Workbook Pre-intermediate

Answer key
1  Name h) We aren’t going to have a big
party.
Vocabulary
1
5
Grammar a) He always looks like terrible early
Mary m. Jack George m. Annie

in the morning.
1
b) ✓
a) present perfect c) ✓ Alfred m.1 Julia m.2 John Mimi m. George
b) simple past d) They looked like tired after the
c) simple present class.
d) future (be) going to e) ✓
e) present perfect f) She looks like foreign – is she Cynthia m.1 John m.2 Yoko
f) future (be) going to Brazilian? Lennon
g) simple past g) ✓ Julia Jacqui
h) present progressive h) You look like very stressed. What’s
2 wrong? Julian Sean gf. Irina
a) His parents did not give him a i) The teacher looks like very young.
m.1 = 1st marriage gf. = girlfriend
typical Mexican name. 6 m.2 = 2nd marriage parent children
b) He has never broken the law. a) did    b)  don’t    c)  have
c) He did not go on vacation last d) am    e)  does    f)  isn’t 2
year. g) wasn’t
d) I am going to have coffee after the a) F    b)  T    c)  F    d)  F    e)  F
class. 7 f) T    g)  T    h)  F
e) I do not have my dictionary with a) When did you meet him for the 3
me right now. first time?
1  first    2  last name    3  middle
f) She does not want to see me yet. b) Does he work in the evenings?
4  maiden    5  initials    6  husband
g) She is reading a book about c) What do you like most about him?
7  nicknames
Hawaii. d) How well do you know his family?
h) They are learning English for their e) In what way is he important to 4
work. you? 1  c    2  e    3  a    4  f    5  b
i) We have never been to New York. f) When did you last see him? 6  h    7  g    8  d
g) When are you going to see him
3 5
again?
We’ve chosen the name Scarlett for 1 Really?
our daughter. At first, my husband 8 2 Do they?
didn’t like it. His parents don’t like a) Have you ever been to the USA? 3 That sounds great.
the name and he doesn’t like to be b) What are you wearing today? 4 Great!
c) What kind of things do you read? 5 I’ve never heard of him.
different from them. It’s not very
d) How often do you use a 6 Wow!
fashionable, they said, but they
dictionary?
don’t have any idea what’s fashion- e) How many people are there in 6
able these days! They’re over 65 and your class? 1  about    2  bad    3  sounds
they haven’t been to the movies for f) When did you last have an English 4  of    5  fantastic    6  That
years. “Why don’t you name her class? 7  Does    8  Really
Mildred?”, they asked. g) How many years are you going to 7
study English?
4 a) famous b) fashionable
a) Dave and I don’t live in the same 9 c) friendly d) original
town. a) What are you holding in your e) retired f) Shy
b) He doesn’t know me very well. hand? g) special
c) He can’t understand my problems. b) ✓
d) He hasn’t done very well in his
job.
c) Who did you see last night? Pronunciation
d) ✓
e) Our parents weren’t very good e) How much money do you have in 2
friends. your pocket? a) the for negatives
f) We didn’t go to the same school. f) How many brothers do you have? b) to after the
g) We aren’t thinking about getting g) How far have you walked today? c) vocabulary a
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a) had a great afternoon. 1  c    2  e    3  b    4  g    5  d
1 b) don’t like it. 6  f    7  a    8  h
a) The wrong name? c) bought a lot of things.
b) Will you marry me? 7
d) we asked for another one.
c) How stupid can you be? e) caught their plane. a) What do you like doing on the
f) you’re breaking the law. weekends?
2 b) Do you want a job like mine?
g) happy there.
a) 4    b)  1    c)  2    d)  3    e)  6 c) What is your apartment like?
h) didn’t go swimming.
f) 5 d) Would you like something to eat?
7 e) Does she look like her sister?
3
a) much    b)  many    c)  many f) What did you like about your
a) Where did the man put the
d) much    e)  many    f)  much vacation?
advertisement?
g) many    h)  much
b) How many legs did it / the dog 8
have? 8 1  f    2  a    3  d    4  c    5  e
c) What did it / the dog have around a) 7    b)  3    c)  2    d)  6    e)  1 6  b
its neck? / What was around the f) 4    g)  5
dog’s neck?
d) What did Sir Thomas Beecham do? 9 Pronunciation
/ What was Sir Thomas Beecham’s a) much 1
job? b) enough (T – there is a lot to see in a) come    b)  neighbor
e) What did he (Sir Thomas Beecham) Los Angeles) c) money    d)  honey
want to change? c) a lot of (T – Hollywood is where
f) When did they get married? movie stars live) 2
g) Where was the name KING? / d) not enough (T)
/oʊ/ /aʊ/ /ɔɪ/
Where did Mrs Smith see the name e) too much (T)
KING? f) Not many (F – you can hear coast how boy
h) When did she discover her terrible different languages in Los Angeles) don’t noun coin
mistake? g) a little (T – usually!) hotel outside enjoy
h) many (T – most policemen carry most south noise
guns, but some don’t) phone town voice
2  Place
Vocabulary Listening
Grammar 1 1  B
a) statue    b)  beach    c)  square
1 d) hill    e)  canal    f)  high-rise 2
Plurals ending in “s” canals, g) fountain    h)  library a) F – He first went there ten or
clubs, vacations, islands twelve years ago.
