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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey UNIT1 Pages4–5

Reading Exercise1 1F   2B   3D   4G   5C   6A  A    7E

Exercise2

A Notonlythat,butit’sgreatfor reducingstress,keepingthe brainactiveandimprovingyour strengthandflexibility. B It’savaluableskilltoo,and onewhichcouldleadtoagreat careerorallowyoutoearnsome money. C It’sbasicallytreasure It’sbasicallytreasure sbasicallytreasurehunting hunting withgadgetsinplacesofinterest ornaturalbeauty. D Theideaofthisistoforyouall totryonesyoudon’thaveor haven’tusedforages. E Theyareafantasticopportunity  togetexperienceoftakingpart inliveshows. F Thisinvolveslearningaskill thateveryonewillfinduseful. thateveryonewillfind useful. G Theyoftenhavethebest informationaboutfreeand cheapeventsinyourarea.

Exercise3 1D   2G   3C   4A  A    5E   6B

Exercise4 1accessible   2theearth 3competitive   4amust   5swap 6outlet   7venues   8enhancing

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Vocabulary

Speaking

Exercise1

Exercise1

screenplay    2broadcast   3cast 1screenplay  4audience   5satellite   6producer 7programme   8sitcom   9series 10 10channel channel   11 11flop flop   12 12demand demand

1three   2average   3often 4general   5least   6routine   7ever 8involve   9twice   10 10normal normal 11 11On On   12 12quite quite

Exercise2

Exercise2

1a   2c   3b   4b   5c   6a   7b

1 a   2b   3a   4a   5b   6 a

Exercise3

Exercise3

1do   2have   3make   4take 5making   6take   7do   8have (alsopossible‘take’)   9take(also (alsopossible‘take’) possible‘have’)   10do possible‘have’) 10do   11take 11take (alsopossible‘have’)   12 (alsopossible‘have’) 12have have

Students’ownanswers

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1a   2b   3b   4c   5a   6b   7a   8c

Exercise2 1alittle   2Both/Bothof  Both/Bothof    3afew  4neitherof  neitherof    5every

Exercise3 1wasn’t/wasnotmuch information 2eitherofus 3onlyafewminutes 4afewoftheactors

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Listening Exercise1 a)possible–youneedanounhere a)possible–youneedanounhere

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B2

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 satisfy,satisfaction,satisfying, ,satisfaction,satisfying, satisfactory educate,education,educational, educate ,education,educational, educated ,impression,impressive impress,impression,impressive impress create,creation,creativity,creative create ,creation,creativity,creative depend,dependence,dependent depend ,dependence,dependent act,activity,action,active act ,activity,action,active –,ability, able –,ability,  able able –, health health,healthy ,healthy 1unsatisfying,unsatisfactory, uneducational,uneducated, unimpressive,uncreative, independent,inactive,unable, unhealthy  2Yes.Nounswith -ion -ion(satisfaction, (satisfaction, education,impression,creation, action)and -ity -ity(activity,ability). (activity,ability). Adjectiveswith -ive (impressive, creative,active).

thatcollocateswith‘goon’ notpossible–thegapneedsto b)notpossible–thegapneedsto b) containatypeofmaterial c) c)possible–youneedan possible–youneedanadjective possible–youneedan adjective here d)possib d)possib possible–youneed le–youneedanounthat le–youneed anounthat cangowith‘dependon’ e)notpossible–thegapshould e)notpossible–thegapshould containacomparativeform

Exercise2

Exercise2 Students’ownanswers

1fairlyinformal   2should 3anopinion

Exercise3

Exercise2

Exercise2

1campingholiday  campingholiday    2supportive 3days   4plastic   5annoying

1Haveyoueverwanteda hobbyyoucouldtakewithyou

1a   2–   3–   4–   5the   6a   7a   8the –   11the an 9an   10 10– 11the   12 12an

6   7nextsummer   8decide 9safe motivation   10lessimportant 10lessimportant

Exercise1 Singularcountablenouns:friend, Singularcountablenouns: friend, idea,internet,theatre Pluralcountablenouns:actors, Pluralcountablenouns: actors, courses,film-makers,films Uncountablenouns: Uncountablenouns: accommodation,advice,fear,jeans, leisure,shopping Nounsthatcanbecountableand uncountable:exercise,experience, uncountable: exercise,experience, glasses,gym,paper,tea,wood

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1activity  activity    2ability  ability    3independence 4impressive   5satisfaction 6creativity  creativity    7healthier 8education

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Writing Exercise1

anywhere?Whyarepodcastsso great?So,whynotgiveitago?

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey 2It’sgreatfunwhenyougetintoit! It’ It’saseasyas saseasyasthat!…you saseasyas that!…you won’t  won’t regretit!You’dbeamazedatwhat youcanfind!…youwon’tw ant ant tostop! 3downloadoneofthemanyfree apps,Take(myadvice),Check out(themostpopularpodcasts online) 4firstofall,secondly,finally

Exercise3 1getinto   2dipinto   3checkout 4getgoing

Exercise4 Suggestedanswers 1Doyouwantahobbythat you  you candoanywhere?Ifso, candoanywhere?If so,thenyou so, thenyou shouldthinkaboutrunning.It’s shouldthink aboutrunning.It’s funwhenyougetintoit. 2Youdon’tneedmuchequipment –justrunningshoes.Take myadviceandbuythemata

Exercise2 1a   2a   3b   4b   5a   6b

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Listening

Exercise3

Exercise1

A    4A   A   5B   6A 1C   2D   3A 

Ican’tseewhyn ot. Agreement:Ican’tseewhyn Agreement: Iknow!Meneither!Minetoo.No Iknow!Meneither! Minetoo.No doubtaboutthat.Oh yes,totally!  yes,totally!

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Grammar1 Exercise1 1knew  knew    2want   3didn’t/didnot/ couldn’t/couldnotcomplete 4doesn’t/doesnotcare   5aim 6freeze   7left   8Didyouforget looks/is/’s 9don’t/donotsee   10 10looks/is/’s looking   11Doyourecognise 11Doyourecognise 12 12see see

Exercise2 1usedtothink   2woulddo 3isnot/isn’tusedtoteaching 4gotusedtowearing   5didnot/ didn’tusetoteach   6heis/he’s gettingusedto   7Didyouusetobe

specialistsportsshop–it’ specialistsportsshop– it’sthe it’sthe bestthingtodo! 3Whyisrunningsogreat?Well, firstofall,it’sfree!Secondly,you candoitaloneorwithacoupleof  friends.Itcanbetrickywhenyou start,butyou’dbeamazedathow  quicklyyougetfit! 4So,whynotgiveitago? Check outthemanyonlinesitestofind goodlocalrunningroutes.It’ goodlocalrun ningroutes.It’slots slots offunonceyougetgoing!

B2

8areusedtoworking

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Soundsgoodtome. Soundsgoodtom e. Disagreement:Ican’tseewhy Disagreement: Ican’tseewhynot. Ican’tseewhy not. Oh,Iwouldn’tsaythat. Partialagreement: Iwouldn’t gothatfar.Yes,tosomeextent,I suppose.

Exercises2and3 1Meneither   2Notatall 3Youcan’tbeserious   4Minetoo

Exercise4 1 C   2 A  A    3 A  A    4 B   5 C   6 B   7 A  A    8 B

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Speaking Exercise1

1 absolutely  absolutely    2Neither   3apoint 4too

Vocabulary

Exercise2

Exercise1

1disagree   2right   3don’t 4suppose

1licence   2qualifications   3revise 4✓  5 5lecturer   6coach 7undergraduate   8✓

Exercise2

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UseofEnglish

1cameupwith,lookup   2speak up,endedup   3digup,usedup 4creepupbehind,hurryup 5caughtupwith,setup

Exercise1

Progresscheck

Exercise3

Exercise2

Exercise1

1 g   2 d   3j   4 b   5 h   6 c   7 a 8 e   9 i   10 f

1a)‘s/isnothingwrongwith 1a) ‘s/isnothingwrongwith needtoconcentrateonfinding 1b)needtoconcentrateonfinding 1b) 2a)isexperiencedinteaching 2a) isexperiencedinteaching 2b)succeededinpassing 2b) succeededinpassing   3a) 3a)was was criticisedfornotencouraging 3b)areinterestedinlearning 3b) areinterestedinlearning

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1overcame   2sitcoms   3actout 4trailer   5flop   6chillout 7comesout/iscomingout   8cast

Exercise2 1some   2the   3None   4abitof  5Allof  Allof    6–   7Every  Every    8alittle

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3 1a   2c   3c   4d   5a   6a   7b   8c

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1hadhad   2haven’tmet   3had alreadyleft   4hadn’tbrought 5Havetheybegun   6havespoken 7haddrawn   8havestudied 9Hadtheyprepared

Exercise2

UNIT2 Pages12–13

Reading Exercise1 1E   2C   3F   4B   5G   6D

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1just   2for   3Bythetime 4already  already    5ever   6since   7yet 8Once   9been   10 10Uptothatpoint Uptothatpoint

1gotusedto   2didn’tuseto 3enjoy  enjoy    4being   5weren’tusedto 6working

Exercise3 1hadreadthebookbefore 2hasdecidedagainstgoing 3isn’t/isnotusedtoteaching 4payingattentionto 5usedtobe

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Writing Exercise1 1Inmyopinion,Inmyview,It seemstome,Iwouldarguethat

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey

B2

2as,because,forexample,thatis, thisiswhy,since,suchas

itup,succeededin   4wrongwith, itup,succeededin graduates

beenwaiting   5are/’reflying 6had/’dbeenstudying

Exercise2

Cumulativeprogress

Exercise3

Hedisagrees.

