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Workbook answer keyUnit 1 Cerys I want to study at Oxford because it has one of the best medical
schools in the country, and I want to get a really good job once I graduate.
Simon Difficult to get into, then, I guess.
1A Vocabulary and listening Cerys Difficult, yes – it’s one of the best universities – but not impossible.
1 stubborn 2 selfish 3 organised 4 unconventional
5 considerate 6 ambitious
Describing personality
Exercise 4 page 3
Exercise 1 page 3
1 vain 2 faithful 3 grumpy 4 unassuming 5 witty
2 assertive 3 stubborn 4 considerate 5 calm 6 amiable 7 timid 8 calm
6 creative 7 eccentric 8 immature 9 selfish 10 sociable
11 argumentative 12 conventional 13 unconventional Exercise 5 page 3
14 organised 15 serious 16 ambitious 17 responsible
1 headed 2 meat 3 minded 4 cold 5 haired 6 sure
18 outgoing
7 watering 8 space 9 hearted 10 densely
Exercise 2 page 3
Challenge! page 3
(Possible answers)
Students’ own answers
stubborn, eccentric, argumentative, conventional,
unconventional, serious, ambitious
Exercise 3 page 3
1B Grammar
Audioscript $ Listening 2 page 3 Present perfect simple and continuous
1 Mum George, please apologise to your brother.
George No, I won’t. Exercise 1 page 4
Mum You were very rude to him. Students’ own answers
George I’m not going to apologise.
Mum George! Exercise 2 page 4
George No, I refuse to apologise.
1 have you been waiting 2 recorded 3 been learning
2 Ella Hi, Marcus. Can I have one of your chocolates?
4 been working 5 visited 6 have you spent
Marcus Um, well … I haven’t got many left.
Ella Really?
Exercise 3 page 4
Marcus Yes. Look.
Ella You’ve nearly eaten the whole bag! 1 Have (you) seen 2 ’ve been ringing 3 ’s been taking part
Marcus Well? 4 has forgotten 5 ’ve selected 6 ’s been playing
Ella Can I have just one, please?
Marcus No, sorry. I’m saving these for later. Exercise 4 page 4
3 Dad Harriet, when’s your maths exam? 2 ✓
Harriet Next Monday. 3 Whether we go to the beach depends on the weather.
Dad Hadn’t you better do some more revision? 4 I’ve always disliked vegetables.
Harriet It’s OK, Dad, I’ve got it all planned. I’m revising every night this week. 5 ✓
Then I’m taking Friday evening off. Then Jenny and I are getting together to 6 That man has been swimming in the sea for over an hour. He
look at some past exam papers on Saturday. Then it’s last minute revision on must be freezing.
Sunday.
Dad Oh, OK. Very good. Exercise 5 page 4
4 Harry Have you seen what Finn’s wearing today?
1 have (you) known 2 haven’t been
Jess No. What?
3 don’t care, think 4 ’s been raining 5 like, prefer
Harry An old jacket from the 1980s. He got it in a charity shop.
6 ’ve been reading / ’m reading
Jess What’s wrong with that?
Harry Nothing at all, but who wears jackets like that nowadays? Challenge! page 4
Jess I think it’s cool. Unusual, maybe, but cool.
5 Luke Where’s Hannah? She’s really late. Students’ own answers
Imogen I don’t know. She isn’t usually late.
Luke Well, the film starts in ten minutes. I think we should go in.
Imogen She won’t be able to find us, though, will she? 1C Culture
Luke That’s her problem.
Imogen You go in, then, and get the tickets. I’ll wait a bit longer for her. I’m Great American writers
sure she’ll turn up in a minute.
6 Simon What do you want to do when you leave school, Cerys? Are you Exercise 1 page 5
going to get a job? 1 Christianity 2 Christian 3 Christian 4 Judaism
Cerys No, I want to study medicine. 5 Jewish 6 Jew 7 Islam 8 Muslim / Islamic 9 Muslim
Simon Really? 10 Buddhism 11 Buddhist 12 Buddhist 13 Sikhism
14 Sikh 15 Sikh 16 Hinduism 17 Hindu 18 Hindu
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Press 2013 Workbook answer key 127
, Exercise 2 page 5 Exercise 2 page 6
1 F 2 T 3 T 1 Throughout 2 alongside 3 Prior to 4 bearing in mind
5 beyond 6 towards
Exercise 3 page 5
1 The lights … were just beginning to be turned on … Exercise 3 page 6
2 ‘What kind of job?’ asked their Dad. ‘Anything I could do, or 1 b 2 d 3 c 4 b 5 a
just for girls?’
