WORKBOOK UNIT 1______KEY

WORKBOOK – UNIT 1

Page 4 Vocabulary

1)  1 - b          2 - d           3 - e          4 - c          5 – a

2) Possible answers

    1. both like hiking and jazz

    2. her glasses

    3. me

    4. get to school on time

3) Possible answers

     1. is named after his grandfather

     2. provides lunch for the students

     3. involves preparing food

     4. always stands up

     5. apply for a job

4) 1 – stay away          2- provide          3 – alike          4 – fit in          5 – peers

Page 5

5) 1 – thrilling          2 – thoughtless          3 – painful          4 – embarrassed          5 – amused

                                                         6 – useful

6) Possible answers for sentence completions:

    1. creative; make up a story

    2. materialistic; expensive clothes

    3. dependable; very late

    4. adventurous; try new things

    5. optimistic; I failed

    6. official; getting married

7) 1 – furious          2 – thoughtful           3 – nervous           4 – involved          5 – powerless

                                         6 – personal                     7 – natural

8) 1 – likely          2 – surprising          3 – surprised          4 – provide         5 – involved

                7- stands out from          8 – interested          9- interesting

Page 6  Grammar

1) 1 – was studying          2 – died          3 – was raising          4 – succeeded          5 – contains

                                                 6 – forget                       7- is happening

2) Possible answers

    1. I exercise every day

    2. I’m going shopping tomorrow afternoon

    3. Last night, I had chicken for dinner

    4. On the way to school this morning, I was thinking about the exam

3) Possible answers

    1. will get it

    2. will be a famous artist

    3. am going to go to a concert

    4. are going to order five pizzas

    5. am going to go to bed

    6. will bite you

4) 1 – attend          2 – set          3 – has broken          4 – has held          5 – had become

               6 – had met          7 – had grown          8 – has/have worked

5) 1. My brother has been in/at medical school for over two years

    2. Dave hadn’t met his biological father until last year

    3. I was born two year after my parents got married

     4. I haven’t seen my uncle since I was 12 years old

     5. By the time the TV programme ended, my sister had fallen asleep

6) 1. Were you watching TV when I called last night?

    2. When did your parents get married?

    3. The guests had already gone home, so we didn’t see them

    4. My family has lived in this town for three generations

    5. I think we will win the game tonight

7) 1. Los niños de la clase de Sam a menudo se burlan de él

    2. No es probable que llueva esta noche

    3. Cuando ella era adolescente, no encajaba con sus compañeros

    4. Mi mejor amigo siempre se ha puesto de mi lado

    5. Yo estaba presentando una solicitud para un trabajo en el centro comercial cuando me

         encontré con Ann.

8) Students’ answers (logical and grammatically correct)

9) Possible answers

    1. learnt to play the guitar

    2. if he’ll be a good leader

    3. I didn’t back up my contacts before it happened

    4. shouldn’t have told her about your party

    5. don’t want to talk to her ever again

Page 8  Communication

1)    Possible answers

1.     they fight about using the computer

2.     he’s very smart and has got many friends

3.     is more like his mother

4.     doing well in school

5.     they develop different interests

6.     washing the dishes

7.     give her everything she wants

8.     broke up last week

2)     Possible answers

1.     “You must finish your homework before you watch TV”

2.     “My brother lets me do whatever I want”

3.     “I grew up in a small village”

4.     “Congratulations”

5.     “We just grew apart and no longer enjoyed each other’s company”

3)    1 – niece          2 – nephew          3 – fiancé          4 – sibling

4)     Possible answers

1.     I’d like to get an award

2.     It’s getting dark in here

3.     He’s not getting good marks

4.     You don’t want to get lost.

5.     Will you text me when you get there?

6.     She gets home at 7.30

7.     Maybe I’ll get a job

8.     He’s getting old

9.     I’ll get it back tomorrow

10.  I hope I get permission

5)    1 – Unfortunately          2 – I suppose I          3 – They’re really         

                4 – Well, first of all, there’s            5 – I’ve … got          6 – We used to

