Test your level:
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Reading:
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/29.html Dirty Britain
A) Identify the style of text, the author and the audience.
B) Find 6 negative adjectives related to the topic of dirt and rubbish.
C) Find synonyms in the text: joint task / obviously required / to decay / the side of the road / footpath / concave chutes at the side of the road for rainwater / be upset / life on the go
D) What is the meaning of "We may well" ? "It's not as if" ?
E) Notice all the examples of the passive in this text. Then do some of these exercises: http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-voice-advanced-exercises.html
Use of English
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/27.html
A) Spot the collocations around the majority of the gaps, eg: ________ breakthrough, then make your own sentence using the same collocation. Vocabulary is remembered more effectively if your example is in some way personally relevant, eg. The moment I realised I had made a _______ breakthrough in learning Russian was when someone on the street asked me the time and I responded automatically without having to ask them to repeat.
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