TAKEOFF C - revision unit 1 (up to 1c) - LIFE

Choose the right definition for the word: ECONOMIC BOOM

• show the right direction

• period of significant growth

• do something as a result of information or advice

• work hard towards a goal

Choose the right definition for the word: POINT THE WAY

• show the right direction

• period of significant growth

• do something as a result of information or advice

• work hard towards a goal

Choose the right definition for the word: ACT ON

• show the right direction

• period of significant growth

• do something as a result of information or advice

• work hard towards a goal

Choose the right definition for the word: STRIVE (FOR)

• show the right direction

• copy someone's behaviour

• do something as a result of information or advice

• work hard towards a goal

_____ military service was compulsory in the UK. But ________ young people don't have to go into the army.

• Fifty years ago / often

• At the time / often

• Fifty years ago / nowadays

• At the time / nowadays

When I was forty, I decided to stop working so hard. _____, I was working sixty hours a week. It was the best decision that I have _______ made. _______, I had had no time to enjoy life.

• At the time / every / At the moment

• For years / every / Before that

• At the time / every / Before that

It seems that what defines people ____ is experience.

• first and foremost

• foremost and first

I need peace and ____ to concentrate

• quiet

• sound

Try not to give a long talk. By and ____, it's better to keep it short and simple.

• wide

• large

There are busloads of tourists coming to and ____ all day.

• back

• fro