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6 1c 2b 3a 4d
2 1 drives
2 he’s taking
3 they’re swimming
4 like
5 doesn’t seem
4 1 ache 3 swimming
2 relaxing 4 marathon
1 1 They all say that to be a champion, 3 You do motor racing on a track. You
wanting to win is the most important need gloves, goggles and a racing car.
6 1 in 2 at 3 to 4 on 5 Do
3 Sample answers:
Against: they are much more
1 by train, on foot, by bus, in my car
expensive.
2 by lorry
3 by taxi / in my car / by bus / by 7 1 cleaner 4 worst
3 1, 4, 6
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4 1 Which platform is it?
Can I see your passport?
5 take the underground; pick up two
How many bags are you checking in?
children; miss your bus; drop you off
I only have this carry on.
outside your home; get on / off
Window or aisle?
rickshaws; go by rickshaw
Can I have a seat next to my friend?
6 2 get off 5 take
4 2 Window or aisle ?
3 catch 6 drop off
3 Credit card or cash?
4 miss
4 Bus or train?
7 2, 4 5 North or south?
6 First or second?
3d (page 40)
3e (page 41)
1 1 stop b rank a
2 fare a price b 1 1d 2b 3e 4c 5a 6c 7d 8b
3 change a receipt b
2a articles:
4 gate b platform a
1 the airport 4 the train
5 book a check-in b
2 the bus 5 the tickets
2 1 the train station pronouns:
2 £6.30; no, he doesn’t 1 meet me
3 the airport, north terminal; a single 2 I am sorry, I will be
ticket auxiliary verbs:
4 £14.50; platform 6 1 is that OK? 2 bus is late
5 on-line; no, she doesn’t polite forms:
1 Can we meet 3 Can you call
3 I’d like to go to the station, please.
You can drop me off here. 2b Sample answers:
How much is that? 2 Thanks for booking train tickets. Pay
Do you have change? you at station.
Do you want a receipt? 3 Take underground to Oxford St –
Do you stop at the airport? Moon café end platform 1.
A single or return ticket? 4 Peter wants to come in taxi. Call and
That’s two pounds. tell him where to meet.
A return ticket to the airport, please. 5 Flight 1 hr late. Meet at arrivals at 5.
First or second class?
3 Sample answers:
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1 Working late. Arrive bus station 1 4 1 up 4 on
hr later. 2 off 5 in, on
2 Take taxi outside station into city 3 off
centre.
5 1 Hi. I’d like a ticket to Moscow,
3 Can’t travel on underground. Will
please.
go by bus. Meet check-in.
6 At ten thirty. Here’s your ticket.
3f (pages 42 and 43) 2 Single or return?
4 OK. A single ticket is 61 euros. Is
3 1 two million
that OK?
2 one billion
7 Thanks. Which platform does it go
3 nineteenth
from?
4 38,000
5 Yes, that’s fine. What time is the next
5 1929
one?
6 four billion
8 Platform eight.
7 one and a half million
3 Single, please.
1 1853
2 yes
3 to make sure the track is in good
condition
4 people selling food, performance
artists
5 talk, play games and tell stories
3 1 commute 4 limit
2 rush 5 pedestrian
3 jam 6 ferry
Unit 4
5 2 drove 7 had
1 -ed 2 did
in the middle of the night – heard his 4 Type 1: immediately, sadly, eventually
name Type 2: suddenly, safely, happily
Type 3: badly, surprisingly
in 1988 – wrote a book
5 Sample answers:
4d (page 52)
2 The sun was shining brightly.
1 1 bad 3 The man (quickly) jumped (quickly)
2 early on Saturday morning into the car (quickly). (3 correct
3 near a garage; a mechanic at the options)
garage 4 They were nearly at the top of the
4 because it was getting dark mountain but one of them (suddenly)
5 It started raining. slipped (suddenly). (2 correct options)
6 to a hotel 5 Fortunately, Gill had an umbrella.
