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ANSWER KEY Unit 1 Beginnings

Unit 7 Media

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correct words: 1 have lived 2 annoy 3 What 4 annoying 1E 2A 3F 4D 5G 6B 7C 1A, C 2D, E 3B smoking, being insensitive, making a lot of noise, being messy, being untidy, being dirty, not clearing up after cooking a meal, leaving the washing up 1 not fussed 2 got on really well 3 get my own back 4 can’t stand 5 a big deal 6 stuff

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Unit 2 Issues Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3A: Ex 3B: Ex 4: Ex 5: Ex 6:

1 living 2 quite 3 talking 4 happiness 5 think 1C 2E 3G 4A 5D 6B 7F hearing your child laugh, love, contentment, feeling at ease with other people, security, having a stable family, a nurturing environment, health, friends 1 friends, health 2 Security, feeling at ease with other people 3 Love, a nurturing environment AT, BF, CF, DT, ET 1 richer, more 2 undoubtedly, strong 3 think, disadvantaged 4 stop, short 1 much 2 important 3 enjoy 4 contentment 5 makes 6 enhance 7 brighten 8 mood

Unit 3 Downtime Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5:

1 enjoy 2 free 3 music 4 internationally 5 concerts 6 free 1F 2E 3G 4A 5B 6H 7C 8D AF, BT, CT, DF, ET, FF 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 1 addicted 2 really into 3 exercise a lot 4 I watch the news online 5 getting together

Unit 4 Stories Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5: Ex 6:

correct words: 1 read 2 politics 3 poetry 4 reading 5 read much 1 much, possible 2 reader 3 non-fiction 4 magazines 5 fair 6 comic 1E 2A 3D 4C 5B 1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 6F 1B 2E 3A 4D 5C 2 by 3 recommended 4 heard of 5 about 6 of all time 7 called 8 traces 9 called 10 author 11 it’s set 12 It’s about

correct words: 1 quite 2 normally 3 go on 4 find out 5 going on 6 interviewing 1E, F 2B, E 3D 4 A, C, F 1D 2C 3B 4F 5A 6E 1 laptop 2 latest headlines 3 real time 4 sources 5 media 6 have to pay 7 messages 8 the news 9 correct 1T 2T 3T 4F 5F 1 there are occasions when 2 hound celebrities 3 the extent to which 4 scare 5 a great deal of anxiety 6 flimsy

Unit 8 Behaviour Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5:

1 can 2 at 3 behave 4 anti-social 5 get on my nerves 6 behaviour 1F 2A 3E 4D 5B 6C 1F 2T 3F 4T 1C 2E 3A 4D 5B 1 intolerant 2 anti-social 3 appreciate 4 attitude 5 suppose 6 tolerant 7 walk away 8 polite 9 conscience 10 whatever

Unit 9 Trouble Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5:

correct words: 1 many 2 minor 3 worry 4 really 5 How 6 phobias 1B, C 2F 3A 4G 5E 6I 7H 8C, D Marie: 1F 2F Gemma: 1T 2F Hannah: 1T 2F Chloe: 1F 2F Chris: 1F 2T 1 liked or loved 2 agoraphobia 3 claustrophobia 4 trapped in a small space 1 don’t really like 2 being scared of 3 have a real fear of 4 have a slight fear of 5 don’t like 6 scared of 7 phobia 8 a scary experience 9 a very strange fear of

Unit 10 Culture Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5:

correct words: 1 enjoy 2 dance 3 exhibitions 4 ones 5 the Arts 6 enjoy photography, theatre, visual arts, painting, sketches, illustration, sculpture, literature, dance, music, contemporary art, drawing, graphic art 1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T 1C 2E 3A 4D 5F 6B 1 particularly like 2 very much enjoy 3 really enjoy 4 enjoy 5 Particularly 6 love 7 enjoy

Unit 5 Ideas Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5: Ex 6: Ex 7:

1 shops 2 like 3 on impulse 4 on-line 5 delivered 6 shopping 7 items 1D 2F 3E 4C 5A 6B food, music, clothes, handbags, antiques 1T 2T 3F 4T 5F 1 iPhone, amazing, changed my life - C 2 mobile phone, emails - B 3 camera, taking a picture - A 1 joy, joy, you could do it 2 fantasy, Bakery, cakes 3 Arts, creativity 1a 2a 3b 4a 5b

Unit 6 Age Ex 1: Ex 2: Ex 3: Ex 4: Ex 5:

correct words: 1 excited 2 DJing 3 heart 4 playing 5 find out 6 future 1B 2F 3D 4C 5E 6A dying, job interviews, more responsibilities, getting older, retiring 1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T 7F 1 to the full 2 look back on it, very fondly 3 fall to bits 4 your oyster 5 hell on earth

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