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UNIT 1
UNIT LEAD-IN
B 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 a
C 1 Helen (she wants to be
successful in life/ spends
three or four hours every
day studying)
2 Maria (always says what she
thinks/sometimes when she
gets into an argument, she
starts shouting and people
get upset)
3 Anna (Shes always very
understanding if you have a
problem/will make you
laugh)
4 Sally (is about to go
travelling on her own
around the world/shes the
kind of person who always
seems to know how to act
logically when theres a
problem)
VOCAB REVIEW 1
1 Word select
A
1 seem 4 smells
2 look 5 tastes
3 sounds 6 feel
B
1 smart 2 scruffy 3 casual
2 Adjectives and adverbs
1 careful 4 hardly
2 slowly 5 fast
3 good
3 Phrasal verbs
1 split up 4 put on
2 make up 5 try on
3 laid out
4 Adjectives
A
1 jealous 4 intelligent
2 romantic 5 attractive
3 honest 6 independent
B
1 romantic 5 attractive
2 honest 6 intelligent
3 independent
4 jealous
UNIT 2
UNIT LEAD-IN
C 1 c 2 e 3 f 4 d 5 g 6 a
7 b
VOCAB REVIEW 12
1 Word select
A
1 courteous 4 sensible
2 jealous 5 sensitive
3 bad-tempered
B
1 frightening 3 interesting
2 deafening 4 exhausting
2 Words easily confused
1 afraid 4 With any luck
2 boring 5 sleepy
3 now
3 Phrasal words with look
A
1 look in 4 look forward to
2 look up 5 look into
3 look after
B
1 look after
2 looking forward to
3 looking into
4 look in
5 look up
4 People and places
A
People: pupil, queen, servant,
volunteer, lifeguard, owner,
violinist
Places: cellar, mansion, attic,
wood, abbey
B
1 violinist 4 owner
2 cellar 5 wood
3 mansion
UNIT 3
UNIT LEAD-IN
B 1 b 2 c 3 a
C 1 activities
2 scenery
3 accommodation
4 huts
5 delays
6 check in
7 sightseeing
8 break
9 tours
10 recommend
VOCAB REVIEW 13
1 Word select
A
1 trip 4 tour
2 journey 5 voyage
3 travel
B
1 excited 4 worried
2 relieved 5 astonished
3 afraid
2 Phrasal verbs
1 turn up 4 broke down
2 look up 5 took off
3 check in 6 set off
3 Adjectives
A
1 g 2 a 3 h 4 f 5 d 6 b
7 e 8 c
B
1 deserted
2 freezing
3 frightening
4 crowded
5 boiling
4 People
A
1 guide 4 hiker
2 tourist 5 pilot
3 passenger 6 travel agent
B
1 passenger 4 tourist
2 pilot 5 travel agent
3 hiker 6 guide
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UNIT 4
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 b 2 c 3 a
B 1 curtain/stage 4 interval
2 soap opera 5 chat show
3 screen
VOCAB REVIEW 4
1 Word select
A
1 comedy 4 cartoon
2 drama 5 documentary
3 game show
B
1 interval 3 scene
2 stage 4 cast
C
1 brought up 3 told off
2 stick out 4 won over
2 Words easily confused
1 whole 4 rise
2 alone 5 lie
3 lie
3 Phrasal verbs with take
A
1 take after 4 take over
2 take in 5 take back
3 take off 6 take up
B
1 take ... back
2 take ... in
3 take off
4 taking over
5 take up
6 takes after
4 Adjectives
1 crazy
2 straightforward
3 elegant
4 wealthy
5 memorable
6 delicious
UNIT 5
UNIT LEAD-IN
B a 1 b 2 c 2 d 1 e 2
C 1 dedicated
2 kind
3 sympathetic
4 salary
5 skills
VOCAB REVIEW 45
1 Word select
A
1 broke in
2 built up
3 work out
4 held out
5 came across
B
1 interview 3 job
2 promotion 4 experience
C
1 fascinated 3 crazy
2 interested
2 Negative prefixes
1 impatient
2 unfriendly
3 inexpensive
4 unemployed
5 unlucky
3 Adjective wordcomb
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4 Prepositions
1 with 5 in
2 with 6 to
3 to 7 for
4 for
UNIT 6
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 b 2 d 3 e 4 a
5 g 6 h 7 f 8 c
C 1 b 2 a 3 d 4 c
VOCAB REVIEW 46
1 Word select
A
1 plaster cast 3 x-ray
2 stitches 4 sling
B
1 galloped 3 hunting
2 played 4 danced
2 Phrasal verbs
1 sent off 4 give up
2 lives on 5 broke in
3 put on 6 take up
3 Words easily confused
1 beat 4 lonely
2 whole 5 lost
3 won 6 miss
4 Words connected with
sport
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UNIT 7
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 b 2 d 3 c 4 a
B 1 b 2 c 3 a
C 1 recycle
2 reduce
3 public transport
4 energy
5 damage
6 improve
7 pollutes
8 wildlife
VOCAB REVIEW 7
1 Word select
A
1 cut off
2 cut out
3 cut ... out of
4 cutting down
5 cutting in
6 cut down on
B
1 fall back on
2 turn back
3 get back
4 go back over
5 pay ... back
6 keeping ... back
C
1 cant wait 3 dreading
2 excited 4 nervous
2 Words easily confused
1 No one 4 nothing
2 None 5 nobody
3 no
3 Extreme weather
conditions
A
1 c 2 d 3 e 4 b 5 a
B
1 blizzard 4 hurricane
2 gale 5 floods
3 drought
4 Adjectives
1 expensive
2 harmful
3 traditional
4 fashionable
5 disastrous
6 wealthy
UNIT 8
UNIT LEAD-IN
B They enjoyed it while they had
it.
