Roadmap B2. Student's Book Answer Keys - 2020

ROADMAP™ B2 Students’ Book answer key
2a
UNIT 1
1 differ 2 appeals 3 involved 4 depend
1A Talking to strangers 5 enquire 6 volunteered 7 discourage 8 insist
Reading 9 boast
2a
1 His strategy was to begin talking to strangers by Grammar
asking them questions. The results were not Question forms
good. He didn’t manage to start any 7a
conversations.
Don’t believe me? … what have I got to lose?
2 The author started making a comment on ‘Where did you get your magic fairy?’
something and then asking a question. This was ‘What have I told you about talking to strangers?’
more successful and he had a conversation. ‘What does ZTC stand for?’ ‘What?’
‘I was just wondering what ZTC stands for.’
2b ‘Why don’t you ask my brother?’
‘Too much sugar?’
1 People who talk to strangers are happier, more
‘What about you?’
creative and less likely to have a heart attack.
‘Who are you going to give them to?’
2 because she thought the answer to the question
‘So, who gave you those flowers?’
was very obvious
3 because the bus was nearly empty (and in the
UK people don’t usually sit next to another 7b
person if there are other seats that are free) 1 What have I got to lose?
4 He told the woman that he had read the book Where did you get your magic fairy?
when he hadn’t. What have I told you about talking to strangers?
2 Who are you going to give them to?
Vocabulary What does ZTC stand for?
3 So, who gave you those flowers?
Verbs with dependent prepositions 4 I was just wondering what ZTC stands for.
4
suffer from, think about, smile at, believe in, stand 8
for, belong to, concentrate on, deal with 1 have 2 be 3 Ss’ own answers
4 subject + verb + object (as in normal affirmative
5 statements)
1 about 2 at 3 in 4 on 5 from 6 on 7 to
8 with 9 on 9a
1 Could you tell me what the time is?
Vocabulary bank 1A 2 What are you reading?
3 I was just wondering where you bought that.
Verbs with dependent prepositions
4 Why did you buy that?
1a 5 Do you know where the entrance is?
a to b in c to d about e on f from
g from h about i on j in k in l from m for
10a
1b 1 Can I ask (you) where you bought them?
1 differ from 2 believe in 3 involve someone in (indirect question)
4 suffer from 5 belong to 6 specialise in 2 I wonder who it belongs to? (indirect question)
7 depend on 8 enquire about 9 insist on 3 Who cut it (for you)? (subject question)
10 volunteer for 11 appeal to 12 boast about 4 Where did you go to school? (QASV)
13 discourage someone from 5 What are you smiling about? (preposition
question)
6 I’d love to know who designed it. (indirect
question)
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7 Which train are you waiting for? (preposition 3b The subject and auxiliary are unnecessarily
question) repeated. This is a stylistic issue.
8 Could I ask how long you’ve had yours / your 4a Would is not used for state verbs like adore.
phone? (indirect question) Would is used for repeated actions.
5b The thinking was repeated while the speaker
was awake, so kept + -ing is more appropriate.
Language bank 1A
1 8a
a Have you known the Swanns for a long time? When the verb/word immediately after starts with a
b Can I ask you what you think about the sports consonant sound, we tend not to pronounce the t of
centre? the n’t :
c What kind of after-school activities does it offer? I wasn’t working, I didn’t really …
d What made you decide to join it? When the verb/word immediately after starts with a
e Which school does your daughter go to? vowel sound, we may or may not pronounce the t of
f Could you tell me if the Black Horse restaurant is the n’t. If we do pronounce it, we link it to the first
near here? syllable of the next word:
I wasn’ tinterested
2
1f 2a 3b 4d 5e 6c
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1 didn’t use to worry 2 was playing
1B Life lessons
3 started 4 wanted 5 would never ask
Listening and vocabulary 6 really thought 7 was sitting 8 chatting 9 came
Emotions 10 wondered 11 decided 12 said 13 realised
2
3 b and e possibly contradict d because b and e Language bank 1B
don’t appear to allow for anything but the best 1
outcome, whereas d allows – if not encourages – 1 joined 2 was studying 3 had/used to have
failure along the way. 4 knew 5 kept interrupting 6 used to/would
discuss 7 came across 8 was sitting 9 looking
10 didn’t tell
3
1c 2d 3a 4f 2
1 When my brother and I were younger, we didn’t
used to go anywhere without each other.
4b
2 We were horrified to see that the ferry left was
1 devastating 2 felt 3 out 4 ashamed 5 in leaving the port as we arrived.
6 big 7 me 8 luck 9 blew 10 fool 3 When I was little I was used to having used to
have/had almost golden hair, but it turned to a
Grammar mousey brown before I was ten.
4 There was a man in the dentist’s waiting room
Past simple, past continuous, used to, would,
keep + -ing who kept tapping his foot. It was so annoying!
5 I shared a bedroom with my older sister until she
6 was leaving left home.
1 complete 2 main 3 background 6 Where we live, we don’t usually have snow, but
4 continuous 5 many times 6 longer one winter I used to stay stayed with my cousins
in Canada, where we had snow all the time.
7 7✓
1a Hate is a state verb and they are not generally 8 The actor was just standing silently on the stage,
used in the continuous. The second sentence is waiting for the people in the audience to stop
possible, but the first is more likely. talking.
2a Both are completed actions, so they need the
past simple. Past continuous implies she didn’t
finish making the sandwich which is illogical
because she ate it!
2
1C Personalities 6a
1 speak 2 Meeting 3 lose, lose 4 voice
Vocabulary and listening
5 keep, keep 6 remain 7 resolve
Adjectives of character
2
A adventurous, brave, confident, excited, 6b
exhilarated Your, the and a are unstressed so the vowel sound
B confident, successful becomes /ə/.
C suspicious, threatening
D hard-working, calm, organised, confident,
Language bank 1C
successful
E nervous, excited 1
1 make time 2 take notes (also: make notes)
3 take part in 4 remain calm 5 make sense
2b 6 making mistakes 7 follow the rules
C = conscientious E = extrovert A = agreeable 8 taking the exams 9 meet deadlines
N = neurotic 10 take charge 11 make the most of
12 great success
3a
1 adventurous, cautious Speaking
2 organised, careless
3 outgoing, reserved 8b
4 trusting, suspicious 1 ten
5 nervous, confident 2 that he’s more reserved than outgoing
3 yes, fairly accurate
Vocabulary bank 1C
1D English in action
Adjectives of character
Vocabulary
1
similar opposite Verbs to describe a healthy lifestyle
meaning meaning 2a
brilliant intellectual foolish
content cheerful miserable Suggested answers:
decent respectable dishonest 1 B, D, E, H 2 B 3 E 4 F, G 5 A, C 6 D
optimistic positive pessimistic 7 G 8 F, G
organised efficient disorganised
thoughtful caring thoughtless
Listening 1
2 3a
1 decent, respectable 2 disorganised vending machine, fitness app

3 optimistic, positive 4 foolish 5 miserable
6 thoughtful, caring 3b
1 He’s been inspired by a friend at work who’s
training to do a marathon.
Language focus 2 She’s not happy. She thinks it’s ridiculous.
Verb + noun collocations 3 Companies have a duty to look after their staff.
4 by giving them a higher rate of interest if they
5
exercise more
1 speak 2 meet 3 wait 4 lose 5 keep 5 She’s too busy to walk three km a day.
6 make 7 break 8 voice 9 take 10 resolve 6 as a reward rather than a punishment
11 take 12 remain 13 take 14 make 15 return
16 make
4
1 point 2 with 3 conclusion 4 bet
5 experience 6 look
3
5 1A Develop your listening

1 be right 2 that conclusion 3 an interesting
3
4 to me once
1c 2e 3g 4b 5a 6d 7f
Listening 2
6a 4b
1 T 1 a for hours b five seconds flat
2 F Norway introduced a sugar tax in the 1920s. 2 a millions of b nearly died laughing
3 T 3 a freezing b absolutely boiling
4 F He thinks they weren’t effective because 4 a snowed under b a ton of
everyone ignored them. 5 a a fortune b could have killed
5 F In the end they agree that you shouldn’t do 6 a dying to b die of embarrassment
this. 7 a starving b feed an army
1B Develop your writing

6b
2b
1 options 2 advantage 3 drawback
1 Istanbul, Turkey 2 Tokyo, Japan
4 possibilities 5 balance 6 Overall
3 Córdoba, Argentina
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1 Well, you’ve got a few options. One is to (make 3
unhealthy food more expensive). Possible answers:
2 I think there are a number of other possibilities 1 Happiness happens when you least expect it.;
(as well). For instance, (you could reward people Happiness is all about the situation you’re in.
for eating well). 2 The smell of the dry landscape filled my nostrils.
3 The main advantage is that (it’s simple). 3 Drops of rain were falling onto the windows.
4 The drawback is that (it’s not very effective). 4 The beauty took my breath away.
5 On balance, I think (it’s best to avoid that kind of 5 The trees gently swayed like dancers.
thing). 6 All around me people were squashed together.
6 Overall, I think (it’s best to leave it up to the 7 Not everything in my life is perfect, but happiness
parents). can be a choice.; In a place like this, I thought,
how can you not be happy?
8b
1 … the (main) disadvantage is that it’s expensive. 4a
2 I think there are a number of (other) possibilities. 1 chirp/sing/hop
3 On balance, I think it’s a bad idea. 2 sway/shake/stand silently
4 Don’t forget we could … 3 crash/break/roll
5 … there are a number of pros and cons. 4 rises/beats down/glares
6 The drawback is that it isn’t easy to understand. 5 beats against/pours/drips
6 dance/twinkle/shine
7 stare/hurry/race
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8 chat/hang out/joke
1 Another argument against it is that it’s
complicated.
2 You have to take into account the fact that it’s 4b
expensive. Possible answers:
birds: chirp, sing, swoop
3 All in all, I think that it’s a lot of money. a boat: drift, rock, glide
4 I think there are a number of possibilities. clouds: gather, darken, roll
tourists on a beach: stroll, relax, doze
the wind: howl, blow, whistle
4
1C Develop your reading 6 C = its accessible, welcoming culture;

E = Malaysia came fifteenth overall
1a
7 C = their poor medical infrastructure;
Possible answers: E = some countries lost points
work options, schools, accommodation, 8 C = The education system in Finland is highly
culture, cost of living, safety, language successful;
E = the country was popular with foreign-born
workers
2b
1 Bahrain 2 Costa Rica 3 Mexico 4 Portugal
3
1 Portugal 2 Mexico 3 Bahrain 4 Mexico
5 Costa Rica 6 Portugal 7 Costa Rica 8 Bahrain
4
1 this country, comprising 30 islands – made up of
30 islands
2 this, coupled with other factors – combined with
other factors
3 laid-back way of living – relaxed, not trying too
hard
4 renewable resources – forms of renewable
energy, e.g. solar power, wind power
5 it has consistently been in the top five – time and
time again
6 disputes are resolved – arguments
7 high marks for climate, on account of the climate
– the typical weather conditions
8 draw many foreign workers – attract or bring
many foreign workers
5
Section 1: as a consequence; this … means that
Section 2: as a result; consequently
Section 3: thanks to; partly due to
Section 4: owing to; on account of
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1 C = its high score in the Quality of Life category;
E = Spain was in the top ten
2 C = Foreign-born workers say they feel at home
in Norway;
E = this country was in the top twenty
3 C = Vietnam scored very highly for friendliness;
E = it came ninth overall
4 C = New Zealand scores well in almost all areas
apart from transport;
E = it missed out on a top-five position
5 C = its friendly population and low cost of living;
E = Colombia has risen rapidly to the top ten
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UNIT 2 Grammar
2A What’s the truth? Present perfect simple and continuous
Listening and vocabulary 5a
Phrases with get a ’ve been travelling b ’ve just lowered
2b c ’ve probably earnt d ’ve been talking
1 They have a lot of freedom. No two days are the e haven’t seen f ’ve just got back
same. They are their own boss. They get to do
amazing stuff. 5b
2 They are paid by companies to promote their 1b 2c 3e 4f 5a 6d
products in their social media posts.
3 Around €500 for a post. Last month they earnt
6a
around €4,000.
been is pronounced /bin/
4 It’s exhausting. It’s not easy to make money.
They have to work hard to find companies who
will pay them. Competition is getting harder. 7a
They don’t get to enjoy the time on the beach. 1 have you been doing, ’ve only just started
It’s expensive to travel. They get on each other’s 2 Have you lowered, ’ve been thinking (have
nerves. They always have to look perfect. They thought is also possible here with a change in
feel like they have lost their home. Corinna feels emphasis – it suggests that we are not going to
she has lost herself – she doesn’t know what’s raise prices. The opposite is implied with the
real and what’s fake. continuous form.)
5 They’re going to take a break from travelling and 3 ’s been getting
go back to the UK for a rest. 4 have you been to, ’ve been travelling, ’ve been to
(You may need to remind Ss that go has two
3a participles, been and gone – see Grammar
all are in the listening checkpoint below)
5 have you earnt, haven’t worked / haven’t been
working, ’ve only earnt
4a 6 have started
1 get carried away 2 get the feeling
3 get straight to the point 4 get some rest 5 get it
6 get … attention 7 getting on my nerves Language bank 2A
8 got together 9 get in touch 10 get to do 1
1 I’ve never been to a fancy dress party.
Vocabulary bank 2A 2 My brother has just returned from a gap year in
Phrases with come, go and look Thailand.
3 We’ve been saving up for this trip since last
1a
February.
1 in the eye 2 to mention it 3 to pieces
4 Has your family been to a traditional wedding
4 too far 5 your age 6 and go
here before?
1b
5 The price of travelling abroad has been rising a
1 come 2 go 3 look 4 go
lot recently.
6 We’ve been waiting for this opportunity for over a
2 year.
7 They have already been to more than ten shops
1 look on the bright side 2 come and go
to try to find it.
3 go to great lengths 4 look your age 5 go too far
8 They still haven’t finished building the new rail
6 come to the point 7 go without saying
link.
8 look someone in the eye 9 go to pieces
10 (now you) come to mention it
2
1 have just managed 2 have been waiting
3 have been living 4 has been 5 have built
6 have been painting 7 has been doing/has done
8 haven’t had
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2B Running wild? Grammar

