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UNIT 1 4 1
2
over
to
3 1
2
Dancing
applying
VOCABULARY 3 down 3 to show
4 on 4 complaining
Consolidation 5 away 5 to become
1 1 c 4 f 6 off 6 to phone
2 b 5 e 5 1 gone got 4 1 to come
3 a 6 d 2 confused confusion 2 lost
2 1 depression 3 up on 3 to find
2 embarrassment 4 proud pride 4 ’s/has done
3 amusement 5 on to 5 ’ve/have been saving
4 anxiety 6 to buy
5 relief GRAMMAR 5 1 I ’ve had I had a great day
6 joy yesterday.
Consolidation
3 1 calm 2 To walk Walking is my favourite
1 1 ’s been free-time activity.
2 get
2 did 3 We worked We’ve been working
3 grown
3 ’ve for hours – can’t we stop now?
4 get
4 hasn’t been 4 Why don’t you try skateboard
5 getting
5 ’s skateboarding? It’s a lot of fun!
6 cheer
6 ’ve been 5 I think I’ve been reading read this
7 stress
7 didn’t book before.
4 1 out 8 haven’t
2 up
3 away
2 1 has lived READING
2 been working
4 down 1 1 D 4 C
3 known
5 off 2 A 5 B
4 went
6 on 3 E
5 been
5 1 a 4 a 6 has been waiting 2 1 T 4 DS
2 b 5 b 7 Did you watch 2 F 5 T
3 a 3 DS 6 F
3 1 d 4 b
2 f 5 e 3 Students’ own answers
VOCABULARY 3 a 6 c
4 Students’ own answers
Extension 4 1 to lend
1 Across 2 going LISTENING
1 pride 3 to come
5 confusion 4 to lock 1 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
6 anger 5 asking 2 1 getting, down
6 to buy 2 relaxation
Down 7 to finish 3 chill out
2 exhaustion 5 1 a 4 a 4 anxiety
3 relief 2 b 5 b 5 calm, down
4 joy 3 a 6 stresses, out
2 1 relaxation 3 1 F She is taking time off social
2 affection GRAMMAR media.
3 amusement 2 F He couldn’t believe it.
4 depression Extension
3 F Sofia has a Saturday job at a
5 embarrassment 1 1 have been practising clothes shop.
6 anxiety 2 Have you read 4 T
7 confusion 3 has been teasing 5 T
8 pride 4 haven’t known 6 T
5 had 7 F It stresses him out.
3 1 cheer
6 haven’t seen 8 F He’s going to get a lift / go by
2 calmed
7 ’ve listened car with Sofia’s parents.
3 stressed
8 ’s been raining
4 chill 4 Students’ own answers
5 gone 2 1 decided
6 carried 2 haven’t made
3 has been waiting
4 ’s/has seen
5 had
6 hasn’t finished

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SPEAKING VOCABULARY 4 1 a 4 e
2 b 5 c
1 Students’ own answers Extension 3 d
2 Students’ own answers 1 1 overcome 5 1 a 4 a
2 give 2 b 5 b
3 1 to get over
3 turns 3 b
2 to do
4 mess
3 (to) calm down
5 works GRAMMAR
4 doing
6 fail
4 Students’ own answers 7 miss Extension
8 realize 1 1 finished
WRITING 2 1 went 2 had left
1 1 having 2 realized 3 hadn’t eaten
2 to go 3 made 4 was working
3 taking 4 fulfilled 5 was driving
4 to feed 5 went 6 hadn’t slept
5 (to) climb 6 miss 2 1 was having
2 1 They are happy/relieved that they 3 1 do 2 had died
don’t have any more exams. 2 made 3 had acted
2 He got a bit carried away. 3 Make 4 snowed
3 They usually go to the lake in the 4 doing 5 had
park. 5 takes 6 acted
4 She slipped and fell into the lake. 6 took 7 was snowing
5 Philip saw that the man was his 7 made 8 died
favourite footballer. 8 take 3 1 had eaten
3 1 relief, anxiety, joy, embarrassment 4 1 She loves her new job, and she’s 2 had met
2 stress out, get/got carried away, making doing really well at it. 3 had been running
chill out, get over 2 She’s determined to become a 4 had spoken
doctor, and she’s not going to give 5 had been waiting
4 Students’ own answers 6 had passed
off up.
3 He did made an effort to speak to 4 1 used
UNIT 2 everyone at the party. 2 would
4 I was in London, so I thought I’d 3 played
VOCABULARY make take the opportunity to go 4 to
Consolidation to a football match. 5 play
5 Unfortunately, I messed out up 6 would
1 1 miss
my exam and failed.
2 realized 5 1 I used to go went skiing three
3 made times as a child.
4 fulfilled
GRAMMAR
2 Last night, I had spoken was
5 gave Consolidation speaking to my mother on the
6 messed phone when I suddenly heard a
1 1 finished
2 1 plan 2 had left loud bang.
2 overcome 3 hadn’t eaten 3 By the time we got to the
3 wrong 4 when restaurant, everyone started
4 turned 5 had taken eating already had already started
5 worked 6 was driving eating.
6 failed 4 I would used to hate mushrooms
2 1 had lived when I was younger.
3 1 doing 2 died 5 Every morning, as I left, she
2 took 3 had left would to wave at me from the
3 does 4 was looking window.
4 made 5 lived
5 make 6 was reading READING
6 do 7 had died
7 makes 8 were having 1 1 wealthy businesspeople, several
8 take homes, private planes, directors
3 1 had
9 make of huge companies, money, power
2 had been
4 1 a 4 a 3 had 2 a TV presenter, a teacher, an
2 b 5 b 4 had been owner of a company making bags
3 b 5 had from fishing nets
6 had been 3 four o’clock in the morning
7 had 4 healthy, happy, some really good
8 had been friends

