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American English File 4

Workbook Answer key

File 5C

1 Grammar
b 1. …he was leaving on Wednesday.
2. …she’d never been to Japan.
3. …the play wouldn’t start on time.
4. …where the bus station was.
5. …if we had done the homework.
6. …what time the show started.
7. …not to tell anybody.
8. …me to close the window.

c 2. promised to give me back.

3. 9
4. encouraged me to go.
5. recommended visiting.
6. threatened to give
7. 9
8. accused him of not telling

d 2. advised him not to leave

3. suggested going
4. offered to make
5. warned us not to park
6. apologized for being
7. invited her to stay
8. insisted on going

2 Pronunciation
a 2. convince 3. offer 4. insist 5. promise
6. remind 7. deny 8. threaten

b 2. refuse 3. advise 4. invite 5. persuade

6. accuse 7. regret 8. agree
3 Vocabulary

a 2. critics 3. anchor 4. commentator

5. reporter 6. editor 7. press
8. freelance journalist

b 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. e 5. f 6. c

c 1. spat 2. wed 3. quit 4. back 5. hit 6. ban

Mini Grammar
1. f 2. e 3. g 4. h 5. d 6. b 7. c 8. a

Phrasal Verbs in Context

1. up 2. on 3. up 4. down 5. down

Listening
a 1. Wednesday 2. Monday 3. Tuesday
b 1. b 2. c 3. a

Colloquial English

1 The Interview
1. way 2. around 3. except 4. takes 5. out 6. mean

2 On the Street
1. a ton of 2. a lot of fun 3. laid-back 4. hang out

3 Reading
a listen to music, dance, see art displays, and watch circus performers.

B 1. a California desert near Palm Springs

2. car or train
3. 3 days
4. famous musicians and “indie” bands
5. tents, sleeping bags, and “VIP camping” tents
6. about 60,000
7. in 1999 and since 2001
8. $90 for one day, $269 for three days
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American English File 4
Workbook Answer key

File 6A

1 Reading
a 1. D 2. E 3. C 4. B 5. A
b 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. a

2 Grammar
a 2. going to bed
3. 9
4. animals
5. 9
6. Women, men
7. Next week
8. a new motorcycle

b 2. the 3. a 4. - 5. - 6. - 7. the 8. The

c 1. - 2. the 3. The 4. - 5. - 6. -
7. The, the, the 8. The, the

3 Pronunciation
a /ðə/ 3, 4, 5
/ði/ 2, 6

4 Vocabulary
a 2. quiet 3. butter 4. breakfast 5. fork
6. later 7. less 8. nothing

b 2. out 3. take 4. downs 5. order 6. sound

Listening
a He was the first person to go into space.
He died in a plane crash in 1968.

b 1. village
2. test pilot
3. 19
4. quick reactions
5. 1961
6. 27
7. 108 minutes
8. (approximately) 7 kilometers
9. celebrity
10. director
11. killed
12. burried

File 6B

1 Reading
a 1. C 2. E 3. B 4. D 5. A

b 2. DS 3. DS 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. DS 8. T

c 2. gave up 3. missed out 4. goes through

5. going on 6. jumped at the chance
7. changed my mind 8. sums up

2 Vocabulary
a 2. cable car
3. pedestrian mall
4. concert hall
5. old town
6. baseball stadium
7. bicycle lane
8. taxi stand

b. 1. poverty 2. traffic jams

3. pollution 4. beggars
5. slums 6. overcrowding
7. homeless 8. sights

c 2. run-down 3. industrial
4. provincial 5. vibrant
6. polluted
3 Pronunciation
a 2. provincial 3. majority 4. adolescent 5. perform

4 Grammar
a 2. bad health
3. some new furniture
4. some advice
5. some toast
6. a piece of luggage
7. some new clothes
8. a pair of pajamas

b 2. are 3. is 4. are 5. are 6. is 7. is 8. is 9. is 10. is

Mini Grammar
2. going to have my jacket fixed / having my jacket fixed
3. has his hair cut
4. have just had my car repaired
5. have my carpets cleaned
6. having a wall built
7. has his apartment cleaned
8. having our kitchen remodeled

Listening
a A3 B2 C1

b 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A

File 6C

1 Grammar
a 2. Everybody was 3. Everything 4. 9 5. All men
6. 9 7. Most people 8. Every room

b 2. no 3. None 4. any 5. none

6. no 7. Any

c 2. Neither 3. either 4. nor 5. Both

6. both 7. Netiher

2 Reading
a It’s a rolling suitcase and a ride-on toy.

b 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. c
3 Vocabulary
a 2. chemical 3. biology 4. genetic 5. Physics 6. geologist

b 1. c/d 2. e 3. b 4. a 5. f 6. d/c

c 2. invented a machine
3. made. … discovery
4. did an experiment
5. prove … theory
6. done research

4 Pronunciation
a 2. same syllable 3. different syllable
4. same syllable 5. same syllable
6. same syllable 7. different syllable
8. different syllable

Phrasal Verbs in Context

1. think 2. come 3. ran 4. crashed 5. hurry

Listening
a D, E, C, B, A, F

Colloquial English

1 The Interview
1. story 2. way 3. question 4. work 5. guess

2 On the Street
1. time 2. all 3. chance 4. would 5. neat

3 Reading
a a Segway is a personal transportation device

b 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. T
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Workbook Answer key

File 7A

1 Grammar
a 2. were 3. lived 4. would hang up 5. wouldn’t borrow
6. had 7. could afford 8. wouldn’t watch

b 2. … wouldn’t use my computer.