                              7 – I’d say that           8 – We both have          9 – I definitely

Page 9  Reading

1)    c

3)    1. using the term “reality television” 

2. they were criticised

      3. filmed the family for two shorter documentaries

      4. since An American Family

4)     1. It made them unnatural

2. Because they thought they were represented inaccurately

3. He said it was a second-rate soap opera

5)    1 – glimpse (line 4)          2 – permitted (line 8)          3 – gradually (line 19)

                                   4 – inaccurately (line 32)          5 – endless (line 38)

Page 10  Writing

1)    1. At first, I didn’t realize  I was lost

2. As soon as I saw  mu mum’s face, I knew she was angry

3. Eventually, we heard from Tom.

4. While, I was studying, I heard strange-sounding noises from outside

5. After my baby sister had fallen asleep, I turned off the light

2)     1 – finally /eventually          2 – After          3 – while          4 – First          5 – Next/Then

               6 – Then / Next          7 – Finally / In the end / Eventually          8 – at last

3) and 4) Students’ answers

Page 11  Check your progress

1)    1 – got divorced; sided with          2 – named after; take after; alike

                3 – get along; peers          4 – apply for; reject          5 – niece; spoilt

2)    1 – official          2 – useful          3 – personal          4 – creative          5 – adventurous

                       6 – surprising                                7 – optimistic

3)    Possible answers:

1.     at 8 am

2.     go on the school trip

3.     I work all day

4.     doing chores around the house

5.     I didn’t have a map

4)    1. don’t stay; didn’t leave

2. were teasing; began

3. am doing; am meeting

4. was reading; was talking

5)     Possible answers

1.     is going to make chicken

2.     will live in the city

3.     will hurt / are going to hurt yourself

4.     am going to travel to París

5.     is going to get dark / will get dark

6)     1. By the time I got home, they’d finished lunch

2. My sister has live in London for a year

3. My brother and I haven’t got along well since he started dating his girlfriend

4. We hadn’t met Mike’s fiancée before last night

5. After my aunt had adopted a baby boy, she adopted a three-year-old girl

Unit 1 TENSES

SOLUTIONS – UNIT 1

1.- WRITE NEXT VERBS IN THE INDICATED TENSES

     1) Lucy ______would be working___________________ (work) in London

         (Cond. Contin)

     2) This _____is going to be____________________ (be) a whole new chapter in

          your lives (going to)

     3) The entire scene of the three witches _____had been redacting

          ____________________ (redact) from Macbeth  (Past Perf. Contin)

     4) What do you think you ____will have done_____________________ (do) in

          three year’s time? (Future Perfect)

     5) ______Has Sally and Ben appeared___________________ (Sally and Ben /

         appear) on TV? (Pres. Perf)

     6) They _____weren’t lying____________________ (not lie) on the beach last

          Sunday (Past C.)

     7) Cat _______catches__________________ (catch) mice (Pres. S)

     8) My mother _______wouldn’t let__________________ (not let) my brother go

         to the concert (Conditional S.)

     9) _____Does it cost____________________ (it / cost) a lot to live in Belgium?

         (Present S.)

  10) Next train _________leaves________________ (leave) in ten minutes (Fut. Cont.)

  11) When ______did he talk___________________ (he, talk) to her? (Past Simple)

  12) ________Are you going to invite_________________ (you / invite) them to the

        party? (Going to)

  13) He ______had been studying___________________ (study) Chinese for two

         years before they sent him to China (Past Perf. Contin)

  14) People _______were waiting__________________ (wait) for the concert to

         start (Past Cont)

  15) They _______haven’t spent__________________ (not spend) their holidays in

         Turkey (Pres. Perf.)

  16) ______Was she wearing___________________ (she / wear) in red colour

         yesterday? (Past. Cont)

  17) The athletes _______were running__________________ (run) the race (Pres.

         Conti)

  18) We _________were meeting________________ (meet) them somewhere

         before that day (Past Perf.)

  19) Peter and Tom ______don’t often go___________________ (not go, often) to

         the gym (Pr. S)

  20) The students ________understood_________________ (understand) the lesson

         (Past S.)