Plurals ending in “ies” cities,
2
b) F – He was working in the country.
countries, galleries, nationalities 1  exciting    2  big    3  great c) F – He traveled with his best
Plurals ending in “es” beaches, 4  fantastic    5  spectacular friend.
churches, kisses, watches 6  beautiful    7  friendly d) T
Irregular plurals: children, feet, 8  welcoming    9  modern e) F – He visited the main square
people, women 10  crowded    11  noisy with the market.
12  polluted    13  humid f) F – It is the name of the main
2 14  dull    15  fabulous square.
a) castle    b)  destination 16  expensive    17  cheap g) T
c) bridge    d)  vacation 18  romantic h) T
e) office    f)  tooth
3 i) F – He has been there ten or twelve
3 a) Mexico    b)  China
times.
a) a   b)  a   c)  some   d)  some j) F – His last visit was three years
c) Argentina    d)  Egypt
e) a   f)  some   g)  some ago.
e) Vietnam    f)  Cuba
h) some g) Italy    h)  Japan
4 4
Writing
1  such    2  so    3  so    4  such a) Mexican    b)  Japanese 1
5  such    6  so    7  such c) Italian    d)  Chilean Reply (2) is probably the most useful.
5 e) Portuguese    f)  Egyptian 2
g) Brazilian    h)  Argentinian
a) a nice pool i) Canadian a) accommodations
b) modern b) recommend
c) amazing 5 c) popular
d) a big bed a) Palermo    b)  Messina d) stayed
e) a beautiful garden c) Mount Etna    d)  Enna e) usually
f) a romantic restaurant e) Catania    f)  Siracusa f) noisy
g) good g) Ragusa    h)  Agrigento g) interesting
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a) so    b)  With    c)  and
d) because
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a) The reception staff is very
welcoming and the waiters are
friendly.
b) There are galleries, museums,
stores and movie theaters nearby,
so there’s lots to do. / With
galleries, museums, stores and
movie theaters nearby, there’s lots
to do.
c) It’s a popular destination because
it has good weather all year. / It’s
a popular destination with good
weather all year.
d) There are high-rise buildings all
around, so the views from the hotel
aren’t very good. / With high-rise
buildings all around, the views
from the hotel aren’t very good.
3  Love
Grammar
1 treat her like a woman.
a) ✓    b)  poured    c)  shouted
d) ✓    e)  played    f)  ✓
g) tried    h)  arrived    i)  ✓
j) ✓
2 Vocabulary
began, met, drank, swam, took, went,
caught, thought, cut, slept, brought,
came, kept, taught
3 7  have    8  meet
a) began f) drank k) swam
b) brought g) went l) took
c) caught h) kept m) taught
d) came i) met n) thought
e) cut j) slept
4 a) Oh, I do.    b)  Neither did I.
a) Did you go shopping yesterday?
b) Was it cold yesterday?
c) Did you enjoy your last vacation?
d) When was your last English class?
e) Where did you go on vacation last
year?
f) What did you have for dinner last
night?
g) Who were your best friends in
elementary school?
5 money. Before leaving the bank, they
a) Juliet wasn’t a happy girl.
b) Juliet’s family and Romeo’s family
weren’t friends.
c) They didn’t want her to marry
him.
d) Juliet wasn’t in love with Paris, a
friend of her family.
e) She didn’t like him.
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g) She didn’t tell her parents about costume.
her true feelings. d) They had a late night last night.
e) He was very hard to understand.
f) She wanted a lot more information.
a) was wearing    b)  was holding
c) was feeling    d)  was sitting 8
e) were speaking    f)  was getting a) to work    b)  dark    c)  better
g) were planning d) divorced    e)  together
f) a postcard    g)  changed
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h) along
1 were you talking
2 wasn’t talking
3 were you doing Pronunciation
4 was listening 2
5 were you standing
a) /wǝr/    b)  /wǝz/    c)  /wǝz/
6 were making
d) /wɑz/    e)  /wǝr/    f)  /wɜr/
7 weren’t making
8 were having
9
Reading
1  was going    2  was watching 1
3  said    4  opened    5  was sitting 1  B    2  D    3  C    4  A
6  began    7  wanted 2
8  was raining    9  decided
10  arrived 1  d    2  h    3  c    4  a    5  g    6  i
10
7  k    8  j    9  e    10  b    11  f
3
a)  regularly    b)  attractively
a) She met Onassis.
c)  beautifully    d)  early    e)  fast
f)  happily    g)  loudly b) Because he was the first man to
11 c) Because he was seeing other
a) careful    b)  badly    c)  quietly women.
d) quickly    e)  neat    f)  angry d) She saw a report in the newspaper.
g) well    h)  different e) Because his marriage was not
happy.
f) She was crying next to the grave of
Onassis.
