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7A Whodunnit?

1 LISTENING & PRONUNCIATION understanding an accent

b He was accused of a double murder and sentenced to death. Because he had an alibi and he was
arrested and convicted by racist officials. / Because he is black and everyone in court was white.

c 1 I goes (went), I fire (fired), I just happen (happened)

2 you got (you’ve got), I ain’t done none (I haven’t done any)
3 a innocent (an), how do he (does)
4 they was (were), you was (were)
5 I don’t care when it raining (it’s), I walks (walk), every time it rain (rains), I walks in the rain
(walk), it feel (feels)

d 1 Two detectives from the Birmingham Police Department.

The document was a warrant for his arrest.
2 Why am I being arrested?
He was being charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping, and first-degree
attempted murder.
3 He felt numb; alive but dead at the same time.
4 He didn’t speak to anyone. His overriding feeling was hatred / anger.
5 Another prisoner was crying because his mother had just died. Anthony remembered his own
mother’s advice and showed compassion to the man.
6 Lester Bailey is Anthony’s very old and best friend. They’ve known each other for 59 years. He
visited Anthony 10,999 times.

e 1 racism 2 African-American 3 16 4 cried 5 bad 6 car 7 woman / lady 8 afraid / frightened

/ scared 9 everything 10 freedom

2 VOCABULARY punishment
a 2 He was charged with murder.
3 He was convicted.
4 He was sentenced to death.
5 His lawyers fought to prove his innocence.
6 He had his conviction quashed.
7 He was released.

Vocabulary Bank punishment

1 PRISON SENTENCES
b 2 defendant 3 serial offender 4 diminished responsibility 5 fine 6 community service 7 life
sentence

2 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
b 2 war crimes 3 death penalty 4 electric chair 5 appeals

3 LIFE IN PRISON
b 2 prison officer 3 solitary confinement 4 Maximum security 5 locked up 6 surveillance 7
open prisons 8 rehabilitation 9 reoffend 10 be deprived of

4 LEAVING PRISON
b 2 electronic tag 3 reintegrate 4 retrial 5 wrongfully convicted 6 pardon 7 compensation

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4 WRITING a report
ANALYSING A MODEL TEXT
b 1a
2 a, b, c – Introduction
d – Basic skills and vocational training, Secondary and higher education provision
e, f – Conclusion and recommendations
3 Strengths
There is a strong focus on improving basic numeracy and literacy.
The amount of vocational training and provision of apprenticeship schemes is adequate.
Recommendations
Allocate more budget to educational provision.
More hours should be devoted to higher-level education.
Provide more training for teachers.

d 1 Fernhill Prison
2 a strong focus on improving basic numeracy and literacy
3 basic numeracy and literacy
4 study for secondary and degree-level qualifications
5 inmates failing to study for secondary and degree-level qualifications
6 the three recommendations that are listed next
7 the level of challenge
8 attendance is poor
9 library
10 a volunteer scheme aimed at helping the men to record stories for their children

e It would appear that

Clearly
On the evidence from this investigation
There is no doubt that

USEFUL LANGUAGE
f 1 …with the purpose of investigating the provision of education and training.
2 They reported having been permanently excluded from school.
3 The primary reason for this is staff shortages.
4 Clearly, the provision of classes is insufficient to meet the demand.
5 Education is a crucial factor in reducing reoffending rates.
6 The training can assist in offenders’ rehabilitation after discharge.
7 They expressed satisfaction with the teaching staff.
8 Teachers fail to set achievable targets.

5 READING & SPEAKING deconstructing an in-depth article

a 1C 2H 3A 4D 5F 6G 7B 8E

c They manipulate time in a more complex way, with more than one plot moving both forwards and
backwards in time.

d 1G 2B 3F 4D 5C 6E 7A

e 1 A whodunnit moves backwards in time to work out past events, to answer the question, ‘What
happened?’; a thriller moves forwards in step with the characters and as the events happen (to
ask the question, ‘What will happen next?’); a suspense plot is a combination of the two.