  21) I ______am writing___________________ (write) an e-mail to my students 

        (Pres. Cont)

  22) We ______were sitting___________________ (sit) on the grass while having a

          picnic (Past Cont.)

  23) I ______have forgotten___________________ (forget) your name (Pres. Perf.)

  24) ______Had she been singing___________________ (she / sing) a local song of

         welcome? (Past Perf. Cont.)

  25) ______Had Paul lived___________________ (Paul / live) in Madrid before he

         moved to London? (Past Perf.)

  26) Lucy ____hasn’t been sleeping_____________________ (not sleep) well for the

         last two months (Pres. Perf. Cont.)

  27) ______Had the patient been feeling___________________ (the patient / feel)

         better? (Past Perf. Cont.)

  28) She ______will answer___________________ (answer) all the questions

         (Future S.)

  29) My sister _____would have bought____________________ (not buy) those

         clothes (Cond. Perf.)

  30) They ____aren’t going to fly_____________________ (not fly) to Moscow next

         month (Going to)

2.- COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Fill in the gaps with the suitable word or words

1)    Food in San Francisco is different ___from_______ food in New Orleans

2)    The climate in San Francisco is similar ____to______ climate in New Orleans

3)             The view from San Francisco is ____more beautiful______ (beautiful) than in New Orleans

4)             The food in the French Quarter in New Orleans is better ____than______ the food in wharf (muelle)  in San Francisco.

5)             Fisherman’s Quarter in San Francisco is ____the most______ (much) famous wharf in the world

6)             The climate in Spring in San Francisco is the same climate _____as_____ in New Orleans

7)             New Orleans is ____hotter______ (hot) in the summer than San Francisco is

8)             Florida beaches are very ___different_______ from California ones

9)             He is as clever ____as______ a fox

10)          This end of the pool isn’t the _____same_____ depth as the far end

11)          Mario gets up __earlier________ (early) than his teammate, Lucas     

12)          Every year The Guinness Book of World Records announces the ___tallest_______ (tall) dog in the world      

13)          Sometimes I think I’m ____the worst______ (bad) language student     

14)           __The more________ (Much) I know, ___the better_______ (good) job I will get    

15)          Andrea can type faster ___than_______ Michael can      

16)          Surfing is getting __less and less popular________ (- popular)     

17)          The earth is the same shape ____as______ the moon

18)           The boss will be angry with you. You arrive  ___later and later_______ (late) to work  

19)          ___The longer_______ (Long) I walk, __the further________ (far) I go    

20)          His story is ____as______ old ____as______ the hills

21)           My friends tell me that  I say ___the funniest_______ (funny) things by mistake   

22)           I didn’t like this book at first, but it’s getting __more and more interesting________ (interesting)  

23)           ___The more_______ (Much) we helped, ___the worse_______ (bad) the situation became    

24)           My daughter’s English result are getting ___worse and worse_______ (bad)   

25)          He is ____as______ slow ____as______ a snail

26)          When I make ___the least_______ (little) mistake, everybody laughs    

27)           In spring the weather gets ___less and less cold_______ (- cold)    

28)          Susan thinks that she plays ___better_______ (well) than her sister      

29)          ___The older_______ (Old) the violin is, ___the sweeter_______ (sweet) the music is     

30)          My hair is the ___same_______ length as yours  

3.- USE PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

     1) She _____isn’t swimming____________________ (not go) swimming with her

          friends today because she _____doesn’t know____________________ (not

          know) how to swim. She  _______wants__________________ (want) to learn

          and she _______is swimming__________________ (wait) for the swimming

          course to start next month.

     2) Teacher: Graham, ____Are you listening_____________________ (you, listen)

                         to me?

         Student: Yes, Mrs. Black but I still _____don’t understand

                        ____________________ (not understand) the story.

     3) The world ______is getting___________________ (get) warmer and most

          world leaders ________believe_________________ (believe) that this is a big

          problem. Next month, many of these leaders ________are meeting

          _________________ (meet) to talk about the problem.

     3) She _____generally sings____________________ (generally, sing) in French

          but now she ______is singing___________________ (sing) in English.