C 1 b 2 e 3 f 4 d
5 h 6 a 7 c 8 g
VOCAB REVIEW 78
1 Word select
1 receipt 4 refund
2 bargain 5 credit card
3 cash
2 Phrasal verbs
A
1 put in
2 lock out
3 cut off
4 think up
5 cut down on
6 pay back
B
1 thinking up
2 puts in
3 locked out
4 pays ... back
5 cut off
6 cut down on
3 Words easily confused
1 lend 4 spend
2 owe 5 afford
3 no 6 worthless
4 Adjectives
1 chatty 5 spacious
2 amusing 6 furious
3 annual 7 unselfish
4 miserable 8 cosy
UNIT 9
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 c 2 d 3 f 4 b
5 a 6 e
B 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F
C A shark
D 1 scared stiff
2 face to face
3 natural habitat
4 a far cry
5 wetsuit
VOCAB REVIEW 79
1 Word select
A
1 yell 4 gossip
2 arguing 5 discuss
3 mumbling 6 whispering
B
1 taking over 4 broke into
2 turn back 5 gaining on
3 lit up 6 hand in
2 Expressions with get
1 get ahead
2 get together
3 get away with
4 get nowhere
5 get across
6 get out of
7 get down to
3 Words easily confused
1 endangered 4 exhausted
2 close 5 hurt
3 country
4 Animal wordcomb
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UNIT 10
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 b 2 c 3 a
B List 1:
1 object to sb/not have a high
opinion of sb
2 always talk to sb in a critical
way
3 like sth very much
4 end a relationship
List 2:
1 extremely clever, intelligent
person
2 make sb feel less worried
3 being bad tempered
4 make a decision about sth
VOCAB REVIEW 10
1 Word select
A
1 let ... down 4 stands by
2 cheer ... up 5 stuck out
3 broke up
B
1 avoid 3 avoid
2 prevent
2 Same sound different
meaning
1 caught 4 wear
2 threw 5 whether
3 stare
3 Make, let or allow
1 make 4 let
2 allowed 5 allowed
3 make 6 let
4 Adjectives
A
1 trustworthy
2 tactful
3 unconventional
4 rebellious
5 wise
6 reserved
B
1 tactful
2 trustworthy
3 reserved
4 rebellious
5 unconventional
6 wise
UNIT 11
UNIT LEAD-IN
A 1 c 2 a 3 b
B 1 light-hearted
2 giggle
3 stand-up comedians
4 optimistic
5 series
6 overdue
7 jokes
8 make fun of
VOCAB REVIEW 10-11
1 Word select
A
1 turned down
2 cheer ... up
3 dress up
4 bumped into
B
1 exceptional
2 trustworthy
3 optimistic
4 reserved
C
1 giggled 4 sobbed
2 trembling 5 frown
3 screamed
2 Phrasal verbs with come
and go
1 gone off
2 coming up/out / through
3 go with
4 gone through /been going
through
5 come up
6 came round
3 Words easily confused
1 fun 3 taking
2 funny 4 passed
4 Words connected with
flying
A
Nouns: aircraft cockpit
propeller air force breeze
Verbs: drift crash (could
also be a noun) hit
B
1 cockpit 4 aircraft
2 breeze 5 air force
3 propeller
UNIT 12
VOCAB REVIEW 1012
1 Word select
A
1 advised 4 expelled
2 remind 5 denied
3 endure 6 imitate
B
1 dedicated 4 tactful
2 rebellious 5 optimistic
3 rude
2 Words easily confused
1 speak 4 talking
2 told 5 say
3 tell
3 Phrasal verbs with put
1 put ... through
2 put ... down
3 puts up with
4 put ... off
5 put ... up
6 put ... out
4 Right or wrong?
1
2
3 ... always make me ...
