Answer key

5
1 each, all  2 no  3 both  4 any  5 Every  6 no 
7 whole  8 Either
6
1 no  2 all the  3 the whole  4 each  5 Both
7
1 artwork  2 exhibition  3 artist  4 gallery  5 street 
6 artistic  7 fine  8 arty
8
1 The message was clear: is this how far we have come
since the Stone Age?
2 Often it carries a political or social message, but in an
amusing way that ordinary people can relate to.
3 Despite not calling himself an artist, his work has been
shown in galleries and has sold for thousands of dollars.
4 Banksy, who is based in the UK, is perhaps the world’s
best-known graffiti artist.
5 Banksy loves to surprise. In 2005, a picture showing a
primitive human being pushing a shopping cart appeared
in the British Museum.
The correct order is: 4, 3, 2, 5, 1

4b (pages 30 and 31)

1
1 show, performer  2 gig, venue, band  3 exhibition,
gallery  4 buskers, halls  5 play, musical
2
1 Batman Live, This is Design
2 The Alternative Village Fete, Notting Hill Carnival
3 The Alternative Village Fete, Notting Hill Carnival
4 The Alternative Village Fete
5 The Floating Cinema
6 Notting Hill Carnival
7 Batman Live
8 The Alternative Village Fete
3
1 communal  2 float  3 eye candy  4 mundane 
5 take for granted  6 workshop
4
1 a little  2 enough  3 a lot of, A large number of 

Unit 4 4 plenty of, no  5 a lack of  6 many  7 hardly any 

8 a bit of
5
1 number  2 no  3 several or some  4 plenty or loads or lots 
4a (pages 28 and 29) 5 any  6 few

4c (page 32)
1 1
1 In the first photo, the graffiti has been drawn on public 1 country music  2 dance music  3 (punk) rock (music) 
walls. In the second photo, the graffiti is part of a piece of 4 hip-hop (music)
artwork.
2 Students’ own answers. 2
Suggested answers:
2 a 3  b 1  c 1  d 4  e 2  f 2
1 being put in jail
2 shouldn’t 3
3 the property owner 1 Country; real
2 influences
3 3 teenagers; rock
1 c  2 b  3 c  4 c  5 a  6 a 4 sounds; technology
4 4
1 every member of the club 1 be connected to  2 escape  3 seem true  4 discover 
2 either method works or either method would work 5 think of  6 (not) be important
3 any celebrities at the opening night
4 all our money 5
5 countries have their own laws and rules 1 He spends a fortune on clothes every month.
6 whole world is waiting to see what will happen 2 I spent two hours trying to find their house.

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 3 She spends money like there’s no tomorrow. to see him. He’ll be at the Bristol Comedy Club until
4 We haven’t spent much time together recently. Saturday 10th December. You’ll be smiling for weeks
5 They spent £20,000 on renovating their house. afterwards!
6 See how you manage, but don’t spend ages on it.
7 Why don’t you spend the night with us on Tuesday? Wordbuilding / Learning skills / Check! (page 35)
8 She has spent her whole life trying to help people.
1
4d (page 33) 1 bookshop  2 book club  3 booking  4 fully booked 
5 bookish  6 booking office  7 bookkeeper  8 bookmark 
1 9 do things by the book  10 booklet
1 the Amazon River (and the people who live and work
around the river)  2 He likes the presenter. 2
1 fully booked  2 bookkeeper  3 bookmarks  4 booklet 
2 5 booking  6 bookish
1 X  2 X  3 X
4
3 1 no, not really.
1 kind of thing  2 feel particularly inspired  3 a big fan of  2 /ˈkʌmftəbl/
4 got on my nerves  5 listen to him  6 a bit tired of 3 You use either + singular noun, but both + plural noun.
4 Yes, ‘it gets on my nerves’.
4 5 American
1 I could listen to Bach all day. 6 Yes, it’s quite direct.
2 Documentaries don’t really do anything for me.
3 I’m not really into TV. 5
4 I’m not particularly keen on the presenter. 1a full  b Melbourne  c such
5 I get a bit tired of reality TV shows. 2a a few  b folk  c fine (art)
6 I don’t generally watch much TV or I don’t generally 3a an impersonal tone  b a lot of luck  c spend a fortune
watch TV much. 4a gig, busker  b gallery, arty  c play, musical
5
1 documentary  2 everywhere  3 specifically  4 interest 
5 separate  6 restaurant  7 listener  8 general
6
Students’ own answers.

4e (page 34)
1
a I, we and you; it  b active; passive  c contracted;
uncontracted d formal e Avoid f furthermore 
g Share
2
Possible answers:
1
I’ve got to admit that 2 I’m 3 not a big fan of stand-up
comedy. 4 I always think that it’s a rather unnatural
thing. The comedian 5 stands up in front of an audience who
stare at him or her as if to say, ‘Come on, then, make me
laugh.’ The comedian then has a few minutes to make them
laugh or the audience will start to get restless. It’s all a bit
too aggressive for me. 6 So when 7 I went with an old school
friend to see new British comedian Spencer Brown last
Tuesday night at the Bristol Comedy Club, 8 I wasn’t really
looking forward to it.
1 contraction
2 contraction
3 personal details
4 share your feelings
5 active verb
6 conversational linking phrase
7 active verb
8 share your feelings
3
Possible answers: 
1 But  2 weren’t  3 the rest of the audience seemed to like
his act  4 start  5 you think at first  6 then or after that
7 that’s  8 putting together  9 in fact or actually
4
Model answer:
The secret of the show’s success is that Spencer Brown
really understands his audience and what people find
funny. Not only that, but he comes across as a nice guy
too. If you are in Bristol, I’d definitely recommend going

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