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Trends
8 I’m not speaking to my sister at the moment, we’ve had
an argument. It seems a bit childish.
1.1 Are you really my friend? p6 9 I can trust my closest friend with all my secrets.
Exercise 2 GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS

SUGGESTED ANSWER
Exercise 1
Rob Jones is trying to raise money for charity: he takes a 1 are 8 have never met
photo with everyone he meets for his Facebook page, and 2 is increasing 9 have lost
persuades them to give money to his charity. 3 has changed 10 are now able
4 look 11 are connecting
Exercise 3 5 has become 12 means
6 include 13 need
ANSWERS
7 know
a  4, 6   ​b  2  ​c  1  ​d  5  ​e  3  ​f  7
Exercise 2
Exercise 4a 1 do you work, work, ’m working
2 Do (you) know, ’ve known
ANSWERS
3 Do (you) live, ’ve lived
1 is Rob trying
4 ’s having, has
2 has he met
5 Have (you) emailed, ’m emailing
3 does he take/is he taking
6 have (you) got, ’ve got
4 is
7 ’m looking, Have (you) looked
5 is Rob learning
8 see, haven’t seen
6 usually decides
9 ’m reading, Have (you) read it, ’ve read
7 has he visited

Exercise 4b 1.2 Why spending’s #trending p8

ANSWERS
1 meet all his Facebook friends Exercise 3b
2 123 ANSWERS
3 to put on his Facebook page 1 False: more than two million
4 he met his Polish girlfriend online 2 False: in the UK, Australia, South America, etc.
5 about himself 3 True
6 his friends 4 False: shoppers in the USA
7 England, Scotland, Poland, Finland, Germany, 5 False: over 50
Switzerland, the USA
Exercise 4b
Exercise 5a
ANSWERS
ANSWERS buy at a lower price: bargains, deals, discounts, half-price,
1 Josh’s friends special offers, two for the price of one
2 Sarah’s friends people who buy: shoppers, customer, consumer, purchaser
things we buy: shopping, items, purchases
Exercise 6b
ANSWERS Exercise 7a
All the phrases are positive (or neutral) except the ANSWERS
following, which are negative: fall out (with someone); have The listening mentions statements 1 (‘we believe
an argument (with someone). shopping makes us happy’) and 4 (‘20% of the world
population is consuming over 80% of the Earth’s natural
Exercise 8b resources’).
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 1.3
1 I often meet up with groups of friends in the evening. Exercise 8b
2 You don’t need to have a lot in common with someone ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 1.6
to be friends. It’s fine to have different interests. 1 Can you explain a little about what Buy Nothing Day
3 I get on well with most people I know. There aren’t means?
many people I don’t like. 2 When you really think about it, the idea of buying
4 A really good friend is someone you can call at things as a way of spending your leisure time is crazy.
midnight and ask them to help you out. 3 We believe shopping makes us happy, but it doesn’t.
5 The friends you make at school are often friends for life. 4 Yes, I agree, that’s a good point.
6 I’m always pleased when someone I haven’t heard from 5 We all own far too much.
in ages gets in touch. 6 Most of the time we prefer people to buy locally.
7 I’m quite easy-going. I rarely fall out with my friends. 7 Most people don’t understand how difficult it is …

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Exercise 9a Exercise 4b
SUGGESTED ANSWER SUGGESTED ANSWERS
All the verbs are state verbs and are in the present simple. 1 fascinating
2 all, internet, changing, do
Exercise 9b 3 Carr, believes, work
ANSWERS 4 printed, brains, deeply
1 believe 5 contrast, internet, small (bits), information, lots,
2 agree different places
3 understand 6 better, better, multitasking
4 prefer 7 worse, concentrating, one thing
5 own
Exercise 6a
Exercise 10b ANSWERS
ANSWERS The following are mentioned:
1 are standing 6 looks 2 Looking at screens all day is bad for our eyes.
2 like 7 is trying 6 Hyperlinks in online texts are very distracting.
3 think 8 fit 8 Multitasking online makes us work less effectively.
4 seems 9 prefer
5 don’t understand Exercise 6b
ANSWERS
Nicholas Carr would agree with these statements:
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS 6 Hyperlinks in online texts are very distracting.
Exercise 1 8 Multitasking online makes us work less effectively.
1 sounds
2 Do you have Exercise 8
3 don’t understand, do you mean SUGGESTED ANSWERS
4 ’m trying, isn’t working, think, looks, ’s causing He says it raises many interesting questions.
Exercise 2 He does not agree with the solutions Carr offers to the
1 comes 7 ’s having problems he raises.
2 ’s coming 8 Does anybody have
3 see, don’t agree 9 belongs Exercise 9b
4 are you thinking 10 tastes, looks ANSWERS
5 do you think 11 ’m looking, Do you know -ship: relationship
6 imagine -ment: improvement, judgement
Exercise 3 -ity: ability
1 seems 6 are -ion: information, question, solution
2 prefer 7 is
3 know 8 make Exercise 10
4 include 9 agree ANSWERS
5 is increasing 1 employment
2 relationship
3 improvement
1.3 Vocabulary and skills 4 solution
development p10 5 judgement
6 achievement
Exercise 1b 7 opportunity
SUGGESTED ANSWERS
There are no specific answers, but you can expect the
Exercise 11
following: ANSWERS
  Availability of huge amounts of information 1 communication
  Easier and quicker communication 2 development
  Less face-to-face contact 3 security
  Lower book sales, leading to bookshops closing 4 relationship
  Easier access to films, music and other media 5 membership
6 government, information
Exercise 2 7 employment
SUGGESTED ANSWER
The author’s views are mixed. He says the internet is
changing the way our brains work: we are better at
multitasking, but we are becoming worse at concentrating
on just one thing.

