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50 PUZZLES AND GAMES FORPRACTISING YOUR ENGLISH

DOUG GASE

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DOUG CASE

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Jle*r"rnoto Qa.rrcl'Titles in this series include:

English Puzzles IEnglish Puzzles 2English Puzzles 3English Puzzles 4

Play Games With Engllsh Book 1 Colin Granger 0 435 28060 0Teachefs Book 1 0 435 28061 IPlay Games With English Book2 Colin Granger 0 435 280627Teacher's Book 2 0 435 28063 5

Word Games wlth English 1 Dekdre Howard"Williams & Cynthia Herd 0 435 28380 4Word Games with English 2 Deirdre Howard-Williams & Cynlhia Herd 0 435 28381 2word Games with English 3 Deirdre Howard-Williams & Cynlhia Herd 0 435 28382 0Word Games with English Plus Dekdle Howard-Williams & Cynthia Herd 0 435 28379 0

Heinemann InternationalA division of Heinemann Educational Books LldHalley Court, Jordan Hill, Oxfo.d OX2 8EJ

OXFORD LONDON EDINBUBGH I\4ADNID ATHENS BOLOGNAMELBOUFNE SYDNEY AUCKLAND IBADAN NAIFOEI GABORONE HABANEPOBTSIVOUTH(NH) SINGAPORE

@ Doug Case 1990

First Published 1990tsBN 0 435 28281 6

All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted in any form or by anymeans, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orotherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brigitte zacharian for help in testing the puzzles in this book, toMlchale Cronick for deft and thoughtful editing, and to them both lor manyvaluable suggestions.

Designed, typeset and illustrated by Plum Design, southamptonPrinted by M&A Thomson Ltd, East Kilbride, Scotland

9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Doug Case 0 435 28280IDoug Case 0 435 28281 6Doug Case 0 435 28282 4Doug Case 0 435 28283 2

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Contentslntroduction pages iv-vi

Puzzles pages 1-50

I Pictures and opposites2 Months jigsaw3 Verb mini-crossword4 Don't do it - it's unlucky!5 Calculator5 Folding doors7 Longer, shorter8 ldentity parade9 Find the family

10 Clothes11 Elvis's greatest hits1 2 A + B = C13 Mistakes at the airport14 Famous dates15 Longer, shorter, longer.. .16 Top half only17 Well played I18 People and thjngs19 Whats on the menu?20 Strange pictures21 Letters into words22 Beatles crossword23, Rhyming pairs24 Words and pictures25 Famous names

26 Take them away27 From time to time2A Find the famil ies29 Which medicine?30 Song titles31 A chemical code32 Bottom half only33 Crossword in two parts34 Road signs35 Eye test36 Holiday photos37 Saying the wrong thing38 Heavy syllables39 What are their. iobs?40 Complete the titles41 The United States42 Dominoes43 Crossword in three parts44 lvlissing letters45 World quiz46 Painting exh ibition47 Jukebox48 A superlative crossword49 Missing l inks50 The last word

Solutions pages 51-57

lndex page 58

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lntroclr,lctionThere are fifty puzzles in this book. They all help you to practise your English.This Introduction gives you some useful words. You often find these words inthe instructions for English puzzles. (lf you know Book '1 in this series, youalready know most of these words.)

x

This is also ao l t c

grid:d

These aresquares:

These are

These are also boxes:

These are pieces:

This is a gr id:

squoresboxesi i Isaw'i,utut

These are the clues:Across, G3

Pastslmple of 'eat'.

s O 6 opposite of 'young'.

Down1 Opposrte of 'always'.

3 | anived two weeks ...4 opposite of 'begin'.

Across means 'horizontally' ffi

Down means'vertically'IH

CrosswordI 2

l 4

5

6

This is the solution:2 , ,

n T

T ' E

G, o L

crosswordcluesacrossAoulnsolulion

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Potrgrou?

This is a line of letters:

N R S T U O V A W P L S Y E

This group of pictures:

s,q) ) -

This is a list of names:

Angelo SmithJohn Wilson

Suson Bennell

Wol+ DisneyAnn Jones

This is a pair of symbo

Et mm n@effi

'cimVlete

issin9

+he vlrong order This word is complete: J A C K E T

Tr.ii,ne io'oru'

onog'o^

This word is not complete.Two letters are missing: ffi

l=a u;;t1 llll(The miss'ng letters are o and R.The complete word is TROUSERS.)

T R U 5 E S

In this word, the lettersin the wrong order:

*m

w

(The correct order is C-O-A-T.)

A T O C

ln this word there is aspelling mistake: (The correct spelling is GLOVE.)

G L U V E

The word SKATE rs an anagfam

(Both words use the sameletters.)

oISIEAK.@@

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add

assemblecomPletecorrect

?,,

Add a letter: .'--.-tr@

ffilel el el + LJ-J-

draw Assemble the oieces:

c e A f i;;q D E C C E A l B E R

Complete this film title:'2001 : Al IODYSSEY' '2001 :ASPAC| ODYSSEY'

Correct the mistake:

TRIVATE

KEP OUT

PRIVATE

KEEP OUT

Put the words into the grid:

q A D s E A- A N Y

D a v

Draw a line to the correct picture:

@ffi,m,

e K

Enjoy doing the puzzles - and remember:When there are letters or numbers in a puzzle,say them to yourself in English.

