Workbook Answer Key UNIT 8

Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

1. do; live; in 2. Does; on 3. Are; at 4. Do; live; on
5. do; work; in 6. does; works; at 7. Does; live; on Exercise 2
Across
Exercise 2 1. bathroom 3. museum 4. stairway 5. elevator
2. It’s a park. 3. It’s a train station. 4. It’s an airport. 9. building 11. closet 12. furniture 13. appliances
5. It’s a restaurant. 6. It’s a stadium. 14. mall
Down
Exercise 3 2. hospital 6. think 7. kitchen 8. ugly 10. beautiful
Answers will vary.

Exercise 4
Answers will vary.

Exercise 5
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. There’s a living room. 3. There’s one bathroom.
4. There are two windows. 5. There’s one small
closet. 7. There are two small bathrooms.
8. There’s one large living room. 9. There are six
windows. 10. There are three closets.

Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

Exercise 7
Answers will vary.

Exercise 8
Answers will vary.

Exercise 9
Answers will vary.

Exercise 10
1. a sofa 2. a table 3. a chair 4. a bed 5. a dresser
6. a mirror 7. a desk 8. a lamp 9. a bookcase

Exercise 11
Answers will vary.

Exercise 12
Answers will vary.

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 9
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

1. [It’s] warm. 2. [It’s] hot. 3. [It’s] cool 4. [It’s]
cold.
Exercise 2
2. He’s shaving. 3. She’s watching TV. 4. He’s
taking out the garbage. 5. They’re exercising.
6. She’s playing soccer.
Exercise 1
2. today 3. tonight 4. this morning 5. this
afternoon 6. this evening 7. tomorrow 8. the day
after tomorrow 9. this week 10. this month
Puzzle: “Life is what happens to you while you’re
busy making other plans.”

Exercise 3
2. No, she’s not. She’s taking a nap / relaxing.
3. No, they’re not. They’re cleaning the house.
4. No, she’s not. She’s wearing a jacket / jeans /
pants. 5. No, it’s not. It’s raining.

Exercise 4
1. f 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. b 6. d

Exercise 5
Answers will vary acording to the date.

Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

Exercise 7
Answers will vary.

Exercise 8
Answers will vary.

Exercise 9
2. What’s the grandmother doing? 3. Where are
the parents / Mr. and Mrs. Ryan going? 4. Who’s
watching TV? / Who’s eating an apple? 5. What’s
the son eating? 6. What’s the daughter doing? /
Where’s the daughter playing?

Exercise 10
Answers will vary.

Exercise 11
1. taking 2. playing 3. studying 4. exercising
5. eating 6. doing 7. driving 8. calling 9. going
10. getting dressed

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 10
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 Exercise 11
Answers will vary. Answers will vary.

Exercise 2 Exercise 12
Answers will vary but may include the following: 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. b
1. Yes, there are. There are three. 2. There are six
eggs. 3. Yes, there are. There’s ½ an onion. Exercise 13
4. There’s one tomato. 5. Answers will vary. 1. are you eating 2. Does he want 3. do we have
6. Answers will vary. 4. am wearing; wear 5. Does Jeff work; is playing
6. do you eat; are going
Exercise 3
How students respond to the following questions JUST FOR FUN
will vary. 2. How many people are there in your
family? 3. How many days are there in this month? Exercise 2
4. How many sweaters are there in your closet? Across
5. How many bathrooms are there in your home? 2. loaf 4. pepper 5. rice 8. recipe 10. lemonade
11. containers 13. sugar
Exercise 4 Down
1. X 2. X 3. a 4. X 5. an 6. X 7. X 8. an 9. X 1. thefridge (The space between “the” and “fridge”
10. a 11. X 12. an is omitted here.) 3. orange 6. ingredients 7. drinks
9. potatoes 12. beans
Exercise 5
Answers will vary.

Exercise 6
2. Eggs are white and yellow. 3. Butter is yellow /
white. 4. Orange juice is orange / yellow.
5. Tomatoes are red / orange. 6. Coffee is black /
brown.

Exercise 7
2. a can of soda 3. a bag of rice 4. a box of pasta
5. a bottle of oil

Exercise 8
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. How much bread do we have? 3. Is there any
juice in the fridge? 4. Are there any onions on the
shelf? 5. How many bananas do you want?
6. How much sugar is there?

Exercise 9
1. How many; There are two. 2. How much; There
are four bottles. 3. How many; There are two.
4. How much; There are six cans.

Exercise 10
1. Is there any; Yes, there is. 2. Are there any; Yes,
there are. 3. Is there any; Yes, there is. 4. Is there
any; No, there isn’t.

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 11
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

Answers will vary according to the date.
Exercise 2
Exercise 2 T H I N K C U T E T G
How students respond to the following questions T A K E S E E C A W E
will vary. T C O M E C C A T S T
2. Were 3. was 4. Was 5. was 6. was 7. were
T E L I K E T U E A I
8. was
H N C E H A V E V Y Y
V U T D R I V E O C A
Exercise 3
S T U D Y E D R I N K
Answers will vary. Following are examples of
W R I T E M A K E A T
possible sentences:
E S C L E A N P L A Y
1. There was a concert on Monday, in the afternoon.
2. There was a game last Wednesday. 3. There was a E X E R C I S E B U Y
movie three days ago. 4. There were exercise classes W A T C H R E A D L A
last Sunday.
Simple past tense forms:
Exercise 4 thought liked made
1. came 2. saw 3. went 4. got 5. took 6. drove cut had cleaned
7. put 8. ate 9. didn’t exercise 10. didn’t read took said played
11. was 12. bought saw drove exercised
ate studied bought
Exercise 5 got drank watched
Answers will vary. came wrote read

Exercise 6
Answers will vary. Some possible answers include:
1. What time did you get home? 2. What did she
make for dinner? 3. Who cleaned your house?
4. Where did you eat? 5. How many books did you
buy?

