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UNIT 1 2 were much too/more expensive Higher

3 none of my friends do
Standard 4 How many times a Present/past simple, used to,
5 A number of good would, be/get used to
Countable and uncountable 6 There was little Exercise 1
nouns, articles
1B 2C 3B 4C
Exercise 1 Unit round-up
1 a 2 an 3 – 4 the 5 a 6 – Exercise 5 Exercise 2
1 an 2 an 3 number 4 The 1 inform
Exercise 2 2 succeeded
5 one 6 little 7 too 8 the
1 the 2 the 3 – 4 a 5 an 6 an 9 a 10 None 3 would (always) start
7a 8– 4 got used to
Quantifiers UNIT 2 Exercise 3
Exercise 3 1 did not / didn’t use to have
1 a few
Standard 2 Were you (a student/pupil)
2 a lot of Present/past simple 3 were not / weren’t used to eating
3 Neither 4 would (often) make us pancakes
Exercise 1
4 No
1 used up Present and past perfect
5 a little
6 a large amount
2 ended up simple
3 passed Exercise 4
7 little
4 caught up 1 Had they travelled much before
8 a small number
5 speak up they went to India?
Exercise 4
used to, would, be/get used to 2 Have you always lived in the
1 one 2 little 3 of 4 None same house?
5 Every 6 Both Exercise 2
3 Have they ever been to Paris?
1B 2A 3A 4B 5B
Unit round-up 4 Has Jack finished his degree yet?

Exercise 5 Present and past perfect Exercise 5

1 an 2 a 3 lots 4 – 5 neither
simple 1 just; did not / didn’t / could not /
6 a few 7 – 8 a little 9 no 10 the Exercise 3 couldn’t remember
1 have/’ve taken 2 already; has not / hasn’t had
Higher 2 have/’ve thought 3 have told; yet
Countable and uncountable 3 had not / hadn’t passed 4 never/not; has not / hasn’t
nouns, articles 4 has not / hasn’t visited improved
5 had told
Exercise 1 6 ended up
Unit round-up
1 a 2 the 3 – 4 – 5 the 6 – Exercise 6
Exercise 4
Exercise 2 1 Do (you) play
1 still 2 Have (you ever) considered
1 the skiing holiday – a skiing 2 already/just/now
holiday 3 used to play
3 before 4 had to
2 ✓ 4 since
3 the ski classes – ski classes 5 am/’m
5 yet 6 does not / doesn’t like
4 an mountain – a/the mountain 6 for
5 ✓ 7 hung up
6 have the good time – have a Unit round-up 8 had/’d managed
9 had/’d ended up
good time Exercise 5
10 has not / hasn’t got used to
Quantifiers 1 have/’ve (just) dug up
2 had/’d lost
Exercise 3 3 were
1 a lot of 4 used to be
2 Some 5 tried
3 all 6 would/’d study
4 much 7 yet
5 No 8 to get used to
6 a number of 9 already
Exercise 4 10 for
1 Few people I know

