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page 2 Unit 1 4 1 broke, was playing

2 didn’t hear, weren’t listening
READING A Great Rower 3 dropped, was running
1 2 annual 3 teams 4 rowers, cox 5 spectators 6 dead heat 4 weren’t wearing, met
7 take part 8 record 5 was raining, left
2 b 6 ate, wasn’t looking
3 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 a 6 a 5 1 went 2 were staying 3 happened 4 was shining
Challenge! 5 decided 6 were playing 7 came 8 suggested
Students’ own answers. 9 was wearing 10 agreed 11 lost 12 enjoyed
page 3 VoCABULARy The Boat Race page 7 WRITING A Profile
1 1 abandon 2 compete 3 set a record 4 sinks 5 spectators 1 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 A
6 steer 7 doze 8 bank 9 broadcast 10 umpire 11 annual 2 1 T
12 course 13 crash into 14 extremely 15 challenge 2 F (the family didn’t have much money, so my grandfather left
2 1 badminton 2 rugby 3 weightlifting 4 ice hockey school at 14)
5 basketball 6 golf 3 F (He discovered that he loved working with customers) 4 T
3 1 basketball / football 2 basketball / football 5 F (My grandfather is retired now)
3 horse-riding / swimming 4 horse-riding / swimming 3 1 b 2 f 3 d 4 e 5 a 6 c
5 judo / tennis 6 judo / tennis 4 First, he left school as early as he could.
4 1 scored 2 won 3 lost 4 missed 5 kicked 6 passed Next, he got a job.
5 1 won 2 missed 3 scored 4 passed 5 kicked 6 lost Then he worked hard as an assistant.
After that, he got more responsibility in his job.
Challenge! Later, he became director of the supermarket.
Students’ own answers. Finally, he retired but still visits the place he worked at for such a
page 4 GRAmmAR Present Tenses long time.
1 2 correct 3 I don’t want any pizza. 5 Students’ own answers.
4 What are you doing this Friday? 5 correct 6 correct page 8 Self check 1: Grammar
7 I’m visiting my best friend this Thursday. 8 correct 1 1 Does it rain 2 are you laughing 3 don’t understand
2 2 ‘m practising 3 want 4 are … doing 5 ‘m not doing 4 are cooking 5 are you wearing 6 drives 7 do
6 don’t like 7 prefer 8 I’m putting 9 think 8 aren’t coming
3 1a Are you coming b do you come 2 1 ate out 2 was cooking 3 didn’t write 4 was walking
2a wears b ‘m wearing 5 Did he pass 6 were playing 7 Did you see 8 was Mark doing
3a Does she see b Are you seeing 3 1 do 2 are going 3 saw 4 was working 5 needs
4a plays b is playing 6 was raining
5a hate b ‘m enjoying 4 1 England took part in the World Cup final.
4 1 are you doing 2 ‘m texting 3 are going 4 are you laughing 2 We didn’t spend a lot of money on the new car.
5 is going 6 are you doing 7 ‘m going 8 isn’t going 3 I didn’t buy this mobile phone online.
5 1 a 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 b 6 b 7 b 8 b 4 My grandfather taught science.
Challenge! 5 I didn’t know all the answers in the quiz.
Students’ own answers. 6 Our train left on time.
5 1 were you doing 2 was looking 3 found 4 gave 5 thought
page 5 SkILLS Taking a year out 6 went 7 were skating 8 fell 9 were laughing 10 threw
1 1 kayaking 2 hiking 3 trail running 4 sailing 5 surfing 11 didn’t wear 12 remembered
6 sand surfing 7 abseiling 8 rock-climbing 9 orienteering
10 camping 11 cycling 12 windsurfing page 9 Self check 1: Vocabulary
2 1 complete 2 time 3 voluntary work 4 a new skill 1 1 camping 2 Golf 3 spectators 4 crashed into 5 scored
5 expeditions 6 activity 6 sailing 7 Rugby 8 lost 9 broadcast 10 Tennis
3 1 Tim is working in Ghana. 11 weightlifting 12 record 13 dozed 14 abandoned
2 He is staying there for 6 months. 15 challenge 16 passed / kicked 17 Orienteering 18 Surfing
4 1 T 2 F (Colleges find it is helpful for students) 19 sank 20 Judo
3 F (I decided not to start my maths course immediately) 4 T 5 T 2 1 extremely 2 annual 3 course 4 banks 5 challenge
6 steer round 7 win 8 compete 9 windsurfing 10 hiking
Challenge!
Students’ own answers.
page 6 GRAmmAR Past Simple and Continuous
1 1 came 2 started 3 was 4 cleaned 5 asked 6 wanted
7 gave 8 was
2 1 was training 2 wrote 3 had 4 was skiing 5 didn’t win
6 finished 7 won 8 didn’t leave 9 wanted 10 was waiting
11 had 12 named
3 1 When did Olivier Kapo come to the UK?