Exercise3

Exercise3

1mathematical   2logically  3unable   4inability  inability    5difficulty  6Creative   7impressive 8existence

1had/’dbeensurfing had/’dbeensurfing   2has/’sbeen developing   3Weretheydelivering 4am/’mnotusing   5havenot/ haven’tbeengetting   6was

1Apprenticeshipsareagoodthing foryoungpeoplebecausethey  canlearnpracticalskills. canlearnpracticalsk ills. 2Theycanbemoreindependent sincetheyalsoearnmoney./ Sincetheyalsoearnmoney,they  canbemoreindependent. 3Notallyoungpeoplewanttogo touniversity,somewanttostart workingorlearninadifferent way . .Thisiswhyapprenticeships Thisiswhyapprenticeships areagreatsolution. 4Iwouldarguethatdoingan apprenticeshipisagoodideaas yougetthequalificationsyou knowemployerswant. 5Yougetintoemploymentquicker

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Reading Exercise1 1thepercentage thepercentageoftheworld’s oftheworld’s populationwithoutaccesstosafe drinkingwater 2theageElifwaswhenshe succeededinmakingabioplastic 3thepercentageofcarbon emissionscausedby 

ifyoudoanapprenticeship. ifyoudoan apprenticeship.In apprenticeship. In myopinion,thismeansthatthere ismoreopportunitytoprogress inyourcareer.

Exercise4 Suggestedanswer Itseemstomethatapprenticeships aregoodforemployers aregood foremployerstoo. foremployers too.They  They  offermanybenefits,suchasbeinga fantasticwaytoattractpeoplewith newideastothecompany.Thisis whytheyareanexcellentwa yto recruitnewstaff,andtheymean yougettheskilledworkersyou needforthefuture.Iwouldargue needforthe future.Iwouldargue thatsincetheycanbeadaptedto specificrolesinthecompanythey  givegreatflexibilitytoemployers. givegreat flexibilitytoemployers. Furthermore,sincelearningcan Furthermore,si ncelearningcanbe ncelearningcan be doneinthe workplace,  workplace,thereareno  workplace,thereareno disruptionsorinterruptions.

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Progresscheck Exercise1 1hadneverseen   2usedto 3hasn’tdriven   4Haveyoubought 5usetotake   6hated   7hasbeen left 8getusedto   9hadspoken   10 10left

Exercise2

1licence,passed,endedup 2interestedin,degree,lecturers, undergraduates   3certificate,dig

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deforestation 4thepercentageoffamiliesin developingcountrieswithno accesstoelectricity 5the(least)numberofhoursthe batterylasts 6thenumberoftonsofbanana peelthrownawayeverydayin Thailand 7thesizeinkm2of oftheT theTembé theT embé territory 8theamountofdollarsraisedby  TopherWhite’scrowdfunding

Exercise2 1D   2C   3A  A    4C   5B   6B   7A  A    8D 9B   10C 10C

Exercise3 1intrigued   2experimentation 3moulded   4loggers   5alert 6sustainable   7prompted 8access   9runningcosts

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following   7arenot/aren’tserving 8hadyoubeenWriting

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Vocabulary Exercise1 1develop,create   2discover,invent 3manufacture,produce 4appliances,machine appliances,machine   5engines, motors   6remotecontrol,tools

Exercise2 1 c   2 f  f    3 a   4 b   5 e   6 d

Exercise3 1speed   2performance   3priority  4definition   5award   6time 7secret   8speed   9tech 10 10powered powered

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1much   2widest   3thenicest 4lessexpensive

Exercise2 1more   2least   3than   4as 5much

Exercise3 1better   2longas   3harder 4themostadvanced   5higherthan 6(much)morecommon 7themostserious   8thebest

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Listening Exercise1

Grammar1

1wonder   2sure   3keen   4appeal 5surprised   6tend

Exercise1

1 d   2 f  f    3 a   4 c   5 b   6 e

1hadn’tbeenworking   2was working   3hasitbeendoing 4You’realwayslooking   5hasbeen charging   6hadbeenwondering 7weren’tusing   8isn’tworking

Exercise2

Exercise2 1 D   2 G   3 B   4 H   5 E   6 A  7 C 8 F

Exercise3

1 D   2 G   3 B   4 E   5 A

1‘s/hasbeenmaking ‘s/hasbeenmaking   2‘m/am working   3weredoing   4Haveyou

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Speaking Exercise1 1 D   2C   3 C   4C

Exercise2 1 far   2whereas   3as   4stressed 5easier   6less

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 push/carry    3carrying 1drum   2push/carry  4switch   5brought   6think

Exercise2 1in   2on   3out   4into   5out   6up

Exercise3 A    3 B   4 C   5 D   6 A  A    7 D   8 B 1 C   2 A 

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Writing

Exercise1 1positive   2weight 3recommendation

Exercise2 1B   2D   3A  A    4C

Exercise3 Suggestedanswers Yournotes

Paragraph4 Tosumup–I’drecommendit, especiallyifyouneedsomething fortravelling.

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B2 Exercise3 1correct   2correct   3willhave beenworking   4willbeexamining 5correct   6willhavereleased

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Vocabulary

Exercise1

Exercise1

1high,engines,top   2cameup with,remotecontrol   3comingon, develop, develop , ,manufacture manufacture   4figureout, tools   5machine,carryingout 6appliance,pluggedin

1trial   2accused   3innocent 4jury  jury    5evidence   6guilty  guilty    7judge 8fine   9imprisonment   10victim 10victim 11 11verdict verdict   12justice 12justice

Exercise2

f    6 d   7 a   8 g 1 b   2 e   3 h   4 c   5 f 

1have/’vebeenlearning have/’vebeenlearning   2Were youwatching   3had/’dbeendriving 4isn’t/isnot studying   5Themost expensive   6morereliablethan 7aren’t/arenotasgood 8theworst

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3

1as   2take   3interested   4carry  5would   6many  many    7both   8as

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Reading Exercise1

Exercise2 Exercise3 1rate   2youth   3correct   4correct 5hate   6correct   7correct   8scene 9petty

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1cut   2don’t/donotgo   3works 4use   5don’t/donotstart 6‘ll/willarrest   7‘ll/willfeel 8won’t/willnotcharge won’t/willnotcharge 9  9 9finding 10 10scream scream

Exercise2 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 a

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Paragraph1 PortableBluetoothSpeaker Portabl eBluetoothSpeaker–hadit eBluetoothSpeaker –hadit fortwomonths.Haveuseditwith myPC,tabletandphoneandsound issuperb!

A    4F   5D   6B 1C   2E   3A 

1b,c   2a,b   3a,b   4b,c   5a,b 6a,c   7a,b   8b, b,c c

Exercise1

Paragraph2 Onepositivefeature–verylight andcompactdesign,easytoput inyourbag,soyoucantakeit anywhere–greatforgoingon holiday,travellingtoschool/work, daysout…strong,varietyof  colours.Althoughit’ssmall,itgives loudsound.

Exercise3

Exercise2

Paragraph3 Unfortunately ,oneof ,oneoftheminuses theminuses –youcan’tcontrolthe –youc an’tcontrolthe volume,  volume, sotrickytousewhereyoumight botherotherpeople. botherother people.Alsoyou people. Alsoyou havetoswitchoffBluetoothwhen

Exercise1

changingtoanotherdeviceorit won’twork.