Vocabulary The passive
Social action 6
2b They are all passive.
1 carry out research 2 tackle the problem 1 past simple 2 past continuous 3 past simple
3 increase funding 4 warn about the dangers 4 present simple 5 present simple (with modal)
5 take action 6 ban the use of 7 do more to 6 present perfect simple
8 enforce a law 9 offer alternatives
10 crack down on 7a
four
Vocabulary bank 2B
7b
Collocations with problem
1 It was requested 2 It has been paid
1
3 It has been constructed 4 it will be enjoyed
verb + noun: cause a problem, overcome a The different forms of be are not stressed (they are
problem, pose a problem, resolve weak forms). With weak forms you often hear a
a problem, tackle a problem schwa /ə/ (or other weak vowel sound) rather than
noun + verb: a problem arises, a problem the strong vowel sound. However, in the final
exists, the problem lies in example, the word after be begins with a vowel
noun + of + noun: the heart of the problem, sound, so be remains long and is followed by an
the root of the problem intruded /j/ sound: /biːjɪnˈʤɔɪd/.
noun + noun: a problem area, a problem child
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2 1 were given 2 had been offered 3 began
1 has existed 2 causing 3 lies in 4 is loved 5 can be enjoyed
4 heart/root of 5 causes/poses 6 need to be registered/need to register
6 tackling/overcoming/resolving 7 areas 7 can travel 8 is now being spent / is now spent
8 tackle/resolve/overcome 9 has also helped 10 will be started
Listening Language bank 2B

4a 1
Suggested answer: 1 behave 2 labelled 3 being 4 being influenced
In the 80s and 90s, Icelandic teens were so badly 5 dealing 6 are given 7 are praised
behaved that the government had to come up with a 8 be controlled
new plan to tackle the problem.
2
1 three teenagers have been banned from this
5a
shop
The government carried out research to identify the 2 can/may be taken into the examination room
problems. Then they devised a plan with four 3 need to be exposed to sunlight every day
main points: they banned all tobacco and alcohol 4 it is being reseeded
advertising; they introduced a teen curfew for 13–16 5 shorts or trainers will not be admitted into the
year-olds; they introduced contracts between club
parents and children; they spent lots of money on 6 offenders will be sent to the police
providing leisure activities for teenagers.
5b
1 was changed 2 were being told
3 got caught, got taken 4 is, enforced
5 should not be allowed 6 have been changed
7
2C It’s so annoying! 4 Do you ever think about what you’ll do when you
retire?
Reading and vocabulary
5 Do you rely on any of your friends more than
Common complaints others?
3 6 How do you deal with people who try to take
advantage of you?
a6 b3 c4 d8
7 Do you believe in ghosts?
8 Is it usually easy to concentrate on what you’re
4a doing?
a rude staff, billing disputes, false advertising
b faulty product, poor customer service, lack of
communication 2
c slow delivery, broken promises 1 Where did you buy that jacket?
d aggressive salespeople, cold callers 2 What are you thinking about?
3 What causes these constant delays?
4 Do you know where the changing rooms are?
Language focus
5 Who decided to build that strange tower?
-ed and -ing adjectives 6 I’d love to know why so many people get off
6a here.
7 Who are you sending that text message to?
Complaint More positive view
8 Why did they want to open another coffee bar
1 the lift is taking too it’s better to have a lift
here?
long to come than not
2 the news is always it’s good to know what’s
bad/depressing going on in the world 3
3 waiting on hold to it’s a chance to play a 1e 2c 3h 4g 5f 6d 7a 8b
speak to the bank mobile phone game
4 charging for plastic it’s good for the
bags is a rip-off environment 4
1 didn’t use to go 2 ✓ 3 got 4 changed 5 ✓
6 ✓ 7 were waiting 8 ✓ 9 ✓ 10 meant
6c
1 infuriating 2 depressed 3 overwhelming
4 irritated 5 insulting 6 convincing 5
1 adventurous 2 outgoing 3 reserved
4 conscientious 5 careless 6 nervous
8a 7 agreeable 8 suspicious
1 frustrating 2 embarrassing 3 astonished
4 disgusting 5 exhausted 6 insulted
7 overwhelmed 8 stressful 6a
1 lose, remain 2 broke 3 speak 4 keep
5 return 6 meeting 7 take 8 make
Language bank 2C
1 7a
1 frustrating/irritating 2 concerned 3 disgusting 1 feeling 2 nerves 3 rid 4 attention 5 touch
4 stressful/irritating/frustrating 5 cooked 6 point 7 paid 8 carried 9 together
6 alarming 7 astonishing 8 irritated/frustrated
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2 Check and reflect: Units 1–2
1 a been cutting b ’ve cut
1a 2 a ’ve been playing b ’ve played
1 Do you belong to any clubs or organisations? 3 a been doing b done
2 In what situations do you suffer from nerves? 4 a ’ve worked b ’ve been working
3 If a movie has a PG rating, what do the letters 5 a ’ve seen b ’s been seeing
stand for?
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9 4
1 cracking 2 warned 3 tackling 4 banned Hi Bobbi,
5 enforce 6 increased How are you? What have you been up to recently?
It seems so long since we’ve seen each other. I saw
online that you’ve been busy at home. How’s it
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going with the decorating? Is it all finished?
1 has been banned 2 are being set up 3 gained
Have you heard the latest about my law studies? I
4 be chosen 5 have caused
passed the bar exam! That means I need to find a
law firm that will take me on as a trainee.
11 As for my social life, I basically don’t have one! I’ve
1 faulty product 2 rude staff 3 cold callers been so busy studying that it hasn’t been possible.
4 slow delivery 5 billing disputes But I’m going to put that right this summer. I’m
6 false advertising going away for a week with a few friends. We
haven’t decided where yet, but I’m excited already!
Say hi to Tony from me! What’s he been doing
12 recently? Hope we can all meet up soon.
1 exhausted 2 convincing 3 infuriating Love,
4 overwhelmed 5 entertaining 6 worried Padme
13a 5
1 say 2 explain 3 experience 4 come 1 Congratulations on passing your bar exam! /
5 serious 6 balance 7 with 8 cons Great news about the bar exam! / I’m really
pleased to hear about the bar exam.
13b 2 I’m sorry to hear that your social life is so boring.
/ I’m so sorry about your social life!
1 D (We often use questions like these to ask for
3 What’s the latest on your holiday?
an explanation for something we disagree with.)
4 I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Tony and I have
2 D (mild disagreement, requesting clarification
decided to adopt a child.
before the speaker will agree)
3 A
4 D
2B Develop your reading
5 D 2
6 A 1
7 D Text 1: late payment of road tax
8 A (mild agreement or at least sympathy with the Text 2: people throwing rubbish on the ground
opinion) Text 3: trying to improve students’ exam results
2
2A Develop your writing Text 1: writing a personalised letter warning people
2a about the possible loss of their car and including in
the letter a photo of their car
1 Ji is going to leave Italy and go home.
Text 2: a pair of bins with a customised question
2 The performance review didn’t go well. Alex is
and two possible answers, to allow people to
looking for a new job.
express their opinion at the same time as disposing
3 Alex has split up with Adrianna, so he’s single
of their rubbish appropriately
again.
Text 3: giving teachers their bonus at the start of
4 Ji has spent all the money that he saved for the
the year, which they would have to repay at the end
trip.
of the year if their students failed their exams
3
3a
a4 b3 c1 d2
1c 2b 3a
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3b 2C Develop your listening

1 It’s too heavy-handed and over-the-top.
2a
2 a fine
3 the letter with the new wording and the photo 1 should do 2 shouldn’t do 3 shouldn’t do
4 It has one opening for each possible answer. 4 shouldn’t do
5 because the target group was young men, who
were mainly responsible for dropping the most
2b
rubbish
6 They want to put the new bins in other parts of 1a 2a 3a 4c 5b 6a
Britain.
7 They wanted to improve students’ exam results.
3
8 nothing
9 fear of losing money that they have already 1 positive 2 negative 3 positive
received
4a
4b 1 negative 2 positive 3 positive 4 negative
Most formal = text 2 (most passive forms)
Least formal = text 1 (fewest passive forms; most 4b
personal pronouns (you)) It’s important that you …
It’s always advisable to …
5a It’s always better to … than not.
the top bosses (placed a sign) It’s sometimes tempting to … but
stop being so naughty Your boss won’t thank you for …
Me and a few others reckon
5b
Suggested answers:
the top bosses (placed a sign) → a sign was placed
by management/the authorities
stop being so naughty → avoid this/such behaviour
Me and a few others reckon → It is thought/believed
that
6a
Possible answers:
1 on their bill, compare their usage to the average
person; tell people how much money they could
save by using less energy
2 put signs up saying, ‘Silence is golden’; play
messages over the loud speakers reminding
people not to use phones in the quiet carriages
3 use pictures of people eating healthy food;
ensure that the healthy choices are displayed
prominently in supermarkets
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UNIT 3 2
3A I remember … 1 held
2 had never had
Reading 3 had never been
2a 4 involved
She has HSAM (Highly Superior Autobiographical 5 had been working (had worked also possible but
Memory) and can recall childhood events from very less likely because of the focus on duration)
early in life. 6 had won
7 gave
8 had read
2b
9 realised (had realised also possible, but we
Possible answers: would probably drop had here)
Advantages: you will have no problem with exams, 10 had been trying
you can perform well in card games or other
activities requiring memory
Disadvantages: your mind is always busy, you are Vocabulary
different from other people, it can be overwhelming Memory
and confusing
7a
1c 2e 3h 4b 5f 6d 7a 8g
Grammar
Past perfect simple and continuous Vocabulary bank 3A
3a
‘Memory’ idioms
2, 5
1
3c 1b 2g 3a 4h 5f 6c 7e 8d
1 past simple 2 past perfect continuous
3 past simple 4 past continuous 2a
5 past perfect simple 6 past simple
1 have a bad memory for 2 childhood memory
3 refresh your memory 4 slip your mind
4
5 serve as a reminder 6 in living memory
1 no difference
2 a = I wasn’t running anymore. 3B Great rivals
b = I was still running.
3 no difference Reading and vocabulary
4 a = she started when/after I got home Character adjectives
b = she finished before I got home 1
1
5a
Serena Williams: tennis player
1 ’d had 2 ’d practised 3 ’d even saved Bobby Fischer: chess player
4 bumped 5 failed 6 waited 7 tried 8 failed Bill Gates: businessman (main founder of Microsoft
Corporation)
6a 1972 American Olympic basketball team: famous
1 hadn’t planned/hadn’t been planning 2 opened for losing a very close match to their rivals, the
3 found 4 had organised 5 had tidied Soviet team
6 (had) decorated 7 had been cooking 8 started 2
9 gave 10 had bought 11 had been learning 12 felt Chess rivals: Fischer won. He lost his temper,
which upset Spassky and allowed Fischer to fight
back and win.
Language bank 3A Basketball rivals: the Soviet Union won. They
1 scored in the final three seconds by throwing the
1 [2] [1] 2 [2] [1] 3 [1] [2] 4 [2] [1] ball from one end of the court to the other.
5 [1] [2] 6 [1] [2]
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3b 7 a bit more thoughtful 8 more of a family person

