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ContentsIntroduction pages iv-vi

Puzzles pages 1-50

1 Coloured pens

2 Film titles

3 Shopping accident

4 American football

5 Find the words

6 Wind damage

7 Crossword pieces

8 Male and female

9 Add a letter

10 Names

11 Theatre posters

12 Do-it-yourself

13 At the cinema

14 A different alphabet

15 Countr.ies in code

16 At home

17 Book titles

18 Verb crossword

19 Add two letters

20 TV programmes

21 Jobs

22 Song titles

23 Badges

24 Verb backgammon

25 Fruit

25 Mistakes on the signpost

27 Pounds and pence

28 Musical instruments

29 Write the clues

30 Radio programmes

31 Fifteen records

32 Round and round

33 Letters or words?

34 Daily newspapers

35 Add three letters

36 Rhyming pairs

37 Olympic rings

38 Computer keyboard

39 Animals

40 Shaoes and letters

41 More newspapers

42 Radio stations

43 Past and present

M Books, books, books

45 Telegrams

45 Mixed vegetables

47 Verb dice

48 Record store

49 Hidden prepositions

50 The last word

Solutions pages 51-57

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lntrocluctioraThere are fifty puzzles in this book. They all help you to practise your English.

This Introduction gives you some useful words. You often find these words in

the instructions for English puzzles.

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STREETSE

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This is also a grid:

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These are

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These are the clues:

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Across means'horizontallY'

Down means'verticallY'

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This is the solution:

This is a line of letters:

TDCOACCTHEORR

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This is a list of words: This is a pair of symbols: This is a group of pictures:

housegarage

bankpost office

bookshop

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K NGA OO

In this word, the letters arenot in the correct

GRT IE(The correct order is T-|-G-E-R.)

In this word, there is

a spelling mistake: f.N-.Eftl '. t

T M $ f(rhe correct spellins is ELEPHANT.)ELEFANT

(The code is: 4=D, 7=G,15=0.So the word is DOG.)

This word is in code:

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Pul Add a letter:

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Assemble the oieces ,4lm'',,(rorDqr)\s,'

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Put the words into the grid:

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En.yoy doing the puzzles - and remember:when there are letters or numbers in a puzzre,say them to yourself in English.

Use a pencil, in case you make a mistakel

: You can find the solutions at the back of the book.

In your imagination, pick up these pens

one by one - taking the top one each time.

BLACK

Write the comolete wordsfor the colours here -in the correct order ......

( and then put the words into the grid

BLACK

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Read the film titles and write them on the correct posters.(The films are from the United Kingdom, the United States,France and ltaly.)

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hcc:ttd,enWrite the complete words in the grid, vertically.They make another word in the special squares, horizontal

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YAIVIERICA,V FOOTBALLLook at this prcture of an Amerrcan football match. what do vou thinkthe plavers' names are?

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What is special about those names?

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Put a or an with each word, like the examples.

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wlluSome letters are missins from the buildinosafter a strong wind.

Can you replace them?

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Assemble the pieces of the crossword onto thegrid below, to see six days of the week.

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and .,; ::Y{ ot the pagel"t out the pleces

Do it in your headif you can.

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Question:Which day is not in the crossword?

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%atr\dLook at the two crosswords. In Crossword A, every answer is a word for a maleperson. Complete Crossword B: every answer is a word for a female person.

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Here, you've got all the words on the left.Do the words on the right, with the help of the pictures.

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O@ @oAll those names are short forms.For example, Billis a short formof William, and Liz is a short formof Elizabeth. Put the other comoleteforms into the grid.(lf you have a problem, all the completeforms are, in the box below.)

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All the words in this puzzle are parts of the home -six rooms and two other places. Put the letters ofeach word in the correct order and write thewords in the orid.


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"R.ud'ffi*enty film titles. (They are the titles of films froml

[- the United Kingdom and the United States.)

i:,. Ten are about a rnale person E,," ;Ten are about a female purron. lEl

Write the titles in the correct qrids : male or femare.

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Tt*ffi fr ff ffe:resre'ffi ,,.wnffi ge&e,m,ufuwffThe language of this town doesn't use the English alphabet. For example:

In those words you can see fifteen

Can you 'translate' the signs in the picture-and complete the alphabet grid?

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Use the code to find the names of seven more countries.

