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SUGGESTED ANSWERS
Worksheet 1
A. (1) are; (2) ’m; (3) am attending; (4) have; (5) love; (6)
has; (7) start; (8) stop; (9) am getting; (10) know; (11)
have; (12) is; (13) is working; (14) is investing; (15)
suppose; (16) have; (17) is calling
B. 1. do … get / 2. do … catch / 3. are … having /
4. Are … going
Worksheet 2
A. (1) enjoyed; (2) was; (3) was; (4) was; (5) could; (6) tried;
(7) drank; (8) became; (9) couldn’t;
(1) was preparing; (2) knocked; (3) could; (4) were
unpacking; (5) went; (6) was; (7) was chewing;
(8) was talking; (9) told; (10) needed; (11) blew; (12) was;
(1) woke up; (2) was swimming; (3) was; (4) went; (5)
sailed; (6) was; (7) had; (8) ate; (9) danced; (10)
sunbathed; (11) tried; (12) loved
Worksheet 3
A. 1. has become; 2. has developed; 3. have always
influenced / have reproduced; 4. has been considered;
5. has won; 6. have performed; 7. has been; 8. has
focused; 9. has become; 10. have embraced
B. have seen / since; 2. has made / since; 3. has been
married / for; 4. has been / for; 5. has had / since; 6. have
lived / for; 7. have waited / for / has finally arrived; 8.
have been / since; 9. has been / for; 10. has been
Worksheet 4
A. (1) have decided; (2) have prepared; (3) left; (4) had;
(5) arrived; (6) took; (7) have stayed; (8) visited;
(9) have tasted; (10) has been divided; (11) saw; (12)
went; (13) have swum; (14) (have) sunbathed; (15) have
spent; (16) wanted; (17) left; (18) hired; (19) drove; (20)
have ridden; (21) (have) toured
B. 1. R; 2. R; 3. W (were); 4. W (became); 5. R
Worksheet 5
A. 1. native; 2. foreign; 3. barriers; 4. global; 5. lessons;
6. skills; 7. official
B. 1. takes after; 2. took … off; 3. take up; 4. take … back;
5. took off; 6. take … in; 7. took … out; 8. take … down;
9. taking … on
Worksheet 6
A. 1. a; 2. a; 3. a; 4. b; 5. a; 6. b; 7. a
Worksheet 7
A. 1. b / 2. e / 3. a / 4. f / 5. c / 6. d
B. 1. I have been chatting online for a long time. /
2. They have been using Cyberfriends.com for two years.
3. Paula has been contacting people all over the world. /
4. Cyberfriends.com has been working well so far. /
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5. Jefferson has been travelling around the world thanks
to friends he has met online. / 6. You have been writing
messages for two hours. / 7. Epals.com has been
expanding rapidly this year. / 8. Epals.com members
have been promoting foreign language learning.
Worksheet 8
A. Continuing situation – 2; 4; 5
Something completed – 1; 3; 6
B. 1. has been having; 2. have been exchanging;
3. has invited; 4. has been working; 5. have … started /
has been telling; 6. have been asking; 7. have carried
out; 8. has written
Worksheet 9
A. 1. a) John had never done that before. b) He had never
been to London before. c) He had never tried such an
experience before. d) He had never studied abroad
before.
2. a) He had never travelled by plane before. b) He had
never been away from his family before. c) He had never
stayed in a boarding school before. d) He had never
shared his room with others before.
3. a) He had never been to Oxford before. b) He had
never visited libraries and museums before. c) He had
never practised water sports before. d) He had never
spoken English with native speakers before.
B. 1. had helped; 2. had had; 3. had talked / had done; 4.
had done; 5. had accepted; 6. had found
Worksheet 10
A. 1. Louis had had a party without permission.
2. He had invited people he didn’t know.
3. He and his friends hadn’t tidied up the house.
4. The neighbours had complained about the noise.
5. He had missed his football training that morning.
6. He hadn’t studied for the test on Monday.
B. 1. had been planning; 2. had been chatting; 3. had been
partying; 4. had been waiting; 5. had been sleeping;
6. had been doing
C. 1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a; 7. b
Worksheet 11
A. 1. who; 2. whom/who; 3. which; 4. which; 5. whose;
6. which
B. 1. whose album Thriller is the best-selling ever.
2. which teenagers usually prefer.
3. whom he hired to dance in his music video.
4. who has won the most Grammy Awards.
5. which teenagers prefer to watch music videos.
6. who plays Jesus in the musical Jesus Christ
Superstar.
Worksheet 12
A. 1. at; 2. –; 3. on; 4. at; 5. in; 6. –; 7. In; 8. on; 9. At; 10. –
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B. 1. On; 2. On; 3. In; 4. In; 5. At; 6. At; 7. On; 8. In
C. 1. The film started on a spring morning. / 2. Christmas is
celebrated on the 25th of December. / 3. An earthquake
destroyed Lisbon in the 18th century. / 4. Neil Armstrong
walked on the moon for the first time in 1969. / 5. The