1
1  liked    2  flirt    3  called Writing
4  date    5  kissed    6  was
1
1  C    2  A    3  B
2
1  live    2  move    3  get    4  had 2
5  split    6  lost a) After stealing a car, they drove out
of town.
3 b) After driving a few miles, they
realized they needed gas.
c) Oh, I didn’t.    d)  Me, c) Before killing the garage attendant,
4 they filled the car with gas.
d) Before driving away, they stole
a) too    b)  neither    c)  did
money from the garage.
d) do    e)  So
e) After finding the dead man, the
5 police began looking for the killers.
1  One day    2  At first    3  Then
3
4  That evening    5  Finally
Possible answer
6  That night    7  The next morning
One week later, Bonnie and Clyde
6 went to a bank and they stole a lot of
a) relaxed    b)  scared
c) tired    d)  embarassed killed a security guard.
e) bored    f)  annoyed Six months later, they were driving
g) surprised    h)  confused their car. Some police officers were
waiting for them behind some trees
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at the side of the road. When Bonnie
a) Don’t you like it? and Clyde drove by, the police began
b) She talked about me when I was a shooting. Bonnie and Clyde did not
child. have a chance. The end was quick.
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a) Do you come
Listening
b) Are you listening
1  c)
Grammar c) Do most of your friends work
d) Does it rain
2
1 1  b    2  c    3  c    4  a    5  a    6  b
e) Are the students in your class
studying
100% always
f) Do you read Writing
usually normally g) Does your father speak 1
often h) Is it getting
Paragraph 1: e), f), c)
sometimes occasionally 9 Paragraph 2: d)
hardly ever rarely a) Yes, I do. e) Yes, they are. Paragraph 3: b), a)
b) Yes, I am. f) Yes, I do. 2
0% never
c) Yes, they do. g) Yes, he does.
a) 2    b)  3    c)  1    d)  5    e)  4
2 d) Yes, it does. h) Yes, it is.
a) I am always on a diet.
b) I hardly ever wear perfume. Vocabulary 5  In Shape
c) I often buy second-hand clothes.
1
d) I don’t usually like gold jewelry.
a) paint b) grapes
e) Shopping is rarely a pleasure.
f) I always get changed after work. c) matches d) scissors Grammar
g) My shoes are sometimes dirty. e) gum f) furniture 1
h) I am normally good at choosing g) perfume h) mayonnaise
adjective comparative superlative
gifts. 2
good better best
3 a) patterned d) striped near nearer nearest
a) for    b)  to    c)  to    d)  for b) floral e) checked wet wetter wettest
e) for    f)  to    g)  to    h)  to c) pinstriped f) plain easy easier easiest
4 3 far farther farthest
dangerous more most
a) I think I’ll buy her some perfume. a) jacket, skirt, pantyhose, top
dangerous dangerous
b) I told them a story. b) gloves, jeans, sweater, raincoat
c) I lent her my car. c) earrings, necklace, pajamas, 2
d) He made her a delicious meal. socks Brian   Chris   Ed   Dan   Andy
e) Why don’t you get her some d) shirt, suit, tie, vest
chocolates? e) dress, hat, scarf, shoes 3
f) He showed her/him his wedding 4 a) Basketball isn’t as dangerous as
album. skiing.
a) gloves b) sweater    b) Judo isn’t as interesting as tennis.
g) Give her/him the ticket.
c) bracelet d) jeans    c) Women are better than men at ball
h) I sent her/him a letter last week.
e) earrings f) necklace games. / Women are better at ball
5 g) scarf games than men.
a) She told to me all about her new 5 d) Swimming is not as good for you
job. as running.
a) 4    b)  2    c)  6    d)  1    e)  3
b) ✓ e) The rules of basketball are easier
f) 7    g)  8    h)  5
c) ✓ to understand than the rules of
d) I gave for my brother a gold pen 6 volleyball.
on his birthday. a) wear    b)  get dressed f) Playing a sport is not as exciting as
e) She lent to me her new car. c) get undressed    d)  get changed watching it.
f) ✓ e) look good on    f)  fit    g)  try on g) Being in shape is more important
g) I showed to her my new cell for younger people than it is for
phone.
h) ✓
Pronunciation older people.

i) My parents got for me some silly 1 4

/eɪ/ /aɪ/
socks. a) The heaviest
always decide b) The biggest
6 brain mind c) The most crowded
a) cooking b) to study exchange right d) the wettest
c) to finish d) spending great striped e) The hottest
e) to lend f) to take off pay style f) the most expensive
g) going h) to have plain surprise g) the noisiest
same try h) the fastest
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1  to try    2  watching 2 5
3  choosing    4  spending The most dangerous age for a man’s
5  to go    6  to get    7  to be /eɪ/: great, sale, latest, amazing, male,
health is from 50 to 60. Exercise is
8  talking    9  to eat female, raincoats, eight, save
very important, but not as important
/aɪ/: designs, prices, sizes, ties, buy, as a healthy diet. A bad diet is the
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Vegetables are better than fast food,
for example. People with the most
stressful jobs have a shorter life than
people who have no stress. They
should try to relax. They should
exercise more than once a week. A
hard, sweaty sport is not as good for
your health as regular, easy exercise.
