Practice file answer key

Unit 1 Exercise 2
1 Brazil 5 South Korea
2 Saudi Arabia 6 China
Working with words 3 Japan 7 Spain
4 Germany 8 Kuwait
Exercise 1
2  my name   3  Hi  4  I’m Exercise 3
1 Taro Nakamura, Japan, Honda, Tokyo
Exercise 2 2 Jenny Thomas, the USA, Nike, Oregon
1  b  2  a
3 Robert Bosisio, Spain, Inditex, Arteixo
Exercise 3 Exercise 4
1 technician 4 manager
1 Where are you from?
2 finance 5 engineer
2 Where is your head office?
3 assistant 6 representative
3 What is your company?
Exercise 4 Exercise 5
3  an  4  a  5  a  6  an  7  an  8  a
a  3  b  2  c  1
Exercise 5
1 an engineer 3 a sales representative Business communication
2 an IT technician 4 a finance director
Exercise 1
1 a 3  b  2  c  4  d  1
Business communication 2 a 3  b  1  c  4  d  2
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1 a 3  b  1  c  2
1 speaking 5 It’s
2 a 1  b  3  c  2
2 there 6 in the office
3 a 3  b  2  c  1
3 One moment 7 out
4 that
Exercise 2
1 Good 5 this is
Exercise 3
2 I’m 6 too
1 speak 3 One
3 surname 7 See you
2 of course 4 OK, thanks
4 Are 8 meeting

Practically speaking Practically speaking

1  c  2  d  3  a  4  b
1  K  2  E / T   3  T / E   4  N / X   5  X / N   6  Y  7  U

Language at work Language at work

Exercise 1
Exercise 1 1 isn’t 4 ’s
1  ’m  2  are  3  ’m  4  are
2 ’s 5 ’s
3 isn’t 6 isn’t
Exercise 2
1  ’re  2  ’m not   3  ’m  4  ’re not
Exercise 2
1  b  2  c  3  a
Exercise 3
1  am  2  Are  3  ’m not
Exercise 3
1  b  2  a  3  b  4  b  5  a  6  b  7  b  8  a
Exercise 4
1  Are  2  am  3  ’m not
Exercise 4
1  Is  2  is  3  isn’ t   4  ’s  5  Is  6  isn’t  7  ’s  8  isn’t  9  ’s  
Exercise 5
10  Is  11  isn’t  12  ’s
1  a  2  b  3  b  4  a  5  b  6  a

Unit 2
Working with words
Exercise 1
1 Samsung 3 company
2 South Korea 4 office

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1 What’s 4 Where are
2 Where are 5 Who’s
Working with words 3 What’s
Exercise 1
5
R E C
2
E P T I O N Unit 4
E 4
C A R P A R K 6
O Working with words
C A F Z A 3
F L T F Exercise 1
D Y E O T A O A F 1 sell 4 manage
2 meet 5 have
E M T T U C D X I 3 work 6 live

H N E O F T T O C Exercise 2
1 live 4 have
W
1
A R E H O U S E 2 work 5 manage
0 R I A W R E C E 3 sell 6 meet

N F A C T Y W H I Exercise 3
1  d  2  f  3  a  4  c  5  e  6  b

Exercise 2 Exercise 4
1  c  2  a  3  b 1 companies 5 departments
2 customers 6 countries
Exercise 3 3 people 7 employees
2 an old factory 4 offices 8 factories
3 a good cafeteria
4 a big car park
5 a small warehouse
Business communication
Exercise 1
Business communication 1  R  2  C  3  C  4  R  5  R  6  R

Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1 Thanks 3 Please Part 1
2 Here 4 All a  2  b  5  c  1  d  3  e  4  f  6
Part 2
Exercise 2 g  1  h  3  i  7  j  2  k  6  l  4  m  5
1 Dear 3 Can you
2 I’m writing 4 Best Exercise 3
1 Can I take a message?
Exercise 3 2
1  c  2  a  3  e  4  b  5  d A I’m calling about
B Can you repeat that?
Exercise 4 3
2 Thank you 4 Please find A Please call me back as soon as possible.
3 Can you 5 wishes (or regards) B So that’s
B I’ll give Claudia your message.
Practically speaking
1  a  2  c  3  b Practically speaking
1 are 4 are
Language at work 2 ’s 5 ’s
3 ’s 6 are
Exercise 1
1 ’re / are 5 Are Language at work
2 aren’t 6 aren’t
3 ’re / are 7 Are Exercise 1
4 aren’t 8 are 1 I work 5 I work
2 don’t live 6 I manage
Exercise 2 3 I live 7 They don’t sell
1 I’m are a manager. 4 We have 8 They meet
2 Are is you an IT technician?
3 Yes, he is are. Exercise 2
4 No, they aren’t isn’t. 2 Do you work in Finance? No, we don’t.
3 Do they have factories in Germany? Yes, they do.
Exercise 3 4 Do they manage people? No, they don’t.
1  d  2  c  3  f  4  a  5  b  6  e
Exercise 3
1  c  2  e  3  f  4  a  5  b  6  d
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Exercise 4 Exercise 4
1 What do you do? 1 Do 4 Do
2 Who do you work for? 2 does 5 do
3 Where do they live? 3 does 6 Does
4 Who do you work for?
5 What do they do?
Unit 6
Unit 5 Working with words
Working with words Exercise 1
1 ice cream 5 cheese sandwich
Exercise 1 2 steak and fries 6 tea
1  c  2  d  3  b  4  e  5  a 3 mineral water 7 salad
4 chocolate cake 8 orange juice
Exercise 2
1 make 5 design Exercise 2
2 sell 6 buy 1 can I help you 5 I’d like
3 have 7 build 2 would you like 6 that’s
4 order 3 I’d like 7 That’s
4 can I have
Exercise 3
1 American 5 Italian Exercise 3
2 Brazil 6 India 1 What food do you like?
3 Chinese 7 Japanese 2 I like steak and fries.
4 England 8 Mexico 3 I don’t like Mexican food.
4 I don’t like rice, but I like pasta. / I like rice, but I don’t like pasta.
Business communication 5 Do you like Japanese food?
6 I like Chinese food.
Exercise 1
1 Can I help you? Business communication
2 Do you have the item number?
3 How many would you like? Exercise 1
4 What’s the price? 1 a 5  b  3  c  1  d  6  e  4  f  2
5 Does that include delivery? 2 a 3  b  5  c  2  d  4  e  1
6 Can you confirm my order by email?
Exercise 2
Exercise 2 1 Would you like to have dinner on Tuesday?
a  4  b  5  c  3  d  6  e  1  f  2 2 What time can you meet?
3 Do you want to play tennis on Wednesday?
Exercise 3 4 Is two thirty OK?
1 help 5 want 5 What day can you play?
2 order 6 include
3 have 7 confirm Exercise 3
4 like 8 email a  4  b  5  c  1  d  2  e  3

