With answer key for advanced

6. The company made heavy spending cuts last year. As a result, over 10% of employees were laid off. 
7. Thankfully, discrimination against women at work is decreasing in many countries.
8. Shareholders always are interested in getting a good return on their investment.
a Correct. A viewpoint adverb usually goes in front position in the sentence.
b Incorrect. Adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb but after the verb be.
c Correct. Connecting adverbs usually go in front position.
d Correct. A focussing adverb often goes in mid-position before the main verb but after the verb be.
e Incorrect. An adverb of degree usually goes in mid-position before the main verb.
f Correct. Adverbs of place, especially longer ones, usually go in end position, but they can also go in 
front position. In this case there is another adverb in front position, so it is not suitable.
g Incorrect. A viewpoint adverb usually goes in front position, but can also go in end position, or 
midposition before the main verb.
h Incorrect. Adverbs of place usually go before adverbs of time, and longer adverbs usually go after 
shorter ones.

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PART 3
Health and sport
Exam task
1
Track 8
 You will hear an interview in which two people called Claire MacBride and Shaun 
Kale are talking about training to run in a charity marathon. For questions 1–6, choose the 
answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. When Claire started her marathon training 
programme, she felt