neither the FLAMENCO GUITARISTS 10 X
Company President nor the Note: 3 'a birds' nest' (= a nest
Managing Director of for birds/a nest with birds living
Macroworth is • ('are' can also UNIT 54 in it) might also be used
be used here; informal English) 54.1
available to address that meeting, 55.2
but I and other senior managers 2 pedestrian precinct b hideout (related to the two-
are to attend. 3 bargain hunters word verb in sentence 2)
4 pen friend c setbacks (7)
5 package tour d downpour (5)
6 mother tongue e tip-offs (8)
UNIT 53 7 sign language f telling-off (1)
g passers-by or by-passers (6)
53.1 54.2 h flashbacks (3)
1 Tony's 2 a goods train
2 girls' 3 a drugs test 55.3
3 Dickens' (or Dickens's) 4 a pencil case 1 very unlikely to happen
4 • 5 a two-hour film 2 ordinary and disappointing
5 birds' 6 the contents page 3 difficult to reach
6 • 7 a robotics expert 4 lazy and worthless
7 Lewis's (we don't use Lewis' 8 a toy shop 5 having just about enough
here because the V at the end 9 a four-page essay money to survive
of Lewis is pronounced /s/, 10 a human rights issue 6 not generally known that
not ITJ) 54.3 something is happening
8 • 2 mailing list 7 not showing any emotion
9 mother's (or 'of my mother.')
10 world's airlines 3 selling point
11 readers' 4 answering machine
12 • ('Edinburgh's' is also 5 waiting-list
possible.) 6 turning point
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