12C The English File questionnaire (Workbook, pp. 80-81): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  His flat is very big.
3  I bought a new shirt.
4  She's Ryan's girlfriend.
5  We go on holiday in August.
6  She is always late.
7  I can't sing.
8  I'm waiting for him.
9  We don't mind cleaning.
10  There aren't any plants.
11  There were a lot of guests.
12  They don't eat much sugar.
13  I'm 21. I'm older than you.
14  They're the most dangerous animals.
15  She speaks German well.
16  She's an engineer.

b

2  takes
3  Did... see
4  are not going to come
5  Have... been
6  Is... going to learn to
7  don't eat
8  are going to see
9  Have... met
10  cooked
11  is going to rain
12  do... go
13  is playing
14  didn't walk
15  is... going to do
16  have... read

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  Asia   3  expensive   4  cooker   5  brother   6  spring   7  kitchen   8  strawberries   9  bridge

b

2  thirty   3  Wednesday   4  third   5  evening/night   6  three times   7  winter   8  August   9  hour   10  month

c

2  do   3  say   4  have   5  go   6  take   7  hear   8  get   9  have   10  use

3  PRONUNCIATION

  

a

1  dirty   2  bread   3  safe   4  day   5  money   6  found   7  food   8  go   9  tired   10  eat   11  said   12  ring

c

1  hospital   2  expensive   3  magazine   4  headphones   5  administrator   6  engineer   7  Italian   8  August   9  difficult   10  musician   11  garage (BrE) / garage (AmE)   12  bananas

4  READING

1  Peter Jackson.

2  He's from New Zealand.

3  Because of the variety of different landscapes.

4  The volcanic region of Mount Ruapehu.

5  150.

6  They were National Parks or conservation sites.

7  They dug up the plants and took them to special nurseries. They also used carpets to protect them.

8  Hobbiton, Mount Doom, and Edoras.

5  LISTENING

2  6 p.m.
3  Land Rover
4  Sunday
5  picnic
6  135
7  94

12B I've never been there! (Workbook, pp. 78-79): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

1  went   
2  A: did your brother buy  B: paid
3  A: Have you met   B: met
4  A: Have you been  B: went
5  A: Have your parents ever given  B: had
6  A: did he send  B: forgot

b

2  been   3  gone   4  gone   5  been   6  gone   7  been   8  been   9  been   10  gone

2  PRONUNCIATION

a

1  seen   2  found   3  heard   4  got   5  read   6  lost

3  VOCABULARY

a

2   drank / drunk
3   found / found
4   gave / given
5   had / had
6   heard / heard
7   knew / known
8   lost / lost
9   made / made
10  met / met
11  paid / paid
12  sent / sent
13  spent / spent
14  thought / thought
15  won / won

b

2  had   3  bought   4  spent   5  known   6  made   7  found   8  drunk

4 READING

a

Becky and Joanne are sisters.

b

2  a ballet   3  the Schönbrunn Palace   4  a spa   5  the beach   6  Italy or Greece

5 LISTENING

a

Speaker 1: Kenya, in 2010.
Speaker 2: Brazil, in 2006.
Speaker 3: New Zealand, in 2011.
Speaker 4: Thailand, in 2006.

b

1  Speaker 3
2  Speaker 1
3  Speaker 4
4  Speaker 2

12A Books and films (Workbook, pp. 76-77): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  James hasn't seen this film before.
3  They've gone to the cinema tonight.
4  She's cried in a lot of films.
5  I've bought all the Harry Potter films.
6  They haven't taken any photos.
7  He's interviewed a famous actor.
8  We haven't appeared in a film.

b

3  My parents have fallen asleep.
4  Adam's appeared in a film.
5  I haven't spoken to an actor.
6  You've broken the camera.
7  Dawn hasn't cried in a film.
8  We haven't forgotten the tickets.

c

2  've read   3  have you read?   4  've read   5  Have you seen   6  's seen   7  Has he read   8  've seen the film.

