Revise and Check 2.

GRAMMAR

a 1. already

2. long

3. Since

4. Have

5. yet

b 1. been working. We haven’t seen this tense in class, so don’t worry about this sentence.

2. just made

3. more expensive

4. carefully as

5. the most

VOCABULARY

a 1. bank (It’s the place. The others are forms of payment).

2. mortgage (It’s a noun. The others are all verbs).

3. hungry (The other adjectives are all “strong” adjectives).

4. awful (It has a negative meaning. The other three have a positive meaning).

5. travel (It’s a verb. The others are nouns).

6. helmet (You wear it. The other three are vehicles).

7. Railway station (It’s related to rail travel. The others are all related to road travel).

b 1. filthy

2. tax

3. rush hour

4. lend

5. platform

6. inherit

7. boarding pass / card

8. tiny

c 1. off

2. out

3. for

4. back

5. by

PRONUNCIATION

a 1. coach /əʊ/

2. tiny /aɪ/

3. charge /ɑ:/

4. cycle /s/

5. earn /ɜ:/

b invest, security, luggage, pedestrian, terrified.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a 1. a ; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b     CHECK THEM AGAIN, THERE WAS A MISTAKE

b Fortunate = lucky

Charity = an organization which collects money to help people in need (who are poor, sick, etc).

Volunteer = somebody who offers or agrees to do something without being forced or paid.

Orphanage = an institution where children without parents live and are looked after.

Deposit = a percentage of the price of something you are buying which you pay in advance.

Annoyed = made angry.

Adopted = taken by a family and looked after as if they were their own children.

Useful = having a practical use.

Definitely = certainly, without doubt.