Upper-Intermediate 6B WB | The English Express

choose the correct answer.

1. When we moved to Britain from Poland we weren’t used to drive / driving on the left.

drive
driving

choose the correct answer.

2. Chris got divorced last year but he soon got used to live / living on his own.

live
living

choose the correct answer.

3. I used to / use to know her, but we lost touch years ago.

used to
use to

choose the correct answer.

4. My parents are slowly getting used to be / being retired.

be
being

choose the correct answer.

5. My new job is exhausting. I’m not used to work / working so hard.

work
working

choose the correct answer.

6. Did you use to play / playing a musical instrument at school?

play
playing

choose the correct answer.

7. When Bill was a student, he used to / was used to eat pizza every day.

used to
was used to

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

Has working at night become less of a problem now ?
Have you at night?

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

I don’t normally have breakfast so early.
I’m breakfast so early.

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

Chloe wore her sister’s clothes when she was a child.
Chloe her sister’s clothes when she was a child.

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

We have adapted to living in the country very quickly.
We have in the country very quickly.

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

She often looks after people so she will make an excellent nurse.
She is people, so she will make an excellent nurse.

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

They still don’t know’ how to use the new system – they keep making mistakes.
They haven’t the new system yet.

Rewrite the sentences using a form of used to, get used to, or be used to and a verb.

Question:

I couldn’t sleep because I don’t normally sleep on a sofa.
I couldn’t sleep because I on a sofa.

Read the article quickly.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

Do the couple feel the same way about Adam’s sleep talking?

Read the text again and complete it with the missing sentences. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.

Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
Karen’s blog, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become an internet hit in more than fifty countries.
Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her husband’s comments.
He went there once as a child, but he doesn’t remember it.
He thinks that his sleep-talking might be some sort of therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully refreshed and relaxed.
Karen says that Adam doesn’t talk every night, but when he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.

Read the text again and complete it with the missing sentences. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.

Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
Karen’s blog, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become an internet hit in more than fifty countries.
Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her husband’s comments.
He went there once as a child, but he doesn’t remember it.
He thinks that his sleep-talking might be some sort of therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully refreshed and relaxed.
Karen says that Adam doesn’t talk every night, but when he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.

Read the text again and complete it with the missing sentences. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’

Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
Karen’s blog, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become an internet hit in more than fifty countries.
Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her husband’s comments.
He went there once as a child, but he doesn’t remember it.
He thinks that his sleep-talking might be some sort of therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully refreshed and relaxed.
Karen says that Adam doesn’t talk every night, but when he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.

Read the text again and complete it with the missing sentences. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.

Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
Karen’s blog, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become an internet hit in more than fifty countries.
Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her husband’s comments.
He went there once as a child, but he doesn’t remember it.
He thinks that his sleep-talking might be some sort of therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully refreshed and relaxed.
Karen says that Adam doesn’t talk every night, but when he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.

Read the text again and complete it with the missing sentences. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Ironically, Adam has never eaten them in his life.
Karen’s blog, Sleep Talkin’ Man, has become an internet hit in more than fifty countries.
Instead of investing in earplugs, she records her husband’s comments.
He went there once as a child, but he doesn’t remember it.
He thinks that his sleep-talking might be some sort of therapeutic process, because he always wakes up fully refreshed and relaxed.
Karen says that Adam doesn’t talk every night, but when he does, it happens every thirty seconds or few minutes.

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

sudden expressions of strong feeling

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

made upset

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

said quietly without opening the mouth properly

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

put a dead body in the ground

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

says something unexpectedly

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

hang freely

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

taking action to solve

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

behaving in a wild way, without any control

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

the ability to remember

Look at the highlighted words and phrases in the text and try to work out their meaning. Then match them to definitions 1—10.

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How to deal with a sleep-talking husband

Most women would find it infuriating to be woken up night after night by their husband talking in his sleep. But one woman in the UK has found an interesting way
of dealing with the problem.1________ And then she posts them on the internet.
36-year-old Karen Slavick Lennard is a web-products manager, and she’s married to Adam, an advertising account director, also 36. They live together in Richmond, in south-west London. Karen first entered Adam’s lines onto her laptop by hand, but now she uses a voice- activated recorder. ‘I find every single thing Adam says hilarious,’ she says, ‘I cannot believe what he comes out with, and neither can he. We laugh like crazy every morning.’2________ Then he suddenly stops.
Adam talks about everything and anything in his sleep; from vampire penguins to zombie guinea pigs. Examples of the things he has said in a typical week include, from Tuesday night: ‘Pork chops are the most satisfying. Mmmmmmm. Dangle them from the ceiling.’ 3_______ And then on Sunday at 5 a.m., he mumbled: ‘Your mum’s at the door. Bury me deep. Bury me deep.’ Another of his most memorable comments is: ‘Shhhhhh. Shhhhhh. I’m telling you: your voice, my ears. A bad combination.’
Adam was gobsmacked when he first heard the strange statements recorded by his wife. ‘I have no recollection of the absurd things I say,’ he explains. ‘They are not things that I would ever say or that any normal person would ever say.’ At first, Adam was put out by the recordings and he refused to listen to them, but later he realized that they were quite fun. ‘It was just my subconscious fully uninhibited and running riot,’ he says.4_________And both he and his wife look forward to listening to the tapes in the morning.
In fact, Karen and Adam are not the only ones who find Adam’s outbursts entertaining.5________ The couple have now started selling T-shirts and bags printed with Adam’s comments on the site. The most popular among them are products featuring this one: ‘Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible.’

Question:

completely ridiculous

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

Question:

I never , because I always set my alarm clock before I go to bed.

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

Question:

She has to wear earplugs at night because her husband .

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

Question:

I was feeling so I went to bed.

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

Question:

My grandmother takes to help her to sleep.

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

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It’s impossible to wake Matt up. He sleeps like a .

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

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Alex never drinks coffee after dinner, because it him .

Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

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I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the .

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

1. a short sleep during the day _____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

2. the condition of being unable to sleep _____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

3. you do this to an alarm _____________(it)

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

4. a very bad dream _____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

5. you feel like this when you fly, for example, from London to New York _____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

6. you sometimes do this when you’re tired or bored____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the box to the definitions.

7. you’re in this state when you’re unlikely to wake up soon _____________

duvet
fast asleep
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
set
yawn

choose the words in the correct column.

1. horse

alarm
asleep
fall
fast
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
siesta
yawn

choose the words in the correct column.

2. car

alarm
asleep
fall
fast
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
siesta
yawn

choose the words in the correct column.

3. cat

alarm
asleep
fall
fast
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
siesta
yawn

choose the words in the correct column.

4. computer

alarm
asleep
fall
fast
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
siesta
yawn

choose the words in the correct column.

5. chair

alarm
asleep
fall
fast
insomnia
jet-lagged
nap
nightmare
siesta
yawn

Listen to a radio programme about how diet affects sleep and choose the best answer.

The dietician gives advice about. ..in order to sleep well.

A) what we should eat and drink
B) what we shouldn’t eat and drink
C) what we should and shouldn’t eat and drink

Listen again and complete the notes.

i. Avoid in the afternoon and evening.
ii. Don’t eat a lot of at dinnertime
iii. Don’t have dinner so as
iv. Have a in the evening instead of a heavy meal.
v. Don’t drink too much so as not to have to go to the during the night.
vi. Have a hot before you go to bed.
vii. If neccessary, take valerian in or tablet form to fall asleep more .

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