9A

1 GRAMMAR

a 2 to, 3 even though, 4 in order to, 5 Although, 6 so as not to, 7 in spite of, 8 so that, 9 though,

10 for

b 2 in spite of its ideal location / being in an ideal location / the fact it was in an ideal location

3 could sell more products

4 in order not to miss my train

5 although I was very late

6 despite being the managing director

2 VOCABULARY

a 2 consumer, 3 brand, 4 advertising campaign, 5 misleading, 6 slogan,

7 publicity, 8 be sued, 9 claim

b 2 chain, 3 close down, 4 branch, 5 a recession, 6 a boom, 7 flop, 8 drop,

9 manufacture, 10 merge

c 2 markets, 3 produces, 4 imports, 5 has / ‘s expanded, 6 exports,

7 growing, 8 launch a new product, 9 become the market leader, 10 take over

d 2 makes, 3 doing, 4 made, 5 make,

6 did, 7 made, 8 make, 9 doing, 10 make

e 2 a, 3 d, 4 b, 5 e, 6 f, 7 h, 8 g

3 PRONUNCIATION

2 transport, 3 increase, 4 decreased,5 progress, 6 permits, 7 produces,

8 refunds, 9 imports, 10 records.

9B

1 GRAMMAR

a3✓

4 a pair of scissors
5 some cheap accommodation

6 some bad news

7 glass

8✓

9 good behaviour

10 some paper

b 2 are, 3 are, 4 is, 5 are, 6 is, 7 are, 8 is,

9 are, 10 is

2 VOCABULARY

a 2 post, 3 auto, 4 mono, 5 over, under,

6 mega, 7 multi, 8 bi, 9 anti, 10 mis

b 2 careful, 3 waterproof, 4 useful,

5 homeless, 6 bulletproof, 7 drinkable,

8 hopeless

c 2 weakness, 3 absence, 4 vandalism,

5 Loneliness, 6 racism, 7 childhood,

8 entertainment, 9 improvement,

10 accommodation, 11 distance,

12 brotherhood

d 2 death, 3 heat, 4 width, 5 hunger,

6 loss, 7 height, 8 thought, 9 strength,

10 success

3 VOCABULARY FROM READING

2 head home

3 perks

4 a lack of

5 echoes

6 delivers

7 sprawling

8 state-of-the-artn

4 PRONUNCIATION
a Stress on first syllable: friendliness,

government, ignorance, poverty

Stress on second syllable: bilingual,

convenience, excitement, reduction

Stress on third syllable: entertainment,

overcrowded, unemployment

Colloquial English 8 & 9

1 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE

2 had their day, 3 get into your head,

4 word for word, 5 their ears perk up,

6 a captive audience, 7 hit a false note

2 VOCABULARY FROM THE

INTERVIEW

2 bet, 3 short, 4 fan, 5 tapped, 6 gold

3 THE CONVERSATION

2 a, 3 e, 4 f, 5 c, 6 b

4 VOCABULARY FROM THE

CONVERSATION

2 subtle, 3 rush, 4 subliminally, 5 point

Can you remember…? 1–9

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

a 1 has been studying

2 climbing (very) much

3 had his number

4 get used to living

5 looking forward to seeing you

6 never forget visiting Florence

7 must have left your jacket

8 looks as if Emily
9 had our shower fitted

10 encouraged him to enter

11 Despite leaving home late

12 a new pair of shorts

b 1 as, 2 have, 3 by, 4 is / ’s, 5 fact, 6 to,

7 take, 8 spite, 9 Even, 10 at