Life
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Unit 1a
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They are currently developing
The postman delivers our letters
You always talk / are always talking
This room is always cold
Why are my course fees going up
It’s night time and the wind is blowing
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’ve been working
haven’t seen
have you been
have you been waiting
’ve been staying
has wanted
’s been talking
’ve always spent
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agrees
always changing
are appearing
have been using
for
believe
thinks
have been
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1 yet
2 never
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4 all weekend
5 last year
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G, past simple
D, past perfect continuous
C, past perfect
B, past continuous
A, past simple
F, past perfect
E, past continuous
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’ve been thinking
’ve never met
was
was driving
flew
looked
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Unit 2a
since
10has been comparing
11 have been saying
12has also been studying
13don’t often change
14 evolve
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Have you heard
has just resigned
hasn’t been getting on
have been arguing
have had
has decided
has quit
has already started
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broken
been looking
been cooking
baked
been helping
finished
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had disappeared
appeared
was
had fallen
been trying
Had it saved
1 had spent
2wanted / had wanted
3 was walking
4 passed
5 was driving
6 offered
7 stopped
8had already started
9 drove
10 looked
11 were laughing
12 had never felt
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Unit 2b
is currently being run
was completed
wasn’t reached
were announced
was built
are still being added
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will be taking off
will be flying
will be landing
will be serving
will be starting
will be selling
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has become
can even be seen
carry out
are regularly tested
has been continuously staffed
is being used
will affect
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will have crossed
will have driven
will have slept
will have seen
will have visited
will have arrived
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to be put
to be proved / being proved
to be asked
being left
to be shocked
being seen
not being
to be delayed / being delayed
to be cheered
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B: I’ll be travelling
A: have finished, B: be working
B: have lived
A: be seeing, B: be going
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Unit 3b
Unit 4a(1)
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some
no
some
any
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some → any
any → some
no → any
none → no
Some of → Some
no → none / any
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someone
anywhere
no one
anything
Something
anything
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Unit 3a
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3 D
4 E
We’re going
are you going to
We’re going to
there’ll be
It’ll be
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6 A
7 F
8 C
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I’m going
is staying
I’ll do
I’ll pay
1 What are you doing tomorrow?
2W ho do you think is going to win the
competition?
3 It won’t rain tomorrow.
4 I’m taking the day off tomorrow.
5 I think the car’s about to break down.
6 Are you going to sell …
7 It will be really difficult …
8 It might rain later.
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some
any
any
none
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Unit 4a(2)
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Every
Each / Every
Each of the
Both
Either
either
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are → is
were → was
✓
1 All
2 Every
3 Each
Unit 4b(2)
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4 Neither
5 Every
6 either
need → needs
✓
✓
✓
7 each
8 every
9 Neither
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1 enough
2 not enough
3 plenty
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Suggested answers:
A large number of / Most
plenty of
A large number of
Several
Students’ own answers
Unit 4b(1)
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little
a little
many
much
lot
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A lot of
too many / not many
Lots
too
A few
too much
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2 C
3 A
4 F
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Most
enough
plenty
A large amount / A great deal of
several
A large number of
most of
4 most
5 great deal
6 large number
Unit 5a
lots
A lot of
Too many
few
Not much
1I think there’s a little cheese left. Would you like
some?
2 Count how many questions you answered
correctly.
3 There are too many people here. I only invited
ten. Who are the other fifteen?
4 A lot of new mobile technology comes out every
week.
5 There are only a few possibilities left to us.
Which should we choose?
6 B: I like a lot of the songs but not all of them.
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enjoy playing
start working
make, work
plan to stay
prevent, breaking
mind, staying
can’t help thinking
need, to move
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taking
to prefer
to be
remember
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making
to try
asking
to show
reading / to read
taking
to like
collecting / to collect
asking / to ask
to see
to tidy
breaking / to break
wait
studying / to study
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Unit 5b
A: leaving
A: to take
A: to win
A: giving up
A: hitting
A: to think
A: pressing
Unit 6b(1)
B: to do
B: falling
B: telling
B: to be
B: to inform
B: bothering
B: to learn
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Conversation 1
1 remember to buy
2 forgot to bring
3 stop to get
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Conversation 2
4 meant to leave
5 regretted leaving
6 went on saying
7 tried being nice
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imagine
mustn’t
hope
forget
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none
Me neither
not
don’t suppose
either
not to spend
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don’t think
mustn’t carry
don’t have to bring
Don’t forget to check in
agreed not to meet
Let’s not go back
Neither do I.
I don’t believe
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3 F
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5 D
6 B
haven’t you talked to your boss
I take the rest
today’s lesson
how much potatoes are
aren’t coming
help me move
how long Gabriel has been playing
spell his name C-H-U-I, don’t you
Unit 6b(2)
Unit 6a
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went on to become
Stop worrying about
try opening
regret lying
remembered checking
meant having
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Hasn’t he done a good job
Can’t I come with you
Won’t they take a break soon
Don’t they know how expensive this is
Can you tell me where Phillip is
Do you think Marilyn will like our idea
I don’t know how I made so many mistakes
Do you have any idea how many people are
coming
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decided
not
None of
Neither
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haven’t we
weren’t you
wasn’t it
are you
isn’t it
didn’t you
do you
shouldn’t I
9 won’t you
10 shall we
11 will you
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aren’t you
isn’t it
do they
doesn’t she
wasn’t there
haven’t they
aren’t I
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could I
hadn’t he
isn’t she
will you
mustn’t you
shall we
hasn’t it
Students’ own answers
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Unit 7a
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3 F
4 D
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6 C
Blue litmus paper turns red when you place it in acid.
not possible
not possible
We sometimes have our class out in the garden
when the weather’s nice.
