Let's practise 1 Vocabulary i A 1 2 3 4 5 Mverbs Choose the sentences which are true for you. Memorising numbers is much more difficult than memorising words. I like studying Maths even less now than when I was younger. Lessons at school are quite interesting My best friend and I are just like each other I know very little about the meaning of dreams li Now rewrite the sentences which weren't true for you. Use these adverbs. a lol nothing like - even more very • much less not at all Example I like studying maths even more now than when I was youttget. 2 A Adverbs with to in para live;, arid superlatives A Look at the adverbs in these sentences. Which are used with superlatives and which with comparatives? 1 My sister is a bit taller than I am. 2 Einstein is easily the most intelligent man that ever lived. 3 Andy worked much harder for his exams than I did. 4 That wasiust about the best dream I've ever had ti Now write three sentences about yourself using some of these adverbs. Example I am iust about the best-looking student in the school. 3 Yiords and preposition* Complete this text with the correct prepositions. • ol • with • at • without • in ■ for ■ about Scientists tell us that our brain power will improve with practice, but some people are born geniuses. Albert Einstejn. for example, was capable ' ./Housing more of his brain than - most people. Einstein was born 2 Germany in 1876. Amazingly, ;| school Einstein's teachers thought he wasn't good ' ^Jf sciences and treated him badly. They did not know that by the age of 26. this young student would be famous6 .^^J-changing the way scientists think. ^ At first Einstein's ideas 6 -lX/**Sscience were so new and strange that many people couldn't understand them. However, nowadays students who specialise7 Physics8 ^r". university all study his theories, Nea/ly all areas of Physics were changed by Einstein and9 c^l^his work lasers, television, computers, space travel, and \ many other things we are familiar >« -4t£L/*today would not exist. 4 "DpelUhetfc The more you read, the better your spelling will be. You have read the words advice and practice in this section. 1 Are they verbs or nouns? 2 What is the difference between advice and advise and practice and practise' 3 Is there any difference in the pronunciation of ise in advise and practise? ^sj A £.onfusuig words Complete sentences 1-10 with a word in the correct form. remember / remind 1 Can you____me to buy some stamps? 2 Tim___to post the letter 3 Pam didn't_____talking to Paul at the party. 4 _me to go to the dentist tomorrow. may be / maybe 5 Where's my mobile phone? ■___ it's in your bag 6 Where's my mobile phone? • It_in your bag. advice / advise 7 The teacher _____Mark to work harder 8 If you take my___you'll work harder practice / practise 9 If you want to improve your memory. __. memorising lists of numbers. 10 The more___you do. the better your memory will become. Grammar must and have to Complete the sentences with must I mustn't, have to/don't have to or had to. Sometimes more than one form may be possible. 1 Clan? isn't coming to the cyber cafe She _ revise for her exams 2 o My brother is an actor in Hollywood. • i^^-i he memorise whole scripts? . , , 3 It was raining yesterday, so we cancel the picnic. 4 You.- _ talk during the exam 0- , P help with the housework? ^ 6 Michael ■■■'.• f 6 I don't know whether to go to university, (may) 7 I I'm certain that Clare is telling the truth, (must) Clare /"■■•■^ •- -' 1 '- •— ■ * 8 I'm not sure if they will go sailing today, (might) They J"s ' ' 8 The right word / Choose the correct word for each gap, a or b. Science N ot many people remember i/^--0"1- dreams. For most people, dreams disappear as soon * they wake up. However, according 3 Stephen LaBerge, * ✓W/^Cpractice we can put ourselves into a state where we know we5 tjJ**~' dreaming. Stephen has called <• /state "lucid dreaming'. It means that having a dream is just l^Cfe> watching a film, but with 8 >-7_A<, big difference - you are in controL Many artists have used lucid dreams 9 / * experiment with shapes and colours, while writers can try out plots and dialogue. It is similar 10 n/A^Lc powerful. However, Stephen admits there, is 12 ^ problem. •Learning to lucid-dream can 13 t'.vs quite hard,' he says. 'You14 .fc^'^-to follow a series of exercises to become aware is ^^oyrfuare dreaming, and that can take months.' So he has invented a device to train you to recognise a lucid dream straight away. It's called "DreamLight' and is a mask worn us