Use a pencl, in case you make a mistakel

You can find the so/utlons at the back of the book.

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PICT{JRH$ *NP SPP$,SNTKSEach answer in this crossword has five letters.Some clues are oictures. Other clues are words:{or these, write ihe opposlte word in the grid.

Picture clues

"ffSffi)Opposite cluesACROSS

cleanaccomoaniedexpen9ve

asleep

ffi,ffim

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Look at this piece from the jigsaw:All the letters of the alphabet are on it,except A,G,S,T and U. With those letters youcan make a month: AUGUST.Find the other months and write them in thecorrect places on the assembled jigsaw.

r5 0 U

K ? L

c H X7

0R A I

5

H o Nz

Tc

H A \ FL. U N

c I

z G Y X0 J

ffiHffi

Pa l wt3

x lor_t q I N

V l vK

zo

J 5O \ U

N \ T r L Z \ B

-1X

QLLfE4 l sT K Y

P wH I

a lv

o Ut q I

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For this crossword, the clues are groups of verbs. In each group of three verbs, findthe one which does not rhyme with the other two. Put that verb into the grid.

2 Look at the clues for / Down and 5 Down.Of those sjx verbs, which two have the same meaning?

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The crossword is complete - but lookat the clues below: which clue goeswith which answer?Write the correct number and sentencewith each picture.

i l - - -I ^ ' ,ostlon lI Y--- -^

Do you have any of these superstitions in your country?

ln the crossword there are eightsuperstitions. They are allthings nof to do, because DONT

they are unlucky. z TARRY

3 DON'] OPEN AN ]l!1BREUIINDOORl

TALK AXE Lt

WHEN ON DON']

DON'Tt00K BACKW|.]ENYOU TEAVEYOURHO[/E TO 60 ON ]OURNI\

ARE ;NOUtDI PAST

6 UNDER NDOOR5 ANOTI,lIR

7 DON'T PUT sHOE5ON A TABLE PTRSON

BRIDGE 6 DON'TWNISTLEON BOAT

L]NDER THE

A SIA RS

LADDER

I lr-.,t t ' -

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[HLII^ItHTilKLookatthisnr.Our, @

lf you put it on a calculator:

seven thousand.seven hundredand thirty-five

three hundredand seventeen

three thousand,five hundredand seven

seven hundredand seventy-one

thirty-one thousand,,seven hundredand seventy-three

three hundred andseventeen thousand,five hundred andthrrty-seven

mmmmffir-dnad€Ht!]t!.11,!,1

tr7[7[7n lrn nn tr -l--:::11LUU !14

t:Tt:Tt: =?lt l t t t lF+='Fl.-{<............@uJ[JUtrUll

mmFnFrFjju<{--r*ip"

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mmmmffifHlFilIFXFnffi-Filil,*^ ll,!. ,!J1,!.1 ,!. i,!.1

Do the same with the other numbers on this page. They make some names,an adjective and some verbs. Use a calculator if you have one. lf you don't have a

ifi'ft,i3?t:.: :i?':' lffi:::iie'i;, H H H H H

IHIETHIFIHIT=I-+|J+if+ |{+{ii+|{+lf+<l aurPu s,uPl^ |

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Look at th is fo ld ing

This is the viewfrom the left.

ooor .

Th is is the v iewfrom the r ight.

th is is thefrom the front:

AndVICW

Here are views of four more doors. from left and from the right.theonDiscover what is written them:

ffi

Write the words on these front views:

ffi

wffi

5DSN

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ORTERIn this puzzle, from the first answer to the third answer, the words get longer.Number t has two letters; Number 2 has those two letters - and one more;Number 3 has those three letters - and one more.Then, from the third answer to the fifth answer, the words get shorter.

7 G+

6l

Do this puzzle inthe same way:

- 's snowing.Short formof TIMOTHY.

the _?- Ten o'clock.

Past Simpleof MEET.'fr:*

Oppositeoi COLD.you want

. pray renn rson Saturday? Past Simple

of SHOOT.

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PANANAIDBNTITYAssemble a sentence about each person by taking a

piece from each of the three groups.

I(17 69-182 i )

NaPoleonBonaPane

I

I

Madonna(1sse_ )

I wolfgangAmadeusMozart

(17s6-17s1)

r-1

blod))\-

1 O

osot91

AIJ

ca:i 1 -i

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PiPir

(188

** ILindbergh 1

ltt soz-t oz+l

-1 r

QueenVtctona

(1 819-190

r

Margaret

-1

Thatcher(1s2s- )

begancomposing

muStct n 1 7 6 1 ,

becYmoElperoi

9t rraniern 1804.

became theBritish Prime

Ministerin 1979,

flewacross theAtlanticin 1927,

haO histrirst

e.xhibitiont n 19n1

became Queenof Great Britain

and lrelandin 1837,

made fler{irst recordin 1982,

when hewas twenty-

{ive Yearsold.

when hewas five

yedrs old.

when shewas

nty-threeyears old.

when neWAS

nineteenyears olo.

when shewas

eighteenyears olo '

When hoY.as thirti-'tY€

-/ear.old

when snewas {i{tY-

three Yearso ld .

