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Q What do you think? Make sentences beginning It's, using words from the box.
Use a dictionary if necessary.

always often sometimes never right wrong good
bad necessary stupid dangerous

► take exercise . It's aLwfl.ys.0 ood to tfltee

1 tell the truth ............................................................................................................................................

2 relax .........................................................................................................................................................
3 save money .............................................................................................................................................
4 give money to beggars .............................................................................................................................
5 drive fast ..................................................................................................................................................
6 fight .........................................................................................................................................................
7 be polite to older people .........................................................................................................................
8 dress well .................................................................................................................................................

9 smoke ......................................................................................................................................................
10 work very hard .........................................................................................................................................

Q GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: learning and using a language: what is important?

Make sure you know the words in the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.
Then make sentences with It's im portant to It' s not necessary to ... or It's im portant not to ....
Different answers are possible: for ours, see the answer key.

bilingual comprehension correctness immediate mistake practise pronunciation
regularly results rules translate vocabulary

LEARNING

► study regularly 's t o . s tu c c l y r..........

► study six hours a day . .t\0. a ^ ai^-
► expect immediate results. I t ' s r e s u l t s .

1 practise grammar ...................................................................................................
2 translate everything ...............................................................................................
3 read a lot ................................................................................................................
4 read things that interest you ...................................................................................

PRONUNCIATION
5 have perfect pronunciation ......
6 have good enough pronunciation

GRAMMATICAL CORRECTNESS
7 make too many mistakes ..........
8 speak without mistakes ............

COMPREHENSION
9 practise listening to English ..............

VOCABULARY
10 know 3,000-5,000 words ..................
11 know 50,000 words ...........................
12 have a good English-English dictionary

13 have a good bilingual dictionary ......

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don’t) and full INFINITIVES AND -INC FORMS 127
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.