2 What did Olivier Kapo give James McPike?
3 Which event did Philip Boit compete in?
4 What was Boit doing when the newspapers wrote about him?
5 Where did Boit train / prepare for the Olympics?
6 Why was Daehlie waiting at the finish line?
7 Did Boit and Daehlie become good friends?

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 page 16 Self check 2: Grammar
page 10 Unit 2
READING The Edge of the World 1 1 some/a lot of 2 any 3 much 4 many 5 a lot of/some
1 1 f 2 b 3 a 4 g 5 c 6 e 7 d 6 a little 7 a few
2 1 stressful 2 modern 3 safe 4 polluted 5 exciting 2 1 little 2 much 3 many 4 few 5 lot 6 some 7 any
6 pretty 7 noisy 8 much 9 little 10 much 11 lot
3 a Where is St Kilda? c Leaving St Kilda 3 1 e 2 c 3 d 4 f 5 a 6 b
b St Kilda around 1800 d St Kilda today 4 1 an 2 the 3 the 4 a 5 7 6 The 7 a 8 7
5 1 F (St Kilda is 65 km west of the Outer Hebrides islands.) 5 1 a 2 the 3 the 4 a 5 the 6 7 7 the 8 a
2 T page 17 Self check 2: Vocabulary
3 T 1 1 industrialized 2 immigrant 3 inhabitants 4 road sign
4 T 5 refugee 6 appointment 7 lights 8 storey
5 F (In 1930 the final 36 inhabitants decided they wanted to leave 9 bus stop 10 street 11 gate 12 well 13 commuter
St Kilda.) 14 abandoned 15 urban 16 stream 17 lane 18 through
6 F (The final 36 inhabitants were taken to Scotland by boat.) 19 suburbs 20 bin
7 F (There are also a few soldiers.) 2 1 Deer Dear 6 stories storeys
8 F (There is a sauna and a café.) 2 knew new 7 brakes breaks
page 11 VoCABULARy monowi, Population: 1 3 impresion impression 8 inabitants inhabitants
1 1 founded 2 immigrants 3 inhabitants 4 storey 5 clerk 4 neighbourhod neighbourhood 9 imigrants immigrants
6 treasurer 7 migrated 8 thriving 9 industrialized 5 abandonned abandoned 10 comuters commuters
10 abandoned 11 ruins 12 dust 13 junk 14 rusting
15 rural
2 1 pilgrim 2 globetrotter 3 emigrant 4 commuter 5 refugee
6 immigrant 7 nomad
3 1 do 2 make 3 did 4 making 5 made 6 makes 7 do
8 makes 9 did 10 done
4 1 block 2 cosmopolitan 3 harbour 4 local
5 neighbourhood 6 resort 7 suburb 8 urban
5 1 ten-storey 2 knew 3 brakes 4 dye 5 sighed 6 groan
7 deer 8 blew
page 12 GRAmmAR Quantifiers: some, any, much,
many, a lot of, a little, a few
1 1 any 2 any 3 any 4 some 5 some 6 any
7 some 8 any
2 1 a lot of 2 any 3 a lot of 4 many 5 a lot of 6 any
3 1 A 2 B 3 A/B 4 A 5 B 6 A/B
4 1 lots of 2 a lot of 3 much 4 a lot of 5 a few 6 some
7 a few 8 many 9 a little
Challenge!
Students’ own answers.
page 13 SkILLS Landscapes
1 1 post box 2 valley 3 wood 4 cottage 5 stream 6 footpath
7 street lamp 8 hill 9 gate 10 pavement 11 traffic lights
12 road sign 13 roadworks 14 advertisement 15 rubbish bin
16 field 17 lane 18 hedge
Mystery word: pedestrian crossing
2 1 past (b) 2 along (c) 3 across (e) 4 over (d) 5 through (a)
3 1 shopping centre 2 sweatshirt 3 newspapers 4 weekends
5 swimming pool 6 table tennis 7 basketball 8 homework
9 computer games
page 14 GRAmmAR Definite, indefinite and zero
articles
1 1 an author 2 a footballer 3 a politician
4–10 Students’ own answers.
2 1 a, the 2 a, the 3 the, a 4 a, the 5 a, the 6 The, a
7 the, a 8 A, the
3 1 7 2 the 3 7 4 the 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 the
9 the 10 7
4 1 The 2 7 3 The 4 7 5 The 6 The
5 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 the 5 the 6 the 7 a 8 the 9 a
10 the 11 the
Challenge!
