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Clothes and shopping

5.1 Shopping p46 2 In the 1990s, rich people couldn’t buy trips into space.
But in 2001 Dennis Tito paid to visit the International
Exercise 2a Space Station.
3 Today you can buy eggs from vending machines in
ANSWERS
Japan. And you can also buy flowers, fruit and umbrellas
1  baker’s  ​2  spend  ​3  newsagent’s  ​4  butcher’s  ​
and many other things.
5  online  ​6  discount  ​7  shopping centre   ​8  return  ​
4 You can buy a bottle of rainwater for $11 these days.
9  sales  ​10  cash
The water comes from the sky, into a bottle and then
Exercise 4b  you drink it. It never touches the ground.
5 You can’t use euros in Norway and Sweden. They use
ANSWERS the Norwegian Krone and the Swedish Krona.
In the 1970s, you went to different shops to buy different 6 People could buy things from machines in 1890. The
things. Shopping took a long time. There were shopping first vending machines were in London in the 1880s and
assistants to help you and to chat to. There was no they sold postcards.
internet shopping. There were no cafes on the high street. 7 In the 1960s, you couldn’t buy petrol at supermarkets.
Today, you can buy everything in a supermarket and They started to sell petrol in the 1970s.
in a shopping centre. But you can’t chat to a shopping 8 You can’t buy clothes online from all the big fashion
assistant or ask for help in the same way. You can buy companies. For example, Chanel don’t sell their clothes
almost anything on the internet. There are a lot of cafes online because they believe customers need to try
on the high street now. everything on.
Exercise 5 GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
ANSWERS Exercise 1
1970s Now 1  Can; I can’t.   2  Can; you can   ​3  Can; I/we can’t   ​
4  Could; I couldn’t  ​5  Could; I could   ​6  Can; she can   ​
Possible talk to people in shop online 7  Can; they can’t   ​8  Could; they couldn’t
shops buy everything at a
buy bread at a supermarket or in a Exercise 2
baker’s, meat shopping centre 1  Could ... send   2  couldn’t buy   ​3  can download   ​
at a butcher’s, buy everything in 4  Can … swim   ​5  Could … use   ​6  can’t live   ​
newspapers at a one shop 7  couldn’t play
newsagent’s
Exercise c
Impossible buy everything in ask for information 1  couldn’t  2  could  ​3  Could  ​4  talk  ​5  travel  ​
one shop chat to the shop 6  could  ​7  can  ​8  could  ​9  can’t  ​10  pay
have a cup of coffee assistant
on the high street
5.2 What is he wearing? p48
Exercise 6 Exercise 2
ANSWERS ANSWERS
1 can 1  b  ​2  d  ​3  a  ​4  c
2 can’t (cannot)
3 could Exercise 3
4 couldn’t (could not) ANSWERS
5 infinitive 1 on feet/hands: socks, gloves
2 outside only: a coat, a hat, a scarf, gloves
Exercise 7a 3 to do sport: shorts, socks, trainers, a T-shirt, a hoodie
ANSWERS 4 in cold weather: a hat, a coat, a scarf, gloves
1  Could  ​2  could  ​3  Can  ​4  Can  ​5  Can  ​6  Could  ​ 5 in hot weather: a hat, a dress, shorts, a T-shirt, a skirt
7  could  ​8  Can 6 to a job interview: a suit, a jacket and trousers, a tie, a
skirt and a top, a dress, shoes
Exercise 9b  7 to exercise: shorts, a T-shirt, socks and trainers, a hoodie
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 5.5 8 to relax: a T-shirt, shorts, jeans, a hoodie, trainers
1 People could buy things online in 1994. The first thing
they could buy was pizza. Exercise 4a
ANSWERS
1  are  ​2  is  ​3  aren’t  ​4  is

