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Unit 4
Vocabulary p28 5 more + adverb + than 5 neighbourhood: a local community
1 Possible answers 6 the most + adverb 6 partnership: the connection between partners
7 fast, hard, early, late, long, soon, near 7 membership: the state of belonging to a
must be.. must NOT be..
8 well, bad, little group or club
a surgeon patient nervous
2 1 more quickly than
a teacher determined insecure
2 the best Click onto … p32
patient tactless
3 (the) most dramatically 1 1 Stronger
a pilot polite bossy
serious slow 4 more often than 2 Flower: not a work of art
a tour guide assertive bossy 5 more carelessly than 3 12 (Four years ago Jane was 8 and Sam was 4,
patient quiet 6 earlier than half her age. In four years’ time Jane will be 16
polite reserved 7 more widely than and Sam will be 12, three-quarters of her age.)
a diplomat patient insecure 9 more energetically than 4 11 5 (There are two sequences here together:
tactful narrow-minded 10 calmer, better 1 3 5 7 9 (ascending odd numbers) and
tactless 10 9 8 7 6 (numbers descending from 10)
a taxi driver patient nervous 3 1 Other children don’t learn as quickly as child
geniuses. so the next numbers in each sequence are 11
polite tactless
4 Jane doesn’t go jogging as often in the and 5)
an ice-road determined nervous
trucker patient summer as in the winter. 2 1 Paragraph B 2 Paragraph D 3 Paragraph C
a zoo keeper assertive nervous 5 Jared didn’t ride his bike as carefully as usual 4 Paragraph A
patient insecure and he crashed it. 3 1 approved 2 percentile 3 creed
quiet 6 Peter didn’t finish as late as he’d expected to 4 stimulating 5 staggering 6 irrelevant
2 1 broad-minded (b) 2 tight-fisted (d) so he’ll be here soon. 7 on welfare 8 attained
3 easy-going (c) 4 big-headed (a) 9 Jarvis doesn’t play the piano as energetically 4 1 1946
5 self-confident (f ) 6 hard-working (e) as Nina does. 2 Roland Berrill, Dr Lance Ware
3 Possible answers 1 The sooner the better! 3–5 identify and advance human intelligence;
tight-lipped: secretive 2 Better late than never! provide social opportunities for its members;
big-hearted: generous 3 Better safe than sorry! encourage research on intelligence
hard-headed: realistic, unsentimental; 4 This is going from bad to worse! 6 casual social activity, marriage, sense of family,
hard-hearted: unkind, intolerant 5 1 Yu solved the cube more slowly than Erik . exercise their minds
well-mannered 2 Yu was the slowest contestant. 7 all ages, most 20–60
4 Students’ own answers 3 Feliks solved the cube more quickly than Erik. 8 all (100 countries
4 Feliks was the fastest contestant. 9 all, eg professors, artists, police
Reading p29 5 Yu restored the cube (the) most slowly. 5 Students’ own answers
1, 2 Students’ own answers 6 Erik was a slower contestant than Feliks.
3
Grammar in context p33
Developing vocabulary p31
Name Area of Present situation 1 1 a/an 2 a/an 3 the 4 – 5 the 6 the
1
genius 2 1 a 2 the 3 a 4 the 5 – 6 the 7 the 8 –
Adjectives
Jeremy IT/computers Legal studies student 9 – 10 – 11 the 12 a 13 the
Roberts in Florida creative creation creator
3 1 e 2 d 3 f 4 b 5 c 6 a
Adam Dent chemistry IT consultant electrical electrics/electricity electrician
Ganesh maths works in a bank (credit political politics politician 4 1 so 2 enough 3 so 4 watch 5 that 6 such
Sittampalam Suisse), married with a scientific science scientist 5 Students’ own answers
son
Terence Judd music died at 22 Verbs Developing speaking p34
(piano) direct direction director 1 Possible answers
Ruth maths works at Jerusalem employ employment employer Do you agree with any part of the statement?
Lawrence university, married, 2 invent invention inventor
children
• As the text in the SB says, practice makes
compete competition competitor perfect
4 Possible answers educate education educator • If children aren’t given opportunities by
1 He got fed up because everyone else was profess profession professor parents and teachers, they can’t find/show
slower than he was.
operate operation operator their talents
2 He’s pleased about how his life has
investigate investigation investigator • Children need to be guided and given
developed/changed/ended up.
perform performance performer discipline to succeed
3 There are two sides to being a genius: some
• Most geniuses are helped by their parents e.g.
advantages, some disadvantages. 2 Students’ own answers
Picasso was taught by his father at an early
4 He was pleased with himself regardless of his 3 1 -ness 2 -ist 3 -ment 4 -ence age
age.
4 Students’ own answers Do you disagree with any part of the statement?
5 grow older without being forced in any
5 1 researchers 2 development 3 scientists • Geniuses are born, not made
direction
4 performance 5 intelligence 6 difference • If everyone were a genius, no-one would be,
5 Students’ own answers because the definition of a genius has to be
7 suggestion 8 encouragement 9 confusion
10 simplification someone who has more talent than most
Grammar in context p30 other people
1 1 adjective + -er + than 6 2 relationship: a connection between two • Looking at examples from history, some
2 the + adjective + -est things or people geniuses find their talents themselves,
3 more + adjective + than 3 friendship: the connection between friends without guidance from parents
4 the most + adjective 4 motherhood: the state of being a mother

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Developing writing p35

1 1 picture 1: painting; picture 2: playing the
piano; picture 3: playing chess
2 (possibly) proud, happy, confident
3 children
4 they are child prodigies/they are practising a
skill that is unusual in someone so young
5 Students’ own answers

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