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ffi nonftffiwrite the words for the things horizontally in the grid. Then finothe three English proverbs by taking the correct letters from the orid.

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These books are by writers from thethe United States and Trinidad. Lookthe writers' names with the titles.

United Kingdom,at the pictures and put

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Just Above My Head

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Under The Volcano

Across The River Andlnlo lhe Trees

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V E R B I C R o S S w o R DPut these verbs with the correct pictures.

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Now put the verbs intothe crossword - in theirthird person singular form,.like the example.(The first group go Across;the second group go Down.)

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0d eetefsto get the words on the right.

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Here, you've got all the words on the left.Do the words on the right, with the help of tfre pictures.

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I which clue goes with which answer? |I Write the correct number and 'Across' or 'Down'. I

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Do these in the same waY:

RFEPIORF-E-TET{RAN

Separate each line of letters into two lobs.The letters for each job are in the correct order.

The pictures show one job from each pair.

Here's an examPle:

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In 1963, the American groupThe Chiffons recorded a sonocalled 'Het so fine .

From the title vou can see

that the song is about a man (he).

ln 1964, the British groupThe Zombies recorded a songcalled 'She's not thereFrom the title you can see

that the song is about a woman (she)

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Assemble the badges.

For each badge, take a piece like this:

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& VDRB BACI(GAMM()N %Do you know the game of 'backgammon,? This puzzle is a bit likethat game. there is a board with circular pieces on it. Look atthe pieces on the board. They make ten short words. Use the piecesfrom the box to change each short word into a verb of five letters

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ite the words for thefruit horizontally in thegrid. Then find the Englishproverb by taking thecorrect letters from the qrid

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l t3takas on thieThere are nine spelling mistakes in the wordson the signpost. Can you correct them?

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In the nine souares of thisgrid there are some Britishcoins and notes.

Read each sum of monev, and:

- write it in numbers,

- mark the correct threesquares in the small grid,

like the examole.

@one pound

@two pence

@ten oounds

@one oenc(

ffilive pounds

Ten pounds, three pence

+.10.09,

Five pounds, eleven pence

Five pounds, twenty-five

One pound, seven pence

Sixteen pounds

Ten pounds, fifteen pence

Ten pounds, seventy pence

One pound, sixty pence

How much money is in these squares?

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Put the words for the musical instruments into the qrid.

Take the letters from five of the special squares, and put them in thecorrect order to give the name of this instrument from India.

oooooDo the same with the letters from these soecialsquares, to give the name of this instrument

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W4/wln this crossword, the answers are already

in the squares - so write the cluesl

Each clue is a verb: the Base Form of the answer'

For example: The clue for STUDYING is STUDY'

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In the grid thereare seventeentitles - they areall titles of BBC

radio programmes.

Find them withtho holn nf +ho

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FIFTTEN RECORDSLook at the song titles on the records. Each title haspln rtIn some titles16l means f-i51.In some titlesp;;;;;hGi fE-Tt;In some tirles l's lis the lpossEsstvE l. I I

Write the numbers of the songs in thecorrect boxes.

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ROtuyp A/W RQt{/ypln this puzzle all the answers are words of four letters. write thewords in the correct squares, like the examote.

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Letters or words?Some English letters sound exactly like woros.For example: The letter p.,lsounds like the word lEelComplete this list:

The letter

The letter

The letter

The letterThe letter

The letter

The letterThe letter

sounds like the wordsounds like the wordsounds like the wordsounds like the wordsounds like the wordsounds like the wordsounds like the wordssounds like the words

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This looks likea list of names... .... but it isn'il Say each name, and it sounds

like a word or a phrase.

For example, C. plane sounds like seap/ane.Can you do the others?

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.U. ENGLIS

B. CAREFUL

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C.U. LATER

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DN'LV UEUTPNPENSA daily newspaper appears every day, and it often has the word 'daily' in its name.can you complete the names of these four daily newspapers from Britain?The missing letters are all in the grid.

DailylnlrrrrDA'LY

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A3O TIIPE€ ETTEPSAdd three letters to each word on the left, to make another word on the right.The oictures will helo vou.

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Rhym@ rrrirsThe twenty-four words in the box make twelve rhyming pairs.

Find the others andwrite them in the qrid.

