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Use of English

Word Families · Tricky Words · Keyword Transformation

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Topic: Surf lifesavers – keeping Australia’s beaches safe. Every summer, thousands of volunteers in red and yellow uniforms watch the beaches and help swimmers in trouble. In this unit you practise three typical tasks from the Use of English part of your exam.

Choose a part. Start with Word Families – then go on step by step.

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3 tasks · with hints

Word Families

Change the root word so that it fits the gap: help, suggest, secret, explain, illegal, employ, explore, immediate, recover, warn, nerve – with a step-by-step guide.

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1 task · look at the verb!

Tricky Words

Same word – different meaning: people or peoples? sheep or sheeps? The fish swims or the fish swim? Plus species, police, news, advice and information.

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2 tasks · first steps

Keyword Transformation

Say the same thing with the keyword – first with used to, then with comparisons and the passive.

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