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2 It starts with a crime and then an ordinary policeman and a brilliant private detective or amateur
sleuth try to solve it. The story is told in retrospect by a single narrator, a loyal companion.
3 The Moonstone is set in England in 1848; The Bridge is set between Sweden and Denmark in
2018.
4 The plot moving forward: Sergeant Cuff’s investigation of the theft of the moonstone on Rachel
Verinder’s birthday. The plot moving backwards: Gabriel Betteredge writing down what he
remembers about the original history of the moonstone.
5 The plot moving forward: Saga Norén’s investigation of three murders and anticipating four
more. The plot moving backwards: the stories of Saga’s false conviction for murdering her
mother, her unofficial investigation of the disappearance of her colleague’s children, and her
childhood.

f sleuth /sluːθ/ = (old-fashioned or humorous) a person who investigates crimes

piece together the clues /piːs təˈɡeðə ðə kluːz/ = (phrasal verb) to understand a story, situation, etc.
by taking all the evidence about it and putting it together
baddie (or baddy) /ˈbædi/ = (informal) a bad or evil character in a film, book, play, etc.
on the loose /ɒn ðə luːs/ = (idiom) having escaped from somewhere; free
misdemeanour /mɪsdɪˈmiːnə/ = an action that is bad or unacceptable, but not very serious
intrigue /ˈɪntriːɡ/ = the atmosphere of interest and excitement that surrounds sth secret or important
gruesome murder /ˈɡruːsəm ˈmɜːdə/ = very unpleasant killing of a person
goes missing /ɡəʊz ˈmɪsɪŋ/ = vanished / disappeared
execution methods /eksɪˈkjuːʃn ˈmeθədz/ = the ways of killing sb
falsely convicted /ˈfɔːlsli kənˈvɪktɪd/ = wrongly found guilty
serial killings /ˈsɪəriəl kɪlɪŋz/ = deaths committed in the same way by the same person

6 GRAMMAR complex passive forms

a 1 a Rachel is left a priceless moonstone (by her uncle).
b A priceless moonstone is left to Rachel (by her uncle).
2 a The moonstone is rumoured to have been stolen from an Indian temple.
b It is rumoured that the moonstone had been stolen from an Indian temple.

Grammar Bank 7A

a 1  was made for her

2✓
3  having been told
4✓
5  be commissioned
6✓
7  regarded as / is considered to be
8  known
9  being referred to

b 1 He was given a brand new bicycle / A brand new bicycle was given to him as a reward for
passing his exam.
2 I’m getting / having my hair cut later today.
3 Shakespeare is considered (by many people) to be Britain’s finest playwright.
4 Children should be taught (at school / by schools) how to deal with conflicts.
5 I’m afraid the car has been / has got slightly damaged.
6 The Prime Minister is expected to make / It is expected that the Prime Minister will make an
announcement later today.
7 Do you ever get / have your windows cleaned?
8 It is being suggested that the company will go bankrupt.

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9 My computer was / got hacked into at the weekend.

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7B Alone or with friends?

1 READING understanding implicit attitudes and opinions

b Solitude is being happy with being by yourself; loneliness is not liking being alone.
Because we have never been taught as children that it can be positive to be alone, nor the skills to
enjoy being alone.

c Sarah
1 She’s a fire tower officer. She sits in a tower in the forest in Australia and looks out for bush
fires.
2 She has hobbies such as reading, writing and listening to music, which keep her busy.
Jordan
1 He’s a lorry driver. He drives a lorry across Europe.
2 He plans for his days off with his family. He walks at night to keep fit.
Alexander
1 He’s an expedition doctor. He has studied the way humans behave in the Arctic and Antarctic, as
part of research into sending humans to Mars.
2 Keeping busy and being creative, having a purpose to keep you focused.

d Sarah
+ She enjoys having the freedom to dream, listening to classical music, and thinking.
– Friends and family only visit occasionally, she’s not likely to have a boyfriend.
Jordan
+ He enjoys driving, the money is good. He’s not often completely alone.
– He misses his family, especially the first two nights away.
Alexander
+ He enjoys solitude and is happy in his own company.
– It’s isolating and the darkness and cold can be hard.
Alexander Kumar is probably the most positive about being alone. He is the only one who actually
mentions enjoying solitude.

2 VOCABULARY connotation
a a alone b lonely c solitary

b 1 second-hand = owned by somebody else before (more negative connotation); vintage = typical of
a period in the past and of high quality (more positive connotation); a more neutral word = old /
used
2 youthful = young or seeming younger than you are (more positive connotation); childish =
behaving in a stupid or silly way (more negative connotation); a more neutral word = young
3 original = able to produce new and interesting ideas (more positive connotation); weird = strange
in a mysterious and frightening way (more negative connotation); a more neutral word =
different / unusual
4 thrifty = careful about spending money and not wasting things (more positive connotation);
stingy = not generous, especially with money (more negative connotation); a more neutral word
= frugal
5 affordable = cheap enough that people can afford to buy it (more positive connotation); cheap =
low in price and quality (more negative connotation, e.g. cheap and nasty)
6 smarmy = too polite in a way that is not sincere (more negative connotation); charming = very
pleasant or attractive (more positive connotation); a more neutral word = nice