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Exercise2

1Hehelpedthepoor. 2Itwasverydaring. 3Afilm. 4Theirpopularity. 5Theirmotivation.

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Grammar1 1won’t   2finishes   3hastested 4Ishegoingto   5havegone 6Shall   7aremaking   8arrive

Exercise2 1going,will   2does,Shall 3has,soon   4is,have   5are,until

Listening 1 c   2 f  f    3 a   4 e   5 d   6 b

1fans   2realistic   3end 4approach   5solve   6frightening 7unhappiness   8mysterious

Exercise3 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T 8 F

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Speaking Exercise1 1 a   2c   3b   4a   5b   6c

Exercise2 1A  A    2B   3B   4A  A    5B   6A

Exercise3 Askingforagreementoran opinion: Don’tyouagr ee?what’s youropinion?Whatdoyouthink? youropinion? Whatdoyouthink?

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey Introducingyourview:AsIseeit, Introducingyourview: AsIseeit, It’shardtos It’shard tosay  tos ay ,but ,but…,Personally, …,Personally, Inmyopinion,I’dsaythat,Tomy  mind,Idon’tthinkitmattersif

(Forinstance,…Inmyopinion,… AsfarasI’mconcerned,…) Paragraph4 societyneedsnewwaystoprevent societyneedsnewwaysto prevent youngpeoplefrombecoming criminals–prisonsnotworking (Toconclude,…Itseemstome,…)

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UseofEnglish

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Exercise1

1 a 2 c 3 b 4 c 5 a 6 b

Exercise2

Exercise1

1aslongas   2will/’llhavebeen investigating   3incaseyouneed 4unlessyouwanttogo   5provided thatyouare

1eviden evidence ce guilty guilty  victim judge 2rate,Youth,wave,petty 3heldup,madefor,gotawaywith, letheroff 

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Exercise2

Writing 1formal   2opinion,examples 3finish,first

1willnot   2goingtofindout 3leave   4willhavebeenwriting 5willbewatching   6unless   7don’t find   8put   9Provided   10 10if  if 

Exercise2

Cumulativeprogress

1F   2T   3F

Exercise3

Exercise1

1 A  A    2 C   3 D   4 B   5 D   6 B   7 C   8 A

Exercise3 1Tomymind,Itseemstome that…AsfarasI’mconcerned,in myview  2suchas,forexample 3Inconclusion 4D Dear earEditor, ear Editor,Y Editor, Yours ourstruly  truly ,

B2 to(alsopossible‘can’)   12mustn’t to(alsopossible‘can’) 12mustn’t (alsopossible‘can’t’)   13 (alsopossible‘can’t’) 13can’t (also possible‘couldn’t’)   14 possible‘couldn’t’) 14don’thaveto don’thaveto

Exercise3 1able   2could   3have   4should

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Vocabulary Exercise1 1course   2beat   3track   4pitch draw    6court   7win   8rink 5draw 

Exercise2 1racket   2competitors   3rod 4viewers   5cue   6stick   7referee 8spectators

Exercise3 f    3j   4d   5h   6a   7e   8g   9b   10 1c   2f  10ii

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1 b 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 c 6 a Exercise2

UNIT5 Pages36–37

Reading Exercise1

1mustbe   2mightnothaveknown 3shouldhavebeenleading   4must havebeen   5oughttobe

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Listening

Exercise4

1T   2F   3F   4T

Suggestedanswers Paragraph1 agreewiththewriter–useful measures (Iwasinterestedtoreadthearticle

Exercise2

1D   2F   3C   4A  A    5G   6B

Exercise2

in…Inmyview…) Paragraph2 talksbycrimevictimsprovento beeffectiveinstoppingcriminals reoffending–helpyoungpeople understandtheeffect,e.g.b understandthe effect,e.g.being effect,e.g.b eing afraidtogoout,insomnia–good deterrent (suchas…becauseofthis…T (suchas…becauseof this…Tomy  this…T omy  mind)

Exercise4

1 C   2 B   3 A  A    4 B   5 C   6 A  A    7 C

Paragraph3 morejobopportunities–cheaper thansendingpeopletoprison! Lackofemploymentdrivessome peopletocrime.Notjustjob opportunities–otherpositive things,e.g.placesforyoungpeople togo,vocationaltraining

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1D   2F   3A   A   4E   5G   6B   7C

Exercise3

1treating   2integral   3incidents 4desirable   5gracious   6asset 7envious   8opponents

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Grammar1 Exercise1 1shouldn’t shouldn’t 2  2 2shouldn’thavebeen 3you’renotallowed you’renotallowed   4must 5don’thavetowatch don’thavetowatch   6could

Exercise2 1could(alsopossible‘can’) 2couldn’t   3shouldhave   4will

Exercise1 1sports   2BestTeenBlog 3subscribers   4show  show    5soap opera,singingcontest   6presenters

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Speaking Exercise1 1e   2g   3f  f    4b   5d   6a   7c

Exercise2 1must   2 could   3can’t 4 havebeen   5 be   6 Maybe

Exercise3 1 mustbewatching   2 seemtobe enjoying   3 mayhavebeenriding 4 couldhavelost   5 mighthave beencompeting   6mustbe

beable   5allowed   6may(also possible‘can’)   7need   8isn’t allowed   9to   10can 10can   11 11isallowed isallowed

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manystudents.Inaddition,itwould beeasytosetupinthehall.

UseofEnglish

Secondly ,Iwould ,Iwouldarguethat arguethatteam arguethat team sportsdonotappealtoeveryone. sportsdonot appealtoeveryone. Forthisreason,Iwouldliketo suggestadodgeballclub.T suggesta dodgeballclub.This dodgeballclub.T his wouldmeanwehadafunactivity 

Exercise1 ,success,successful succeed,success,successful succeed ,benefit,beneficial benefit,benefit,beneficial benefit protect,protection,protective, protect ,protection,protective, protected value,value,valuable value ,value,valuable challenge,challenge,challenging challenge ,challenge,challenging

thatappealstoeven‘non-sporty’ thatappeals toeven‘non-sporty’ studentswhomightotherwisenot beinterestedinexercising.

1protect 2benefit,value,challenge 3successf  successf ully  ully ,beneficia ,beneficially  lly , protectively  prote ctively , , valuab  valuably,  valuably, challengingly 4successfully,beneficially

Finally,Iwouldliketosuggestthat aswealreadyhaveanafter-school aswealreadyhavean after-school footballclub,volleyballshould beofferedasitwouldbegoodto haveanotherteamsportasan alternative.

Exercise2

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1confidence   2achievement 3winner   4unexpected 5unfortunate   6challenging 7successfully  successfully    8valuable

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Grammar1 Exercise1 1 b 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 c 6 a 7 c 8 b

Exercise2 1helping,tohelp,help   2find, finding,tofind   3sending,tosend, finding,tofind send   4tolook,looking,look 5go,going,togo

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Vocabulary Exercise1 1resigned,bonus   2onstrike, wages   3retired,salary   4offsick, tips   5unemployed,onmaternity  leave

Exercise1

Exercise2

1 c 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 a

1 b   2 d   3 a   4 e   5 c   6 h   7 g   8 f

Exercise3

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Exercise2

may    4don’t 1shouldn’t   2can’t   3may  haveto   5needn’t   6allowedto 7oughtto   8willbeableto Cumulativeprogress

Exercise1 1formal,exclamationmarks 2complete   3setphrases 4paragraph

Exercise3 1with/of  with/of    2score   3differences 4of   of   5allowed   6to   7used   8take

Exercise2 1requestfor   2consider   3would argue   4Infact   5propose 6Becauseof  Becauseof    7lookforwardto

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1…donotwant/wish…Forthis reason,... 2Iamwritinginresponseto…

Reading Exercise1

3Iwouldliketoputforwarda few… 4Pleaseletmeknow… regarding… 5Yourssince Yourssincerely  rely , 6Myfinalsuggestionisto propose…

1Josie   2Simon   3Robbie   4Grace

Exercise2 1b   2a   3c   4b   5a   6c

Exercise3

Exercise4 1b   2c   3a Suggestedanswer Myfirstsuggestionistopropose adanceclub.Dancingisgreat exerciseandIhavespokentomany  studentswhowouldlovetolearn

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Grammar2

Exercise3

populardancestylessuchasSalsa andHipHop.Becauseofthis,I’m sureitwouldbeapopularclubas itwoulddefinitelybeofinterestto

