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Answer Key
Getting Started
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1 1 a are ... speaking b does ... speak
2 a isn’t working b doesn’t work
3 a was cutting b cut
4 a are / were swimming b swam
5 a didn’t think b are ... thinking
6 a snows b is snowing
2 1 are having 8 entered
2 signed up 9 didn’t have
3 am going 10 were experiencing
4 suffer 11 swam
5 started off 12 don’t see
6 practised 13 live
7 were still standing
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3 1 The storm began while we were driving home.
2 What do you think?
3 This phone doesn’t belong to me.
4 When did you compete?
5 I’m sorry, but I don’t know who you are.
6 What are you doing tonight?
4 1 have never tried 4 have been waiting
2 went 5 have finally arrived
3 have already been 6 had never met
5 1 Have ... ever sung 7 Have you heard
2 have been giving 8 had made
3 has always been 9 thought
4 had missed 10 had given
5 had chosen 11 started
6 forgot 12 have raised
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6 Possible answers:
1 he will find one soon
2 they realised how much work it would be
3 nobody told us
4 I have to get a passport
5 we might not recognise each other
7 1 have 6 kept
2 managed / lived / survived 7 until / before
3 was 8 had
4 had 9 been
5 before / ago 10 since
8 1 is going to fall off 5 will get
2 is going to begin 6 will feel
3 won’t understand 7 are ... going to do
4 is going to hit 8 will speak
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9 1 will hurt / will injure 5 will like
2 will help 6 am going to work
3 are going to lose 7 will know
4 am going to meet
10 1 will be working, will have earned
2 will have known, will still be going out
3 will have completed, will be celebrating
4 will have woken up, will be waiting
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11 Possible answers:
1 will have made 4 Will ... have found
2 will be flying 5 will be closing
3 won’t be leaving 6 will be travelling
12 1 won’t be sitting 5 won’t wait
2 will have already left 6 will be
3 will go 7 will buy
4 will be waiting 8 is going to rain
13 Possible answers:
1 ever / already / just
2 for hours
3 usually
4 at 9 o’clock / in half an hour
5 now / at the moment
6 at 7 o’clock in the evening
7 after
8 yet
9 At this time tomorrow
10 By the end of the year
14 1 know 6 have passed
2 does ... come 7 are still trying
3 happened 8 haven’t succeeded
4 was working 9 will have become
5 had got 10 won’t be
15 Possible answers:
1 were crossing the busy street
2 had started eating dinner
3 will be a safer place
4 am going to hear my favourite singer
5 had never felt so frightened
6 has taken up the guitar
7 have seen one another
8 take my dog to the beach
1