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7 determined = having made a firm decision and not letting anyone prevent you from doing sth
(more positive connotation); stubborn = determined not to change your opinion or (more
negative connotation); a more neutral word = firm
8 aggressive = angry, behaving in a threatening way (more negative connotation); assertive =
expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, so that people take notice (more
positive connotation)

3 SPEAKING
a She prefers eating out with other people because she likes it to be a social occasion.
She prefers shopping alone because it’s quicker and easier, and more relaxing.
She likes dancing by herself, as she has a sense of freedom and doesn’t feel self-conscious.

4 LISTENING understanding humour, irony, and implicit cultural

references, and picking up nuances of meaning
c The tone is humorous; the journalist exaggerates for comic effect and to be provocative.
1 The campsite was very remote with no electricity, running water, and a hole for a toilet.
2 The friends’ son was very badly behaved.
3 Their room was too small because they had a lot of baby equipment.

d 1 She thinks you won’t find out that you don’t actually get on with a good friend until you’ve lived
with them for a week.
2 She thinks one of the biggest problems is that people have different expectations.
3 She expected to enjoy the camping holiday in Canada because the motorhome was very
luxurious and campsites in North America have a reputation for being very comfortable.
4 Her friends were not happy when she suggested moving to a different campsite.
5 The thing most likely to cause holiday arguments is travelling with children – your own or other
people’s.
6 Her friends Amanda and Simon didn’t like the fact that her husband shouted at their son.
7 Her friends in France weren’t very pleased when she and her husband didn’t want to go out at
night.
8 She thinks the reason she still keeps agreeing to go on group holidays is because she forgets how
awful they are.

e 1 I’ve been there = I’ve had that experience

2 going it alone = doing it by themselves
3 mod cons = short for ‘modern conveniences’ (= things in a house / flat that make living there
easier and more comfortable)
4 bouncing off the ceiling = full of energy and unable to keep still
hyped up on = overstimulated, overexcited
5 most put out = very annoyed, offended
hit the town = go out in a town at night

5 PRONUNCIATION linking
a 1 Because hypochondriac ends and control begins with the same consonant sound.
2 Because difference ends in a consonant sound and in begins with a vowel sound (also in and
expectations).
3 Because forward ends in /d/ and to begins with /t/ and the two sounds are very similar.

b 1 final /t/ in must 2 final /d/ in and

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c 1A 2C 3B

6 GRAMMAR special uses of tenses

b 1 present continuous, in Conversation 2
2 past continuous, in Conversation 1
3 past simple, in Conversation 3

Grammar Bank 7B

a 1 a = we are ready; b = it’s already late

2 a = more polite; b = more direct
3 a = Ian mentioned the information during a conversation, among other things; b = a direct
report of what Ian said
4 a = much more formal; b = standard usage
5 a = straightforward past simple narrative; b = dramatic effect for telling a joke
6 a = reported immediately after it’s been said; b = reported later
7 a = historic present for immediacy; b = standard past simple narrative

b 1 A I’m fed up with Kevin. He never tidies his room, and he treats the house as if it were / was a
hotel.
B It sounds as his parents never taught him to do any housework.
2 A I wonder / was wondering if you could possibly help me?
B Certainly. What are you looking / were you looking for?
3 It’s a brilliant plot. This quite wealthy woman falls in love with a man 20 years younger than
her and her children all think he’s a gold-digger.
4 A I am thinking / was thinking of going out for a walk tomorrow. Do you fancy coming
along?
B That sounds good. Where do you have / did you have in mind?
5 A I gather that the party has been postponed.
B Yes, I decided I’d rather we didn’t run the risk of having problems with the weather.

7 THE CONVERSATION
a 1D 2A 5J

b 1J 2D 3A 4A 5D 6J

d 1 sizes 2 stage 3 came 4 invested 5 been 6 rocks 7 through

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7 Revise and Check

USE OF ENGLISH
a 2 would 3 locked 4 solitary 5 were 6 on 7 sentence 8 convicted 9 had 10 committed 11
spent 12 being

b 2 were under surveillance

3 needs to be done to combat
4 supposed to be told
5 should be deprived of
6 high time the police investigated

READING
1E 2G 3C 4A 5F 6D
unused paragraph – B

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