6 The Amazon River was amazingly
2 1 First 5 finally
long and they were lost for days.
2 Fortunately 6 Unfortunately
7 They (slowly) walked (slowly) back
3 when 7 in the end
(slowly) and looked into each other’s
4 After 8 Sounds great
eyes. (3 correct options)
3 Sequencing the story: first …, when …, 8 They were lost in the forest for hours
after …, finally, in the end … but (eventually) they (eventually)
found the road again (eventually). (3
Introducing good / bad news:
correct options)
Fortunately …, Unfortunately …,
4f (pages 54 and 55)
Responding to good / bad news:
Sounds great! 2 1c 2a 3b
4e (page 53) 4 a8 b2 c4 d1 e7 f5 g3 h6
2 1 met 7 wasn’t
2 took 8 became
3 didn’t fly 9 travelled
4 went 10 wanted
5 visited 11 bought
6 got
3 Sample answers:
4 1a 2a 3c 4b
5 Sample answers:
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Life 3 Countable: carton, cereal box, eggshell,
yoghurt pot, jar, envelope, newspaper,
plastic bag, tin can
Unit 5 Uncountable: aluminium foil, coffee,
vegetable peel
Opener (page 57)
4 1 Sandra 2 Reg
1 metal, wood, plastic
5 1g 2d 3c 4h 5a 6b 7e 8f
2 1 computers, mobile phones, washing
machines, cookers 6 a little, not much, some
and metal. You use it for sending text 5 Because it produces a lot of toxic
messages. chemicals.
6 None. Because it’s bad for the
Scissors are made of metal. You use
environment and people’s health.
them for cutting paper.
5b (pages 60 and 61)
A pen is made of plastic and metal.
You use it for writing. 1 Sample answers:
Other ways to be green:
A tin can is made of metal. You use it
Turn off the tap, e.g. while brushing
to protect food.
your teeth, to save water.
1 1 The 5 much
2 a few 6 a lot of
3Ø 7 a little
4 the 8 any
2 1 Switzerland
2 Senegal
3 Students’ own answer
5 1 55% 4 40%
2 80% 5 48%
3 24%
young adult, middle aged, pensioner I’d like to go skiing more often. I
intend to look for a new job in a
2 Sample answers:
town that is closer to the
infant: 0–5
mountains, so I can spend my
child: 5–11
weekends skiing. I want to buy a
adolescent: 11–13
flat in the mountains so that I can
teenager: 13–18
spend weekends skiing there in the
young adult: 18–30
winter.
middle aged: 40–65
pensioner: 65 onwards Ahmed
I want to take a year off and get
3 1 probably middle aged –
some acting work. It’s really
professional people with successful
difficult to get an acting part in a
careers
film, but I’d like to try.
2 Because they wanted to travel –
they realised there was more to life Lucy
2 Because different places around the Purpose: rite of passage when boys
world have a party at the same time become men
of year.
Special clothing or appearance: paint
3 1 Rio de Janeiro 4 Port-of-Spain their bodies, cut off their hair
2 Venice 5 Rio de Janeiro
Special places: the Osingira – a shelter
3 New Orleans 6 Venice
where the elders meet; the place on the
4 1 mask 5 fireworks border where the Eunoto ceremony
2 float 6 steel drum takes place
3 candles 7 costume
Responsibilities of older men and
4 band
women: the elders give advice, the
6 New Orleans Mardi Gras women build the Osingira and cut off
their sons’ hair
7 1 Yes (thousands of visitors)
2 No (‘I’m meeting everyone at the 6 to get to a special place = arrive
float …’) they get this advice = receive
3 No (‘And do you have a mask?’ they will get married = become
‘Sure. Here it is. I’ll put it on.’)
