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Unit 1a Have you heard

3 1
2 has just resigned
They are currently developing
1 1 3 hasn’t been getting on
2 The postman delivers our letters 4 have been arguing
3 You always talk / are always talking 5 have had
4 This room is always cold 6 has decided
5 Why are my course fees going up 7 has quit
6 It’s night time and the wind is blowing 8 has already started
’ve been working
2 1 yet
4 1 all weekend
4
2 haven’t seen 2 never last year
5
3 have you been 3 already
4 have you been waiting
5 ’ve been staying Unit 2a
6 has wanted
7 ’s been talking G, past simple
1 1
8 ’ve always spent 2 D, past perfect continuous
3 C, past perfect
agrees
3 1 4 B, past continuous
2 always changing 5 A, past simple
3 are appearing 6 F, past perfect
4 have been using 7 E, past continuous
5 for
6 believe ’ve been thinking
2 1 7 had disappeared
7 thinks 2 ’ve never met 8 appeared
8 have been 3 was 9 was
9 since 4 was driving had fallen
10
5 flew been trying
11
10 has been comparing
6 looked Had it saved
12
11 have been saying
12 has also been studying 3 1 had spent
13 don’t often change 2 wanted / had wanted
14 evolve 3 was walking
4 passed
Unit 1b 5 was driving
6 offered
a  2 a  
1 1 3 b   4 a   5 b
7 stopped
broken
2 1 8 had already started
2 been looking 9 drove
3 been cooking 10 looked
4 baked 11 were laughing
5 been helping 12 had never felt
6 finished

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Unit 2b Unit 3b
is currently being run
1 1 will be taking off
1 1
2 was completed 2 will be flying
3 wasn’t reached 3 will be landing
4 were announced 4 will be serving
5 was built 5 will be starting
6 are still being added 6 will be selling

has become
2 7 will have crossed
2 1
8 can even be seen 2 will have driven
9 carry out 3 will have slept
are regularly tested
10 4 will have seen
has been continuously staffed
11 5 will have visited
is being used
12 6 will have arrived
will affect
13
B: I’ll be travelling
3 1
to be put
3 1 2 A: have finished, B: be working
2 to be proved / being proved 3 B: have lived
3 to be asked 4 A: be seeing, B: be going
4 being left
4 Students’ own answers
5 to be shocked
6 being seen Unit 4a(1)
7 not being
8 to be delayed / being delayed some
1 1 some
5
9 to be cheered 2 no any
6
3 some any
7
Unit 3a 4 any none
8

H
1 1 3 D 5 G 7 F some → any
2 1
2 B 4 E 6 A 8 C 2 any → some
3 no → any
We’re going
2 1 I’m going
6
4 none → no
2 are you going to is staying
7
5 Some of → Some
3 We’re going to I’ll do
8
6 no → none / any
4 there’ll be I’ll pay
9
5 It’ll be someone
3 1
2 anywhere
3 1 What are you doing tomorrow?
3 no one
2 W ho do you think is going to win the
4 anything
competition?
5 Something
3 It won’t rain tomorrow.
6 anything
4 I’m taking the day off tomorrow.
5 I think the car’s about to break down. 4 Students’ own answers
6 Are you going to sell …
7 It will be really difficult …
8 It might rain later.

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Unit 4a(2) Unit 4b(2)

Every
1 1 B
1 1 2 C 3 A 4 F 5 D 6 E
2 Each / Every
Most
2 1
3 Each of the
2 enough
4 Both
3 plenty
5 Either
4 A large amount / A great deal of
6 either
5 several
2 1
✓ 5 need → needs 6 A large number of
2 are → is 6 ✓ 7 most of
3 were → was 7 ✓
enough
3 1 most
4
4 ✓ 8 ✓
2 not enough great deal
5
All
3 1 Neither
4 each
7 3 plenty large number
6
2 Every Every
5 every
8
4 Suggested answers:
3 Each either
6 Neither
9
A large number of / Most
4 Students’ own answers plenty of
A large number of
Unit 4b(1) Several

little
1 1 6 lots Unit 5a
2 a little 7 A lot of
3 many 8 Too many enjoy playing
1 1
4 much 9 few 2 start working
5 lot Not much
10 3 make, work
4 plan to stay
A lot of
2 1 5 prevent, breaking
2 too many / not many 6 mind, staying
3 Lots 7 can’t help thinking
4 too 8 need, to move
5 A few
6 too much taking
2 1 making
5
2 to prefer to try
6
1 I think there’s a little cheese left. Would you like
3 3 to be asking
7
some?
4 remember to show
8
2 Count how many questions you answered
correctly. reading / to read
3 1
3 There are too many people here. I only invited 2 taking
ten. Who are the other fifteen? 3 to like
4 A lot of new mobile technology comes out every 4 collecting / to collect
week.
5 asking / to ask
5 There are only a few possibilities left to us.
6 to see
Which should we choose?
7 to tidy
6 B: I like a lot of the songs but not all of them.
8 breaking / to break
9 wait
studying / to study
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Unit 5b Unit 6b(1)

