Page 78 - English Vocabulary In Use upper intermediet and advance

Exercises

Use words with the suffix -mate to resay or rewrite these sentences.
1 This is Jack. He and I share a flat.
2 My grandad still writes to his old friends he was at sea with.
3 We were in the same class together in 1978, weren't we?
4 She's not really a friend, she's just someone I work with.

How many relationships can you find between the people in column A and column B, using
words from the left-hand page?
Example: John Silver and Lorna Fitt were once colleagues.
A B
John Silver: owns a language school for Nora Costa: was in UK Olympic
business people in Bath. Worked at the swimming team in 1982. Was in same
Sun School, Oxford, 1984-5. class at school as Ada Brigg.
Josh Yates: politician, was married to Bill Nash: works every day with John
Eve Cobb 1973-1980. Met Bill Nash Silver. Shared a flat years ago with
a couple of times. Eve Cobb.
Ada Brigg: was married to Bill Nash Fred Parks: politician. Knew Ada Brigg
1981-4. Swam for Britain in 1982 years ago, but not very well.
Olympics.
Ana Wood: has lived as a couple Lorna Fitt: taught at Sun School Oxford
(unmarried) with Bill Nash for the last 1980-7. Lives with Josh Yates.
five years.

5.3 Liking and disliking. Using the verbs, phrases and idioms opposite, what sort of relations do
you think the people on the left might have with the people on the right?

1 teenage music fan parents pop star
strict teacher mate

very attractive workmate I
2 secretary another secretary
boss

ex-husbandlwife I
3 45-year-old I teenagers

5.4 The person who typed this book has got some of the phrases and idioms opposite mixed up
with one another. Correct them.
1 Jo and Phil don't get on eye to eye with each other.
2 I fell up with my parents last night. It wasn't my fault.
3 We had a quarrel but now we've made it well.
4 Do you think Jim and Nora are making an affair? I do.
5 I see very well with all my colleagues at work.
6 She should learn to respect her olders.
7 Jo's attractive, but her mate just turns me up completely.

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