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Unit 1 Exercise 4 Adjectives with -ful / -ive

Suggested answers Exercise 2
Standard 1 He might be fixing a laptop.
1 secretive 2 painful 3 stressful
Adjectives with -able / -ible 2 Perhaps they’re downloading
4 thankful 5 effective
music.
Exercise 1 3 They should switch off their Exercise 3
1 reasonable 2 terrible phones. 1 creative 2 attractive 3 playful
3 believable 4 reversible 4 He’s using an old device. Maybe 4 active 5 useful 6 productive
5 fashionable 6 sensible he should buy a new one. 7 harmful
7 horrible 8 advisable 5 They’re all online. Perhaps they
should spend less time on the
Phrasal verbs
Collocations with come, do, Exercise 4
make or take internet and go and play football.
1 we ended up in the wrong place.
Exercise 2 Unit round-up 2 go about joining that club.
1 come 2 do 3 making 4 take Exercise 5 3 carry out my instructions.
5 come 6 do 7 takes 1 deny 2 devices 3 tend 4 did without our electronic
Exercise 3 4 identifiable 5 virtual 6 Surfing devices.
7 dependent 8 suggest 5 get on with writing my essay.
1 made come 2 doing making
9 reversible 10 advice 6 to build up my muscles.
3 come take 4 make do
5 take do 6 taken come Unit round-up
Words connected with
Unit 2 Exercise 5
technology Standard 1D 2C 3C 4A 5B 6D 7D 8D
Exercise 4
Words connected with
1 fix 2 gadgets 3 online 4 post
education/learning
Unit 3
5 repair 6 switch 7 limit 8 mend
Exercise 1 Standard
Unit round-up 1b 2b 3a 4b 5b 6a 7b
Nouns with -ity / -ness
Exercise 5
Exercise 2 Exercise 1
1C 2B 3A 4A 5B 6A 7C 8C
1 lost 2 accomplished 3 achieved 1 weakness 2 popularity
Higher 4 succeeded 5 fail 3 originality 4 happiness
Adjectives with -ful / -ive 5 Creativity 6 activity 7 awareness
Adjectives with -able / -ible 8 cleverness
Exercise 1 Exercise 3
1 identifiable 1 useful 2 attractive 3 harmful Collocations with verbs
2 accessible 4 painful 5 stressful 6 active Exercise 2
3 admirable/sensible 7 Creative 1 making 2 go 3 have 4 find
4 permissible/advisable/sensible 5 tells 6 take 7 take 8 do
Phrasal verbs
5 advisable/sensible/terrible
6 terrible
Exercise 4 TV programmes
7 sensible 1 up 2 on 3 without 4 up 5 out Exercise 3
8 reversible 6 up 7 up 8 about 1c 2d 3a 4g 5b 6f 7h 8e

Collocations with come, do, Unit round-up Exercise 4

make or take Exercise 5 1 wildlife programme
Exercise 2 1 managed 2 up 3 build 4 Beating 2 talent show 3 sitcom
5 active 6 creative 7 stressful 8 go 4 reality show
1 point 2 progress 3 best
4 decision 5 agreement 6 advice Higher Unit round-up
7 favour Exercise 5
Words connected with
Words connected with education/learning 1 originality 2 jokes 3 weakness
technology 4 documentary 5 Simplicity
Exercise 1 6 fun 7 part 8 awareness
Exercise 3 1 comes/came 2 lose 3 suffered
1 fix 2 repair 3 download 4 turn 4 manage 5 failed 6 progressing
5 turn 6 gadget 7 online 8 offline 7 overcome 8 achieve

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Higher 3 uncomfortable 4 transport Exercise 4

