Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

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Decide on the correct past modal verb and complete the gaps in the conversation. Then
listen and check your answers.
K e lly: 
Hi everyone. So, le t’s get started on our essay. Mark, have you done the research
from last week?
M ark: 
Well, yes and no. I was trying to follow up on the suggestions from the lecture
and I searched the lib ra ry fo r books and jou rn a ls. But 1(1)___________ find
anything relevant to our topic.
Louise: Well, maybe you were too late. We got the essay title two weeks ago so other
students (2)___________ taken out a ll the books already.
M ark: 
Yes, I guess so.
K e lly: 
It doesn’t sound likely to me. A ll the books (3)___________ been taken out -
th e re ’s lots of books about astronom y in the main library.
M ark: 
Well, there was one book but I (4 )___________ borrow it because it’s a reference
only book.
K e lly: 
Mm. We (5 )___________ started this project earlier. What are we going to do now?
Louise: The other students (6 )___________ been very keen to sta rt! Well, don’t worry.
Why don’t we ju s t reserve the books we want? I’ve found some articles we can 
sta rt reading now and then w e’ll be more focused fo r when the other students 
return the books we need.
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Unit 13
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Listen to three students preparing a presentation and complete the notes below:
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Expedition details
Problem:
O riginally setting the camp up at the (1 )________ because of the (2 )---------
season.
Solution:
Setting the camp up at the (3 )_________
Discoveries:
New (4 )________ at the bottom of the m ountain.
Halfway up the m ountain (5 )________ were found and identified correctly due to
(6 )________ equipm ent.
Timescale:
Arrived at the top of the m ountain w ithin (7 )_________