1wentabroad,gotaplacement 2gettingready,wentbankrupt 3gotfired/gotthe gotfired/gotthesack,wentquiet sack,wentquiet 4wentmissing,gotupset/went crazy  5gotlost,gottheimpression

1T–Increasingly,though,people prefer… 2F–Probablythehardestthing F–Probablythehardestthing… … 3F–Thetrainingisquite… 4T– T–Ilovemusic,and… Ilovemusic,and… F–Iworkfreelanceand… … 5F–Iworkfreelanceand 6T–Itcost£875but… 7F–It’sabrilliantway… 8F–I’vegotmyfirst…

Exercise1 1 c 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 a 6 b

Exercise2 1 i   2 c   3 f  f    4 b   5 g   6 e   7 h 8 a   9j   10 d

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Listening Exercise1 1programme   2increase   3difficult 4train   5win   6foreign   7shop 8giveajobto

Exercise2 1youthemployment   2thanover 3qualification>qualifications 4togiveto   5work>job 6rather>prefer

Exercise3

Exercise4

1university  university    2fifty/50

1ratings   2promoting   3job satisfaction   4relate(well)to 5deadlines   6initiative   7get(my) bigbreak   8focusingon

3qualification   4well earnmoney    6employer 5earnmoney  7unemployment   8holidays 9manager   10 10benefitsfrom benefitsfrom

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Exercise4 Suggestedanswer Youmentioned you’rethinking  you’rethinkingof   you’rethinkingof  applyingforasummer applyingfor asummer job.  job.That That soundsgreat!Ireckonhavingwork experienceshowsfutureemployers you’remotivatedandresponsible. you’remotivatedand responsible.

Speaking Exercise1 1 Let’s   2working   3 suggest 4 move   5why

Exercise2

Plus,y ou’llmeetlotsof ou’llmeetlotsofnewpeople newpeople outsideyoursocialcircleand improveyourpeopleskills. improveyour peopleskills.

1workinginashop   2 tutoring 3 dogwalking   4workingasa waiter   5 babysitting

Iliveina townonthecoast townonthecoastthat’ that’s that’ s popularwithtourists.Someofmy  friendsworkinrestaurants.It’ friendswork inrestaurants.It’s popularbecauseit’seasytodoand youlearnnewskillssuchastime management.Thereare management.T herearealsoalot hereare alsoalot ofsummercampsforkidsand they’realwayslookingforpeople tohelp.It’sagreatwayofgetting experienceofworkingaspartofa team,andit’sfuntoo.

Exercise3 1 5(babysitting)   2 1(working inashop),2(tutoring)   3 3(dog inashop),2(tutoring) walking),4(workingasawaiter) walking), 4(workingasawaiter)

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 1intend   2get   3suited   4focus 5drop   6lead   7imagine   8adjust

Page51 Exercise2 1with   2at   3on   4to   5of  6in   7off  off    8or

Exercise3 A    3 C   4 A  A    5 B   6 C   7 D   8 A 1 D   2 A 

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Grammar1 Exercise1 myself    2ourselves   3itself  1myself  herself    5themselves   6yourself  4herself  7himself  himself    8yourselves

Exercise2

1There’s   2It   3it   4there   5it 6one   7it   8one   9anyone 10 10something something   11anywhere 11anywhere Somebody 12 12Somebody

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Vocabulary Exercise1 1illustration   2conductor 3exhibition   4set   5choreographer 6abstract   7auction   8stage

Exercise2 f    4 b   5 e   6 c 1 d   2 a   3 f 

Exercise3

Exercise1

1act   2part   3scenes   4act 5stage   6canvas

1copyin,get,upset   2resign,get, salary    3layoff,go,onstrike   4get salary  ahead,burnout,getting   5bonus, ahead,burnout,getting went,sack

Exercise2

Exercise1

fancy    2getting   3worked   4in 1fancy  order   5prefer   6giving   7show  8attending   9towork   10 10be be

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3

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Grammar2 Exercise1 many    3such   4spite 1However   2many  5too   6Although(alsopossible ‘though’)   7even   8so   9much/far 10 10despite despite   11 11though though   12 12much/far much/far 13 13enough enough

Exercise2 1itwassuchanawesome   2in

1protection   2employment 3apprenticeship   4unfairly  5complaint   6relationships guilty    8imprisonment 7guilty 

 Thanks Thanksfor for your for  yourletter  your letter.. letter

Exercise2 1F   2T   3F   4T

spiteofthefact   3fartoobigtofit 4eventhoughhedidnot/didn’t 5istalentedenoughtobecome

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Exercise3 Suggestedanswers oumeetnewpeopleoutside newpeopleoutside 1 Youmeet yoursocialcircle. yoursocialcircle . .Y Youimprove yourpeopleskills.Youshow  futureemployersyouare motivatedandresponsible. motivatedand responsible. 2a)workinginarestaurant:easy  2a) workinginarestaurant:easy  todo,learnnewskills,e.g.time management    b)monitorinasummercampfor b)monitorinasummercampfor

UNIT7

Listening

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Exercise1

Reading

1 c   2 e   3 a   4 f  f    5 b   6 d

Exercise1

Exercise2

Studentsshouldtick:1,4,6

1Whydon’twe   2Howonearth 3Ican’tget   4Iwishtheywouldn’t 5Youshouldtry  Youshouldtry    6Couldyoudo

Exercise2 1C   2G   3E   4A   A   5F   6D

Exercise3

kids:getexperienceofworking aspartofateam,fun 3workinahotel,workintourist information

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Writing 1Hopethathelps!  You oudon’t don’tneed don’t needany need anyspecial any special training! 2Cheers,Dan  Dear DearMaria Maria Iwasgladtohearthat… … 3Iwasgladtohearthat

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Exercise3 1 B   2 A  A    3 C   4 B   5 C   6 A  A    7 C   8 B

1g   2d   3a   4e   5h   6c   7b   8f

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Speaking Exercise1 1 T 2 C 3 T 4 T 5 C 6 C 7 T 8 C

Exercise2 1 as,Iwouldn’tmind   2 IfIhad tochoose,goor,reasonwhy, interestedin   3 Although,I’drather, I’dprefer

Exercise3 Studentsshouldtickboth statements

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b

Exercise2 1grownonme   2inspiteof  3madethecostumesherself  madethecostumesherself    4was suchaboring   5hasbeenfound

Exercise3 1fartooexpensive   2drawup 3suchasmall/lownumberof  4despitethefactthat

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Writing Exercise1 1oneortwo   2attention   3short 4feel   5title   6vary  vary    7plot

Exercise2 1Focusisononech aracter(Gina). Sheismadebelievableby  involvingusinherdreams. 2Dramaaddedbythesecond sentence(Wasthisreallywhere herlifewouldchangeforever?)– it’spossibleherlifewillchange, butwedon’tknowwhyorhow. 3Coulditbereal?Itwouldbe worthafortune! 4Ginais‘devastated’,themarketis inanareaoftownthatis‘rundown’and‘unfamiliar’. 5Thetitlesuggeststhestorycould eitherturnoutwellornot. 6Directspeech Directspeech(‘It’ (‘It’syoursfor (‘It’ syoursfor just  just £15’);differenttenses(‘would change’ chang e’‘was ‘was hoping ‘washoping hoping’ ’‘she’d ‘she’d dreamt’‘strode’);exclamation mark(‘Itwouldbewortha fortune!’)

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7Plot–contrastbetweenthe badnewsatthebank,andthe possible‘treasure’;  Ending– westil  westilldon’  westilldon’ ldon’tknow tknowifit tknow ifit isgoingtobearealAlexander isgoingtobe arealAlexander Caldernecklace.

Exercise3 Suggestedanswers 1Sarahisanartstudent. 2It Itish isherb ish erbirthday. erb irthday.Yes. 3Thepackagewasdeliveredtoher housebutshedoesn’tknowwho itisfrom. 4ThepaintingshowsSarah paintinganunfinishedpicture. paintingan unfinishedpicture. Thereisanoteinsidesaying‘Do Thereisanote insidesaying‘Do whatyoulove.’ whatyoulove .’ 5Sarahdecidestoentera Sarahdecidestoenteralocalart localart competition. 6It’sacompetitionforlocalartists indifferentagegroups.Sarah workshardtopaintaportraitof  hergrandmother her grandmother.. grandmother 7Sarahwinssecondprizeand decidestostudyartatuniversity. 8‘Dowhatyoulove.’