5 solutions 6 disadvantages 1 blogging 2 social networking
Nouns with -ity / -ness 7 with 8 suburbs 3 board games 4 programming
Exercise 1 5 photography 6 Painting
1 youthfulness 2 openness
Higher
7 online gaming 8 Mountain biking
3 complexity 4 activity 5 weakness Places in the city
6 simplicity 7 awareness Phrasal verbs
Exercise 1
8 popularity Exercise 5
1c 2d 3f 4a 5e 6b
1 out 2 off 3 off 4 back 5 up
Collocations with verbs Exercise 2 6 down 7 down 8 for
Exercise 2 1 suburbs 2 park 3 block/building
1d 2b 3h 4c 5f 6g 7e 8a 4 transport 5 centre 6 subway
Unit round-up
Exercise 6
Exercise 3 Words + prepositions 1C 2C 3A 4B 5C 6A
1 telling jokes, go online Exercise 3
2 take a break, do me good
1 fed 2 solution 3 regardless
Higher
3 making fun of, find it funny
4 have someone round, taking
4 covered 5 intention Verbs/adjectives with -ate
part in Adjectives/nouns/verbs Exercise 1
Exercise 4 1 stimulates 2 evaluate 3 fortunate
TV programmes 4 considerate 5 decorate
1 unable 2 disability 3 unaware
Exercise 4 6 motivates 7 equate 8 desperate
4 disadvantage 5 uncomfortable
1 wildlife programme 2 news
3 soap opera 4 reality show
6 discomfort 7 insecure Phrasal verbs
8 unbelievable 9 disbelief
5 game show 6 cookery show Exercise 2
10 disagreement 11 disagree
7 weather forecast 8 sitcom 1 sort out 2 stand for
12 disappear
3 look back on 4 I don’t feel up to
Unit round-up Exercise 5 5 dropped off 6 to let me off
Exercise 5 1 disappearing 2 unaware 7 put people down 8 gets me down.
1D 2C 3C 4A 5A 6C 7A 8D 3 unable 4 disagreed
Hobbies
5 disadvantage 6 unbelievable
Exercise 3
Unit 4 Unit round-up 1 yoga 2 scuba diving 3 DJing
Standard Exercise 6 4 blogging/social networking
1 breadth 2 Make 3 unbelievable 5 martial arts 6 programming
Places in the city 4 able 5 head 6 public 7 spaces 7 board games 8 photography
Exercise 1 8 Regardless 9 Make 10 dying
Unit round-up
1 Tube / Underground 2 space 11 access
3 flats 4 shopping 5 city Exercise 4
1 week 2 for 3 up 4 out 5 get
Exercise 2 Unit 5 6 out 7 taking/take 8 board/video
1 a parking space 2 block of flats 9 before 10 back
3 shopping centre 4 the Tube
Standard
5 city centre Verbs/adjectives with -ate
Unit 6
Words + prepositions Exercise 1
Exercise 3 Verbs: activate, decorate, motivate Standard
Adjectives: affectionate, desperate,
1 with 2 to 3 of 4 with 5 of Words + prepositions
fortunate
Adjectives/nouns/verbs Exercise 1
Exercise 2 1 for 2 to 3 back 4 to 5 of 6 of
Exercise 4 1 desperate 2 motivate 3 fortunate 7 on 8 against
1 uncomfortable 2 disagree 4 activate 5 affectionate
3 unaware 4 unable 5 disappeared 6 decorate Adverbs formed from
6 disabilities 7 unbelievable adjectives
8 disadvantage Hobbies
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Unit round-up 1 quick quickly
1 DJing 2 scuba diving 2 anxiously anxious
Exercise 5 3 martial arts 4 yoga 3 frequent frequently
1 able 2 parking space
4 cheerfully cheerful

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5 easy easily Unit 7 Nouns with -ance / -ence /

