Workbook answer key
1.1 Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1
unsociable
2
boring
3
relaxed
4
serious
5
funny
Exercise 2
1a
sensible
1bsilly
2acheerful
2bmiserable
3aoutgoing
3bshy
4ahard-working
4blazy
5agenerous
5bmean
Exercise 3
1bWhat has Emma eaten?
2a‘s / is living in London?
2bWhere are Lawrence and
Lucy living?
3aWho reads biography
books?
3bWhat does Ray read?
4aWho has chosen chips (for
lunch)?
4bWhat has Charles chosen
(for lunch)?
5aWho’s / is helping Harry?
5bWho’s / is Helen helping?
6aWho feels fantastic?
6bHow does Freddie feel?
Exercise 4
1
hard-working
2
caring
3
selfish
4
mean
5
generous
6
miserable
1
Who is watching The Da
Vinci Code?
2
Who does Sandra follow
on Twitter?
3
What has Oscar bought?
4
Which / What cities have you
visited?
5
What is your brother’s
favourite sport?
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 3
a
insensitive
b
dishonest
c
impolite
d
irresponsible
e
unadventurous
f
unwise
g
independent
1
responsible
2ahonest
2bwise
3aimpolite
3bindependent
4
insensitive
Exercise 5
1
Zoe’s last hairdresser was
cheerful.
2
I had two dishonest friends.
3Jamie’s new friend is
extremely loud.
1
What is he writing (now)?
2
Why is he writing it?
3
Do you like writing?
4
Have you (ever) written
a story (for the competition)?
5
What are you doing/baking?
6
Why is it/the cake brown?
7
Have you (ever) baked a cake
before?
8
Do you want (my/any) help?
Exercise 6
1
What are the girls cooking?
2
What has Dean brought?
3
Who has forgotten to close
the door?
4
What is Nicola doing?
5
What does Craig want?
6
Who is listening to the band?
REMEMBER BETTER
Students’ own answers
1.3 Listening Language
Practice
Exercise 6
Exercise 1
1
What flavour ice cream
do you like?
2
Do Gareth and Liu like dogs?
3
What does your sister look
like?
4
What is Tracy like?
5
What does your English
teacher look like?
Exercise 7
1
C
2
A
3
B
4
C
5
B
Exercise 8
1
selfish
2
shy
3
independent
4
wise
5
unadventurous
1
fantastic
2
caring
3
voluntary
4
passionate
5
responsible
6
confident
Exercise 2
1a
fantastic
1bfantasy
2acare
2bcaring
3avolunteer
3bvoluntary
4apassion
4bpassionate
5aresponsibility
5bresponsible
6aconfident
6bconfidence
Exercise 3
1.2 Grammar
1
inspiring
2
admirable
Exercise 1
Exercise 4
1b‘s / is coming
2a‘ve / have never tried
2bdon’t / do not like
3aisn’t / is not
3b‘s / is running
4ahas already had
4b‘s / is walking
5a‘s/is reading
5bbuys
Exercise 2
1
Has
2
is
3
Do
4
is
5
does
6
do
1
soup kitchen
2
old people’s home
3
hospital
4
prison
5
nursery
6
farm
7
developing country
Exercise 5
1
adaptable
2
imaginative
3
communicative
4
protective
5
inspiring
1.4 Reading
Exercise 1
3
Exercise 2
1
D
2
B
3
F
4
A
5
C
Exercise 3
1
part II
2
part I
3
part III
4
part II
5
part IV
6
part III
Exercise 4
1
knowledge
2
discuss
3
sight
4
hearing
5
decision
Exercise 5
1
chooses
2
sight
3
knows
4
discussion
5
decide
REMEMBER BETTER
Exercise A
1
politeness
2
sensitivity
3
honesty
4
laziness
Exercise B
1
Politeness
2
sensitive
3
honesty
4
laziness
Exercise 6
1
in
2
on
3
about
4
with
5
on
6
with
7
to
8
about
9
about
1.5 Grammar
Exercise 1
1
A
2
B
3
C
4
B
5
B
6
C
Exercise 2
1
paying
2
sunbathing
3
to go
4
to fly
5
to be
6
to take
Exercise 3
1a
shopping
1bto shop
2aswimming
2bto swim
2cto swim
3ato buy
3bbuying
4ameeting
4bto meet
Exercise 4
1
shopping
2
cooking
3
to find
4
to visit
5
eating
6
to write
Exercise 5
1
Why does he refuse to use
2
misses meeting her friend
3
spends a lot of time talking
4
avoid talking about politics
5
Do you mind opening
6
cannot/can’t stand cleaning
windows
1.6 Use of English
Exercise 1
1
so
2
such
3
so
4
such
5
so
6
such
Exercise 2
1
such a
2
such
3
so
4
so
5
such
6
such an
7
such
8
so
Exercise 3
1
C
2
B
3
B
4
B
5
A
6
C
Exercise 4
1
2
a
3
many
4
so
5
an
Exercise 5
1
work is so boring
2
they are such an insensitive
3
results were so negative that
4
is normally so generous
5
is such a dishonest person
6
were so cheap
1.7 Writing
Exercise 1
1
friendly
2
contractions
3
OK
4
good
5
Cheers
Exercise 2
1
I’m writing to tell you a bit
more about myself.
