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
