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2 b exuberant – enthusiastic raucous – boisterous

sombre – serious intense – strong
flamboyant – showy
c Example answers
orchestra – large group of musicians with a range of instruments
standing ovation – audience stands to applaud to show exceptional appreciation
auditorium – audience seating area
encore – repeated or additional performance at the end of the programme
repertoire – stock of plays, dances or music that a group is able to perform

3 a The negative constructions give the passage a dramatic tone of surprise and
enthusiasm.
b Triple structures
‘colour, excitement and glamour’ (nouns); ‘infectious joy, exuberant antics and
unbridled enthusiasm’ (adjective + noun); ‘The hall … went …, the orchestra put
on …, and the place went wild.’ (main clauses); ‘love, honesty and commitment’
(nouns).

4 a Example answer
Tomorrow night Mimi Zou, the youngest ever public performer on the piano at this
venue, will give her first solo performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The
four-year-old from China has been learning the piano for only a year.
b i four-year-old piano-playing genius
ii solo-performance artist and classically trained musician
iii prize-winning and internationally renowned jazz player
iv two-year programme of one-hour lessons twice-weekly
v world-class guitarist and ex-band leader
c i ‘Mimi, will you play something for us?’
ii Four-year-old Mimi will give her first performance tomorrow.
iii Mimi wanted to learn the piano, after watching her brother practising. / Mimi
wanted to learn the piano after watching her brother practising.
Note: both are grammatically possible, but the second is more appropriate to the meaning.

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5 a Example phrasal verbs: sit it out, sit by, take up, take in, take after, give out, give way
b
Verb Tense Active or Rule for use of this tense
passive
are content present active verb used as adjective not past
participle, contented
would struggle modal active repeated past action or hypothetical
future action
has astounded present perfect active no fixed time for past event or
incomplete action
will give future active a definite but unspecified future
event
has been learning present perfect active began in the past and continuing in
continuous the present
is flying present active action taking place in the present
continuous
was discovered past simple passive fixed time for past event
had been taught past perfect passive event completed in the past prior to
a more recent event
was playing past continuous active past event uncompleted and
interrupted by a more recent event

c i She has been learning the piano for a year.

ii She started learning the piano a year ago.
iii She has been learning the piano since last year.
iv She started playing the piano at the age of three.
v She had started playing the piano by the time she was three.
vi She was already playing the violin when she was three.
vii She was still playing the violin when she was thirteen.
viii She has played the violin from the age of three.

6 a and b Example answers

i Mozart probably started playing at the age of three. (‘People believe that’ is clumsy
and Mozart is the important item.)
ii Teachers of the reception class discovered her. (Emphasis is in the wrong place, on
teachers and not on the prodigy.)
iii If her tutors and managers handle her well, she has a great future. (We don’t
know exactly who is being referred to so it needs to be passive and left open.)

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7 a Example answers
i I’m quite casual about what I wear
ii I really enjoy spending time with my relatives
iii it was an amazing experience
iv we all need some time to ourselves
v it’s deeply satisfying
b Words that split into more than one word: insofar/as, a/lot/of, in/between
c Example answers
i Most of the time I wear T-shirts and casual stuff, although I have a couple of
expensive designer suits for black-tie functions, which I don’t like wearing.
ii Since I have the book inside my head, I know exactly where I’m going,
discovering things about the characters which set up new possibilities.
iii We eat a late dinner at home, when Charlotte does the cooking, as I can only
make black beans with rice.

8 a Example answer
In Hawaii they Hula.
They Tango in Argentina,
They Reggae in Jamaica,
And they Rumba down in Cuba.
In Trinidad and Tobago,
They do the Calypso,
And in Spain the Spanish,
They really do Flamenco.
In the Punjab they Bhangra.
How they dance Kathak in India!
Over in Guatemala,
They dance the sweet Marimba.
Even foxes dance a lot;
They invented the Fox Trot.
In Australia it’s true:
They dance to the Didgeridoo.
In Kenya they Benga;
They Highlife in Ghana.
They dance Ballet all over,
And Rai dance in Algeria.
They Jali in Mali;
In Brazil they Samba.
And the girls do Belly Dancing
In the northern parts of Africa.

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Everybody does the Disco,

From Baghdad to San Francisco.
Many folk with razzamataz
Cannot help dancing to Jazz.
They do the Jig in Ireland,
And it is really true
They still Morris dance in England –
When they can find time to.
b The rhyme echoes are created by the use of place names ending in a or o; they are
not full rhymes. There are some unrhymed words (Spanish, Dancing), half-rhymes
(over/Algeria), and several rhyming couplets (lot/Trot) and alternate rhymes (true/to).
It is an irregular rhyme scheme but with strong repetition of certain sounds.

9 Example answers
a i born in Argentina iv upper social class
ii born to a poor family v improve the conditions of
iii become the enemy of
b Five of the following:
‘not a wealthy’ – deprived ‘without mercy’ – with cruelty
‘not different from’ – similar to ‘tirelessly’ – with stamina, energetically
‘far from liberal’ – authoritarian, oppressive ‘if not’ – excluding
c Example answer
Eva Perón was a famous Argentinian who, having risen from a poor background
to become wife of the resistance leader and future head of state, helped the
cause of female emancipation and started a charity for the deprived – despite the
disapproval of the privileged classes – before dying tragically young.

10 b scene, campaign, government, possesses, height

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