Exercise 1
What do we call these things and people?
1 A ticket for a concert is …………………….
2 Problems concerning health …………………….
3 An interview for a job is …………………….
4 Pictures taken on your holiday are your …………………….
5 Chocolate made with milk is …………………….
6 Somebody whose job is to inspect factories is …………………….
7 A horse that runs in races is …………………….
8 A race for horses is …………………….
9 Shoes for running are …………………….
10 A student studying at university is …………………….
11 The results of your exams are your …………………….
12 The carpet in the living room is …………………….
13 A scandal involving an oil company is …………………….
14 Workers at a car factory are …………………….
15 A scheme for the improvement of a road is …………………….
16 A department store in New York is …………………….
17 A course that lasts five days is …………………….
18 A question that has two parts is …………………….
19 A man who is thirty years old is …………………….
Answers
1
1 a concert ticket
2 health problems
3 a job interview
4 (your) holiday pictures
5 milk chocolate
6 a factory inspector
7 a race horse
8 a horse race
9 running shoes
10 a university student
11 (your) exam results
12 the living room carpet
13 an oil company scandal
14 car factory workers
15 a road improvement scheme
16 a New York department store
17 a five-day course
18 a two-part question
19 a thirty-year-old man
Exercise 2
Answer the questions using two of the following words each time:
accident belt birthday card credit driver
editor forecast newspaper number party road
room seat shop truck weather window
1 This can be caused by bad driving. a …………………….
2 You should wear this when you’re in a car. a …………………….
3 You can use this to pay for things instead of cash. a …………………….
4 If you want to know if it’s going to rain, this is what you need. the …………………….
5 This person is a top journalist. a …………………….
6 You might stop to look in this when you’re walking along a street. a …………………….
7 If you’re staying at a hotel, you need to remember this. your …………………….
8 This is a way to celebrate getting older. a …………………….
9 This person transports things by road. a …………………….
Answers
2
1 road accident
2 seat belt
3 credit card
4 weather forecast
5 newspaper editor
6 shop window
7 room number
8 birthday party
9 truck driver
Exercise 3
Which is correct?
1 It’s quite a long book. There are 450 page / 450 pages.
2 I didn’t have any change. I only had a twenty-pound / twenty pounds note.
3 I looked down and there were two ten-pound / ten pounds notes on the ground.
4 At work in the morning I usually have a 15-minute / 15 minutes break for coffee.
5 There are 60-minute / 60 minutes in an hour.
6 It’s only a two-hour / two hours flight from London to Madrid.
7 My office is on the tenth floor of a twelve-storey / twelve storeys building.
8 I work five-day / five days a week. Saturday and Sunday are free.
9 Five-star / Five stars hotels are the most expensive.
10 Sam’s daughter is six-year-old / six years old.
11 The oldest building in the city is the 500-year-old / 500 years old castle.
12 Do you use the twelve-hour / twelve hours clock or the 24-hour / 24 hours clock?
Answers
3
1 450 pages
2 twenty-pound
3 ten-pound
4 15-minute
5 60 minutes
6 two-hour
7 twelve-storey
8 five days
9 Five-star
10 six years old
11 500-year-old
12 twelve-hour … 24-hour