alarm clock went off at 6.30 a.m. / 6. My son was still
online yesterday at midnight. / 7. They always sing
Christmas carols on Christmas Eve. / 8. I go for long
walks in the summer.
Worksheet 13
A. 1. must; 2. would; 3. mustn’t; 4. will; 5. can; 6. may;
7. should; 8. shouldn’t
B. 1. should stop buying new clothes.
2. may start soon.
3. couldn’t buy anything on that sale. There were too
many people.
4. must remember to dress your school uniform.
5. can’t be Tom; he’s much taller.
Worksheet 14
A. 1. highest (a); 2. best (a); 3. most (b); 4. most expensive
(a); 5. greatest (c); 6. biggest (c)
B. 1. the biggest; 2. more famous; 3. better; 4. worse; 5. the
happiest
Worksheet 15
A. 1. b; 2. d; 3. a; 4. e; 5. c
B. but – however
although – even though
in spite of – despite
however – nevertheless
though – although (at the beginning of the sentence)
C. 1. In spite of being very determined; 2. Even though the
food bank; 3. nevertheless, they can’t cope; 4. Despite
the fact that other people
Worksheet 16
A. 1. f); 2. c); 3. b); 4. e); 5. a); 6. d)
B. 1. were used to/are used to; 2. got used to; 3. are used
to; 4. were not used to; 5. were used to / are used to; 6.
are … used to; 7. got used to; 8. aren’t used to
C. 1. used to/is used to; 2. used to/ isn’t used to;
3. used to/is used to; 4. used to/got used to
Worksheet 17
A. 1. that day she was going to buy one of her favourite
books by Carl Sagan; 2. that Sara had never visited a
spacecraft before; 3. that time he would ask for a trip in a
space shuttle for his birthday; 4. that her brother had been
offered a trip in a balloon; 5. the month before they had
received a sample of stones from Mars; 6. that after (…)
Sergei was returning to Earth the following day.
B. 1. said he didn’t like science fiction films; 2. promised he
was not going to spend his time with nonsense about
aliens; 3. apologised for telling Susan how the film had
ended; 4. explained that the day before her sister had
come there to see the eclipse of the sun; 5. told us that
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the Universe was his place of work and that he wouldn’t
be unemployed; 6. repeated that she didn’t believe in
aliens and she had never seen War of the Worlds; 7. said
that Space Cowboys benefitted from the performance of
four successful actors; 8. explained Clint Eastwood
directed and also starred in the film.
Worksheet 18
A. 1. where I had bought my new i-Phone; 2. when that
gadget would be available; 3. how many gadgets had
been released that year; 4. if he intended to keep all his
vinyl records; 5. if he/she had shopped for that cell phone
online; 6. what had happened to the old typewriter which
was in his office.
B. 1. asked who had invented the phone; 2. questioned
me/them about the murder; 3. wondered if it would be my
Xmas present; 4. wanted to know how much it had cost;
5. wanted to know what time the spacecraft had been
launched; 6. asked why it had been delayed; 7.
wondered who had flown in Freedom 7, thus becoming
the first American in space; 8. wanted to know what the
positive sides of space exploration were
Worksheet 19
A. 1. press; 2. starts; 3. stops; 4. breaks; 5. freezes; 6. get
B. will let / see / stops / will go / don’t leave / won’t get
C. 1. were you; 2. wouldn’t be thriving; 3. weren’t a
technophobe
D. 1. can’t swim, they sink in deep waters.
2. see Jim, I will give him the message.
3. had an Internet connection, I would do the research.
Worksheet 20
A. 1. b; 2. a; 3. e; 4. d; 5. c
B. 1. will allow / 2. will be able to / 3. is releasing / 4. is going
to take place / 5. opens / 6. is organising/is going to
explore / 7. will visit / 8. leaves / 9. are going to be /
10. am meeting
Worksheet 21
A. 1. will be working/ 2. will be giving/ 3. will be thinking/
4. will be developing/ 5. will be driving/ 6. Will you be
working/ 7. won’t be organizing/ 8. will be teaching
B. 1. My friend Toby will be using the new RX100 on his
birthday next week. / 2. By shopping in outlets people will
be saving lots of money. / 3. ES Super Audio CD will be
taking digital sound to a new level. / 4. The installation
team will be offering free service over the next two
months. / 5. This brand will be giving free music and
movies on the purchase of any tablet. / 6. Remote
macros on tablets will be making life easier as you can
forget the remote controls in your living room. / 7. When
buying a Cyber-shot RX100, you will be getting an
additional accessory free. / 8. They will be working with
us on a new project over the next weeks. / 9. My children
will be playing games on their PS3 at this time
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tomorrow. / 10. Students will be using new tablets next

