- Grammar: Present tenses

- Vocabulary: suffixes 
- Grammar: adverbs of degree 
- Premium B2 Workbook, Unit 2

1. Grammar: Present tenses

EX1.

1. F
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. E
6. A

EX2.

1. Go/work
2. Do you know
3. Get/ moves
4. Tastes/Does/make
5. Don’t think/want
6. Isn’t still raining/ don’t want

EX3.

1. I’m seeing => I see

2. We’ll get => we get
3. Replys => replies
4. Aren’t living => doesn’t live
5. Dosen’t => doesn’t
6. I’m really liking => I really like
7. Falls => is falling
8. Do like => does like
9. I’m promising => I promise
10.Is beginning => begins
2. Vocabulary: Suffixes
EX1.

friendship sadness
childhood membership
happiness enjoyment
affection reliability
stupidity kindness
excitement forgetfulness
fatherhood relationship
EX2.

1. Childhood
2. Forgetfulness
3. Excitement
4. Reliability
5. Membership
6. Affection
7. Enjoyment
8. Kindness

3. Grammar: Adverbs of degree

EX1.

1. Extremely, really, terribly

2. Pretty, fairly
3. A little

EX2.

1. Bỏ “is”
2. Bỏ “terribly”
3. A bit
4. True
5. Bỏ “a”
6. Smaller than
7. True
8. Bỏ “a”
 9. Bỏ “a bit”
10. True

EX3.

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. C

4. Premium B2
Vocabulary:
EX1.

1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. D

EX2.

1. Childs => Children

2. My uncles => My aunt and uncle
3. The mother of my husband => my mother-in-law
4. A lone => the only
5. Sons => children
6. Niece => nephew
7. Widow => windower
8. Part-sister => half-sister
Reading
EX1.

How often do you spend with each other?

EX2.

B. How much time do you spend together?

EX3.

1–B

2–D

3–F

4–A

5–C

6–E

EX4.

1. G
2. B
3. G
4. B
5. K
6. G
7. K
8. K
9. K
10.B
11.K
12.B

EX5.

Mates: Friends or Peers

Be into = Be keen on: be interested in

Stiff: If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff, your muscles hurt when they are
moved ( Cambridge dictionary )

Father fingure: an older man who you treat like a father, especially by asking for
his advice, help, or support ( Cambridge dictionary )

Take it up: become interested or engaged in a pursuit

Course: an area used for playing sports

EX6.

1. B
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. A

Grammar
EX1.

1. Want
2. Doesn’t have
3. Is learning
4. Is studying
5. Retires
6. Depends
7. Is getting
8. Is not having
9. Does/start
10.Come from/ am spending

EX2.
A: 2

B: 5

C: 10

D: 9

E: 1, 6

F: 3

G: 7

H: 4, 10

I: 8

EX3.

1. Feeds
2. Switches
3. Has
4. Gets
5. Go
6. Gets
7. Want
8. Is learning
9. Think
10. Depends
11. Are looking
12. Are saving
13.Is working
14. Prefer
15. Is getting
16. Suppose
Speaking

EX1.

EX2.

1. Think about
2. What about you
3. Not quite sure
4. You could be right
5. Say, for example
6. More or less

Vocabulary
EX1.

1. Childhood
2. Excitement
3. Relationship
4. Affection
5. Enjoyment
6. Friendship
7. Reliable

EX2.

-ness -ment -ion -ship -hood -ity

Thoughtfulness Entertainment Companion Partnership Motherhood Responsibility
Goodness Retirement Hardship Parenthood Formality
Strictness Neighborhood
Boyhood

EX3.

1. Partnership
 2. Boyhood
3. Hardship
4. Entertainment
5. Retirement
6. Strictness
7. Companion
8. Motherhood

Listening
EX1.

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. E
5. F

EX2.

1. Pain in the neck

2. Drives me mad
3. Getting used
4. Stay in touch
5. Lives/ relationship
6. Good father
7. To do/ book
8. Air conditioning/ heat
9. Comes to stay
10. Daughter
11. Put him to

Speaking
EX1.

1. I like having time to myself. I mean, I enjoy being with other people, but I
can happily be on my own.
 2. I grew up in a middle-class family, but my grandparents, you know, were
working class.
3. It’s kind of hard to talk to my younger sister these days. We haven’t got a lot
in common.
4. We’re not sure what we’re doing this summer. We’ll probably go and see
my family in Belgium, I guess.
5. I’m so busy at work these days. It’s like, I don’t have time to see my friends.
6. Let’s see, we haven’t had a family get-together since my cousin’s wedding
two years ago.

Grammar
EX1.

1. Not very
2. Quite
3. Very

EX2.

1. D
2. B
3. F
4. A
5. C
6. E
 “Quite” in sentence 2 means a little
 “Quite” in sentence 6 means completely

EX3.

1. It’s quite late. Let’s go home.

2. We had quite a long talk and agreed to forget the past.
3. I find it quite impossible to understand him.
4. He’s quite an amazing little boy.
5. They live quite close to her husband’s family.
6. I think her photo are quite brilliant.

“Quite” in sentences 2, 4, 6 means completely.

Pronunciation
EX1.

Bit, little, pretty

EX2.

Ex’tremely

‘Absolutely

In’crediblely

Vocabulary
EX1.

EX2.

1. Gomez
2. Morticia
3. Wednesday
4. Pugsley
5. Lurch
6. Uncle Fester
7. Gomez

EX3.

Adjective Similar meaning Opposite meaning

Laid – back Relaxed Anxious
Stylish Well – dressed Badly-dressed
Shy Timid Outgoing
Full-of-her/himself Conceited Modest
Stingy Mean Generous
Stubborn Obstinate Flexible
Open-minded Liberal Intolerant
Sensible Practical Unrealistic
Sensitive Warm – hearted Insensitive
Reliable Dependable Undependable
EX4.

1. Stingy/mean - N
2. Open – minded/ Liberal - P
3. Badly – dressed - N
4. Undependable - N
5. Anxious – N
6. Outgoing – P
7. Sensitive/ Warm - hearted - P
8. Sensible/ Practical – P

EX5.

1. A. sensible; B: sensitive
2. A: familiar; B: relative
3. A: parents; B: relatives
4. A: friendly; B: sympathetic
5. A: old; B: ancient
6. A: actually; B: nowadays
7. A: quiet; B: quite
8. A: effect; B: affect

Writing
EX1.

Hi Parminder,

It was a lovely surprise to find your email on the Friends Reunited website. It’s
been ages since I last saw you. It must be ten years. How are you? What are you
doing these days? I expect you’ve had lots of changes in your life, too.

As you know, I went off to Canterbury to do my degree and I’m a computer

analyst now in London. I’m studying for a PhD at the moment and hopefully I’ll
finish it next year.
But life isn’t all work and study. I’m living with a great guy called Paul and we’re
getting married in June. I’d like to move back to Manchester next year and Paul is
happy to move, too, so we’re both looking for new jobs at the moment.

Are you still living in Manchester? I go back regularly to see my family and it’d be
great to meet up. Let me know when it’s convenient for you and where you’d like
to meet. I can’t wait to see you again.

Well, I must get back to work. Write soon and tell me all your news.

All the best,

Clare

EX2.

Beginning: Nice to get your email; Great to hear from you; Thanks for your email;
How are things going?

Signalling the end: I’d better stop now; I must go now; Anyway, keep in contact;
Write again soon; Give my love/regards to (your family)

Ending: Love,; All the best,; Bye for now