1 competitive 2 stubborn 3 confident 9 far more stable 10 more elegant
4 unpredictable 5 inexperienced 6 arrogant 11 a lot more popular
7 reasonable 8 determined 9 tough
10 thoughtful 11 bold 12 remarkable
Language bank 3B
4 1
1 She sounds quite reasonable. 1 My twin sister was always a lot more confident
2 He sounds quite arrogant. than me.
3 He sounds quite tough. 2 At school, she was by far the most popular girl in
4 She sounds quite stubborn. the class or the most popular girl in the class by
5 She sounds quite inexperienced. far.
6 He sounds quite determined. 3 It seemed that the more popular she got, the less
7 He sounds quite confident. confident I became.
8 She sounds quite remarkable. 4 In class, she always worked a lot more quickly
9 He sounds quite unpredictable. than me.
10 She sounds quite competitive. 5 But she was never as hardworking as me, and
11 She sounds quite thoughtful. my results were always far better than hers.
12 He sounds quite bold. 6 It was less of a rivalry and more of a constant
battle.
2
Vocabulary bank 3B
1 among 2 slightly 3 hungrier/more hungry
Adjective suffixes -(ic)al, -ic, -ive, -ous and –y
4 as competitive as 5 better and better 6 greater
1
1 ambitious 2 competitive 3 creative 3C Life’s too short
4 curious 5 energetic 6 enthusiastic 7 generous
8 greedy 9 historical* 10 imaginative 11 musical
12 romantic 13 trendy 14 wealthy Arguments
2a
2
A 1 curious 2 enthusiastic 3 creative 1 food (Ss may say age and respect – these are
B 1 wealthy 2 romantic 3 generous features, but food is the main cause.)
C 1 energetic 2 imaginative 3 competitive 2 work
4 ambitious 3 housework
3
Grammar
1 clashed with 2 backed down
Comparatives and superlatives 3 find a compromise 4 contradict 5 intervened
5a 6 didn’t see eye to eye 7 picks a fight
8 underlying issue 9 had an issue with
a Spassky b Fischer c Soviet team
10 ganged up on
d American team e Spassky f Fischer
g American team
Language focus
5b Forming adjectives
1d 2e 3a 4g 5b 6f 7c 5b
1 childish (–) 2 ridiculous (–) 3 sensible (+)
6b 4 ethical (+) 5 tricky (–) 6 disrespectful (–)
1 b near 2 b so 3 b nearly 7 apologetic (n) 8 hopeless (–)
7 6b
1 the best 2 as competitive as 3 much harder 1 outrageous 2 comfortable 3 colourful

4 far less stable 5 by far the tougher 4 traditional
6 older she got … tougher she became
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7 3 We need to be somewhere soon. Could you

1 likeable 2 sensible 3 hopeless 4 acceptable check on the order for me?
5 disrespectful 6 apologetic 7 pointless 4 Could you warm it up?
8 ridiculous 9 reasonable 10 outrageous 5 I wasn’t expecting something quite so spicy.
Could I choose something else?
6 The side dish hasn’t come yet.
Language bank 3C 7 Is this dish supposed to be so salty?
1
1 sensible 2 foolish 3 pointless 4 respectful Listening 2
5 curious 6 Historical 7 logical 8 scary
8
Conversation 1: head chef, the food arrives
quickly, some dishes a bit greasy
Vocabulary Conversation 2: waiter, never late for work, not
Adjectives to describe food polite enough
Conversation 3: owner, easy to work with, not
2a
friendly enough
1c 2i 3b 4g 5a 6e 7f 8d 9h
9a
2b Conversation 1
tough, bland, greasy The first thing to say is that (customers are very
positive).
(The delicious desserts) get a big thumbs up.
2c That was the biggest complaint.
Suggested answers: Perhaps you could (bear that feedback in mind).
A creamy B crunchy, salty C filling I want to explain my side.
D greasy, filling E spicy F spicy, crunchy Conversation 2
G creamy, bland H raw, crunchy, bland The general feeling was that (the service is a bit too
informal).
(Punctuality/That) is one of your strong points.
3 Unfortunately, many people felt that (they were
Possible answers: (accept reasonable alternatives) being treated like a friend).
1 salty, greasy 2 crunchy, bland, raw You might like to try being a bit more (professional).
3 creamy, greasy I’ll take that on board.
4 spicy, salty Conversation 3
Overall people felt that (you do your job very well).
They appreciate (your honesty).
Listening 1
Some people felt you could be a bit more (friendly).
4 (It’s something that) could be improved.
1c 2c 3a 4c 5b 6a 7b From my point of view, (I think it’s my job to …).
5b 9b
1 a bit raw Possible answers:
2 a spicy for me b quite so hot 1 Perhaps you could be a bit more punctual.
3 haven’t come yet 2 Customers appreciate your positive attitude.
4 a warm this up b in the middle 3 The first thing to say is that you’re hard-working.
5 a what I ordered b the meat one 4 Customers have to wait a long time for their food.
6 a be somewhere in b you check on That was the biggest complaint.
7 no tomatoes and … 5 The cleanliness of the kitchen is one of your
strong points.
7
6 People felt you could be more polite.
Suggested answers:
(accept reasonable alternatives)
1 Excuse me. This isn’t what I ordered.
2 The meat is a bit tough.
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3A Develop your writing 3

1 Actually 2 I would say 3 well 4 you know
2
5 and that kind of thing 6 kind of 7 so to speak
1 neither 2 2 3 both 4 neither 5 1 6 2 8 if you see what I mean 9 how can I put it 10 like
7 both 8 2
4
3
Phrases 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Story 1
1 As soon as 2 One day 3 in the late 90s
4 immediately 5 Nowadays 6 The following day 5
7 in the meantime Suggested answers:
Story 2 1 About ten euros each time I get dressed up.
8 Eventually 9 Over time 10 Not so long ago 2 No, because you need to be very patient and
11 A fortnight later 12 After years of determined.
13 Meanwhile 14 In the end 15 all of a sudden 3 I set an alarm on my phone to vibrate after an
hour, then I hide my phone in my costume.
4 4 You don’t scratch it and eventually it goes away.
1 One day, we had to do a science project … 5 When people come really close and breathe all
2 A fortnight later, I quit my job. over you.
3 Meanwhile, I just calmly did my make-up. 6 I don’t have one. I do the job because I enjoy it.
4 I immediately realised what a fool I’d been.
3C Develop your reading

5b
2
1 in the early 00s
Three:
2 Over time (= gradually)/In the meantime (= while
1 the invention of the sandwich
something else was happening)
2 the arrival of pre-prepared sandwiches
3 All of a sudden (= suddenly)/In the end (= after
3 machines taking over the production of
some time)
sandwiches from humans.
4 meanwhile
5 immediately 3
6 After years of 1b 2c 3c 4b 5a 6c 7a 8b
7 Eventually/In the end (little difference in
meaning)
8 Nowadays
3B Develop your listening

2b
1 19 years
2 several hours
3 detail-oriented, competitive, determined, a bit
tough, a bit stubborn
4 one hour
5 connection or interaction with your audience
6 never perform on an empty stomach, good
stomach muscles,
7 because he’s well-known, so he’s invited to
perform at company parties and conferences
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UNIT 4 4 a, b, d (while grammatically correct, b is quite an

4A Possessions old-fashioned/formal way of speaking)
5 a, b, c 6 d 7 d
Vocabulary
Adjectives to describe things
Language bank 4A
2
1
1 identical, oval 2 elegant, designer
1 which/that (can be omitted)
3 cheap, flimsy 4 priceless, decorative
2 which/that (can be omitted) 3 in 4 to 5 who
5 chunky, rectangular 6 sparkly, vivid pink
6 whose 7 where
3 2
Possible answers: 1 Have you seen the designer watch that my
1 lovely, uninteresting 2 tiny, large grandfather gave me it?
3 rough, sturdy 4 square, round 5 purple, gold 2 The police wanted a photo of the painting
6 glass, rubber which/that was stolen last week.
3 Can you tell me the year in when which the vase
Vocabulary bank 4A was made?
4 ✓
Adjectives to describe things 5 I bought a little marble statue of a cat, that which
1 I put in the garden.
Opinion Size Quality Shape Material 6 They’ve demolished the part of town where I
bizarre massive artificial circular cotton used to live in. (or: They’ve demolished the part
stunning delicate oval wooden of town where I used to live in.)
exclusive hi-tech rectangular
2a
4B Job skills
Possible answers: Vocabulary and listening
1 stunning, exclusive, delicate Job requirements
2 massive, circular, bizarre/stunning
2b
3 exclusive, rectangular, hi-tech
1 astronaut 2 video game designer 3 journalist
4 journalist 5 astronaut 6 journalist
Listening 7 video game designer 8 astronaut 9 astronaut
6 10 video game designer
1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F
Grammar
Grammar Obligation and prohibition
Relative clauses 4b
7 1 weren’t allowed 2 mustn’t 3 must
1 6, 7 4 didn’t need 5 not normally required
2 2 The relative pronoun is the object so it can be 6 didn’t have to 7 have to 8 ’ve got to
left out: an essay (which/that) he had paid …
3 7
5
4 in non-defining relative clauses: 3, 4, 5, 8
1 P: Past 2 P 3 O 4 NO: Past 5 NO
6 NO: Past 7 O 8 O
8a
1 a non-defining b defining
6
2 a defining b non-defining
3 a defining b non-defining 1 /f/ 2 /v/ 3 /f/ 4 /f/, /v/
7
9a 1 you didn’t have to 2 You only needed to
1 a, c 2 a, b 3 c 3 You’re required to 4 (you) have to 5 you can’t
6 You’ve got to 7 You need to
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8 you didn’t need to 9 You just had to 2

10 You still don’t have to 11 you still don’t need to 1h 2d 3c 4a 5g 6f 7b 8e
12 You’ve got to 13 you mustn’t 14 You must
Reading
8 5
Possible answers: – the things people said because those words
Farmer then: They had to do a lot of physical hadn’t existed before he went to prison
labour. They weren’t allowed to have many days off. – why everyone stared at their phones and tapped
Farmer now: They have to know how to use hi-tech on the screen, when previously they used their
equipment. phones for talking
Architect then: They had to draw everything by
hand.
6a
Architect now: They have to know how to use
design software. 1 It will make his group of friends wider and give
him a broader view of life.
2 Will they make him and his life more joyful or will
Language bank 4B they make life more dangerous for him?
1 3 It can make your life richer and allow you to do a
1 don’t have to 2 you’re required to 3 have had to lot more than was possible before.
4 need to 5 you’ll have to 6 couldn’t 7 mustn’t 4 It will make the shock of the new technology less
8 needn’t have brought and because we all need face-to-face
communication.
2
Possible answers: Language focus
1 don’t have to / don’t need to 2 weren’t allowed to
Forming words with en
3 you really must 4 You have to 5 are required to
7
4C Unwritten rules widen, broaden, brighten, endanger, enrich, enable,
soften, enforce
Vocabulary Point out or elicit that en comes at the end of four of
21st-century words the verbs and the beginning of four.
2a
Suggested answers: 8a
social media/internet: animated gif, crowdsource, 1 enforce 2 endanger 3 weaken 4 enrage
emoji, google, hashtag, meme, selfie, tech-savvy, 5 sadden 6 worsen 7 enrich 8 shorten
unfriend, virtual assistant, virtual tour
entertainment: binge-watch 9a
money/finance/work: contactless, paywall, 1 sure: ensure 2 rich: enrich 3 soft: soften
time-poor 4 short: shorten 5 worse: worsens
messaging/texting: animated gif, emoji, hashtag 6 danger: endanger 7 able: enables
8 bright: brightens
2b
1 selfie 2 crowdsourced 3 emoji 4 hashtag
5 animated gif 6 unfriended 7 virtual tour
Language bank 4C
8 binge-watched 9 virtual assistant 10 paywall
11 contactless 12 tech-savvy 13 time-poor 1
14 googled 15 meme 1 broaden 2 lessens 3 shorten 4 enrages
5 enrich 6 enable 7 brighten
Vocabulary bank 4C
Words from other languages
1
1 chocolate 2 mosquito 3 carafe 4 judo
5 yoghurt 6 piano 7 shampoo 8 barbecue
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4 Check and reflect: Units 3–4 5 My workshop is in London, which means

travelling up by train every day. (which and not
1
that in non-defining relative clauses)
1 had managed 2 had recommended 6 The customer who Jim made the sculpture for
3 had been travelling 4 had trusted didn’t like it. (position of preposition)
5 had been dancing 6 had fallen 7 remembered The customer for whom Jim made the sculpture
8 discovered didn’t like it. (use of the formal pronoun whom)
9a
2a
1 fluent in 2 cope with 3 background in
1 reminded 2 memory 3 memorised 4 recall 4 bothered about 5 flair for 6 degree in
5 bear 6 memorable
10
3 1 are required to 2 don’t need to 3 had to
1 inexperienced 2 competitive 3 stubborn 4 got to 5 weren’t allowed to
4 confident 5 unpredictable 6 reasonable
7 determined 8 thoughtful 11
1 selfie 2 emoji 3 meme 4 binge
4a 5 time-poor 6 crowdsource 7 hashtag
1 Darts is the most unexciting sport imaginable.
2 Cycling isn’t nearly as exciting as motor racing. 12a
3 Men and women are just as competitive as each 1 ensure 2 enforce 3 shorten 4 brightens
other. 5 weakens 6 endanger 7 widens 8 enables
4 The Brazilian football team is nowhere near as
good as it was. 13a
5 The more I watch boxing, the more I think it 1
should be banned. A: I wasn’t expecting it to be quite so spicy.
6 Tennis umpires treat some players more fairly B: We’ll take your comments on board, sir.
than others. 2
A: What was the general feeling about the film?
5 B: It got a huge thumbs up from everyone.
1d 2h 3f 4b 5a 6e 7c 8g 3
A: My biggest complaint was the 45-minute wait.
6 B: Yes, I don’t think punctuality is one of their
1 pointless 2 dangerous, scary 3 tricky, doable strong points.
4 allergic 5 childish, colourful 4
6 acceptable, disrespectful A: Perhaps you could try getting up earlier.
B: OK, but I want to explain my side.
7
1 Those flimsy, plastic garden chairs …
2 … my beautiful, identical twin nieces.
3 … a huge, black, hairy spider …
4 … a pair of priceless, gold statues.
5 … some elegant, designer shoes …
6 … a pair of chunky, leather boots …
8
1 ✓
2 My father, who now has a studio in New York, is
a well-known painter. (commas necessary
around non-defining relative clause)
3 ✓ (relative pronoun not essential)
4 The main character dies at the end of the film,
which made me cry. (comma necessary before
non-defining relative clause)
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4A Develop your reading 4B Develop your writing

