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companion BOOKLET A2
ANSWER KEY

Unit 1 Grammar B
A 1 freckles
Vocabulary 1d 2e 3f 4a 5c 6b 2 looking forward to
3 snack
A B 4 similarity
1 Chinese  6 Dutch 1 She always walks to school. 5 costume
2 Spanish  7 French 2 They aren’t listening to the 6 early
3 Greek  8 Portuguese teacher right now. 7 suddenly
4 Swiss  9 Italian 3 He is never late for football games. 8 watch out
5 English   10 Australian 4 We often invite friends to our
home. C
B 5 What time does the English 1 neighbour
1c 2f 3d 4h 5a 6b 7e 8g ­lesson begin? 2 eyebrow
6 I hardly ever arrive late for 3 skin
C ­lessons. 4 appearance
1 incredible 6 nature 7 Where do the students usually 5 discuss
2 popular 7 hang out have lunch? 6 entertain
3 sure 8 passport 8 You are always brilliant at ­writing. 7 trainer
4 busy 9 daughter 8 police officer
5 profile      10 granny C
1 are, doing D
D 2 Are 1 little     5 traditional
1 activity 3 am/’m 2 similar     6 weird
2 personal 4 am/’m helping 3 curly     7 reliable
3 student 5 are/’re playing 4 worried     8 gentle
4 interested 6 write
5 nationality 7 Are, listening E
6 photographer 8 is singing 1 unkind     5 invitation
7 monthly 9 are/’re talking 2 description     6 difference
8 grandparents 10 do, want 3 attractive     7 happiness
11 don’t go 4 disagree     8 personality
E
12 is/’s cleaning
1 AUGUST Grammar
2 OCTOBER A
3 JULY Unit 2
1 worked     5 went
4 SEPTEMBER 2 made     6 didn’t
5 MARCH Vocabulary
3 look     7 thought
6 JANUARY A
4 Did     8 eat
7 FEBRUARY 1 horrible
8 NOVEMBER 2 tan B
9 APRIL 3 bored 1A 2B 3C 4B 5A 6A 7A
10 DECEMBER 4 culture 8A
11 MAY 5 mean
12 JUNE 6 tall C
Nationality: SOUTH AFRICAN 7 laziness 1 were travelling
8 successful 2 were looking after

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 3 wasn’t doing 8 is cooking C
4 Were, discussing 9 aren’t doing 1 little
5 was visiting 10 are buying 2 many
6 weren’t laughing 11 aren’t cooking 3 some
7 was living 12 are making 4 any
8 was annoying, was getting 5 few
B 6 much
1 to 6 at 7 lots
Unit 3 2 in 7 towards 8 lot
3 on 8 into
Vocabulary 4 at 9 on
A 5 in 10 to
Unit 5
1 ancient
2 save C Vocabulary
3 difficult 1 at 6 in A
4 backyard 2 in 7 on 1 light 5 smell
5 settlers 3 on 8 in 2 whole 6 permanent
6 conversation 4 on 9 from 3 fix 7 survive
7 spectacular 5 at 10 in 4 space 8 unexpected
8 communicate
B
B Unit 4 Home:  cottage, houseboat,
1 delicious 5 letter villa, ger
2 delete 6 contact Vocabulary Room:  garage, hallway, toilet,
3 common 7 modern A utility room
4 visitors 8 harbour 1 steak 5 save
Furniture: 
bookshelf, dining
2 prawn 6 backpack
table, drawer,
C 3 garlic 7 staff
wardrobe
1d 2b 3e 4g 5h 6a 7c 8f 4 hairdryer 8 tuna
C
D B
1 key, towel
1 go out 1 reach 5 iron
2 printer, washing machine
2 hang up 2 sign off 6 dry
3 curtain, poster
3 stay up 3 till 7 lend
4 laundry, tool
4 look up to 4 tent 8 vacuum
5 blanket, blinds
5 take, out
C 6 child, ox
6 call off
7 ask about 1 bar, piece
D
8 get on 2 slice, loaf
1 fridge
3 amount, carton
2 solar panel
E 4 can, tin
3 satellite dish
Across
D 4 wood stove
3 SOCIAL NETWORK
1 dessert 5 midday 5 car park
7 DEVICE
2 dollar 6 perhaps 6 air conditioner
8 COSTUME
3 shelf 7 during 7 tumble dryer
10 FESTIVAL
11 ATTACHMENT 4 receipt 8 sunbathe
E
E Across
Down 1 player 2 EXCUSE
1 SLEEPOVER 2 excited 4 SEASON
2 FREEDOM 3 decision 8 COMPANY
3 STREAMER 4 powerful 9 COOKER
4 SANDWICH 5 healthy 10 SAILING
5 FIREWORKS 6 hidden 11 FREEZER
6 PARADE 7 comfortable
9 EVENT 8 starter Down
1 LOADS
Grammar Grammar 3 ELECTRICITY
A A 5 NOMAD
1 ’re/are having 1d 2g 3a 4h 5b 6f 7e 8c 6 LAWNMOWER
2 are, inviting 7 HOUR
3 ’m/am asking B 10 SHED
4 ’m/am not telling 1 isn’t 5 children
5 ’s/is sending 2 an 6 take
6 Is, coming 3 were 7 luggage
7 ’s/is staying 4 some 8 work
2