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UNIT 3 Higher Exercise 2

1 will/’ll report
Standard Continuous tenses 2 Shall (I) collect
Exercise 1 3 will/’ll have moved
Continuous tenses
1 have/’ve been exploring 4 will come forward / are going to
Exercise 1 2 has/’s been generating come forward
1 have been carrying out / are 3 had/’d been looking for 5 will/’ll have been working /
carrying out 4 am/’m / will/’ll be carrying out will/’ll have worked
2 is not / isn’t downloading 5 was eating 6 will/’ll have to
3 are/’re trying / have/’ve been 6 is not / isn’t manufacturing
trying Zero and first conditionals
4 had/’d been studying Exercise 2 Exercise 3
5 are looking into 1 they are working – they were
1B 2A 3C 4C 5A 6C
6 was not / wasn’t / had not / hadn’t working
been charging 2 they were delivering – they are Exercise 4
delivering 1 does not / doesn’t come forward
Exercise 2 3 ✓ 2 will be
1 are/’re always borrowing my 4 He had been surfing – He has 3 hear
phone without asking been surfing 4 lose
2 was wearing headphones while I 5 ✓ 5 will increase
was studying 6 prove / can prove
3 had/’d been waiting for hours Comparatives and
4 has/’s been preparing her superlatives Unit round-up
presentation for days Exercise 3 Exercise 5
5 are/’re taking the train to Madrid 1 much easier than I expected 1 am/’m going to relax
tomorrow morning 2 it is/’s important to keep up with 2 as long as
the latest technology 3 will/’ll have
Comparatives and
3 is a lot cheaper than yours 4 figure out
superlatives 5 unless
4 the worst idea ever
Exercise 3 6 will/’ll have been reading
1B 2B 3C 4C 5A Exercise 4
7 cannot/can’t solve
1 as good as the 8 will/’ll be staying
Exercise 4 2 the best scientists ever 9 will/’ll get
1 best by far 3 The longer it takes 10 will be travelling
2 more interesting than 4 even more important
3 as useful as Higher
4 the harder Unit round-up
5 (the) furthest Exercise 5 Future tenses
6 cleverer 1 had been skating Exercise 1
2 much colder 1A 2B 3A 4C 5C
Unit round-up
3 warmer
Exercise 5 Exercise 2
4 was working
1 better 1 will/’ll run
5 most successful
2 had investigated / had been 2 will have been writing
6 was always coming up
investigating 3 will be acting
7 mixed
3 the best 4 will find
8 more refreshing
4 most expensive 5 are/’re taking / are/’re going to
9 the most popular
5 smaller take part
10 as important as
6 longer 6 is/’s going to become
7 even Zero and first conditionals
8 have/’ve been experimenting
UNIT 4
Exercise 3
9 spending Standard
10 am/’m taking / am/’m going to 1 lock
take Future tenses 2 Do not / Don’t give
3 have
Exercise 1
4 will/can check
1D 2E 3B 4F 5G 6C 7A 5 go

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Exercise 4 Unit round-up UNIT 6

1 Provided you wear the Exercise 5
2 Unless the crime lab produces Standard
1B 2C 3C 4A 5C 6A 7B 8A
3 As long as you promise Verb patterns (1): verb +
9 C 10 B
4 in case the burglar tries
infinitive/-ing
Higher
Unit round-up Exercise 1
Exercise 5 Modals (1): ability, 1 to be 2 to copy 3 work
1 is/’s going to talk (to you) permission, advice/criticism, 4 going / to go 5 preparing
2 am/’m going to make / give obligation 6 working
3 will/’ll be Exercise 1 Exercise 2
4 in case / so that 1G 2B 3E 4D 5F 6A 7C 1 to volunteer 2 varying 3 to retire
5 are/’re
Exercise 2 4 to fill in for 5 working 6 to study
6 if/provided
7 leave/keep 1 are allowed to be Verb patterns (2): infinitives
8 will/’ll have been going / will/’ll 2 should get of purpose
have gone / will/’ll be going 3 could speak
Exercise 3
9 As long as / If 4 will/’ll be able to compete
5 didn’t / did not need to open 1 as 2 in 3 to 4 than 5 to
10 starts
6 mustn’t / must not talk Exercise 4
UNIT 5 Modals (2): degrees of 1 so as not to forget
certainty 2 in order to get some
Standard Exercise 3
3 prefer not to employ
4 so as to satisfy / so she could
Modals (1): ability, permission, 1 can’t have satisfy
advice/criticism, obligation 2 may/might/could go 5 had better give me
Exercise 1 3 have/need
4 can’t / could not / couldn’t have Unit round-up
1 shouldn’t
2 ’m not allowed
5 could be/become Exercise 5
6 must/might have 1 to get
3 ought to
4 don’t have to Exercise 4 2 working
5 must 3 being
1 ought to insist
6 be able 4 (to) clean out
2 could not / couldn’t have been
5 organising
Exercise 2 3 might have been
6 to tell
4 can easily beat
1 must move the (foot)ball 7 to have
5 may benefit from some
2 did not / didn’t need to bring / 8 to gain
need not / needn’t have brought Unit round-up 9 work
3 ought to have listened 10 go
Exercise 5
4 could race around the
1 may/might/could Higher
Modals (2): degrees of 2 must
certainty 3 to Verb patterns (1): verb +
Exercise 3 4 need/should infinitive/-ing
5 have Exercise 1
1 should be able to
6 allowed 1 to go
2 might/may be
7 can/may 2 helping
3 must show / must have shown
8 ought/need 3 watch
4 can’t be
9 must/are 4 to meet
Exercise 4 10 can 5 convincing
1 may win the championship
2 should be available Exercise 2
3 could have won 1 to inform
4 must have gone 2 to work
5 might not have ended 3 keying
4 editing
5 complain/complaining