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1.4 Speaking and writing p12 Exercise 9
SUGGESTED ANSWERS
Exercise 2b Ian Martin: Everyone should just buy less.
SUGGESTED ANSWERS Cristina Oliveira: To keep up with fashion you need to buy
Reasons people might feel guilty about what they buy: cheap clothes.
We know the food isn’t good for us; we know that those Pippa Jones: People need jobs, especially in poorer places. If
who make these things are very badly paid; some of the you don’t buy, they don’t work.
products cause harm to the environment. James Brook: Some people can’t afford to pay higher prices
Arguments in favour of guilt-free brands: They provide for clothes.
customers who feel guilty about some products with an Yumi Watanabe: It is difficult to know which companies are
alternative; they make us think about what we are buying. OK to buy from.
Arguments against guilt-free brands: If more products
are available, customers are going to buy even more new
products (e.g. phones), when it doesn’t seem necessary; if 1.5 Video p14
people are more aware of the harm these products cause, VIDEO ANSWERS
they might buy fewer newer items. Producing guilt-free
brands helps people not to think about the problems. Exercise 1
a  5  ​b  3  ​c  1  ​d  2  ​e  4
Exercise 3b
Exercise 2
ANSWERS Possible answer:
1 think about In the photos we can see digital billboards, an internet ad,
2 far as I’m concerned and a TV advert. Other forms of advertising include: radio/
3 don’t you think newspaper/magazine ads, celebrity endorsements and
4 convinced sponsorship of sporting events.
5 according to …
6 ask me Exercise 3
c, d, e
Exercise 4a
ANSWERS Exercise 4
Giving your opinion: as far as I’m concerned; I’m a Most American advertising companies had an office in
convinced; if you ask me Madison Avenue in the 1960s.
Talking about other people’s opinions: according to b ‘Mad Men’ was the name for people who worked in
Asking for someone’s opinion: what do you think about; Madison Avenue in the 1960s.
don’t you think c Madwell is a digital design and advertising company.
d It can take up to two months to write a short social
Exercise 5 media post.
e Advertisers can engage in a conversation with clients
SUGGESTED ANSWERS
these days – if they want.
Note that there are several answers for some of these
f Nowadays, many effects of social media are still
sentences.
unknown.
1 A  What do you think of
B  As far as I’m concerned,/If you ask me, Exercise 5a
2 A  Don’t you think Students’ own answers
B I’m convinced/I’m certain/some people say that/
according to (someone) Exercise 5b
3 A  As far as I’m concerned/I’m convinced/I’m certain Students’ own answers
B If you ask me/As far as I’m concerned/I’m convinced/
I’m certain
4 A Shouldn’t Review p15
ANSWERS
Exercise 8
ANSWERS Exercise 1a
1 James Brook: Some ppl can’t afford 2 pay higher prices 1 has changed
4 clothes. 2 have just moved
2 Cristina Oliveira: 2 keep up w/ fashion u need 2 buy 3 make
cheap clothes. Can’t afford expensive ones. 4 are getting
3 Pippa Jones: Ppl need jobs, esp in poorer places. If u 5 like
don’t buy, they don’t work. 6 refuses
4 Yumi Watanabe: Difficult 2 know which companies r OK
Exercise 1b
2 buy from.
Students’ own answers
5 Ian Martin: Every1 shd just buy less.

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Exercise 2a
1 do not seem
2 change/are changing
3 means
4 have
5 believe
6 has become
7 now keep in touch/are now keeping in touch
8 know

Exercise 2b
Students’ own answers 

Exercise 3a
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 1.13
1 How do you decide when you can trust someone?
2 Do you have a lot in common with your closest friend?
3 When was the last time you made friends with someone
new?
4 How do you keep in touch with family or friends who
live far away?
5 When was the last time you fell out with someone?
6 Who in your family do you get on with best?

Exercise 3b
Students’ own answers

Exercise 4a
1 seller (all the other people buy)
2 items (all the others refer to cheaper goods)
3 discount (all the others are specific about the price)

Exercise 4b
Students’ own answers

Exercise 5a
1 Happiness
2 relationship
3 membership
4 information
5 development
6 security

Exercise 5b
Students’ own answers

Exercise 6a
1 Personally
2 Shouldn’t
3 feel
4 ask
5 According
6 far

Exercise 6b
Students’ own answers

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