English Grammar in Use Fifth Edition

UNIT 117
117.1
3  … like his father
4  … people like him
5 
OK
6  Like her mother … 
7  … like talking to the wall
8 
OK
9 
OK
10  like a fish
117.2
2 e
3 b
4 f
5 d
6 a
117.3
2  like blocks of ice
3  like a beginner
4  as a tour guide
5  like a theatre
6  as a birthday present
7  like winter
8  like a child
 
117.4
2 like
3 as
4 as
5 like
6 As
7 as
8 like
9  like  
  or  
  such as
10 as
11 like
12 as
13 like
14 like
15 as
16 like
UNIT 118
118.1
2  You look as if you’ve seen a ghost. / 
… as if you saw a ghost.
3  I feel like I’ve (just) run a marathon. / 
… like I (just) ran a marathon.
4  You sound as if you’re having a good 
time.
118.2
2  It looks like it’s going to rain.
3  It sounds like they’re having an 
argument.
4  It looks like there’s been an accident.
5  It looks like they don’t have any.
6  It sounds like you should see a 
doctor.
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Key to Exercises
118.3
2  as if he meant what he said
3  as if she’s hurt her leg / as if she hurt 
her leg
4  as if he hadn’t eaten for a week
5  as if she was enjoying it
6  as if I was crazy / as if I were crazy
7  as if she didn’t want to come
8  as if I didn’t exist
118.4
2  as if I was/were
3  as if she was/were
4  as if it was/were
UNIT 119
119.1
3 during
4 for
5 for
6 during
7 for
8  during (
or
 in)
9 for
10 for
11 during
12 for
119.2
3 while
4 While
5 during
6  during (
or
 in)
7  during (
or
 in)
8 while
9 during
10 while
11 During
12 while
119.3
1 for
2 during
3 while
4  during (
or
 in)
5 for
6 while
7  during (
or
 in)
8 for
9 while
10 during
119.4
Example answers:
3  Can you wait for me while I make a 
quick phone call? 
4  Most of the students looked bored 
during the lesson.
5  I was asked a lot of questions during 
the interview.
6  Don’t open the car door while the car 
is moving.
7  The lights suddenly went out while 
we were watching TV. 
8  What are you going to do while 
you’re on holiday?
9  It started to rain during the game.
10  It started to rain while we 
were 
walking home.
UNIT 120
120.1
2  by 8.30
3  Let me know by Saturday
4  you’re here by 2 o’clock.
5  we should arrive by lunchtime.
120.2
2 by
3 until
4 by
5 until
6 by
7 by
8 until
9 by
10 by
11 until
12 By
13 until
14 by
120.3
Example answers:
3  until I come back
4  by 5 o’clock
5  by 3 April
6  until 2028
7  until midnight
120.4
2  By the time I got to the station 
3  By the time I finished (work) 
4  By the time the police arrived
5  By the time we got to the top (of the 
mountain)
UNIT 121
121.1
2 on
3 in
4  at  (
or
 
on
 in American English
)
5  on  (
or
  I last saw her Tuesday.) 
6 in
7 in
8 at
9  on  (
or
 There are usually a lot of 
parties New Year’s Eve.)
10 at
11 in
12 in
13 at
14 on
15 in
16 At
17 in
18 on
19 at
20 
at
 5 o’clock 
in
 the morning 
21 
on
 7 January … 
in
 April
22 
on 
Tuesday morning … 
in 
the 
afternoon  
  or  
  at home Tuesday 
morning … 
in 
the afternoon 
121.2
2  at night
3  in the evening
4  on 21 July 1969
5  at the same time
6  in the 1920s
7  in about 20 minutes
8  at the moment
9  in 11 seconds
10  on Saturdays  
  or  
  … works 
Saturdays
121.3
3 a
4 
both
5 a
6 
both
7 b
8 a
9 
both
10 b
UNIT 122
122.1
2  on time
3  on time
4  in time
5  on time
6  in time
7  in time
8  on time
9  in time
122.2
2  I got home just in time.
3  I stopped him just in time.
4  We got to the cinema just in time for 
the beginning of the  film.  / … just in 
time to see the beginning of the film.
122.3
2  at the end of the month
3  at the end of the course
4  at the end of the race
5  at the end of the interview
122.4
2  In the end she resigned (from her 
job).  
  or  
  She resigned (from her 
job) in the end.
3  In the end I gave up (trying to  learn 
Japanese / learning Japanese).  
  or  
I gave up (learning Japanese) in the 
end.
4  In the end we decided not to go (to 
the party).  
  or    
In the end we didn’t 
go (to the party).  
  or  
  We decided 
not to go (to the party) in the end.  
  
or  
  We didn’t go (to the party) in the 
end.
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Key to Exercises
122.5
2 In
3 in
4 at
5 In
6 At
7 in
8 in
9 in
10  at … at
UNIT 123
123.1
2  On his arm. 
   or  
  On the man’s arm.
3  At the tr
affic lights.
4  On the door.  (notice)  
In the door.  (key)
5  On the wall.
6  In Paris.
7  At the gate.  (man)
 