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  broke / broken
3  did / done
4  ate / eaten
5  fell / fallen
6  forgot / forgotten
7  went / gone
8  left / left
9  spoke / spoken
10 sang / sung
11 took / taken
12 wore / worn

b
   
2  left   3  eaten   4  forgotten   5  worn   6  broken   7  done

3  PRONUNCIATION

A  Have you read The Millennium Trilogy?
B  No, I haven't.
A  Have you seen the films?
B  Yes, I have. I've seen all of them.

4  READING

a

They preferred the ending in the book.

b

1b   2b   3a   4b   5c

5  LISTENING

a

Charles Dickens and Michael Ondaatje.

b

2  T   3  T   4  F   5  T   6  F   7  T   8  F   9  F   10  T

PRACTICAL ENGLISH Going home (Workbook, p. 75): Answer key

1  VOCABULARY

2  rank   3  tip   4  check   5  departure   6  gate   7  station   8  ticket   9  platform   10  coach   11  stop   12  driver


2  GETTING TO THE AIRPORT

2  To St Pancras station
3  Now, please.
4  How much is it?
5  And could I have a receipt?
6  Could I have a ticket to Luton Airport, please?
7  Single, please.
8  Standard, please.
9  Can I pay by credit card?


3  SOCIAL ENGLISH

2d   3a   4f   5b   6c


4  READING

b

2  By bus or coach.
3  By train.
4  By car.
5  By bike.

11C Men, women, and the internet (Workbook, pp. 73-74): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  I'm AN engineer.

3  In THE fridge.

4  AN identity card.

5  Twice A week.

6  I like the dogs.  >  I like dogs.  

7  By a train.  >  By train.

8  On THE internet.

b

2  -   3  -   4  -   5  -   6  -   7  -   8  -   9  the   10  -   11  the   12  an   13  a   14  -   15  -

2  VOCABULARY

2  skype   3  online   4  log in   5  download   6  attachment   7  search for   8  google   9  upload

3  PRONUNCIATION

a

1  email   network   website

2  address (BrE)  address (AmE)   online   results

3  document   internet   username

4  attachment   computer   directions

4  READING

a  In 1991.

b

1  The Russians sent a satellite into space.

2  The Americans opened an agency to develop new technology.

3  The agency developed a network to connect computers.

4  The network changed its name to the internet.

5  Tim Berners-Lee developed a new computer language.

6  Berners-Lee ana a colleague used the new language to write a new program.

7  They put the new language on the internet.

8  The World Wide Web made the internet available to all computer users.

5  LISTENING

a

Speaker 4 uses a social network.

Speaker 1 plays games.

Speaker 3 does a job. 

Speaker 2 talks to family and friends.

b

Speaker 1  C

Speaker 2  D

Speaker 3  B

Speaker 4  A

11B What do you want to do? (Workbook, pp. 71-72): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  ... to ride...
3  ... to spend...
4  ... to stop...
5  ... to visit...
6  ... to download...
7  ... to cook...
8  ... to become...

b

2  Would you like to climb a mountain?
3  We'd like to get up earlier.
4  I'd like to learn to fly a plane.
5  She wouldn't like to make a short film.
6  Would they like to get married?


2  VOCABULARY

2g   3h   4c   5a   6e   7b   8d


3  PRONUNCIATION

1

A  Would you like to drive a sports car?
B  Yes, I'd love to.
A  Why?
B  Because I love cars and I love driving.

2

A  Would you like to ride a horse?
B  No, I wouldn't.
A  Why not?
B  Because I don't like horses.

3

A  Do you want to learn to cook?
B  Yes, I need to.
A  Why?
B  Because I want to live on my own.