Chorles Lindberqh U?02-197t+) flew across the Allantic in 1927, when he wastw e nty-{ ive y ea-.s ol d -

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Find the FAThis family of words has seven members: 'MY' is the f iWhat are the six others? Like ' lVY', each is hidden in aCan vou f ind them?

, - , - , - : l - .WL'LLUrsr.place name.

L----1P----l

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGEWWFLEMSTADIUM

HADRIAN'S WALL THE TOWER OF LONDON VICTORIA FA[15

il\vJrr,

MOUNT EVEREST THE EIFFEL TOWER

@

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cl0ilflE8Put the pairs of words on the correct belts. ln each pair,the last letter of theletter of the second

first word is the same as the firstword.

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In this puzzle, thereAssemble

are ten Elvis Presley songs.these seven titles and write

The title of each songthem with the correct

is two words.

Put those seventitles into thisgrid, horizontally.

Findthree more titles by taking the correct letters from the grid.

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69 3a 5b 2c 5h 3b 1 c 4m 6g 7e 4e 6b 6j II 3c t f 3k

6g 3f sb 3j 4l 2h 1 k 7j 3 i 5h 1j 3 l

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Write the words under the pictures in Groups A and B. (The words are inthe boxes, but the letters are in the wrong order.) Then put together a wordfrom Grouo A and a word from Grouo B to make each word in Group C.Group A

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DBEUNSRMAKOBOHTOTOOGDLLSHOCOTOOFNADHSTAE

Group

TOOTHBRUSH frfttv

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MISTAIII]S ATTIIH AIIBIDOITT

In each of the signs, there iscorrect the mistake and put

a spel l ing mistake (anthe extra letter in the

extra letter). For each one,5ma[ 5q uare.

,1":::T:i'll Deypo.+ures

smokeing

fulCoutto-t € Brtrnt FB

oND MOtBti IDI^,AC|] :a notherPut the correct letters in these

place Vou could f indsquares, to Spel lat an airport.

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Femoas 0eteAHere are six famous dates:

With the help of the pictures, put the dates beside the correct letters.

The la!riqh+ brothers mode the firs+

)i *'. o; "t" t* r rr.*, " " n'

Concorde made ils firslf light (T oulouse, F roncd.

Yuri Goqorin orbiled

+he Eorih in Vos+ok | 'Io | | londed on the moon'

z4'7'i::;{,Hi',+!,i,^^'.'"W;';;;"::':::'"'d)r^""9

!;'1f;7;;:G^r"a

lTth December 1903

Write each date in two ways.

lf your numbers are correct, thesecalculations are correct:

l - ] r - - - I

L_l + L__il * D

[-l + l-lL____l l___l

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LONGER, SHORTIR, LONGER...In this puzzle, from the first answer to the third answer, the words getlonger. Number I has two letters; Number 2 has those two letters - and onemore; Number 3 has those three letters - and one more. After Number 4 thewords get shorter; after Number 7 they get longer, etc.

1 01 1t 1

I J

1 41 51 61 7'18

1 920l l

2223242 5261 1

28

Where'sclasgow?- It,s

Scotlani.

Short formof

CHRISTINA.

i I don'tunderstanothis word.

What does it1

Opposlteof

DIFFERENT.

9{4rv.-

I

' - l ' m avegetarian.I don't eat

t oThis bridgeis made of

l go tup - -seven o,clockthis morning.

2 3 _

\ ' / / * * '

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T@P EIALF @!ULYComplete the other words and pictures by adding thebottom half of each one. Draw a line from each word to+ho airroa-+ r,ia+t ra

PLATEl ^ / f , t t E E

E,nE I'

- t , l c c

E A I ^ r t

DATTI tr

c Drrnl\l

r t t D

E , t I I ' E D A I \ I

E D V I A I A D A T \ I

In which room could you find thosethings? Complete the word:

rtTrLt tr t\l

Eqq)

Pil

a;-^ ;

fi4\

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t

Do you know the Britishused for darts, but it has

game cal led 'darts'? This board is a bit l ike the boardpieces of words on it:

Assemble the pieces to make sixwords - they are all words youcan use to give your opinionof something. For eachword, take a piece f romthe black circle, a piecefrom the grey circle and apiece from the white circle.

Here is one word -find the other f ive:

AARVELLOUS

Use the pieces of words on these dartsto make:- a word meaning'very interesting',

- a word meaning 'not interesting'

Five of the words mean somethingis good - but one means somethingis bad: which one?

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People and thfngs

...a person or a thino ll/*l

mmor things

Read the eleven fi lm ti t les.and the United States.) By

.... o."on fCathins[Tl

(They are the titles of films from the United Kingdomreadino each t i t le. decide if the f i lm could be about ...

. . .people

. . . th ings

...peopre

box, which f i lms are about a man?fi lms are about a woman?

Write the titles in thecorrect boxes. (Becareful - you don'tneed a// the boxes!)

In the firstAnd which

l , i '

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ffiffiMgAfter an accident with some soup, the first menu is difficult to read.Write the words clearlv on the second menu.