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All the answers in this puzzle are sports - olympic sports and others

Put the words into the rings, in the directions shown by the flags.

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f,DTNPUTER KEYBOARDThis part of a pianois Ihe keyboard;

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msi.t..mI leEber I--_T_-F

Typewriters and computers also have akeyboard - the letters, numDers, etc. are on tt

Do you know where the retters.re on uning@In this puzzle you can find out. Write the letters on the keyboard below.

the {ourteenth lebber

TW eighth letter

'tle seand letber

Ihe twentv -first lettz?

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nnlmnrfiThe English words for ten animalsare in the grid - broken into parts.Find the correct parts and assemblethem.

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&CffiEsNNDLEWtriangle circleTAO

Those words are in this puzzle.

Use the letters in the shapes to makethe six words in the boxes. Then answerthe question at the bottom of the page.

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Question: Can you make an English wordwith all seven letters from the shaoes?


rrnnE tErcm7g2tln Puzzle 34, there are the names of four British newspapers.In this puzzle there aresix more. Can you assemble their names from the pieces in the grid?Here's a little help: five of the names begin with the word the, and one doesn,t.

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Here are seven radio stations. You can hear them all in London

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Write the correct radio stationfor each speaker.


PASTANDPRESEilIYou can make the past simple of a lot of English verbs by just changing one letter.For example: -l-

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Do the same with the twelve verbs in the ouzzreHere are the twelve letters you need.

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In each group of four bookput the same two letters inthe squares to completethe titles. For example, in

the first group you needthe letters AR.

H IARID TIMES

George Or'vellAR

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THE TIME },IACH

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complete etghtmore titles.Look very carefullYat the cornersof the squares!

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These telegrams have mistakesin them: the numbers 1-8 appearinstead of some letters e.q. 6=4.

trgEEtrtrtrEtrtrtrutrEtrtrWhich letters do the othernumbers represent? Andwhat do the telegrams say?

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"WreW@w;On these dice, there are the letters of two verbs in the Past Simple tense.

Find the verbs on the otherdice and write them in theDOXCS.

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In the song titles, each symbol represents a word. The words are:HOW WHAT, WHERE, WHO, WHY AM, lS and ARE. Work outwhich word each symbol represents, and write the complete titles.

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Look at these two sentences

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In each sentence, there is a 'hidden' preposition, using lettersfrom more than one word:

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I LIKE THE SIREETS o',[_Bl4,,e.FPDN!

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Can you find the 'hidden' preposrtions in these sentences?Like to and from,they are all prepositions of place.

Draw a box round each one.

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Write the eight prepositions here in alphabeticalorder.

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Each of these contractions is the last word in two sentencesPut them in the correct places.

Read the sentenceson the left like this:

And the sentenceson the right like this

but the Eiffel Tower

but Tom and Jer

Wriqht brothers

but the Brontd sisters but mv mother and father

Mr and Mrs Jones

The Colosseum

Bob and Jack

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GREYBLUEWHITEGREENBROWN

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Seven Angry Men. 5 Three Men ln A Boat.Three Men On A Horse. 5 Two People.Two Women. 7 Ten Tall Men.

Seven Women. 8 Twelve Angry Men.

@ 3 Shopping accident

@ 4 American football

Number One's name is WASHINGTON.Number Three's name is JEFFERSON.Number Seven's name is JACKSON.Number Twelve's name is TAYLOR.Number Twenty-eight's name is WILSON.Number Thirty-seven's name is NIXON.Number Forty's name is REAGAN.Number Forty-one's name is BUSH.

Those names are names of American presidents:Geor ge Wash i ngton, Thomas ./efferson, AndrewJ ackson, Zachary Taylor, W oodrow Wi lso n,Richard Nrioa Ronald Reagan, George Bush.Washington was the lst president, Jefferson wasthe 3rd, Jackson was the 7th, etc.

@ 5 Find the words

@ 5 wind damage

1 CINEMA 6 BOOKSHOP2 RESTAURANT 7 SCHOOL3 BANK 8 POST OFFICE4 HOTEL 9 SUPERMARKET5 SWIMMING POOL 1O NEWSAGENT

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l, O, U (when it is notpronounced /ju:/),and silent H.

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The missing day is SUNDAY.

