Unit 7 (Focus 3)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. 

The group’s new album is going to be released next week.

The group’s new album is going to ________ ________ next week.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

The people watching the play were absolutely silent during the final scene.

The __________ were absolutely silent during the final scene.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

A number of actors have decided to start knitting as a way to pass the time between scenes.

A number of actors have decided to ________ ________ knitting as a way to pass the time between scenes.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

I know you are afraid of going on stage now, but the feeling will disappear as you perform more.

I know you are afraid of going on stage now, but the feeling will ________ ________ as you perform more.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. She is a person who writes and performs her own songs and who appears all over the world.

She is a _____________ -______________ who appears all over the world.

A good ___________ keeps the musicians together by clearly marking the beat.

My favourite singer is going to ___________ in a TV series soon, and she is going to play herself.

We suggested meeting for lunch in Oxford the ____________ day.

The actress explained in a press interview that she ____________ not going to work in the US in the future.

Allan was very happy when I told ___________ that I wanted to offer him a role in my new film.

The film producer was looking for actors who ____________ swim and were good with children.

Nobody believed Andrew when he claimed that he ____________ studied acting in London.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

‘Please don’t use your mobile phones,’ the teacher told her students.

The teacher told her students _____________ their mobile phones.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

‘Why didn't you phone me at the weekend?’ my friend asked.

My friend asked me _______________ her at the weekend.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

‘Have you seen that advertisement before?’ the woman asked Elena.

The woman asked Elen_______________ the advertisement before.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

‘Can you help us with this exercise?’we asked the teacher.

We were wondering _______________with that exercise.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

If you hope to begin working as an actor, you should go to a lot of auditions.

If you plan to ____________ ____________ as an actor, you should go to a lot of auditions.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

How many people watched the final episode of the show?

How many _____ did the final episode of the show have?

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

You shouldn’t blame yourself for the failure of the new play.

You shouldn’t ___ ____ ____ because the new play failed.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

The main guitar player of the group has decided to quit.

The ______ _______ of the group has decided to quit.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

That film was so scary that I couldn’t stop being afraid for hours.

That film was so scary that it took hours for the fear to _______ _______.

The ___________ of the play included several very famous actors.

My great aunt never got married after her____________ died in the war.

The young actor is nervous about playing the ______ of Hamlet in the new production.