A: leaving
1 1 B: to do Hasn’t he done a good job
1 1
2 A: to take B: falling 2 Can’t I come with you
3 A: to win B: telling 3 Won’t they take a break soon
4 A: giving up B: to be 4 Don’t they know how expensive this is
5 A: hitting B: to inform 5 Can you tell me where Phillip is
6 A: to think B: bothering 6 Do you think Marilyn will like our idea
7 A: pressing B: to learn 7 I don’t know how I made so many mistakes
8 Do you have any idea how many people are
2 Conversation 1 Conversation 2 coming
1 remember to buy 4 meant to leave
2 forgot to bring 5 regretted leaving C
2 1 2 A 3 F 4 E 5 D 6 B
3 stop to get 6 went on saying
haven’t you talked to your boss
3 1
7 tried being nice
2 I take the rest
went on to become
3 1 3 today’s lesson
2 Stop worrying about 4 how much potatoes are
3 try opening 5 aren’t coming
4 regret lying 6 help me move
5 remembered checking 7 how long Gabriel has been playing
6 meant having 8 spell his name C-H-U-I, don’t you

Unit 6a Unit 6b(2)

imagine
1 1 decided
5 haven’t we
1 1 9 won’t you
2 mustn’t not
6 2 weren’t you shall we
10
3 hope None of
7 3 wasn’t it will you
11
4 forget Neither
8 4 are you
5 isn’t it
none
2 1 6 didn’t you
2 Me neither 7 do you
3 not 8 shouldn’t I
4 don’t suppose
5 either aren’t you
2 1 8 could I
6 not to spend 2 isn’t it 9 hadn’t he
3 do they isn’t she
10
don’t think
3 1 4 doesn’t she will you
11
2 mustn’t carry 5 wasn’t there mustn’t you
12
3 don’t have to bring 6 haven’t they shall we
13
4 Don’t forget to check in 7 aren’t I hasn’t it
14
5 agreed not to meet
6 Let’s not go back 3 Students’ own answers
7 Neither do I.
8 I don’t believe

4 Students’ own answers

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Unit 7a did you used to do

3 1 get used to
6
2 used to work ‘m not used to
7
E
1 1 2 A 3 F 4 D 5 B 6 C 3 used to be usually
8
Blue litmus paper turns red when you place it in acid.
2 1 4 would work would
9
2 not possible 5 get used to
3 not possible
4 We sometimes have our class out in the garden Unit 8a
when the weather’s nice. had it
1 1 offered
6
5 The oven switches itself off if when gets too hot. 2 ’d bring knew
7
6 When you go straight down this road, you’ll see 3 would you do was
8
the station at the end.
4 were ’d be
9
I’ll call you when I get home.
3 1 5 ’d accept
2 I won’t finish my work until it’s five o’clock.
would have helped
2 1
3 I’ll speak to Sue as soon as I see her.
2 worked
4 They’ll get to the station before the train leaves.
3 wouldn’t have missed
5 I won’t be so busy after the exams finish.
4 ‘d have said
‘ll call
4 1 7 don’t hurry 5 ‘d make
2 finish 8 arrive 6 ‘d been
3 ‘ll see 9 ‘ll get 7 had found out
4 comes ‘ll eat
10 8 hadn’t told
5 ‘ll be leave
11
wasn’t/weren’t, would have got
3 1
6 get
2 would have applied, spoke
3 had, would have given
Unit 7b
4 hadn’t passed, would still be using
–
1 1 6 would 5 had gone, wouldn’t feel
2 would 7 – 6 had listened, wouldn’t be
3 wouldn’t 8 –
4 – 9 would Unit 8b
5 would wouldn’t
10
I wish I had more money.
1 1
I used to go to belly-dancing classes when I was
2 1 2 If only we hadn’t arrived late.
at school. 3 I wish you’d told me earlier.
2 not possible 4 If only we could go together.
3 We used to take part in competitions. 5 I wish she wouldn’t work so late.
4 I used to love performing in front of an audience. 6 If only I wasn’t living so far away.
5 not possible
knew
2 1 ’d stayed
4
6 not possible
2 could weren’t
5
7 I used to play in the school team and we used to
train every day of the week. 3 were coming wouldn’t say
6
8 We used to be pretty good and we won three could read
3 1 had brought
4
local championships.
2 wasn’t wouldn’t bite
5
3 wasn’t going had
6