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1 MEN WITHOUT SHADOWS 5 ALL MY SONS2 HAPPY DAYS 6 THREE SISTERS3 THE BIRDS 7 THE FLIES4 THE FROGS 8 THE LITTLE FOXE

Remember:Most nouns make their plural by adding s to thesingular (birdt sisters, song frogg shadows). Thisincf udes nouns ending with a vowel + y (days).Nouns ending with a consonant + y make theirplural with ies (fly - flies.l.Nouns ending with x, s, ch or sh make their plurawith es (foxes,).

Some nouns have irregular plurals (man - men).

@12 Do-it-yourself

@ B At the cinema

Mr Smith Goes To Washington

The Man From Morocco

Uncle Silas

The Boy With Green Hair

My Son John

A King In New York

Goodbye,Mr Chips

Brother John

The Boyfriend

fhe Little Prince

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@ 10 Names

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@ 14 A different alphabet

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\ a *l \ z s1 LIBRARY 5 MARKETSQUARE2 TAXIS 6 HEALTH CENTRE3 JAZZCTUB 7 SHAKESPEAREAVENUE4 SWEETSHOPIn fact, those symbols show the positions of theflags in the semaphore alphabet:A4 A B-l_q etc.

'f@ 15 Countries in code

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Proverbs:

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10 CHAIR11 RECORD.PLAYERI2 WINDOW

Home is where the heart is.

There's no place like home.East, west, home is best.

@lt BooktitlesThe House ln Paris Elizabeth BowenA Fire On The Moon Norman MailerOur Man In Havana Graham GreeneTo The Lighthouse Virginia WoolfJust Above My Head James BaldwinA Small Town ln Germany John Le Ca116

Under The Volcano Malcolm LowryAcross The River And

Into The Trees Ernest HemingwayA Flag On The lsland V.S. NaipaulThe Waves Behind The Boat Francis Kino

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BEGINPLAYWASHRELAXPULLBORROW

7 ASK8 PAY9 FINISH

10 STOP11 LISTEN

12 PUSH

CARRYWATCHWALKSAYEATGO

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Remember:Most verbs add s (begins, pullg borrowg asks,stopg listens, walks, eats). This includes verbsending with a vowel + y (plays, pays, says).Verbs ending with a consonant + y use ies (carry .

carries).Verbs ending with.f s, ch, sh or o add es (washesrelaxet finishet pushes, watches, goes).

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SSHOEPA C S R 5 I ES T TAANRTYSECBETARY

@ 22 song titles

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NEEDS A BIKE,

@25 Fruit

1 KIWI FRUIT 6 AVOCADO2 BANANA 7 STRAWBERRY

3 LEMON 8 MELON4 PEAR 9 PINEAPPLE

5 CHERRY 10 COCONUT

Proverb: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

NOTA NUlvlEER.

@ 24 verb backgammon

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Remember: In conversation, we often sav, for examole.'Fifteen pounds, twenty'or'Fifteen twenty' instead of''Frneen pounds, twenty pence .

@28 Musicalinstruments

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@ 29 Write the clues

Across1 STUDY 10 SWIM4 SPELL 12 GO6 GET 14 TAKE7 START 15 HOPE9 LEAVE 16 OPEN

Down2 TELL 9 LISTEN3 DO 11 WORK5 EAT 13 STOP7 SKATE 15 HELP8 RUN

To make their rng-form, most verbs iust add rns(studying, spelling, starting, going 6pening, t6lling,oorng, eattng, Itstening, working, helping).Verbs ending with a consonant I e lose the e fleave -leaving, take.- taking, hope.- hoping, skate - skating).)ome verDs doubte the tinal consonant(get - getting, swim - swimming,run - running, stop - stopping).

@ 30 Radio programmes

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@ 36 Rhyming pairs

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@ 37 olympic rings

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I Be careful! 5 teaoot2 Are you English? 5 See you later.3 seaplane 7 peanuts4 Queue here. 8 l'm ill.

