B1 Student’s Book answer key

1b
UNIT 1
science – scientist
1A Profiles journalism – journalist
engineering – engineer
Reading and vocabulary economics – economist
architecture – architect
Personal details
2a 2
A Xavier B Esma C Sofia D Rafael 1 dentist 2 electrician 3 painter 4 driver 5 artist
6 receptionist 7 farmer 8 musician
2b

Why learn Listening

Name Job From Interests
English 6a
They don’t ask question 5 Do you like travelling?
eating out
trainee tour Rome, to improve
Sofia with her
guide Italy speaking 6b
boyfriend
1 work, ’m working (P) 2 enjoy, ’m not enjoying (P)
volunteer- 3 ’m studying, love (S) 4 ’m teaching (S)
Bilbao,
Xavier accountant ing for a for his job 5 want (S) 6 work (P)
Spain
charity 7 ’m learning (P) 8 play (S) 9 don’t do, prefer (P)

civil Macae, for work and

Rafael music Grammar
engineer Brazil travelling
Present simple and present continuous
Ankara, for exams/
Esma student reading 7
Turkey graduation
1 present simple 2 present continuous 3 simple

3a 9
1 do/take a course in 1 like 2 am sharing 3 comes 4 is learning 5 wants
2 do/have a degree/qualification in 6 am not working 7 am living 8 live 9 is trying
3 do/take/pass an exam
4 train/work as a tour guide
5 have/run your own company Grammar bank 1A
6 work for a company/myself 1
7 study for a degree/qualification 1 doesn’t matter 2 get out 3 ’m living
8 study/train/work part time/full time 4 don’t usually get up 5 go out 6 don’t see 7 check
8 read 9 ’m doing 10 need 11 is happening
3b
1 Sofia is training as a tour guide. (Sofia is a trainee 2
tour guide.) 1 B: I usually get the bus to work, but sometimes I drive.
2 She’s taking a course in English. 2 A: Oh no! It’s raining. Get your umbrella.
3 Xavier works full time (and runs his own company). B: Yes, it rains quite a lot at this time of year.
4 Rafael has a degree in (civil) engineering. 3 B: They’re doing some building work at the office, so
5 Esma is studying for a degree in environmental science. I’m working at home this week.
6 She’s studying English because she needs to pass 4 A: How long does the film last/is the film?
an exam. B: It’s 100 minutes, I think.
5 A: How’s your food?
B: I don’t normally like Indian food, but I’m really
Vocabulary Bank 1A enjoying this.
1a 6 A: Who does this bag belong to?
1 journalism 2 science 3 economics 4 architecture B: I don’t know, sorry.
5 medicine 6 politics 7 engineering 8 law

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10a 7
1 Where do you come from? 1 ’m talking/going to talk 2 ’s going to find
3 are (you) doing/going to do 4 ’m going 5 ’re going to be
2 What are you doing at work (or university) at
6 ’s playing 7 ’m going to relax
the moment?
3 Do you usually enjoy your work (or studies)?
4 Are you taking any other courses at the moment? Speaking
5 Are you studying for any exams? 9a
6 Where do you usually go on holiday?
family

1B Life maps
1C What next?

Vocabulary and reading

Vocabulary and reading
Personal characteristics
Describing change
1b
1
1C 2E 3D 4B 5A
A wind farm/wind turbine B driverless car
2a C crowds/population D housing/house-buying
1 creative 2 lazy 3 honest 4 patient 5 open E people online F extreme weather/forest fire

2a
Vocabulary bank 1B
1E 2D 3B 4C 5A 6F
1a
1 bossy 2 kind 3 sociable 4 stubborn 5 moody 2b
6 disorganised 7 negative 8 easy-going
decreasing/falling/going down – increasing/rising/going up
getting harder – getting easier
1b
getting worse – improving/getting better
1c2b3e4d5a

3
3
1 easier 2 up 3 go up 4 increasing
A life map helps you get what you want in life.
5 get better, get worse 6 falling
This can be in your work, with friends and family, etc.

