Recycling Advanced English

Recycling Advanced English

Clare West
Third Edition
(With Removable Key) Recycling
Recycling Advanced English, Third Edition provides extensive guidance

Advanced

Third Edition
and practice in ve key areas of language:
Grammar.

English
Phrasal verbs.
978-0-521-14073-7 ISBN Recycling Advanced English. Cover. C M Y K

Vocabulary.
Word study.
Writing.
This best-selling book has now been updated and revised throughout
to take account of recent revisions to the CAE and CPE syllabuses.
There are major changes to some Use of English tasks and to the
Writing section, which contains four new units. It can be used to
supplement any advanced coursebook, in class or for self-study, and is
particularly suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge CAE and
With Removable Key
Third
Prociency (CPE) examinations.
Recycling Advanced English provides:

Edition
90 user-friendly units.
Clear, concise presentation in study boxes.
A wide variety of challenging exercises.
Regular consolidation in the recycling units.
Practice in all task types for Papers 2 & 3 of CAE and CPE.
Writing models in the Appendix.
Ideal material for classroom use or self-study.
Clare West has taught in the UK and overseas for many years and is
an established author.

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 6

SECTION 1 GRAMMAR
1 Articles and uncountables 8
2 Present tenses 11
3 Modal verbs 14
4 The future 18
5 RECYCLING 20
6 Past tenses 23
7 Gerund and infinitive 26
8 Conditionals, wishes and regrets 29
9 Passives 32
10 RECYCLING 35
11 Reported speech 38
12 Linking words and discourse markers 41
13 Relative clauses 45
14 Adverbs 48
15 RECYCLING 51
16 Verb inversion 54
17 Comparison and similarity 57
18 Participles 60
19 Adjectives 63
20 RECYCLING 66
21 Prepositions 69
22 Difficult verbs 72
23 Transformation 75
24 Dependent prepositions 78
25 RECYCLING 81

SECTION 2 PHRASAL VERBS

26 Phrasal verbs with down 84
27 Phrasal verbs with after, back and about 86
28 Phrasal verbs with off 88
29 Phrasal verbs with through, for and by 90
30 RECYCLING 92
31 Phrasal verbs with up 94
32 Phrasal verbs with out 96
33 Phrasal verbs with over, apart and with 98
34 Phrasal verbs with on 100
35 RECYCLING 102

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36 Phrasal verbs with away, across and around 104

37 Phrasal verbs with in and into 106
38 Three-part phrasal verbs 108
39 Phrasal verbs as nouns 110
40 RECYCLING 112

SECTION 3 VOCABULARY
41 Email and the internet 114
42 The media and the arts 116
43 Success and fame 118
44 Animals and their rights 120
45 Language 122
46 Medicine and health 124
47 Danger and risk 126
48 The environment 128
49 Right and wrong 130
50 Money and finance 132
51 RECYCLING 134
52 UK government 136
53 Conflict and revenge 138
54 Technology and progress 140
55 Work and study 142
56 Different lifestyles 144
57 Belief and superstition 146
58 Time and memory 148
59 Travelling and transport 150
60 Books and reading 152
61 Law and order 154
62 RECYCLING 156

SECTION 4 WORD STUDY

63 Humour, puns and jokes 160
64 Idioms 163
65 Proverbs and similes 166
66 Newspaper language 169
67 Borrowed words 170
68 Words with two or more meanings 172
69 Confusing words 174
70 Spelling and punctuation 176
71 RECYCLING 179

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72 Collocations 182
73 New language 185
74 Plural and feminine forms 188
75 Prefixes and suffixes 190
76 False friends and word pairs 192
77 Ways of walking, talking, looking and laughing 195
78 Ways of holding and pulling 198
Words for light, water and fire
79 RECYCLING 201

SECTION 5 WRITING
80 Formal letters 204
81 Informal letters 207
82 Articles 210
83 Reports 213
84 Proposals 215
85 Information sheets 217
86 Essays 219
87 Reviews 221
88 Set texts 223
89 Competition entries 226
90 Contributions to longer pieces 229
91 Help with writing tasks 231

APPENDIX of grammar and model writing tasks 233

KEY (removable) 241

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UNIT 1
Articles and uncountables
No article is used when generalising (with plural, abstract and uncountable nouns)
but the or a/an is used when talking about particular examples. The definite article
the is used when it is clear which noun we mean, whereas the indefinite article a/an
is used when a noun is referred to for the first time.
Singular countable nouns must always have an article (or possessive), except in the
following cases: prepositions with home, school, college, university, church, work,
class, hospital, prison, bed, sea, breakfast, lunch, supper, dinner.
Note also:
s at night, on foot, by car/bus/tube etc. (means of transport), to/in/from town (when
referring to the town we live in, a local large town or the capital), go to sleep and
go home
Notice the difference between Shes in prison (shes a prisoner) and Shes in the
prison (she either works there or is visiting).
The article is also omitted in certain double expressions:
s from top to bottom, on land and sea, hand in hand, face to face
The indefinite article a/an is normally used to indicate someones profession:
s (EWANTSTOTRAINASAPSYCHOTHERAPIST