3 1 get started 5 upcoming
2 toward 6 clever move
3 force 7 on the move
4 funded 8 brought about
4 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
5 1 high season 6 breathtaking
2 wander 7 spot
3 get started 8 hop on
4 hooked 9 unspoilt
5 backpackers
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Grammar
1 1 had been pointing 5 has been getting
2 had been describing 6 have been watching
3 had been using 7 have been writing
4 had been laughing 8 have been inviting
2 1 It had been standing on the runway for hours.
2 I had been hiking for hours.
3 We have been planning it for ages.
4 It has been raining all day.
5 He hasn’t been feeling well all week.
6 T
 hey hadn’t been paying attention during the
lessons.
3 1 had left 5 has been learning /
2 had been surfing has learned
3 have read 6 hadn’t realised
4 had been driving
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4 1 have always loved 6 had been waiting
2 have forgotten 7 had been planning
3 have been trying 8 have been going
4 haven’t had 9 had closed
5 had been wandering 10 hadn’t been working
5 Possible answers:
1 dinner had been served
2 have never travelled abroad before
3 had heard that the service was terrible
4 have been feeling sore all day
5 our food hadn’t arrived quickly
6  et’s get started. We have been waiting for over
1 L
ten minutes.
 he airline found my suitcase after they had been
2 T
searching for ten days.
 ow long had she been dating Mark before he
3 H
asked her to marry him?
 ur lifelong friendship has lasted since we were
4 O
children.
5 How long have you known your best friend?
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7 1 H
 em decidit anar-hi fora de temporada per
aconseguir millors tarifes.
2 En Sean fa hores que passeja.
3 Has regatejat mai alguna cosa en una botiga?
4 F
 ins que vaig visitar les Maldives, mai havia vist
unes vistes tan impressionants.
5 H
 avíem estat buscant bones ofertes tota la
setmana quan vam trobar aquest vol barat.
8 1 W
 e had been climbing for six hours (before we
reached the top of the mountain).
2 Our guests have just arrived.
3 I haven’t seen her for a year.
4 I was late because I had missed my flight.
5 How long have you been writing a travel blog?
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Speaking
1 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
2 1 shall 7 I’d like
2 sounds 8 do
3 could 9 to discuss
4 shall 10 go
5 this 11 we’ve decided
6 style
3 1 /B/ 2 /O/
4 1 decide 2 relief
5 1 I’d love to travel to Thailand.
2 I would avoid travelling during high season.
3 I’d rather not go diving.
4 I’ve always wanted to stay in an Italian village.
5 It’s not my style, but it sounds interesting.
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Reading
1 1 D 3 A 5 D 7 B 9 D
2 B 4 C 6 A 8 C 10 C
2 1 s he lives in Singapore, which is a major transport
hub
2 s he used to suffer from anxiety, but now she does
amazing things
3 an old building or an empty alley in a city
4 wandering around his home town
5 looks for small details and unusual angles
3 1 hub 4 in flux
2 bucket list 5 far-flung
3 seeking 6 follow his lead
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Page 14 4 Possible answers:

Writing 1 will save us money
2 take an umbrella
1 Possible answers:
3 book a hotel
 ou have to visit this spectacular castle – it’s
1 Y
4 my phone number
totally amazing!
5 dinner with my parents
2 I ncredibly, every restaurant in this bustling city
was closed on Sunday! 6 I repay them
 eople were cheering enthusiastically, but
3 P 7 watch a film, study
unfortunately, we couldn’t hear the music. 8 try a new restaurant
 he trains to this remote resort run fairly often
4 T
during the summer season. Page 16

 eople were waiting restlessly in the queue

5 P Check Your Progress
because the tickets were selling out quickly.
1 Possible answers:
2 1 bustling 5 packed 1 Are you going on holiday this year?
2 mostly 6 easily 2 Did you get a better price?
3 impressive 7 famously 3 Why are the hotel rooms so expensive?
4 good 8 seldom 4 Do you like that TV series?
3 1 the Isle of Arran 5 Where can I get a souvenir?
2 the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 6 Does your sister travel a lot?
3 Argyle Street 7 Have you always wanted to visit China?
4 Buchanan Street 2 1 backpackers 6 lifestyle
5 the SSE Hydro 2 dirt cheap 7 go with the flow
4 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers. 3 deal 8 aim
4 get around 9 set off
5 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
5 hop on
6 Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.
3 1 has been working
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3 hadn’t been waiting
Vocabulary Focus
4 have been looking
1 1 unspoilt 4 cancellations 5 had been raining
2 relief 5 accused
3 tourists 6 expectations 4 1 have been looking forward
2 have just found out
2 1 widespread 6 best-selling 3 hasn’t closed
2 full-time 7 upcoming 4 had been waiting
3 lifelong 8 well preserved 5 hadn’t seen
4 upbeat 9 trustworthy 6 had been walking
5 heart-stopping 10 first rate 7 have been travelling
3 1 W
 e enjoyed the holiday on the whole, though the
beach was always packed. Unit 2
2 It’s too hot to go there on foot.
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3 W
 hen she showed me the tickets, I noticed at a
glance that they were for the wrong day. Vocabulary
4 I t’s out of the question that I’m going to spend the
entire trip in museums!
1 Possible answers:
1 exercise
5 I didn’t tell Clare on purpose.
2 Because they’re extreme.
6 Tom used my towel by mistake.
3 climbing stairs
7 We’ll be on the move during the entire trip.
4 by eating less
8 This guidebook is useless because it’s out of date!
5 a gym
6 feeling sleepy
7 a fear of flying

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