The night-walkers of Uganda

Vocabulary 1: Verb + noun collocations
4
Match the verbs with the nouns. 
1. brush
a. a kettle 
2. have
b. someone a lift 
3. fill
c. energy 
4. offer
d. your teeth 
5. waste
e. a computer 
6. switch off 
f. a shower 
Which of these pieces of advice does the text give? Choose a) or b) in each case.
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Seize the day
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
5
Fill the gaps in the sentences using prepositions.
1. I brush my teeth _______ breakfast.
2. I get _______ work at 8.30.
3. I log off _______ the end of the working day.
4. I wash the dishes _______ my evening meal.
5. I haven’t got a dishwasher so I wash the dishes _______ hand.
6. I take a cup _______ me to work.
7. I usually eat a sandwich _______ lunchtime.
8. I always leave my car _______ home.
Vocabulary 3: Opposites
6
Complete the table.
switch off
turn on
on
log on
go out
stay 
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Skim the text to find words with these definitions.
1. Someone who travels to another country in order to find work. ________________ (Para 1)
2. Someone who has the right to live permanently in a particular country and has the right to the
legal and social benefits of that country. ________________ (Para 2)
3. A plan or suggestion, especially a formal one, that a group has to consider. ________________ (Para 3)
4. To be an important part of something. ________________ (Verb, para 4)
5. To do some work without getting paid. ________________ (Verb, para 5)
6. Happening or existing now. ________________ (Para 6)
7. Someone who has recently started to live or work somewhere, or who has just arrived in a place.
________________ (Para 8)
8. The fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place. ________________ (Para 10)
9. Feeling that someone or something cannot be trusted. ________________ (Para 11)
10. A gradual change or development that produces a particular result. ________________ (Para 13)