2
I must be going now.
3
Looking forward to hearing
from you.
4
CU next month.
5
How are you and your family
doing?
6
It was good to hear from
you.
7
Say hello to your family.
Exercise 3
a
It was good to hear from
you. (6)
b
How are you and your family
doing? (5)
c
I’m writing to tell you a bit
more about myself. (1)
d
I must be going now. (2)
e
Say hello to your family. (7)
f
Looking forward to hearing
from you. (3)
g
CU next month. (4)
Exercise 4
1
about
2
about
3
in
4
on
5
about
6
with
Exercise 5
1
at
2
about
3
with
4
about
5
of
6
at
7
with
8
on
9
in
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Exercise 6
1
Bye 4 now.
2
I’m writing to tell you about
the plans for Saturday.
3
How are you doing?
4
Hi Steven,
5
Looking forward to hearing
from you soon.
Exercise 7
Example 4
A
6
B
3
C
2
D
1
E
5
Exercise 8
A
How
B
Do
C
What
D
Do
E
Have
Exercise 9
1
to tell
2
doing
3
doing
4
waking
5
going
6
to watch
7
to take
1.8 Speaking
Exercise 1
Students’ own answers.
Exercise 2
1
Me neither
2
Is she
3
Really? … Wow, that’s
interesting
4
Really? I love it.
5
That’s cool.
6
Don’t You? Oh, I do.
7
Right ...
Exercise 3
A
1 Hasn’t she?
B
1 Wow, that’s interesting.
2 Can’t you?
C
1 Really? I love it.
2 Do you? Right …
D
1 Me too.
2 Are they?
1.9 Exam Speaking
Tasks 1–4
Students’ own answers
1.10 Self-check
Vocabulary and Grammar
Exercise 1
1
mean
2
unpopular
3
silly
4
lazy
5
dishonest
Exercise 2
1
deal
2
selfish
3
active
4
independent
5
communicative
Exercise 3
1
nurseries
2
libraries
3
kitchen
4
countries
5
home
Exercise 4
1
C
2
C
3
A
4
B
5
B
Exercise 5
1
to learn
2
playing
3
to carry
4
studying
5
walking/to walk
1
Workbook answer key
Exercise 6
1
C
2
B
3
B
4
C
5
A
Use of English
Exercise 7
4aDid you download
4bWere they
Exercise 2
1
was watching
2
wasn’t / was not working
3
was making
4
were doing
5
was standing
1
C
2
C
3
B
4
A
5
A
Exercise 3
Exercise 8
Exercise 4
1
B
2
A
3
A
4
C
5
A
Exercise 9
1
A
2
A
3
C
4
B
5
C
Exercise 10
1
stand
2
with
3
such
4
to
5
in
2.1 Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1
follow
2
goes
3
visited
4
update
5
download
Exercise 2
1
laptops
2
username
3
password
4
laser printer
5
web browser
6
keyboard
7
search engine
8
broadband
9
text messages
REMEMBER BETTER
Exercise A
1
turn down
2
turn off
3
log off / out
Exercise B
1
turn down
2
log on
3
Turn off
Exercise 3
1
astronomer
2
physicist
3
computer scientist
4
chemist
5
mathematician
Exercise 4
1
do
2
collecting
3
discovered
4
invented
5
take
6
develop
7
taking
8
do
9
observing
Exercise 5
1
B
2
C
3
A
4
B
5
C
6
C
7
B
8
A
9
A
10B
2.2 Grammar
Exercise 1
1bbought
2awere
2bdidn’t have
3aWas Carly
3bDid she give
1
Was Archimedes having
2
was studying
3
Was Isaac Newton sitting
4
wasn’t / was not living
1bwas having
1bcalled
2aWas Lola standing
2bstarted
3acrashed
3bwere waiting
4aweren’t skiing
4bcame
Exercise 5
1
saw
2
was fishing
3
found
4
didn’t / did not know
5
looked
6
happened
7
was filming
8
arrived
9
told
Exercise 6
1
was getting – got
2
visited – was visiting
3
was landing – landed
4
was starting – started
5
was breaking – broke
6
Was – Were/computers
