Vocabulary and grammar review Unit 3
Vocabulary
Grammar
1 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
2 The words no, not and none are used incorrectly in some of these sentences. Correct the mistakes.
1SPCMFNT CFUXFFO OFJHICPVST Research shows that nearly a fifth of Britons have had a serious dispute with their neighbours in the past year, with findings the (0) suggesting that difficult (1) with our fellow residents are generally the result of a breakdown in (2) between people. Although there are many people who do get on well with their neighbours, the research shows that nearly a third of Britons (3) speak to them. One in seven of us don’t even know the names of the people who live in our immediate (4) . Consequently, many neighbours are finding it (5) difficult to settle disputes amicably. One in seven people have had verbal (6) with a neighbour in the past, and a small number of disputes have even ended in physical (7) . Feuding neighbours are also turning to the authorities to solve their (8) for them. In fact, almost a fifth of people have reported their neighbours to the police or local council.
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FIND RELATION COMMUNICATE
RARE
NEIGHBOUR INCREASE
ARGUE
VIOLENT AGREE
I’ve searched everywhere for my passport but there is not sign of it. Most of my family love all kinds of sport, but no my sister – she thinks all sport is a waste of time. The exam was so difficult that I didn’t get none of my answers right. Humans are basically no different from any other animal. I thought we had plenty of coffee but I’ve just looked in the cupboard and there’s no left. Not one of Patrick’s friends remembered his birthday. Our rate of pay is no the point – it’s the actual working conditions that are so awful. The group left for the North Pole three weeks ago and so far we’ve had none news of their progress. 3 Rewrite these short texts replacing active verbs with passive verbs where possible and appropriate. We use the term ‘amnesia’ to refer to a partial or complete loss of memory. It is usually a temporary condition which only affects a certain part of a person’s experience. Specific medical conditions can cause amnesia. We all know very well that our real experiences form our memory. But could someone put a false memory into our heads? Could they persuade us that we had experienced something that never actually took place? We use our semantic memory to store our knowledge of the world. Everyone has this knowledge base, and normally we can access it quickly and easily. Our semantic memory includes the meanings of words and the names of people and places. Our working memory is a very important part of our memory system. You can think of it as the ability to remember and use a limited amount of information for a short amount of time. Our working memory can help us to perform a task, like following a set of instructions. However, this information is erratic. If someone distracts you, you can lose the information and you have to start the task again.
