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a/an
The
The
SITUATIONS: SITUATIONS:
ø
ø
f. I feel terrible I need to see a doctor. I must stay home today.
g. People mustn’t steal.
g. Stands for “any
a. Names of people. x
one”.
x 8.2 a. You mustn’t smoke in here.
b. Chris must take his ID card wherever he goes.
b. Names of oceans or
x h. Names of sports. x c. Fabian can’t speak a foreign language.
rivers.
i. Names of languages d. You should have your lock changed.
c. Names of countries. x x
and nationalities.
Gerund/-ing and To + Infinitive, p. 30
j. Plural countable
d. Nouns of which there 9. a. beginning b. writing c. cutting d. flying e. preparing
x nouns in x
is only one. f. playing
generalizations.
k. Cities and academic 10. Gerund/-ing: a.; c.; d.; f.; h.; i.
e. Music instruments. x x
subjects. To + Infinitive: b.; e.; g.; j.
l. Only used with 11. a. admitted to b. decided c. begged d. keeps on e. asked f.
f. Meals. x x
singular nouns. want
12. a. … to learn (2) a foreign language.
2.
b. … speaking (1) French and German he also understands Spanish.
Suggested answers:
c. … having (4) some trouble with her parents.
a. (Ø) Alex goes home. (names of people)
d. … to succeed (3) at work he studies very hard.
b. She crossed the Atlantic ocean / The river Thames is quite
famous. (names of oceans and rivers) Connectors, p. 31
c. (Ø) Portugal is a European country. (names of countries) 13.
d. The sun is a star. (nouns of which there is only one)
e. She plays the piano. (music instruments) A B E C A U S E T I U T H
f. (Ø) Dinner is ready. (meals) N A D T H O U G H N I H O
g. A man won everything. (stands for “any one”) T N I T I Y W I G A H E W
h. (Ø) Basketball is great. (name of sports)
I D F U R T H E R M O R E
i. She speaks (Ø) English fluently but she is Portuguese. (names of
languages and nationalities) B H O B L H E N E W Y E V
j. (Ø) Second language speakers have better working chances. E S E O I U N E R E U F E
(plural countable nouns in generalizations.) F K A N A S V T E N N O R
k. (Ø) Maths is my favourite subject. I study in Lisbon. (academic
O C I O C F K Q T Q F R O
subjects and cities)
l. She has been learning English in an institute. (only used with R I M L O E A I F Y B E N
singular nouns) E S I N C E L W A L S O G
3. a. Ø b. Ø c. the d. a e. Ø f. the g. the h. Ø i. a j. The k. The l. Ø L L I T S B E S I D E S A
m. Ø n. Ø/the o. Ø p. Ø q. the r. a s. the t. (the) u. the v. Ø w. the
Addition: and, furthermore, also, besides
Passive Voice, p. 28 Contrast: though, but, still, however
4. b. c. d. f. Time: when, after, until, before
5. a. PV b. PV c. AV d. PV Result: hence, therefore, so, thus
6. a. Simon was given a city guide by the host family. Reason: because, since, as, for
b. A book is being written about the exchange programme. Purpose: to
c. English is spoken by many people around the world.
14. a. above b. despite c. in spite of d. in fact e. such as f. but
d. Jill has been invited by her school to take part in a student
exchange programme.
15. a. connectors of time b. connectors of purpose c. connectors of
addition d. connectors of result e. connectors of contrast f.
connectors of reason
16. a. Although b. but c. because/and d. when
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British English and American English, p. 32 5. a. F. “The importance and advantages of learning a second
17. a. 5 b. 2 c. 8 d. 6 e. 7 f. 4 g. 3 h. 1 language is continuing to increase day by day.” b. T c. F. “A number
18. BrE: autumn, underground, flat, lorry, chips, taxi, car park of studies have also shown that when students learn a second
AmE: fall, movie, bar, motorway, vacation, elevator, candy, language they have a tendency of outscoring those who are
gas, schedule, pants, mailman proficient in only a single language on tests of nonverbal and verbal
19. intelligence.”
d. F. “Language is one of the main components of the civilization
British English (BrE) American English (AmE) and culture of the people who speak it.”
6. a. It argues for a point of view about the importance and
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advantages of leaning a second language.
Underground Subway b. The benefits of learning a second language are, for example, the
creation of new jobs, students achieve greater thinking, creativity
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and cognitive skills; it improves student’s abilities in mathematics,
Holiday Vacation writing and reading and it makes them become a valuable asset to
the community. Learning a second language enables people to
Lift Elevator adapt to a variety of cultural backgrounds. It may be a decisive
Sweets Candy factor to the generally achievement of professional and personal
career goals and it may also help people understand the culture of
Flat Apartment other civilizations/societies.
c. Most research concluded that students speaking a second
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language have better learning capacities than those who are
Lorry Truck monolingual.
d. Suggested answers: more job opportunities, solving religious,
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political conflicts, assure global peace, when travelling to a foreign
Chips Fries country.
Listening, p. 36 Vocabulary
1. a. Walter b. Frank c. Susan d./e. Yvonne f. everybody g. Walter The Media, p. 41
h./i. everybody j. Yvonne k. everybody 1. Radio and television: cover, small ads, tabloid, the editorial.