3 The question took her by surprise. She had just been thinking
… she had bought there the day before. 1E Grammar
4 ‘Nobody ought to work until they’re around sixteen. Mick
should have two more years … .’ Verb patterns
5 Bill put Ralph down from his lap …
6 ‘Mick should have two more years … at Vocational – if we can Exercise 1 page 8
make it.’ ‘Even if we have to give up the house and move …’
1 to see, going, to go 2 to meet, to find 3 to go, to find,
Exercise 4 page 5
to go 4 watching, to choose, to watch
Audioscript $ Listening 3 page 5
Exercise 2 page 8
She felt excited. They were all talking about her – and in a kindly way. She was 1a standing 1b to hand 2a posting 2b to post 3a to have
ashamed for the first scared feeling that had come to her. Of a sudden she 3b criticising 4a to tell 4b not revising 5a to become
loved all of the family and a tightness came in her throat. 5b eating 6a meeting 6b to buy 7a walking 7b ride, fall
‘About how much money is in it?’ she asked.
‘Ten dollars.’ Exercise 3 page 8
‘Ten dollars a week?’ 1 are considering going away 2 managed to solve 3 advised
‘Sure,’ Hazel said. ‘Did you think it would be only ten a month?’ me to 4 had difficulty doing 5 reminded Harry to text me
‘Portia don’t make but about that much.’ 6 agreed to help 7 enjoy doing 8 didn’t let me go to 9 got
‘Oh, colored people –’ Hazel said. my car repaired
Mick rubbed the top of her head with her fist. ‘That’s a whole lot of money. A
good deal.’ Challenge! page 8
‘It’s not to be grinned at,’ Bill said. ‘That’s what I make.’
Mick’s tongue was dry. She moved it around in her mouth to gather up spit Students’ own answers
enough to talk. ‘Ten dollars a week would buy about fifteen fried chickens. Or
five pairs of shoes or five dresses. Or installments on a radio.’ She thought about
a piano, but she did not mention that aloud.
1F Speaking
‘It would tide us over,’ their Mama said. ‘But at the same time I rather keep Mick
at home for a while. Now, when Etta –’ Photo description
‘Wait!’ She felt hot and reckless. ‘I want to take the job. I can hold it down. I know
I can.’ Exercise 1 page 9
‘Listen to little Mick,’ Bill said.
Their Dad picked his teeth with a matchstick and took his feet down from the Audioscript $ Listening 4 page 9
banisters. ‘Now, let’s not rush into anything. I rather Mick take her time and think The photo shows two teenage boys. I’d say they were about fifteen or sixteen
this out. We can get along somehow without her working. I mean to increase years old. It’s clear from the photo that they are in school, because they are
my watch work by sixty per cent soon as –’ standing in front of lockers and they are wearing school uniform. The uniform
‘I forgot,’ Hazel said. ‘I think there’s a Christmas bonus every year.’ is black trousers, black shoes, white shirt and red and green striped tie. Both
Mick frowned. ‘But I wouldn’t be working then. I’d be in school. I just want to boys have got short dark hair. They are obviously friends as they are chatting
work during vacation and then go back to school.’ together, they look relaxed and they are smiling. I should think it’s break time, or
‘Sure,’ Hazel said quickly. maybe after school.
‘But tomorrow I’ll go down with you and take the job if I can get it.’ clothes, hair, expressions
It was as though a great worry and tightness left the family. In the dark they
began to laugh and talk. Their Dad did a little trick for George with a matchstick Exercise 2 page 9
and a handkerchief. Then he gave the kid fifty cents to go down to the corner
store for Coca-Colas to be drunk after supper. Audioscript $ Listening 4 page 9
1 ashamed of 2 a week 3 quite a lot of 4 the I should think …; I’d say …; It’s clear from the photo that …;
same as this 5 a piano 6 hardly thinks at all 7 a holiday job Maybe; They (are) obviously …
8 happy with
Exercise 3 page 9
1D Reading Students’ own answers
Exercise 4 page 9
High achievers
Audioscript $ Listening 5 page 9
Exercise 1 page 6 Examiner Do you think the boys in photo A mind wearing school uniform?
