UNIT 1
Topic Vocabulary
(page 8)
1 1. allow
2. support
3. bring up
4. take after
5. punish
2 1. d 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. b
3 1. inherited 4. looked
up to
2. determined 5. depended on
3. spoiled
4 1. 1. foreign language
2. requirement
3. get a degree
2. 4. study abroad
5. Tuition
fees
3. 6. failed
7. pass
4. 8. feedback
9. hand ... in
5 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. a
(page
9)
8 1. hardship 6. accomplishments
2. brought
... up 7. tuition fees
3. education 8. depended
on
4. got a degree 9. financial
5. various 10. role model
Grammar (page
10)
1 1. 1. Have ... received
2. had expected
2. 3. hadn’t
thought
4. have risen
3. 5. have been
6. had copied
4. 7. haven’t
auditioned
8. had ... acted
9. have had
10. has done
2 1. had been working
2. had ... been taking
3. haven’t
been sleeping
4. have been trying
5. hadn’t
been paying attention
6. has ... been going
3 1. hasn’t been studying very much this term
2. had been discussing the school trip for 20 minutes
before he arrived
3. had been attending
art college when he suddenly decided to become a chef
4. had been working
as a researcher there since 1979
5. have you been working
there
6. have been sitting
here for four hours
4 1. been teaching literature for five years
2. she had done her homework
3. I had been waiting (for her) for half an hour
4. graduated
from university yet
5. have you been dating
Brian
(page
11)
5 1. have begun
2. had planned / had been planning
3. had heard
4. have held / have been holding
5. had been doing / had done
6. has been offering
7. has been presenting
8. have received
Topic Vocabulary
(page 16)
1 1. poverty 4. inequality
2. living
conditions 5. slums
3. hunger
2 1. citizens 4. freedom
of speech
2. standard
of living 5. fair
3. empathy 6. mandatory
3 1. b 2. e 3. d 4. c 5. a
4 1. sign the petition 4. banned
2. criticise 5. stand up for
3. raise money
(page
17)
5 1. demonstrations 4. rights
2. charities 5. passed
laws
3. shelters
6 1. taken steps 4. take advice
2. made a speech 5. made ... arrangements
3. make a difference
7 1. Please make an effort to arrive on time.
2. It doesn’t
make sense to drive there.
3. Finally,
Brenda took charge of the meeting.
4. We should
get involved and take action.
8 1. citizens
2. lowered the voting
age
3. have a say
4. volunteered
5. aware of
6. demonstrations
7. made speeches
8. made a difference
9. got ... involved
Grammar (page
18)
1 1. I was wearing 6. that night
2. that day 7. watching
3. was 8. had existed
4. took place 9. had been holding
5. was going to be
2
|
1. reported
|
5. requested
|
4 1. taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge
|
2. warned
3. wondered
4. complained
|
6. admitted
7. offered
8. ordered
|
2. social media where people mentioned the Ice
Bucket Challenge
3. about
them on Facebook
|
3 1. people had been at the meeting the night before /
the previous night
2. had been volunteering at the hospital
3. the government had banned demonstrations in the
city centre
4. reading
/ that I read that fascinating article
5. to sign the petition
before I left school
that day
4 1. The politician told me / us to get out of his office.
2. William
thought that it would take a lot of time to make
arrangements.
3. Sue asked me how I was going to raise money for
that charity.
4. Leslie
suggested that we go out / going out for lunch
the next day / the following day / the day after.
5. Mona advised
me not to discuss politics with her
dad that night.
6. Sandra
claimed that she hadn’t seen the thief.
(page
19)
5 1. had chosen
2. hadn’t been
3. was going
4. felt
5. would listen
6. were
7. could
6 1. She recommended taking
advice from an expert.
2. I told her that I couldn’t go with her. / I said that I
couldn’t go with her.
3. He warned
us not to get involved in their argument.
4. She wanted
to know how long the demonstration
had lasted.
5. She said that she would volunteer at the charity
shop.
7 1. have complained / have been complaining
2. have ... made
3. was working
4. was carrying
/ had been carrying
5. had sent
6. had hit
7. would need
8. could
9. help
UNIT 4
Topic Vocabulary
(page 32)
1 1. a, c 2. a, c 3. b 4. b, c 5. a, c
2 1. littered 4. decreased
2. cut down 5. fined
3. increased
3 1. c 2. e 3. b 4. d 5. a
4 1. Waste 5. landfills
2. carbon
footprint 6. wind turbines
3. urban farms 7. ecological balance
4. green feature
(page
33)
5 1. dumped
2. replace
3. uses up
4. disturbing
5. limited
supply
6. recycling
plant
7. long-term
effects
8. sustainable
6 1. rechargeable
2. underestimated / overestimated
3. disappear
4. impractical
5. illegal
6. misunderstood
7 Possible answers
1. I think I’m underpaid.
2. That’s
unnecessary.
3. My project
is incomplete.
4. What an extraordinary football game!
5. That soup has an unnatural
colour.
6. Some parts of India are overpopulated.
7. Is that an inter-city bus?
8. Petrol
is a non-renewable source of energy.
8 1. crops
2. long-term
effects
3. harm
4. soil
5. unnecessary
6. environmentally friendly
7. get rid of
8. disappear
9. impractical
10. replace