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 Grammar E 5 desert
A 1 laughter 6 performer
1 They have been friends since 2 buildings 7 drums
last year. 3 peaceful 8 shame
2 Has he ever lived in a flat? 4 worker 9 stressed
3 The woman has just fed the 5 Suddenly 10 practise
animals. 6 weekly
4 We have not walked very far yet. 7 knowledge B
5 Have you finished your 8 pollution 1e 2d 3f 4b 5a 6c
homework yet? 9 childhood
6 I have already played three 10 killer C
video games. 1 steep
7 Where have they put up their Grammar 2 involved
posters? / put their posters up? A 3 crazy
8 They still haven’t cleaned their 1 These 5 These 4 alive
windows. 2 those 6 that 5 lost
3 This 7 Those 6 actual
B
4 that 8 this 7 common
1 have travelled
2 Have, done 8 keen
B
3 has never seen
1 a, – 5 the, the D
4 ’ve/have been
2 a, – 6 an, – 1 participant
5 Have, stopped
3 the, – 7 –, an 2 lizard
6 haven’t/have not played
4 the, – 8 –, – 3 sleeping bag
7 have studied
8 Has, gone 4 selfie stick
C 5 dictionary
C 1 –, –, – 6 drama club
1A 2C 3B 4A 5C 6C 7A 2 –, an, the 7 chess
8A 3 The, the, – 8 board game
4 The, the, –
5 –, an, –
Unit 6 6 the, –, –
E
Wordsearch
Vocabulary 7 –, –, the
1 accident
8 a, a, –
A 2 confidence
1c 2a 3h 4f 5e 6d 7g 8b 3 suggestion
Unit 7 4 advert
B 5 circus
1 petrol station Vocabulary 6 competition
2 youth hostel A 7 ability
3 shopping centre 1 persuaded 8 rat
4 corner shop 2 skill 9 model
5 tour guide 3 join 10 session
6 guided tour 4 solved
7 banquet hall
8 traffic lights

C
1 medicine
I C I R C A N A V E M G
2 unique
3 progress S E S S O V E B T A O E
4 directions E L F I M U C I R C U S
5 stamp
6 lift S E D E P G N L I O D T
7 yacht S U G G E S T I O N P A
8 designed
9 eventually I R Y R T I O T C F R C
10 racket O S P U I L I Y O I E C
D N E R A T T A S F D S I
1 off, to S U G R I F U S I E E D
2 up, on
3 down, up L P I M O D E L D N D E
4 for, away R O N F N C E R T C O N
5 out of, in
E N T I O N A D V E R T
6 out, down with
3

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 Grammar 4 stand 7 travel agent
A 5 discount 8 fortune teller
1 gets 6 referee
2 will/’ll/should/might feel 7 pitch C
3 will/’ll text 8 opponent 1 wonder
4 phone 9 disaster 2 tram
5 are 10 whistle 3 population
6 make 4 religion
7 tell E 5 toast
8 wants 1 brilliantly 6 park
2 thrilled 7 chalet
B 3 concentration 8 volcano
1 you might hurt 4 strength
2 borrow 5 unbelievable D
3 spending 6 fiftieth 1 amusement
4 to learn 7 easily 2 accommodation
5 go 8 entertainment 3 skiing
6 baking 4 uncommon
7 to feed Grammar 5 enjoyable
8 travelling 6 unnatural
A
C 1 Can we go riding today? 7 uncomfortable
1 wear 2 Could/Can/Would you lend me 8 mostly
2 to pay a pair of gloves? / Could/
3 to go Can/ May I borrow a pair of E
4 to attempt gloves? 1 GEOGRAPHY
5 to eat 3 Could he swim when he was 2 SUNGLASSES
6 learning two years old? 3 CLIFF
7 take 4 Should I take riding lessons? 4 CONTINENT
8 to bring 5 Can/May I go rafting? 5 WATERFALL
6 Do we have/need to bring our 6 RESORT
own skates? 7 AVERAGE
Unit 8 7 Shall we go running? 8 EXPERIENCE
8 Shall I fix your tyre? 9 NEWSPAPER
Vocabulary 10 VINTAGE
A B The hidden word is RAINFOREST.
1 tournament 1C 2C 3A 4A 5C 6B 7B
2 unwind 8A Grammar
3 amazed A
4 net C 1 who
5 cheer 1 must 2 –/whom
6 hurdle 2 mustn’t 3 –/who
7 court 3 don’t have to 4 –/which
8 locker 4 mustn’t 5 which
5 must 6 who
B 6 doesn’t have to 7 which
1c 2f 3a 4g 5h 6b 7d 8e 7 don’t have to 8 –/which
8 doesn’t have to
C
1 drop out B
2 ran Unit 9 1B 2A 3A 4A 5B 6A 7C
3 confident 8C
4 skates Vocabulary
5 rafting A C
6 adventure 1f 2g 3e 4b 5h 6d 7a 1 fast
7 provide 8c 2 deeply
8 exercise 3 well
9 marathon B 4 friendly
10 bull 1 snake charmer 5 late
2 blog entry 6 beautifully
D 3 taxi driver 7 lovely
1 dream 4 city break 8 hungrily
2 ceremony 5 day trip 9 securely
3 VIP 6 social media 10 truly