Find all the words fromthe menu on this cornerof the tablecloth- l ike this:

- z-=-Mxxu|,4nnnnn

nntrnntrn!trnnnnnntr!nnnntr!nnnnntrnn6-J. C./.-D

ntrtrtrnnnnnnnnntrtrnnnntrn ntrnnlC----r'c/...-t

ntrn ntrnlnC---9.e----i)trnnnnnnnnntrn!lnntrtr

F.1lI t r |

gll!,

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fwturtHere are six more pictures and sixPut the correct number with each

A man with no hair, listening to some music.A piece of bread with a lot of butter on it.

A policeman, eating spaghetti and diinking lemonade,

A cup of tea with a lot of sugar in it.

A rabbit, dancing in the snow.A cowboy frying an egg.

Look at the eighteen nouns in the descript ions. ln their uses here, njneare countabie and nine are uncountable. Put them into the correct boxes'

47, * l /

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trtL:J

t:)trt-;-lLtlf;1L q J

@ what,sthis?

W ol,l,lTlti;,"0.*more descriptions.pictu re.

giraffe,

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You can make more than one word at the same time.Here's an example:

lf these words are already you canon the board: letters:

F fr i l L l , : l r

tryo puzzles below.

REMEMBER:When you put your letters on the board, you have to put them all in onel ine of squares. ( l t can be a horizontal l ine or a vert ical l ine.)

Try the

A

ln game, you

Can you put these three letters on theboard, to make four new words?

have to make words on a board a crossword.

add these ano maKe lwo newwords at the sameIime (LEFT and OF):

And can you put these five letters onthe board, to make flve new words?

L A T E

o

L

L A T E

o F

T

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Bcafles SsosssosdBetween 1962The titles of 26ACROSS

and 1970, The Beatles wroteof those songs are the clues

and recorded 184 songs.for this crossword.

@ t.s rit-you

hA Ll6ro lifnt

anoeverywhere

lli-6)wrren t'm 1l-Qtfour Il__-=--

@E;t, woman

/

pwith a tiutehelp frommvrtliF

@tr-t'--'-'61

DOWN

1 J Acrosse|l'

universe

meto you

I wantQC holdyour hand

ilretl ,lto whv

[7] You never oive me-"your tl?iCf,

Shellf)you

tf,rt6oy

Take the letters from the specialsquares: oand put them in the correct orderto make the title of another songby The Beatles. lt's just one word.

ooooooo

came in through tne Gtfrroofr wrnO6w

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Six of the words inthem with the helptwenty-four words

the box are incomplete. Completeof the pictures. Then put theinto twelve rhyming pairs.

For example:

6_-Eqryffiw;;,M]A W? "w&@fiI greot wsit

ffisffi

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PICTURESPut these words into the correct Dictures.

No, thonks.Have you got

any lemonode ?,

Here you are.One coffee andfwo lemonodes.

Vl ould youlike somecoffee ?

Whot wouldyou like ?

Slronliumis a metal.

No, thanks.Inever drink

beer.

A beer, please.I +hink +his door

is mode of

Group 2Group

_-,---------1\t-a"tt'"t'

t

@ z +

Can you see a reason why the pictures are in two groups?

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exampleiFor

Look at the groups of famous names.In each group, three people are o{ thesame nationality and one person is ofa different nationality.Write the nationality of the threepeople in Grid A, and the nationalityof the other person in Grid B.

(lf you have a problem, you canfind all the nationalit ies at thehni inm nf tho n:no\

American'1 Neil Armstrong, astronaut

Walt Disney, film-makerWilliam Shakespeare, writelFrank Sinatra. sinoer English

GRID A 2 Brigitte Bardot, actressMahatma Gandhi, political leaderVictor Hugo, writerJean-Paul Sartre, philosopher

3 Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composerValentina Tereshkova, astronautWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composerAlexander Solzhenitsyn, writer

5 Confucius, philosopherMao Tse-Tung, political leaderAkira Kurosawa, film-makerLao-Tze, philosopher

6 Federico Fell ini, f i lm-makerSophia Loren, actressLeonardo da Vinci, scientist and artistMelina Mercouri, actress and politician

7 Andr6s Segovia, guitaristFidel Castro, political leaderMiguel de Cervantes, writerPablo Picasso. oainter

qsrued5 - uerssnu - asauedpf - uerle]l - uetpul - )aalD - ueuregq:uar1 - qsrq6u3 - qrlnc - ueqnJ - asaurq) - uPulsnv - uPlt laLxv

Johann Sebastian Bach, composerJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, writerLudwig van Beethoven, composerVincent van Gogh, painter

GRID B

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Find the words in the boxes below.matches you take away. (The total

For each word, wri te how manynumber is sixty-eight).

/'\

T-b \v\ ) -

Take awaY

l-lt--']ri-"rnntrTake away

EEEBTake awaY

BBHBTake awaY

EEEEBTake away

ffia EIEEEE

BBHHBTake awaY

FEgggag'

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Two preces of this jigsaw arealready in posit ion. Add thefour others ( just look at theshapes of the pieces -don'tworry about the letters forthe moment ).

ffiffi

Go roundthe jigsawlike this:

You shouldf ind fivewords.Writethem here:

I' l

Y

The, customer is

Detter late than

One of those fiveand fi lm ti t le (the

words is missingsame word in al l

from this proverb, song titlethree places). Which word is it7

Which word is missing from this proverb, song title and film title?

