3 VOCABULARY EXTRA

INTERMEDIATE UNIT 3 Idioms

3.1 Organisation
3 Underline the correct alternatives.
1 I have to face/eye it! This haircut is awful!
1 Complete the conversation with the 2 I regularly give money to a charity close to my heart/mind.
words in the box. 3 Hurry up! Were heading/running out of time before the
shops close.
ahead distracted done 4 Afia always hits the nail on the heart/head and says exactly the
last minute prioritise put off right thing.
started waste wisely
5 If we dont finish our assignment in time, well be in cool/hot
A: Come on, we cant 1 water.
the painting anymore. Lets get 6 I always put my mouth/foot in it and say the wrong thing.
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. 7 Ive got to finish this report by 3p.m. Im really working
B: OK, but we cant do it all today. with/against the clock.
We should 3 . How 8 Can you keep a(n) eye/face on my little brother while I go to
about the living room first? the shop?
A: Fine. I got everything ready last 9 Hanging up this washing will take forever. Can you give me a
night. You know how I like to prepare hand/mind?
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of time. 10 Opera isnt really my cup of tea/coffee.
B: Oh, youre so organised. I always 11 That test was a piece of cake/pie. I finished really early.
leave things until the 12 I never knew you could water ski. Youre a dark horse/sheep!
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.
A: I know! You need to learn to use your 4 Match 16 with the endings a)f).
time more 6 and not 1 I like both of these shirts. Im in two
get 7 by other things. 2 I cant wait to let my hair
B: OK, so lets not 8 time 3 I dont have any money, but I can still go window
chatting then. Lets get it
4 Dont take a huge suitcase with you. Try to travel
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5 I have to learn my lines for the play
6 Lets start the meeting by breaking
3.2 Future time markers
a) light and just take what you need.
2 Put the words in brackets in the b) by heart this week.
correct order to complete the c) down tonight and have some fun.
sentences. Then tick the statements d) the ice so everyones relaxed.
you agree with. e) shopping with you.
1 f) minds about which one to buy.
(next years thirty the in) humans will
be able to communicate with whales
and dolphins. 3.3 Misunderstandings
2
(the in term long) most humans will 5 Complete the conversation with one word in each gap. The first
be living on a different planet. letter is given.
3 A: I had an unusual phone conversation last night. I called the
(in future the near) planes will fly wrong 1n , but it was a woman with the
themselves.
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s name as my friend so I thought it was her.
4 B: Didnt you know it was a 3d person from her voice?
(year or only in two a) most A: Well, yes, youre right. I didnt 4r her voice at first,
households will own a robot. but I just thought she had a cold or something! Anyway, we both
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t we knew each other. Aer a while I started
(the in term short) wind-generated talking about a dinner party on Saturday. It was only when she
power will become more important. mentioned the 6w address that I 7r
6 we were talking about different parties and we werent friends
(ten twenty in perhaps to time at all!
years) your brain will be connected
to the internet.

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