Drag and drop elements to connect the sentence halves. My mum used to Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems. Did you use Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems. Shopping malls didn’t use Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems. As kids, we would often Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems. How often did he Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems. I remember that there didn’t Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. to come here often?, 2. use to be offices in this building., 3. play in the recreational area of the mall., 4. use to hang out in this mall?, 5. have her favourite department store in this mall., 6. to have so many financial problems.

Drag and drop elements to fill in the gaps in the sentences. 1. The house was in a state of total     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     and was repeatedly vandalised.
2. I would like to see the     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     of this makeover.
3. It is hard to look at all these     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     buildings which used to be the pride of our town.
4. The period just before Christmas was the time when malls would     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     with activity.
5. They are going to     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     the old mall and build an apartment building there.
6. This is the story of the rise and     1. pull down, 2. bustle, 3. disrepair, 4. decline, 5. outlook, 6. graffiti-stained     of shopping malls.

In each point, choose the answer which fills the gaps in both sentences.

1. This shopping centre has so few customers that it's definitely past its …
   A constantly falling number of shoppers was the … cause of the mall’s closure.
   a) best
   b) main
   c) prime
   
   
2. This … is going to be closed soon.
   Every shopping mall has its anchors, and they are usually … stores.
   a) department
   b) centre
   c) branch
   
   
3. We only had a … estimate of the costs.
   It was a … drive as there were many holes in the road.
   a) bumpy
   b) rough
   c) draft
   
   
4. I like … my time at a shopping mall.
   Baby boomers are said to have the most … power of all the generations now.
   a) passing
   b) purchasing
   c) spending
   
   
5. Video recorders have fallen out of … in recent years.
   The plan gained the … of local authorities.
   a) competition
   b) acceptance
   c) favour
   

Read the text below and choose the correct answer. Nowadays, shopping malls face some of the biggest challenges. Not only because of a shift in customers’ shopping habits, but also the financial
4.1 a) aids b) setbacks c) incentives.
We see more and more of them becoming dead malls, although they
4.2 a) used to have b) used to reinhabitc) used to be
thriving centres of commerce. It is sad to watch them crumble and go out of
4.3 a) wayb) businessc) mind,
as many of us associate them strongly with our childhood. Remember when we
4.4 a) would go b) were goingc) had gone
to the mall almost every day to hang out with friends, grab something to eat at the food court, or just do a bit of window shopping? Those days are gone forever, and it looks like we will have to get used to the fact that instead of the mall, which was in close
4.5 a) wayb) proximityc) walking
to your house, there will now be a warehouse, an office building, or a fitness centre. The nostalgia, however, will remain.

In each point, choose all the correct answers. 1. Which expressions are synonymous?
a) go out of your way
b) go bankrupt
c) go out of business
d) go bust

2. Which words/expressions are connected to money?
a) spending power
b) gradual deterioration
c) financial setback
d) convert into

3. Which words mean "to do something again"?
a) repurpose
b) regreen
c) reinhabit
d) reuse

4. Which adjectives have the same meaning?
a) disillusioned
b) derelict
c) abandoned
d) haunted

5. Which adjectives have a positive meaning?
a) rough
b) distorted
c) abandoned
d) thriving

6. Which words have a negative meaning?
a) setback
b) leisure
c) decline
d) deterioration

7. Which phrasal verbs mean "a sudden, and often quick, appearance of something"?
a) come up with
b) spring up
c) pull down
d) regard as

Transform the sentences without changing their meaning, using the capitalized words in the given form. 1. We did shopping in that mall years ago. We don’t any more. USED We     Tu uzupełnij     in that mall years ago. 2. He had an excellent idea how to solve the problem. CAME He     Tu uzupełnij     an excellent solution to the problem. 3. On weekends, they went there and stayed at that place for hours. GO On weekends, they     Tu uzupełnij and stay for hours. 4. I’m afraid they stopped doing business permanently. OUT I’m afraid they     Tu uzupełnij. 5. We now shop online more than we did in the past. USE We     Tu uzupełnij in the past     as much as we do now. 6. People don't think there's a bigger shopping mall in the country than this one. REGARDED This shopping mall is     Tu uzupełnij     one in the country.