6 happy happily -ment / -ship
7 basic basically Standard
Exercise 3
8 unbelievable unbelievably
Words connected with 1 partnership 2 existence
Exercise 3 friendship 3 preference 4 assistance
1 comfortably 2 well Exercise 1 5 relationship 6 development
3 automatically 4 fast 7 encouragement 8 performance
1 gossip 2 admire 3 confide
5 accidentally 6 anxiously
4 make 5 lose 6 forgive 7 share Phrasal verbs
Words connected with health 8 get
Exercise 4
Exercise 4 Nouns with -ance / -ence / 1 drop in 2 ripped 3 ran 4 take
1d 2e 3c 4b 5a -ment / -ship 5 round 6 keep
Exercise 5 Exercise 2 Exercise 5
Suggested answers -ance: assistance, performance 1 up 2 after 3 in 4 on 5 up
2 Perhaps he/she’s cut his/her -ence: existence, preference 6 after
hand. -ment: development,
3 He has a high temperature. encouragement Unit round-up
Maybe he’s got a virus/the flu. -ship: friendship, membership Exercise 6
4 She might have burnt her hand. 1 off 2 loyal 3 encouragement
Exercise 3
4 support 5 forgive 6 would
Unit round-up 1 performance 2 development
7 respect 8 count
Exercise 6 3 preference 4 Membership
5 assistance 6 friendship
1 anxiously 2 bruise 3 sprain
Unit 8
4 against 5 cramp 6 comfortable Phrasal verbs
7 easily 8 surprisingly 9 to Exercise 4 Standard
Higher 1 after 2 on 3 after 4 up 5 in Words connected with
6 round 7 along 8 up
Words + prepositions geographical features
Exercise 5 Exercise 1
Exercise 1
1 look up to 2 get along 3 run after 1c 2g 3f 4a 5h 6e 7b 8d
1 get rid of that old laptop.
4 rip up 5 take after 6 keep on
2 find a cure for this disease. Exercise 2
The other two phrasal verbs (drop
3 approve of children eating 1A 2C 3C 4A 5B 6B
in and go round) both mean visit.
chocolate.
4 allergic to some medicines. Unit round-up Nouns formed from verbs
5 based on truth. Exercise 6 Exercise 3
Adverbs formed from 1 on 2 support 3 encouragement 1 description 2 choice 3 arrival
4 lose 5 forgive 6 on/along 4 solution 5 conclusion
adjectives
7 partnership 8 gossip 9 share 6 behaviour
Exercise 2
10 in Words + prepositions
1a 2b 3a 4b 5a
Exercise 3 Higher Exercise 4
1 wrong about me with
1 Remarkably 2 easily 3 daily Words connected with 2 crashed over, into
4 cheerfully 5 truly 6 Traditionally friendship 3 lacking from, in
Words connected with health Exercise 1 4 warned us for, against/about
Exercise 4 1g 2c 3a 4h 5b 6d 7f 8e 5 specialise to, in
6 shelter about, from
1 bruises 2 allergies 3 cold Exercise 2
4 cramp 5 sprained 1 gossiping 2 forgave/forgive Unit round-up
3 confide in 4 admires 5 lost touch Exercise 5
Unit round-up
6 get on 7 counting on/relying on 1 volcano 2 choice 3 in 4 path
Exercise 5 8 appreciate 5 arrival 6 into 7 cliffs 8 solution
1D 2B 3A 4B 5D 6A 7B
9 with 10 departure
8 A 9 D 10 D

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Higher Exercise 5 Phrases connected with

Words connected with
1 journalist 2 applicant 3 assistant running
4 cyclist 5 accountant Exercise 4
geographical features
Exercise 1 Unit round-up 1 risk 2 walk 3 circles 4 start
Exercise 6 5 feet 6 up
1 summit 2 coast 3 waterfall
4 slopes 5 range 6 path 1 on 2 fiddle 3 take 4 assistants Unit round-up
5 drop 6 coming 7 optimist 8 on Exercise 5
Exercise 2
1 stream 2 path 3 waterfall Higher 1B 2C 3A 4B 5A 6A 7B 8C
4 coast 5 valley 6 cliffs 9 C 10 B
Idioms connected with music
Nouns formed from verbs Exercise 1 Higher
Exercise 3 1b 2a 3a 4a 5b 6b People in sport
1 behaviour 2 arrival 3 variation Exercise 1
4 solution 5 departure
Phrasal verbs
Exercise 2 1 coach, captain 2 referee, medic
6 conclusion
3 fundraisers, sponsors
1d 2f 3b 4h 5c 6g 7a 8e
Words + prepositions 4 leader, winner
Exercise 3 5 supporters, participants
Exercise 4
1 put on 2 give away
1 about 2 of 3 against 4 from Exercise 2
3 dropped out of 4 went on to
5 into 6 with 7 in 8 in 1 medic 2 coach 3 captain
5 knocked out of 6 take on
4 supporters 5 winner(s)
Unit round-up 7 go in for 8 coming up
6 Sponsors 7 fundraiser(s)
Exercise 5 Nouns with -ant / -ist 8 referee
1 arrival 2 stream 3 against
Exercise 4 Adjectives/nouns/verbs
4 altitude 5 with 6 summit 7 ascent
1 contestants 2 consultant
8 valley 9 warmth 10 strength Exercise 3
3 optimist 4 journalist
1 height
5 perfectionist 6 guitarist, assistant
Unit 9 2 depth
Unit round-up 3 enlarge
Standard Exercise 5 4 widen
1 rings 2 went 3 venue 5 length
Idioms connected with music 6 lower
4 take 5 assistant
Exercise 1 7 strengthen
6 applicants/participants
1 play 2 change 3 face 4 blow
5 be 6 make 7 ring 8 drum
Phrases connected with
Unit 10 running
Exercise 2
Exercise 4
1 blowing her own trumpet Standard 1 run off my feet
2 drum up support for
3 as fit as a fiddle
People in sport 2 ran a mile
Exercise 1 3 run the risk of
4 face the music
4 run before you can walk
5 play it by ear 1 participants 2 sponsor(s)
5 hit the ground running (in this
6 make a song and dance about it 3 supporters 4 medic 5 leader
match)
6 winner 7 referee 8 coach
Phrasal verbs 9 captain 10 fundraiser Unit round-up
Exercise 3
Exercise 2 Exercise 5
1 of 2 on 3 on 4 away 5 on 6 out
People who play sports: captain, 1 typical 2 Participants 3 medics
7 for 8 up
leader, winner, participant 4 route 5 height 6 strength
Nouns with -ant / -ist People who give money to a sport: 7 strengthen 8 urban 9 mile
Exercise 4 fundraiser, sponsor, supporters 10 Fundraisers
-ant: accountant, applicant, People who help sportspeople:
assistant, servant coach, medic, referee
-ist: cyclist, guitarist, journalist, Adjectives/nouns/verbs
pianist
Exercise 3
1 depth 2 height 3 length
4 strength 5 width