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Unit 9a Unit 10a

suggested
1 1 refused
5 an, a
1 1 –, –
5
2 warned recommended
6 2 a, the the
6
3 apologized accused
7 3 The, – –, –
7
4 admitted encouraged
8 4 The, – a, –
8

B
2 1 2 D 3 E 4 C 5 A an
2 1 8 – –
14
2 – 9 the the
15
introducing
3 1
3 the –
10 a
16
2 English lessons would be
4 the –
11 –
17
3 that staff needed help
5 a –
12 the
18
4 that he was
6 _ a
13 the
19
5 offering
7 an
6 to consider
7 to find out the
3 1 7 ✓
8 they would choose 2 ✓ 8 the (hospital)
3 the (Newsweek) 9 ✓
Unit 9b 4 the (New York) the (geography)
10
5 the (bus) 11
✓
It is said that he discovered America.
1 1
6 ✓
2 Erik is known to have lived in Greenland.
3 The two men are believed to have been murdered.
4 The police are said to be looking for the murderer.
Unit 10b(1)
5 Leif is thought to have landed in Canada. My neighbour is the person who called the
1 1
6 It is reported that Columbus stopped in the police.
Caribbean. 2 These are the books which are for my course.
3 This is the car which is for sale.
C
2 1 2 B 3 E 4 D 5 F 6 A
4 Those are the same boys who smashed our
the robbery happened at three in the morning
3 1 window.
2 thought that the robbers dug a tunnel 5 That’s the actor who I saw in a film last week.
underneath the road
2a 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 O
3 claimed that it goes right into the bank vault
4 been seen 2b 1 ✗ 2  ✗ 3  ✗ 4  ✗ 5  ✓
5 rumoured / believed to have stolen up to a 3 Suggested answers:
million pounds
1 ’s wearing a red and white jumper
It is thought
4 1 2 who’s got long, dark hair
2 It is said 3 which has a rip
3 is reported to have been / to be 4 that’s got a collar
4 to have won
4 Students’ own answers
5 to be looking
6 is known
7 It is expected
8 to have been saved

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Unit 10b(2) could

3 1
2 be able to
who broke into an office block
1 1 D 3 is able to
2 who had taken two laptop computers N-D 4 hasn’t been able to
3 which was only five minutes from the 5 can’t
office block N-D
6 be able to
4 that came from the inside of the fridge D
7 could
5 which was only a metre high N-D
8 be able to
6 who had been in the fridge for over
two hours N-D 4 Students’ own answers
7 which had been stolen D
Unit 11b
Burj Kalifa, which was completed in 2010, is the
2 1
tallest building in the world. B
1 1 2 E 3 C 4 A 5  F 6  D
2 Coca Cola, which is also called Coke, is sold in
over 200 countries. were
2 1
3 Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii, was 2 about
the 44th President of the USA. 3 would
4 The moon, which has water under its surface, 4 have
might be a future home for humans. 5 supposed
3a 1 who → that not possible
3 was about to call you
3 1
2 not possible who → that
4 2 would be late
3 You were supposed to be
3b 1 which
4 I would have asked
2 not possible
5 was going to go away for the weekend
3 not possible
4 who
5 not possible
Unit 12a
6 that E
1 1 3 D 5 F 7 H
2 C 4 A 6 B 8 G
Unit 11a
Even Jeremy doesn’t know the answer and he’s
2 1
Can
1 1 the cleverest kind in the class. / Jeremy doesn’t
2 could even know the answer and he’s the cleverest
3 couldn’t kind in the class.
4 was able to 2 I think it’s just Richard coming tonight.
Everyone else is too busy.
5 couldn’t
3 I’m only asking you to do the dishes. Nothing
6 can’t
else.
weren’t able to come
2 1 4 Only Sue finished the race in time. All the
2 managed to find others took too long.
3 will be able to buy 5 I just have to finish this last exercise and then I
can come out.
4 didn’t succeed in visiting
6 He’s a terrible cook but even I ate his cooking
5 wasn’t able to finish
because I was so hungry.
6 managed to catch

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Even
3 1 just / only
5
2 only just
6
3 even just / only
7
4 only even
8

Unit 12b
to choose
1 1 walked
5
2 fetch brought
6
3 done to fly
7
4 to come remove
8

got + cut
2 1
2 having + fixed
3 had + stolen
4 got + fire
5 had + write
6 get + meet

to fix
3 1
2 to look
3 replaced
4 sent
5 collect

I’ll get my hairdresser to cut your hair.

4 1
2 I’m having my bicycle mended this morning.
3 I got my favourite chair broken last night.
4 I’ll get my parents to pay my bills.

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