For

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students
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companion BOOKLET B2
ANSWER KEY

Unit 1 C C
1 has been painting 1 globalisation
Vocabulary 2 haven’t affected 2 imports
A 3 have seen 3 potential
1c 2l 3a 4b 5k 6i 7g 4 Have you been writing 4 chain
8d 9e 10h 11j 12f 5 has been working 5 source
6 have just heard 6 waterway
B 7 Have you ever been 7 boundary
1 responsibility 8 has been painting 8 transfer
2 fear 9 founded
3 anxiety D 10 aspect
4 amazement 1 John has gone to the physics
5 excess lecture. D
6 pride 2 They have been learning about 1 civilisation 6 belief
7 starvation calligraphy. 2 honesty 7 universal
8 stress 3 Stan has been a cultural am- 3 similar 8 responsibility
bassador for his country for 4 fairness 9 efficient
C years. 5 impression 10 extensive
1 facial expression 4 Have you ever felt claustropho-
2 posture bic? Grammar
3 body language 5 Why has Kelly gone out so ear- A
4 nervous system ly? 1 did your lecture finish
5 mind 6 They haven’t been studying 2 didn’t have
6 speech neuroscience for very long. 3 weren’t waiting
7 muscle 7 I have never had the ability to 4 was sitting
8 ethnicity write with my left hand. 5 was studying
9 gene 8 Has she been playing computer 6 required
10 left-handed games all morning? 7 weren’t
8 found
D 9 ordered
Use your English Exam Task
1 process 10 took
1A 2D 3B 4A 5C 6D
2 joy 11 were working
3 over-rated 7A 8B 9B 10D 11A 12C
4 proud B
5 trait Unit 2 1 used to 5 didn’t use to
6 irrational 2 would 6 would
7 cheat Vocabulary 3 use 7 Would
8 experience A 4 call 8 like
1 sum 6 spring
Grammar 2 give 7 catch C
A 3 call 8 back 1 has been
1a 2a 3b 4b 5b 4 for 9 in 2 closed
5 up 10 date 3 Have you ever looked up
6a 7a 8b 9a 10b
4 Did he cancel
B B 5 has never visited
1d 2a 3g 4b 5e 6h 7f 8c 1c 2f 3d 4a 5h 6b 7e 8g 6 went

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 7 have read Grammar 5 dweller
8 hasn’t started A 6 function
1 had been gossiping 7 squatter
D 2 had just found 8 rural
1a 2b 3c 4a 5a 6b 7b 8c 3 had been waiting 9 expansion
4 Had you mentioned 10 estimate
Use your English Exam Task 5 had they been living
1 was 6 hadn’t worked Grammar
2 back 7 hadn’t got A
3 It 8 had defeated 1a 2b 3a 4c 5a 6c 7b 8a
4 would
5 for B B
6 to 1 made Students’ own answers
7 did 2 had barricaded
C
8 themselves 3 didn’t survive
1 are / is
9 up 4 had been monitoring
2 looks / look
10 was 5 hadn’t revealed
3 is / is
11 the 6 guaranteed
4 feel / feels
12 across / by / over 7 circulated
5 pollutes / pollute
8 had stolen
6 isn’t / isn’t
Unit 3 C 7 wakes / wake
1 had already become 8 tend / tend
Vocabulary
2 had been in bed for
A D
3 for a long time
1a 2b 3b 4a 5a 6b 7b 8a 1 bar
4 had dinner before
2 little
B 5 had just begun
3 much
1 victorious 6 had started working
4 packet
2 notorious 7 not read the book since
5 many
3 influential 8 by the time
6 experience
4 stylish 7 hair
5 attractive Use your English Exam Task
8 Is
6 gifted 1 entertainment
7 qualified 2 glamorous Use your English Exam Task
8 accomplished 3 inspiration 1 will have run out
9 scandalous 4 musician 2 little interest
10 private 5 aristocratic 3 on a regular
11 dutiful 6 convinced 4 will have been working
12 arrogant 7 location 5 up to a
8 access 6 hangs out
C 9 gifted 7 is his favourite
1 celebrity 10 massive 8 is not much entertainment / is
2 household name not much to do
3 commit suicide Unit 4
4 burial place Unit 5
5 social networking Vocabulary
6 man-made A Vocabulary
7 cosmonaut 1 rent 6 density A
8 defeat 2 petrol 7 estimated 1b 2g 3e 4c 5h 6a 7f 8d
3 roof 8 home
D B
4 cease 9 industrial
Across 1 supply
5 layer 10 thrive
4 FORWARD 2 camera
8 ASTONISHMENT B 3 machine
10 ELDERS 1b 2e 3j 4i 5h 4 affairs
11 HEIR 6d 7g 8c 9f 10a 5 elements
6 face
Down C 7 software
1 GOSSIP 1g 2a 3h 4b 5f 6d 7e 8c 8 features
2 EAR
3 INSTRUMENT D C
5 VANISHED 1 landlady 1 sophisticated
6 RECORD 2 settlement 2 precise
7 STARS 3 roof 3 disoriented
9 WORSE 4 pavement 4 remote

