English for Exams Karen Kovacs

Exercise 7
1 off; 2 away; 3 down; A in ; 5 down;
6 off; 7 on; 8 in; 9 on; 10 up; 11 out;
Exercise 8
The piece of equipm ent I'd like to ta lk about is ... 
Pronunciation: Sentence stress
Exercise 12
1 It's a PIECE of eQUIPment.
2 The LAtest TREND is fo r GREEN techNOLogy.
3 Do you KNOW the PRICE of THIS?
4 We CAN'T SPEAK ENglish FLUently. Can YOU? 
The function word, you, in sentence 4 is stressed 
because it comes at the end of a sentence. It is 
pronounced using the strong form , / j u : / .
Exercise 13
2 Function words containing a schwa:
Sentence 1: a / a / ; of / a v /
Sentence 2: the / 5 a / ; fo r / f a /
Sentence 3: you / j a / ; the / 5 a / ; of / a v /
Sentence A: can / k a n /
Exam technique: Coherence
Exercise 1
1 c, g, e, f, b, d, a
2 b Then, surgeons can perform very delicate
operations in this way. 
d Last, but not least recovery tim e is much quicker 
due again to the sm a ll incisions, 
f First of all, the surgeon can operate through tiny 
incisions so there is less scarring.
3 So, as you see; Possible answers: In short; So 
basically; To sum up
Exercise U
On the one hand; On the oth er hand 
Exercise 5
Subject 
I 
you 
he 
she 
it we 
they 
pronouns
Object 
me 
you 
him her 
it 
us 
them
pronouns
Possessive mine yours his hers X 
ours the irs 
pronouns
Exercise 6 a his; b they, they; c the irs; d it
Exercise 7 No, it is unclear. She could refer 
to Kate o r her mum. Instead, the speaker 
should have said Kate really enjoyed it o r Her 
mum really enjoyed it, as appropriate.