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Here are some more abbreviations. What does each one stand for, and where will you
see them?
PTO
RSVP
asap
IMO
DOB
PS
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Answer key
Unit 1
1.1
Your own answers
1.2
Your own answers
1.3
Your own answers
1.4
2 temporary
3 cruel/unkind 4 rough
5 exit/way out
6 alive
7 refuse
1.5
2 argument
4 choose
6 difference; differ
3 revision
5 expansion
7 communication; communicative
1.6
Your own answers
Unit 2
2.1
food
garden
numbers
diet,
lay the table, flour,
raw, butcher, frozen, e.g.
frozen peas
branch, dig, ground, leaf,
butterfly, frozen, e.g.
the
ground is frozen
count, add up, minus,
thousand, zero
2.2
Possible answers:
2 translation
3 a person who sells meat
4
5 translation
6 put plates, knives, forks, etc. on a table before a meal
7 translation is probably the easiest way
8 six minus four is two (6-4 = 2)
2.3
2 (synonym) A synonym for
awful
is dreadful.
3 (opposite) The opposite of
necessary
is unnecessary.
4 (word partner and part of speech) You
translate
something
into
another language; the noun is
translation.
5 (meanings)
Tip
has two meanings: a piece of advice, and money you give a waiter for serving you.
6 (grammar and part of speech)
Enjoy
is followed by an
-ing
form; the noun is
enjoyment
, the adjective
is
enjoyable
.
2.4
Your own answers
Unit 3
3.1
2 really
5 clothes
8 beautiful
3 unfortunately
6 comfortable
9 unbelievable
4 especially
7 accommodation
10 necessary
3.2
1 knee (k)
2 comb (b)
3 castle (t)
4 salmon (l)
5 receipt (p)
3.3
2 amount
3 behave
4 official
5 emphasise
6 relating to
3.4
2 The ‘z’ spelling is usual in American English, but both are possible in British English.
3 an adverb
4 uncountable
5 on
6 She’s an old friend; he’s my best friend; you make friends with people. You may also have found these
common word partners (a close friend, a friend of mine)
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3.5
1 definition 3
2 definition 1
3 definition 4
4 definition 2
Unit 4
4.1
parts of speech
punctuation
pronunciation
noun,
adjective, adverb,
preposition
comma, question mark, full stop
phonemic symbol, stress, syllable
4.2
2 in Seville (preposition)
7 wonderful hotel/place (noun)
3 took/got a train (verb)
8 to Spain (preposition)
4 a beautiful city (indefinite article)
9 never stays (adverb)
5 expensive hotel (adjective)
10 if I have (pronoun)
6 of money (preposition)
4.3
2 a capital letter
7 phrasal verbs
3 a full stop
8 punctuation
4 a question mark
9 with (phonemic) symbols
5 a comma
10 late
6 uncountable noun
4.4
in
'
formal 3
'
opposite 3
'
syllable 3
de
'
cide 2
'
adjective 3
edu
'
cation 4
pronunci
'
ation 5
4.5
2 cheaply; dangerously 3 find
4 un-
5 -ness
Unit 5
5.1
2 Thai
7 Arabic
3 Spanish
8 German
4 Israel
9 England/the UK, the USA, Australia
5 China
10 (Swiss) German, French, Italian
6 Portuguese
5.2
2 Asia / the Far East
5 the Caribbean
3 the Middle East
6 South America
4 Europe
5.3
Chinese; Japan; Portuguese; Egyptian; Australia; Arabic; Saudi Arabia; Scandinavia
5.4
2 Turkey
3 South Korea
4 Russia
5 Argentina
6 Greece
5.5
2 Germans
5 Brazilians
7 The Swiss
3 the Japanese
6 the British
8 Russians
4 Israelis
5.6
Possible answers:
1 I’m French.
2 The capital of France is Paris. I think the population of France is about 60 million.
3 French.
4 I can speak Italian and English.
5 I have visited Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK.
6 I don’t know the Far East, so I would like to visit China and Japan.
Unit 6
6.1
2 in the west
4 in the north-east
6 in the north-east
3 in the south-west
5 in the north-west
7 in the south
6.2
2 coldest place on Earth / in the world
6 waterfall
3 hottest place on Earth / in the world
7 rainforest in the world
4 Cave
8 ocean
5 Canal
9 planet
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6.3
2 covered
8 consists
3 regions
9 Earth
4 contrasts
10 climate
5 covers
11 distance; distance
6 landscape
12 minus; degrees
7 temperature
6.4
Possible answers:
1 In England, 30°C is about the highest; minus 5 degrees is about the lowest during the day.
2 I like the fact it isn’t too hot or too cold, but I would like more sun and less rain.
3 It’s flatter in the east, and there are more hills in the west. There is also an area in the north of England
with some large lakes. There are more mountains in Scotland.
4 We have a number of long canals, and lots of caves. We don’t have any famous waterfalls.
5 It’s very hilly, with several large rivers nearby.
6 I live in a medium-sized town which is ten miles from Bristol.
Unit 7
7.1
2 f
3 g
4 c
5 a
6 b
7 d
7.2
2 It’s snowing. 3 It’s cloudy.
4 It’s raining.
5 It’s icy.
6 It’s sunny.
7.3
2 False. It’s not nice to sit outside when it’s freezing. / It’s nice to sit outside when it’s warm.
3 True
4 False. A shower is a short period of rain.
5 True
6 False. If it’s humid, the air will feel warm and wet.
7 False. A mild winter means it is warmer than usual.
8 True
7.4
2 cold
5 degrees; zero; extremely
8 temperature
3 shower
6 thunderstorm
9 cool
4 pouring
7 came
7.5
Possible answers for England:
We sometimes get humid weather in the summer. We occasionally get thick fog in the
winter, especially in the morning. We sometimes get storms in winter. Thunderstorms
sometimes occur in the summer at the end of a period of hot weather. Temperatures below
zero are not common during the day, but do occur at night in the winter. We sometimes
get strong winds in the autumn and winter, and showers can be frequent at any time of the
year, but especially in the spring.