ANSWER KEY speakout Upper Intermediate

ANSWER KEY
Unit 1 Beginnings Unit 7 Media
Ex 1: correct words: 1 have lived 2 annoy 3 What Ex 1: correct words: 1 quite 2 normally 3 go on 4 find out
4 annoying 5 going on 6 interviewing
Ex 2: 1E 2A 3F 4D 5G 6B 7C Ex 2: 1E, F 2B, E 3D 4 A, C, F
Ex 3: 1A, C 2D, E 3B Ex 3: 1D 2C 3B 4F 5A 6E
Ex 4: smoking, being insensitive, making a lot of noise, being Ex 4: 1 laptop 2 latest headlines 3 real time 4 sources
messy, being untidy, being dirty, not clearing up after 5 media 6 have to pay 7 messages 8 the news
cooking a meal, leaving the washing up 9 correct
Ex 5: 1 not fussed 2 got on really well 3 get my own back Ex 5: 1T 2T 3T 4F 5F
4 can’t stand 5 a big deal 6 stuff Ex 6: 1 there are occasions when 2 hound celebrities
3 the extent to which 4 scare 5 a great deal of
Unit 2 Issues anxiety 6 flimsy
Ex 1: 1 living 2 quite 3 talking 4 happiness 5 think
Ex 2: 1C 2E 3G 4A 5D 6B 7F Unit 8 Behaviour
Ex 3A: hearing your child laugh, love, contentment, feeling at Ex 1: 1 can 2 at 3 behave 4 anti-social 5 get on my nerves
ease with other people, security, having a stable family, 6 behaviour
a nurturing environment, health, friends Ex 2: 1F 2A 3E 4D 5B 6C
Ex 3B: 1 friends, health 2 Security, feeling at ease with other Ex 3: 1F 2T 3F 4T
people 3 Love, a nurturing environment Ex 4: 1C 2E 3A 4D 5B
Ex 4: AT, BF, CF, DT, ET Ex 5: 1 intolerant 2 anti-social 3 appreciate 4 attitude
Ex 5: 1 richer, more 2 undoubtedly, strong 3 think, 5 suppose 6 tolerant 7 walk away 8 polite
disadvantaged 4 stop, short 9 conscience 10 whatever
Ex 6: 1 much 2 important 3 enjoy 4 contentment 5 makes
6 enhance 7 brighten 8 mood Unit 9 Trouble
Ex 1: correct words: 1 many 2 minor 3 worry 4 really
Unit 3 Downtime 5 How 6 phobias
Ex 1: 1 enjoy 2 free 3 music 4 internationally 5 concerts Ex 2: 1B, C 2F 3A 4G 5E 6I 7H 8C, D
6 free Ex 3: Marie: 1F 2F Gemma: 1T 2F Hannah: 1T 2F Chloe:
Ex 2: 1F 2E 3G 4A 5B 6H 7C 8D 1F 2F Chris: 1F 2T
Ex 3: AF, BT, CT, DF, ET, FF Ex 4: 1 liked or loved 2 agoraphobia 3 claustrophobia
Ex 4: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 4 trapped in a small space
Ex 5: 1 addicted 2 really into 3 exercise a lot 4 I watch the Ex 5: 1 don’t really like 2 being scared of 3 have a real fear
news online 5 getting together of 4 have a slight fear of 5 don’t like 6 scared of
7 phobia 8 a scary experience 9 a very strange fear of
Unit 4 Stories
Ex 1: correct words: 1 read 2 politics 3 poetry 4 reading Unit 10 Culture
5 read much Ex 1: correct words: 1 enjoy 2 dance 3 exhibitions 4 ones
Ex 2: 1 much, possible 2 reader 3 non-fiction 4 magazines 5 the Arts 6 enjoy
5 fair 6 comic Ex 2: photography, theatre, visual arts, painting, sketches,
Ex 3: 1E 2A 3D 4C 5B illustration, sculpture, literature, dance, music,
Ex 4: 1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 6F contemporary art, drawing, graphic art
Ex 5: 1B 2E 3A 4D 5C Ex 3: 1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T
Ex 6: 2 by 3 recommended 4 heard of 5 about 6 of all Ex 4: 1C 2E 3A 4D 5F 6B
time 7 called 8 traces 9 called 10 author 11 it’s set Ex 5: 1 particularly like 2 very much enjoy 3 really enjoy
12 It’s about 4 enjoy 5 Particularly 6 love 7 enjoy

Unit 5 Ideas
Ex 1: 1 shops 2 like 3 on impulse 4 on-line 5 delivered
6 shopping 7 items
Ex 2: 1D 2F 3E 4C 5A 6B
Ex 3: food, music, clothes, handbags, antiques
Ex 4: 1T 2T 3F 4T 5F
Ex 5: 1 iPhone, amazing, changed my life - C 2 mobile
phone, emails - B 3 camera, taking a picture - A
Ex 6: 1 joy, joy, you could do it 2 fantasy, Bakery, cakes
3 Arts, creativity
Ex 7: 1a 2a 3b 4a 5b

Unit 6 Age
Ex 1: correct words: 1 excited 2 DJing 3 heart 4 playing
5 find out 6 future
Ex 2: 1B 2F 3D 4C 5E 6A
Ex 3: dying, job interviews, more responsibilities, getting
older, retiring
Ex 4: 1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T 7F
Ex 5: 1 to the full 2 look back on it, very fondly 3 fall to bits
4 your oyster 5 hell on earth

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