Exercise 7
Answers will vary.

Exercise 8
Answers will vary.

Exercise 9
Answers will vary but may include the following:
1. Did you have a good weekend? 2. Where did you
go? 3. How was the weather? 4. Who went to the
beach with you? 5. What did you do?

Exercise 10
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. d

Exercise 11
Answers will vary.

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 12
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

Answers will vary.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2 2. a cold 3. a cough 4. a sore throat
Answers will vary. 5. a stomachache 6. a fever 7. a headache
8. an earache 9. a backache 10. a toothache
Exercise 3 11. a runny nose
1. eye 2. ear 3. nose 4. chin 5. hair 6. eyebrow Puzzle: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.”
7. eyelashes 8. mouth
Exercise 2
Exercise 4 Across
Answers will vary. 4. knee 5. beard 7. teeth 8. fingers 10. feet
11. short 13. stomach 14. bald
Exercise 5 Down
Answers will vary. 1. mouth 2. head 3. remedies 6. accidents 7. toes
9. eyes 12. mustache
Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

Exercise 7
1. head 2. neck 3. arm 4. hand 5. leg 6. foot
7. shoulder 8. chest 9. stomach 10. hip 11. knee
12. ankle

Exercise 8
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. He hurt his back. 3. He hurt his arm. 4. She
cut her arm. 5. He broke his ankle / foot. 6. What
happened? 7. I’m sorry to hear that. Does it hurt?

Exercise 9
Answers will vary.

Exercise 10
Answers will vary.

Exercise 11
Answers will vary.

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 13
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

Answers will vary.
Exercise 2
Exercise 2 Across
2. He can’t cook. 3. They can ski. 4. He can’t swim. 6. abilities 9. rollover (The space between “roll” and
“over” is omitted here.) 10. sew 11. ski 12. maybe
Exercise 3 13. full
1. Can; speak; can speak 2. Can; fix; can 3. Can; Down
paint 4. Can; sew / knit; can’t / can; can / can’t 1. badly 2. toosmall (The space between “too” and
5. Can; play; can play “small” is omitted here.) 3. handme (The space
between “hand” and “me” is omitted here.) 4. sing
Exercise 4 5. turnoff (The space between “turn” and “off” is
Answers will vary. omitted here.) 7. cook 8. swim

Exercise 5
Answers will vary.

Exercise 6
2. She’s too tired. 3. It’s too dirty. 4. It’s too
expensive. 5. It’s too windy. 6. It’s too hot.

Exercise 7
1. tired 2. late 3. full 4. early 5. hungry 6. busy

Exercise 8
Answers will vary.

Exercise 9
1. b 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. f 6. d

Exercise 10
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. Could you please do the dishes? 3. Could you
please do the laundry? 4. Could you please make
dinner? 5. Could you please go shopping?

Exercise 11
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b

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Workbook Answer Key UNIT 14
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1 JUST FOR FUN

1. When was Yao Ming born? 2. Where did he grow
up? 3. Where did he go to school? 4. When did he Exercise 2
move to the United States? 5. When did he retire Across
from basketball? 1. getmarried (The space between “get” and
“married” is omitted here.) 2. careers 5. move
Exercise 2 8. children 10. travel 11. medicine
1. an architect 2. a manager 3. a doctor / a nurse Down
4. a teacher 5. an engineer 1. gocamping (The space between “go” and
“camping” is omitted here.) 3. relax 4. magician
Exercise 3 6. education 7. subjects 9. graduate
Answers will vary

Exercise 4
Answers will vary

Exercise 5
Answers will vary.

Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

Exercise 7
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. Is he going to see a doctor? 3. Are you going to
go shopping? 4. Is he going to go to Spain? 5. Are
you going to do the laundry? 6. Is she going to be a
doctor? 7. Are you going to relax?

Exercise 8
1. Yao Ming and Ye Li got married. 2. There was
an earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. 3. It is
building new schools in Sichuan. 4. It is going to
help children in other parts of China and in the U.S.

Exercise 9
Answers will vary.

Exercise 10
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. Who would you like to marry? 3. How many
children would you like to have? 4. When would
you like to have children? 5. What would you like to
do? 6. When would you like to change careers?

Exercise 11
Answers will vary.

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Workbook Answer Key UNITS 8–14 REVIEW
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

Exercise 1
Answers will vary.

Exercise 2
1. goes running 2. is driving 3. cooked 4. am going to
relax

Exercise 4
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. Yes, I did. 3. I studied law. 4. Yes, I can. I can
play the piano, the flute, and the saxophone.
5. I learned to play the piano when I was six.
6. I have two children, Amos and Matteo. 7. I live
in Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany. 8. I study music and
practice singing for two hours or more every day.
9. I read and cook Italian food.

Exercise 5
Answers will vary but may include the following:
2. was born; be born 3. grew up; grow up
4. started; start 5. was; be 6. learned; learn
7. had; have 8. graduated; graduate 9. studied; study
10. worked; work 11. sang; sing 12. got married;
get married 13. listened; listen 14. made; make
15. wrote; write

OPTIONAL VOCABULARY BOOSTER ACTIVITIES

Exercise 1
Answers will vary.

Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
Answers will vary.

Exercise 5
2. glass 3. go rock climbing 4. elbow 5. drums
6. drama

Exercise 6
Answers will vary.

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