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Explain the meaning of the word: thorough.

doing things very carefully and with great attention to detail

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Name 5 personality traits

straightforward, sympathetic, bright, conscientious, steady

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Mum's a soft touch. - explain.

A person that you can easily persuade to do something, especially to give you money.

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Complete the collocations sick/compassionate ................... , freelance/permanent ................

sick/compassionate leave, freelance/permanent contract

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Explain the differences: get promoted x get a rise.

get promoted:to move someone to a higher rank or more senior job, get a rise: get an increase in salary

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What's the difference between: be out of work x be off work?

to be out of work = to be unemployed, to be off work = means be away because of illness or another reason

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Where is the stress in each of the words? curious, curiosity

/ˈkjʊəriəs/,/ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/

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Connect the words to make collocations: leave, ladder, off, unpaid, career, clock,

career ladder, unpaid leave, clock off

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Correct or incorrect???My brother climbed a tree when he slipped and fell.

incorrect (correct:My brother was climbing a tree when he slipped and fell.)

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Correct or incorrect??? My mum had been forgetting to turn off the oven, so there was a terrible smell of gas in the kitchen.

incorrect (correct: had forgotten)

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Correct or incorrect??? Most days we rode our bikes to school, but sometimes we were catching the bus.

incorrect (correct: would catch/used to catch/caught)

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Correct or incorrect??? One day, our car used to break down in the fast lane of the motorway.

incorrect (correct: broke down)

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Correct or incorrect??? When we were kids, our dad would give us a packed lunch and send us out to play for the day.

correct

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Correct or incorrect??? Emily's grandparents would live in an old farmhouse in the heart of the countryside.

incorrect (correct lived/used to live)

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I'd hidden in the bushes for over an hour before I realized that everyone else had gone home.

incorrect (I'd been hidding)

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Correct or incorrect: When we got home from school that evening, our parents still worked.

incorrect (correct: were still working)

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