On the gate.  (bird)
8  On the beach.
123.2
2  on my guitar
3  at junction 14
4  in his hand
5  on that tree
6  in the mountains
7  on the island
8  at the window
123.3
2 on
3 at
4 on
5 in
6 on
7 in
8 at
9 on
10 at
11 in
12 on
13 
in
 a small village 
in
 the south-west
14 
on
 the wall 
in
 the kitchen 
UNIT 124
124.1
2  On the second floor.
3  On the corner.  
  or  
  At the corner.
4  In the corner.
5  At the top of the stairs.
6  In the back of the car.
7  At the front.
8  On the left.
9  In the back row.
10  At the end of the street.
124.2
2  on the right
3  in the world
4  on the way to work
5  on the west coast
6  in the front row
7  at the back of the class
8  on the back of this card
124.3
2 in
3 at
4 at
5 in
6 on
7 in
8 in
9 in
10 on
11 in
12 on
13 in
14  on … on
UNIT 125
125.1
2  on a train
3  at a conference
4  is in hospital / in the hospital
5  at the hairdresser’s
6  on his bike
7  in New York
8  at the Savoy Theatre
125.2
2  at the station
3  in a taxi
4  at the sports centre
5  on the plane
6  in Tokyo
7  at school
8  at the art gallery
125.3
2 in
3 at
4 in
5 on
6 at
7 in
8 at
9 at
10 in
11 on
12 at
13 in
14 in
15 at
16  at … at
UNIT 126
126.1
3 at
4 to
5 to
6 into
7 – 
(no preposition)
8 to
9 into
10 to
11 at
12 to
13 to
14 into
15 to
16 – 
(no preposition)
17  to (France) … in (Brazil)
18  in (Chicago) … to (Boston)
126.2
2  I’ve been to … once.
3  I’ve never been to …
4  I’ve been to … a few times.
5  I’ve been to … many times.
126.3
2 in
3 – 
(no preposition)
4 at
5 to
6 – 
(no preposition)
126.4
2  I got on 
3  I got out (of the/my car). 
4  I got off (the train).
5  I got into the taxi. 
   or  
   
I got in the taxi. 
   or  
I got in.
6  I got off (the plane).
UNIT 127
127.1
2  in cold weather
3  in French
4  in love
5  in the mood
6  in the shade
7  in my opinion
8  in kilometres
127.2
2  on strike
3  on a cruise
4  on fire
5  on a tour
6  on her phone
7  on TV
8  on purpose
9  on a diet
10  on holiday
11  on business
12  on the whole
127.3
2 on
3 at
4 in
5 on
6 in
7 at
8 at
9 on
10 on
11 at
12 on 
13 in
14 on
15 on
16 on
17 In
18 in
19 on
20 in
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Key to Exercises
UNIT 128
128.1
2  by email
3  by mistake
4  on purpose
5  by chance
6  by hand
128.2
2 on
3 by
4 on
5 by
6 in
7 by
8 by
9 
by
 bike (
or
 
on his
 bike) … 
on
 foot 
128.3
2  by a professional photographer
3  by mosquitoes
4  by Leonardo da Vinci 
5  by one of our players 
6  by lightning
7  by Beethoven
128.4
2 with
3 by
4 by
5 in
6 by
7 with
8 by
9 on
10 by
11 
by
 the bed 
with
 a lamp and a clock 
on
 it
128.5
2  In the last ten years the population 
has gone up / increased / grown / 
risen by 6 million.
3  Helen won (the election) by two votes.
4  I missed her/Kate by five minutes.
UNIT 129
129.1
2  to the problem
3  with her brother
4  in the cost of living
5  to your question
6  for a new road
7  in/to living in a big city
8  in food prices
9  for shoes like these any more 
10  between your job and mine
129.2
2  invitation to
3  contact with
4  key to  (key for 
is also possible
)
5  cause of
6  reply to
7  connection between
8  photos of
9  reason for
10  damage to
129.3
2 to
3 in
4 of
5  in  
  or  
  to
6 for
7  to  
  or  
  towards
8 with
9 of
10 to
11 of
12 for
13 of
14 with
UNIT 130
130.1
2  That was generous of her.
3  That wasn’t very nice of them.
4  That’s very kind of you.
5  That isn’t very polite of him.
6  That’s a bit childish of them.
130.2
2  kind to
3  angry with
4  excited about
5  impressed by / impressed with
6  bored with (bored by 
is also possible
)
7  amazed at / amazed by
8  careless of
130.3
2 of
3 to
4 with
5  with (by 
or 
in 
are also possible
)
6 to
7 at/by
8 with
9 about
10 about
11 for
12 about/by/at
13 to
14 of
15 by/with
16 with
17 about
18 at/by
19 for/about
20 at/by
21 of
22 to
23 about
24 furious