4 I asked him ...
5
6
7
8 ... for fun.
9 ... didnt prevent us ...
10 ... for two ...
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UNIT 13
UNIT LEAD-IN
B 1 c 2 a 3 b
C 1 lucky escape
2 notorious
3 accident-prone
4 turned down
5 tall order
6 coincidence
7 failed
8 just as well
VOCAB REVIEW 13
1 Word select
1 speak up 3 let ... on
2 pick on 4 rub off
2 Words easily confused
1 chance 4 possibility
2 occasion 5 opportunity
3 chance
3 Adjectives
1 dyslexic 4 smug
2 shocked 5 famous
3 timid 6 identical
4 Expressions with have and
take
1 have 4 had
2 have 5 take
3 take 6 have
5 Negative prefixes
1 illiterate 4 illegal
2 dissimilar 5 unlikely
3 impossible
UNIT 14
UNIT LEAD-IN
A Possible answers:
1 d 2 a 3 e 4 f 5 g 6 b
7 c 8 h
C 1 d 2 b 3 e 4 a 5 c
VOCAB REVIEW 1314
1 Word select
A
1 stands out 4 taking place
2 ran off 5 takes care of
3 keep off
B
1 conspicuous 3 disturbing
2 notorious 4 famous
2 Phrasal verbs
A
1 c 2 f 3 d 4 a 5 e 6 b
B
1 count on 4 carry on
2 take on 5 call on
3 try on 6 have on
3 Right or wrong?
1
2 ... take part ...
3 ... robbed!
4
5
6 ... have a word ...
7
8 stand a chance ...
4 Words connected with
crime
A
Crimes: burglary fraud
manslaughter robbery
shoplifting
People: pickpocket thief
jury judge convict witness
B
1 jury 4 convict
2 robbery 5 judge
3 witness
UNIT 15
UNIT LEAD-IN
B 1 CD player
2 video recorder
3 bar-code
4 camera
5 facsimile machine (fax)
6 mobile phone
C 1 CD 2 bar-code
D 1 beam 4 correspond
2 laser 5 scanned
3 storing 6 checkouts
VOCAB REVIEW 1315
1 Word select
1 worn out
2 curl up
3 speak up
4 let ... on
5 ran off
6 stand out
2 Phrasal verbs with into
1 ran into
2 broken into
3 turn ... into
4 looking into
5 come into
6 is into
3 Machines and devices
1 laser 4 pendulum
2 sensor 5 motor
3 gadget
4 Verbs connected with
movement
A
1 c 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 b
B
1 wriggling 4 flow
2 levitate 5 swerve
3 overtake
5 Words connected with
magic
A
1 levitation 3 magician
2 deception 4 illusion
B
1 deception 3 illusion
2 levitation 4 magician
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VOCABULARY TEST KEY
1 Word select
A
1 gossip 4 arguing
2 whispered 5 discuss
3 yell 6 mumble
B
1 levitate 4 wriggles
2 lift 5 lowered
3 Bend
C
1 looks 4 smells
2 feel 5 tastes
3 seems 6 sound
D
1 gale 3 hurricane
2 floods 4 drought
E
1 frightening 3 interesting
2 deafening 4 exhausting
2 Phrasal verbs with take
A
1 take after 4 take over
2 take in 5 take up
3 take back 6 take off
B
1 take ... back
2 take ... in
3 taking/taken ... over
4 take up
5 took off
6 takes after
3 Words easily confused
1 lose 6 tell
2 good 7 Nobody
3 whole 8 lend
4 endangered 9 valuable
5 bored 10 hardly
4 Adjectives describing
personality
A
Positive: confident patient
tactful wise honest
trustworthy
Negative: miserable silly
jealous aggressive over-
ambitious
B
1 aggressive 4 jealous
2 wise 5 honest
3 tactful 6 patient
5 The entertainment
wordcomb
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2
3
4
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7
8
6 Phrasal verbs with look
1 look up/ into
2 looking forward to
3 looking into
4 look in
5 look after
7 Right or wrong?
1 I spend too ...
2
3 ... drive carefully.
4 ... thief steal your ...
5
6
7 ... have fun tonight ...
8
8 Words connected with
work
1 earn 4 interview
2 training 5 promotion
3 experience 6 job
9 Words connected with
crime
A Life of Dreams
1 This question could be
developed into a roleplay,
with students carrying on
the conversation between
Alberto, Marcos, their
mother, the official, etc.
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