Exercise4 Suggestedanswer WhenSarahopenedthepackage andsawthe paintinginside,she couldn’tbelievehereyes.Birthda couldn’tbelieveher eyes.Birthda ys usuallyinvolvedafewcards andmaybeapresentortwo,but andmaybeapresent ortwo,but nothinglikethis!Itwasapainting …anditshowedSarahpaintingan unfinishedpictureofabeautiful oldwoman.Therewasnocard oldwoman. Therewasnocardto Therewasnocard to saywhothegiftwasfrom,butthe noteinsidethepackagesaid,‘Do noteinsidethepack agesaid,‘Do whatyoulove.’ whatyoulove .’ WhatSarahlovedmorethan anythingwaspainting.Shehad heardaboutalocalartcompetition, andtheanonymousgiftmade Sarahdecideshe wouldenter.  wouldenter. Inspiredbytheartshehadbeen given,Sarahstartedtopainta pictureofherelderlygr pictureof herelderlygrandmother herelderlygr andmother.. andmother Itwasdifficultandtookalongtime, Itwasdifficultandtook alongtime, butSarahwasproudoftheend result,andrightlyso. result,andrightly so.Thepainting Thepainting wonsecondprizeintheart competition!Notonlythat,butit helpedSarahtomakeanimportant decision.Shedecidedtogoand

B2 studyartatuniversity. Sarah’sbirthdaygift Sarah’ sbirthdaygifthadan sbirthdaygift hadan importantinfluenceonherlife,but importantinfluenceonh erlife,but Sarahstilldoesn’tknowwhothe mysteriousgiftcamefrom.

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Progresscheck Exercise1

1 stage   2 hardacttofollow  3turnedout   4grewon   5playeda part   6choreographer 27 exhibitions   8masterpieces 9illustrations   10 10abstract abstract 11 11installations installations   12 12behindthe behindthe scenes

Exercise2 yourself    3anywhere 1There   2yourself  4one   5something   6fartoo 7Despite   8However   9sucha 10 10toomany  toomany    11 toomany  11oldenough oldenough   12so 12so

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3

1 B   2 C   3 A  A    4 D   5 C   6 D   7 A  A    8 C

UNIT8 Pages60–61

Reading Exercise1 1D   2A  A    3C   4B

Exercise2 A    4B   5C   6C   7A  A    8D 1B   2D   3A  9B   10D 10D

Exercise3

1edible   2impact   3stage 4promotes   5benefitfrom 6refuge   7stimulating   8released

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Grammar1 Exercise1 1wouldhappen   2hadn’tbeen 3went   4Had   5hadlocked 6didn’tburn   7havebeen 8havefilmed

Exercise2 weprotected,wouldn’ protected,wouldn’t/ protected,wouldn’ t/ t/ would  would 1we nothavediedout   2youwere, would/’dknowwhatwas would/’ dknowwhatwas   3hadn’t/ hadnotdestroyed,wouldhave hadnot destroyed,wouldhave 4had/’drealised,wouldhavegot

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey 5not notgone(alsopossible‘been’), gone(alsopossible‘been’), wouldn’t/w ouldnothaveseen ouldnothaveseen 6would/’dbe,hadtold

Exercise3 1Iftheshiphadn’t/hadnoth Iftheshiphadn’t/hadnothita ita reef,itwouldn’t/wouldnothave tornaholeinit. 2Hadthecrewnotbeen Hadthecrewnotbeentired,the tired,the accidentwouldn’t/wouldnot havehappened. Ifastormhadn’t/hadnothitthe adn’t/hadnothitthe 3Ifastormh area,theoilwouldn’t/wouldnot havespreadwidely. 4Hadtheoilnotcoveredthe coastline,thousandsofanimals wouldn’t/w ouldnothavedied. ouldnothavedied. 5Ifall oftheoilh adgone,many  Alaskanbeacheswouldn’t/ wouldnotstillbepolluted. 6Ifwecouldremoveit,the beacheswouldbecleanagain.

Page63 Vocabulary Exercise1 1warming   2effect   3energy  4waste   5footprint   6change 7layer   8development

Exercise2 1 h   2 a   3 c   4 e   5 d   6 f  f    7 g   8 b

Exercise3 1of  of    2by  by    3to   4by  by    5from   6to

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Grammar2 Exercise1 1invested   2do   3bought   4shared 5leave   6could

Exercise2 1wouldn’t/wouldnotwaste 2hadn’t/hadnotstruck   3didn’t/ didnotleave   4took   5had/’d started   6couldgo

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Listening Exercise1 1 c 2 e 3 a 4 b 5 d

Exercise2 1 D   2 G   3 A  A    4 H   5 F   6 B   7 E  8 8C

Exercise3 A    5 B 1 G   2 D   3 F   4 A 

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Speaking Exercise1 f    2 c   3 h   4 a   5 d   6 g   7 b   8 e 1 f 

Exercise2

B2 3Carsharesarea Carsharesareagoodideadue goodideadue tothefactthattheyreducethe numberofcarsontheroad. 4Carsharesaregoodforthe environmentbecausetheyalso reducepollution.

Exercise4 1 moreimportantly  moreimportantly    2 Andthere’s anotherthing   3 Thegoodthing about   4 Havingsaidthat   5 aswell as   6 Thisiswhy  Thisiswhy    7 Inaddition 8 Apartfromthat

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 1ADJ   2ADV   3ADJ   4ADJ   5N 6V   7N   8N

Exercise2 1unrecognisable   2industrially  3observant   4futuristic 5conservation   6tightened 7coverage   8affordability 

Exercise3 1genetic   2biologically  biologically    3threaten 4sustainability  sustainability    5unpredictable 6storage   7dominant 8preservation

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Writing Exercise1 1should   2specific   3is

Exercise2 1F(Thewriterusesphrasesto directlyaddressthereaderand connectwiththem,e.g.Ifyou’re anythinglikeme…Perhapsyou anythinglikeme… Perhapsyou also….Inmyexperience…). 2T(Thewritersaysthata schoolgarden‘supportsthe developmentoflifeskills’). 3F(Thesecondmainpointisthat schoolgardens‘helpstudents learnabouttheworldtheylive in’andmakethemawareof  ‘theimportanceoffoodchoices, ‘theimportanceof foodchoices, personalhealthandwell-being’).

Suggestedanswers Paragraph1 Careabouttheenvironment, Careaboutthe environment, concernedtoomanystudentstravel toschoolbycar(Ifyou’reanything toschoolbycar (Ifyou’reanything likeme…Haveyouevernoticed that…) Paragraph2 Studentscoulduseotherformsof  transportandgetexerciseatthe sametime–walk,cycle,scooter (Thefirstthingweshouldconsider …Forexample…) Paragraph3 Reducingthenumberofcarsis goodfortheenvironment–less pollution.Oneoptioniscarshares. pollution.Oneoptionis carshares. Anotheroptionispublictransport. Anotheroptionis publictransport. (Because…Theseinclude…Such as…) Paragraph4 Encourageallstudentsnottocome toschoolbycar(Tosummarise,… So,Iwouldencourage…) Suggestedanswer Endtravellingtoschoolbycar! Ifyou’reanythinglikeme,you Ifyou’reanythinglike me,you careabouttheenvironment.Have careaboutthe environment.Have youevernoticedthattoomany  studentstraveltoschoolbycar? Oneimportantquestionishowcan wereducethis? Thefirstthingweshouldconsider isthatnotcomingtoschoolbycar givesstudentstheopportunity  togetexerciseatthesametime, togetexerciseat thesametime, whichisagoodidea.Fore whichisagoodidea. Forexample, Fore xample, theycouldwalk,cycleorusea scooterinstead.Notonlywillthis begoodfortheenvironment,itwill begoodfor theenvironment,itwill helpthemgetfitandstayhealthy.

1Manystudentsdon’tgetenough exercisesodrivingtoschoolis

Anothergreatwaytoreducethe numberofcarsontheroadisto organisecarshares.Alternatively, studentscanusepublictransport, studentscanusepublictr ansport,

notagoodidea. 2Studentscoulduseotherformsof  transportsuchascycling,walking transportsuchas cycling,walking orusingascootertogetexercise.

suchasbusesortrains.Bothof  suchasbusesor trains.Bothof  thesearegoodideasbecausethey  reducetrafficpollutionsothey  benefittheenvironment.

Exercise3

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey Tosummarise,reducingthe numberofstudentswhocome toschoolbycarisgoodfor theenvironment.So,Iwould encourageallstudentstouseother formsoftransportorcarshares.