A Complete the sentences
by putting the, a/an or no
article () into the spaces.
1 You remember my sister Jane? ____ one who has always been afraid
of ____ spiders?
2 Shes been studying ____ architecture at ____ university for ____ last
three years.
3 At ____ moment shes researching into ____ work of Le Corbusier.
Dont you know him? Hes ____ well-known French architect.
4 Shes pretty busy in ____ daytime, but she finds shes at ____ bit of
____ loose end at night, so ____ last year she joined ____ film club.
5 ____ club members can watch ____ films at ____ very low prices, in
____ disused warehouse on ____ other side of ____ town.
6 So when she gets home from ____ college, she usually goes straight
over there by ____ bike, and has ____ drink and ____ sandwich before
____ film starts.
7 One evening she was in such ____ hurry to get there that she had
____ accident.
8 She was knocked down by ____ car and had to spend two months in
____ hospital.
9 When I went to visit her, I was shocked to find her swathed in ____
bandages from ____ head to ____ toe.
10 But luckily her injuries looked worse than they really were, and she
managed to make ____ very speedy recovery.

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UNIT 1

The is also used with

a AUNIQUEPERSONOROBJECTsthe President sthe North Pole
b MUSICALINSTRUMENTSs(EPLAYSTHEGUITAR
c SOMEADJECTIVESWITHPLURALMEANINGSsthe rich
d nationality adjectives, ships, geographical areas, most mountain ranges, oceans,
seas, rivers, deserts, hotels, cinemas, theatres, plural names of countries, island
groups, regions
e WHENTALKINGABOUTAWHOLESPECIESsthe African elephant
No article is used when talking about continents, most countries, towns, streets, etc.
(except THE(IGH3TREET), lakes, and the main buildings of a particular town:
s+INGSTON4OWN(ALL
The is not used with most except with the superlative:
s most people sthe most incredible sight

B Correct the sentences if
necessary. Tick any which
are already correct.
1 Tony had always wanted to explore the foothills of Himalayas.
2 So when he was offered an early retirement package by his firm, he
decided to take advantage of the opportunity.
3 First he needed to get really fit, so he spent a month training in Lake
District.

4 When he could run up Buttermere Fell without stopping, he

considered he was ready.
5 He booked a trip with a well-known trekking company and flew out
to the Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
6 His group were planning to trek in Annapurna region, but
unfortunately Nepalese were beginning to get worried about the
amount of damage being done to their ancient mountains by the
constant pummelling of climbers feet.
7 So they temporarily suspended permission for foreigners to climb or
use the footpaths in the area.
8 Group leader was very apologetic, but he laid on rafting on River
Trisuli and sightseeing in the capital.
9 After a few days, the authorities lifted their ban, and Tony was
able to trek through some of worlds most beautiful scenery, with
breathtaking views of the Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga.
10 At night, group were accommodated in the simple village rooms and
ate with Nepalese.
11 Most of group were more experienced trekkers than Tony, and
several of them had visited Himalayas before.
12 All in all, Tony reckoned it was most exciting experience hed ever
had, and vowed to return to the Nepal at very first opportunity.

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UNIT 1

The indefinite article a/an cannot be used with uncountable nouns. Most
nouns in English are either countable or uncountable, but the following may be
used countably or uncountably:
scold, country, taste, wine, coffee, tea, cake, cheese, work, hair, life, death

C Decide whether the
nouns in italics are being
used countably (C) or
uncountably (U).
1 Ill have a coffee while I sort my papers out.
2 Its a matter of life and death.
3 Theyve always dreamed of living in the country.
4 Celebrities and critics flooded into the West End to see Harold Pinters
latest work.
5 I like a bit of cheese after my main course.
6 The reason hes so bogged down at work is that hes had a heavy cold
for the last fortnight.
7 His death came as a terrible shock to his colleagues.
8 Shes furnished the flat with such taste, hasnt she!

Note especially these uncountable nouns:

s furniture, luggage, news, information, progress, knowledge, research,
advice
Many and (a) few are used with countables, much and (a) little with
uncountables.

D Match the two halves of 1 Scientists have made little
the sentences correctly.
2 It is doubtful whether we have
enough
3 I dont suppose there are many
4 I can guarantee hell give you
some
5 The examiner asked both
6 I had to check every
7 I was hoping you could let me
have a
G ^FpFdd`VpphF=J^FmFF H hair out of place.
has a
9 He hasnt got much
10 Could you let me know if theres
any
A spanner, if I promise to return
it tomorrow.
B applicants for that job, are
there?
C news about my sister?
D progress in their research into
the common cold.
E natural gas for the next fifty
years.
F the candidates to sit down.
G excellent advice.
I single connection, before
I found the fault.
J luggage, has he?

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