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On our Southern-England ___ we visited Windsor, Cambridge, Stratford-on-Avon and then came back to London.

On ___ many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat, either beef, lamb, chicken, or pork, with potatoes, vegetables, and gravy.

One of the great things about her is that she is so aware of what other people think or feel. That’s why we can say he is a ___ person.

One of the things I like about Pamela is that she's so ___. If you have a problem you know you can go to her and that she'll listen to you and try to help all she can.

Organize these words into pairs of opposites.

Organize these words into pairs of opposites.

Organize these words into pairs of opposites.

Organize these words into pairs of opposites.

Parking in London is very expensive. You must either use ___ where you can park for up to 2 or 4 hours.

Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport two hours before departure time on international flights as there must be enough time to complete the necessary airport ___.

Passengers on British ___ must have a boarding pass to board.

People send each other ___ messages using Internet.

People who have picnics should always remember to take their ___ home with them in order to protect environment.

Plays are performed on stage, films are shown on ___.

Put these sentences in a logical order.

Put these sentences in a logical order.

Put these sentences in a logical order.

Sam and Maureen fell ___ love and got married within six months.

Sam promises to do things but half the time he forgets. He’s ___.

She finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers. That’s why we can say she is a ___ person.

She works for the BBC, which stands for British ___Corporation.

She'd like to go on another training ___.

She's always here on time. That’s why we can say she is a ___ person.

Students in the USA must complete a certain number of courses in order to receive ___.

Supermarkets have several ___ who use both manual and electronic pricing scanning (they pass a coded tag in front of an electronic scanner and a price is automatically entered into the cash register).

Supermarkets usually have baskets and ___ for carrying items around the store.

Susan left Ann a message on her ___. Her message is: Ann, this is Susan. I'm just returning your call. I'll give you a ring tomorrow.

Taking exercise is only one part of keeping ___.

The actors have been ___ the play all this week.

The air was stingingly cold, but not ___ freezing point.

The audience ___ at the end of the performance.

The boys and girls who go to boarding schools learn to speak with upper-class ___.

The British often get ___ – you buy the food at the restaurant and then bring it home to eat.

The British people are great readers of

The Cornfords live in Rugby ___28 Coronation Street.

The English are famous for their tea and their ___. And the English are always talking about it.

The English custom of ___, goes back to the late 18^th century when Anne, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford, decided that she suffered from a “sinking feeling” around 5 p.m and needed tea and cakes to bring back her strength.

The English omnibuses are often called ___, because they are very high and have seats on the upper and lower decks.

The factors determining whether an institution is one of the best or one of the lower prestige are

The first day of the week is ___.

The first stamp in the world was a (an) ___ one. It was made in 1840 to pay the postage on letters going to different parts of the country.

The first were held in ___ more than two thousand years ago.

The five-hour ___ which was performed on Mrs Brown’s hip was expensive but effective.

The fog gets thicker and dirtier, and yellow and full of black soot. In London this is called ___, a mixture between smoke and fog.

The inventors of cinema were ___.

The last day of the week is ___.

The local newspaper’s ___ fell dramatically when the editor was sacked.

The most common type of higher education in the USA is the ___. It requires for admission graduation from a standard secondary school; its four-year curriculum leads to the bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences.

The most famous universities are Oxford and Cambridge, called “___”.

The Olympic creed was first stated in 1896 by the founder of the modern Olympic Games ___.