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Exercise 5 Exercise 3
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1  are you doing   2  am visiting  ​3  lives  ​4  am staying  ​
1  is/’s wearing  ​2  she’s carrying  ​3  Anita and Paul 5  does your sister do  ​6  works  ​7  are you doing  ​
are having  ​4  Leila and Mike are relaxing; they aren’t 8  am learning  ​9  are you learning  ​10  am waiting  ​
working  ​5  It’s raining 11  is wearing  ​12  (is) talking

Exercise 7b 
5.3 Vocabulary and skills
ANSWERS
a  strong  b  tidy  c  fun  d  peaceful  e  serious development p50
Exercise 8 Exercise 2
ANSWERS ANSWERS
1  boss  ​2  important  ​3  clean  ​4  change  ​5  a strong  ​ 1  D  2  D  3  D
6  try  ​7  learning  ​8  fun Exercise 4
Exercise 9 ANSWERS
ANSWERS 1  man  ​2  sit  ​3  not  ​4  met  ​5  red  ​6  coat
1 sentence b 2 sentence a Exercise 5b 
Exercise 11b  ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 5.13
ANSWERS 1 /æ/ hat, man, stand
1  are you doing  ​2  am I doing  ​3  do people usually do  ​ 2 /eɪ/ play, hate, main, take, sales, page
4  ’m buying  ​5  ’m trying  ​6  are making  ​7  ’s running  ​ 3 /ɒ/ lot, shop, long, not
8  go  ​9  ’s raining  ​10  never play  ​11  ’m paying 4 /ʌ/ cut, shut, one
5 /əʊ/ home, boat, note, coat
Exercise 12 6 /e/ set, text, press, sells
7 /i/ sit, live, tin, thing
ANSWERS
8 /iː/ seat, cheap, eat, jeans
Student A
1 Is the shop assistant standing?  B Yes, she is. Exercise 6a 
2 What time does the shop open?   B At 10. 00.
3 Does the shop take credit cards?   B No, it doesn’t. ANSWERS
4 What’s the young man holding?   B He’s holding some Words spoken: hate, man, shop, cheap, main, long, jeans,
jeans. take, stand, press, sells, one, thing, page, not, note, coat
5 What’s the old man wearing?   B He’s wearing a black Exercise 6b 
jacket, grey trousers, a red shirt and brown shoes.
6 What’s the shop assistant wearing?   B She’s wearing ANSWERS
grey trousers, a red top and red trainers. 2 presses a button to see all the jeans in the shop
Student B 3 presses a button to choose a pair of jeans
1 What time does the shop close?  A At 5.00 p.m. 5 sends a picture to Facebook
2 What’s the old man doing?   A He’s talking to the shop 6 makes a note of the best jeans
assistant. 7 pays for the jeans
3 What languages do the shop assistants speak?   A They
Exercise 8a
speak English and French.
4 What’s the young man holding?   A He’s holding a ANSWERS
white shirt. 1 The highlighted words are adverbs. They describe an
5 What’s the young woman wearing?   A She’s wearing a action.
green skirt, a red top and brown shoes. 2 We usually form adverbs with an adjective + -ly.
6 What’s the young man wearing?   A He’s wearing a red
hoodie, jeans and red trainers. Exercise 9
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS ANSWERS
1  adj  2  adv  ​3  adv  ​4  adj  ​5  adj  ​6  adv  ​7  adv
Exercise 1
1  Are; Yes, I am.   2  Am; No, you aren’t.  ​ Exercise 10
3  Are; No, they aren’t.  ​4  Does; Yes, he does.  ​ ANSWERS
5  Do; No, I don’t.  ​6  Is; Yes, she is.  ​7  Are; Yes, we are.  ​ quietly, carefully, clearly, dangerously, well, correctly, late
8  Is; No, it isn’t.  ​9  Do; Yes, they do.  ​10  Does; Yes, he does.
Exercise 11a
Exercise 2
ANSWERS
1  ’s wearing   2  walk  ​3  ’m working  ​4  aren’t taking  ​
1  carefully  ​2  dangerously  ​3  quietly  ​4  late  ​
5  never play  ​6  are you running  ​7  do you watch  ​
5  clearly  ​6  correctly  ​7  well
8  Is he having  ​9  dancing  ​10  does your brother do  ​
11  ’s starting  ​12  are sleeping