The postman

rings twice.

!{'ib#':';'^'o a'\ji(,a vr7,l;\ co:

in the rain.

go out

ilffiq4'1look back

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CHN Siri2PiHiER i,SlHE R \^/0 o D

ACATHA CHR'STIE-r-lwKATHERINE MANSF/EID

ARTHUR KOESTLER

Family 2

Familv 1family of words has four members: 'THIS'is the first. What are the three others?This

LiketheCan

'TH15', each is hidden inname of a writer.you f ind them?

This family_of words has sevent-----...-J

members: 'ME' is the first. What are the others?Like 'ME', each is hiddenin the name of a United

Nations state.Ztinaaawle:

L BYELORUSS IA

5 THE UNITED KNqDoM

l+me REPUBLTC oF IRETAND

5 PAKISTAN

b TUNf stA

7 THE BAHAMAS

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These six people are not very well - each has amedicine is best for each person: the letters on

different problem. Decide whichthe pi l ls spel l the problems.

has got a , so Number is the best medicine. \

has gjot a , so Number is the best medicine. \

has got a , so Number is the best medicine. \

has got a , so Number is the best medicine. \

has got a , so Number is the best medicine.

has got a , so Number is the best medicine.

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At the bottom of the page, thereComplete the titles by using theseverbs, in their-rng form:

is an alphabetical l ist of eleven song t i t lSs.

And... Find thefor each song,numbers in the

correct pictureand put thecrrcles.

Question:One of the songs is not about the present:lt's about lhe future. Which one?

{ onrttcer+-s. wAtTt-nuau 744wntrc L00K

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Across

1 Calcium + Sulphur +Hydrogen.

3 Cobalt + Neon.4 Copper + Phosphorus.

5 Carbon + Hydrogen + Aluminium+ Potassium.

7 Calcium + Nitrogen +Aluminium.10 Fluor ine + lodine + Sulphur +

Hydrogen.' l 1 Calcium + i ron.

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1 Calcrum +Phosphorus.

2 Cobalt + Oxygen+ Potassium.

4 Chlorine + Oxygen +Carbon + Potassium.

6 Hydrogen + Aluminium+ Fluorine.

8 Nickel + Neon.Sulphur + Hydrogen + lodine

+ Phosphorus.

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BOTTOM HAtF OWIVComplete the words and pictures by adding the top

Draw a line from each word to the correcthalf of each one.pictu re.

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CROSSWONDINTWOPANTSln each t lue. the missinq word is the answer.

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First, colour the twelve British road signs:

A=red B = b lack C=blue D = ye l low

Then read the meanings and put the numbers in the correct places.

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1 You've got to stop here.2 You can't enter this street.3 You've got to drive faster than thirty miles per

hour here: 30 m.p.h. is the mrnimum speed.4 You can't travel by bicycle here.5 You can't turn right here.6 You can only travel by bicycle here.7 You can't turn left here.8 You've got to go straight on here: you can't

turn left or right.9 You can't overtake here.

10 You can never park here.1 1 You can't drive faster than thirty miles per

hour here: 30 m.p.h. is the maximurn speed.

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On each eye test chart, there are the letters of two words.With the help of the pictures, find the words and write

them on the backs of the chairs.

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THE PLANE.iloMnryqJuE-ryLONDON!Use these words

to complete thetitles for the

photos:

iT-wns HonrnOUR HOTEL'

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:#myiryfum+nrmoWMfrmWThe speakers in these pictures are all saying the wrong thing:

Now they are al l saying the r ight thing:

Here are eight morepictures with speakerssaying the wrong thing.Move the sentencesso that they are allsaying the r ight thing.

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Throw me fhe rope. and me the s

Throw me the rope. Hond me lhe sponner. Tell me your nome.

Pass me fhe solf.. Gef me a buckef.

Reod me q s+ory. Ploy me o song'

Give me Your hand' Dro- ^n iiQ. how me Your PassPofi

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Hgai'wy e,,y,**eh[wRead these words aloud: :" '

BETWEEN

Both words have two syllables (UN-DER, BE-TWEEN),but the stress is different.

nEVorF/,,the stress is on the first syllable:the f irst syl lable is 'heavier ' .

lnlBeTWEEl! , the stress is on the second syllable:the second syllable is 'heavier'

Here are twelve more words. Put them onto the correct

There are six l ike this.

and six l ike this:

scales.

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?r/6ar arte il&? 7b4"Each of the names is an anagram of a 1ob. For example:C. TROOD = DOCTOR

7Find the other jobs, andadd the correct nu mbersfrom the p ictu res.

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G@Nf,PLETtr THE TITLtrS

A lot of English words end with the letters 'er'. Here are twelve.Use them to complete the film titles on the posters.

LETTER

HIGHER

SWMJT4ER-FRtstoPnrn DRIVER

cnreryqlSINGER

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Why are the posters in groups of three?

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THE UNilTEBS'TAT'ES

North American states and their postal abbreviations:

Take the letters of the abbrevrations, and put them in the correct order to make

the words for the things in the picture.