     4) The sun _______warms__________________ (warm) the air and

          _______gives__________________ (give) us light.

     5) It ________is_________________ (be) very cold now.

          ____Do you think_____________________ (you, think) it _________is

          freezing________________ (freeze)?

     6) I ________see_________________ (see) that you ______are working

          ___________________ (work) in the garden. “Yes, I

          ________am_________________ (be) and George

          ______is coming___________________ (come) to help me this afternoon”

     7) She ______usually drives___________________ (usually, drive) to work but

          today she ______is taking___________________ (take) a taxi.

     8) Look! Betty’s cat Carlos ________is sitting_________________ (sit) on the

          table and he ______is playing___________________ (play) with Betty’s

          present.

    9) James _____usually wears____________________ (usually, wear) jeans and T-

        shirts, but while he ______is working___________________ (work) for the

        bank now, he  ______is wearing___________________ (wear) a suit and a tie

  10) The bus _______leaves__________________ (leave) at 5.30 in the morning

          and  ________returns_________________ (return) at 8.15 in the evening.

  11) Jenny _____usually cycles____________________ (usually, cycle) to school,

        but today she  _____is taking____________________ (take) the bus because it

        ________is raining_________________ (rain)

  12) He ______is living___________________ (live) in town now, but he

         ________is moving_________________ (move) to the country soon

  13) My boss ___is always complaining______________________ (always,

        complain) about the amount of talking in the office.

  14) We ______are waiting___________________ (wait) for the shop to open. But it

          ______doesn’t open___________________ (not open) till nine

  15) I _______don’t like__________________ (not like) my gym. I

         ______am not getting___________________ (not get) fit fast enough!

  16) Hurry! The bus _______is coming__________________ (come) and I

         ______don’t want___________________ (not want) to miss it

  17) Adults _____always think_____________________ (always, think) that they

         _______know___________________  (know) everything.

  18)  It _________is raining_________________  (rain) right now so we

          _____are wearing_____________________  (wear) our new boots.

  19) I ________don’t want__________________  (not want) to watch a film

         because I  __________am writing________________  (write) a book report.

  20) Mum _______doesn’t usually allow___________________  (not usually allow)

         us to stay out late at night. That’s why we ________are going

          __________________  (go) home now.

  21) Mary, I _______don’t understand___________________ (not understand)

       what you  _______are saying___________________  (say).

  22) I ____don’t understand_____________ (not understand) that sign over there.

        What ___does it mean______________ (it/mean)?

31) Paula and Jack are in the sitting-room. They _____are listening____________

        (listen) to the news, and Paula ____is looking________________ (look) at a   

        magazine as well.

32) The students _______are counting_____________ (count) the books in the

        library today, because we _______don’t know__________ (not know) how many

        we have.

  25) Tim _____likes____________ (like) his new shoes; they ______fit_________

         (fit) him perfectly.

  26) June: Look! That woman _____is sitting_____________ (sit) in your chair.

         Barry: It _____doesn’t matter_______________ (not matter). I can sit over

                    there.

  27)  This computer is very expensive. It ______costs___________ (cost) more than

           $3000, but the price _____includes__________ (include) tax.

  28) I don’t like Adam because he ____is always telling________________

         (always/tell) stupid stories.

  29) “Why are you annoyed with Mary?” – “Because she

          _______is always asking___________________ (always /ask) me for money.

  30) Tom: What _____are you staring____________________ (you / stare at)?

         Nick: There’s a man at the Johnsons’ house. He ______doesn’t live

                   ___________________   (not live) there. I wonder what he ______is

                   doing___________________ (do)

4.- PUT IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE SENTENCES

     1) to / go / I / swimming / often / pool / the

                I often go to the swimming pool

     2) horses / in / Sonia / London / never / rides

                Sonia never rides horses in London

     3) before / father / dinner / always / eats / peanuts / my

                 My father always eats peanuts before dinner

     4) to / supermarket/ sometimes / goes / the / her / mother

                 Her mother sometimes goes to the supermarket

     5) their / brush / teeth / meals / my / children / always / after

                 My children always brush their teeth after meals

     6) I / late / at / school / am / never

                  I am never late at school

     7) can / he / always / his / help / father

                He can always help his father

     8) go / often / the / do / you / out / evening / in ?

