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Unit
Exercises 112

112.1 Amy, Kate and Lisa are three friends who went on holiday together. Use the information
given about them to complete the sentences using even or not even.
AMY KATE LISA
is usually happy isn’t very keen on art is almost always late
is usually on time is usually miserable is a keen photographer
likes to get up early usually hates hotels loves staying in hotels
is very interested in art doesn’t use her camera much isn’t very good at getting up

1 They stayed at a hotel. Everybody liked it, even Kate .
2 They arranged to meet. They all arrived on time, .
3 They went to an art gallery. Nobody enjoyed it, .
4 Yesterday they had to get up early. They all managed to do this, .
5 They were together yesterday. They were all in a good mood, .
6 None of them took any pictures, .

112.2 Make sentences with even. Use the words in brackets.
1 Laura has been all over the world. (the Antarctic) She has even been to the Antarctic.
2 We painted the whole room. (the floor) We
3 Rachel has met lots of famous people. (the prime minister)
She
4 You could hear the noise from a long way away. (from the next street)
You
Now make sentences with a negative + even (didn’t even, can’t even etc.).
5 They didn’t say anything to us. (hello) They didn’t even say hello.
6 I can’t remember anything about her. (her name)
I
7 There isn’t anything to do in this town. (a cinema)

8 He didn’t tell anybody where he was going. (his wife)

9 I don’t know anyone in our street. (my neighbours)

112.3 Complete the sentences using even + comparative.
1 It was very hot yesterday, but today it’s even hotter .
2 The church is 700 years old, but the house next to it is .
3 That’s a very good idea, but I’ve got an one.
4 The first question was very difficult to answer. The second one was .

5 I did very badly in the exam, but most of my friends did .
6 Neither of us was hungry. I ate very little and my friend ate .
112.4 Complete the sentences. Choose from: if even even if even though
1 Even though she can’t drive, she has a car.
2 The bus leaves in five minutes, but we can still catch it we run.
3 The bus leaves in two minutes. We won’t catch it now we run.
4 Mark’s Spanish isn’t very good, after three years in Spain.

5 Mark’s Spanish isn’t very good, he lived in Spain for three years.
6 with the heating on, it was cold in the house.
7 I couldn’t sleep I was very tired.
8 I won’t forgive them for what they did, they apologise.
9 I hadn’t eaten anything for 24 hours, I wasn’t hungry.

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