5 The oven switches itself off if when gets too hot.
6 When you go straight down this road, you’ll see
the station at the end.
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I’ll call you when I get home.
I won’t finish my work until it’s five o’clock.
I’ll speak to Sue as soon as I see her.
They’ll get to the station before the train leaves.
I won’t be so busy after the exams finish.
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‘ll call
finish
‘ll see
comes
‘ll be
get
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don’t hurry
arrive
‘ll get
‘ll eat
leave
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would
wouldn’t
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would
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would
–
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would
wouldn’t
did you used to do
used to work
used to be
would work
get used to
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get used to
‘m not used to
usually
would
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offered
knew
was
’d be
Unit 8a
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had it
’d bring
would you do
were
’d accept
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would have helped
worked
wouldn’t have missed
‘d have said
‘d make
‘d been
had found out
hadn’t told
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wasn’t/weren’t, would have got
would have applied, spoke
had, would have given
hadn’t passed, would still be using
had gone, wouldn’t feel
had listened, wouldn’t be
Unit 7b
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Unit 8b
1 I used to go to belly-dancing classes when I was
at school.
2 not possible
3 We used to take part in competitions.
4 I used to love performing in front of an audience.
5 not possible
6 not possible
7 I used to play in the school team and we used to
train every day of the week.
8 We used to be pretty good and we won three
local championships.
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I wish I had more money.
If only we hadn’t arrived late.
I wish you’d told me earlier.
If only we could go together.
I wish she wouldn’t work so late.
If only I wasn’t living so far away.
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1 knew
2 could
3 were coming
4 ’d stayed
5 weren’t
6 wouldn’t say
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1 could read
2 wasn’t
3 wasn’t going
4 had brought
5 wouldn’t bite
6 had
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Unit 9a
Unit 10a
suggested
warned
apologized
admitted
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refused
recommended
accused
encouraged
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introducing
English lessons would be
that staff needed help
that he was
offering
to consider
to find out
they would choose
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an, a
a, the
The, –
The, –
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the
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an
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the
✓
the (Newsweek)
the (New York)
the (bus)
✓
Unit 9b
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It is said that he discovered America.
Erik is known to have lived in Greenland.
The two men are believed to have been murdered.
The police are said to be looking for the murderer.
Leif is thought to have landed in Canada.
It is reported that Columbus stopped in the
Caribbean.
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1 the robbery happened at three in the morning
2 thought that the robbers dug a tunnel
underneath the road
3 claimed that it goes right into the bank vault
4 been seen
5 rumoured / believed to have stolen up to a
million pounds
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3 E
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the
–, –
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the (hospital)
✓
the (geography)
✓
Unit 10b(1)
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It is thought
It is said
is reported to have been / to be
to have won
to be looking
is known
It is expected
to have been saved
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1 My neighbour is the person who called the
police.
2 These are the books which are for my course.
3 This is the car which is for sale.
4 Those are the same boys who smashed our
window.
5 That’s the actor who I saw in a film last week.
2a 1 S
2 S
3 S
4 S
5 O
2b 1 ✗
2 ✗
3 ✗
4 ✗
5 ✓
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Suggested answers:
1 ’s wearing a red and white jumper
2 who’s got long, dark hair
3 which has a rip
4 that’s got a collar
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Unit 10b(2)
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1 who broke into an office block
D
2 who had taken two laptop computers
3 which was only five minutes from the
office block
N-D
4 that came from the inside of the fridge
5 which was only a metre high
N-D
6 who had been in the fridge for over
two hours
N-D
7 which had been stolen
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Can
could
couldn’t
was able to
couldn’t
can’t
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weren’t able to come
managed to find
will be able to buy
didn’t succeed in visiting
wasn’t able to finish
managed to catch
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Unit 11b
3 not possible
4 who → that
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3 C
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were
about
would
have
supposed
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was about to call you
would be late
You were supposed to be
I would have asked
was going to go away for the weekend
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Unit 12a
Unit 11a
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D
which
not possible
not possible
who
not possible
that
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1 Burj Kalifa, which was completed in 2010, is the
tallest building in the world.
2 Coca Cola, which is also called Coke, is sold in
over 200 countries.
3 Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii, was
the 44th President of the USA.
4 The moon, which has water under its surface,
might be a future home for humans.
3a 1 who → that
2 not possible
could
be able to
is able to
hasn’t been able to
can’t
be able to
could
be able to
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1 Even Jeremy doesn’t know the answer and he’s
the cleverest kind in the class. / Jeremy doesn’t
even know the answer and he’s the cleverest
kind in the class.
2 I think it’s just Richard coming tonight.
Everyone else is too busy.
3 I’m only asking you to do the dishes. Nothing
else.
4 Only Sue finished the race in time. All the
others took too long.
5 I just have to finish this last exercise and then I
can come out.
6 He’s a terrible cook but even I ate his cooking
because I was so hungry.
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only
even
only
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just / only
just
just / only
even
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walked
brought
to fly
remove
Unit 12b
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to choose
fetch
done
to come
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got + cut
having + fixed
had + stolen
got + fire
had + write
get + meet
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to fix
to look
replaced
sent
collect
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I’ll get my hairdresser to cut your hair.
I’m having my bicycle mended this morning.
I got my favourite chair broken last night.
I’ll get my parents to pay my bills.
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