                  Do you often go out in the evening

      9) shopping / do / often / how / you / go ?

                   How do you often go shopping?

  10) for / my / goes / in / the / walk / a / grandmother / always / evening

                  My grandmother always goes for a walk in the evening

  11) ready / I / are / help / you / usually / when / you / to / need

                  You usually are ready to help when I need you

  12) early / up / sister / never / Sundays / on / gets / my

                 My sister never gets up early on Sundays

  13) usually / he / goes / to / on / Fridays / the / cinema

                He usually goes to the cinema on Fridays

  14) go / you / restaurant / often / a / do / how / to / ?

                  How do you often go to a restaurant?

  15) she / the / beach / to / always / goes / in / the / summer

                  She always goes to the beach in the summer

  16) sometimes / her / does / she / Fridays / on / shopping

                  She sometimes does her shopping on Fridays

  17) go / we / twice / month / the / theatre / to / a

                      We go to the theatre twice a month

  18) never / in / is / the / at / mornings / Peter / home

                    Peter is never at home in the mornings

  19) he / work / rides / bike / to / his / often

                      He often rides his bike to work

  20) home / they / get / six o’clock / usually / at

                     They usually get home at six o’clock

  21) every / homework / students / their / good / do / day

                 Their good students do homework every day

  22) you / out / how / in / do / evenings / often / go / the / ?

                   How do you often go out in the evenings?

5.- PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

     1) When the postman _______arrived__________________ (arrive) my father

           ______was having___________________ (have) a shower

2)    While my brother ______was studying___________________ (study), my grandma  _______was making__________________(make) some muffins

3)      I ______went___________________ (go) to the doctor 2 days ago because I

        __________had_______________ (have) a terrible headache

4)    When I ______was___________________ (be) 10, I _________eat________________ (eat) a sandwich every evening

5)    He ________missed_________________ (miss) the train because he ______was talking___________________ (talk) with his friends

6)    The thieves _______came__________________ (come) into the house while the man _________was sleeping________________ (sleep)

7)    The children _______were planting__________________ (plant) a tree when their mum _________called________________ (call) them

8)    Mr. Stevenson _______was driving__________________ (drive) his car while he _______was listening__________________ (listen) to music

9)    Some students ________fell_________________ (fall) asleep while they _________were studying________________ (study)

10) Lydia _______was drinking__________________ (drink) a glass of coke when Peter _______came__________________ (come) in

11) While Michael _________was jogging________________ (jog), the dog _________was chasing________________ (chase) him

12) While he _______was shaving__________________ (shave) he ________cut_________________(cut) himself

13) She _________broke________________ (break) her nail while she _________was cleaning________________ (clean) the house

14) While Adam ______was looking___________________ (look) for his keys, he _________found________________ (find) his glasses

15) Rosa _________met________________ (meet) his boyfriend while he ___________was travelling______________ (travel) in India

16) Marvin _______came__________________ (come) home, ______switched___________________ (switch) on the computer and __________checked_______________ (check) his emails

17) While we _________were doing________________ (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends __________were lying_______________ (lie) on the beach

18) What ______were you doing___________________ (you, do) when you _________heard________________ (hear) that noise?

19) My best friend _______arrived__________________ (arrive) a little before 9.00 pm but I _______wasn’t__________________ (not be) there. I ______was studying___________________ (study) at the library for my final examination in Italian

20) When I ______was walking___________________ (walk) into the busy office, the secretary _____were talking____________________ (talk) on the phone with customers, a clerk _______was working__________________ (work) busily at his desk, and two managers ______were discussing___________________ (discuss) quietly methods to improve customer service

21) I _____was watching____________________ (watch) a thriller on TV when the light ________went_________________ (go) out. Now I am never going to know how the film ends.