– computer
3
A
4
D
5
B
6
C
Exercise 4
1
basic
2
different
3
remember
4
impossible
5
simple
REMEMBER BETTER
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5
1
layer
2
canteen
3
reach
4
run
5
remains
6
airstrip
Exercise 6
1
below
2
falling
3
boiling
4
degrees
5
rising
6
freezing
1
people
2
chemistry
3
solutions
4
science
5
biology
Exercise 4
1
countries
2
evidence
3
business
4
research
5
signatures
6
wildlife
Exercise 5
1
a marine biologist
2
a psychologist
3
conservation
4
an archaeologist
5
geology
Exercise 6
1
collect
2
publish
3
protect
4
spends
2.4 Reading
Exercise 1
1 How to create a secure and
easy-to-remember password
Exercise 2
1
D
2
G
3
E
4
H
5
A
6
C
Exercise 2
1
didn’t use to do
2
used to pay
3
used to use
4
didn’t / did not use to argue
Exercise 3
1
C
2
C
1b3
2a3
2b3
3a3
3b7
4a3
4b7
5a3
5b7
Exercise 5
1
Did you use to use
2
didn’t / did not use to have
3
did you use to check
4
used to send
5
used to write
6
used to dial
2.6 Use of English
Exercise 1
1
while
2
when
3
As soon as
4
during
5
until
Exercise 2
1
as soon as you get
2
when she was driving
3
began to feel cold during
4
while the program was
5
his notes after he did
6
read my book until
Exercise 3
Exercise 3
2.7 Writing
Exercise 1
Students should tick 3, 4, 5, 6
Exercise 2
1
d
2
e
3
a
4
g
5
c
6
h
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
1
not a routine
2
every Friday night
3
always / Saturday afternoons
4
not a routine
Exercise 4
Exercise 2
1
while (he was) driving
2
didn’t fall asleep during
3
After I spoke to Mandy
4
went to sleep by midnight
5
while (I / she was) travelling
Exercise 1
Exercise 3
Speaker A is a child
psychologist
Speaker B is a marine biologist
Exercise 5
2.5 Grammar
1
analysing
2
explore
3
collect
4
protect
5
doing
Exercise 1
1
during
2
until/till
3
before
4
soon
5
by
1
It was four years ago when
2
What a surprise!
3
It was a few years later when
4
I’ll never forget
1
Mobile phones used to cost
a lot of money.
2
Most normal people didn’t /
did not use to own a mobile
phone.
3
People used to make fewer
phone calls.
4
Did mobile phones use to be
bigger?
5
Mobile phones didn’t / did
not use to have touch
screens. 6 Did mobile
phones use to send text
messages?
2.3 Listening Language
Practice
Exercise 4
1
A
2
B
3
B
4
A
5
C
6
A
a
Unfortunately
b
I must admit
c
Actually
d
Then
e
Suddenly
f
anyway
Exercise 5
a
All of a sudden.
b
What was going on?
c
I have to say I was scared.
d
I was in trouble.
e
Luckily, she helped me.
f
She was incredibly kind.
g
I’ll never forget the day
I travelled with the pilot.
Exercise 6
1
were travelling
2
began
3
started
4
didn’t have
5
was thinking
6
saw
7
got
8
made
9
invited
10explained
Exercise 7
1
used to walk
2
used to see
3
used to laugh
4
used to tell
5
used to have
6
didn’t use to care
7
didn’t use to take
Exercise 8
a
when
b
was
c
started
d
must
e
was going
f
was
g
wanted
h
gave
i
forget
Exercise 9
Tip 3 – past continuous: he was
sitting, I was taking, I was
walking, he was talking
Tip 4 – adjectives: miserable,
cheerful; adverbs: quietly,
carefully, actually, unfortunately;
phrase: What was going on?