6 g) two thousand, nine hundred and
a) has given up coffee
b) hang up your clothes / hang your
clothes up
c) deal with problems
d) look words up / look up words
e) taken care of a baby
f) filled in a form / filled a form in
g) throw away old love-letters /
throw old love-letters away
h) make up an excuse / make an
excuse up
i) get along with the people
7 g) bring up h) look up
a) Don’t forget to turn it off.
b) I take after him.
c) My grandparents brought her up.
d) He decided to give it up.
e) Please put them away.
f) The children cleared it up.
g) We had to call it off.
h) They ran after it as fast as possible.
i) She never takes them off in the
house.
Pronunciation
1 4  plays    5  plays    6  does
a) first, third, turn, windsurf, work,
worst
b) course, court, score, sport, more,
four
2 somewhere to live?
/ɜr/ /ɔr/
earn board
person form
serve morning
thirst story
Vocabulary
1 e) SK    f)  EM    g)  SK    h)  EE
a) 2    b)  4    c)  1    d)  3    e)  6
f) 8    g)  5    h)  7
2 1
a)  fast    b)  well    c)  often
d)  much    e)  long    f)  far
g)  old    h)  many
3 f) 3    g)  1
a) five hundred
b) point five
c) three quarters
d) one point seven five
e) seven thousand, one hunded and
eighty-four
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f) three-nil b) Although the tickets were very
g) one and a half expensive, we didn’t have a very
good view. / The tickets were very
4
expensive, although we didn’t
a) one eighth have a very good view.
b) five and a half c) Although the match was very
c) one and two thirds exciting, it was very long. / The
d) seven point five per cent match was very exciting, although
e) point six seven five it was very long.
f) point three three d) Although nothing much happened
in the first half, the second
seventy-six half was fantastic. / Nothing
h) one million, five hundred much happened in the first half,
thousand although the second half was
5 fantastic.
e) Although Chivas won the game,
a) his neighbors    b)  shoes
they were not the better team. /
c) car    d)  a novel    e)  keys
Chivas won the game, although
f) the office
they were not the better team.
6 f) Although I enjoyed the game, my
friends thought it was boring. /
a) run after b) clear up
I enjoyed the game, although my
c) deal with d) fill in
friends thought it was boring.
e) take after f) get along with
7
a) Don’t be mean! b) Don’t worry.
6  Job
c) Come back! d) Be patient.
e) Try again. f) Be careful! Grammar
8 1
a) golf, skiing, soccer 1 a flight attendant
b) golfer, runner, skier 2 an au pair
c) court, field, swimming pool
d) goggles, helmet, net 2
9 a) Does she have to wear a uniform
1  goes    2  goes    3  does   
at work?
b) Can she travel free to different
countries?
7  does    8  plays    9  goes c) Does she have to have a college
education?
Reading d) Can she sit down much in her job?
e) Does she have to pay for
1
Great Olympic Losers f) Can she wear her own clothes?
2 g) Does she have to like young
children?
a) Eric Moussambani
h) Can she invite her friends to
b) Eddie Edwards
dinner?
c) Shizo Kanaguri
3 4
a) EE    b)  SK    c)  EE    d)  EM
be was/were been
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
drink drank drunk
Writing fly flew flown
know knew known
meet met met
1  C    2  A    3  B
read read read
2 ring rang rung
a) 5    b)  4    c)  7    d)  6    e)  2 say said said
spend spent spent
teach taught taught
3 think thought thought
a) Although we arrived early, there
5
was a very long line.
a) has she had
b) ’s/has had
c) Have you ever worked
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e) ’ve/have ever eaten e) ✓
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f) ’ve/have liked f) Do you ever pick up trash in the
g) ’ve/have always wanted a) job    b)  job    c)  job street?
d) work    e)  work    f)  job g) ✓
6 g) work h) Which political party do you
a) Have you ever been on TV?
7 usually vote for?
b) Have you ever worked as an au
pair? 1  for    2  in    3  of    4  in    5  Ø 2
c) Have your parents ever forgotten 6  as    7  for    8  to    9  Ø a) Who grows vegetables in her
your birthday? 10  for/with/in    11  at    12  for backyard?
d) Has your teacher ever made a joke 8 b) What does she hate?
in class? c) What does she recycle?
a) hole punch
e) Have you ever seen a ballet? d) Who wears second-hand clothes?
b) trashcan
f) Have you ever voted in a political e) Who eats organic bread?
c) in-box, out-box
election? f) What do they worry about?
d) briefcase
g) Have you ever ridden a g) Who do they support?
e) paper clip, stapler
motorcycle? h) What don’t Sarah’s children care
f) photcopier, printer
7 g) keyboard, mouse about?