Practically speaking Practically speaking

1 60,000,000 3 365
2 53,000 4 11 Exercise 1
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Language at work
Exercise 2
Exercise 1 1  d  2  c  3  e  4  a  5  b
1 exports 5 doesn’t buy
2 sells 6 doesn’t build Language at work
3 builds 7 has
4 doesn’t import Exercise 1
2 She can’t cook.
Exercise 2 3 They can’t run a marathon.
1 sells 4 deliver 4 I can play a musical instrument.
2 sell 5 doesn’t have 5 He can play tennis.
3 designs 6 don’t make
Exercise 2
Exercise 3 2 Can he cook Indian food?
1 A Does Toyota make cars? No, he can’t.
B  Yes, it does. 3 Can she play the guitar?
2 A Does Apple deliver food? No, she can’t.
B  No, it doesn’t. 4 Can she speak other languages?
3 A Does Walmart sell food and clothes? Yes, she can.
B  Yes, it does.
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1  can’t  2  Can he   3  can’t  4  Can you   5  can’t
Unit 8
Exercise 4 Working with words
1 What sports can you play?
2 What languages can she speak? Exercise 1
3 What types of food can Simon cook? 1  d  2  e  3  b  4  f  5  a  6  g  7  c
4 What musical instrument can they play?
Exercise 2
Exercise 5 1 terminal 5 passport
a  3  b  4  c  2  d  1 2 receipt 6 boarding gate
3 e-ticket 7 flight
4 bag
Unit 7
Exercise 3
1 have 5 arrive
Working with words 2 go 6 want
Exercise 1 3 want 7 leaves
1 laptop 4 projector 4 take 8 check in
2 webcam 5 printer
3 headset Business communication
Exercise 2 Exercise 1
1 webcam 3 USB stick 1 I’d like to arrange
2 smartphone 4 computer 2 Can we meet on
3 I can’t meet
Exercise 3 4 we arrange a new date and time
1 Click 4 save 5 is fine for me
2 enter 5 connect
3 Download 6 Print Exercise 2
1 I’d like to arrange a meeting.
Business communication 2 I’m sorry, I can’t meet at 2 p.m.
3 Are you free on Monday at 3.30 p.m.? / Are you free at 3.30 p.m.
Exercise 1 on Monday?
a What d Is 4 13th April is fine for me.
b How e Does
c Do f Where Exercise 3
a  2  b  6  c  1  d  5  e  3  f  4
Exercise 2
1  a  2  b  3  d  4  f  5  e  6  c Practically speaking
1  e  2  d  3  b  4  a  5  c
Exercise 3
1  First  2  Then  3  Next  4  need
Language at work
Exercise 4
1  b  2  a  3  b  4  a  5  b
Exercise 1
1 was 4 wasn’t
2 wasn’t 5 weren’t
Practically speaking 3 were 6 was
1  That  2  These  3  Those  4  This
Exercise 2
Language at work 2 Were they busy yesterday?
No, they weren’t.
Exercise 1 3 Was he there last week?
1  my  2  your  3  our  4  his  5  her  6  their  7  its No, he wasn’t.
4 Was the city quiet last night?
Exercise 2 Yes, it was.
1  your  2  My  3  My  4  It’s  5  Her  6  He’s  7  Our  8  They
Exercise 3
Exercise 3 1  Were  2  wasn’t  3  was  4  was  5  was  6  weren’t  
1 Is this Mike’s headset? 7  Were  8  wasn’t  9  was
2 Juliette and Medhat’s office is here.
3 Rosa’s computer is on, so she’s here. Exercise 4
4 Where is Remi, Sultan, and Ricardo’s meeting today? 1 Where were you last Monday?
2 When were they in Santiago?
Exercise 4 3 How long was she in Dubai?
1 His name is Mike. 4 How was your business trip?
2 Is this my new mobile?
3 Hello. This is Nigel’s voicemail. Exercise 5
4 The printer is old and it’s slow. a  4  b  1  c  3  d  2
5 Their office is there and our office is here.

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