7 2 prepare
4 Don’t know
3 wakes up and gets out of bed
8 1a 2c 3b 4 meet and socialise
5 receive
9 1 I’ll check
6 catch
2 You’re going
7 return
3 I’ll try
4 I won’t see 6d (page 76)
5 I’m going to visit
1 Sample answers:
6 are we meeting
From least formal to most formal:
7 Are we going to give
8 are you leaving a barbecue with family and friends, an
end-of-course party, a leaving party for
6c (pages 74 and 75)
a work colleague, your grandfather’s
2 b birthday party, an engagement party,
going out for dinner with a work client
3 a5 b1 c2 d4 e3 f6
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2 1 a barbecue at his house 2b Sample answers:
2 Because he has things to do, and he 2 In the USA, you can buy enormous /
thinks it is a family affair. huge / giant / gigantic / colossal
3 He tells him he is inviting others burgers.
from their class. 3 The parade was a bit dull / tedious
4 No, he doesn’t. after a while.
5 on Saturday 4 The crowd was delighted because the
6 to dinner at her favourite restaurant exciting / colourful fireworks started.
7 Yes, she does. 5 All the costumes were beautiful /
8 less formal, because the speakers gorgeous / lovely.
know each other better 6 I was miserable / upset to leave Paris.
7 I tried sushi for the first time and it
3 Do you want to …?
was delicious / really tasty.
Would you like to come to …?
8 The view of the mountains was
I’d like to take you to …
beautiful / stunning / wonderful.
Why don’t you …?
I’d like that very much. 2c Sample answers:
Thanks, that would be great. food and meals: lovely, delicious, tasty
That would be wonderful.
clothes: pretty, smart, attractive,
Yes, OK.
(un)fashionable, expensive
I’d love to.
Thanks, but … festivals and ceremonies: interesting,
exciting, amusing, enjoyable
4a 1 I’d love to.
2 That would be wonderful. nature and geographic features:
3 It’s very nice of you to ask. beautiful, attractive, dramatic,
4 I’d like to but I’m afraid I’m busy. interesting
3 1c 2f 3b 4e 5d 6a
5 1c 2a 3b 4d
6 1 escape 4 pans
2 native 5 ear
3 oil drums 6 panyards
2 1a 2c 3b 4a 5c
4 2 decorations 4 floats
3 costumes 5 drums
3 computer programmer, electrical swivel chair: 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd
1 Braille
A way for blind people to read by
Unit 8
touching a series of dots on paper
Robot: never gets tired or hungry, anywhere and reused. It solved the
instructions
Telescope
Humans require payment for work. 2 They don’t need an optician because
Humans disagree and argue. the person wearing them can change
Humans are more mobile than the shape of the lens until they can see
technology. properly.
innovative.
3 1D 2A 3B 4C 4 2, 3/4, 5/6
The words which express opinion are Payment is accepted either when you
all adjectives. enrol or no later than six weeks before
the course starts.
10 1 He supports them completely.
2 His opinion is tempered by fact, but But you must pay a deposit so a place
it is quite strong. is reserved for you.
3 Students’ own answers
But actually … for your course … I
9d (page 112) don’t think … no, all the materials are
provided by the trainer.
1 Sample answers:
1 3 The first thing you’re asked to do is …
Calligraphy: artistic people When you’ve completed the online
Powerpoint®: business people enrolment form …
Spanish: holiday makers or After we’ve received payment …
business people Once you’ve enrolled …
2 Calligraphy and Spanish are for
9e (page 113)
beginners
3 Students’ own answers 2 1 a medical form, e.g. for a new doctor
2 a form for entry to a country
2 1 F (there is one place)
2T 3a 2 current medications
3 F (there isn’t an interview) 3 No. of dependents
4 F (you have to pay no later than six 4 Place of issue
weeks before the 5 Country of origin
course starts) 6 Have you ever been refused entry or
5T a visa on a previous occasion? (if yes,
6 F (all the materials are provided by give details)
the trainer)
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7 Contact details of person in case of 4 so the community can record the last
