Unit2 - Solutions 3rd Upper | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

I told a lie because I didn’t want to feel embarrassed in front of my friends.

lose face

The crime ___________ in this area has started to fall. It’s down by 10%.

rate

___________ crimes such as assault and murder are falling.

Violent

Take crime ___________ seriously. Put a lock on your bicycle.

prevention

The authorities are trying to ___________ crime in the area by introducing more community police officers.

combat

The number of ___________ crimes – that is, the number of crimes reported to the police – have fallen sharply.

recorded

The government should stop people ___________ (cycle) in the park.

cycling

Could you remember ___________ (pick) up the parcel from the post office?

to pick

I overheard Karen ___________ (tell) Simon about your party, but I didn’t stay and listen to the end of their conversation.

telling

Why not ___________ (call) round later? We’ll do something together.

call

On the way home, I stopped ___________ (buy) some chewing gum at the corner shop.

to buy

I’d rather ___________ (play) tennis than golf.

play

Have you tried ___________ (talk) it over with your parents? Sometimes it’s good to share a problem.

talking

___________ (do) a part-time job at weekends can be fun.

Doing

At school, we dress _______________________ (casual) our grandparents did.

more casually than

The last test was nowhere _______________________ (hard) the previous one.

near as hard as

I think I’m just _______________________ (strong) the boys, but the school won’t let me play football with them.

as strong as

_______________________ (challenging) the problem, the more Gareth wants to find a solution.

The more challenging

Although not _______________________ (famous) as his sister, Eric Roberts is still a fine actor.

as famous

We played a lot _______________________ (good) the other team in the second half.

better than

Although it is nothing ___________ as tiring ___________ walking, travelling on the back of a camel is still hard work.

like, as

Jo and Sarah are identical twins – well, almost! Jo’s ___________ taller than her sister and her face is a ___________ rounder.

slightly, little

The guitar is a ___________ popular instrument then the violin, but only because it isn’t ___________ difficult to play.

more, as

___________ more money Jack made from gambling, ___________ more serious his addiction became.

The, the

Although it is a lot ___________ frightening than many modern horror films, Hitchcock’s Psycho still made me jump when I watched it! Back in the 1960s, it was one of ___________ scariest films people had seen.

less, the

The odds against winning the lottery were ___________ larger when it was first launched ___________ is the case now.

much / far / significantly / substantially, than