Newspapers and magazines: commercials, character, news
Reading, p. 37 broadcast, documentaries.
3. a. increase b. origins c. requirement d. interact e. enables
2. a. tabloids b. character c. soap opera d. sitcom e. cover f. the
f. factors
letters page
4. a. students learning a second language. b. monolingual students
3. a. can’t/can b. bomb/comb c. ant/aunt d. widows/windows
c. students’ d. language
e. cat/car f. car/card.
4. 1. l. 2. e. 3. h. 4. a.
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Types of crimes, p. 42 9. a. has / had, b. did not see / haven’t seen, c. studied / have
5. Arson; rape; terrorism; bribery; vandalism; carjacking; studied, d. did… give / had… given, e. stole / had stolen.
manslaughter; kidnapping. 10. a. showed /had read b. arrived / had left c. had entered / saw
6. a. terrorism b. carjacking c. kidnapping d. bribery d. had read / told e. turned / had watched f. moved / had sold
7. a. 7 b. 1 c. 8 d. 2 e. 3 f. 6 g. 10 h. 9 i. 5 j. 4 11. a. Peter, Tom and Carol had made their beds but Sarah hadn’t.
8. a. o mais rápido possível (ASAP, também usado em português) b. Sarah, Tom and Carol had had breakfast but Peter hadn’t.
b. ao cuidado de (a/c) c. por exemplo (e.g., também usado em c. Sarah, Tom and Carol had gone jogging but Peter hadn’t.
português) d. isto é (i.e., também usado em português) d. Peter, Tom and Carol had watched the news on TV but Peter
e. Primeiro Ministro (PM) f. Objeto Voador Não Identificado hadn’t. e. Peter, Tom and Carol had bought the newspaper but
(OVNI) g. Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA) Peter hadn’t. f. Peter and Sarah had tidied the house but Tom and
h. Ácido desoxirribonucleico (ADN) i. vire se faz favor (V.S.F.F.) Carol hadn’t.
j. também conhecido por (sem abreviatura).
Reported speech, p. 50
Confusing words, p. 43 12. a. “We aren’t usually careful with copyrights of the software
9. a. loose b. lose c. whether d. weather e. beside f. besides g. their we use.”
h. they’re i. understanding j. comprehensive k. now l. actually b. “Cybercrimes are becoming more dangerous.”
c. “You shouldn’t give your passwords to anyone except your
Cybercrimes, p. 44 parents.”
10. a. hacking b. virus dissemination c. software piracy d. phishing d. “I don’t have any idea of what future technologies will bring in
e. spoofing f. identity theft terms of software and online safety.”
e. “There are a lot of opportunities…”.
General vocabulary, p. 44 13. a. not to use our real name on the internet.
11. a. newspaper b. journalist c. rape d. vandalism e. piracy b. to be careful with our passwords.
12. 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A c. she had bought a new hard drive the previous week.
d. they spent too much of their free time playing online games.
GRAMMAR e. It was amazing how we could play online games with people on
the other side of the globe.
f. She didn’t like to post her children’s photos on Facebook.
Connectors of purpose, p. 46
g. One day she would play a game with someone in London or New
1. a. I watch TV channel AXN in order not to miss any episode of York.
Gossip Girl.
14. 1. “Do I look all right?” 2. “Yes, you look wonderful tonight.”
b. My neighbours disconnected the cable TV service so that they
3. “Do you feel all right?” 4. “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.”
can have money for the bare essentials of everyday life.
5. “My darling, you were wonderful tonight.”
c. I am always online in order to be in touch with my co-workers.
6.” Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.”
d. Some TV hosts are paid around 50,000 € a month so that they
15. a. It was late in the evening and she was wondering what
won’t be headhunted by a rival channel.
clothes to wear.
e. I rushed home so that I could see the last episode of Glee.
She put on her make-up and brushed her long blonde hair
2. a. You telephone your mother in order to ask for your password.
And then she asked me if she looked all right
b. You have got a TV set in your bedroom in order to have some
And I said she looked wonderful that night
privacy.
We went to a party and everyone turned to see
c. You have attended an open call audition to a famous cookery
That beautiful lady that was walking around with me.
show so as to be a masterchef.
And then she asked me if I felt all right
d. On Saturday, Ana got up early to go for an audition for a
And I said that I felt wonderful that night
commercial.
I felt wonderful because I saw
e. I wanted to know the name of the song I had heard on the radio
The love light in her eyes.
in order that I could buy the CD.
And the wonder of it all
Prepositional verbs, p. 47 was that she didn’t realize how much I loved her.
3. a. agree b. listen c. suffer d. pay e. worry f. depend g. insist It was time to go home then and I had got an aching head,
h. admire So I gave her the car keys and she helped me to bed.
And then I told her, as I turned out the light,
4. a. on b. in c. for d. about e. with f. from
I said, “My darling, you were wonderful tonight.”
5. a. I would complain to the police. b. I would thank her for that.
” Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.”
c. I would apologise for it. d. I wouldn’t care about it. e. I would
thank her/him for the opinion, f. I would offer them to my friends. Relative clauses, p. 52
Phrasal verbs, p. 48 16. a. A cybercrime is an offence which is related to online activity.
b. A web designer is a professional who designs web pages.
6. a. brought up b. gave up c. made up d. put aside e. broke off f.
c. A chat room is a place which allows people to have conversations
takes after.
in real time. d. Google is a search engine which has got everything
7. a. fall for b. broke down c. fell out d. broke up e. made up f. give
you look for. e. Facebook is a social network, which is used
up
f. A hacker is a criminal who seeks and exploits weaknesses.
8. a. down b. after c. in, up d. up e. apart f. out
17. a. who b. who c. which d. whose e. where
Past Perfect Simple, p. 49
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18. a. Teenagers and young adults who spend too many hours in e. LinkedIn f. blogs
front of the screen, become addicted. 7. a. with b. with c. on d. for e. of f. from
b. Online predators seek naive adolescents, who are easy preys. 8. a. I could buy a new dictionary.
c. Kevin Mitnick, who we read about in the papers, is a famous b. to buy a powerful anti-virus programme.
hacker. c. who should be severely punished.
d. Twitter is a free micro blogging service, which was founded in d. which are serious crimes, can ruin anyone’s life.
2006 by Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone. e. She hadn’t liked the film Trust because it wasn’t her type of film.
e. Jacky, who is John’s older sister, has bought tickets for the f. what our / my mother thought about us / me going to school
concert. alone.
f. That boy whose father owns a very famous campany is a g. had internet at home, I wouldn’t do my research at school.
computer expert. h. If I liked watching TV alone, I wouldn’t watch it in the living
room.
Conditional clauses, p. 53
19. if you can dream... if you can think..., if you can talk... if all men
Unit 4 – The world of technology
count on you... if you can fill...
20. If I had a twin brother, I would be very confused; If I had lots of
money, I would travel a lot; If I had a big family, I would be a VOCABULARY
happier person.
21. 1. e; 2. d; 3. f; 4. b; 5. g; 6. c; 7. a Technological areas, p. 61
22. a. If I hadn’t got a very powerful anti-virus in my computer, I 1. a. Mechatronics b. Bionics c. Avionics d. Domotics e. Robotics
wouldn’t be protected against online threats. b. If had written f. Telematics
my password somewhere, now I wouldn’t have forgotten it. c. If 2. 1. Avionics 2. Mechatronics 3. Bionics 4 Domotics 5. Robotics
the ICT teacher hadn’t explained everything to us, I wouldn’t have 6. Telematics
learned so much about online dangers. 3. a. Domotics b. Mechatronics c. Robotics d. Telematics
d. If I had a tablet I would know how to use one. e. If I hadn’t e. Avionics f. Bionics
forgotten my laptop at home, I would have read your email.
23. a. Personal answer. Easily confusing words, p. 62
24. a. used b. in c. net d. wasn’t e. good f. with g. it h. it i. dangers 4. a. painful b. damaged c. disease d. illness e. pain f. injured
j. and 5. a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
6. a. Incurable disease b. infectious disease c. fatal disease
TEST UNIT 3 d. degenerative disease
7.1 a. cure b. contract c. symptoms d. infectious e. fatal
f. degenerative g. spread.
Listening, p. 57
1.1 a. They are spying on their teenagers. False friends – Adjectives, p. 63
b. They are worried that their posts might be negative for their 8. a. 8 b. 9 c. 5 d. 6 e. 7 f. 10 g. 2 h. 3 i. 4 j. 1
future careers. 9. a. grand b. convenient c. vulgar d. gentle e. ingenious
c. 17; 19; 18 10. a. A minha amiga Susan tem gostos muito requintados. Ela
d. Mike, Samantha, Bella. gosta de beber café com sabores exóticos.
e. 2012 b. Ela parece demasiado vulgar. A minha mãe não gosta das roupas
1.2 a. the three b. Samantha c. Mike d. Bella e. Bella f. Bella g. que ela veste.
Mike, Samantha h. Bella c. O meu avô era um homem culto. Ele estudou no colégio Eton.
d. Todos os professores foram compreensivos com a Mary após a
Reading, p. 58
morte do seu pai.
3. a. 20 somethings b. dicey c. applicants d. freshmen e. prosecutor
e. O meu pai reformou-se aos 48 anos porque sofria de
f. scanty
aterosclerose.
4. There are dangers in the internet other than net predators.
5. a. No, there aren’t. There are also negative aspects than can General Vocabulary, p. 64
influence in a future course, job and social life as well. 11. a. domotics b. telematics c. robot d. disease e. cure f. ingenious
b. College admissions, Grad school and careers; Fellow students; g. gentle
Courtroom consequences; Child pornography charges. 12. a. that b. cars c. go away d. trees e. for f. which g. body h. than
c. They want to check if the candidates are serious and have i. from j. do
respectable behaviour.
d. Employers don’t like their employees to have promiscuous lives.
e. They called parents in order to inform them about their
children’s negative behavior.
f. Social networks have pictures, posts and comments. They can be
used against someone in a court of law. There are also photos that
might be considered pornography.