Why do you think so?
1 towards 2 owing to 3 among 4 Aside from
Student I think it’s quite difficult to tell from the photo. They are dressed quite
5 alongside 6 Throughout 7 concerning 8 beyond
smartly and, as I said, they look relaxed. But they haven’t done their ties up
9 Bearing in mind 10 Prior to
properly, so perhaps they don’t like wearing them. On balance, I’d say they’d
probably prefer not to be wearing a uniform.
Examiner Do you think school uniform is a good idea? Why do you think so?
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, Student I think a uniform is a good idea because it means that everyone wears Exercise 5 page 11
the same thing and people don’t need to be self-conscious about their clothes.
1 cost an arm and a leg 2 tighten your belt 3 made a killing
Students don’t spend ages in the morning deciding what to wear. Uniforms
4 came into some money 5 living from hand to mouth
are also cheap so it’s better for their parents, especially if they aren’t particularly
well off. I also believe that a uniform gives the students a sense of identity, of
Challenge! page 11
belonging to the school.
Students’ own answers
Students’ own answers
Exercise 5 page 9
2B Grammar
Students’ own answers
Exercise 6 page 9
used to and would
Students’ own answers Exercise 1 page 12
1 used to 2 Did (your family) use to 3 used to
1G Writing 4 Did (there) use to 5 didn’t use to
Exercise 2 page 12
Description of a person 1 My grandfather would never go out without a hat.
3 I would go to the sweet shop every afternoon.
Exercise 1 page 10
4 We wouldn’t talk to our parents about school.
1 C 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 When Harriet was young, she would go dancing every night.
Exercise 2 page 10 Exercise 3 page 12
1 tends 2 tendency 3 habit 4 across 5 regard 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 c 6 b
6 consider 7 people 8 can
Exercise 4 page 12
Exercise 3 page 10
1 would insist 2 would have 3 would spend 4 would run
1, 4, 5 5 would leave
Exercise 4 page 10 Challenge! page 12
1 However, … 2 unlike some other teachers Students’ own answers
Exercise 5 page 10
Students’ own answers 2C Culture
Exercise 6 page 10 Squatters
Students’ own answers
Exercise 1 page 13
Unit 2
1 made, made 2 has been renting 3 taking
4 have become 5 pay, get 6 do
Exercise 2 page 13
2A Vocabulary and listening
Audioscript $ Listening 6 page 13
What could you buy for $16 in the USA? A quick lunch in a coffee bar, maybe; a
Value and price few litres of petrol for your car; or perhaps a large house in a nice suburb near
Exercise 1 page 11 Dallas, Texas, complete with garden and swimming pool. Impossible? That’s
what most people would think. But then, most people have never heard of an
1 save 2 afford 3 allowance 4 waste 5 income obscure law called ‘adverse possession’.
6 budget 7 expenses 8 debt The story of Kenneth Robinson and the sixteen-dollar house began in 2011,
when he noticed that a large house in Flower Mound, near Dallas, had become
Exercise 2 page 11 empty. The house had been well maintained and was in a good state, but
1 allowance, saves 2 debt 3 afford 4 wasted 5 expenses unfortunately, the owner had not been able to pay the mortgage. After the
6 income, budget mortgage company had evicted the owner, the company itself went out of
business. So the house was not just empty, but it was also unclear what would
Exercise 3 page 11 happen to the property.
broke – hard up; dear – pricey; extortionate – a rip-off; mean – After doing some research into property laws, Mr Robinson, a 51-year-old
stingy; well off – affluent former soldier, filled out a form online, paid a fee of $16 to submit the form
officially, and moved into the empty $300,000 house. Although he didn’t
1 broke 2 a rip-off 3 hard up exactly buy the house for $16, he had discovered that a law called ‘adverse
possession’ meant he could not be evicted unless the original owner paid off
Exercise 4 page 11
the mortgage – and even then, it would be a long and expensive legal process.
1 d 2 a / f 3 g 4 b 5 c 6 e The story was widely reported in the media both in the USA and around the
world. For some people, Mr Robinson was a hero who beat the system. Others
tried to copy his actions, and suddenly local councils were having to deal with
thousands of forms claiming ‘adverse possession’. But to most of Mr Robinson’s
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