Unit 8 gapped sentences

He suffered a ____ heart attack.

extremely large or serious

__ ___ the decision was probably a mistake.

after considering all the information

__ __ __ __  cars produce pollution. __ ___ ___ ___ , they are very convenient for people.

Traditional English food was quite basic. __ ____ , modern English food is much more complex.

compared to sth

__ ____ , we need to think seriously about reducing our energy consumption.

after having considered everything

__ ___ , eating fast food is bad for you.

in a few words

Our defeat was expected, but it is disappointing ____.

in spite of sth that you have just mentioned

Oxford is not that big – __ __ ___ , it’s quite small.

used to introduce a statement that says the opposite of the last one

The ____ followed her around all day.

a photographer who follows famous people around in order to get interesting photographs of them to sell to a newspaper

He took some amazing ___ with his new camera.

a photograph

The man was ____ for murder.

officially charge sb with a crime in a court of law

It's a ___ that she died so young.

a very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death

The government is introducing tougher ____ to combat crime

an official action that is done in order to achieve a particular aim

That was such a ___ thing to do

morally bad

Her work has been of a ____ high quality.

always in the same way, or having the same opinions, standards, etc.

Some children _____ a complete transformation when they become teenagers.

experience sth, especially a change or sth unpleasant

She is having an ____ with her boss.

a relationship between two people, usually when one or both of them is married to sb else

I like to have a coffee ___ ____ in the morning.

early in the morning, before you do anything else

I saw her running into the ladies’ toilets. She was crying so you’d better __ ___ her and see what’s the matter.

chase or follow sb

While we were on holiday the time seemed to __ __  incredibly quickly.

(of time) pass

What’s ___ __ ? Why are you shouting?

happen

The project turned out to be far too expensive so we had to _ ____ the plans again to try and find ways of cutting costs.

study or consider sth in detail, especially by repeating it

Could we _ ___  these words again, please? I don’t understand some of them

explain

The number of students in our school has ___ __ this year – there are five new students in my class.

increase