Unit

1

EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

IDIOMS WITH GET Match the idioms with get with the explanations.

1. get ahead 2. get a load off one’s mind 3. get down to doing something 4. get something into one’s head 5. get out of hand 6. get rid of

a. begin to do something seriously b. stop worrying about something c. remove d. become more successful than others e. have a fixed idea in one’s mind f. get out of control

2

Use some of the expressions from the box to complete the sentences.

had to ____________________.

2. She decided to ______________ her old clothes. She doesn’t need them anymore.

3. You have to practise playing the piano every day if you want to ________________.

4. Things _________________ at the party and juice was spilt all over the couch.

EVERYDAY LANGUAGE Common expressions

1. I’m sorry if what I said upset him, but I

with the word BRIDGE Explain the meaning of the word ‘bridge’ in the following sentences.

1. ‘A lot of water has passed under the bridge.’ 2. They often gather in his house to play bridge. 3. ‘Cross that bridge when you come to it.’ 4. Is it possible to bridge the gap between two generations?

FOR FUN

SOLVE THE RIDDLES

1. He has married many women, but has never married. Who is he? 2. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it? 3. Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can’t hold it for much more than a minute. 4. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 5. What can fill a room but takes up no space? Breath Light A secret A river A priest