1b 2b
1 It’s the southernmost continent of Earth. 1c 2a 3d 4b
2 It’s twice the size of Australia.
3 It has no indigenous people but 4,000 scientists
live there. 3a
a1 b2 c1 d3
2
3b
1 35,000 2 1975 3 20
Must be able to provide exceptional service to our
4 They got lost in bad weather.
clients – friendly individual
5 up to five times a day
take control of all aspects of the hotel’s reception –
6 in the 1820s 7 below –60°C
extremely organised
8 in order to go home 9 31
English essential but other languages are an
10 She ran Halley station in Antarctica.
advantage – fluent in English and Polish and has
conversational Spanish
3 Experience preferred – I have relevant experience
1 The population of the Arctic is permanent while in the hotel industry
the population of Antarctica is temporary. checking guests in and out with our IT systems – I
2 about 100 am IT literate
3 A plaque is placed at the highest point of providing advice and assistance to guests – friendly
Rothera. individual
4 because it’s important that everyone is being aware of who enters and exits the building –
accounted for (to check that no one has gone security-conscious
missing) The right candidate must be able to work different
5 We can read their memoirs. shifts at short notice. – flexible
6 to collect penguins’ eggs (he was a zoologist) She’s responded to the advert well. She’s covered
7 the darkness and isolation all the main things that the hotel is looking for.
4C Develop your listening

4
2b
1 facts 2 more serious
3 more advanced vocabulary 4 objective 1f 2e 3d 4a 5g 6b 7c
5 a range of views
3a
5 1e 2g 3f 4d 5a 6c 7b
Text 1: The purpose is to entertain: the text
includes humour, it is subjective, it gives just the
3b
views of the writer.
1 Daniel: her property manager
Text 2: The purpose is to inform: the text contains
2 Naomi: salesperson
facts, it is serious, it uses advanced vocabulary, it is
3 Vincent: supplier/business contact
objective.
4 Sigrid: potential customer
5 Beatriz: staff
6 Harper: estate agent
7 Tarik: staff
Daniel follows the advice about leaving a voicemail
message.
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4
Name Number Message Action
Daniel 09474 632334 new café call
property back to
available look at
it
Naomi 0933 446783 special offers call her
on café back
furniture
Vincent n/a needs to none

Karlsson cancel their
appointment
Sigrid 0932 4778302 is the café call

available for back
hire on Friday as
evening soon
as pos-
sible
Beatriz n/a can’t work this none
afternoon
Harper n/a new flat for call her
rent back to
look at
it
Tarik n/a contactless call
machine has him
broken back
5
Naomi
6
1
Understatement: I’ll be a bit late.
Truth: She’ll be between 45 minutes and one hour
45 minutes late.
2
Understatement: There’s been a bit of a hold-up
with the delivery of the laptops.
Truth: Delivery will be delayed by between two
weeks and a month.
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UNIT 5 6
5A Splashing out 1 regret 2 didn’t work 3 didn’t ask
4 didn’t listen 5 didn’t buy 6 spent
Vocabulary
7 didn’t happen 8 happened
Money phrases
2b 7a
Suggested answers: /ˈʃʊdəv/ /ˈkʊdəv/
live on = spend to survive
go on = be spent on
stock up on = buy lots of 8
splash out on = spend extravagantly on 1 I shouldn’t have bought this gadget.
get into debt = spend more than you have 2 I could’ve bought a cheaper one.
cut back on = reduce 3 If only you’d taken enough/more time to choose.
take out = get cash from the bank 4 You ought to have asked (me) for my opinion.
pay back = give money back 5 I wish I hadn’t wasted my money.
set aside = save (for later) 6 You were supposed to fix it, not break it.
3 Language bank 5A
1 cut back on 2 live on 3 set aside 1
4 splash out on 5 getting into 6 go on 7 take out 1b 2b 3a 4a 5b 6a
8 stock up on 2
1 shouldn’t have done 2 ought to have taken
3 could have stayed 4 hadn’t spent
Listening 5 could have studied 6 might have been
4a 7 was supposed to start 8 hadn’t been
Possible answers:
A You might not eat all the bread. 10a
B They might wear out quickly.
Possible answers:
C You probably won’t use it.
takeaway meal and coffees (They’re much more
D You probably won’t need all of them.
expensive than making your own.)
bulk buy box of biscuits (They might go stale before
5a he eats them all.)
apple-peeling machine (He might not use it much.)
1 D He’s already got a set of spanners (which he
doesn’t use very often).
2 A They won’t eat all that bread and it’s almost
past its sell-by date. They can’t freeze it because 5B Crime scene
the freezer is full. Vocabulary and listening
3 B The soles are coming away so it would have
Crime (robbery)
been better to spend more money on a better-
quality pair of shoes. 1
4 C He’ll never use it. 1 i 2 a 3 g 4 e 5 b 6 c 7 f 8 h 9 d 10 j
5b 2
1 hadn’t wasted, shouldn’t have bought 1 to check that he understood the building
2 supposed to, you’d stuck 2 They drove through tunnels that they had dug.
3 ought to, wish I’d paid 3 within 24 hours
4 could have saved, should have thought 4 He wanted to get free healthcare in prison.
Grammar
Mistakes in the past
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Vocabulary bank 5B 2
Nouns and verbs with the same form 1 Both of the runners was were exhausted after
the race finished.
1
2 Take a little money with you tonight …
1 convict, judge, suspect, witness 3 Every member of the winning team were was
2 appeal, convict, fine, judge, release, sentence given a medal.
3 arrest, charge, suspect, witness 4 ✓
4 convict, permit, suspect (The stress is on the first 5 She was wearing a lot of jewellery, several
syllable in the noun form, and the second bracelets on every each wrist. (or on both wrists)
syllable in the verb form.) 6 ✓
2 7 None of the witnesses to the crime didn’t report
reported anything.
1 fine, permit 2 appealed, witnesses
8 Few people bother to report this type of crime
3 arrested, suspects, charged, released
because it is rarely solved. (or Very few people)
4 convicted, judge, sentence
3
Speaking
witness, suspect, arrest, charge, judge, convict,
sentence, fine, appeal, release 10c
The Securitas robbery is real, but the BoxSafe
Robbery is invented.
Grammar
Quantifiers 5C Bubble trouble
4 Vocabulary
Nobody knows how much was stolen because the
Money
contents of a safety deposit box are a secret. The
case was unusual because of the age of the gang 2a
members. 1 i 2 h 3 d 4 e 5 interest a, savings b
6 recession f, income j 7 g 8 c
5
Vocabulary bank 5c
1b 2a 3a 4b 5a 6a 7b 8b
Noun suffixes
1
6a 1 inflation, regulation, taxation
1 little 2 few 3 a few 4 a little 5 a little 2 demonstrator, director, investor
6 Few 7 little 8 a few 3 employment, investment, management
4 citizenship, partnership, sponsorship
7 5 banking, funding
6 availability, stability
1 some 2 all 3 a couple of 4 most 5 None
2
6 no 7 several 8 none 9 some 10 all
1 taxation 2 availability 3 partnership
11 a lot of
4 demonstrators 5 regulation 6 stability
7 inflation 8 management 9 funding/investment
Language bank 5B 10 citizenship
1
1 some evidence is necessary to prove guilt.
Listening
2 a few witnesses saw the robbery.
3 no fingerprints were left at the scene of the 4a
crime. Demand for tulip bulbs grew dramatically – they
4 every defendant intends to plead guilty. started to be seen as something in which people
5 neither burglar was / neither of the burglars were could invest their money, so their prices rose in the
found guilty. same way because the supply couldn’t match the
demand.
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4b 3b
1 17th 2 (new) middle classes 3 rise 4 rare Tick all except:
5 house 6 1637 I’m so sorry, did I (tread on your toe)?
I should have been more careful.
Language focus Don’t worry. It’s nothing
Adverb + adjective collocations

5 4
1 absolutely 2 highly 3 completely 4 widely 1a 2b 3a 4b

5 extremely 6 relatively 7 Perfectly 8 bitterly
5b
6 1a 2a 3b
1 ridiculous 2 disappointed 3 new 4 rare
5 successful 6 normal 7 easy 8 available Listening 2
6
7b
1
1 absolutely true 2 bitterly opposed a stop playing tennis.
3 completely honest 4 deeply concerned b she booked the court.
5 entirely new 6 extremely dangerous c the court was free and the hotel receptionist said
7 highly qualified 8 perfectly safe he could play.
9 relatively simple 10 totally lost d try to book the court between four and five.
2
8 a was checking her phone/emails rather than
1 totally lost 2 relatively simple/easy listening to him.
3 absolutely true 4 highly qualified b she’s got an important meeting the next day.
5 bitterly opposed 6 perfectly legal c no digital devices at dinner, but time to work after
7 entirely possible 8 extremely dangerous dinner.
9 deeply concerned 10 completely honest d how long she is going to work after dinner.
7
Language bank 5C
1 aM bW cW
1 highly 2 perfectly 3 seriously
2 aW bW cW
4 bitterly/completely 5 totally/completely 6 deeply
7 utterly/totally 8 completely
8
1 Let’s put this to one side and think of a solution.
5D English in action 2 From your point of view … and from mine …
2a 3 It makes sense because …
1h 2g 3e 4d 5f 6c 7b 8a 4 I guess that sounds reasonable.
5 I don’t think that’s fair.
6 You’re right. Any suggestions?
2b
1 Leave it to me! 2 left on 3 left a mark
4 left a message 5 leave lying around
6 left in a mess 7 left at home 8 leave alone
Listening 1
3a
1 open 2 off 3 on 4 used all the
5 has been stolen
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5A Develop your reading 3 as hard as nails 4 as bright as a button