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 5 complicated 5 concerned 6 and
6 revolutionary 6 trust 7 up
7 initial 7 restless 8 that
8 forbidden 8 attraction 9 getting
9 emit 10 they
10 disabled C 11 better
11 aggressive 1 feel up to 12 over
12 consequently 2 head out
3 pay off
Unit 7
D 4 turn down
1 limb 5 irrelevant 5 sit back
Vocabulary
2 lecture 6 repair 6 show up
7 run into A
3 degrade 7 update 1b 2h 3g 4a 5e 6c 7f 8d
4 proof 8 artificial 8 get together

D B
Grammar 1 trial
1a 2c 3a 4b 5c 6b
A 2 arson
7a 8c 9a 10b 11b 12c
1b 2a 3b 4b 5a 6a 7b 8b 3 culprit
Grammar 4 ransom
B 5 put away
1 You may go out when you finish A
1 getting 6 to earn 6 loaded
your revision. 7 victim
2 That can’t be Stuart because 2 eat 7 winning
3 to do 8 cooking 8 indifferent
he’s a lot taller than that.
3 She needn’t walk home in the 4 Training 9 drinking C
rain as she can get the bus. 5 going 10 leave 1 jury
4 Our teacher ought to explain B 2 offence
the equations more clearly. 1 stopped 3 defence
5 I have to buy a new laptop that 2 remember 4 punish
has more memory. 3 to 5 reoffend
6 You really shouldn’t miss so 4 can 6 confess
many of Dr Patel’s lectures. 5 Watching 7 bring to justice
7 That must be Jack in his new 6 intend 8 accuse
sports car. 7 running
8 Could I trouble you for the D
8 stops Across
time?
C 3 VANDALISM
C 1 tell me where the library is 5 ELIGIBLE
1 needn’t have bought 2 you know what the time is / you 7 INNOCENT
2 could have done could tell me the time / you 9 PICKPOCKETING
3 must have lost could tell me what the time is 10 JUVENILE
4 shouldn’t have spoken 3 you know when the match kicks
5 ought to have gone Down
off 1 DENIED
6 can’t have arrived 4 you know how many people the
7 would have ordered 2 HARSH
stadium seats 4 FINANCIAL
8 might have gone away 5 mind telling me where the near- 6 VERDICT
D est taxi rank is 8 WEAPON
Students’ own answers 6 to know if / whether the golf
course has opened yet Grammar
Use your English Exam Task 7 you tell me why you are here A
1A 2B 3C 4A 5A 6D 7B 8 like to know what you enjoyed 1 were arrested
8D 9D 10C 11A 12A about the film 2 is being mugged
D 3 Have the students been pun-
Unit 6 1 shall 5 will ished
2 won’t 6 they 4 isn’t being investigated
Vocabulary 3 aren’t 7 Didn’t 5 can be held
A 4 hadn’t 8 Isn’t 6 will be caught
1h 2a 3e 4b 5g 6d 7c 8f 7 had already been carried out
Use your English Exam Task 8 is now believed
B 1 would
1 relevant 2 part B
2 awe 3 to 1 The authorities must be in-
3 radical 4 in formed.
4 charity 5 doing / trying 2 The criminals will be tried in May.

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 3 I object to being told where to 9 shellfish C
sit. 10 carbon dioxide 1 income
4 His house was broken into. 2 qualifications
5 It is thought that the sentence D 3 unemployed
was unfair. / The sentence is 1a 2a 3a 4b 5b 6b 7a 8b 4 attitude
thought to have been unfair. 5 neat
6 More evidence has been uncov- Grammar 6 founder
ered. A 7 workforce
7 Were all the laptops stolen? 1c 2h 3f 4a 5g 6b 7d 8e 8 client
8 The law shouldn’t be broken by 9 opening
anybody. B 10 co-worker
1 will 5 not 11 commute
C 2 if 6 unless 12 critical
1 We have had our possessions 3 have 7 had
insured. 4 would 8 were D
2 The officer had the suspect 1 counsellor
searched. C 2 apprentice
3 The boss was having all the files 1 wouldn’t be 3 salesperson
checked. 2 would have 4 receptionist
4 She is going to have her car fit- 3 didn’t pollute / hadn’t polluted 5 cashier
ted with an alarm. 4 hadn’t taken 6 candidate
5 They have not had his criminal 5 would people exist 7 janitor
record checked yet. 6 hadn’t installed 8 butcher
6 The witness had her statement 7 would feel 9 craftsman
taken. 8 we would be trapped 10 accountant
7 Did you have your account 11 lifeguard
hacked? D 12 graduate
8 The school should have had him 1 Provided
arrested for stealing. 2 Supposing Grammar
3 on A
Use your English Exam Task 4 Unless 1 Terry is the new accountant
1 legally 5 as who / that works in the finance
2 guardian 6 if department. / Terry, who is the
3 violence 7 Providing new accountant, works in the
4 vandalism 8 otherwise finance department.
5 approval 2 Tina Jones, who was an appren-
6 punishment Use your English Exam Task tice here, is the candidate we
7 offenders 1 unless carbon dioxide emissions liked best.
8 robbery are 3 This is the cover that / which is
2 long as the most affordable.
Unit 8 3 on condition that we 4 Let me introduce you to Betty
4 accounts for whose assistant you will be
Vocabulary 5 were wiped out / died out replacing.
A 6 whip up (any) 5 London, (which is) where I had
1 breezy 7 had not happened my first job, is my favourite city.
2 moist 8 blew over and 6 He works in the bank where I
3 meteorological work too.
4 torrential Unit 9 7 Mrs Evans was born in 1969,
5 extinct when Neil Armstrong and Buzz
6 coastal Vocabulary Aldrin walked on the moon. /
7 pessimistic A Mrs Evans was born in 1969,
8 recycled 1k 2a 3h 4c 5l 6b 7j which was the year (that) Neil
8e 9d 10g 11f 12i Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
B walked on the moon.
1a 2b 3b 4a 5c 6a 7a 8b B 8 The reason (why / that) she
1 of moved to London was to get a
C 2 the job.
1 natural gas / resource 3 up
2 crude oil 4 on B
3 greenhouse effect 5 off 1 Given
4 rainfall 6 in / out 2 Having
5 global warming 7 down 3 saving
6 natural resource / gas 8 bearer 4 Speaking
7 exhaust fumes 9 tick 5 looking
8 wind turbine 10 on 6 stolen
4