1 7 2 the 3 7 4 a 5 a 6 the 7 7 8 a 9 the 10 the
page 15 WRITING A leaflet
1 1 e 2 d 3 b 4 f 5 a 6 c
2 1 historic 2 wonderful 3 beautiful 4 stunning
5 ancient 6 fantastic
3 1 enjoy 2 spend 3 buy 4 go 5 visit 6 relax 7 go
8 take 9 climb 10 wander
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 page 23 WRITING An informal letter
page 18 Unit 3
READING The Library of Alexandria 1 1 c 2 e 3 b 4 a 5 d
1 1 skyscraper 2 stadium 3 castle, palace 4 tower 5 City Hall 2 a Thank you very much for
6 museum b It’s just what I wanted
2 Students’ own answers. c I had a really good time last week
3 1 largest 2 workers 3 landmark 4 floors 5 space d I got lots of great presents
6 tourist attractions 7 place e I hope you and Aunt Joan are well
3 a 1 b 2 c 1 d 3 e 2
Challenge! 4 1 brilliant 2 the States 3 go with 4 mates 5 gorgeous
Students’ own answers. 6 reckon 7 plane 8 given … back
page 19 VoCABULARy monumental gifts 5 Students’ own answers.
1 1 lighthouse 2 parade 3 ship 4 landmark 5 structure page 24 Self check 3: Grammar
6 construction 7 skyline 8 grounds 9 generation 1 1 c 2 a 3 b
10 property 11 last 12 belongs 13 host 14 reside 15 easy 2 1 How long have you lived in London?
2 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 b 7 a 8 a 2 for
3 1 e 2 d 3 a 4 b 5 c 3 How long have you spoken English?
4 1 oilfield 2 housekeeper 3 earthquake 4 landlord 4 since
5 headquarters 6 skyline 5 How long have you been a doctor?
5 1 on 2 on 3 on 4 in 5 in 6 on 6 since
page 20 GRAmmAR Present perfect 7 How long have you worked at the hospital?
1 1 ’ve been 2 ’ve walked 3 haven’t stayed 4 ’ve slept 8 for
5 ’ve saved 6 ’ve bought 7 have been 8 hasn’t enjoyed 9 How long have you been married?
2 1 Has she swum in the sea? Yes, she has. 10 for
2 Has she spent a lot of money on souvenirs? No, she hasn’t. 3 1 Andy has worked here for six years.
3 Has she tried windsurfing? Yes, she has. 2 I’ve had this MP4 player since last summer.
4 Has she read a lot of books? No, she hasn’t. 3 Danny has known Frank since they were children.
5 Has she made a lot of new friends? No, she hasn’t. 4 My parents have been married for twenty-five years.
6 Has she been / gone to an internet café? Yes, she has. 5 My brother has worked in Dubai since last year.
3 Possible postcard text: 6 Mary has been ill for three days.
I’ve swum in the sea and I’ve tried windsurfing but I haven’t spent a 7 I’ve been at this school for three years.
lot of money on souvenirs. I haven’t read a lot of books and I haven’t 8 They’ve lived in Sydney for ten years.
made a lot of new friends but I’ve been to an internet café. 4 1 bought 2 has ... been 3 visited 4 did ... arrive 5 went
4 1 have decided 2 haven’t sent 3 have spoken 4 has found 6 have ... lived 7 Have ... worked 8 did ... start 9 travelled
5 has made 6 hasn’t chosen 7 haven’t bought 10 borrowed
5 (Answers may vary.) 5 1 Have ... been 2 did ... go 3 went 4 Have ... visited
1 How long have you been in this class? 5 ’ve been 6 did ... leave 7 left 8 ’s worked 9 ’ve ... lived
2 How long has your teacher known you? page 25 Self check 3: Vocabulary
3 How long have you lived in your house or flat? 1 1 bulb 2 audience 3 second-hand 4 till 5 window
4 How long have you studied English? 6 charity 7 property 8 delicatessen 9 diners 10 earthquake
5 How long have you had your shoes? 11 landlord 12 landmarks 13 belong 14 tag
page 21 SkILLS Retail 15 newsagent’s 16 spectators 17 department 18 steps
1 1 department store 2 department store 3 delicatessen 19 ship 20 dome
4 newsagent’s 5 charity shop 6 corner shop 2 1 landmarks 2 skyline 3 arch 4 grounds 5 resides
7 hardware store 6 structure 7 views 8 visitors 9 browsing 10 price tags
2 Students’ own answers.
3 1 sell 2 afford 3 spend 4 cost 5 save 6 borrow 7 lend
8 charge 9 owe 10 buy
4 1 buy 2 afford 3 lend 4 borrow 5 spend
6 cost 7 sell
Challenge!