5 as proud as a peacock
2
1d 2c 3f 4e 5a 5C Develop your listening
2
3 1 to give the results of research that Melanie Rose-
1 a banks b by lending money Mason has been carrying out into customer
2 a one Swiss franc b only in Lewes satisfaction at their chain of restaurants
3 a to repay its debts b in 1923 2 because people are eating out and ordering food
4 a shovels (and other supplies for miners looking in more
for gold) 3 Customer satisfaction is falling.
b to encourage people to come and buy shovels, 4 She compared video of the restaurants from
etc. from his shop 2004 to now.
5 a when people have goods of different value
b when givers and recipients are from different
communities, or when you can’t trust the 3
recipient to repay the gift 1 Customers check their phones, ask for the wifi
code or ask for a group photo before they’ve
even looked at the menu.
4b
2 They are less likely to settle for second best.
A = Fig. 3 (Text 3) B = Fig. 2 (Text 2)
3 The food goes cold because people continue to
C = Table 4 (Text 4) D = Fig. 1 (Text 1)
look at their phones or take photos of their food
to post online.
5B Develop your writing 4 Customers are busy with their mobile phones.
2
1N 2M 3B 4B 5W 6B 7N 8M 4
1A 2B 3A 4B 5B 6A
3
Man: 60s, short, slim build, receding, grey,
moustache, stubble, light complexion,
prominent nose, birthmark
Woman: middle-aged, tall, elegant, short, wavy,
smooth complexion, pointed chin, blue
eyes, scar
4
a paragraph 3 b paragraph 2 c paragraph 1
5a
1A 2B 3B 4A 5A 6B 7A 8B
5b
1, 4, 5, 7
6a
… as bold as brass … Cool as a cucumber …
6b
1 as dull as ditchwater 2 as light as a feather
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UNIT 6 Grammar
6A Love it or loathe it? Verb + -ing and infinitive with to
Listening and vocabulary 5
Common idioms a6 b4 c1 d1 e2 f1 g5 h1 i3
2a
1 a date that one speaker went on ✗
6
2 techno music from the neighbour ✗
a2 b2 c1 d6 e3 f7 g4 h1 i5
3 parking near the hospital ✗
4 new high-definition TVs ✓ (but too expensive)
5 shooting stars in the night sky ✓ 7a
6 a neighbour who is moving away ✓ 1 a Did you remember to lock the door?
7 giving speeches ✓ b Do you remember locking the door?
8 a dessert (cheesecake) in a restaurant ✓ 2 a I tried to eat less sugar.
b I tried eating less sugar.
3 a I stopped talking to her.
2b
b I stopped to talk to her.
1 judge a book by its cover
2 driving me up the wall
3 such a pain 7b
4 cost an arm and a leg 1 a = Are you sure you didn’t forget? The speaker
5 takes your breath away thinks it was the other person’s duty.
6 over the moon b = Do you have a memory of doing it? The
7 a piece of cake speaker doesn’t think it was the other person’s
8 out of this world duty.
2 a = At one particular moment in the past I tried to
do this.
2c b = Over a period of time in the past I attempted
1g 2b 3c 4h 5d 6f 7a 8e to do this (and it was difficult).
3 a = I refused to talk to her again.
b = I stopped what I was doing in order to talk to
Vocabulary bank 6A
her.
Common idioms
1 8a
1d 2g 3a 4e 5h 6b 7c 8f 1 a Watching b drinking
2 a to hold b talking
3 a to cross b to remember
2
4 a eating b worrying
A be under the weather B have a heart of gold 5 a to help b to speak
C get the wrong end of the stick 6 a Calling b explaining
D be on cloud nine
Language bank 6A
3
1
1 be on cloud nine, have a heart of gold 1 eating 2 doing 3 to feel 4 both 5 feeling
2 be down in the dumps, be under the weather, get 6 to improve 7 to note 8 to take
on someone’s nerves, pay over the odds
3 get on someone’s nerves 2
4 similar: be on cloud nine 1 Spending 2 promised to visit
opposite: be down in the dumps 3 no point (in) arguing 4 remember locking
5 pay over the odds 5 stop to have
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Speaking Grammar
9a Reported speech
people eating with their mouth open – agree 7
sandy beaches on a hot summer’s day – disagree Yesterday I asked my daughter to put her phone
waiting for buses – disagree down and have a conversation with me. She told
me that I wasn’t the boss and that she could make
6B We can work it out her own decisions. I usually get angry when she
Vocabulary says things like that, but yesterday I tried a different
tactic. I said that I could understand how she felt,
Negotiating
but I just wanted to have a chat. I asked her if she
2a would be willing just to talk for a few minutes. We
1 bond 2 conflict 3 build trust 4 praise ended up talking for an hour. It felt like a big
5 criticise 6 tension 7 fall out 8 stay calm success!
9 interrupts 10 cooperate
8
4b 1 back 2 past 3 statements 4 infinitive with ‘to’
1 /sh/ 2 /sh/ 3 /z/ 4 /z/ 5 /s/
6 /sh/ 7 /sh/ 8 /z/ 9 /s/ 10 /sh/ 9a
1 Lena asked her why she was always telling her
what to do.
Vocabulary bank 6B
2 Zuzanna asked her if/whether she had tidied her
Reporting verbs room.
1 3 Lena asked her to help her with her homework.
4 Lena told her (that) she was going to sleep over
A congratulate B forbid C justify D beg
at a friend’s house the next/following day.
E urge F guarantee G claim H propose
5 Zuzana said (that) she couldn’t do that because
I decline J request
she had school the next/following day.
6 Lena told her (that) school was really stressing
2a her out.
7 Zuzanna told her (that) she would understand
1H 2F 3G 4C 5I
when she was older.
6 J 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 E
8 Lena asked her why she hadn’t washed her
jeans.
2b
1 proposed 2 guaranteed 3 claimed 9b
4 justified 5 declined 6 requested 7 begged 1 She asked him if/whether he had tidied his room
8 forbade 9 congratulated 10 urged that week.
He said he had done that the previous week.
Listening 2 He asked him if/whether he could stay over at a
friend’s house the following night.
6a
He said (that) it was a school night, so he
1, 2, 5, 6 couldn’t.
3 She asked her how school had been that day.
She asked her why she always asked that
6b
question.
1 a Speak is more direct. 4 He asked her to put her dirty clothes in the wash.
2 b It shows you are listening. She asked him if/whether she had to.
3 a It shows you are acknowledging that they have 5 She asked him what he was going to do that
told you something personal. weekend.
4 b It shows you accept/understand how they feel. He said (that) he didn’t know but he would
5 b It helps to build trust. probably go into town with some friends.
6 b You are much more likely to get a positive
response with willing.
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Language bank 6B Language focus

1 Reporting verbs
1 that 2 she 3 to 4 had 5 am/was 6 if/whether
7
7 me 8 would 9 when/if 10 the
1 agree 2 convince 3 advise 4 admit
2 5 insist 6 accuse
1 Our boss told us he was leaving the company.
2 Pietro asked me whether I had been there that 8a
evening.
1 He admitted getting a few things wrong in his
3 I said to the class that I would be late the next
report.
day.
2 He insisted on paying me back.
4 I told him that she didn’t want to see me.
3 She agreed to change the date of the meeting.
5 Maria wanted to know when the parcel would
4 He blamed me for losing the match.
arrive.
5 She accused me of playing really badly.
6 She convinced me to try that new shampoo.
7 He denied breaking it.
6C Tricky conversations 8 She apologised for getting angry.
Vocabulary
Reporting verbs
8b
2a 1 He admitted eating some of her biscuits.
1 accused, apologised 2 reminded, agreed 2 He convinced her to eat out at the Korean
3 blamed, admitted 4 refused, convinced restaurant.
5 advised, threatened 6 insisted, denied 3 He insisted on getting a refund.
4 He reminded her to return the book by Carlos
2b Quesada.
5 He agreed to give her a hand.
1 can take it as an object: admit, deny
2 can take a pronoun as an object: accuse,
threaten, blame, convince, remind, advise Language bank 6C
3 doesn’t need an object: agree, refuse, insist,
1
apologise
1 accused … stealing/taking 2 denied knowing
3 refused to admit 4 blame … wanting
2c 5 admitted taking/stealing 6 apologised … causing
7 insisted … paying 8 agreed to stop
1 He denied it. 2 She convinced me.
3 He refused. 4 He blamed the weather.
5 He threatened me. 6 He advised me.
1
7 She reminded me. 8 He apologised.
1e 2g 3b 4h 5a 6d 7c 8i 9f
9 She agreed. 10 He insisted.
11 She accused me. 12 He admitted it.
2
1 have taken 2 to be 3 have found
4a 4 had invested 5 have paid 6 have known
offer, threaten 7 driven / been driving
3
Reading 1 find them 2 must go to court 3 admit
5 4 a judge or jury 5 serious 6 burglar 7 are given
1f 2e 3a 4d 5c 6b 8 doesn’t get caught
4a
1 several 2 each/every 3 lots 4 none 5 few
6 all 7 no 8 every/each
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5 2b
1 investment 2 recession 3 donation 4 bargain 1a 2b 3a 4b 5a 6a 7b 8a
5 Inflation 6 pension 9 b 10 a
6
1 perfectly safe 2 totally lost 3 widely available 4a
4 highly unlikely 5 bitterly cold 1 visiting Uncle Tommy
2 whether to buy an electric bike or a small car
7a
1 leg 2 moon 3 cake, pain 4 wall
5 breath 6 world 4b
1 a on Sunday
8 b (over) six months ago
1 going back, To sort out, to turn on c his illnesses
2 smoking, feeling / to feel 3 to ask, to avoid d talk about her illnesses
4 taking, feeling 5 visiting, sitting 2 a for a year
6 being, to listen, talking b it’s a squash and the cost
c cycling in winter and getting wet
9a d It’s not polluting and it’s cheaper.
1 bond 2 fall out 3 praise 4 criticise
5 stay calm 6 interrupt 7 tension/conflict
8 conflict/tension 4c
They hear all of the signpost expressions except
10 Speaking personally.
1 … (that) her teacher was giving her too much
homework
5
2 … Tim (that) she didn’t believe (that) he was
really 35 a4 b1 c5 d2 e3
3 … (that) he would be late home from college
that evening
4 … her if/whether she had done her homework 6B Develop your reading
yet 2
5 … her mum why she couldn’t give her a lift to the
A = serious B = humorous
party
6 … Chloe if she wanted to go/come to the party
3
11
Run? Hide? Try to negotiate? (Say something
1 convinced us to buy 2 apologised for being
ridiculous but pretend it is serious.)
3 accusing Greg of stealing 4 refused to take
It’s a question that concerns many city dwellers.
5 insisted on paying/that he paid 6 reminds me to
(Say something ridiculous but pretend it is serious.)
Fortunately, the internet is full of advice. (Say one
12a
thing but mean the opposite.)
1 entirely, own 2 fault, nothing 3 deal, sort
… one handy article … (Say one thing but mean the
4 OK, sense
opposite.)
You might want to print it out. (Say something
ridiculous but pretend it is serious.)
… just in case you unexpectedly meet a lion in the
6A Develop your listening street. (Say something ridiculous but pretend it is
2a serious.)
1 So 2 Basically 3 Literally 4 moment, time
5 reality 6 face 7 end, day 8 is, is 9 honest 4
10 personally
1 what you shouldn’t do when you meet a lion (run)
2 what you should do when you meet a lion
3 It will want to eat you.
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5 4 (possible answers)
1F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F we were only allowed to …
we were forced to …
The only thing more difficult …
6 As I’m sure you are aware …
a2 b3 c2 d3 e1 f3 I attach a copy of the receipt …
What’s more …
7
1 Someone has used graffiti to complain about 4a
graffiti. 1 Sadly, Frankly, Predictably, clearly, Hopefully
2 The sign that says the establishment is 2 Apparently, obviously, Reluctantly, Consequently
committed to excellence is spelt incorrectly. 3 Unfortunately, obviously, clearly
3 The driver obviously wasn’t driving safely.
4b
1 Unfortunately 2 Naturally 3 Apparently
6C Develop your writing 4 Luckily 5 Reluctantly 6 frankly 7 Predictably
1b 8 Sadly 9 clearly 10 Astonishingly
a 1 (or 2) b 1 or 2 (or 3) c 3 d 2 e 1
f 3 g 3 (or 1) h 2 i 1 5
Possible answers:
2 Sadly, the mobile phone has been a
disappointment since I bought it. It is astonishingly
1f 2c 3g 4i 5a 6e 7h 8d 9b
slow to start up which obviously makes it difficult to
use. Unfortunately, it often crashes in the middle of
3a a call, which is annoying. Apparently, it is
described as a ‘top of the range’ model. Luckily,
1
the item is still under warranty.
1 They didn’t enjoy the festival.
Unfortunately, the actual colour of the sweatshirt is
2 They weren’t allowed to bring much water in.
much darker than the image online. I like the colour
There were too few toilets.
online, but sadly I don’t like the actual colour.
3 a 50 percent refund
Consequently, I believe I am entitled to a refund as
2
clearly the item is different from what I expected.
1 Their flight was delayed.
2 mechanical failure
3 a €250 refund per person
3
1 The laptop has stopped working.
2 not known
3 a refund
3b
1 I am writing to complain about …
I am writing to you regarding …
I am writing concerning …
2 we are requesting a 50 percent refund on …
I am making a claim for …
Please accept this email as my claim for a
refund.
3 I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest
convenience.
I look forward to your prompt response.
I hope to hear from you at your earliest
convenience.
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UNIT 7 6b
7A Possible futures 1 g 2 e 3 f 4 c 5 as soon as 6 unless
7 assuming
Vocabulary
Social issues
1a 7a
A energy efficiency B inequality 1 a 2 both 3 a 4 both 5 a 6 a 7 a 8 b

C homelessness D life expectancy
Language bank 7A
1b 1
1 e 2 j 3 b 4 i 5 f 6 a 7 d 8 h 9 c 10 g 1 a, g 2 b, e 3 d, f 4 c, h
2
1c 1 if you see/notice 2 when I call 3 As soon as
Positive: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 Negative: 1, 3, 7, 9 4 there may/might be 5 assuming that she
2 7B Business plans
1 unemployment 2 inequality 3 poverty
4 social unrest 5 life expectancy 6 intolerance
Listening
7 homelessness 8 energy efficiency 3a
9 healthcare costs 10 living standards 1 a concert 2 on one singer
3 with £5 for each ticket sold 4 on social media
Vocabulary bank 7A
Compound nouns 4
1 1 organising 2 probably going to 3 I’ll
1 care 2 health 3 side 4 weather 5 Global 4 It’s unlikely 5 definitely try 6 don’t think I’ll
6 civil 7 prime 8 natural 9 carbon 10 climate 7 planning to 8 doubt 9 may well 10 might ask
2
noun + noun: care home; health centre; side
Grammar
effects; weather forecast; carbon
footprint; climate change Future forms and degrees of probability
adjective + noun: global warming; civil rights; 5
prime minister; natural resources
1, 3, 6 (but second alternative more natural), 7
4
6a
1b 2c 3a
1 I’m probably going to try to make a deal.
2 I’m definitely going to spend a bit of money.
5a 3 It’s likely that they’re going to say yes.
1 T 4 It’s unlikely that we’re going to make a loss.
2 F We will be able to choose any world we like. 5 I don’t think we’re going to sell all the tickets.
3 F Only adults will get the UBI. 6 I doubt he’s going to help us.
4 F You can top up your UBI by working.
5 F It is when AI becomes smarter than humans.
7a
6 T
1 I’ll definitely sell more than 200 tickets.
2 It’s possible I’ll ask some friends for help.
Grammar 3 I’m wondering whether to send out emails.
Real conditionals 4 I’m probably going to / I’ll probably spend a lot
6a of money on marketing.
5 It’s unlikely that I’ll get much sleep next week.
a2 b1 c3 d1 e3 f2 g2
6 I don’t think I’ll organise catering.
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7 I may well promote the event online. 7C Cultural awareness