1 have had h) notepad, Post-its® i) Who loves traveling by plane?
i) bookshelf, filing cabinet
2 ’ve / have ever had 3
3 started
a) Does your town have good public
4 needed Listening transportation?
5 ’ve / have ever made
6 didn’t / did not like
1 b) The protesters have banners with
cook, pilot political slogans.
7 felt
c) ✓
8 was 2 d) We don’t know how to stop the
9 sold
6 Do you have to be strong? war.
10 said
5 Do you have to wear a uniform? e) She wants to help polar bears and
11 haven’t / have not sold
3 Do you need any training for this penguins.
12 decided
job? f) ✓
8 1 Do men usually do this job? g) They don’t believe in democracy.
a) when I was eighteen 7 Do you travel a lot in this job? h) ✓
b) this week 2 Do you work indoors?
c) yesterday 4 Do you work normal office hours? 4
d) last summer 1  is taking    2  are working
3
e) recently 3  has    4  want    5  is looking
Game 1 Game 2 6  thinks    7  knows    8  seem
f) today
1 Yes Yes 9  are organizing
g) over the years
2 Yes No
3 Yes Yes 5
Vocabulary 4 No No a) P    b)  F    c)  F    d)  P    e)  P
1 5 Yes Yes f) F    g)  P    h)  F
6 No No
a) pilot    b)  farmer    c)  soldier
7 No Yes
6
d) au pair    e)  flight attendant 1 What are we going to do tonight,
f) engineer    g)  surgeon
h) butcher    i)  DJ Writing Veronica?
2 I’m tired. I’m going to have an
2 1 early night.
a) actor b) tourist guide a) 4    b)  6    c)  3    d)  1    e)  7 3 What about tomorrow? Are you
c) CEO d) vet f) 2    g)  5 going to be free in the evening?
e) archaelogist f) cook 4 Yes, but I’m not going to go out. I
2 want to watch TV.
g) telesales person
a) Sincerely, b) Sincerely, 5 Are you going to come with me to
3 c) Best wishes, d) All the best, my parents on Saturday?
a) a day b) permission e) Lots of love, 6 No, I’m going to see Tony and
c) a decision d) a break Carla this weekend.
e) two weeks f) a living
g) a part-time job h) money 7  Eco 7 Veronica, when are we going to get
married?
4 8 I’ve already told you, Barry. We’re
never going to get married.
a) find    b)  have /take / get
c) have / take    d)  have / take
Grammar 7
e) make    f)  lose    g)  ask    1 a) What time are you going to go to
h) make a) What do you recycle? bed tonight?
5 b) ✓ b) What are you going to have for
c) How many plastic bags do you lunch tomorrow?
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class? a) She hasn’t got much self-confidence. they are cleaner than buses.
d) What are you going to do this b) ✓ 4
weekend? c) How many credit cards have you a) I think they should
8 got? b) My idea is that there should
a) She’s arriving in Santiago at d) Have they got any children? c) My suggestion is that people
10 o’clock. e) ✓ should
b) She’s having lunch with Carlos, f) You’ve got a message from the d) I suggest that the city should
the Area Manager, at 1 o’clock. director.
g) ✓
c) She’s calling the office at 3 o’clock.
d) She’s going to the museum at
h) He’s got beautiful dark eyes.
8  Education
6 o’clock.
e) She’s meeting the Mendes family Pronunciation
at 8 o’clock. 1 Grammar
a) arrive    b)  abroad    c)  war 1
Vocabulary 2 a) Emma didn’t have to go to school
1 that day.
/ɑ/ /æ/ /ʌ/ b) She didn’t have to go to work.
1  part    2  slogans    3  urgent
carbon back government c) She couldn’t call anybody.
4  broke    5  way    6  swarming
farmer bag Monday d) She couldn’t go and see her.
2 father fast much e) She couldn’t go and see a movie.
a) demonstration job jazz public f) She didn’t have to buy any food.
b) destruction large match something g) She didn’t have to clean it.
c) education march plastic worry 2
d) globalization
a) All men had to do two years of
e) modernization
f) organization Reading military service.
b) Women didn’t have to do military
g) pollution 1 service.
h) revolution a) 4  Police stop demonstrators c) New soldiers had to take a medical
i) solution b) 3  New water problems examination.
3 c) 6  Wine growers in trouble d) You couldn’t have long hair in the
d) 5  Travelers want more information army.
a) globalization
e) You could train to be an engineer
b) demonstration 2
c) revolution in the army.
1  c    2  d    3  a    4  b f) Married men couldn’t live with
d) destruction
e) modernization 3 their wives.
f) solution g) Men with college diploma could
a) became worse
g) pollution become officers.
b) factories that change sea water into
h) education fresh water 3
c) stop a) Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.
4 d) plans or actions b) Yes, they could. No, they couldn’t.
1  in    2  about    3  about    4  in
5  of    6  against    7  support 4 c) Yes, they do. No, they don’t.
d) Yes, I can. No, I can’t.