Students’ own answers.
page 22 GRAmmAR Present perfect and past simple
1 1 Have … been 2 haven’t 3 went 4 Did … have 5 was
6 Have … read 7 have 8 did … read 9 Did … enjoy
10 didn’t think
2 1a won 4a ’s cooked
1b have won 4b cooked
2a tidied 5a ’ve met
2b ’ve tidied 5b Did … meet
3a did … arrive
3b Has … arrived
3 1 haven’t e-mailed 2 ’ve been 3 arrived 4 took
5 haven’t travelled 6 visited 7 didn’t want
8 Have you ever been 9 had 10 stood
4 1 earned 2 started 3 have given 4 has spent 5 gave
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 page 26 Unit 4 Challenge!
READING Robot Revolution Students’ own answers.
1 1 make predictions 2 build a robot 3 cure diseases 2 1 She might be hungry. / She may be hungry.
4 repair damage 5 make copies 6 predict the future 2 I might buy a digital radio. / I may buy a digital radio.
7 damage the environment 3 My mobile phone might be broken. / My mobile phone may be
2 1 make predictions 2 repair damage 3 build a robot broken.
4 damage the environment 5 predict the future 4 He might want to borrow my camcorder. / He may want to borrow
6 cure diseases 7 make copies my camcorder.
3 1 change 2 nightmare 3 the world 4 inventors 5 worries 5 My parents might buy me a new games console. / My parents may
6 control 7 predictions buy me a new games console.
4 1 Soon domestic robots will do all the boring jobs while you relax. 3 1 She might not be hungry. / She may not be hungry.
2 We will build robots that can do all the dangerous and difficult jobs. 2 I might not buy a digital radio. / I may not buy a digital radio.
3 They will do the jobs of doctors, pilots and scientists. 3 My mobile phone might not be vbroken. / My mobile phone may
4 They are worried that intelligent robots might be difficult to control. not be broken.
5 That robots will destroy the human race and possibly the entire planet. 4 He might not want to borrow my camcorder. / He may not want to
5 Positive: borrow my camcorder.
Soon, domestic robots will do all the boring jobs while you relax. 5 My parents might not buy me a new games console. /
We will build robots that can do all the dangerous and difficult jobs. My parents may not buy me a new games console.
Negative: 4 Students’ own answers.
Intelligent robots might be difficult to control. page 31 WRITING A formal letter
Robots will destroy the human race and possibly the entire planet. 1 1 e 2 a 3 f 4 d 5 h 6 c 7 g 8 b
6 Students’ own answers. 2 1 to, about 2 with, from 3 to, with 4 to
page 27 VoCABULARy What’s the big idea? 3 1 I am writing to report a fault.
1 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 b 6 a 7 c 8 b 9 c 10 c 11 a 2 I am returning the camera to you.
12 a 13 c 14 b 15 a 3 I would be grateful if you could repair the modem.
2 1 skeleton – A skeleton is part of the body. It isn’t a person you find in 4 Please could you send me a new DVD player? / Could you please
a hospital. send me a new DVD player?
2 virus – A virus is a medical problem. It isn’t a room in a hospital. 5 I am enclosing the digital radio together with the receipt.
3 casualty – Casualty is a room in a hospital. It isn’t a part of the body. 6 I look forward to hearing from you.
4 surgeon – A surgeon is a person you find in a hospital. It isn’t a 4 Students’ own answers.
medical problem. page 32 Self check 4: Grammar
5 ward – Ward is a room in a hospital. It isn’t a medical action. 1 1 predictions 2 promises 3 decisions 4 evidence
3 1 prediction 2 technology 3 disease 4 size 5 environment 5 intentions
6 tablets 7 future 8 nightmare 2 1 ’ll 2 ’ll 3 ’re going to 4 will 5 ’re going to 6 ’m going
4 1 successful 2 muscular 3 environment 4 medicine to 7 ’re going to 8 ’ll 9 ’ll 10 ’re going to 11 ’s going to
5 futuristic 6 infection 7 Technology 8 scientific 12 won’t
page 28 GRAmmAR will and going to 3 1 h 2 g 3 k 4 l 5 j 6 d 7 a 8 f 9 i 10 b
1 1 will 2 is going to 3 ’s going to 4 ’ll 5 ’ll 6 ’ll 11 c 12 e
7 ’s going to 4 1 Humans might to live on other planets one day.
2 1 ’are … going to get 2 ’m going to watch 3 ’ll lend 2 We could might / may not see you tomorrow.
4 ’s going to look for 3 I might buying buy a newspaper when I’m out.
3 1 Are you going to come 2 ’m going to spend 3 ’ll get 4 It can could be a good idea, but I’m not sure.
