SB PAGE 20 REVIEW and MEMORY BOOSTER answer key

GRAMMAR
EXERCISE 1
1. need 2. means 3. has been decreasing 4. relied
5. We shared 6. were 7. are choosing 8. have changed
9. are losing 10. have lost

EXERCISE 2
1. A nuclear family is just the parents and the children; an extended family is all the people who are
related to us by blood or marriage, e.g. grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles.
2. help with childcare, being looked after in old age, sharing domestic chores, cheaper living costs

EXERCISE 3
1. 3 (has been decreasing) → it’s still continuing
4, 5 and 6 (relied/shared/were) → things that happened in the past
7 (are choosing) → it’s a trrend
8 (have changed) → (recent) past event with an impact on the present

2. for some time = since the 1950s, for many years, in recent years
In the past = 50 years ago, last century, in my grandparent’ time

VOCABULARY
EXERCISE 4
1. companion 2. close 3. mutual 4. flatmate 5. acquaintance 6. blood

1. your 2. Are 3. I’m 4. she 5. isn’t 6. where’s 7. She’s

REAL LIFE
EXERCISE 7
1. in 2. for 3. on 4. with 5. together 6. up

EXERCISE 8
The sentences should be numbered as follows: 1 9 3 7 5 11 10 6 4 8 2