9areencouraged/willbe encouraged   10 10isjudged/willbe isjudged/willbe judged   11arepresented/willbe 11arepresented/willbe presented   12 arebeingaccepted 12arebeingaccepted

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Vocabulary Page67 Progresscheck Exercise1 1ozonelayer ozonelayer 2  2 2protectedfrom 3exposedto exposedto 4  4 4do doaway away with  with global warming 6 warming  6 6Climatechange Climatechange 7  7 7die out   8carbonfootprint carbonfootprint 9  9 9renewable energy   10 harmfulto 11 harmfulto 10 10harmfulto  11 11runout 11runout 12 12wasteof  wasteof  13  13 13throwaway  throwaway  14 14choppeddown choppeddown

Exercise2 1hadn’t/hadnotthrownaway  2wouldn’t/wouldnottake wouldn’t/wouldnottake/hadn’t /hadn’t /hadnottaken   3started   4would happen   5had/’dthought   6planted 7watched   8were   9couldswim 10 10had/’ddeveloped had/’ddeveloped

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3 1there   2out   3run   4working 5worse   6toxic   7so   8existed

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Reading Exercise1

Exercise1

1science   2tragedy  tragedy    3graphic 4critic   5novelist   6editor   7crime 8legend

Exercise2 f    3 a   4 d   5 g   6 b   7 e   8 h 1 c   2 f 

B2 else.   6 Lookingbacknow,Iwould sayyes.

Exercise2 1 Haveyouevermetafamous person?   2 Couldyoutellmewhat happened?   3 Icouldn’tbelieve 4 Howdidyoufeel? 5 Ifelt Ifeltexcited. excited.   6 Whatdidyoudo? 7 Unfortunately  Unfortunately    8 Ifeltnervous 9 Lookingbacknow  Lookingbacknow    10 Whatcan youtellmeabouthim?   11 Iwas reallysurprised

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Exercise3

UseofEnglish

1tell   2✓  3 3✓  4 4tell   5speaks 6telling   7say  say    8✓  9 9✓  10 10 10Speak Speak 11 11told told   12 12✓  13 13tells 13tells

Exercise1

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Grammar2 Exercise1

1got   2deleted   3delivered 4cleaned   5signed   6willhave 7published   8had

Exercise2 1Wehavehad Wehavehad thebooks thebooksdelivered delivered toourhome.   2Theyarehaving/ gettingthecataloguesprinted today.   3Hehadhissubscriptionto themagazinecancelled. themagazine cancelled. 4Iamgoingtohave/getmyarticle publishedinanewspaper.   5The journalisthadherlaptopstolen. 6Iwillget/havemyautobiography  writtenbyaghostwriter.. writtenbyaghostwriter

1 c 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 a 7 c 8 b

Exercise2 1 B   2 D   3 C   4 A  A    5 D   6 B   7 C   8 A

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Writing

Exercise1 1picture   2feels,adverbs   3direct speech   4dramatic

Exercise2 Studentsshouldunderline: 1showed,hadn’texpected,was taking,‘vebroken 2expert,chilly,glorious,scared, tricky… 3smoothly,really,cross smoothly,really,crossly,hard, ly,hard, wildly ,hardly ,shakily Youcandothis!’ Youcandothis 4‘Stopthere!’‘ ‘Stopthere!’‘Youcandothis !’ 5… …butthen butthendisasterstruck.W butthen disasterstruck.Would

a4   b2   c6   d5   e1   f3 3

Exercise2 1D   2D   3B   4A  A    5A  A    6B

Exercise3 1sparked   2illusion   3restricted 4justified   5identifywith 6comforting   7realities   8eager

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Grammar1

Page72 Listening Exercise1 F  6 1NS   2NS   3F   4NS   5F 6 6F

Exercise2 1F   2T   3NS   4T   5NS   6T 7NS   8F

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Exercise1

Speaking

1 a 2 b 3 b 4 c 5 a 6 a 7 b 8 c

Exercise1

Exercise2

1 Notyet,butI’dliketogoone day.   2 Unfortunately,thestorywas

1Have(you)beenbitten   2tobe developed   3canbetaught   4was started   5isheld   6aregiven/will begiven   7willbeinstructed 8havebeenpublished

veryconfusing.   3 I’dsaycrime fictionismyfavourite.   4 I’vegot fictionismyfavourite. afewactually.   5 IthinkIwas disappointedmorethananything

Imakeittothetop?

Exercise3 Suggestedanswers Title TheDoor Paragraph1 Aloneinthelibrary,lookingfora booktohelpwithschoolprojecton the60s.Sawadoorthathadnever the60s.Sawadoorthathadn ever noticedbefore. (dusty,bored,surprised,rapidly  …Haveyoueverhadastrange experience?Ihave!) Middleparagraphs Wentthroughthedoor.Feltabit nervousandintrigued.Metalady, dressedinclothesfromthe60s. dressedinclothesfrom the60s. Shetoldmeallaboutlifeinthe Shetoldmeall aboutlifeinthe60s, aboutlifeinthe 60s, thebestmusic…ShesuggestedI

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Thissheetmaybephotocopiedandu Thissheetma ybephotocopiedandusedwithinthecl ybephotocopiedandu sedwithintheclass. sedwithinthecl ass.

   

WORKBOOK   |Answerkey dressupin60sclothestopresent myproject. (beautiful,quietly…) Finalparagraph Left,closingthedoorbehindme. Left,closingthedoor behindme. Andsatdownata Andsat downata desk,fellasleep. WhenIwokeup,couldn’ WhenIwoke up,couldn’tfindthe up,couldn’ tfindthe dooragain.Wasitalladream? ThenInoticedIwaswearinga necklacethattheladyhadbeen wearing… (couldn’tbelievemyeyes, disappointed,shocked,slowly…)

B2

Exercise2

Exercise2

1which/that   2why  why    3where 4which/that   5when   6who/that 7whose

1 Ithinkweshould   2which   3 for 4 make   5 choose   6 To

Exercise3

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1which   2which/that   3–   4where

UseofEnglish

5who/that   6whose   7–

Exercise1

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Vocabulary Exercise1

1P   2V   3RP   4N   5P   6RP   7N   8V

Exercise2 1on   2doing   3when   4card   5on 6whose   7loss   8got

Progresscheck

1cashpoint   2PIN   3discount 4creditcards   5cash   6till 7change   8receipt   9refund 10 10bill bill

Exercise1

Exercise2

1playwrights playwrights 2  2 2legends legends 3  3 3tragedies 4fantasy   5 5 novelist novelist 6  6 6graphic read 8 put 9 get 10 tell 11 brings 7read  8 8put  9 9get  10 10tell 10tell  11 11 11brings say  12 12say 

1switch   2slept   3put   4press 5carrying   6started/picked   7pick 8decide

Exercise3

1structure   2first,bothsides 3final,different

Exercise2

1make   2getting   3made   4make 5went   6making   7does   8make

Exercise2

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1hasn’tbeen   2 hashad   3getit 4 canonlybe   5isbelieved   6had 7as   8beingsold

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Cumulativeprogress

Grammar2

Exercise3

Exercise1

1variety  variety    2global   3unknown 4apparent   5professional 6lonely/alone   7poorly  8warnings

1sold   2lost   3Wanted   4spoken 5Looking   6Installed   7Bought 8Having

UNIT10 Pages76–77

Reading

Exercise1 1F   2T   3F   4F

Exercise2 1B   2C   3D   4B   5A  A    6A

Exercise3 1funding   2donate   3shortage 4affect   5leading   6breakthrough 7tackle   8impact

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Grammar1 Exercise1 ✓

1where   2   3 3why  why    4which/that 5whose   6✓  7 7which   8✓

Exercise2 1Boughtonline,thewatchwasa cheapcopy  cheap copy .   2Reducedin thesales, theT-shirtsquickly theT -shirtsquicklysoldo -shirtsquickly soldout. soldo ut.   3The personservingusdidn’tknowhow  tousethetill. tousethe till.   4Thepolicespoke tothepeoplesellingatthemarket abouttheft.   5Unabletofindthe receipt,Janecouldn’tgetarefund. 6Havingtriedontheboots/the bootson,heboughtthem.

