Solution upper intermidiate. Unit 5

My favourite book ... two years ago.

I ... about the project.

The teacher ... to London.

By the end of the year they ... all these tasks.

All these books ... read by the next month.

Look! The church ... built now.

The business letter ___ just ___ .

Business letters ___ usually on special forms.

The business letters ___ tomorrow.

The new film ___ in all the big theatres of the city.

By the time we came to the bookshop all books ___

This school ___ next year.

A woman’s work ___ never done.

I ___ about my father’s death before my mother.

Someone wrote this report last week. This report ___ last week.

On the school trip to the coast, the teacher ___ us about getting too close to the sea wall because it was dangerous.

I felt really ___ when the sports coach said I was too lazy to be in the team. I have worked hard at my fitness and I thought he was just being rude.

My mum has been ___ me to get my hair cut for days. But I don’t want to get it cut! I like it long.

In class, Jill got the teacher’s name wrong, and everybody laughed. Her classmates have been ___ Jill about it ever since, but she doesn’t think it’s funny.

Everybody ___ me on how well I had organised the event. I was very pleased to hear such praise.

I have two brothers and although ___________ of them love sport, only one of them is good at it.

___________ of my classmates signed the card when I left school. Every single one of them! I’ll keep the card forever.

We had to cancel the show because only ___________ people bought tickets.

___________ students arrived late because they all wanted to be early to get a good seat.

There aren’t ___________ westerns I really like.

I didn’t want to get a part-time job, but my friends ___ applying for one. I’m glad they did.

I won’t ___ all that noise any longer! Turn the music down! I won’t ask you again!

Gary promised to help organise the trip, but in the end, he ___ . He went away for the weekend and didn’t help at all.

Tom has ___ . They’re going to the cinema on Friday. I’m surprised. I didn’t know he liked her.

I felt very upset when we lost in the final. It’s not easy to ___ such a big disappointment. It takes time to stop thinking about it.

Jeff ___ his father. He looks just like him, and has a similar personality.

Match the words below with the phrases in italics which have a similar meaning. There are two extra words.

Despite many studies, scientists have yet to find evidence that the condition can be inherited. __________________

Match the words below with the phrases in italics which have a similar meaning. There are two extra words.

Many species of bird stay with the same partner for their whole adult lives. __________________

Match the words below with the phrases in italics which have a similar meaning. There are two extra words.

The liver is an internal body part that is capable of regenerating itself to some extent.

Match the words below with the phrases in italics which have a similar meaning. There are two extra words.

An important academic article recently showed that we share more of our DNA with reptiles than we once thought. __________________