8 We’re planning to offer some tickets for free.
Vocabulary
Personal and professional relationships
Language bank 7B
1 1
1d 2c 3a A Turkey B Japan C Sweden
2
2a
1k 2a 3c 4f 5h 6j 7b 8i
1 flatmate 2 co-worker 3 senior colleague
4 acquaintance 5 ex-partner 6 client
Vocabulary 7 sister-in-law 8 distant relative 9 classmate
Collocations with make, take, do and give 10 brother-in-law
8
1 make: a deal; a profit; sense Language focus
2 take: someone’s place; a risk; charge Introductory It
3 do: research; a good job; without
4a
4 give: it your best shot; priority to; someone a
hand Conversation 1: situation 2
Conversation 2: situation 3
9
4b
1 take charge of 2 give priority to 3 do research
4 taking a risk 5 give us a hand 6 make a deal 1 a me that
7 take our place 8 give it your best shot b me to hear
9 make a profit 10 do without 11 make sense c that
12 do a good job d just that
2 a like
Vocabulary bank 7B b as though
Collocations with make, take, do and give c her to answer
d that
1
1 my day 2 the most of 3 a difference
4 them for granted 5 advantage of 5
6 him seriously 7 a favour 8 you good 9 the job
1 a2 b4 c1 d1
10 them a hard time 11 way 12 the game away
2 a3 b3 c4 d1
2
1 take for granted 2 does you good 6a
3 given someone a hard time 4 done you a favour 1 It’s not that I really dislike him or anything. It’s
5 give way 6 made your day just that he’s a little bit strange.
2 It’s not that I don’t want to go or anything. It’s just
Speaking that I’m really busy.
3 It’s not that I don’t understand or anything. It’s
10
just that I need you to repeat it.
She sold about 60 tickets, which is not as many as
4 It’s not that I’ve fallen in love or anything. It’s just
she hoped.
that I really, really like him.
She made no profit.
She should have paid staff to help her.
She was happy with the social media campaign that 7a
her brother organised. 1 It sounds as though 2 It’s not that
She didn’t send out emails to family and friends, 3 It strikes me that 4 It feels to me that
which she should have done. 5 It looks like 6 It seems to me that
She didn’t get any photos of the event because she 7 It amazes me to hear that
didn’t hire a photographer. 8 It bothers me that
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Language bank 7C 7b
1 1 a interrupt you b move on to
1 it’s 2 amazes 3 seems 4 if 5 It’s 6 worries 2 a else think b save that
7 it 8 like 9 upsets 10 follow 3 a to summarise b you could
8
1 B: I think we’re getting off topic, Leo.
Vocabulary 2 B: … so, just to summarise, you want to get the
2a mayor’s opinion?
3 A: OK, thanks Sandro. Let’s get someone else’s
1 c 2 f 3 h, e 4 a 5 d, b 6 g, j 7 i
input. Eva, what are your thoughts?
4 A: Any more thoughts? No? OK, moving on, let’s
Listening 1 talk about the date of the next meeting.
3a 5 B: Let me interrupt you there, Sofia. I’d like to
move on to the next item on the agenda.
1 to start planning this year’s swimming club party
6 B: Thanks Elise. Alma, I’d like to hear your views
2 to agree on the winners of this year’s hospitality
on this.
awards
3 to look at visitor numbers for the website (and
see if any updates or changes need to be made) 7A Develop your reading
2a
3b 1
1 a coffee b welcome
2 a met b agenda 2b
3 a start b goal
1 to help people learn how and why to prepare for
a disaster
3c 2 They should prepare for them in order to survive.
1 Has everyone got coffee? They can happen anywhere and at any moment.
2 Let’s make a start, shall we? There are many different kinds to prepare for and
3 I’d like to welcome Caspar. they are becoming more common.
4 Has everyone met Francesco? 3 people who live in urban areas
5 Our goal today is to look at visitor numbers … 4 assess the risks in their area (‘take stock of your
6 The first item on the agenda is … situation’)
5 water
6 enough for at least a month; food with a long
5b
shelf life
1 Let’s meet again the day ‘y’ after tomorrow. 7 so that you can leave very quickly, with no notice
2 It’s good to see ‘y’ all of you could come. (‘at the drop of a hat’)
3 I’d like to ‘w’ ask you ‘w’ a question. 8 between one and three (at home, in the car, at
4 Let’s go ‘w’ over the main points again. work or school) per person
6
3
1 purpose of the 2 good to see 3 got a copy
1c 2g 3d 4b 5e 6h 7a 8f
4 make a start 5 first item on 6 Has everyone met
Listening 2 5a
7a 1a 2c 3c 4b 5b 6c 7a
1aFbT 2aTbF 3aTbF
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5b 5
Not just … but … too (paragraph 2) esp., approx., <, etc., NB, b/c, info., no., approx.
in other words (paragraph 6) namely (paragraph 6)
1 London/five 2 Munich/twenty
3 thirty/Belfast 4 Malaga/19 7
Suggested answers:
1 water garden esp. if no rain
6 2 NB water houseplants
1 such as/for instance/for example 3 turn on 1 light in living room at approx. 9 p.m.
2 To put it another way/In other words/The point is 4 turn on TV → people think house occupied
that 5 feed cat 2 x per day
3 instead of/rather than 6 give < 1 cup cat food
4 These days 7 v. important: give cat water
5 especially/in particular/namely 8 not nec. keep junk mail
6 as I mentioned/as stated 9 send Mr J photo of bills ie. gas, electricity, etc.
7 in particular
7B Develop your writing 8b

Suggested answers:
2
1 dead mouse 2 x per week
B is the best. 2 2nd drawer in freezer
A is too short to be useful. There is not enough 3 no other food!
detail to remember what, for example, ‘neighbours’ 4 water every day, esp. if dirty
means. 5 hold by head/tail/after food
C has too much detail. The notes are in complete 6 temp. every day, >24 degrees↓
sentences and it is not usually possible to write 7 1 x per week
complete sentences while you are taking part in a 8 at no. 32
conversation.
9b
3a Possible answers:
✓ nouns, verbs, abbreviations Test = 60 percent, NB only just pass
Advice
1 tenses = important, esp. past simp. & pres. perf.,
3b NB when sth happened → past simp.
✓ use bullet points to separate notes 2 prepositions = ✓
✓ write the important facts or action points only 3 reporting verbs = ↓, e.g. accuse, admit, etc., NB
✓ use headings recommend + verb + -ing
✓ use full stops to show which words are 4 listening = ↑
abbreviations 5 speaking & writing = not so good, NB 1 x essay
per week
7C Develop your listening

4 3
Possible answers: 1 what the British say and what they actually mean
1 ask everyone to sign card 2 She is from São Paolo but now lives in the UK.
2 invite other teachers 3 half past eleven or later
3 take photo of teacher for card
4 approx. 10 extra guests at party
5 ask teacher favourite shop for voucher 4
6 teacher free Friday evening? 1 … is starting at ten, Don’t arrive before half
7 ask Renate to sing at party eleven.
8 ask Fred about party at his apartment 2 … bad, great, It’s awful
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5a
1 b 2 a 3 c 4 a 5 a, c 6 c
5b
1 I’m ending the conversation.
2 Rip it up and start again.
3 Get ready, because the whole plan has changed.
4 It’s definitely your fault.
5 You’re wrong, but I don’t want to talk about it
anymore.
6 You’re wrong, but I don’t want to talk about it
anymore.
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UNIT 8 7a
8A It’s so predictable … 1 a could choose, would choose
b to get bored, might choose
c would, choose
Events in films 2 a was/were able to steal, may find out
2 b would look
1d 2b 3a 4c c could find out
3 a would go, happened
b was watching, would need
3a c would, do, found out
1 confront 2 abandoned 3 overcome
4 trapped 5 tricked 6 betrayed Language bank 8A
7 goes on a mission 8 captured 9 survive 1
10 face 11 rescued 12 murdered 1a 2b 3b 4b 5a 6b
Vocabulary bank 8A 2
1 would 2 were 3 both 4 start 5 wouldn’t
Film 6 would 7 did 8 both 9 offered 10 wouldn’t
1a
classic, documentary, fantasy, musical, 8B On the run
science fiction, thriller Reading and vocabulary
Searching and hiding
1b 2a
cast, plot, release, set, shoot 1 that he had died in a plane crash at sea
2 Two navy jets spotted his plane. At the crash
site, investigators found a book with missing
2 pages, on which campsites were listed. They
1 release 2 musical 3 plot 4 documentary found Marcus at one of the campsites.
5 soundtrack 6 costumes 7 cast 3 He set up a website with information about
Patrick’s case.
Grammar 4 He traced Patrick through his IP address and
asked someone else to make contact with him.
Second conditional
4a
Speaker 1 – Defeat the Monster 2b
Speaker 2 – The Quest Suggested answers:
Speaker 3 – Defeat the Monster Marcus didn’t disguise himself. He left the book with
missing pages in the plane. He didn’t break the
windscreen.
4b Patrick stayed in touch with friends. He logged on to
1 If I was 2 might stay 3 wouldn’t 4 If I were the website a lot of times from the same place.
5 would fight 6 would 7 Were I 8 would do
9 would
3
1 spotted 2 disguised 3 traced 4 headed for
5 5 pursue 6 keep an eye on 7 hunt for 8 deceive
1 If I were Katniss, I would fight for my life, too. 9 identify 10 tracked
2 I imagine I would try my hardest to escape.
3 Were I to find myself in this situation, I don’t Grammar
know what I would do.
Conditionals in the past
5a
1 a yes b yes 2 a yes b yes
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5b 3 an abstract artwork, a sculpture, an installation,

1 had (third conditional) an original artwork, a statue
2 might have (third conditional)
3 wouldn’t (mixed conditional) 3b
Artist: Dove Bradshaw
7a Name of artwork: Fire Extinguisher, 1976
Type of artwork: original artwork/installation
1 a … taken her smartphone with her, the hunters
Surprising fact: Dove didn’t make it, only labelled
wouldn’t have caught her.
it.
b … have caught her if she hadn’t taken her
Other details: Dove became well-known.
smartphone with her.
2 a … used his bank card in a shop, the hunters
Artist: Sara Goldschmied and Eleonora Chiari
wouldn’t have been able to track his location.
Name of artwork: Where shall we go dancing
b … have been able to track his location if
tonight?
Evan hadn’t used his bank card in a shop.
Type of artwork: installation
3 a … survived for 21 days, she wouldn’t be rich
Surprising fact: It was thrown away by the
now.
cleaners.
b … be rich now if she hadn’t survived for 21
Other details: It increased the artists’ fame.
days.
4 a … seen the CCTV camera in the shop, he
Artist: Damien Hirst
wouldn’t have gone in.
Name of artwork: Spot paintings
b … have gone in if he had seen the CCTV
Type of artwork: abstract painting
camera in the shop.
Surprising fact: Hirst’s assistants have painted
5 a … become the viewers’ favourite, he wouldn’t
almost all of them.
be working as a model now.
Other details: There are more than 1,400 of them.
b … be working as a model now if he hadn’t
Some have sold for millions of dollars.
become the viewers’ favourite.
Language bank 8B Vocabulary bank 8C

1 Word building: the arts
1 e, h 2 a, f 3 c, g 4 b, d
1
1 art 2 artistic 3 composition 4 composer
2
5 edit 6 editor 7 entertainment 8 entertainer
1 hadn’t robbed, wouldn’t have arrested
9 entertaining 10 illustration 11 illustrator
2 hadn’t released, might not have emailed
12 painting 13 painter 14 photograph
3 might not have been caught, hadn’t emailed
15 photograph 16 photographer 17 produce
4 wouldn’t have used, weren’t/wasn’t
18 producer 19 productive 20 publish
5 hadn’t committed, wouldn’t have
21 publisher 22 sculpture
8C Great art?
2
1 paintings, artistic, sculpture, sculptors
Visual art 2 photographers, photographic, illustrative
2 3 entertainment, entertaining, composers
Suggested answers: 4 published, editor, illustrators
1 A an installation
B a sculpture, a statue Language focus
C a watercolour, a still life
Linkers of concession
D a portrait, an oil painting
E a landscape, a sketch 5a
F a landscape, an oil painting 1 Even though 2 although
All: an original artwork
2 an abstract artwork, an original artwork, a
portrait, a landscape, a still life, a watercolour, an
oil painting
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5b 8 Check and reflect: Units 7–8