Here are eighteen

Texas TXWisconsrn Wl

N4ichigan lvlNebraska NEOregon ORSouth Dakota 5D

lowa lAKansas KSLouis iana LAMaine ME

Connecticut CTGeorgia GAldaho lDlnd iana lN

Arizona AZArkansas ARCal i forn ia CAColorado co

1 Kansas + Colorado

2 Nebraska + Wisconsin

3 lowa + Texas

4 Louisiana + Maine

5 lndiana + Colorado

Nebraska + Michigan+ California

eorgia +Nebraska

8 South Dakota + lndiana+ Louisiana

9 Arkansas + Maineifornia

10 Nebraska + Arkansasicut + Nebraska

11 Connect icut + ldaho+ California + Nebraska

12 Georgia + Maine+ lndiana + Arizona

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IEo 0/r rl g1o N-6aFind the hobbies. There are eight (two on each pair of dominoes).

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CBOSSWOND IN THREE PARTSPut the Past smple formsthen answer the question

The crossword is divided into threeWhy? (lf you read the verbs aloud,

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parts; each part has five verbs in it.you can hear the reason.)

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ltlissing lellorsIn each group of three words, the same letter is missing from all three words.Add the missing letters. (The prctures are there to help you.)

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Fina l l y . . .put the letters in these squares, to spell the name of a famous city.

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MtrETD EtrEZ| ,-o,. eacn queston, cnoose rne cotect dnswer. \ t yuu dre trt./ doubt. look at the Clues.) Write the six letters at the bottom'of the page, and then answer the Extra Question.

One of those six letters is theletter in the English language.

commonest6 The words of the answer have three

Clues1 The answer includes the

sixteenth ietter of the alphabet.2 The answer does not include

the letter O or the letter P.The answer is not in Europe.The answer does not end with a vowel.There are two words in the answer:the second word is longer thanthe first word.

letters, four letters and five letters.

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Which one?

Which is the largest oceanA The Atlantic Ocean.B The Indian Ocean.C The Pacific ocean.

in the world?

2 Which is the longest river in the world?D The Amazon.E The Ni le. iF The Mississippi.

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3 Which is the oldest university in ihe world?G The University of Bologna, ltaly.H The University of Oxford, England.I The University of Karueein, lvlorocco.

4 Which is the highest mountain in the world?J Kanchenjunga.K Everest.L Annapurna.

Which is the biggest countryin the world?M Canada.N The USA.o The U55R.

6 Which is the r.heaviest animal in \

the world?P The African elephant.Q The lndian elephant.R The blue whale.

2 3 4 5 6

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trnilrzcnoPut the t i t les under the paint ings. For each t i t le.. .

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MACHINEPANPAPER

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\ This jukebox can play thirty songs.Read the titles and decide if each

song is about the pasf, the^.a<dnt' ^r rF.^ fi h tr.

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The day beforeyou came

ABBA

7She wants to dance

with meRICK ASTLEY

1 3Robert de Niro's

wartrn9

BANANARAMA

1 9When I grow up

to be a manTHE BEACH BOYs

2 5When l 'msixty-four

THE BEATLE5

2I left my heart in

San FranciscoTONY BENNETT

B

were youngBUCKS FIZZ

1 4Tomorrow

THECOI\4MUNARD5

20Are you ready ?

BOB DYLAN

26You're in my heart

DAVID E55EX

3When tomorrow

comeSTHE EURYTHM]CS

9Peggy Sue

9Or marfleoBUDDY HOLLY

1 5Meet me on the

cornerTINDISFARNE

2 1Tomorrow's just

anotner dayI\IADNESS

21It doesn't matter

IV]ANASSAS

4

Until it 's timefor you to goELV 5 PRESLEY

1 0We are thechamprons

QUEEN

1 6The day Imet Marie

CL FF RICHARD

22Tell me tomorrow

SMOKEY ROB N5ON

2ASomething's

trurnrngKENNY ROGER5

5Something happened

to me yesterday

THE ROLLING STONES

1 1I met a giri

THE SHADOWS

1 7I started somethrn9

I couldn't f inishTHE SI\IITHS

23I don't want to talk

about rtROD STEWART

29I t didn't matter

THE sTYLE COUNCIT

6You've got a friend

]AMES TAYLOR

1 2see you inSeptemberTHE TEI\,1POS

1 8Last Christmas

24lcan' t expla in

THE WHO

30In the year 2525

ZAGER AND EVANS

Write the numbers of the songs here:

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n each clue, the letters of one word are in the wrongorder. Put the letters into the correct order. and thenput the words into the grid.

THIS IS THEAOST OXULRUISU

HOTEL IN LONDON.

LUXURIOUS

I THINRTHIS 15 fHEAOST FLEBUTUA

CASTLE IN TH€

WHICH IS THEAO5T NIHSTETGNE

'TAAP IN YOURCOLLECTION ?

THIS IS THE AOSTNUAULUS PAINTINC.IN THE EXHIDITION.

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TH€ TAJ AAHAL ISONE OF THE AOST

ASOFAU BUILDINCsIN THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE AOSTSIXVENEPE CAR

WE 'ELL.

NEPAL 15 ONE OFTHE AOST

ONOUAATINSUCOUNTP]ES IN THE

THIS IS THE AOSTUDAEGQRNS

CORNER ON THIS

THE DEATLESWERE THE AOSTRUPLOPA CROW

OF THE I?405.