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Exercise 3 Result clauses, connectors Exercise 4

1 going; to take of contrast 1 are so expensive that / are
2 to buy; studying Exercise 3 expensive so
3 writing; to say 2 even though the craft fair
1 so/really/terribly/awfully
3 were not / weren’t enough (good)
Verb patterns (2): infinitives 2 enough
4 is such a good author / writer
of purpose 3 Although
5 is/’s too expensive
4 However
Exercise 4
1 in order to look after her / his
5 Despite Unit round-up
mother. Exercise 4 Exercise 5
2 so as to go abroad with my mum. 1 in spite of the cold 1 it’s
3 had better study hard 2 too many people 2 in spite
4 he’d / he would rather not go / 3 so exciting 3 somewhere
would prefer not to go to the 4 even though the music 4 Me
party tonight. 5 enough interactive 5 herself
5 so as not to disturb anyone. 6 themselves
Unit round-up 7 myself
Exercise 5 Exercise 5 8 one
1 so as to not – so as not to 9 so
1 there’s
2 volunteer than – volunteer to 10 something/one
2 in spite of
3 rather to – rather than
3 themselves
4 in order for – in order to
4 However UNIT 8
5 don’t prefer – prefer not
5 although
Unit round-up 6 too Standard
7 themselves
Exercise 6 Conditionals (2): second,
8 you
1 to work in
9 something third, mixed
2 to get
10 one Exercise 1
3 to study
11 anything 1 would have ordered
4 to do
12 yourself 2 had gone
5 would rather
3 be
6 working Higher 4 went
7 in order
8 so as to Pronouns 5 would have cleaned
Exercise 1 6 Had they not protected
9 to move / moving
10 to join 1 somewhere Exercise 2
2 one 1 What would you do if you were …
3 anyone
UNIT 7 2 If you could try any sport
4 themselves anywhere what sport would you
Standard 5 himself choose?
Exercise 2 3 Where would you travel if you
Pronouns could go anywhere in the world?
Exercise 1 1 someone – anyone
4 If humans had not/hadn’t
2 Its – It’s
1B 2C 3C 4A 5B 6A discovered fossil fuels …, how
3 it – one
would the world be different?
Exercise 2 4 anywhere – somewhere
5 If your parents went to
1 one 5 him – himself
Disneyland, do you think they
2 There’s
Result clauses, connectors of would/’d enjoy it?
3 myself
4 anyone
contrast Unreal past and past wishes
5 it Exercise 3
Exercise 3
6 themselves 1 so
1 did not / didn’t feel
7 herself 2 Although
2 wonder / was wondering
8 it’s 3 such
3 stopped
4 However
4 learnt (about)
5 enough
5 would/could reduce
6 too
6 had known

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Exercise 4 Exercise 4 3 had/got the rules spelt out

