ANSWER KEY speakout Pre-Intermediate

ANSWER KEY
UNIT 1 Life UNIT 7 Changes
Ex 1: 2 close 3 keep 4 sites 5 but 6 me 7 about Ex 1: Because she lives in a fantastic city and is really happy
Ex 2: 2E 34F 5B 67A 8D with her job at the BBC.
Ex 3: 2 a few 3 a lot of 4 lots of 5 quite a lot of 6 a number Ex 2: 2A 3F 4B 5E 6C
Ex 4: write letters make phone calls the internet Ex 3: No.
Skype text/send texts Facebook Ex 4: 2 bought 3 am 4 where 5 life 6 family
email mobile phone Ex 5: 2a 3b 4b 5a 6b
Ex 5: 2 fun 3 sense 4 make 5 easy 6 funny Ex 6: 2D 3F 4C 5E
Ex 6: 2 kind 3 sincere 4 comfortable Ex 7: 2 afford 3 get 4 on 5 full-time 6 career
5 easy-going 6 creative Ex 8: 2F 3D 4B 5E 6C
Ex 7: 2 mostly 3 Mainly 4 mainly 5 Mainly 6 Mostly
Mainly/mostly = most of the time UNIT 8 Money
Ex 1: 2 buying 3 also 4 markets 5 about 6 feel
UNIT 2Work Ex 2: 2a 3f 4e 5d 6c
Ex 1: 2 a 3 made 4 at 5 job 6 get 7 relax 8 flat Ex 3: 2B 3 4D 5C 6A 7C 8
Ex 2: 2 eleven 3 day 4 engineer 5 Working 6 Asia 7 abroad Ex 4: 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T
8 photographer Ex 5: Bb Ca Db Ea
Ex 3: 2 filmmaker 3 singing teacher 4 private investigator Ex 6A: book, handbag, sunglasses, skirts, shoes, coat,
5 charity worker 6 Director of Sales telephone, trainers, tops, trousers
7 college professor 8 expedition leader Ex 7: 2 have 3 you 4 feelings 5 in 6 cant
Ex 4: 2C 3A 4D 5B 6A 7D 8C Ex 8: 2 fun 3 mixed feelings 4 in/mood 5 gives/a buzz 6 bear
Ex 5: 4, 5, 8
Ex 6: need to take work home, seeing people who are poor, UNIT 9 Nature
long hours, hard to make plans, being away from my Ex 1: 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F
family Ex 2A: wildlife, sharks, big cats, spiders, whales, dog, horses,
Ex 7: 2 in 3 for/for 4 about /from 5 from/ in guinea pigs, scorpions, snakes, foxes
Ex 3: 1 well 2 liked 3 wildlife 4 watching 5 should 6 cats
UNIT 3Time out Ex 4: 2 graceful 3 treated with respect 4 exotic 5 telly
Ex 1: 2 to 3 time 4 This 5 bar 6 band 7 doing 8 time Ex 5: 2A 3D 4B 5D 6B
Ex 2: go out to a jazz club, play football, run a half- Ex 6: 2 afraid 3 frighten 4 frightened 5 scared 6 scary
marathon, study different languages, play the guitar,
go running, go to a barbecue UNIT 10 Society
Ex 3: 2A 3D 4F 5E 6C Ex 1: 2 people 3 things 4 do 5 Some 6 country 7 city
Ex 4: B Robin Hood C relaxing D quiet E his friends F Sunday Ex 2: One [M1]
Ex 5: B2 C1 D1 E2 F2 Ex 3: 2F 3D 4A 5B 6E
Ex 6: 1 like to 2 great 3 like coming 4 enjoy/ like 5 love to Ex 4A: Tick: terrific theatre, good transport, huge choice of
6 enjoy/ enjoy restaurants, cheap and frequent tube, feeling safe
Ex 5: 2 round 3 feeling 4 issue 5 cycling 6 choice
UNIT 4 Great minds Ex 6: 2 away 3 close 4 go 5 out 6 out
Overview: Answer: b Ex 7: 2 chill out 3 on the go 4 miss out 5 right next door
Ex 1: 2 learning 3 spare 4 m studying 6 close at hand
5 m finding 6 re asking 7 learning
Ex 2: 2A 3D 4A 5B 6F 7C 8C UNIT 11Technology
Ex 3: 2 play 3 m taking 4 paint / draw 5 do 6 design Ex 1: 2 money 3 live 4 plan 5 it 6 to 7 technology
Ex 4: 2 Arabic 3 courage 4 learning Spanish 5 learning capoeira Ex 2: 2 mobile phone 3 iPod 4 MP3 player 5 laptop
6 Sanskrit 7 French 8 playing the trumpet 6 e-book reader
Ex 5: 2 Spanish 3 hard 4 capoeira 5 evenings 6 a few years Ex 3: 2A 3F 4E 5B 6C
ago 7 the imbira 8 patience Ex 4: 2 Twitter. 3 Its not charged. 4 A mobile phone and
Ex 6: 2 really 3 the most 4 most 5 hard 6 difficult MP3 player. 5 Two. 6 Lots and lots
Ex 5: 2 laptop 3 iPod/phone/computer 4 phone 5 phone/
UNIT 5Travel TV 6 phone/computer/Internet
Ex 1: 2 countries 3 of 4 ve 5 and 6 going 7 new 8 m Ex 6: 2 broke 3 devastated 4 turned
Ex 2: 2 different lifestyle 3 Egypt 4 beautiful scenery 5 eating 5 essential 6 that
different food 6 plane journeys Ex 7: b5 c4 d6 e2 f3
7 backpacking 8 missing flights
Ex 3: 2b 3b 4b 5a 6a UNIT 12 Fame
Ex 4: 1 travel 2 airport 3 theatre 4 most 5 culture 6 place Ex 1: 2 lives 3 wouldnt 4 being 5 doing 6 fame 7 to be
Ex 5: 2A 3E 4C 5F 6D Ex 2: 2F 3T 4F 5T 6F
Ex 6: B necessity C living out of a suitcase D ran out of E Ex 3: 2c 3b 4a 5c 6b
tend to F disadvantage Ex 4: 2a 3b 4b 5a 6b
Ex 7: 2 out 3 excited 4 around 5 to 6 married Ex 5: Underline: Ranulph Fiennes, Fidel Castro,
Mischa Barton, Dalai Lama, Bob Dylan,
UNIT 6 Fitness Edmund Hillary, Johnny Depp
Ex 1: 2f 3a 4e 5c 6d Ex 6: 2F 3A 4D 5B 6C
Ex 2: A 23 B 1 2 3 C 12 3 Ex 7: 2 for 3 with 4 in 5 for 6 of
Ex 3: 2e 3a 4b 5f 6d
Ex 4: 2E 3A 4D 5B
Ex 5: B1, C2, D1, E2
Ex 6: 2 keep 3 team 4 dessert 5 dancing 6 keeping
Ex 7: b a sweet tooth c watch what I eat d hectic lifestyle e
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