Tip 5 – when, while, during,
later, then, a few weeks later,
now, the day before
5
Luckily
6
relieved
7
nightmare
8
Next time
Exercise 3
1
1
are
2
were
3
with
4
In
2
1
of
2
What
3
At
4
were
5
on
6
of
2.9 Exam Speaking
Tasks 1–4
Students’ own answers
2.10 Self-check
Vocabulary and Grammar
Exercise 1
1
layers
2
laser printer
3
specimens
4
jigsaw
5
password
Exercise 2
1
Chemistry
2
Mathematics
3
Computer scientists
4
centigrade
5
below
Exercise 3
1
archaeology
2
psychologist
3
geologists
4
astronomy
5
linguist
Exercise 4
1bwas doing
1bcalled
2awere sleeping
2brang
3aDid they find
3bclosed
4awere dancing
4bstopped
5aWas Shelly waiting
5bcrashed
Exercise 5
1
used to go – went
2
used – use
3
used to invent – invented
4use to be milk – milk use
to be
5
used to were – used to be
Exercise 6
1
B
2
A
3
A
4
A
5
C
Use of English
Exercise 7
1
B
2
B
3
C
4
A
5
B
Exercise 8
1
planning to publish
a research paper
2
didn’t use to like
3
as soon as it downloaded/as
soon as it was downloaded
4
used to work
5
were you going
Exercise 9
Students’ own answers.
1
to do
2
remains
3
were sitting
4
collected
5
developed
Exercise 2
Exercise 10
2.8 Speaking
Exercise 1
1
happened
2
Suddenly
3
sounds
4
shocked
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C
2
B
3
A
4
C
5
B
2
Workbook answer key
3.1 Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1
telly
2
horror
3
blog
4
e-book
5
magazine
6
album
7
mobile
8
radio
Exercise 2
1
c
2
e
3
g
4
a
5
f
6
d
7
b
Exercise 3
1
talent show
2
period drama
3
game show
4
documentary
5
sitcom
Exercise 4
1
soap operas
2
travel show
3
news bulletin
4
weather forecast
5
cooking programme
6
crime drama
Exercise 5
1
complex
2
embarrassing
3
addictive
4
gripping
5
moving
6
disappointing
7
inspiring
8
imaginative
9
fascinating
Exercise 6
1acting
2
script
3
characters
4
soundtrack
5
special effects
6
costumes
7
setting
8
ending
Exercise 7
1
star
2
plays
3
plays
Exercise 8
1
characters
2
entertaining
3
fantasy
4
romantic comedy
5
soap opera
6
plot
7
game show
8
addictive
9
setting
10script
3.2 Grammar
Exercise 1
1
loud
2
sensible & intelligent (in any
order)
3
interesting & exciting (in any
order)
4
confident & outgoing (in any
order)
Exercise 2
1bN
1bS
2aS
2bN
3aN
3bS
4aN
4bS
Exercise 3
1
most beautiful
2
easiest
3
most popular
4
biggest
Exercise 4
1
funnier
2
best
3
most interesting
4
further
Exercise 5
1
just as silly as
2
much more exciting than
3
a bit further than
4
not as popular as
Exercise 6
1
is a bit taller
2
is not as long as
3
most intelligent
4
are smaller than
5
is the most beautiful
6
is much quieter
3.3 Listening Language
Practice
Exercise 1
1
Does
2
does
3
has
4
do not / don’t
Exercise 2
1
is (extra)
2
Does c
3
does a
4
did b
5
Has d
D
dedicate
E
come
3.5 Grammar
Exercise 1
1
Have you ever read
2
has never borrowed
3
Did you know
4
haven’t / have not seen
Exercise 2
1
Has Katie seen Iron Man III
yet?
2
Carl has already seen The
Hobbit.
3
Mia hasn’t read The Hunger
Games yet.
Exercise 3
1
The concert has just started.
2
Dad has just fallen asleep.
3
The actor has just forgotten
what to say.