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Listening Exercise1 1a   2b   3b   4b   5a   6b  7 7b   8a

Exercise2 1C   2A  A    3A  A    4B   5C   6C   7B

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Speaking

Exercise1

1 g,j   2 e,a   3 d,i   4 c,b   5 h,f

Exercise3 1which/that   2on   3where   4why  5makes   6get   7make   8go

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Writing Exercise1

1question   2difficult   3believe 4such   5instance   6conclude 7emphasise

Exercise3 sides 2 that/how    3sum   4argue 1sides  2 2that/how  5said   6For

Exercise4 introduceapoint:Thereare introduceapoint: Thereare twosidestothisquestion,and… However,Idon’tseethat…This isadifficultquestion,andIwould arguethat…Havingsaidthat… giveanexample:Forexample,… giveanexample: Forexample,… concludetheessay:Tosumup,I concludetheessay: Tosumup,I believethat…

Exercise5 Suggestedanswer Nowadays,itisnot Nowadays ,itisnot unusualfor teenagerstoworkpart-timeto earnmoney.Therearetwosides tothisquestion–isitagoodidea foryoungpeopletodothis,or foryoungpeopleto dothis,or shouldtheirparentsgivetheman allowance?Iwouldarguethatitis apositivethingtodo. apositivething todo. Tobeginwith,it isimportant torememberthatearningtheir ownmoneyteachesteenagersits value.F value. Forexample, orexample,theyaremore theyaremore likelytospendtheirearningson essentials,know inghowlong inghowlongit it tookthemtoearnthemoney.I

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WORKBOOK   |Answerkey wouldarguethatithelpsthemto handlemoneyresponsibly. Havingsaidthat,itisimportant thatworkingleavesyoungpeople enoughtimeforhobbiesandtodo theirhomework.However,Idon’t seethatworkingafewhoursa weekisaproblem.Ibelievethat weekisaproblem.Ib elievethat ithelpsyoungpeopledevelop ithelpsyoungpeople develop importantskillssuchastime managementandorganisation. Tosumup,Ibelievethatitisa goodthingforteenagerstowork part-timetoearntheirownmoney  aslongasthehourstheywork don’tinterferewiththemdoingall theirhomeworkandotherfreetimeactivities.

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Progresscheck Exercise1

theywere   5has>had   6would thefestival>thefestivalwould   7 wouldit>itwould   8must>hadto

7device   8prevent   9works 10 10online online   11 11communicate communicate 12 12following following

Exercise2

Exercise2

1nottogo   2tohelp   3stealing/ havingstolen   4toexplore   5to

1 D   2 H   3 F   4 A  A    5J   6 B   7 E   8 G

give   6ondriving   7toapply 

Speaking

informedme(that)Kimwas,at (that)Kimwas,at 1informedme thatmoment   2promisedto promisedtosend, send, thenext/followingday  3congratulatedmeonwinning their   4orderedtheboystoget offthe/thatbusthen/atthat time   5advisedhimtobuy,his trip   6deniedleavingherlitter, thepreviousday/thedaybefore  wasgoing, 7announced(that)he wasgoing, thatmorning   8agreedtosell ustheir

Exercise1

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Vocabulary

Exercise2

Exercise1

1havingtried   2which   3Driven 4–   5Made   6where   7worn 8shown

1got,reception,trips got,reception,trips   2passengers, gate,flight   3route,commuters, arrived   4reached,journey/ride, platform   5entrance,fare,ride/ journey    6travel,fees,tickets journey  7voyage,excursions

Exercise3 1 C   2 A  A    3 D   4 B   5 D   6 A  A    7 C   8 B

UNIT11

Exercise2 1 g   2 d   3 f  f    4 c   5 a   6 h   7 b   8 e

Exercise3

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Reading

1in,for   2about,with,from 3about,to   4with,about   5on,for

Exercise1

1C   2E   3A  A    4F   5B   6D

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Exercise2

Exercise1

1too   2Instead   3Forastart 4Asar Asaresult,Consequently esult,Consequently

1opens   2whethertheflightis delayed   3I’dbe   4thebankis closed   5themusicfestivalstarts 6ifIcan   7myroomwill   8Would 9was   10 10whetherthetourhas whetherthetourhas

Exercise3 1F   2C   3G   4B   5A  A    6D

Exercise4 f    3h   4c   5a   6e   7g   8d 1b   2f 

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Grammar1 Exercise1 1toldtome>toldme   2doIlike >if/whetherIliked   3theweek previous>theweekbefore/the previousweek   4werethey>

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Exercise3

1 a 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 a 6 c 7 b 8 a

Cumulativeprogress

B2

Exercise2 1 c   2 a   3 e   4 h   5 f  f    6 g   7 d   8 b

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Listening Exercise1 1basics   2makeaneffort 3disagreements   4visualimage 5keeparecord   6navigate

A see   B thoughtabout C adifficult   D thekindofperson E sureabout   F tempted   G hard H honest

Exercise2 1 G   2 E   3 A  A    4 C   5 H   6 B   7 F   8 D

Exercise3 1 goodandbadpointsabout travellingbyboat   2 Yes Yes   3 Let’s see   4 Yes;seeingdolphinswhile travellingbyboat   5Ontheother hand

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 1 RS   2 WP   3 DS   4 PV

Exercise2 1ifshehadreadthat   2was crowdedwith   3havebeenwaiting here   4setout

Exercise3 1am/’mlookingforwardtosailing 2advisedmetogoto   3had checkedout   4orderedusnotto leave   5wasnopointinusing 6didn’t/didnotseeTomyesterday

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Writing Exercise1 1task,organise   2answer,relevant

Exercise2 Studentsshouldunderlinethreeof  thefollowing: 1Ibet/reallycool/loads/gulp! 2luckyyou!/So,…/Well,…/ Can’twait!/Tellyou/ Can’twait!/T ellyou/ promise!

Exercise3 1Youshouldcheck Y oushouldcheckoutthe oushouldcheck outthe museum. 2There’sloadstoseeinthecity./ Thereareloadsofthingstosee inthecity.

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Thissheetmaybephotocopiedandu Thissheetma ybephotocopiedandusedwithinthecl ybephotocopiedandu sedwithintheclass. sedwithinthecl ass.

   

WORKBOOK   |Answerkey 3I’vegottogettothecafé I’vegottogettothecaféinhalf  inhalf  anhour. 4I’mgoingtothecoastnext weekend–Ican’twait! 5Ican’tbelieveyousawa tarantula! 6It’sacoolplaceto It’sacoolplacetochillout. chillout.

Exercise4

Suggestedanswers Paragraph1 Thephotosfromtheconcertwere reallycool–Ican’tbelieveyougot reallycool–I can’tbelieveyougot tomeettheleadsinger! (Hi,howareyoudoing?Thanksfor yourlastemail,luckyyou!) yourlastemail, luckyyou!) Paragraph2 Placestovisitandactivities –Bilbao(lotstosee, –Bilbao(lotsto see, visitthe  visitthe GuggenheimMuseum),Santander (greatsurfing,coolbeaches), (greatsurfing,cool beaches), acoastalvillage(eatseafood– delicious)

forcharity.Mybandisgoingtobe init–canyoubelieveit?I’mabit nervous,butit’sreally nervous,butit’ sreallyexcitingtoo! sreally excitingtoo! I’dbettergonowastea’sready  andthenI’vegotbandpractice.We wanttobereallygood!It’sgreat wanttobereallygood!It’ sgreat thatyoucancomeandvisitinthe

Exercise4

summer–can’twaittoseeyou! I’llwriteandtellyouhowthe concertgoes. Byefornow! Miguel

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Progresscheck Exercise1 1arrive,get   2trips,flights   3travel, journeys   4fare,ticket   5entrance, gate   6platform,commuters

Exercise2 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 a 6 c 7 c 8 b

(loads,tons,youshould,what about,anotheridea)

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3

Paragraph3 Mybandisgoingtotakepartin atalentcontest–nervous,but atalentcontest –nervous,but lookingforwardtoit (can’twait!You’llneverguess,I can’tbelieve)

1whose   2off  off    3behind   4have 5top/main   6about   7get   8act

Otherparagraph/s I’dbettergonow,tea’sready…got topractisebeforetheconcert (I’llwritesoonandtellyouhowit went Byefornow!)