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5.4 Speaking and writing p52 5.5 Video p54
Exercise 1 VIDEO ANSWERS

ANSWERS Exercise 1
a clothes shop: changing rooms, shop assistant, customer Students' own answers
b sandwich shop: shop assistant, customer, till
c newsagent: customer, shop assistant Exercise 2
1 A stall is a small shop or table in a public place where
Exercise 2a  things are sold, often in a market.
ANSWERS
2 Something that is old, but high quality is called vintage.
1  c  ​2  a  ​3  b e.g. an old car, a black and white film or a book that
people still like nowadays, even though it was made a
Exercise 2b  long time ago.
3 A style that is popular, e.g. fashion magazines, show
ANSWERS
what styles of clothes or hair are popular at the
1 a magazine and some batteries
moment.
2 a hoodie
4 People make home-made products in their houses to
3 two egg and tomato sandwiches and two coffees
sell, .e.g. I prefer to make my own homemade bread so I
Exercise 3a know what ingredients the bread has in it.
5 The high street is the street where the most important
ANSWERS shops, banks and businesses are.
1  e  ​2  f  ​3  h  ​4  a  ​5  b  ​6  c  ​7  i  ​8  g  ​9  d 6 Something that is stylish is something that is attractive
and of good quality.
Exercise 3c
ANSWERS Exercise 3
1  SA  ​2  SA  ​3  C    ​4  C    ​5  C  ​6  C  ​7  SA  ​8  C  ​9  C street café, umbrella, flag, hat, double-decker bus,
a  SA  ​b  SA  ​c  SA  ​d  SA  ​e  C  ​f  C  ​g  SA  ​h  SA  ​ sunglasses, shoes
i  C Distractors
a red telephone box, somebody swimming, a red letter
Exercise 5 box
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Exercise 4
the price, the size, the make or brand, the look, customer
a Popular fashion in the UK is called high street fashion.
reviews, availability, delivery times and cost
b People prefer shopping in Camden Market because
Exercise 6a they can find clothes they can’t find on the high street.
c In the past Camden Lock sold art and furniture.
ANSWERS d All the speakers are wearing something black.
1  A  ​2  B e At Camden Market you can also buy international food.
Exercise 6b Exercise 5a & 5b
ANSWERS Students' own answers
a cost: 2
b value for money: 5, 10
c look: 3, 4, 7 Review p55
d user-friendliness: 4, 8, 9 ANSWERS
e delivery: 6, 11
f writer’s opinion/advice: 1, 12 Exercise 1a
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Exercise 7a Can you drive a car?
ANSWER Could you drive a car when you were a child?
It’s big, awful and very heavy … Can you play a musical instrument?
Could you play a musical instrument when you were a
Exercise 7b child?
ANSWERS Can you run for half an hour?
1 My job is to open the shop, sell products and answer Could you run for half an hour when you were a child?
customers’ questions. Can you speak English?
2 I use it for the internet, sending emails, doing Could you speak English when you were a child?
homework and playing games. Can you stay up late?
3 If you are looking for a machine that’s fast, cheap and Could you stay up late when you were a child?
easy to use, then this is for you. Can you use credit cards in most shops?
Could you use credit cards in most shops when you were
a child?

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

Exercises 4a & b
1  hat  ​2  jacket  ​3  jewellery  ​4  dress

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

Exercise 5b
1 They’re talking quietly.
2 She’s singing badly.
3 He’s driving slowly.
4 She’s running quickly.
5 They’re dancing well.
6 He’s carrying the plates carefully.

Exercise 6a
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 Can I … pay by card/try this on/have a receipt, please?
2 How much … are these/are those shoes?
3 Do you … offer a student discount/have a sale on?
4 What time do you … open/close on Sundays?

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