3. … would help with the housework.
4. … didn’t have to go to work tomorrow.
5. … wouldn’t call me everyday.
6. … earned more money.
7. … wouldn’t / didn’t work on weekends.
8. … wouldn’t shout all the time

2 Vocabulary
a 2. stressful 3. terrified 4. amused 5. tiring
6. exhausted 7. scary 8. depressing

b 2. shocked 3. impressive 4. irritating 5. exciting

6. worried 7. delightful 8. disappointed

3 Reading
a 1. D 2. E 3. A 4. B 5. C

b 2. more straightforward
3. underlying problems
4. got on their nerves
5. constant reassurance
6. as well as
7. wreck a relationship
8. repeated exposure

c 2. constant repetition and repeated exposure

3. because repeated contact increases sensitivity
4. demanding constant reassurance about clothing
5. refusal to clean the bathroom or make the bed
6. arguments over minor incidents
4 Grammar
2. hadn’t eaten 3. had set
4. hadn’t spent 5. had gotten
6. hadn’t watched 7. had taken
8. hadn’t lent

5 Pronunciation
a 2. annoyed 3. worried 4. frustrated
5. stressed 6. amusing 7. thrilling
8. offended

6 Vocabulary
2. go far 3. go with
4. go without 5. went back on
6. gone wrong 7. going over
8. going on

Listening
A unwell F. critical M, selfish D, helpful M,
You don’t need to use stubborn or insincere.

File 7B

1 Reading
a 3

b 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F

2 Vocabulary
a 2. markets 3. imports 4. exports 5. expanding
6. launch 7. become 8. take over

b. 2. does 3. made 4. doing 5. make

6. make 7. doing 8. made

c Across: 2.. multinational, 4. cold, 6. branch, 7. advertise, 8. import

Down: 1. coworker, 3. logo, 4. client, 5. chain

3 Pronunciation
a 2. convert, V
3. project, N
4. produce, N
5. progress, N
6. reject, V
7. record, V
8. object, V
4 Mini Grammar
2. Whichever 3. whatever 4. whenevr
5. Whoever 6. however

5 Grammar
a 2. to
3. even thoug
4. in order to
5. so as not to
6. in spite of
7. despite
8. so that

b 2. … in spite of the fact that they don’t do any marketing

3. .. so that they would sell more precuts.
4. … so as not to miss my train.
5. … although I was late.

Listening
a Speaker 1 jeans / clothes
Speaker 2 coffee
Speaker 3 car

b A. 2 B. 1 C. 3 D. 1 E. 3 F. 2

File 7C

1 Grammar
b 2. that / which 3. whose 4. who
5. where 6. that 7. who / that

You can leave out the relative pronouns in sentence 6.

c 2. The company I work for is an advertising agenxy.

3. The woman I was speaking to is my boss.
4. One of the people I work with is a part-time model.
5. The house they live in is nearly a hundred years old.
6. Her boyfriend is the only person she can turn to.

d 2. who 3. which 4. which

5. who 6. which 7. which

You can’t use that in any of the sentences.

2 Reading
a 1. C 2. E 3. D 4. A 5. B

b True: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7

3 Vocabulary
a 2. undercooked 3. autobiography
4. semifinals 5. postgraduate
6. misspell 7. oversleep
8. microwave

b 2. antisocial 3. precooked 4. bilingual

5. misunderstood 6. multitasking

4 Pronunciation
a 2. antibiotics 3. postimpressionist
4. ex-smoker 5. monosyllable
6. redecorate 7. autograph
8. mispronounce

The main stress is on the prefix in 5 and 7.

Phrasal Verbs in Context

1. pick 2. take 3. going 4. ended

Listening
a easier to learn, makes all speakers equal, can help with learning other languages

b 1. 1.6 million 2. 19th century 3. wars

4. too difficult 5. equal 6. 23
7. spelling 8. ten times 9. Chinese
10. 90 11. Bulgaria 12. other languages

Colloquial English

1 The Interview
1. right 2. keep 3. number 4. time 5. attention 6. wrong

2 On the Street
1. stuff 2. go 3. do 4. sense 5. worldwide
3 Reading
a 1. cybercriminals, crackers, scammers
2. bolgfade, blogover
3. tanorexia, yogaerxia
4. baiji, climate, canary

b 1. climate, canary
2. blogover
3. scammers
4. tanorexia
5. baiji
6. yoagerxia
7. crackers
8. blogfade