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Unit 11 Unit round-up Exercise 3

Exercise 5 1 harm 2 sense 3 difference
Standard 4 thing 5 proud 6 duty 7 excuses
1 full-time 2 inventor 3 supervisor
Nouns with -er / -or 4 salary 5 by 6 vacancies Words connected with
Exercise 1 7 devastated 8 redundant 9 sack describing people
1 actor 2 supervisor 3 presenter 10 up
Exercise 4
4 advisor 5 builder 6 newsreader 1b 2a 3b 4b 5a
7 sailor 8 reporter 9 conductor Unit 12
10 producer 11 operator Unit round-up
12 inventor Standard Exercise 5
Nouns with -ism 1B 2A 3D 4A 5C 6A 7D 8A
Words connected with work
9 B 10 A
Exercise 2 Exercise 1
1 full-time 2 unemployed 1 vegetarianism 2 criticism
3 given the sack 4 shifts 3 heroism 4 favouritism 5 idealism
5 vacancies 6 temporary 6 tourism

Exercise 3 Exercise 2
1 temporary 2 wages 3 redundant 1 favouritism 2 racism
4 overtime 5 part-time 6 vacancies 3 capitalism 4 heroism 5 idealism
6 criticism
Phrasal verbs
Exercise 4 Collocations with do and
1 round 2 up 3 through 4 in
make
5 forward 6 by 7 through 8 over Exercise 3
1 makes 2 do 3 do 4 make
Unit round-up 5 made
Exercise 5
1B 2A 3C 4B 5C 6A 7A 8B
Words connected with
9 C 10 C describing people
Exercise 4
Higher 1 sensible 2 careful 3 infamous
Nouns with -er / -or 4 popular 5 kind 6 sympathetic
Exercise 1 Exercise 5
1 editor 2 producer 3 operator 1 likeable 2 polite 3 unknown
4 commentator 5 counsellors 4 ordinary 5 famous
6 director 7 inspector 8 lecturers
Unit round-up
Phrasal verbs Exercise 6
Exercise 2 1 do 2 criticism 3 ordinary 4 harm
1c 2a 3h 4g 5b 6f 7e 8d 5 egotism 6 make 7 difference
8 caring 9 doing
Exercise 3
1 got through 2 put me through to Higher
3 get by 4 stand in for
5 came (a)round to 6 come up Nouns with -ism
7 taken over 8 put forward Exercise 1
1 escapism 2 egotism 3 criticism
Words connected with work 4 idealism 5 Capitalism 6 sexism
Exercise 4
1 unemployed 2 vacancies 3 sack Collocations with do and
4 shifts 5 permanent 6 overtime make
7 salary 8 redundant Exercise 2
Collocations with do: do your duty,
do good, do harm, do the right thing
Collocations with make: make
someone proud, make a difference,
make excuses, make sense

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