1A 2B 3B 4A 1 ’d/would rather you did not / didn’t 4 did not / didn’t get/have the
2 It’s high time the government classrooms painted
Unit round-up 3 regretted having to chop down 5 will get / have his copies delivered
Exercise 5 4 would reduce their carbon
Unit round-up
1 had not / hadn’t visited footprint
2 high time we visited 5 Imagine (if) there were no
Exercise 5
3 wish/wished 1 was given
4 would not / wouldn’t have heard Unit round-up 2 is written
5 Had I known Exercise 5 3 are … printed
6 only it was not / wasn’t melting 1 not/never 4 were produced/published
7 Imagine / It is hard to imagine 2 Had 5 have been translated
8 would raise 3 wish 6 be animated
9 melted 4 stayed 7 by
10 were 5 could 8 It is thought
6 only 9 will be published/produced
Higher 7 have 10 has had … nominated
Conditionals (2): second, 8 Imagine
Higher
third, mixed 9 would/could

Exercise 1
10 went Passive
11 could/might Exercise 1
1 had not / hadn’t gone 12 rather
2 would/’d remove 1 Online books can be downloaded
3 would you do by anyone who has access to the
4 would not / wouldn’t have UNIT 9 internet.
discovered 2 The book was written in his
5 had/’d gone
Standard spare time.
6 not stopped Passive 3 The release of her latest novel was
surrounded by great excitement.
Exercise 2 Exercise 1 4 The subject of a sequel was
1 If I won the lottery, I would/’d 1 were produced brought up by the publisher.
donate money to a charity to help 2 has not / hasn’t been printed 5 The idea of selling the film rights
endangered species. 3 was written to Disney was put forward by the
2 If we had not / hadn’t gone to 4 has not / hasn’t been informed author.
Nepal, we would not / wouldn’t 5 be encouraged
have learnt about the conditions 6 was put forward Exercise 2
of elephants there. 1 is considered as the
Exercise 2 2 have been drawn with crayons
3 If my dad did not / didn’t work
1 by 3 It has been suggested that
for a renewable energy company,
2 was 4 was written by Michael Grant
I would not / wouldn’t know so
3 said/reported/thought 5 will be given to
much about the costs involved.
4 being
4 If I was a scientist, I could/would Causative; direct and
5 of/from
research ways to reduce air
6 as indirect objects
pollution.
5 If I had/’d gone to the lecture Causative; direct and Exercise 3
on climate change, I could tell / indirect objects 1 as a – by a
could have told you what the 2 were get – were getting
Exercise 3 3 has – had
professor said.
1 by 4 wrote – written
Unreal past and past wishes 2 had 5 notify – notified
Exercise 3 3 has
4 are Exercise 4
1 Suppose
5 had/got 1 The estate agent suggested we
2 wish
6 with/in have/get our house painted
3 If only
2 Publishers get/have books
4 could/would meet Exercise 4 reviewed by several critics
5 had consulted 1 got/had my copy of the book 3 I think you should have/get your
6 thought (that) signed hair cut
2 having/getting her computer 4 Dave got/had his book printed
repaired himself

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5 They had their idea stolen by 8 who UNIT 11