Text 2: However, Despite
1
Text 3: in spite of, Nevertheless
1 e 2 i 3 b 4 j 5 f 6 a 7 d 8 h 9 c 10 g
6
1 in spite of 2 although 3 despite 4 though 2
1 As soon as this problem is solved, another one
7 will emerge.
2 ✓
1 Banksy painted it onto a wall in London despite
3 As soon as computers are able to/can think,
the fact that it is illegal to do this.
they’ll take over our lives.
2 Gradually the image became well-known.
4 ✓
Nevertheless, Banksy’s identity remained a
5 There will always be conflict unless humans
secret.
radically change.
3 In 2014 it was removed and sold in spite of the
6 You’ll understand this grammar if you study hard.
fact that it was graffiti, not a painting. / In spite of
/ You won’t understand this grammar unless you
the fact that it was graffiti, not a painting, in 2014
study hard.
it was removed and sold.
4 It was then sold for £500,000, even though
Banksy painted it for free. / Even though Banksy 3a
painted it for free, it was then sold for £500,000.
1 I will definitely go …
5 Girl with Balloon came top, although it’s a
2 It is possible that I will be …
relatively modern artwork. / Although Girl with
3 I am wondering whether to travel …
Balloon came top, it’s a relatively modern
4 I will probably live …
artwork.
5 It is unlikely that I will earn …
6 I may well move home …
Language bank 8C 7 I am planning to change …
1
1 I’ve never understood abstract art, even though
4
I studied art at college.
2 ✓ 1 make, taking 2 give 3 took, did 4 giving
3 The new installation was quite popular. 5 did, give 6 done, make 7 take
However, it was removed after only three
weeks.
5
4 Despite the brilliant colours/Despite the fact
that the colours are brilliant, we find this 1 brother-in-law 2 distant 3 classmates
landscape quite depressing. 4 flatmates 5 co-workers 6 senior colleagues
5 Van Gogh’s paintings are really vibrant in spite of 7 acquaintance 8 client
the fact that he was such an unhappy person.
6a
Listening 1 d, strikes 2 a, that 3 e, occurs to 4 b, though
8a 5 c, amazes
1 Real art involves a lot of craft or skill,
contemporary art doesn’t.
7
2 Real art makes us feel real emotions,
contemporary art doesn’t. 1b 2g 3a 4c 5d 6h 7f 8e
3 Real art is not about money, contemporary art is.
8a
8b 1 could be 2 Would … walk, weren’t enjoying
1 Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, da Vinci’s Mona 3 found, would … keep 4 to win, would give
Lisa, van Gogh’s Sunflowers 5 saw 6 didn’t have/couldn’t have
2 a sculpture that looks like a block of concrete
3 van Gogh
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9 2 A: So, did you like that book I lent you?

1 keep an eye on 2 spotted 3 tracked B: Do you mean Abandoned ? It left me cold,
4 disguise, deceive 5 traced 6 hunting actually. It was a bit far-fetched, I thought.
3 A: Are you reading this book? What do you think
of it?
10
B: It’s a real page-turner, isn’t it? I can’t put it
1 If Fred hadn’t invested all his money in the wrong down.
shares, he wouldn’t have lost it. 4 A: Have you read this?
2 If he had known the price of the shares would B: I’m reading it at the moment, actually. The
crash, he could have invested in something else. main character – wow! She’s really struck a
3 ✓ chord with me. I can identify with her a lot.
4 His wife might not have left him if he hadn’t lost
everything.
5 ✓ 4
6 He would never have got into this mess if he had auxiliary verb in questions, verb be in questions,
listened to his father’s advice. verb be and subject in answers, it + verb in
7 He would probably still be with his family if he statements with ’s or was.
hadn’t been so greedy.
5b
11
1 great book 2 Like it? 3 Not sure 4 ’s a bit
1g 2a 3d 4h 5c 6b 7e 8f 5 You seen 6 What series 7 ’s called 8 Amazing
9 What’re you 10 Read it 11 ’s not my
12
1 Though/Although/Even though he was in his 6
sixties … 1 Lotta’s Luck 2 Richardson 3 future
2 However/Nevertheless/Despite this/In spite of 4 spy thriller 5 positive 6 positive 7 negative
this, he produced …
3 Despite/In spite of the high price …
4 … despite the fact that she can’t paint. 8B Develop your reading
5 Although/even though Beethoven …
6 Despite/In spite of being famous … 2
White-hat hackers are legal, black hat hackers are
13 illegal.
1 e 2 j 3 g 4 c 5 h 6 b 7 a 8 i 9 d 10 f
3
8A Develop your listening 1T 2F 3T 4F 5T 6F
2a
1 negative 2 negative 3 positive 4 positive 4
1e 2d 3f 4a 5c 6b
2b
1 far-fetched 2 can’t put it down 5b
3 relate to/identify with 4 can’t get into it
1 g 2 j 3 h 4 d 5 c 6 e 7 b 8 i 9 a 10 f
5 left me cold 6 struck a chord (with me)
7 a real page-turner
3
1 A: Hey, have you read Tricked and Betrayed?
What did you think of it?
B: I’m not sure really. I just can’t get into it for
some reason. I can’t relate to the main
character.
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8C Develop your writing

2a
1 the story
2 Auggie Pullman
3 a boy who looks very different and is starting
school after years of being taught at home
4 We sympathise with and understand him.
5 Each frame of the film is an oil painting.
6 Armand
7 Van Gogh’s final months as revealed through the
conversations Armand has with the people who
knew Van Gogh.
8 The reviewer thinks the plot is less important
than the visual impact of the film. He also thinks
it is, in some respects, clever.
3
Answers may vary, although Ss should note that
both reviews meet the requirements of the Focus
box so are broadly successful.
4
1d 2e 3a 4c
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UNIT 9 Grammar
9A Mysteries Past modals of deduction
Reading and vocabulary 6
Mystery 1 must have been 2 could have visited
1 3 may have been 4 must have been
5 can’t have been 6 might not have been
Possible answers:
national identity document, passport,
birth/marriage certificate, utility bills, 7
biometric data (iris/face/fingerprint recognition,
1 is 2 isn’t 3 possibly 4 –ing
DNA)
2 8a
A Police found a suitcase belonging to the
A: Do you think he might’ve been a dancer?
Somerton Man at the railway station. It
B: Yeah, I think he must’ve been a dancer.
contained neatly folded clothes.
A: But do you think he could’ve been a spy?
B He had a bus ticket in his pocket showing that he
B: Well, yeah, he could’ve been a spy as well.
had travelled from Adelaide railway station to the
have is pronounced /əv/
beach.
C The Somerton Man had strong calf muscles
characteristic of a sports person or dancer. 9
D The Somerton Man’s face appeared in the
1 could have 2 couldn’t have 3 might not have
newspapers, but no one came forward to identify
4 can’t have 5 must have 6 may have
him.
Language bank 9A
3a 1
1 clues 2 evidence 3 identify him 4 turned out 1 can’t/couldn’t have
5 motive 6 account for 7 victim 2 might/could/may have
8 remains a mystery 9 a hoax 10 red herring 3 must have
4 could/might/may have
5 could/might/may have
3b 6 can’t/couldn’t have
1 T 2 T 3 F 4 NI 5 T 6 T 7 F 8 NI 9 NI
10 NI 2
1 must have come (in) through the ceiling
Listening 2 could/might/may have been children
3 can’t have taken (any) big items
4b
4 can’t have used the wrong details
1 The Somerton Man’s secret pocket contained a 5 could/might/may have got lost
scrap of paper. 6 could/might/may have stolen the money
2 The words were from a book of eleventh-
century/very old poetry. 9B Strange theories
3 Someone had found the book in his car.
4 No one has been able to work out what the 50 Reading
letters mean. 2b
5 Jessica Thompson was a nurse. 1T 2F 3T 4T 5T
6 Jessica refused to talk about the Somerton Man.
7 In 1945, someone else died with a book of old
poetry next to them. Vocabulary
8 Jessica’s son, Robin, was born before the Knowledge
Somerton Man died (in 1947).
3a
1 observe 2 suspect 3 research
4 misunderstand 5 prove 6 conclude 7 theorise
8 fake 9 assume
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3b Language bank 9B
Verb Noun 1
assume assumption 1 both 2 tell me 3 her that 4 believing
conclude conclusion 5 to think 6 that I throw away 7 both 8 function
fake fake
know knowledge 2
misunderstand misunderstanding 1 At our school, they didn’t let us to have mobile
observe observation phones in the classroom.
prove proof 2 I promise to you that it was just a
research research misunderstanding.
suspect suspicion 3 ✓
theorise theory 4 My boss doesn’t mind me take taking a longer
lunch break as long as I work late.
5 We recommend to try (that) you try/trying the
4b
new Italian restaurant.
1 different 2 same 3 different 4 different
6 The talk sounded strange but our neighbours
5 different 6 different 7 same 8 same
encouraged to go us us to go.
5a
9C Celebrity
1 proof 2 assumed 3 conclusion 4 observe
5 knowledge 6 suspect 7 theory Listening and vocabulary
Common phrasal verbs
Vocabulary bank 9B 2a
Confusing pairs of words 1 a They had fake press badges and were going to
1 a remember b remind say that they were from a magazine.
2 a amusing b enjoyable b They went backstage, no one stopped them
3 a raises b has risen and they chatted to Rui Letife.
4 a lives b ’s staying 2 a Who painted the Mona Lisa?
5 a sympathetic b likeable b He went away for a few weeks.
6 a expensive b valuable 3 a She got a place on a reality TV show.
7 a lay b lie b She cried and then she got on with her life and
8 a damaged b injured her studies.
2 2c
1 amusing 2 injured 3 remind 4 stay 1 a came up with b let her down
5 rising 6 likeable 7 lie 8 valuable c made up d turned out
2 a stand out b figure it out
Grammar c made out that d stuck it out
3 a came across b think it through
Verb patterns
c get over d get on with
7
1 people laughing 2 laughing 3 people to look
4 to think 5 that 6 me accept 7 you that 3a
Cross out:
1 car 2 people 3 an apology 4 by chance
8a 5 life 6 a secret 7 my time 8 the emotions
1 I guarantee that the Earth is round.
2 I expect you to doubt it. Vocabulary bank 9C
3 I suggest (that) you research it for yourself.
4 Some people dislike listening to scientists. Nouns formed from phrasal verbs
5 The evidence persuaded me (to believe) (that) 1
it’s true. 1 down 2 break 3 back(s) 4 look 5 out
6 The research made me question my beliefs. 6 put 7 down 8 fall 9 through 10 over
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2 3
1 cutbacks 2 outbreak 3 takeover 1a 2b 3b 4b 5a
4 breakthrough 5 workout 6 letdown
7 outlook 8 downfall 9 input 10 breakdown
Vocabulary
Language focus 5a
Phrasal verbs 1 c 2 i 3 g 4 e 5 a 6 h 7 j 8 d 9 f 10 b
4
Listening 2
1 turn out (that) 2 make out (that)
3 let someone down 4 figure something out 6
5 stick it out 6 think it through Conversation 1
7 get over something 8 get on with something 1 The first issue of her magazine didn’t arrive.
2 Her card was refused.
3 the missing issue to be sent out straight away
5a
and a refund
1 get over it 2 stands out 3 figured it out 4 She says she will talk to her manager about it.
4 make out 5 get on with it 6 let me down Conversation 2
1 Her boiler is not working.
6 2 It sounds like an electrical problem.
1 come up with something 2 figure it out 3 ✓ 3 She wants the plumber to come back and fix it
4 stood out 5 get over it 6 ✓ 7 ✓ 8 made out today.
9 making it up 10 ✓ 11 stick it out 4 He will try and come that evening.
12 got on with Conversation 3
1 The phone bill was higher than usual.
2 The customer made several international calls.
Language bank 9C 3 the money to be refunded immediately
1 4 No. He will research it further and call the
1 He was shy and didn’t want to stand out. customer back.
2 The children made up a great story. / The
children made a great story up.
7
3 I have always looked up to my father.
4 I have always got on with the people I work with. 1 a calling about b I deserve
5 You really shouldn’t have let us down. 2 a possible to b promise anything
3 a problem with b make sure
2
1 came across a leaflet 8
2 handed it in 1 I’m calling about my new magazine subscription.
3 looking forward to the day 2 I’ve got a problem with it.
4 figure them out / think them through / 3 Given the inconvenience, I think I deserve a
think things through / figure things out refund.
5 think things through / figure things out / 4 Would it be possible to come and fix it today?
figure them out / think them through 5 I can’t promise anything but I’ll try and come this
evening.
9D English in action 6 I’ll make sure that you get a call back in the next
Listening 1 two days.
2a
1, 2, 5 9a
The underlined sounds are not pronounced clearly
and some of them disappear completely.
2c
1 who could help 2 you on hold 3 call back in
4 answer your questions 5 speak to someone
6 get him to
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10 5
Conversation 1: 1 e 2 d 3 a 4 b 5 c It is easy to see why many people believe that …
Conversation 2: 1 c 2 b 3 e 4 f 5 a 6 d but I am convinced that …
Conversation 3: 1 d 2 c 3 a 4 g 5 f 6 e 7 b First and foremost, …
Furthermore, it is a fact that …
9A Develop your listening There is no doubt that …
In summary, …
3
1a 2b 3a
9C Develop your reading
1b
4b
A more sensational (language in the headline: first
1 a If they had got wet, the paper price sticker
name given only, colloquial language axed,
would have come off.
exclamation mark, alliteration)
b Watson sat with his legs outstretched to the fire
B more serious (language in the headline: fired, full
when he was ill.
name given)
2 a There is a return ticket in her left glove.
b There is fresh mud on her left sleeve, which
could only have come from a horse and cart. 2
3 a He is very surprised.
1b 2a 3c 4a 5c 6a
b You forget something that you already knew.
3
5b
1 A He turned up late many times and argued with
1 But there is a small piece of paper | on the sole |
the director.
with the price on it
B He had a disagreement with the director.
2 Water would | of course | have removed this
2 A He’s very upset and recovering at home.
3 It is obvious | then | that you have been sitting |
B He’s thinking about his future. Article doesn’t
with your feet stretched out to the fire | which you
say how he feels.
would only do at this time of year | in June | if you
3 A/B He said Ashley is ‘very well respected in the
were feeling ill
entertainment business and a fine young actor’.
4 A They said he was a flop and a clown and he
6 wasn’t a good actor.
B They said he was continually late and difficult
There is no mystery, | my dear madam. |
to work with.
There is mud on the left arm of your jacket I in
5 A His first solo album had very few sales. He was
seven places. | The mud is perfectly fresh. | There
booed after he forgot the words to his only hit
is no vehicle, | apart from a horse and cart, | which
song.
throws up mud in that way.
B He was criticised for his live performances.
9B Develop your writing Optional extra activity