Exercise 4
1
b
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
b
Exercise 5
Students’ own answers
1a hasn’t / has not seen
1bdidn’t / did not go
2awent
2bhasn’t / has not been
3ahas read
3bread
4aHave you spoken
4bwon
5astarted
5bhaven’t / have not finished
Exercise 3
Exercise 6
REMEMBER BETTER
Exercise A
1, 2, 3 (in any order) presenter,
guest, DJ
4
programme
5
chat
6, 7 (in any order) culture, travel
Exercise B
1
painters
2
sculpture
3
portrait
4
modern abstract
5
painting
6
pasted
7
in public places
3.4 Reading
Exercise 1
A
=F
B
=N
C
=N
D
=F
E
=F
F
=N
Exercise 2
1
F
2
B
3
A
4
E
5
D
Exercise 3
space, Earth, moon, alien,
(scientists, virus)
Exercise 4
1
healthy
2
recipes
3
plate
4
chef
5
ingredients
Exercise 5
1
classic novels
2
horror fiction
3
crime
4
fairy tales
5
poems
6
historical fiction
Exercise 6
1
fantasy novels
2
biography
3
science fiction
4
short stories
5
comic books
Exercise 7
1
A-list
2
blockbuster
3
trailer
4
computer generated images
5
box office
Exercise 8
A
takes
B
give
C
standing
1
B
2
C
3
A
4
B
5
A
6
C
3.6 Use of English
Exercise 1
1
too lazy
2
strong enough
3
too insensitive
4
too quickly
5
easily enough
6
too much
7
fast enough
8
enough chairs
Exercise 2
1
not loud enough
2
too many
3
too young
4
well enough
5
too small
Exercise 3
1
too addictive
2
too boring
3
not old enough
4
too popular
5
not funny enough
Exercise 4
1
dances elegantly enough
2
too many guests
3
isn’t loud enough
4
are not enough famous
composers
5
not enough space / too little
space
Exercise 5
g
It’s one of the best films I’ve
ever seen.
3.9 Exam Speaking
Exercise 2
Students’ own answers
1
e
2
c
3
b
4
f
Exercise 3
Background information: was
released in, is based on, The
story is set in … Directed by Bill
Condon …
Plot:
At first, Then
Acting: The female character
was skilfully played …, I didn’t
find the Beast very convincing,
Personal opinion: The plot is
fascinating …, the special
effects are amazing, The
female character was skilfully
played …,
I didn’t find the Beast very
convincing, In my view, it’s
suitable for …, For me the word
that best describes this movie
is ..., It’s one of the best films
I’ve ever seen.
Exercise 4
1
B
2
D
3
A
4
C
Exercise 5
1
screenplay
2
screen
3
Directed
4
awarded
5
suitable
6
action
7
plot
Exercise 6
1
c
2
a
3
b
4
d
Exercise 7
1
interesting
2
fantastic, amazing, stunning
3
unsurprising
Exercise 8
1
B
2
A
3
B
4
C
5
A
Exercise 9
A
by
B
for
C
in
D
At
E
as
F
in
G
for
3.8 Speaking
Exercise 1
Students’ own answers
Exercise 2
1
quiet
2
empty
3
shy
4
tired
5
miserable
Exercise 3
1
enough money
2
cold = warm / hot
3
correct
4
many
5
correct
6
enough
1
In this photo, I can see lots of
photographers
2
so I think he’s in
3
The nurse in the middle
4
He looks very smart so
perhaps
5
In my opinion
3.7 Writing
Exercise 4
Exercise 1
b
The female character was
skilfully played …
c
The plot is fascinating …
d
For me the word that best
describes this movie is ...
e
The story is set in …
f
In my view, it’s suitable for …
1
so I think
2
On the left
3
In the middle
4
looks
5
next to
6
happy
7
I imagine
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Tasks 1–4
3.10 Self-check
Vocabulary and Grammar
Exercise 1
1
musicals
2
news bulletins
3
cooking programme
4
portraits
5
gripping
Exercise 2
1
modern abstract paintings
2
A-list
3
tales
4
plot
5
out
Exercise 3
1
photographer
2
costumes
3
box office
4
comic books
5
documentary
Exercise 4
1
far
2
fitter
3
furthest
4
more
5
the
Exercise 5
1
I’ve just finished …
2
Eileen has already seen …
3
Has (Rosa) looked at a travel
guide for Spain yet?
4
Mum’s / has already paid …
5
We haven’t met any of the
other guests yet …
Exercise 6
1
B
2
C
3
B
4
A
5
C
Use of English
Exercise 7
1
A
2
C
3
A
4
A
5
B
Exercise 8
1
trailer
2
sculptor
3
soundtrack
4
landscapes
5
imaginative
Exercise 9
1
far worse
2
much earlier than
3
just as excited as
4
has just finished
5
a much better actor than
Exercise 10
1
A
2
B
3
B
4
C
5
A
4.1 Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1
shower
2
microwave
3
dining table
4
plant
5
chair
Exercise 2
B
glass
C
stone
D
wood
E
bungalow
F
cottage
G
semi-detached house
H
terraced house
I
suburbs
J
the countryside
K
housing estate
L
village
3