4 ’re going to have 5 are … going to go 6 ’ll phone 5 Are we having going to have good weather at the weekend?
6 The history class will will be very interesting tomorrow.
Challenge! 7 He may be tell you the answers, but I’m not sure.
Students’ own answers. 8 If you mixes mix red and yellow, you get orange.
page 29 SkILLS Early devices 9 I’m go going to be a doctor when I’m older.
10 She mays may be on holiday now.
1 1 b 2 f 3 h 4 e 5 a 6 d 7 c 8 g 11 I think he’ll buys buy a DAB radio.
1 1 telephone 2 cine camera 3 gramophone 4 typewriter
5 games console 6 calculator 7 camcorder 8 CD player page 33Self check 4: Vocabulary
9 word processor 10 telegraph 1 1 medical 2 nightmare 3 prescribe 4 submarine
2 1 telephone 2 telegraph 3 word processor, typewriter 5 telephone 6 adding 7 invisible 8 muscular 9 shrink
4 calculator 5 cine camera 6 games console 7 camcorder 10 epidemic 11 camera 12 skeleton 13 prediction
8 telegraph 14 infectious 15 on 16 cure 17 casualty 18 inject
3 1 digital 2 Instamatic 3 switch 4 charged 5 battery 19 diagnose 20 scientific
6 plug 7 take 8 delete 2 1 prediction 2 environmental 3 scientific 4 Medical
4 1 turn 2 put 3 switch 4 take 5 pick 5 successful 6 Infectious 7 muscular 8 Future 9 invisible
5 1 put 2 turn 3 Pick 4 Take 10 Technological
6 1 out 2 down 3 on 4 away
page 30 GRAmmAR Zero conditional
1 1 People usually smile at you if you smile at them.
2 If I eat a lot of chocolate, I feel ill.
3 Plants die if they don’t get enough water.
4 If you freeze water, it turns to ice.
5 I can’t sleep if I drink too much coffee.
6 If I don’t do my homework, my teacher gets annoyed.
7 If you turn off the lights, you use less electricity.
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 page 34 Unit 5 3 1 I wish I wasn’t / weren’t feeling ill.
READING A big hit? 2 I wish you were listening to me.
1 1 volcano 2 future 3 tonnes 4 tsunami 5 directions 3 I wish we weren’t losing.
6 energy 7 damage 8 catastrophe 9 equipment 4 I wish it wasn’t raining.
10 eruption 5 I wish I was / were wearing my glasses.
2 1 a meteorite 2 a crater 6 I wish you weren’t eating all the chocolate.
3 1 fall 2 reach 3 hit 4 travel 5 happen 6 devastate 7 I wish I wasn’t / weren’t still doing my homework.
7 cause 8 predict 9 protect 8 I wish I was / were feeling optimistic.
4 1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 9 I wish she wasn’t talking to my friend.

page 35 VoCABULARy Wave power Challenge!

Students’ own answers.
1 1 catastrophes 2 erupted 3 chunks 4 plunge 5 landslides
6 collapsed 7 unleashed 8 tidal wave 9 warnings page 39 WRITING An essay
10 evacuate 11 smashed 12 flattened 13 devastated 1 1 first 2 think 3 believe 4 make 5 mind 6 were
14 floods 15 havoc 7 view 8 convinced
2 1 verb 2 adjective 3 noun 4 noun 5 verb 2 4
6 adjective 7 verb 3 1 ‘I believe a uniform would make the students have a more serious
3 1 c 2 f 3 d 4 b 5 a 6 e attitude to their work.’
4 1 leap years 2 quarter 3 fortnight 4 century 5 decade 2 ‘I find it very difficult to get up in the morning.’
6 millennium 3 ‘I would learn some interesting English vocabulary.’
5 1 dribble 2 soak 3 spill 4 splash 5 water 6 squirt 4 1 convinced 2 don’t think 3 view 4 believe 5 As 6 In
7 irrigate 8 drip 5 1 I’d make lessons shorter.
page 36 GRAmmAR Second conditional 2 I’d make the government build more sports centres.
3 I’d make sure there were facilities for disabled students.
1 (Structure and order may vary) 4 I’d make school holidays longer.
1 If people didn’t drop litter, the pavements would be cleaner. 5 I’d make sure students only used English in class.
2 He’d be healthier if he had enough to eat. 6 Students’ own answers.
3 If they stopped using their car, they’d cause less pollution.
4 There would be much less disease if everybody had clean water page 40 Self check 5: Grammar
to drink. 1 1 imaginary 2 past tense 3 would / wouldn’t 4 main
5 If people didn’t kill tigers, they wouldn’t be an endangered species. 5 were 6 comma
6 She wouldn’t sleep on the street if she weren’t homeless. 2 1 If I had a car, I’d drive to my village at weekends.
2 1 won 2 ’d help 3 ’d phone 4 rang 5 ’d shake 6 knew 2 If we lived in Germany, we would speak German.
