ANSWER KEY
4 PET for Schools
Unit
Listening
A. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
B. 1. I 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. I
Reading comprehension
A. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b
B. 1. G 2. A 3. B 4. E 5. D
C. 1. R 2. W 3. W 4. R 5. R
Writing
A. 1. had finished his 2. used to 3. so/therefore I went
4. more than 5. Although Jennifer bought / Despite buying…
B. Suggested answer
Hi Steven,
Guess what? I’ve just bought the latest Xbox. I bought it
because it has a lot of new games and it’s more interactive
than other game consoles. I’m going to put it in my bedroom
so that I can play in peace! Come over so that we can try it
out.
Love,
B. Suggested answer
Dear Jake,
Thanks so much for your letter. I’m sorry that I didn’t write
earlier but I have been studying for tests all week. I really
have to get good marks this year.
You ask a difficult question. I’m not really sure about the
Exercise B
answer but I think the top 3 inventions are the internet, the
computer and, of course, the mobile phone. I really can’t live
without this. I think that they should invent flying cars
because this would mean a lot less traffic.
Write soon and tell me all the latest news.
Listening scripts
Exercise A
DIALOGUE 1
Teenage girl: That store has reduced all its prices by fifty per cent
during the sales. Dad, don’t you think it’s time for me to finally get a
tablet?
Man: Do you think so? What we really need is a new computer. It’s
impossible to work on the desktop we have.
Teenage girl: What?? You bought a computer a year ago. Why don’t
you buy me a new tablet or a laptop? I need one for school!
Man: Well, let’s go inside and see the laptop prices… and before you
start complaining again just remember that a tablet is totally out of
the equation.
DIALOGUE 2
Teenage girl: Dad, have you seen my mobile phone? I thought I’d left
it here in the kitchen, but it’s not there anymore.
Man: I remember seeing you using it in the living room. Have you
looked there? Like maybe on the table?
Teenage girl: Of course, I’ve already looked there.
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Man: Well, if you put your things away to begin with, they would be a
whole lot easier to find, wouldn’t they now? Your phone would be on
your bedside table in your bedroom, where it belongs.
Teenage girl: Ah! Now I remember. I did put it there after all. Thanks
dad. You’re a genius.
DIALOGUE 3
Teenage girl: Look, this is the present I decided to get you. Just
choose a T-shirt and then you can have anything you like printed on it.
They’ve got three types: one with a picture like this one with phones
on it, or a T-shirt with a sentence on it; and this last type can have
different shapes on it.
Teenage boy: Well, I really don’t like having things written on the
clothes I’m wearing. It makes me feel like a walking advertisement
and those pictures are just awful.
Teenage girl: Right. I know which one you’ll choose then.
DIALOGUE 4
Teenage girl: Hurry up! Eat your sandwich or we’ll be late for class.
What are you looking for now? Don’t tell me you’ve left your mobile
phone at home again. That’s the third time this week.
Teenage boy: Don’t worry, it was the first thing I put in my school bag.
Look, here it is. Hold on a minute, just checking everything.
Calculator… now where did I… oh dear… you’ll lend me yours, won’t
you? Notebook… oh, here it is.
DIALOGUE 5
Woman: What exactly is missing, sir?
Man: I thought the thieves had taken the television set because it
wasn’t in its usual place in the living room. Then I went to check my
DVD player and my DVDs, which I keep in an antique table… and I
couldn’t believe it. All the DVDs were scattered all over the floor along
with the DVD player… but the table had disappeared. It wasn’t in the
garden either, which is where I found the television.
Woman: Right, sir. Can you give me a more detailed description of it?
Man: So this time next week you will be eighteen.
Teenage girl: I can’t believe it.
Man: Neither can I. You don’t seem a day over twelve.
Teenage girl: Oh… thank you Dad!
Man: Anyway, have you decided what you’d like for your birthday?
Teenage girl: Well, I wonder if I could have a tablet?
Man: But you already have a computer.
Teenage girl: I know… but it would be useful to have one because I
could always use it instead of my laptop. It’s a whole lot lighter and
more practical…
Man: But you’re still at school and they have computers in case you
need one. How can we afford to buy a tablet when there are so many
other things we need?
Teenage girl: But most people in my class have tablets…
Man: Well, maybe their parents can afford that. There’s no point in
having a tablet when you don’t really need one!
Teenage girl: Tom says that it’s really useful even for school work! He
uses one all the time!
Man: Oh, so you’ve discussed it with Tom, have you? Look, I know you
want to be like your friends… but it’s not sensible to think of buying a
gadget like that until we can really afford it. We need the money for
other things as you well know.
Teenage girl: Yes, I’ll admit they are rather expensive…
Man: Well… so what would you like for your birthday?
Teenage girl: OK… dad, you win… but you can’t stop me from saving
up for it… Anyway, until then what I’d really like is to go out to dinner
with you and mum to save mum from cooking.
Man: That’s a good idea.