another student 9 –
10 planning Standard
Unit round-up
Exercise 5 Higher Reported speech
1 were written by Relative clauses Exercise 1
2 were not / weren’t published 1 were
Exercise 1
3 are/were narrated by 2 is/was
4 have been made 1 where 3 to
5 will be released 2 – 4 wanted
6 being / having been translated 3 whose 5 would/will
7 was inspired 4 who 6 were
8 are based 5 when
6 whom Exercise 2
9 did not / didn’t have … illustrated
1 me/us (that) the train was twenty
10 have been given Exercise 2
minutes late
1 where we met Andrea last week 2 me/us to take long-sleeved shirts
UNIT 10 2 whose red bag has been / was to wear in the evenings
found by the till 3 if/whether I/we liked snorkelling
Standard 3 who loves shopping online, works 4 me/us that she could play
4 why I bought a new mobile phone
Relative clauses 5 – you saw in the restaurant
volleyball
Exercise 1 Indirect questions
1B 2C 3A 4C 5A 6C Participle clauses
Exercise 3
Exercise 3
Exercise 2 1 could you tell me where
1 Moving/Pressing 2 Do you know
1 where
2 Used 3 I wonder if you could tell me how
2 which/that
3 Given much
3 which
4 Checking 4 I would/’d be grateful if you could
4 who / with whom
5 Finding/Recovering give us (some)
5 who
6 whose Exercise 4 5 we would/’d / I would/’d like to
7 where / in which 1 ✗ Sleeping on the matter – know
Having slept on the matter 6 Can you tell us/me how
Participle clauses 2 ✗ a beautiful coat – I/he/she/we Exercise 4
Exercise 3 saw a beautiful coat 1 Could you let us/me know
1 Having lost 3 ✓ 2 Do you think you could
2 Opening 4 ✗ that I realised – I realised 3 Would you (be able to) tell
3 Given 5 ✓ 4 I wonder if you
4 buying
Exercise 5 5 We would/’d / I would/’d be
5 Used / If used
Students’ own answers grateful if you could
6 Not needing
6 I would/’d be interested in
Exercise 4 Unit round-up
Exercise 6
Unit round-up
1 Having made a fortune
2 Used / If used correctly 1 Having received Exercise 5
3 Listening to the radio 2 that/which 1 told
4 Seeing the email 3 where 2 said
5 Anyone doing their banking 4 Needing 3 that
6 Given the chance 5 –/that/which 4 warned/told
6 Having arrived 5 agreed
Unit round-up 7 Having unpacked / Unpacking 6 asked
Exercise 5 8 when 7 claimed
1 where 9 whose 8 interested
2 who 10 why/– 9 think
3 having slept on 10 grateful
4 entering
5 which
6 Ordering
7 having heard

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Higher UNIT 12 Exercise 2

1 Little did Kate/she know that
Reported speech Standard 2 Seldom do tourists visit this
Exercise 1 3 Hardly had he finished the
Inversions
1 ✓ 4 Only when the customers (had)
2 suggested to – suggested (that) Exercise 1 5 No sooner had she downloaded
3 ✓ 1B 2C 3 C 4B 5A 6 Rarely does my brother want
4 ✓ Exercise 2
5 were the children – the children Cleft sentences
1 Rarely/Seldom
were Exercise 3
2 only
1 It wasn’t / was not until I
Exercise 2 3 Little
2 The reason why
1 denied stealing the money from 4 sooner
3 It was only when she
my/our room. 5 have/had
4 It is the
2 apologised for the poor service 6 when
5 What surprised me/us/them
we had received. Cleft sentences
3 informed us that the flight was Exercise 4
running an hour behind schedule.
Exercise 3 1 It is – It was
4 promised she would do her best 1 The reason why 2 The reason what – The reason
to see (that) we/you/I got a room 2 It is why
with an ocean view. 3 What I like 3That was – What was
5 advised us to apply lots of 4 It was not until 4 what I find – that I find
repellent before we went on the 5 What I 5 That wasn’t – It wasn’t
trek. 6 It was only
Unit round-up
Indirect questions Exercise 4
Exercise 5
1 What is amazing is (that)
Exercise 3 1 The reason
2 It was not until he
1 Can you tell us which 2 Never
3 The reason (why)
2 Do you know 3 No sooner
4 It was only when I
3 Would it be possible 4 It was not
5 It is at dawn that
4 I would/’d like to know 5 Not only
6 What I don’t like
5 I would/’d be interested in 6 What I/we
hearing if you Unit round-up 7 It was only
Exercise 5 8 when
Exercise 4
1 was 9 Rarely/Seldom
1 Do you know which stop the
2 Never 10 did
bus to
2 would/’d be grateful if you could 3 do
tell me where 4 why
3 wonder if/whether you could pick 5 until
me up 6 than
4 would/’d be interested in hearing 7 when
if you 8 Not
5 Can/Could you (please) tell me 9 Little
where the 10 What

Unit round-up Higher

Exercise 5 Inversions
1 wonder if/whether you could Exercise 1
2 complained to 1 Not only
3 explained that 2 Hardly
4 told her / the receptionist 3 Little
5 apologised 4 Rarely
6 admitted that 5 No sooner
7 had refused
8 offered me
9 would/‘d be interested in
10 Would it be possible

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