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2 1 T
2 F The TV presenter friend didn’t
UNIT 3 GRAMMAR
want to work 50 hours a week. VOCABULARY Consolidation
3 DS 1 1 get used to
4 F He’s a teacher, so he doesn’t Consolidation
2 weren’t used to
earn much. 1 Down: eyewitness, gossip, 3 got used to
5 F She felt she was damaging the newsfeed, journalism 4 ’s (now) used to
environment and people. 5 gets used to
Across: headline, viewer, update,
3 Students’ own answers issue 2 1 c 4 f
4 Students’ own answers 2 1 presenter 2 a 5 d
2 source 3 e 6 b
LISTENING 3 story 3 1 Which video games do you like
4 advertising best?
1 Students’ own answers 5 eyewitnesses 2 Does Eric live near here?
2 arranged, band, brilliant, cancel, 6 gossip 3 Eva was very angry, wasn’t she? /
mess it up, stuck, traffic 3 1 admitted Eva wasn’t very angry, was she?
3 1 his band to play at a friend’s party 2 complained 4 Did James speak to you yesterday? /
2 cold, snowing the night before 3 boasted Did you speak to James yesterday?
3 train 4 reported 5 Could you tell me where to buy a
4 the car got stuck in traffic 5 blamed ticket?
5 Thomas 6 warned 6 Who told you about the party?
7 Can you explain why you were so
4 1 plan 4 1 for 5 on angry?
2 January 2 to 6 to
3 traffic 3 to 7 on 4 1 b 4 b
4 half an hour / 30 minutes 4 with 8 against 2 a 5 a
5 mess it up 3 b
5 1 a 4 b
6 well
2 b 5 b GRAMMAR
5 Students’ own answers 3 a
Extension
SPEAKING VOCABULARY 1 1 get
1 Possible answers: Extension 2 isn’t
1 He has just realized his ambition 3 got
1 1 advertising 4 Is Becky
to climb a mountain. 2 issue
2 She has just run 20 miles. 5 is
3 eyewitness 6 hasn’t got
3 He has just messed up his 4 newsfeed
homework. 5 headline 2 1 get better
4 She has just failed to catch her 6 source 2 got divorced
train. 7 gossip 3 getting excited
5 He’s just been swimming. Mystery word: viewers 4 gets dark
6 They have just had an argument 5 have got engaged
and fallen out. 2 1 viewer 6 got upset
2 update
2 Students’ own answers 3 issue 3 1 Can you tell me where the
3 Students’ own answers 4 source stadium is?
5 presenter 2 Who invited Marcus to the party?
4 Students’ own answers 3 How often does Sara go to the
6 headline
gym?
WRITING 3 1 for 4 Are you going to the concert next
2 against week?
1 Students’ own answers 3 on 5 Which bus does Eric need to
2 1 b 2 b 4 to catch?
5 with
3 1 F 5 F 4 1 don’t you
2 DS 6 T 4 1 criticize 2 isn’t he
3 F 7 DS 2 boast 3 does she
4 T 8 T 3 reacted 4 can’t you
4 admit 5 hasn’t she
4 1 turn out well
5 refer 6 haven’t you
2 made an effort
3 messed up badly 5 1 headline 7 aren’t you
4 give up 2 blame (them) for 8 should we
3 an eyewitness
5 Students’ own answers
4 warn against
5 source

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5 1 It took me a long time to be get WRITING
used to living here.
2 Can you tell me when is the next 1 1 worse
train when the next train is? 2 dark
3 We took a map so that we didn’t 3 bored
be get lost. 4 fed up
4 Why Why does your dad want to 2 1 blame
change his job? 2 criticize
5 Oliver’s got a really cool phone, 3 warn
doesn’t hasn’t he? 4 eyewitness
5 issue
READING 6 share
1 1 ü 4 ü 3 1 The police haven’t caught the
2 – 5 – gang.
3 ü 6 ü 2 He is surprised because things
like this do not usually happen in
2 1 490 million
the village.
2 entertainment
3 They are walking around in the
3 young people
evening, looking for the gang.
4 Russian
4 The police say they should not
5 work
approach the gang.
3 Students’ own answers 5 She thinks that young people
don’t have anything to do and are
LISTENING bored.
1 1 e 4 b 4 Students’ own answers
2 c 5 d
3 f 6 a
2 Tick a, c, e, f
3 1 report on
2 warned, against
3 complain, about
4 sources
5 journalist
6 blame, for
4 1 F 4 F
2 T 5 F
3 T 6 T
5 Students’ own answers

SPEAKING
1 1 How often do you watch the news
on TV?
2 What newspapers do you read,
online or in print?
3 How often do you read them?
4 What other sources of news do
you use?
5 Are your parents more interested
in the news than you?
6 What was the last piece of news
you read or watched?
7 What type of news topics interest
you most?
8 Are you more interested in local,
national or international news?
2 Students’ own answers
3 Students’ own answers
4 Students’ own answers

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