22) Who _______did you meet__________________ (you, meet) while you ________were travelling_________________ (travel) in Thailand?

23) When I ________saw_________________ (see) Hannah she ______wasn’t playing___________________ (not play) volleyball. She was in the gym

24) ______Were you having___________________ (you, have) dinner when I ________phoned_________________ (phone) you?

25) Tom ________found_________________ (find) a good website about Hamlet when he _______was looking__________________ (look) for information about William Shakesperare

26) When you _______left__________________ (leave) school, ________was it raining_________________ (it, rain)?

27) Mark _______heard__________________ (hear) a cry for help while he _______was swimming__________________ (swim) in the sea

28) Iniesta _____was playing____________________ (play) in the football final when he ______scored___________________ (score) a brilliant goal

29) We _______were sitting__________________ (sit) in the café when I suddenly ________fell_________________ (feel) ill

30) Why ______were you crying___________________ (you, cry) when I _______saw__________________ (see) you yesterday?

6.- PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT

     1) By the time Carlos _______had____________________ (get) home, we

          _____had already fell______________________ (already fall) asleep

     2) When you _________called__________________ (call) me I

          __________had left_________________ (leave)

     3) She ______didn’t do _____________________ (not do) the homework because

         she  ______had forgotten_____________________ (forget)

     4) By the time I _______was____________________ (be) born, computers

          ________had already existed___________________ (already, exist)

     5) James ____________hadn’t studied_______________ (not study) the irregular

         verbs when he _____had______________________ (have) the test

     6) She _______had found____________________ (find) only this program until

         she __________bought_________________ (buy) one

     7) After Jean Carlos _______had practiced____________________ (practice)

          tennis, he  _______took____________________ (take) his lunch

     8) When I _______saw____________________ (see) her, she

          _________had just waken up__________________ (just, wake up)

     9) After she ______had called_____________________ (call), I

         ____________left_______________ (leave) the city

  10) By the time I ____met_______________________ (meet) you, you

         __________had already got_________________ (already, get) the divorce

  11) Peter _______had never failed____________________ (never, fail) a test when

         I  __________saw_________________ (see) him

  12) Before you _______called____________________ (call), I

         ___________fell________________ (fall) asleep

  13) When Peter __________came_________________ (come), I

         _______________had finished____________ (finish) his report

  14) She ____________went_______________ (go) late because she

         ___________had forgotten________________ (forget) the homework

  15) When I ________got___________________ (get), my mother

         ___________had just done________________ (just, do) the dishes

  16) The show _______had started____________________ (start) when I

         _____________got______________ (get) to the theatre

  17) She ___________didn’t graduate________________ (not graduate) until she

         _____________had done______________ (do) the final test

  18) We _________didn’t study__________________ (not study) after we

         ____________had had_______________ (have) dinner

  19) By the time I ________was___________________ (be) born, TV

         __________had appeared_________________ (appear)

  20) I __________taught_________________ (teach) Level VIII when I

         ______________had taken_____________ (take) Level VII

  21) By the time she _____reached______________________ (reach) the airport,

        the plane _________had taken off__________________ (take off)

  22) They __________had learnt_________________ (learn) the play by heart

         before they  ___________performed________________ (perform) it on the

        stage

  23) How much homework ___________had he finished________________ (he,

         finish) when you  ___________arrived________________ (arrive)

24)  They ____________had studied_______________ (study) Portuguese before they  ___________travelled________________ (travel) to Brazil

25)  My parents ________decided___________________ (decide) to visit India after they __________had seen_________________ (see) a documentary about the Taj Mahal

26)  Nick was hungry when the plane ______landed_____________________ (land) at the airport because he __________hadn’t eaten_________________ (not eat) on the flight

27)  They _______hadn’t finished____________________ (not finish) packing their suitcase when the taxi ___________arrived________________ (arrive)

28)  They _______had been____________________ (be) friends for five years before they _________got__________________ (get) married

29)  They ______had read_____________________ (read) the whole travel guide before they ________went___________________  (go) on their trip