HEs THE AO'TSAAGIUN

PEPSON I KNOW.

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xilssilvc uil[sThis is a chain:

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. . . and add thecorrefi numDerS.

TENMS

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r#[flffiutrRPEach of these English proverbs has the wrong last word. Move the last wordsto the correct oroverbs.

You can't make an omelette without breakinq bottles.

Y-ea-s-qnlt-mcke-en-omeLeIt-e-wLtbout-breafing-eggs.---.The best things in life are

Something is better than porson.,(h

You can't put old wine in new

There is a time to speak and a time to be

A hungry man is an angry kitchen.

Big fish eat little

When one door closes, another door comes.

One man's meat is another man's notning.

Tomorrow never

lf you donrt like the heat, get out of the AW.

dFArt is long, life is

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SOLUTIONS@ 1 Pictures and opposites

@ 2 Months iigsaw

@ 3 verb mini-crossword

2 Of the six verbs (/ose c/ose, choose, put, shui cut), thetwo with the same meaning are c/ose and shul.

Don't do it - it's unlucky !

(*The word ' indoors' means ' inside a building'. Theopposite is'outdoors'.)

@5 calculator

HHHH (sELL)

HHH (LrE)

HHHH (LosE)

HHH cLL)HEHHH (ELLTE)

HEHHHH (LEsL,E)

@6 Fold ing doors

Longer, sh

rH@8 ldent i ty parade

1 Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) flew across theAtlantic in 1927, when he was twenty-five years old.

2 Oueen Victor ia (1819_1901) became Queen o{ GreatBri tain and lreland in 1837, when she Was eighteen

: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769_1821) became Emperorof France in 1804, when he was thirty'five years old

4 Margaret Thatcher (1925- ) became the BritishPrime Minister in 1979, when she was fifty-threeyearS o'o.

5 Wolfgang Amadeus l !4ozart (1756-1791) begancomposing muti( in 1761, when he was f ive years old

6 Madonna (1959- ) made her first record in 1982,when she was twenty-three years old

7 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) had his t i rst exhibi t ion in1901, when he was nineteen yeaas old.

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Mistakes at the airoort

I1 BALL12 BOY13 BRUSH14 BELT15 CHAIB16 FLOWER17 F ISH18 BOO[./j19 SHOP20 BAG

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(The word 'blue' k a colour, but i t can also mean tad' .)

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Remember: Thewords' jeans' , ' t rouse$' and'shorts '

I. 9 TOILETIS TP 10 TAXIYS YT 11 BUS$ES SE 12 No SI/oKUNG EO 13 MENM ND 14 CARB PARK RH 15 WTOI\,IEN Hu 16 oUT oFT oRDER F

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KITCHEN

@ 17 Well played !

o AARVELLOUSWONDERFUL

I EKKI ] 'LL

EXCELLENTTERRIFIC

FANTASTIC

The word meaning'very interesting' is FASCINATING.The word meaning'not interesting' is BORIN6.

@18 People and thingsThe eleven titles go into these three boxes (the otherboxes are empty):

@19 what 's on the menu ?

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The word meaning 'bad' isterrble. Allthe other words -including tefflfic - mean'good'

SHE KNEVI ALL THE ANSWEPSHE WALKED bY NIGHTHE RAN ALL fh. WAYWKO WAS TM1 LADf?WHO ]S 4ARRY KELLEPPA,M

IT CAAE FROA OUTERS?ACE

BENEATH THE SEA

In the f i rst box, these f i lms are about a man: 'He

walked by night', 'He ran all the way', 'Who i5 HarryKel lerman?'These f i lms are about a woman: 'She knew al l theanswers','who was that lady?'

The five new words are:OTHER, FOR, ATE (the pasttense of eat), sHE and TEN.

TH€f CAAEBY NIGHTTH€YCAAEMACITYTHEA I

B T T

The four new words are:HOUR, HE, ON and OR,

SAUCEPANFRYING - PAN

AN5WESTO QUESTION:

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@ 26 Take them away

One more song:

c@oc@@@@e@ 23 Rhyming pairs

mtilmmI woi+ ll s+ree+ ll ne ll sky I

@ 24 Words and pictures

Remember: A lot of nouns can be countable anduncountable. ln the first group of pictures, the nouns'beer ' , 'metal ' , 'coffee' and' lemonade' are countable;in the second group of pictures, they are uncountable.

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ALWAY5USUALLY

OFTEN

NEVER

7l$1 rroverb: Ihe customer is always right.(- 2 | 5or9: You always hurt the one you love.\J/ Fllm: The postman dlways rings twice.

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@ 29 Which medicine?A has goI a keADAChe, so Number ri i5the be$ medlcineB rs qOI a 6OLD. s0 \Jnber 6 i, lne besl ned'cinec has gol afoofHAc\e, so Number I s the best medicine.D has got a ST1AACHACHE, so Nlmbet 3 6the best medlcLne

E has got a rouAH, so Number t isthe best medlclne

t las got aDACMC\E, so Nlmber 2 s the best mediclne.

Remember: l t is also possible to say'toothache"'stomachache' and'backathe' without'a' ( ' l 've gottoothache', etc.).