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5. He was given a new computer last Christmas.

6. She will be sent some letters next Tuesday.
Worksheet 22 B. (1) was offered / (2) was told / (3) was sent / (4) was
A. 1. a) would have remained; b) wouldn’t have known; promised / (5) would be given / (6) wasn’t being paid /
c) wouldn’t have built; d) wouldn’t have known (7) had never been shown / (8) hadn’t been given
2. a) wouldn’t have sent; b) wouldn’t have seen; C. (Suggestions) 1. has been given a mobile phone /
c) wouldn’t have been able; d) wouldn’t have known 2. any expensive gifts / 3. a cup / 4. was asked /
B. 1. had paid 20 million dollars, he could have flown 5. were given / 6. were told
2. had suffered from space sickness, she wouldn’t have
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3. hadn’t invested a lot of time and money in exploring A. 1. b; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. a; 6. a
Mars, they wouldn’t have discovered B. 1. improve; 2. listening; 3. to surf; 4. feeling; 5. to use;
4. may not have been inspired to make ‘ET’ if he had not 6. watch; 7. lending
heard C. (Suggestions)
5. wouldn’t have explored the moon if the Apollo Program 1. to send the email?
hadn’t 2. explaining him the situation.
6. hadn’t set foot on the moon, he wouldn’t have said 3. driving my motorbike.
7. had not been able to correct a defect in its optical 4. shopping with my friends.
system … would not have revealed 5. having lied to her parents.
8. had attempted manned spaceflight, it would have 6. take your car tonight?
incurred
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Worksheet 23 A. 1. c; 2. d; 3. f; 4. e; 5. a; 6. b
A. 1. to; 2. in order to; 3. so as to; 4. so that; 5. in order that B. 1. about; 2. at; 3. from; 4. with; 5. on; 6. from
B. 1. so that/in order that – d; 2. to/so as to/in order to – f; C. 1. doesn’t belong to me
3. to/so as to/in order to – a; 4. to/so as to/in order to – b; 2. dream about of travelling
5. so that/in order that – e; 6. to/so as to/ in order to – c 3. depends on you
C. 1. Harry is studying to be an electrical engineer. 4. comments on what
2. They are saving money so as to buy a top smart TV. 5. laugh at me
3. The manual has lots of pictures so that users can 6. could agree with
install the device without difficulty.
4. You have to register in order to participate in the show. Worksheet 28
5. Film directors use special effects to make films more A. 1. c) / 2. b) / 3. b) / 4. c) / 5. a) / 6. a)
impressive. B. (1) Being / (2) Owing to / (3) because / (4) Because of /
6. He turned off the lights in order that the horror movie (5) Because / (6) due to / (7) Since / (8) The reason why /
would be scarier. (9) because / (10) as

Worksheet 24
A. 1. has known; 2. has been left; 3. signed; 4. to be given;
5. was backed; 6. was forced; 7. claimed; 8. had been
beaten; 9. can be easily explained; 10. will be transported
B. 1. The news has been heard by millions of people.
2. A new bridge will be built next year.
3. Their house was sold for 300,000 euros.
4. The work must be completed before you go home.
5. Comments have been sent by readers using
Facebook.
6. The robbers were arrested two hours later.
7. The war will be covered by reporters 24 hours a day.

Worksheet 25
A. 1. We were brought an Internet contract to sign.
2. The viewers were read Facebook comments about the
PM.
3. I have been lent a new Internet device for a week.
4. The winner of the online contest was given a prize.

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