@ 34 Daily newspapers

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@ 41 More newspapers

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@ 42 Radio stations

1 BBC Radio 2 5 Capital Radio2 BBC Radio 4 6 BBC Radio 1

3 L.B.C. 7 G.L.R.4 BBC Radio 3

Past and present

Books, books, books

A ROOM WITH A VIEW E.M.ForsterTHEY CAME TO A CITY J.B.PriestlyTWELFTH NIGHT William ShakespeareOTHETLO William Shakespeare

LEFI HAND, RIGHT HAND Osbert SitwellMAN AND SUPERMAN Georoe Bernard ShawROMEO AND JULIET William-ShakespeareNIGHT AND DAY Virginia WoolfMEN AND WOMEN Robert BrowningTHE SEVEN SEAS Rudyard KiplingTHE SECRETAGENT Joseph ConradNINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR George Orwell

GOODBYE TO BERLIN Christopher lsherwoodTHE TIME MACHINE H.G.WellsSTRANGE MEETING Susan HilROBINSON CRUSOE Daniel Defoe

THE GREEN MAN Kingsley AmisTHE THIRD MAN Graham GieeneTHE GARDEN PARW Katherine MansfieldMR NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS Christooher lsherwoodTHE OLD MEN AT THE ZOO Angus WilsonTHE ISLAND Aldous HuxleyTHE lNVlSlBLE MAN H.G.WellsTHE WAR OF THE WORLDS H.G,WeIIs

@ 45 Telegrams

Telegram One HAPPY CHRISTMAS!Telegram Two HAPPY NEW YEAR!Telegram Three HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Telegram Four HAPPY TWENry- FIRST BIRTHDAY!Telgram Five WELL DONE! YOU PASSED YOUR

DRIVING TEST!Telegram Six CONGRATULATIONS! YOU PASSED

YOUR EXAM!

@46 Mixed vegetables

@ 47 verb dice

1 STUDIED 5 ryPED 9 SKATED2 DANCED 6 PAINTED 10 OPENED3 PHONED 7 ARRIVED4 WASHED 8 LISTENED

Remember: Most verbs add ed (walke4 washed paintedlistened opened). Verbs ending with a consonant +yusered (study - studied).Verbs ending with e just add d(dance4 phoned, typed anived skated).Some verbs double the final consonant (stop - stopped).

@ 4s Record store

1 What is love? 8 Why don't they understand?2 Why can't we live 9 What is a man?

together? 10 Wheredowegolromhere?3 Who wears these shoes? 11 Who is it ?

4 Where did your heart go? 12 How can you mend a broken5 What can I say? heart?5 Howcanlbesure? 13 Whereareyounow?7 Who am l? 14 Who are you? (by The Who)

@ 49 Hidden prepositions

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@ 50 The last word

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lndextf you want to do puzzles about particular points, you can findthem in this lndex. For example, if you want to do a puzzle about'a'and'an', do Puzzle 5.

alan 5Alphabet 5, 14,33,38am / is /are 48Animals 39Article. Indefinite 5

Badges 23Books 17,44Colours 1

Contractions 50Countries 15Currency (British) 27Days of the week 7-ed ending (verbs) 47Family members 8, 13Female and male 8, 13

Films 2, 13Food and drink 3Fruit 25Furniture 16Good wishes 45he /she, his / her him / her 22Home- furniture 15- rooms 22lndefinite Article 5

lnfinitive of verbs.24-rng ending (verbs) 29Jobs 21Letters of the alphabet 5, 14, 33, 38Male and female 8, 13Money (British). 27Musical instruments 28Names- Tamily names 4- first names 10Newspapers (British) 34, 41Nouns, plural 2- singular and plural 11

Numbers 2,4,27,42- ordinal numbers 38

Past Simole- irregular verbs 43- regular verbs 47People (male and female) 8, 13Plays (theatre) 11

Plural nouns 2, 11

Possessive 3 31Prepositions of place 17, 49Present Simple 18Pronunciation 36Proverbs 16,25Public buildings and shops 6, 14Question-words 48Radio programmes 30Radio stations 42Rhyming words 36Rooms 12-s ending (verbs) 18's (is / has / possessive) 31

Shaoes 40Shops and public buildings 6, 14Singular and plural nouns 11

Songs 22, 31,48Spelling-ch/tch/k/ck26- verbs Ced ending) 47- verbs (-ing ending) 29- verbs Cs ending) 18Soorts 37Telegrams 45Telling the time 15TV programmes 20Vegetables 45Verbs- contractions 50- infinitive 24- -ing form 29- Past Simple (irregular) 43- Past Simple (regular) 47- Present Simple 18

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