Example: No-one goes in for sport except Mr.McCarthy.
| F. OHara | S. Jones | P. McCarthy | D. West | T. Logan | |
| 1. Do you take regular exercise? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2. Do you play a sport? | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| 3. Do you smoke? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| 4. Do you drink alcohol regularly? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 5. Do you sleep for eight hours? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 6. Do you see a doctor regularly? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 7. Do you visit a dentist regularly? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 8. Are you more than the average weight for you height? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
ALTERNATIVES
Exercise 20. Find a suitable position for INSTEAD in the sentences below. Alter punctuation if necessary.
Instead
Example: We gave up the idea of moving into a new house and / decided to extend our existing house.
1. Cars will not run on petrol in future, they will run on hydrogen.
2. They hoped to make money on the stock exchange but lost everything.
3. We no longer post letters to Hong Kong, we send faxes.
4. Typewriters are becoming obsolete most writing is done on word processors.
5. We dont make any products by hand nowadays we use computer controlled robots.
6. He didn't go to university, he found a job.
Exercise 21. OTHERWISE, ALTERNATIVELY. Follow the example to link the messages.
Example:
He may have an accident / I hope he drives carefully à I hope he drives carefully. Otherwise he may have an accident.
1. If the goods are faulty we can replace them / we can give you a refund.
2. You could get one tomorrow morning / there is a plane tonight.
3. He will fail / Tom will have to work harder.
4. We must improve our profits / we could go bankrupt.
5. You can pay for it in instalments / you can buy the car now.
6. You could take the exam in May / you could wait till August.
7. You could take the first bus / you could travel later in the day.
8. Youd better go now / you will miss your train.
9. These relaxing Video evenings take place in local Church Center Members homes. (Admission charge - 50p.) / we can lend you a video to watch in your own home.
Exercise 22. ALTERNATIVELY, OTHERWISE, INSTEAD, ELSE. Complete the texts.
A. (a government minister is speaking)
We must reduce public spending. 1, well never defeat inflation. We must stop spending money which we have not earned, and 2 look at every branch of government to see if savings are possible. Savings may be possible in the health budget. 3, we may be able to cut spending on education.
B. (giving directions to a driver)
I wouldnt take the A4 if I were you the traffic on it is very heavy. 4, I would take the B402 to Southam but be careful to take the ring road round Southam. 5, you will get stuck in the town centre. Then the B438 north, or 6 you could go onto the motorway.
Exercise 23. Fill in the blanks in the conversation below using each of these words once.
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| MENU IN THE RESTAURANT STARTERS Vegetable soupVEGETABLESPotatoes Ham and melon Peas Carrots MAIN COURSESteakWINEItalian white Roast lamb French red Chicken casserole DESSERT Ice cream Fruit salad |
JAMES: As a starter you can have either vegetable soup 1__________ham.
LINDA: Id like some vegetable soup.
JAMES: Then for the main course theres stake or roast lamb
LINDA: No, I dont fancy 2________of them.
JAMES: Well you could have chicken casserole 3_______. The vegetables are potatoes, peas or 4_________ carrots.
LINDA: Ill have the chicken with potatoes.
JAMES: What wine would you like to drink? Theres Italian wine.5 ________ it will have to be French red.
LINDA: Id 6____ have the Italian white wine.
JAMES: OK. For dessert you could try the ice cream. 7____ theres fruit salad.
LINDA: Well, Id 8________ fruit salad.
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