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EDITION PRE-INTERMEDIATE ANSWER KEY

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LEAD-IN
INDEX CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
1A 1 does 2 do 3 are 4 to 5 you 6 say
1B 1 b) 2 f) 3 c) 4 e) 5 a) 6 d)
UNIT 1 1 SPELLING
2A 1 would 2 which 3 friend 4 know 5 people

life
UNIT 2 5 PARTS OF SPEECH
3 2 article 3 noun 4 preposition of place 5 auxiliary
6 adjective 7 adverb
UNIT 3 7 TENSES AND STRUCTURES
4 1 present simple: My name is …
2 present continuous: I’m living …
UNIT 4 9 3 present perfect: I’ve been here for …
4 past simple: I was born in …
5 going to for future plans: I’m going to visit my uncle …

UNIT 5 11 QUESTION WORDS

5 1 What 2 Who 3 Where 4 When 5 How 6 Why

UNIT 6 14 AUXILIARY VERBS

6 1 do 2 does 3 did 4 don’t 5 doesn’t 6 didn’t 7 Are
8 isn’t

UNIT 7 16 VOCABULARY
7 family: uncle, grandmother, cousin
food: tomato, sugar, pasta
UNIT 8 19 jobs: shop assistant, lawyer, doctor
shops: bookshop, bakery, supermarket
transport: car, bike, train

UNIT 9 21
1.1 FEELING GOOD?
VOCABULARY FREE TIME
UNIT 10 24 1B
2 spend 3 eat 4 have 5 play

UNIT 11 27 C
Suggested answers:
1 go out/to the cinema/to work/running
2 spend £50/the morning in bed/a week in the mountains
UNIT 12 29 3 eat a meal/a hamburger/a lot/at home/alone
4 have a party/friends round
5 play football/tennis/in a team

GRAMMAR QUESTION FORMS

4A
1 do 2 When 3 Are 4 Where

B
1 before 2 before

 LANGUAGEBANK 1.1 p128–129

A 1 How many 2 Who 3 What/Which 4 What 5 When
6 Where 7 Which 8 How
B 1 e) 2 b) 3 h) 4 f ) 5 c) 6 d) 7 a) 8 g)
C 1 How much does this cost?
2 Do you have/Have you got any brothers or sisters?
3 What time does the film start?
4 How o!en do you play football?
5 Who is your new teacher?
6 Do you want to come and have a pizza?
7 Why don’t you like grammar?
8 Where did you go on holiday last year?

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EDITION PRE-INTERMEDIATE ANSWER KEY 1
5B B
1 How many people are in your family? regular: liked, decided, tried
2 How o!en do you see your parents? irregular: went, fell, got, said
3 Do you enjoy spending time with your family? negative: didn’t
4 When was your last family celebration? question: Did
5 Who do you live with? short answer: didn’t
6 How o!en do you eat out with friends?
7 Where does your best friend live? 5B
/d/: smiled, studied
C /t/: worked, stopped, walked, talked, helped
See Ex 5B above. /ɪd/: wanted, needed, decided

SPEAKING
 LANGUAGEBANK 1.2 p128–129
6A A 2 saw 3 got 4 knew 5 emailed 6 fell 7 decided
Suggested answers:
8 asked 9 arrived 10 said 11 got
Holidays
B 1 taught 2 did, grow up 3 met 4 didn’t get on
How long do you usually go on holiday for?
5 le!, got 6 lived, didn’t see 7 Did, enjoy 8 didn’t have
Who do you usually go with?/Who do you like going with?
9 finished 10 studied
What do you like doing?
Where do you like going?
Where do you want to go on your next holiday? 6A
Weekend 1 saw 2 went 3 stayed 4 went 5 cooked 6 spent
What do you usually do/like doing at the weekend?
Where do you (like to) go? B
Do you ever/usually/o!en (have to) work or study? 1 When did you last see your best friend?
What time do you usually get up? 2 When did you last go to a wedding?
3 When did you last stay up all night?
4 When did you last go on holiday?
5 When did you last cook a meal (for (some) friends/someone)?
1.2 TRUE LOVE 6 When did you last spend the day with your sister/brother/
boyfriend/etc.?
SPEAKING
WRITING LINKING WORDS
1
Suggested answers: 8A
2 at work/college, in clubs/societies, playing sports, at parties, at 1 c) and 2 d) because 3 b) so 4 a) but
friends’ houses
B
VOCABULARY RELATIONSHIPS 1 because 2 and 3 but 4 so

2A
1 b) 2 f) 3 h) 4 a) 5 g) 6 e) 7 d) 8 c)
1.3 NICE DAY, ISN’T IT?
B
Suggested answers: VOCABULARY CONVERSATION TOPICS
7, 5, 2, 8, 1, 6, 4, 3 2A
1 conversation 2 tells 3 interrupt 4 saying 5 gossip 6 joke
LISTENING 7 talk
3A B
Story 1: The man put the engagement ring in the woman’s salad but The article talks about the kinds of problems you can have when
she didn’t see it and put it in her mouth. trying to have a conversation with someone.
Story 2: They went on a dive and the man proposed to the woman
underwater. FUNCTION MAKING CONVERSATION
Story 3: The man made a video of him proposing to his girlfriend and
put it on YouTube. 3A
Conversation 2 is better because it flows more easily and both
B speakers sound interested.
1 in a restaurant
2 She put the ring in her mouth and nearly swallowed it. B
3 Egypt 1 Pleased 2 love 3 from 4 lovely 5 OK 6 terrible 7 soon
4 She said yes.
5 He made a two-minute YouTube video of him proposing and sent 4
her a link. Student A questions/Student B answers
6 She made a video of herself saying yes. 1 A: Would you like a drink?
B: I’d love an orange juice, please.
C 2 A: Did you watch the match last night?
1 Story 1 2 Story 2 3 Story 3 4 Story 2 5 Story 3 6 Story 1 B: Yes, it was brilliant.
3 A: Nice day, isn’t it?
GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE B: Yes, it’s lovely.
4 A: Do you work here?
4A B: No, I’m a student.
1 were (I) 2 didn’t say (I), gave (I) 3 met (I)
4 smiled (R) 5 accepted (R), didn’t tell (I) 6 tried (I)

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