@ 30 Song titles

Remember: the -ing form o{ 'dance' is 'dancing (not'dan(eing') .

The long abbut the Jututeis what are you doing sunday?(You (an also say: 'what are you doing ot sunday?')

@ 31 A chemical code

HALK

@32 Bottom half only

BATHROOM

@ 33 crossword in two Parts

All the words include the letters TH ln the first part of

the crossword, the pronounciation is'soft', /0/; in thesecond part of the (rossword, the pronunciation is'had', l6l .

@34 Road s igns

@ 35 Eye test"M'K'W"W'W"K

TOWEL

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OOTHPASTE

SHAMPOO

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3 TOM AND 5UE, GETTINC I OFF ITHE PLANE.

3 r wes lonrn @ Loruooru tTHE FRONT I OF IOUR HOTEL.

5 ouR RooM wAs f HtRtl.12 THE OLD ]OWN, WITHI /IS I NARROW STREETS.

I A cAsrLE I rHA- l wFVsrrED

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I t lHE BEACH f-w' 'TE IWE WENT 5W MMiNG.

10 TOM A\D ILL wlH [i]-IEIR I (R tI\D MAI\U-

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@36 Hol iday photos

i This is the first line o'f a lot of jokes. For examplelWa;tet there's a fly in my soupl- Don't speak too loud, sir I haven't got one foreveryoooy.

Waiter there's a f ly in my soup!- I 'm sorry, madam, Are you a vegetarian?

@ 37 Saying the wrong thing

Send ne a postcard

@ 38 Heavy syllables

@ 40 Complete the titles1 The grass is greener.2 Bigger than l iJe.3 Higher and h igher4 The )azz sirger5 The swimmer

7 Harry and Walter go to New York.8 christophercolumbus.9 Alexander the Great.

10 Dangerous corner11 The Pink Panther-12 A letter to arezhnev.ANSWER TO QUESTIONiIn the f i rst group, 'greenea, 'biggei and higher 'are al l

In the second group, 's inger ' , rwimmer'and 'dr iver 'al l

aome f rom verbs ( 's ing' , 'swim', 'dr ive') .In the third group, 'Walter ' , 'Christopher ' and'Alexander' are al l names.The words in the fourth group { 'cornef, 'panthef and'lettea) can't go into the other groups.

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The five verbt in the first part have the vowel sound /a/The five verbs in the second part have the vowel sound /e/ .The five verbs in the third part have the vowel sound /r:/

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CHESS GLASSES DRESS2 JARROT CARROT CHERRY3 BEER CHEESE WEEKEND

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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggsThe best things in l i fe are free.something h better than nothing.You can't put old wine in new bottlesThere is a time to speak and a time to be silentA hungry man rs an angry man-Big fish eat little fish.When one door ( loses, another door opens.one man's meat is another man's poason.Tomorrow never tomes,tJ you don't like the heat, get out o{ the kitchen.Art is long, life is short.

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@46 Paint ingexhib i t ion1 Washing machine. 7 Running shoes.2 Frying pan. 8 Fishing rod.3 Rocking chair 9 Writing Paper.4 Answering ma.hine. 10 sleeping bag.5 Shopping bag. 11 Reading lamp6 Swimming pool. 12 Dinjngroom

Remember the double letters in 'shopping"and'swimming'.

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The commonest let ter in the Engl ish language i5 E

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to do puzzles about ParticularIndex. For example, if you wantadjectives, do Puzzle 40.

points, you can findto do a puzzle about

Adjectives- comparative 40- for opinions 17- of nationality 25- opposites 1- possessive 9- superlative 45, 48Adverbs of frequency 27Ages IAirport signs 13Bathroom things 32canlcan't (permission) 34Chemical elements 31Clothes 10Comparative adjectives 40Compound nouns 12, 46Connectors (and, but, eic,) 49Countable nouns 20, 24Da tes '14Direct and indirect objects 37Eating utensils 16-er ending 40-est ending 45Famous people a, $, 25Famous places 9,45Fi lms 18Food and dr ink 19Frequency adverbs 27Future, present, past 47Geographical features 35have got to (obligation) 34Hobbies 42lllness 29lmperatives 4, 37Indirect and direct objects 37lnfinitive of verbs 3-rnq ending 30, 45Jobs 39Menus 19lMonths 2most + adjective 48

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Nationalities 25Nouns- compound 12,46- countable/uncountable 20, 24Numbers 5,25Objects (direct and indirect) 37obligation (have got to) 34Opinions 17Opposites 1Past, present, future 47Past Simple a, M, 43.47Permission (ca n lcan' t) 34Possessive adjectives 9Prepositions of place 4, 38Present Continuous 30, 47Presenl, past, future 47Present Simple 47Pronouns 18,28Pronunciation 3, 23, 33, 38, 43Proverbs 50Road signs 34Songs 11,22,30,47Spelling 13, 35, 44Stress 38Superlative adjectives- with -est ending 45- with the most 485uperstitions 4th i s lth at/these/ those 28Uncountable nouns 20, 24United States 41Verbs- can, have got to 34- imperative 4- infinitive 3- -ing form (in nouns) 46- past, present, future 47

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