Solutions Intermediate revision U6 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

How many people work here? (interested / know)

I’d be interested to know how many people work / worked here.

Do you provide training? (be / wondering)

I was wondering if you provided training?

(paraphrase) Will I be working as part of a team? (interested / know)

I’d be interested to know if / whether I would be working as part of a team.

The boss will arrive later, but she doesn’t want to h____ you u__ , so we can start without her.

hold up

Harry hasn’t told us anything about the party yet. Did he b_____ i___ u__ when you saw him this morning?

bring it up

Ryan isn’t stupid. He’s got a lot of c_________ s_______ .

common sense

We’re going to r__ o__ o___ milk soon. Can you get some more from the supermarket?

run out of

My aunt and uncle have got two small children. A ba____________ looks after the children when they’re at work.

babysitter

Tamara has got a lot of a___________ . She wants to be successful, rich and world-famous.

ambition

You’re so s_________ , Greg. You never change your mind about anything.

stubborn

Wendy is really s____ so she finds it difficult to meet new people.

shy

Why do you always think bad things will happen? P__________ isn’t a good thing.

pessimism

Thanks for sending me a card when I was ill. That was very th___________ of you.

thoughtful

F___________ is important in this job because we have to change our plans all the time.

flexibility

(make a relative clause) my sister / know / someone / parents / be / actors

My sister knows someone whose parents are actors.

(make a relative clause) this yellow house / a famous artist / once / live / be / now / a local tourist attraction

This yellow house, where a famous artist once lived, is now a local tourist attraction.

(make a relative clause) the sales assistant / I / speak / to / give / me a refund straightaway

The sales assistant who I spoke to gave me a refund straightaway.

(make a relative clause) millions of tourists / come / from all over the world / visit / Oxford every year

Millions of tourists, who come from all over the world, visit Oxford every year.

(make a relative clause) the helicopter paramedics / give / emergency health treatment / save / many lives

The helicopter paramedics, who give emergency health treatment, save many lives.

(make a relative clause) that / be / the hospital / my mum work / as a nurse

That’s the hospital where my mum works as a nurse.