Unit 6: Review (Student's Book, p. 80): Answer Key

1

a  didn't ring true
b  under false pretences
c  false economy to buy

2

a  plod
b  stagger
c  stumble
d  gaze

3

a  glance
b  limp
c  crawl
d  hobble
e  creep

4

a  about   b  to   c  in   d  about   e  at

5

1  right away/now
2  left ... right
3  the right
4  left feet
5  leftovers
6  By rights

6

1  Despite
2  as well as
3  On the other hand
4  After
5  so that
6  although / while
7  while / although

Review Units 4-6 (Workbook, pp. 42-43): Answer Key

1

a  put my foot in it
b  head for
c  give me a hand
d  working your fingers to the bone
e  It's on the tip of my tongue

2

The students became aware ... when they started some research ... It appeared that the lynx had been threatened ... their numbers have been depleted and their natural habitat has been decreasing.

3

a  counterfeit
b  count
c  eavesdropped on
d  take
e  whispering
f  giggling

4

a  attention
b  line
c  responsible
d  questioning
e  party

5

a  unsteady
b  non-violent
c  (correct)
d  imprecise
e  (correct)
f  unnatural
g  disorganised
h  misunderstood
i  mispronounced

6

Jane Henley could not have been happier ... Her parents must have been ... It can't have been ... they needn't have worried!

7

1
A: no article
B: no article, no article

2
A: no article, the
B: no article, a

3
A: the, the, the
B: the

4
A: no article, the
B: no article

5
A: no article, the
B: the

6
A: no article
B: the

7
A: a
B: the

8
A: the
B: The

8

suspicious, informative, courteous, malicious, outrageous

a  courteous
b  informative
c  malicious
d  suspicious
e  outrageous

9

(Suggested answers)

a  Sarah admitted that ever since she had been a child, she had been desperate to travel.

b  She asked Ted if he had ever been on a safari.

c  He told her that he hadn't.

d  But added that it was one of his ambitions.

e  She went on to say that she hoped (that) one day he would go on a safari.

f  She offered him a place on her next trip.

10

a  offered to give me / said he would give me
b  was taken in by
c  get my head round

Unit 6 Would you believe it? (Workbook, pp. 36-41): Answer Key

Reading

1 disappointed

2 

1. B/E
2. B/E
3. F
4. A
5. C
6. D/E
7. D/E
8. B
9. D
10. E

Vocabulary

1

1  A   2  B   3  C   4  C   5  A

2

1  a giggle, b snigger
2  a mumble, b whisper
3  a overhear, b eavesdrop

1 unpleasant
2 only a few people can hear
3 secretly listen

3  a  eavesdropping   b  giggled/were giggling   c  mumble

5

1  responsible   2  for questioning   3  my attention   4  extreme views   5  a party   6  the line

6

a  6   b  2   c  3   d  1   e  4   f  5

Grammar

1

a  shouldn't
b  must
c  should
d  must
e  might
f  can't
g  ought to

2

b  can't have received
c  might have been delayed
d  may have missed
e  must have done
f  can't have been

3  a  2   b  3   c  1

4

a  needn't have worried
b  needn't pay
c  needn't arrive
d  needn't have spent

Listening

2

1. C
2. B
3. E
4. F
5. A
6. C
7. F
8. E
9. G
10. A

Use of English

1 A giant mirror was erected on a mountain to reflect sunlight into the village during the winter months.

2

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A

NEXT HOMEWORK (for our session on Wed, 17 May)

1. The living world (Worksheet, pp. 247-248) Do all the exercises on both pages and hand in your activity in the next class.

2. Use of English: Part 2 Open cloze (Student's Book, pp. 52-53) You can go through all of the exercises, but in class only exercises 2, 3 and 4 will be checked.

3. Exercise 9 (Student's Book, p. 49) Write a short story in 180-220 words, based on the image on the book and using 8-12 vocabulary items selected by the class. The purpose of this writing is to put your past tenses into practice and make use of this new vocabulary. You can email your writing at flamenca.rt@gmail.com or hand it in typewritten in the next session.

English Phrasal Verbs in Use: DOWN (Worksheet, Answer key)

11.1

1 Linda Trotsky
2 Peter Hind
3 Harry Irving
4 Joe Reece
5 Freda Calvo

11.2

1 The computers suddenly went down this morning, so we're doing everything manually at the moment.

2 I'm sorry I'm so irritable. Things have been getting me down lately.

3 Shall I put you down (on my list) to sponsor me for the charity walk?

4 This event will go down in history as the worst catastrophe this country has ever suffered.

5 The company had to shut down all their machines during the 24-hour strike at the factory.

6 The salesman came down on the price, and after that we even managed to knock him down by a further 10%.

7 Many everyday remedies for minor ailments have come down to us from our ancestors.

11.3

1 slam the phone down
2 have it put down (rather than put it down, since you would probably not do it yourself)
3 tie it down
4 depressed
5 turn it down

11.4

1  a & c
2  b & c
3  a, b & c
4  b & c

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE TESTS AND PARTS TO BE ASSESSED

Monday, 17 April: 

• Reading: Part 5 Multiple choice (two tasks) + an extra exercise.  
• Writing: One of the texts seen in class (you will be given two options to choose from).

Wednesday. 19 April:

• Use of English: Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze, Part 3 Word formation, Part 4 Key word transformation + an extra exercise. 
• Listening: Part 1 Multiple choice, Part 4 Multiple matching + an extra exercise.

Monday, 24 April:

• Speaking: Part 1 General conversation and Part 2 Individual 'long turn'.

NB In the Writing test you will be assessed taking into account the following aspects:

• accuracy,
• range,
• organisation & cohesion,
• task achievement and 
• spelling & punctuation.

As for the Speaking test, you will be assessed in the following areas: 

• grammar resource,
• lexical resource,
• discourse management,
• pronunciation and
• interactive communication.

Review Units 1-3 (Workbook, pp. 22-23): Answer key

1

a  workshop
b  setback
c  breakthrough
d  newsagent
e  filmscript
f  side effect
g  turnout

2

a  stand
b  turned
c  knocked
d  cut
e  brought
f  stand

3

a  Tim had an extremely fascinating, rather small...
b  Did you enjoy yourself at the beach yesterday?
c  We found the restaurant pretty easily.
d  What a disgusting old oval wooden table!
e  I just love your new dress.
f  What a dirty, enormous, rectangular pencil case!
g  Brenda quite likes being on her own.

4

a  I showed John the photograph.
b  Susie bought her brother a bicycle for his birthday.
c  My new car cost me a fortune!
d  The authorities insisted on seeing Robert's visa.
e  Fetch the visitors some coffee, would you?
f  The principal promised the students an extra day's holiday.
g  My dentist recommended having two wisdom teeth taken out.
h  Be careful not to leave the appliance switched on after using it.

5

a  sensitive   b  exhausting   c  imaginary   d  satisfying   e  conscientious

6

a  would prefer it if
b  succeeded in winning
c  we recommend washing

7

a  input   b  outburst   c  downfall   d  cutbacks   e  upbringing

8

a  nowhere   b  on/along   c  down   d  on   e  out

9

a  where
b  whose
c  of whom
d  why
e  when
f  of which

10

1  b   2  c   3  c   4  a   5  a   6  b   7  a