8  anti a) T    b)  F    c)  F    d)  F    e)  F
e) Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
f) T    g)  T    h)  F
5 f) Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
1 Could I speak to Ms. Harrison,
please?
Writing 4
a) 8    b)  6    c)  4    d)  2    e)  7
2 Who’s speaking? 1 f) 5    g)  3    h)  1
3 Hold on a moment, please The writer gives four ideas, not three.
4 I’ll try to put you through 5
5 I’m afraid Ms. Harrison is out 2 a) You must to learn ten new words
6 Would you like to leave a a) 2    b)  1    c)  3 every day.
message? 3 b) Your best friend shoulds speak to
7 Please tell her that I called you in English for one hour every
a) Business people travel by air since
day.
6 the trains are too slow.
c) You shouldn’t worrying about
a) carbon footprint b) Most people don’t pick up trash
making mistakes.
b) mass-produced clothing because they don’t think about it.
d) You should to study for your
c) global warming c) Nobody recycles their bottles
English test.
d) recyling bin because there are no recycling bins.
e) You are must attend every class.
e) plastic bags d) Offices don’t use recycled paper
f) You should to enjoy your studies
f) public transportation since it is more expensive.
as much as possible.
g) fossil fuels e) People don’t like to use the
g) You should not use a dictionary
h) renewable energy subway as it is dangerous in the
too often.
evenings.
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a) You can’t smoke in the restaurant. exam because they couldn’t read a) How long have you been playing
b) You shouldn’t play your music so my writing. But the second time, I the guitar?
loud. passed and I studied chemistry. I’m a b) We have been living here since last
c) Do we have to wear a seatbelt? research scientist now. summer.
d) Everyone had to take an entrance c) What have you been doing since
exam. Listening you arrived?
e) Can I bring some friends home d) I have not been working there for
1
after school? very long.
f) When could you leave school? c) Training to be a geisha in four e) How long has he been waiting for
g) I didn’t have to lose weight. weeks you?
h) You should come home early. 2 6
a) 7    b)  6    c)  3    d)  5    e)  1 a) have they been doing
Pronunciation f) 4    g)  2 b) have/’ve been sitting
1 3 c) have you been feeling
a) shoes    b)  wash    c)  catch d) have not / haven’t been sleeping
a) T    b)  F    c)  F    d)  T    e)  T
d) chair    e)  church e) Have you been working
f) T    g)  F    h)  T
f) have/’ve been getting
2 /ʃ/ /tʃ/ g) have not / haven’t been standing
accommodation child
Writing 7
finish choose 1 1 A: Have you known
permission each a) T    b)  T    c)  F    d)  F    e)  T B: have/’ve been going
special research f) F 2 A: have you been reading
sure rich B: have/’ve had
2
3 A: Have you been
a) 7    b)  5    c)  2    d)  4    e)  6
B: have/’ve been waiting
Vocabulary f) 1    g)  3
4 A: Has she worked / Has she been
1 3 working
a) costs    b)  training    c)  become I’m I am B: has/’s had
d) study    e)  move    f)  qualify haven’t have not 5 A: have you been studying
g) play I’ve I have B: have/’ve always wanted
wasn’t was not 8
2 didn’t did not
1) took    2)  pass    3)  take a) She has been working as a DJ for
don’t do not
4) taken    5)  fail    6)  failed two years.
it’s it is
7) pass    8)  take b) He has / He’s been cooking the
that’s that is
dinner for thirty minutes.
3 4 c) They have / They’ve been in
a) apply    b)  make    c)  have I don’t have much news. I’m studying Colombia since last Friday.
d) share    e)  have    f)  avoid English in the evening, and it’s good d) I have / I’ve known my English
fun. I’ve made lots of friends in the teacher since 2005.
4 e) She has / She’s been cleaning
class, and we’re going to have a party
a) philosophy b) art at the end of the month. I haven’t the house since very early this
c) literature d) history made any plans for the summer, morning.
e) economics f) geography but I’m definitely coming to your f) He has / He’s been going to the
g) chemistry h) biology wedding. dive center for five months.
5 g) They have / They’ve had their car
since last November.
a) Oh, I’m not so sure.
b) Oh, no, I don’t agree with that. 9  Smile h) We have / We’ve been renting this
house for twenty years.
c) Oh, yes, I agree.
d) Absolutely. 9
e) Oh, I’m not so sure. Grammar a) Do you know how long I have
f) Well, it depends. 1 been waiting?
6 We’ve been having some problems
a) doing b) to retire
in the kitchen.
a) pre-school b) elementary c) drinking d) to buy
b) What have you been doing since
c) high d) subject e) to understand f) to live
you left your last job?
e) college f) course g) to go h) playing
... I’ve been working for the
h) place 2 government.
7 a) since b) for c) for c) Where have you been for the last
When I was at high school, I was d) since e) for f) since six hours?
one of the best students in the class, g) since h) for ... since then I’ve been trying to
but I always had a problem with think of a good excuse.
