Key to vocabulary/grammar activities

Unit 1 Unit 3 Unit 5

A A A
1b 2d 3a 4b 5d 6c 7b 8d 1 operation 1b 2a 3d 4a 5c 6a 7d 8a
2 diagnosed
B 3 surgeon B
1 break their promise 4 dietician 1 can’t have
2 saw red 5 well-balanced 2 needn’t have
3 were as good as 6 stress 3 wasn’t able to
4 to hang out/around with 7 flexibility 4 might not have
5 get on my 8 fit 5 must have
6 to focus on 6 should
7 broke the ice B 7 shouldn’t have
8 twice as much (money) 1c 2b 3b 4a 5c 6a 7b 8c 8 have to

C C C
1 seems 1 much 1 must have studied
2 are talking 2 lately 2 may not have been
3 has 3 was reading 3 you able to make any
4 am seeing 4 have been married 4 need not have / needn’t have
5 don’t need 5 yet 5 must have worked his
6 is always disturbing 6 has been studying 6 Could you help me
7 want 7 haven’t seen 7 might be going / might go
8 drop 8 a little 8 don’t have to finish
9 leaves 9 is 9 think you should
10 are travelling 10 have tried 10 couldn’t have forgotten to
11 have been growing
12 lots of
Unit 2 Unit 6
A A
Unit 4
1 cave 1 comedians
2 certain A 2 inscription
3 ranch 1 back up 3 excavation
4 looked into 2 devices 4 analysis
5 epidemic 3 revolutionised 5 historian
6 abandoned 4 exhibition 6 illustrations
7 wiped out 5 reaction 7 conclusive
8 drought 6 provides 8 repetitive
9 generous 7 touch
10 hoax 8 inventions B
11 theory 9 come up with 1 accurate
12 proud 10 inspirational 2 objective
3 put off
B B 4 authentic
1 had 1b 2b 3a 4c 5c 6a 7c 8b 9c 5 historic
2 started 10a 6 set off
3 was teaching 7 died out
4 was chewing C 8 knowledge
5 told 1 ’m going to study / will study 9 tombs
6 stood 2 ’ll never get 10 analytical
7 went 3 will be
8 was suggesting 4 starts C
9 landed 5 ’m going to work 1 weren’t they
10 lived / were living 6 ’ll have saved 2 aren’t you
11 saw 7 will have made 3 is it
12 found 8 have / have had 4 doesn’t she
5 has it
C 6 do you
1a 2c 3c 4b 5a 6b 7b 8b 7 don’t I

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8 aren’t they 8 brought round 5 r eminded him to pick up bread
9 did he 9 figures on his way home from school
10 aren’t they 10 up that day.
11 am I 6 advised me not to be checking
12 shall we C my personal emails during
1 h
ave been accepted / will be working hours.
accepted 7 wondered if/whether she
Unit 7 should send an email or just call
2 was being serviced
A 3 is thought him.
1 head 4 will be broadcast 8 denied eating his/her
2 aftershocks 5 to be handed in homework and said that the
3 hailstones 6 will be given dog had eaten it.
4 disasters 7 is known
5 caution 8 was awarded Unit 10
6 hurricane 9 was shocked
7 casualties 10 are given A
8 weather 1 rucksack
9 earth 2 track
10 warning
Unit 9 3 hiking
A 4 range
B 1 got the sack 5 locals
1 robbing 2 taken on 6 tour
2 to go 3 on strike 7 site
3 secure 4 vacancy 8 caravan
4 to bring 5 retirement 9 landscape
5 stay 6 volunteer 10 departure
6 seen 7 opportunity
7 to go 8 shift B
8 smoking 9 applicant 1 methodical
9 to clean 10 references 2 architecture
10 looking 11 travel 3 accommodation
12 redundant 4 agency/agent
C 5 mountaineer
1 as bad as this B 6 visitors
2 so strong that 1 to know where I live/lived. 7 departure
3 so hot that I 2 him he absolutely couldn’t go 8 formation
4 the most informative talk I have out until his room was spotless.
5 had such a good 3 if he had any chance of getting C
6 not high enough to the job. 1 you had brought
7 was not as heavy as 4 if my company had launched a 2 wish he wouldn’t
8 the most brilliant new product the previous week. 3 had your number, I would have
5 if I would be seeing him at the 4 could afford it, I would/could
office party that evening. 5 had seen us, we would be
Unit 8 6 he planned on going on holiday 6 you don’t have a boarding pass,
A for two weeks that November / I can’t let
1 unusual that November for two weeks. 7 didn’t love eating fish, she
2 satisfied 7 had been walking through the wouldn’t have
3 risky park the previous day when 8 could get the time off work and
4 publication he saw an old friend he hadn’t 9 had got round to doing / had
5 editors seen in years. done
6 journalists 8 if I could possibly help him fill 10 you wouldn’t be
7 natural out the/that application.
8 reality
C
Unit 11
B 1 s uggested we go/should go to A
1 come out the cinema that night. 1b 2c 3a 4b 5b 6c 7a 8b 9a
2 exhibition 2 offered to give me a hand with 10c 11a 12b
3 episode that/the report.
4 Heavy 3 promised to buy him an ice B
5 author cream if he was good. 1a 2a 3a 4c 5a 6c 7b 8a 9b
6 politicians 4 refused to take that/the job for 10c 11c 12b
7 correspondent all the money in the world.

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C
1 W ho are those men being led
away in handcuffs?
2 The castle built in 1639 is now a
tourist attraction.
3 Finding his fingerprints at the
scene of the crime, he was
arrested/the police arrested
him.
4 The man sentenced to ten years
was, in fact, innocent.
5 Robbing a bank, they made
their getaway on a motorcycle.
6 Finishing the cleaning, we
decided to bake a cake.
7 The detective assigned to
investigate the murder soon
solved the case
8 The student attempting to
cheat on the test was made to
do fifty exercises on phrasal
verbs.

Unit 12
A
1 fits
2 aisle
3 in
4 striped
5 suits
6 refund
7 receipt
8 afford

B
1 shopaholics
2 wear out
3 smart
4 try on
5 fit
6 catalogue
7 quality
8 bargain
9 purchase
10 high heels
11 exchange
12 receipt

C
1 she had her mother do it
2 have their makeup done
3 only handsome but also
4 was made to do her
5 high time we
6 will have them taken
7 you’ll be made to
8 having it taken to the
9 are the clothes in that shop
good quality, but
10 have I (ever) seen such a

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