7 ’d discuss 8 had 3 If Tom didn’t have a boat, he wouldn’t go sailing.
3 1 If you gave me £100, I’d buy some professional football boots. 4 If I knew the answer, I would tell you.
2 If I bought some professional football boots, I’d practise every day. 5 If we had enough money, we would go on holiday.
3 If I practised every day, I’d play really well. 6 If Brendan didn’t go to school, he would work.
4 If I played really well, I’d join a football team. 7 If Paula didn’t have a computer, she wouldn’t send emails to her sister.
5 If I joined a football team, I’d travel around the world playing 8 If I was / were tired, I would want to go to bed.
football. 3 1 understood 2 lived 3 didn’t have 4 earned 5 spoke
6 If I travelled around the world playing football, I’d earn a lot of 6 was
money. 4 1 I wish I had a TV in my bedroom.
7 If I earned a lot of money, I’d give you £1000. 2 I wish I didn’t work in a shop on Saturday mornings.
4 Students’ own answers. 3 I wish I lived in the country.
Challenge! 4 I wish I could write well in English.
Students’ own answers. 5 I wish I ran for the school athletics team.
6 I wish I could make a pizza.
page 37 SkILLS Global issues
7 I wish I was / were sociable.
1 1 piracy 2 child labour 3 endangered species 8 I wish I didn’t eat a lot of fast food.
4 global warming 5 poverty 6 disease 7 homelessness 9 I wish I read more books.
8 racism 9 pollution 10 famine 10 I wish I could swim.
2 1 child labour 2 piracy 3 poverty 4 famine 5 1 If I ruled the world, I’d stop poverty.
5 global warming 6 racism 2 I wish I could play tennis
3 1 disease 2 homelessness 3 endangered species 4 pollution 3 If he found some money, would he keep it?
4 Verb / Adjective Noun 4 I wish my friends were here.
inform information 5 I wouldn’t eat that if I were you.
suggest suggestion 6 I wish there wasn’t any pollution.
sad sadness 7 You’d feel good if you gave some money to charity.
discuss discussion 8 Do you ever wish you had a big house?
dark darkness 9 If I could run fast, I’d enter a marathon.
good goodness 10 I wish I spoke Chinese.
organize organization page 41 Self check 5: Vocabulary
act action 1 1 warming 2 millennium 3 information 4 act
educate education 5 species 6 wave 7 flood 8 drip 9 creative
happy happiness 10 drought 11 fortnight 12 warning 13 avalanche
page 38 GRAmmAR I wish … 14 devastation 15 spill 16 century 17 labour
18 earthquake 19 Racism 20 protect
1 1 I wish I could speak French. 2 1 devastating 2 destruction 3 created 4 flattened
2 I wish I didn’t have a headache. 5 Information 6 warning 7 creation 8 prediction
3 I wish I had some money. 9 action 10 homelessness
4 I wish my brother wasn’t at home.
5 I wish the weather was nicer.
6 I wish it was the weekend.
2 1 I wish I lived there. (d) 4 I wish I had an umbrella. (c)
2 I wish I was / were taller. (a) 5 I wish I liked pizza. (e)
3 I wish I knew the answers. (f) 6 I wish I spoke Japanese. (b)

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page 42 Unit 6
READING ‘I love you’ 1 1 past simple 2 past continuous 3 past perfect
1 1 vital 2 arrested 3 investigation, trial 4 clues 2 1 was walking 2 saw 3 were looking 4 didn’t break
5 chaos, crashed 5 had gone 6 had phoned 7 arrived 8 were running
2 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 b 5 e 3 1 c 2 f 3 a 4 e 5 d 6 b
3 1 virus 2 computer systems 3 crash 4 damage 5 guilt 4 this evening, Suddenly, After a while, Then, As soon as, this time,
6 crime 7 software immediately, while, as
4 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 b 5 1 end 2 while 3 One 4 earlier 5 following 6 soon
6 Students’ own answers.
page 43 VoCABULARy An online threat
page 48 Self check 6: Grammar
1 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 a 8 a 9 a 10 b 11 a
12 b 13 c 1 1 After we had played rugby, we had a shower.
2 1 delete 2 install 3 update 4 attach 5 software 6 files 2 I realized I had left my books in class when I sat down to do
7 protect my homework.
3 1 My brother’s got a two-door sports car. 3 I didn’t have lunch because I hadn’t bought any food.
