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)
6 1. Education, childhood, valuable
2. doubtful, impressive
3. concerned, assessments,
weakness
4. suitable, sensitive
5. generosity, various,
hardships
6. application, missing
7 1. neighbourhood 5. worthless
2. demanding 6.
independence
3. assignments 7.
attendance
4. financial 8.
excellence
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
6 1. I can’t
eat dinner. I have been eating junk food all
afternoon.
2.
Had Meg left the party by the time you got there?
3. She hasn’t taught computer science
for five years.
She works in hi-tech now.
4. We had been running for 15 minutes when it
started to rain.
5. They left before they
had finished their project.
7 1. has been giving 5. has ... been
2. has ... gone 6. has
been making
3. had been working 7.
had stopped
4. had ... read 8. hadn’t been sleeping
Check Your Progress (page
15)
1 1. pass, revise
2. take after
3. punish, disobey
2 1. educational 3. concerned
2. neighbourhood 4.
assessment
3 1. lectures 5. feedback
2. encourage 6. suitable
3. graduate 7. failed
4. demanding 8. sign up
for
4 1. has been awarding 4. hadn’t got
2. had ... won 5. has
been running
3. had ... thought 6. had
studied
5 1. has the band been playing
2. will have finished the
exam
3. hadn’t played in a
football match
4. will be flying to Peru
6 1. although 3. Besides
2. Despite 4. On the other hand
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