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 7 disappointed 5 apologised for D
8 Faced 6 reminded me to wake up 1 quay
7 admitted stealing 2 shuttle
C 8 asked her class to hand in 3 roamed
Students’ own answers 4 cove
C 5 grounded
D
1 for 5 to 6 runway
1b 2b 3a 4a 5b 6a 7b 8a
2 cheating 6 about 7 scared
Use your English Exam Task 3 that 7 that 8 pretty
1A 2C 3C 4A 5D 4 to 8 of
Grammar
6A 7B 8D 9B 10D
D A
1 if she could take notes for her 1 more 5 of
Unit 10 that morning in the lecture. 2 than 6 more
2 Sandra that she wasn’t going 3 as 7 such
Vocabulary 4 most 8 so
to the lecture as she had a
A
doctor’s appointment.
1 paralysed B
3 them to be quiet.
2 disability Students’ own answers
4 them if they wanted to
3 quadriplegic
accompany him to the lecture. /
4 disease C
the girls if they wanted to
5 substance 1 At first we felt rather hungry,
accompany him to the lecture.
6 partnership but after a few hours we were
5 that they wouldn’t be at the
7 specialise starving.
lecture. 2 The day was cold, but the sea
8 launch
6 take notes for them. was absolutely freezing. / The
B 7 that he had taken notes for sea was cold, but the day was
1 looking 5 picked them the week before. absolutely freezing.
2 figure 6 brush 8 Kelly that Jack was right. 3 They stayed in a beautiful
3 dropped 7 go brown wooden lodge.
Use your English Exam Task
4 breezed 8 hand 4 She bought a wonderful old red
1 where
2 why silk scarf.
C
3 who 5 The sight was so stunning that
1c 2b 3c 4c 5a 6c 7b 8a
4 told it took my breath away.
D 5 that 6 I can’t find my expensive blue
1 spinal cord 6 if / whether swim suit.
2 civil engineering 7 they Use your English Exam Task
3 lifespan 8 not 1 declare
4 exchange programme 9 that 2 virtually
5 scholarship 10 on 3 departure
6 guide dog 11 being 4 furious
7 foster home 12 us 5 foolish
8 eyesight 6 distressed
9 deadline Unit 11 7 immensely
10 wheelchair 8 stunning
11 class register Vocabulary
12 laser pointer A Unit 12
1b 2a 3a 4b 5b 6a 7a 8a
Grammar Vocabulary
A B A
1 told 1 baggage 1 tasty / tasteless
2 day before 2 hostel 2 crunchy
3 whether 3 shade 3 bitter
4 said 4 customs 4 reasonable
5 if 5 souvenirs 5 fatal
6 to stop 6 board 6 plentiful
7 were 7 rank 7 abundant
8 if 8 shutters 8 balanced
9 lounge
B 10 insights B
1 would hand back the reports 11 tortoise 1 grasshopper
the next 12 flight 2 first-aid kit
2 asked me if I liked the 3 chicken pox
3 told his class not to spill C 4 hot water bottle
4 advised me to enrol 1c 2h 3a 4g 5f 6b 7e 8d 5 cockroach
5

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 6 seaweed B 5 are 8 once
7 contact lenses 1 would take 6 Seldom 9 Had
8 termite mound 2 hadn’t walked 7 only 10 then
3 include
C 4 working Use your English Exam Task
1a 2c 3c 4a 5b 6b 7a 8c 5 stopped 1 only works out, but also
6 hadn’t eaten 2 under no circumstances must she
D 3 little did he know
7 become
1b 2a 3b 4b 5b 6b 7a 8a 4 had better see a doctor
8 to skip
5 high time you phoned
Grammar C 6 no sooner had we got
A 1 sooner 3 Under 7 once did the doctor give
1c 2g 3a 4b 5h 6d 7f 8e 2 get 4 Little 8 if only

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