2 It’s only a thirty-minute drive to the beach. 4 The film hadn’t finished when our dad sent us to bed!
3 We live in a five-storey block of flats. 5 The police arrested a man because he had burgled a house.
4 The police say there will be a one-year investigation! 6 Mark didn’t pass his exams because he hadn’t studied enough.
5 At the sports centre there is an eight-lane athletics track. 7 We realized that we had seen the film before.
6 We’re going to stay in a cheap one-star hotel. 8 There was water everywhere because the river had flooded.
4 1 delighted 2 terrified 3 tiny 4 terrible 5 brilliant 2 1 he had sold his bicycle.
6 astonished 2 they had made a big lunch.
5 1 commit 2 leave 3 charge 4 released 5 received 3 she hadn’t studied.
6 spend 7 charged 4 he had broken his leg.
5 they hadn’t gone shopping.
page 44 GRAmmAR Past perfect 6 she hadn’t switched on her alarm clock.
1 1 hadn’t phoned 2 had had 3 had arrived 4 hadn’t arrived 7 he had had a nightmare.
5 had begun 6 hadn’t finished 8 I hadn’t charged it up.
2 Students’ own answers. 3 1 Alice was late because she hadn’t heard her alarm clock.
3 1 got, had stolen 2 looked, had sprayed 3 had left, arrived 2 Frank was angry because he’d lost his mobile phone.
4 didn’t have, had eaten 5 looked, had grown 3 Zoe was disappointed because her team had lost the final.
6 had taken, borrowed 4 Mark was hungry because he hadn’t eaten breakfast.
4 1 had remembered 2 had 3 could 4 had not left 5 John was upset because he hadn’t passed his driving test.
5 put 6 opened 7 heard 8 Had … forgotten 9 shouted 6 Laura was embarrassed because she had fallen off her chair.
10 had arrived 11 hadn’t forgotten 7 Jack was thrilled because he had found some money.
Challenge! 4 1 simple, past 2 present, continuous 3 past, perfect
Students’ own answers. 4 pronouns, context
5 1 John said his dad had arrested a thief.
page 45 SkILLS Crimes and criminals 2 Helen said, ‘I’m talking about my new book.’
1 1 viruses 2 shoplifting 3 burglar 4 robbery 5 thief 3 Sandra said, ‘I’m late because I missed the bus.’
6 joyriders 7 stole 8 murderer 4 Nell said she wanted to go to the museum.
2 1 committed 2 stole 3 went 4 sprayed 5 Tim said, ‘I worked very hard.’
5 vandalized 6 rob page 49 Self check 6: Vocabulary
3 1 a politician 2 a reporter 3 a dentist 4 a novelist
4 1 dentist 2 reporter 3 novelist 4 politician 1 1 guilty 2 sentence 3 burgle 4 tiny 5 shoplifter
6 halt 7 tip-off 8 murderer 9 investigation 10 delighted
page 46 GRAmmAR Reported speech 11 joyrider 12 thief 13 receive 14 enormous 15 software
1 1 he was feeling ill. 6 vandals were criminals. 16 money 17 vandal 18 charge 19 reward 20 terrified
2 it was raining. 7 she lived near the sea. 2 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 a 5 b 6 c 7 d 8 a 9 b 10 d
3 he didn’t speak Japanese. 8 they were playing really well.
4 they didn’t eat meat. 9 he wasn’t wearing a coat.
5 it was very cold outside.
2 1 He said that thieves had stolen his shoes.
2 They said that they had bought lots of new clothes.
3 He said that he hadn’t committed the robbery.
3 Alan said that he was looking for a detective story.
Mark said that he loved detective stories.
He said that Inspector Morse was his favourite.
Alan said that he preferred Sherlock Holmes.
He said that he was a more interesting character.
Mark said that he had read a Sherlock Holmes story recently.
He said that he didn’t enjoy it.
Alan said that he wasn’t talking about the books. He said that he was
talking about the films.
Mark agreed. He said that the films were fantastic.
4 Juliet I don’t like Manchester. I’m lonely.
Mary I know a good café in Manchester. It has great food and
fantastic music.
Juliet I can’t go to the café because I don’t have any friends. I hate
going to cafés alone.
Mary I’ve got a friend in Manchester. She’s really nice.
Juliet I want to meet her.
Mary I’m trying to find her phone number!

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 page 50 Unit 7 4 1 was taken 2 has been involved 3 were formed
4 was released 5 were created 6 were discovered
READING A Famous Explorer
1 1 merchant 2 overland 3 account 4 pilgrims 5 ambassador 7 have ... been photographed
6 contemporaries 7 storm, tip 8 spices 5 1 Bread is sold in that shop.
Not needed: emperor, ocean 2 The letter will be delivered tomorrow.
2 1 b 2 g 3 c 4 e 5 a 6 f 7 h 8 d 3 I haven’t been chosen for the football team.