4
4
one
1A 2D 3C 4B
5
Grammar 1c 2d 3a 4e 5b
be going to and present continuous
5 Grammar
future will for prediction
6
Grammar bank 1B 1 future
1
1 ’m going to do, ’m not going to eat
2 ’m going to be Grammar bank 1C
3 are going to learn, ’s going to learn, ’re going to teach 1
4 ’m not going to worry 1 A: What time do you think you’ll be here?
5 are going to travel 2 A: Do you think it’ll rain later?
3 B: You’ll love it!
2 4 A: Who do you think will win the game?
1F 2P 3P 4F 5F 6F B: I think it’ll be pretty close.
5 A: What will I do if I can’t find my passport?
B: I’m sure we’ll find it.

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2 6 do you want
1 will go back 2 won’t live 3 ’ll use 4 will walk 7 Are you going
5 will be 6 will happen 8 Do you have

8 4a
1 I’m sure Harry will get a new job next year. 1 shy 2 lazy 3 honest 4 creative
2 I don’t think the weather will get worse here. 5 ambitious 6 calm 7 reliable
3 We won’t have driverless cars for a long time. 8 hard-working
4 There will be more work for everyone in future.
5 The population in our country will rise.
5a
6 We won’t have enough new houses for everyone.
7 People will have to live together. 1 will live 2 will go 3 will become 4 will learn
8 I think people will still want to get married. 5 will be able to 6 won’t go, will order, will be delivered
9 I don’t think everyone will meet online.
6a
Speaking 1 getting better 2 harder 3 easier 4 worse
10a 5 falling/decreasing 6 rising/increasing

1 doctors 2 won’t 3 no 4 cafés 5 online

1A Develop your reading
2
1D English in action
2a content words – verbs, nouns and adjectives

1 stressed out, can’t sleep, always tired

2 regular exercise 3b
3 running, hiking, volleyball 1 c (key words: find the time, make time, call you)
4 volleyball 2 b (key words: interested, listen, pay attention)
5 doesn’t fancy running because doesn’t like doing things 3 e (key words: encourage, feel happy, self-confident,
on his own, not keen on hiking feel cheerful)
4 a (key words: honest, honesty)
2b 5 d (key words: secrets, trust, safe)

1 b, f 2 d, g 3 c 4 a, e
4

3a 1 You can depend on them to be there for you.

2 They are important for our health and happiness.
1 A: about, helps B: on
3 We lead busy lives.
2 A: recommend, feel B: idea
4 They are interested in what you say and don’t just talk
3 A: not/don’t you B: don’t
about themselves.
4 A: about, good B: That
5 They encourage you and make you feel confident.
6 They want to help you be a better person.
3b 7 They won’t tell your secrets to other people or say nasty
1 fall 2 rise 3 fall 4 rise things about you.

1 Check and reflect 1B Develop your writing

1a 2
1 have 2 take, get, train 3 took, passed 1 designer
4 work, study 5 run 6 as 7 in 2 experience, education, motivation and personal
characteristics
2a
3
1 do you do, Do you have
2 Are you reading 1 consider 2 position 3 currently 4 require 5 as
3 are you learning, Do you enjoy 6 I look forward to hearing from you 7 approximately
4 do you know, Are you learning
5 Do you have, are you studying 4 Paragraphs organise a text and help the reader
understand it.

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5
Paragraph 1: 2, 6 Paragraph 2: 3, 5
Paragraph 3: 4 Paragraph 4: 1
6
Paragraph 1: 2, 5 Paragraph 2: 1, 3
Paragraph 3: 6 Paragraph 4: 4, 7, 8

1C Develop your listening

2
They say we don’t get enough sleep. They say sleep
is like medicine.

3
adverbs and adjectives

4
1 bad news ✗ 2 good news ✗ 3 unfortunate ✗
4 not great ✗ 5 better ✓ 6 great idea ✓ 7 positive ✓
8 amazing ✓

5
1 someone who goes to bed late and gets up late
2 someone who goes to bed early and gets up early
3 work (and how it affects the way we live)
4 they won’t work well
5 a and b
6 They can get up and start work when they want to.

6b
1 work, negative (I don’t think …)
2 late, positive (It’d be amazing …)
3 company, positive (That’s a really positive idea. )
4 medicine, positive (it’s good to say …)
5 sleeping, positive (that’s a fantastic idea! )
6 sleeping, negative (Unfortunately)

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