4
spelling. My best subjects were
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f) is not / isn’t ... will/‘ll find
1 and 2 1 g) will/‘ll tell ... get
ankle 2 a) paragraph C b) paragraph D 5
chest 1 c) paragraph A d) paragraph B
a) I didn’t use to like spinach, but I
chin 1 (usually!) e) paragraph E
love it now.
elbow 2
2 b) Did your parents use to take you
finger 8 (or 10 including thumbs)
a) T    b)  F    c)  F    d)  F    e)  T to school?
heel 2
f) T    g)  T    h)  T c) Where did you use to go for your
hip 2
summer vacation?
knee 2 3 d) My brother and I used to have
lip 2
a) a picture of a person fights all the time.
nail 20
b) a businessman e) We used to share a room until I
shoulder 2
c) it looks real was 11.
toe 10
d) difficult to see clearly f) ✓
thumb 2
e) a way of doing something g) Did you use to spend a lot of time
waist 1
with your grandparents?
3 Writing h) Did you use to be very messy?
a) forehead b) eyebrow 6
c) eyelash d) cheek
1  c)
a) As a child, I used to cycle to school
e) mustache f) lip 2 every day.
g) teeth h) chin
First of all    Secondly    Finally b) The roads used to be quiet and
4 safe.
3
Picture a c) Used to is not possible here.
a) honestly    b)  most importantly d) I used to clean it every day.
5 c) unfortunately    d)  naturally e) My best friend used to be a boy
Suggested answer e) to our surprise named Tom.
Wanda has dark, curly hair. She f) Used to is not possible here.
also has dark eyes under her thin
10  Lifestyle
g) He didn’t use to be a very reliable
eyebrows. She has pale cheeks and friend.
thin lips. When she smiles, you can h) Used to is not possible here.
see her straight teeth. She has a square i) Used to is not possible here.
chin. Grammar 7
6 1 Possible answers
a) shy b) confident    a) you will lose at least five kilos There used to be fewer people.
c) sociable d) bossy    b) you will be relaxed and positive People didn’t use to drive to work.
e) sensitive f) ambitious    about life There used to be horses on the road.
g) easygoing h) loyal c) you will have much more energy The roads used to be less busy.
7 d) relationships with your friends There didn’t use to be any tourists.
will be happier There didn’t use to be advertisements.
a) nasty b) affectionate e) your general fitness will get better
c) aggressive d) faithful
e) mysterious f) selfish
f) you will think differently about
food
Vocabulary
g) addictive h) annoying g) your friends will tell you you look 1
8 great 1  life   2  shape   3  brisk   4  does
a) mysterious b) addictive 2 5  network    6  extended   
c) aggressive d) annoying 7  hurry    8  sunset
Possible answers
e) selfish f) affectionate He probably won’t lose at least five 2
g) sensitive h) nasty kilos. a) peach b) grape
9 He won’t be relaxed and positive c) trout d) shrimp
a) to do b) to turn off about life. e) pepper f) garlic
c) meeting d) to have He probably won’t have much more g) carrot h) eggplant
e) doing f) studying energy. i) cucumber j) lettuce
He won’t think differently about food. k) chicken l) sausage
10
3 3
a) 5    b)  2    c)  4    d)  1    e)  3
a) leaves b) comes a) lemon b) cauliflower
c) will/’ll say d) will/’ll think
Pronunciation e) does not / doesn’t eat
c) tomato
e) nut
d mushroom
f) cherries
1 f) eats g) asks g) beans h) sardine
a) island    b)  knee    c)  thumb 4 4
d) walk    e)  wrinkle a) get ... will meet a) 3    b)  4    c)  5    d)  7    e)  1
2 b) is not / isn’t ... will/‘ll take f) 6    g)  2
c) get ... will/‘ll ask
a) k    b)  w    c)  b    d)  l    e)  g
d) are/‘re ... will/‘ll look
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a) bumper b) steering; gears Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 A: These are great pictures.
c) tire; trunk d) windshield What color ✗ white red
1 What kind of animal is that?
e) engine; hood f) brake is it? 2 B: That is a galago. It’s also
g) sunroof h) plate called a bush baby.
What Beds, Black Car stereo
3 A: Is that a kind of monkey?
6 special kitchen, windows,
features table, cocktail 4 B: Yes, that is right.
1  got    2  broke    3  ride    4  ran A: And in the next picture,
does it bathroom, bar, wide
5  rush    6  passing 5 what’s that in its mouth?
have? TV, luggage screen TV
7 on roof B: It’s a baby. They’re
How fast More than 6 animals that carry their
a) 3    b)  2    c)  1 ✗ ✗
does it go? 300 km/ babies in their mouths.
