Cutting Edge • Ciclo Básico 3 • Answer key

Further practice 2
Some suggestions:
• Means of transport: bus, tram, underground, tube,
module 3 subway, train, scooter, motorbike, bike, aeroplane,
plane, helicopter, ship, cruise, boat, car, taxi, mini cab…
• Adjectives to talk about transport: expensive, cheap,
1 fast, convenient, inconvenient, dangerous, safe,
comfortable, uncomfortable…
1 Our /(the name of the Student’s teacher) / She / us • Questions about transport: How far is…from…? –
2 their / them How long does it/the journey take?- How much is the
3 it / His / she / them ticket?/ How much does the ticket cost?/ How do you
4 him go to…?- What do you think about transport in
5 Our Buenos Aires/La Plata, Avellaneda?
6 Its / its / its • Are there many traffic jams in Buenos Aires/ La
Plata/ Avellaneda/ your town/city? Do you live near

2 the train station/the subway? – How often do you

travel by (bus/train/plane/etc)?
1 How old are you?
2 Me too!
3 Are you married?
module 6
4 How about you?
5 Me neither.
6
7
Do you live …?
How about you?
1
8 Do you like…?/ Do you practice…? 1 And you?/ What about you?/How about you?/ How
9 How interesting!/ Really? are you?
2 Can I ask...?
3 What do you have for breakfast?
module 4 4 Who do you have breakfast with?
5 Do you cook?
6 Where do you have lunch?/ How often do you have

2 7
lunch at the canteen?
What is your favourite food ?
8 Good idea!/ Great idea!/ Why not?
1 What is your new friend’s name?
2 How old is he?
3
4
What does he study?
Where does he study Law?
2
5 Does he like music? 1 bottle
2 slice
3 tube
module 5 4 jar
5 piece

1 module 7
1 crowded
2 queue
3
4
platform
ticket
1
5 how long 20.7.69 - twentieth of July nineteen sixty-nine
6 means of transport 28.2.75 - twenty-eighth February nineteen seventy-five
7 return ticket 22.10.44 - twenty-second October nineteen forty-four
8 how far? 9.11.40 - ninth November nineteen forty
9 easily 16.10.70 - sixteenth October nineteen seventy
10 safely
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30.11.86- thirtieth November nineteen eighty-six
3.3.90- third March nineteen ninety
module 8
12.9.97- twelfth September nineteen ninety-seven
15.7.00 - fifteenth July two thousand
31.4.01 - thirty-first April two thousand and one 1
1 World wide web 5 In London
2 2
3
Tim Berners-Lee
45
6
7
In Oxford
In a computer company
1 Can I …? 4 British 8 Massachussets, U.S.A
2 When were you born?
3
4
I was born on………………(date)
Where were you born? 2
5 I was born in……………….(place)
1 What was his invention? What did he invent?
6 When was your father born?
2 When did he invent it/the WWW?
7 My father was born on…………….(date)
3 What did his parents do? What was his parents’
8 How about your mother?/ And your mother?/ When
job/occupation?
was your mother born?
4 Where was Tim/he born?
9 Well, my mother was born on……………..(date)
5 How old is he/Tim?
10 Were you …?
6 Where did he go to school?
7 What university did he go to?
3 8 What did he study?

1 was
2 (a date) module 9
3 (a place)
4 is...
5
6
is...
have/don't have...
3
Adjectives Comparative form Superlative form
7 are...
fast faster fastest
8 loved... expensive more expensive most expensive
9 hated... old older oldest
10 went... easy easier easiest
11 left small smaller smallest
12 was... comfortable more comfortable most comfortable
13 was... ugly uglier ugliest
cheap cheaper cheapest
14 was...
difficult more difficult most difficult
15 became attractive more attractive most attractive
16 ... new newer newest
17 studied... big bigger biggest
18 (a year) slow slower slowest
19 started uncomfortable more uncomfortable most uncomfortable
20 graduated... good better best
bad worse worst
21 got...
nice nicer nicest
22 work/worked from healthy healthier healthiest
23 am sweet sweeter sweetest
24 got... beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
25 (a date) popular more popular most popular
26 is... rich richer richest
27 study busy busier busiest
tall taller tallest
28 am
successful more successful most successful
exciting more exciting most exciting
common more common most common
lively livelier liveliest
similar more similar most similar
colourful more colourful most colourful
unusual more unusual most unusual
late later latest
traditional more traditional most traditional

Ciclo Básico 3 • Answer key • Further practice © Pearson Education 2005 2/3
Test
A E

1 Can I/ May I ask you? 1 a took

2 When do you (usually) go on holiday? b had
3 Do you like travelling/to travel ? c broke
4 Where did you go on holiday? 2 a How much
5 Where did you stay (there) ? b is there
6 Who did you go with ? 3 a Are there
7 Is she/ that woman your girlfriend ? 4 a him
8 How did you travel/go to Buzios/there? b me
9 How long did it/the journey take ? c me
10 How far is Rio from Buzios ? d his
11 What did you think of/ How did you like Buzios and 5 a no
Rio? b some
12 What was the weather like/ How was the weather ?
6 a swimming
13 Did you eat feijoada?
7 a don’t often like
8 a It is usually
B 9 a any
b any
1 go
2 easy
3 unhealthy food
4 the most usual
5 finish
6 slow
7 get on the bus
8 late
9 worse
10 sell
11 the oldest

C
1 go to
2 go
3 visit
4 play
5 ride
6 take/miss/catch/

D
1 in on
2 at
3 for
4 At
5 at
6 in
7 on in on/at
8 by
9 on on In the in the At
10 for

Ciclo Básico 3 • Answer key • Test © Pearson Education 2005 3/3