emergency speakers of old languages
8 Middle initial 5 record an important part of the local
culture
3b 1
DOB (Date of Birth), No. 6 1 language 4 younger
(Number), etc. (etcetera), e.g. (for 2 awareness 5 speakers
example) 3 loss 6 interesting
3 1e 4f 7d
Unit 10
2b 5g 8a
Europe’s most beautiful cities while Story 2: the receptionist got the bag
staying at one of its most luxurious back; they were given candles and
1 1 happened 7 did … do
2 hadn’t received 8 had happened
3 didn’t have 9 paid
4 Had … booked 10 had seen
5 phoned 11 was
6 had 12 had booked
2 1 bored 4 annoying
2 interesting 5 exciting
3 amazing 6 frightened
7 Sample answers:
1 Can you tell me where the bank is?
2 I’d like to know when the museum
opens.
3 Do you know if there is a good
restaurant here?
4 I was wondering if there are any
good museums here.
6 1a
2a 3e 4c 5d
2b
Unit 11
3 the infinitive without to
2 because it tells them a lot about the (shows – showed, can – could).
Aztecs
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8 1 Dennis Tito … told the world he Barack Obama told an audience that
loved space …
Present simple changes to past simple,
1 Tell 2 say
I changes to he.
11 1 tell 3 say 5 said
2 leaders from both countries said
2 said 4 tell 6 told
they had agreed on plans for a new
international space station 11c (pages 134 and 135)
Past simple changes to past perfect,
2 1 paras 1–3 3 para 5
we changes to they
2 para 4 4 para 6
3 a Russian Space Chief said Russia
3 1 her mother
was planning a nuclear spaceship for
2 straight away
Mars
3 She had no scientific qualifications.
Present continuous changes to past
4 Chimpanzees ate meat, they used
continuous.
tools to get food and they made tools.
4 Barack Obama told an audience 5 After she published articles about her
that by the mid-2030s the US would findings in journals such as National
send humans to Mars Geographic magazine.
Will changes to would. 6 Because it was on the border of four
different countries and there was
9 1 he wanted 5 was landing
fighting there.
2 I have plans 6 are discussing
7 No, many foreigners left, but Jane
3 had found 7 would visit
stayed.
4 has discovered 8 can’t afford
8 Because the human population in the
10 one astronaut said that the mission region was increasing, which caused
showed … deforestation.
9 No, she hasn’t.
a Russian Space Chief said Russia
10 She spends part of every year
was planning …
watching the chimpanzees.
leaders … said they had agreed on
4 a para 2 c para 1
plans …
b para 3 d para 5
Dennis Tito told the world he loved
5 Straight away, Jane set off into the
space …
forest …
over the world. Even in the rain and 3 1 He said he wanted to fly in space.
fog, it’s wonderful to walk through 2 She said she was driving home.
the ruins. 3 They said they had visited the
… pyramid in Giza.
At first, very few people visited 4 You said he had gone to the museum.
Machu Picchu. But now, hundreds of 5 Matt said one day he would go on
tourists come here every day. They holiday to Rome.
walk up the steps of the ancient city
4 1 Tell 2 say 3 tell 4 say
and climb over the ruins. Machu
Picchu is no longer quiet. It’s full of 7 1 civilisation 4 statue
the sounds of tourists. Some people in 2 pyramids 5 excavations
Peru hope that more tourists will 3 archaeologists 6 sacrifices
come here. They think it will mean
8 2 Today I’d like to talk about my visit
more business and money for the
to Italy.
country. However, some
1 Good morning everyone and thank
conservationists worry that more
you for coming.
visitors won’t be good for Machu
8 1 Anyone
4 Some
2 somewhere
Unit 12
3 Nowhere
2 1C 2B 3A 4D 2 Sample answers:
1
3 To record everything that is alive
floods: Bangladesh, Pakistan (can
inside the frame, and to show the
be anywhere in the world)
variety of life in a small area.
snow storm: Scandinavia, Arctic,
anything) Russia
2T tornado: USA
place)
2 Students’ own answers
5 F (he photographed everything,
3
including some very small things)
floods: can be any time of year
6T
hurricanes: between June and