Reading

Suggestedanswer HiSarah! Howareyoudoing?Thanksfor youremail–thephotosfromthe concertwerereallycool.Ican’t concertwerereallyco ol.Ican’t believeyougottomeetthelead singer–luckyyou! So,y ouaskedme ouaskedmeaboutplacesto aboutplacesto visitnearme.Well,y oushould oushould gotoBilbao,there’stonstodo thereandyoumustcheckoutthe GuggenheimMuseum.Whatabout goingtoSantander?Aswellas thecity,whichisreallycool,there aresomegreatbeachesandthe surfingisfantastic!Thereareloads oflittlevillageswhereyoucaneat deliciousseafoodandchillout. We’rehavingatalent e’rehavingatalentcontestat contestat schoolnextmonthtoraisemoney 

B2

UNIT12 Pages92–93 Exercise1 1TheageDipawaswhenshe qualifiedfortheOlympics. 2TheyearDipawonabronze medalattheCommonwealth Games. 3TheageAbrahamwaswhenhe joinedtheChildren’sP joinedtheChildren’ sParliament. sP arliament. 4Theyearthe TheyeartheChildren’ Children’sLawwas Children’ sLawwas passedinLiberia. 5TheageFrancescowaswhenhe hadhisaccident. 6Theamountofmoneyraisedby  childreninAmericawhohad heardaboutKendall. 7Thenumberofbikesprovidedby  Kendall’scharity  Kendall’scha rity .

Exercise2 1c   2f  f    3d   4e   5a   6b

Exercise3

1B   2D   3B   4A   A   5C   6C   7D   8A  9B   10D 10D

1determined   2inspire 3campaigned   4implemented 5ambassador   6spinalcord injuries   7orphans   8transplant surgery 

Exercise1 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 a 6 b 7 c 8 b

Exercise2 f    3 b   4 g   5 a   6 c   7 e 1 d   2 f 

Exercise3 1doesfallthetemperaturedoes thetemperaturefall 2thewinnersget thewinnersgetdothewinners dothewinners get 3theapphadbeenhadtheapp been 4theydidn’trealisedidtheyrealise 5Notonly NotonlyRarely/Seldom/Never Rarely/Seldom/Never 6thesespecieswillwillthese species 7andthan 8welearntdidwelearn

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Vocabulary Exercise1 1achieve   2job   3earned   4miss 5work   6effort   7succeed   8famed unknown 9failed   10 10unknown

Exercise2 1set   2cut   3logged   4wiped

Exercise3

1finished   2roped   3shave 4sparked

Exercise4 1word   2temper   3sight   4track 5nerve   6head

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Grammar2 Exercise1 wasonly    3is   4what 1What   2wasonly  5why  why    6Iadmire

Exercise2 Studentsshouldputacrossafter sentences:b,d,f

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OptimiseB2

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Thissheetmaybephotocopiedandu Thissheetma ybephotocopiedandusedwithinthecl ybephotocopiedandu sedwithintheclass. sedwithinthecl ass.

 

 

WORKBOOK   |Answerkey Exercise3

3Thebestthingisthehugevariety  ofmodernartwithover 1 ofmodernartwithover  1 100 worksondisplaythatchange regularly. 4Ithas greatfacilities,includ greatfacilities,including ing apleasantcafé,anexcellent restaurant,ashopandalovely  picnicarea. 5Myonlycriticismisthatifitrains itcanbemuddy. 6Ihighlyrecommendtheparkasa greatdayoutforthewholefamily 

1ItwasinJunewhen/that   2The reason(why)theycamewas 3Whatweneedare Whatweneedare   4Whatthe volunteersdidwas(to)   5Itwas onlywhen   6Whatyounotice aboutitisthat   7WhatIenjoyed most(ofall)was   8Itwasn’tuntilI gottherethat

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Listening Exercise1

Exercise3

1most   2completely  completely    3greatly  4quite   5particularly  particularly    6mainly

Suggestedanswer TheYorkshireSculpturePark Oneofthemostamazingopenairartgalleriesintheworldisthe YorkshireSculpturePark.Itisset YorkshireSculpt urePark.Itisset instunningscenerynearWakefield instunning scenerynearWakefield inEngland.MyfamilyandI visited  visited itlastyear.

Exercise2 1quite   2particularly  particularly    3completely  4most   5mainly  mainly    6greatly

Exercise3 1 A  A    2 B   3 C   4 B   5 C   6 C   7 B   8 A

Page96 Speaking Exercise1 1 Sorrytointerrupt,but   2 So,what you’resa yingis   3 Sorry,doyou mean   4 CanIjustsay  CanIjustsay    5 Ithink youmean   6 Sorry,butIdon’tget yourpoint.

1 D   2 C   3 F   4 A  A    5 E   6B

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UseofEnglish Exercise1 1temper   2word   3cut   4sooner 5only  only    6that   7lose   8kept

Exercise2 1 B   2 D   3 C   4 A  A    5 B   6 C   7 D   8 A

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Writing Exercise1 1features   2reaction   3facts 4recommendation,final

Cumulativeprogress Exercise3 1achievement   2unknown 3inventor   4primarily  5communication(s)   6wireless 7impressive   8satisfaction

OPTIMISEPRACTICE TEST Page100

Part1

Myonlycriticismofthiswonderful siteisthatifitrains,itcanbe siteisthatif itrains,itcanbe muddy.However,asthereisalso afantasticnewunderground galleryitdoesn’tpreventyoufrom enjoyingyourvisit.Overall,Ihighly  recommendtheparkasagreatday  outforthewholefamily.

Exercise1 1famed   2effort   3earn   4failed 5logged   6wiped   7cut   8sight

airartgalleriesintheworldisthe YorkshireSculpturePark. 2Itissetinstunningscenery Itissetinstunningscenerynear near WakefieldinEngland.

whenIsawhiscollectionthat

thehugevarietyofmodernart withover100worksondisplaythat changeregularly.Forme,itwasfun andexcitingtowalkaroundasyou don’tknowwhatyouwilldiscover next.Ofcourse,childrenlove runningaroundittoo.

Progresscheck

Suggestedanswers 1Oneofthemostamazingopen-

1hadheattempted   2wasn’tuntil/ wasonlywhen   3onlycanhedraw, but   4reason(why)theysailed theworldwas   5doyoufind   6I noticedwasthat   7soonerhadshe writtenhernovelthan   8wasonly 

ReadingandUseofEnglish

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Exercise2

Exercise2

Thebestthingabouttheparkis

Incredibly,admissionisfree, althoughyoudohavetopayforthe carpark–atonly£8forthewhole dayitis greatvalue.Theparkh Theparkh as greatfacilities,includingapleasant café,anexcellentrestaurantanda shop.There’salovelypicnicarea toosoyoucantakeyourownfood toreducecosts.

Exercise2

B2

9nerve

1B   2D   3 A  A    4C   5B   6D   7A  A    8C

Part2 9which   10with 10with   11fact 11fact   12in 12in 13 far   14 being   15 15warmer warmer 16 16unless unless

Part3 17 17unconventional unconventional   18 traditional 19 significantly  significantly    20 prevention 21 21revolutionise revolutionise   22disabilities 22disabilities independent   24 reduction 23 23independent

Part4 25 25gotthesackforbeing gotthesackforbeing   26 can’t tellthedifferencebetween 27 27wouldnot/wouldn’thave wouldnot/wouldn’thave spoken   28 28comeupwith comeupwith   29 29was was writtenbyherfriend   30isnotas 30isnotas dangerousas

Part5 31 31C C   32 32B B   33A  33A  A    34C 34C   35D 35D   36A 36A

Part6 37 37D D   38G 38G   39A  39A  A    40 40E E   41 41B B   42 42C C

Part7 43 43D D   44C 44C   45 45B B   46A  46A  A    47 47D D   48 48B B 49 49C C   50 50A  A  A    51 51C C   52D 52D

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Writing Part1

Students’ownanswers

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OptimiseB2

14of15

Thissheetmaybephotocopiedandu Thissheetma ybephotocopiedandusedwithinthecl ybephotocopiedandu sedwithintheclass. sedwithinthecl ass.

 

 

WORKBOOK   |Answerkey Part2 Students’ownanswers

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Speaking Part1

Listening

Students’ownanswers

Part1

Part2

1 A  A    2 C   3 B   4 C   5 A  A    6 C   7B   8 A

Students’ownanswers

Part2

Part3

9whales   10 thelargest 11 feathers   12 12warm warm   13jump 13jump 14 14shortlegs shortlegs   15 155/fivedegrees 5/fivedegrees video   18 climate 16 eggs   17 17video 18climate change

Students’ownanswers

Part4 Students’ownanswers

Part3 19 19F F   20H 20H   21 21A  A  A    22 22E E   23C 23C

Part4 24 24C C   25B 25B   26A  26A  A    27 27B B   28 28C C   29 29B B A 30 30A

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B2