7 A: That is really strange!
Pronunciation Where Colorado
hour
Hollywood Monte
1 would you Carlo Vocabulary
like to go in
a) high    b)  new    c)  onion 1
your car?
d) uncle
Who Grand- friends Christina Insects: cockroach, bee, ant, mosquito,
2 /ɪ/ /e/ would you children Aguilera butterfly, fly, wasp
like to take Baby animals: calf, foal, kitten, puppy,
active extended with you? chick
pill fresh
Others: cat, hen, dog
spinach heavy
system leather Writing 2
windshield vegetable a) afraid
1 b) fascinated
/ɑ/ /ʊ/
during + noun c) terrified
positive good while + phrase (subject + verb) d) allergic
hot pull
2 e) interested
knock should
f) crazy
officer took a) during    b)  while    c)  while
watch would d) While    e)  during    f)  during 3
g) while a) on    b)  in    c)  up    d)  on
e) in    f)  off    g)  up
Listening
1 11  Animals 4
1  could    2  sorry    3  worry
Speaker 1: car b 4  mind    5  problem    6  think
Speaker 2: car c
Speaker 3: car a
Grammar 7  afraid    8  never    9  wondering
10  wonderful
1
2
Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3
a) who    b)  who    c)  that Pronunciation
d) that    e)  that    f)  that
What color ✓ ✓ 1
is it?
2 a) bear    b)  dare    c)  ear
What ✓ ✓ ✓ a) A Mexican man says that he has d) here    e)  where
special a duck that drinks beer and can
understand him. 2 /er/ /ɪr/
features
does it b) A group of dolphins saved a man affair beard
have? who was swimming near a great careful career
How fast ✓ white shark. chair near
does it go? c) Shoppers in Virginia were rarely steer
Where ✓ ✓ ✓ surprised to see a deer that was in square year
would you the grocery store.
like to go in d) Indian newspapers have reported
your car? the death of a tortoise that lived to Reading
Who ✓ ✓ ✓ the age of 255.
e) Animal rights protesters who 1
would you
like to take wanted to free a tiger from a circus a) dragon    b)  unicorn
with you? changed their minds when they c) phoenix
saw the animal.
2
3 1  B    2  C    3  A    4  D
a) saw b) would you try
3
c) came d) would you do
e) asked f) would you feel a) were real    b)  animal
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a) After walking through the mirror.
b) Because it thought that girls were
magical.
c) In the nineteenth century.
d) They did not agree about the head.
e) A rhinoceros.
f) They used it in medicines.
Writing
3 Vocabulary
a) instance    b)  like
4 Pyramids
a) Some animals are very cheap
to take care of. A goldfish, for
example, costs almost nothing. /
Some animals are very cheap to
look after. For example, a goldfish
costs almost nothing. /
Some animals are very cheap
to take care of. A goldfish costs
almost nothing, for example.
b) Young children love baby animals
like puppies and kittens.
c) Have you thought of getting
something original, such as an
iguana?
d) Some people are allergic to cats.
My father, for instance, can’t go
near them. /
Some people are allergic to cats.
For instance, my father can’t go
near them.
12  Incredible
Grammar
1 1
1  b    2  a    3  b    4  b    5  a    6  b
2 c) snow d) match
1  was    2  heard    3  realised
4  had died    5  looked    6  saw
7  asked    8  had lost    9  took
10  had gone    11  had died
12  learned    13  had visited
3 a) storm    b)  rain    c)  white
a) are made
b) are found
c) cook
d) are usually driven
e) happened
f) were done
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a) were made; bought
b) played; was won
1
c) read; was written 1  c    2  a    3  b    4  e    5  d
d) was caught; stopped 2
e) was given; didn’t like
1  c    2  a    3  e    4  b    5  b   
5 6  c    7  d    8  e
1  will    2  might    3  will 3
4  won’t    5  won’t    6  might
a) The fact that four million US
Citizens have had some kind of
alien experience
b) A book about the Egyptian
1
a) do; take b) go; have
c) Reading horoscopes
c) take; get d) take; get
d) The fact that horoscope websites
e) do; go f) do; make
make millions of dollars every year
g) make; make h) take; have
e) Global warming
2
1  sunny    2  cloudy    3  dull Writing
4  windy    5  rain    6  foggy
7  freezing    8  storms    9  wet
1
10  snow a) location b) history
c) outside d) inside
3
a) enormous b) impossible
2
a) 1    b)  2    c)  2    d)  1    e)  3
c) hilarious d) fantastic
f) 2
e) gorgeous f) incredible
g) delicious h) exhausted 3
4 Suggested answer
a) hilarious Rila Monastery is one of the most
b) difficult beautiful buildings in the whole of
c) delicious Bulgaria. It is situated in the fabulous
d) enormous Rila Mountains in the attractive
e) strange (difficult, good) west of the country. It was built in
f) exhausted the fourteenth century, but was
g) pretty (strange) destroyed in a fire. It was later rebuilt,
and it is now an interesting museum.
h) fantastic
The gorgeous road to the monastery
Pronunciation follows a pretty valley through the
forest. After parking the car in the
parking lot, you go through two large
a) ice b) guest doors into the monastery. Most people
are not prepared for the incredible
e) art f) dull beauty of what they see inside.
g) how h) dear
i) made j) fog
k) four l) work
2
d) sad    e)  life    f)  world
g) built    h)  broken    i)  love
j) found
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