3 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 T 4 My car was repaired last week.
5 The room wasn’t cleaned.
VoCABULARy Great journeys
page 51 6 More planets will probably be discovered in the future.
1 1 pilgrimage 2 cargo 3 coast 4 inspired 5 set off page 55 WRITING An article
6 pilot 7 caravan 8 ambassador 9 destination
10 abandoned 11 contemporaries 1 1 the fridge
2 1 d 2 b 3 a 4 e 5 c 2 the ballpoint pen
3 1 passenger 2 carriage 3 cafeteria 4 platform 5 locomotive 2 1 for example 5 The reason
6 guard 7 ticket 2 The first invention 6 What is more / Furthermore
4 1 back 2 up 3 off 4 off 5 down 6 off 7 in 8 on 3 Furthermore / What is more 7 To sum up
9 out 10 off 4 The second invention 8 in my view
3 Students’ own answers.
Challenge! 4 Students’ own answers.
Students’ own answers.
Self check 7: Grammar
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page 52 GRAmmAR The passive (present simple) 1 1 made 2 taught 3 taken 4 written 5 done 6 found
1 1 This book is printed in China. 7 grown 8 bought 9 spun 10 built 11 proven 12 hidden
2 Laws are made by Parliament. 13 spread 14 shut 15 inputted 16 spilled / spilt
3 A lot of crimes are committed every year. 2 1 are 2 wasn’t 3 will ... be 4 hasn’t been 5 are
4 Cheese is made from milk. 6 ’s been 7 wasn’t
5 Rugby is played in Australia. 3 1 The living room is tidied and cleaned every day.
6 Oil products are used to power vehicles. 2 A new bridge will be built over the river.
2 1 are exported 2 is made 3 aren’t sold 4 aren’t allowed 3 My car wasn’t repaired very well.
5 are spoken 6 is watched 7 is ... used 8 Is ... included 4 Tea is grown in India.
Challenge! 5 The goods were transported by ship.
Possible answers: 6 Global warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
Oil is produced in Saudi Arabia. / Oil is found deep under the ground. 7 A man has been arrested.
Volkswagen cars are made in Germany. 4 1 was invented 2 is supported 3 have been developed
Paper is made from wood. 4 are used
Mobile phones are sold in that shop. 5 1 Al-Khwarizmi will remember be remembered as the ‘father of algebra’.
Paper is an amazing invention. Millions of tonnes of paper are used in 2 Football is playing played all over the world.
schools and offices every day. But how is it made? 3 The tree blown was blown down in the storm.
3 1 Trees are grown on a ‘tree farm’. The trees are cut down, then new 4 When did was the man arrested?
trees are planted. 5 My watch has has been stolen!
2 The wood is taken by lorry to the paper mill. The wood is cut into 6 How was the car damage damaged?
very small pieces (called ‘chips’). Self check 7: Vocabulary
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3 The chips are cooked with a lot of water. 1 1 Theology 2 departures 3 lenses 4 pilot 5 touch
4 The mixture is pressed onto large flat metal sheets. down 6 platform 7 retired 8 cafeteria 9 in 10 cargo
5 The sheets of paper are dried. Then they are put into big rolls. 11 coast 12 gravity 13 shipwreck 14 guard 15 drop sb off
6 The rolls of paper are sent to factories. The paper is made into 16 telescope 17 sleeping 18 get 19 destination 20 X-rays
books, magazines and hundreds of other things. 2 1 off 2 in 3 on 4 off 5 out 6 back 7 down 8 down
SkILLS Inventions and discoveries
page 53 9 off 10 out
1 1 Power station: energy
2 Printing press: communication / media and entertainment
3 The internet: media and entertainment / communication
4 Washing machine: domestic appliances
2 a 4 b 3 c 2 d 1
3 1 X-rays 2 frozen food 3 telescope 4 penicillin
5 washing machine 6 glasses 7 telephone 8 printing press
9 fridge 10 the internet 11 nuclear power
4 1 two and three quarters 2 two thirds 3 one and one fifth
4 three and a half 5 nought point five 6 one point six six
7 nought point seven five 8 two point one eight
page 54 GRAmmAR The passive (other tenses)
1 1 This book was written in 1956.
2 This car was made in Japan.
3 The photos were taken by my sister.
4 The crime was committed at 5 o’clock this morning.
5 I was helped by my brother.
6 The pyramids were built more than 4,500 years ago.
7 The money was found in an old box.
2 1 The rubbish has been picked up.
2 The bus stop has been repaired.
3 The flowers have been planted.
4 The pavement has been cleaned.
5 The hedge has been cut.
6 The house has been sold.
3 1 was 2 have been 3 were 4 hasn’t been 5 has just been

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