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
|
2. warned
3. wondered
4. complained
|
6. admitted
7. offered
8. ordered
|
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
