DOSSIER ANSWER KEY

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

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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.

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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