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 Unit 10 B B
1 The coach was driven to the port. 1 trap
Vocabulary 2 The car thief was caught. 2 tractor
A 3 The van was repaired quickly. 3 sink
1 co-pilot, employer 4 Was the fishing boat found? 4 hurricane
2 platform, spot 5 I was given the wrong change 5 sting
3 rowing boat, van at the petrol station. 6 clear
4 battery, paddle 6 When was the new motorway 7 flood
5 motorway, track built? 8 serious
6 bamboo, material 7 Why was the bus timetable
changed? C
B 8 All the food was eaten at the 1 destroyed, damaged
1 rowing boat barbecue. 2 gallon, pound
2 terminus 3 cool, freezing
3 captain C 4 southerly, southern
4 track 1 were bought by my grandma. 5 climate, weather
5 van 2 is food served? 6 lightning, thunder
6 basket 3 was broken with a rock.
4 was stolen. D
7 diamond
5 was told to get off the plane by 1 icy
8 material
the pilot. 2 seriously
9 motorway
6 were taken with a webcam. 3 impossible
10 spot
7 are caught by the local 4 foggy
C ­fishermen at night. / are 5 coastal
1 waterproof caught at night by the local 6 cyclist
2 deck ­fishermen. 7 heatwave
3 packed 8 are sometimes caused by snow. 8 sunshine
4 change
E
5 local Unit 11 Wordsearch grid
6 delayed
1 forecast
7 own Vocabulary 2 drought
8 last A 3 temperature
D 1 earn 4 flooding
1 cruise 2 heater 5 shoulder
2 journey 3 escape 6 degrees
3 wave 4 atmosphere 7 distance
4 traveller 5 deliver 8 double-decker
5 midsummer 6 sharp 9 compass
6 unfortunately 7 dust 10 monsoon
7 possibility 8 stranded
8 announcement

E
1 get
2 steal
3 pick
4 drop E M P E R A M D E C R D
5 decline T R C O M P O S S B U O
6 change
7 focus F L O O D I N G A F D U
8 give O O M O N R S A S O I B
9 accept
10 drive R N P N E D O U T R S L
E G A S D R O U G H T E
Grammar
C F S E E U N L D E A D
A
1 is used A L S O G H T U R E N E
2 are taken
S O A Y R T R C A S C C
3 is played
4 are always decorated T E M P E R A T U R E K
5 are/’re stopped
D E G R E T E M P C L E
6 am/’m told
7 Are you driven C E L S S H O U L D E R
8 are the tickets sold
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 Grammar C Grammar
A 1 off A
1 cooler than 2 down 1 horrible wet
2 more quickly than 3 with 2 tasty Indian
3 bigger 4 up 3 small square
4 less 5 down 4 fascinating short
5 faster 6 out 5 dangerous tropical
6 heavier 7 up 6 clever new
7 better 8 up 7 scary blue
8 more dangerous 8 waterproof rubber
D
B 1 creature B
1 the stormiest 2 recommendation 1 cheap Chinese mobile
2 the warmest 3 findings 2 rectangular white wooden
3 the hardest 4 environmental 3 cute furry little
4 (the) most easily 5 height 4 large French caravan
5 the most beautiful 6 reusable 5 perfect round Swiss
6 (the) furthest 7 explorer 6 aggressive angry polar
7 the hottest 8 hunters 7 impressive new environmental
8 the friendliest 8 noisy old-fashioned steam
E
C Across C
1 as 4 VOLUNTEER 1 tiring
2 than 5 BUTTERFLY 2 excited
3 the 8 HUTCH 3 frightened
4 not 9 SPECIES 4 bored
5 more 10 LETTUCE 5 amazing
6 less 11 NEST 6 interesting
7 most 7 exhausted
8 so Down 8 disappointed
1 DANGER
2 OVERFISHING
Unit 12 3 MOONLIGHT
5 BRANCH
Vocabulary 6 MIST
A 7 PENGUIN
1f 2e 3h 4g 5c 6d 7a 8b

B
1 tank
2 hamster
3 extinct
4 effect
5 canary
6 interested
7 waste
8 risk

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