4a The sensationalist article notes how much money
Paragraph 2: c, e Paragraph 3: a, f Ashley Rice-Stubbs won in the reality TV show, that
Paragraph 4: b, d his first album flopped and that his agent blamed
the director.
The serious article notes that Ashley Rice-Stubbs
4b was disrespectful on the reality TV show.
Paragraph 2: main idea = c, supporting idea = e
Paragraph 3: main idea = a, supporting idea = f 4
Paragraph 4: main idea = d, supporting idea = b
1 sensationalist 2 serious 3 sensationalist
4 sensationalist 5 sensationalist 6 serious
4c 7 sensationalist 8 sensationalist
complete sentences, the writer’s opinion,

explanations of unknown acronyms (e.g. NASA)
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5a
verbs: axe, row, vow, slam, flop
nouns: row, flop
(all in Article A)
5b
Suggested answers:
1 The government has promised that it will take
action over the emergency.
2 Gail Lee has criticised her manager after an
argument.
3 The leader is trying to start emergency
negotiations.
4 There has been bad news for the mayor.
5 The Fab Five album has failed (to be popular/to
sell).
6 The government is going to prohibit smoking in
parks.
7 Three people have been injured after/in an
explosion.
8 (The) GGV (company) is going to get rid of/end
plans to build a new headquarters.
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5 Five years from now, will you be living in the

UNIT 10 same place?
10A Will I be happy? 6 Five years from now, will you have found your
soul mate?
7 Five years from now, will you have learnt a new
Personal fulfilment language? OR will you be learning a new
2b language?
1 like-minded friends 2 a soul mate 8 Five years from now, will you have found your
3 a sense of adventure 4 a place of my own true vocation?
5 my true vocation 6 purpose in life 9 When you retire, will you be living in a different
7 a sense of belonging 8 core principles place?
9 my great passion 10 artistic ability 10 When you retire, will you be exercising every
11 a unique talent 12 a place I can call home day?
11 When you retire, will you have found true
happiness?
Vocabulary bank 10A
12 When you retire, will you have found your/a
Phrases with life purpose in life?
1
1 e 2 b 3 i 4 a 5 g 6 f 7 c 8 h 9 j 10 d Language bank 10A
1
Grammar 1 have 2 by 3 will 4 be
Future perfect and future continuous 5 before 6 more 7 won’t 8 still
4a
2
Suggested answers: 1 ’ll be living
1 Kevin is probably a student. 2 ’ll have found
2 Martha is probably a middle-aged person. 3 might still be trying
3 Tess is probably a student. 4 probable (that) I’ll have retired
4 Pavel is probably retired. 5 doubt (that) I’ll still be saving
5 Ayesha: impossible to say 6 probably won’t be working
7 certain (that) I won’t have seen
4b 8 won’t have lost
1 Will, be working: future continuous
2 Will, have found: future perfect 10B Believe it or not!
3 will, be hanging: future continuous
4 Will, have suffered: future perfect Reading and vocabulary
Fame
5 2a
1 before 2 often 3 in progress He was famous for his newspaper column called
4 present participle 5 after 6 before 7 start Believe It or Not! that was full of strange facts. He
later wrote books and had radio and TV shows.
6
have is pronounced with a weak form /həv/. 2b
Sometimes /h/ is dropped: /əv/
1 T
be is also pronounced with a weak form /bi/.
2 T
7a 3 F He was a newspaper sports cartoonist.
4 T
1 One year from now, will you still be studying
5 F They started as newspaper cartoons.
English?
6 F He travelled the world searching for new facts
2 One year from now, will you have taken any trips
and became the focus of public attention.
abroad?
3 One year from now, will you be living with your
soul mate?
4 One year from now, will you be hanging out with
the same friends?
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3 over 1.3 miles, and which contains the names of

1 high-profile 2 gone unnoticed 3 an instant hit over 2,500 famous actors in pink stars. Whether an
4 shot to fame 5 big break 6 unknown actor has shot to the fame overnight or has worked
7 started out 8 in the public eye 9 legacy for the years to become famous, it is an honour to
10 had taken the US by storm be included here, but it also costs the actor about
$30,000! The Walk of Fame is one of the busiest
Vocabulary bank 10B attractions in Hollywood with millions of visitors a
year, and you never know, while you’re there you
Verb prefixes
may also run into one of the stars whose name
1 appears there.
1 misbehaving, enforce 2 disappeared, endanger
3 misunderstand, disagree 4 regain, enable 10C New solutions
5 mislead, misinformed 6 rewriting, rearrange
Reading
2 2
1 re- 2 en- 3 mis- 4 dis- the problem of walking and texting then crossing
the road; a possible solution is LED ‘traffic’ lights in
Grammar the pavement
Articles
5b 3
1 102 2 nuts 3 dynamite 4 rodents 5 the US 1 what’s going on around you

6 0.005 2 It suggests that pedestrians who do this are
putting themselves and others in danger.
6b 3 pedestrians who are looking at their phones
while they cross the road
1 a or an 2 the 3 the 4 Don’t use 5 a or an
4 if they will change the way people behave
6 the 7 Don’t use 8 the 9 the
Language focus
7 Compound adjectives
The is pronounced /ðə/ when it appears before
5
a word which begins with a consonant sound.
However, it is pronounced /ðiː/ before a word which built-up, high-tech, internet-connected,
begins with a vowel sound. absent-minded, densely-populated, narrow-minded,
hard up, well-off, state-of-the-art, so-called,
long-term
8a
1 an 2 – 3 A 4 the 5 a 6 the 7 – 8 the
9 – 10 a 11 the 12 the 13 the 14 – 6
15 a 16 – All the adjectives are stressed on the (first part of
the) second word:
self-confident, well-educated, absent-minded,
8b
high-tech, well-off, long-term, densely-populated,
In fact, the Atacama Desert is not the driest place
narrow-minded, hard-working, long-distance
on Earth. There are parts of Antarctica which are
drier.
7a
Language bank 10B 1 Are you well-educated?
1 2 Are you absent-minded?
1b 2a 3b 4a 5a 6b 3 Have you got a high-tech watch?
4 Are you self-confident?
2 5 Are some of your friends well-off?
If you ever go to the west coast of the United 6 Are you hard-working?
States, make sure you visit the Hollywood Walk of 7 Do you live in a densely-populated area?
Fame. This is a stretch of pavement which starts at 8 Are you narrow-minded?
the Hollywood Boulevard, covers a total distance of
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Language bank 10C 4 came across these old photos

1 5 Just get on with it.
1 built-up 2 narrow-minded 3 high-tech 6 never figure it out
4 user-friendly 5 six-year-old 6 part-time
7 well-educated 8 so-called 7a
1d 2f 3a 4e 5g 6b 7h 8c
Listening and vocabulary 8

Persuasion and enforcement 1 ’ll have finished 2 will, be catching
9a 3 ’ll be travelling 4 Will, have had 5 ’ll, be working
1 Educate people with posters and warnings. 6 ’ll have made
2 Reduce the number of cars in the city centre.
3 Put up signs and create no-selfie zones in 9
dangerous places. 1 high-profile 2 legacy 3 started out
4 Introduce a law banning people from taking 4 an unknown 5 unknown 6 big break
selfies 7 public eye 8 instant hit
9b 10
1 a fine b educate 1 the 2 – 3 – 4 a 5 the 6 the 7 the 8 an
2 a charge b install 9 – 10 the 11 – 12 –
3 a put up b discourage
4 introduce, enforce 11
1 well-known 2 20-year-old 3 good-looking
4 densely-populated 5 self-confident 6 high-tech
1 7 part-time 8 two-page
1 hoax 2 mystery 3 victim 4 clue 5 evidence
6 motive 7 identify 8 red herring 12a
1 fine 2 discourage 3 educate 4 introduce
2 5 enforce 6 install 7 put up
1 may/might/could have taken
2 must have been driving 13a
3 may/might not have said
1 refused, mistake 2 down, check 3 get, put
4 can’t/couldn’t have seen
4 working, turned 5 booked, sort 6 arrived, stock
5 can’t/couldn’t have been speaking
10A Develop your writing
3
2a
1f 2d 3g 4a 5b 6e 7c
1 set A first, set B second
2 Set A shows ideas. Set B organises those ideas.
4a
1 interrupting 2 laugh 3 to change 4 know
3
5 criticising
more details about how high-tech shops work
how it feels to shop in those places
5 examples of how shops will use their detailed
1 figure, out 2 let, down 3 stick, out knowledge of customers
4 stands out 5 turned out 6 made, up
6
1 thought it through
2 will come up with a clever solution
3 make out the accident was all my fault
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4a 6
1 liked 1 O – superlative form (most impressive),
2 They have got rid of the cashier. 2 F – passive (was detected)
3 so that people can see and touch goods before 3 F – statistic (99.9 percent)
buying online 4 O – introductory phrase (It’s obvious to me that)
4 less queuing, waiting and travelling to the shop 5 O – probably
itself 6 O – should
5 You might be able to summon a mobile shop 7 F – statistic (70 percent)
with an app on your phone.
6 It may be harder for ordinary people to start their 10C Develop your reading
own shop.
2
It might be harder to explore and discover new
things. 1 He believes he can help everyone to be more
charismatic.
2 everyone (in order to stand out)
4b
3 Strong: good at building rapport
1 there’s no denying that … Weak: nervous when doing public speaking;
2 our urban environment doesn’t take herself seriously
3 done away with 4 stuffed with
5 yet more 6 summon 7 only time will tell
4b
5 1a 2b 3c 4c 5a 6c 7a
An article is less formal than an essay and the

writing has to be more interesting and grab people’s 5
attention more.
1T 2F 3F 4T 5F 6T
10B Develop your listening

1b
1a 2b 3a 4a
2b
1 Thursday evening, Southern Ontario
2 one metre in diameter, several metric tonnes
3 no one knows (it might not have hit the Earth)
3
1 F Only Hugo Martin has written a book.
2 F It doesn’t hit the Earth’s surface, it mostly
burns up in the atmosphere.
3 F about once every 500,000 years
4 T
5 T
6 F It was a meteor. It didn’t hit the Earth, but
exploded 30 km above the Earth.
4
1F 2F 3O 4O 5F
5
1, 2
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1 decent, respectable 2 disorganised vending machine, fitness app

5 1A Develop your listening

1B Develop your writing

1C Develop your reading 6 C = its accessible, welcoming culture;

2B Running wild? Grammar

Listening Language bank 2B

3b 2C Develop your listening

3b 7 a bit more thoughtful 8 more of a family person

1 the best 2 as competitive as 3 much harder 1 outrageous 2 comfortable 3 colourful

7 3 We need to be somewhere soon. Could you

3A Develop your writing 3

3C Develop your reading

3B Develop your listening

UNIT 4 4 a, b, d (while grammatically correct, b is quite an

8 you didn’t need to 9 You just had to 2

4 Check and reflect: Units 3–4 5 My workshop is in London, which means

4A Develop your reading 4B Develop your writing

4C Develop your listening

Vincent n/a needs to none

Sigrid 0932 4778302 is the café call

Adverb + adjective collocations

1 absolutely 2 highly 3 completely 4 widely 1a 2b 3a 4b

5A Develop your reading 3 as hard as nails 4 as bright as a button

Language bank 6B Language focus

A energy efficiency B inequality 1 a 2 both 3 a 4 both 5 a 6 a 7 a 8 b

7 I may well promote the event online. 7C Cultural awareness

7B Develop your writing 8b

7C Develop your listening

5b 3 an abstract artwork, a sculpture, an installation,

Language bank 8B Vocabulary bank 8C

5b 8 Check and reflect: Units 7–8

9 2 A: So, did you like that book I lent you?

8C Develop your writing

9B Develop your writing Optional extra activity

complete sentences, the writer’s opinion,

5 Five years from now, will you be living in the

3 over 1.3 miles, and which contains the names of

1 102 2 nuts 3 dynamite 4 rodents 5 the US 1 what’s going on around you

Language bank 10C 4 came across these old photos

Listening and vocabulary 8

An article is less formal than an essay and the

10B Develop your listening

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