4  LISTENING

a

1  Dave would like to buy a motorbike.
2  Sandy would love to go travelling to different places. She'd like to go to Australia with her boyfriend.
3  Eddie would like to see Kings of Leon live.

b

1  F   2  F   3  F   4  T   5  F   6  T


5  READING

a

1  Y   2  J   3  G   4  K

b

(Check the meaning and phonetic transcription of the highlighted words in a dictionary)  

11A First impressions (Workbook, pp. 69-70): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  ... carefully.
3  ... politely.
4  ... well.
5  ... hard.
6  ... healthily.
7  ... beautifully.

b

2  really   3  easy   4  quickly   5  quiet   6  incredible   7  bad   8  slowly   9  well   10  unhealthily   11  really


2  VOCABULARY

2  hard   3  healthily   4  perfectly   5  easily   6  quietly   7  well   8  incredibly


3  PRONUNCIATION

1  beautifully   2  carefully   3  casually   4  dangerously   5  fashionably   6  incredibly   7  perfectly   8  politely   9  unhealthily

The three adverbs that are not stressed on the first syllable are: incredibly, politely, and unhealthily.


4  READING

a   1  C   2  D   3  A   4  B

b   1  impressions   2  culture   3  expect   4  architecture   5  atmosphere   6  hospitality   7  socializing   8  fascinating


5  LISTENING

1  Because a lot of people go to the country with their families.
2  Under the street.
3  They are little and often cheaper than the shops in the main shopping areas.
4  Before work or at the weekend.
5  Trees.
6  Fewer than 250,000 and 15,000 in the second-biggest city.
7  Music, their own clothes. Also, they paint, draw and write books.

6C Music changes lives (Workbook, pp. 41-42): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  do   3  isn't   4  don't   5  aren't   6  Does   7  is   8  doesn't   9  don't   10  Are

b

2  Does Adam sing karaoke?
3  Is she singing in the shower?
4  Is that guitar expensive?
5  Do they go to a lot of musicals?
6  Am I waiting in the right place?
7  Does Kathy like reggae?
8  Do you go dancing a the weekend?
9  Does he listen to classical music when he's stressed?
10  Are they in an orchestra?


2  VOCABULARY

a

2  rock   3  hip hop   4  heavy metal   5  blues   6  classical music   7  Latin   8  reggae   9  jazz

b

2  fan club   3  download   4  music channels   5  online   6  lyrics   7  karaoke   8  concert


3  PRONUNCIATION

a

1  umbrella   2  journalist   3  nurse   4  lunch   5  summer


4  LISTENING

1  b   2  c   3  a   4  a   5  b  

6B Times we love (Workbook, pp. 39-40): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

verb + -ing:  drawing, finding, waiting
e + -ing:  coming, having, giving, taking
double consonant + -ing:  getting, running, stopping, swimming

b

1  ... loves dancing...
2  ... doesn't mind doing...   ... hates doing...
3  ... likes driving...   ... doesn't like driving...
4  ... doesn't mind sitting...   ... likes sitting...
5  ... loves swimming...   ... doesn't like swimming...
6  ... doesn't like watching...   ... loves watching...


2  VOCABULARY

a

2  July, August
3  March, April
4  autumn, winter
5  third, fourth
6  eighth, ninth
7  twentieth, twenty-first

b

31 / 10  the thirty-first of October
1 / 1  the first of January
4 / 7  the fourth of July
14 / 2  the fourteenth of February


3  PRONUNCIATION

a

2  February   3  March   4  April   5  May   6  June   7  July   8  August   9  September   10  October   11  November   12  December


4  READING

2  D   3  B   4  A, D   5  A   6  B


5  LISTENING

a

Speaker 1:  winter
Speaker 2:  summer
Speaker 3:  autumn
Speaker 4:  spring

b

Speaker 1:  planning
Speaker 2:  travelling
Speaker 3:  walking
Speaker 4:  taking photos

6A Reading in English (Workbook, pp. 37-38): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  you   3  him   4  her   5  it   6  us   7  you   8  them

b

2  me   3  it   4  her   5  you   6  them   7  us   8  it   9  them   10  him

c

2  her   3  he   4  him   5  them   6  they   7  her   8  she


2  VOCABULARY

2  It's   3  answer   4  this   5  Press   6  wrong   7  message


3 PRONUNCIATION

b

1  nice   2  this   3  me   4  these   5  it   6  niece


4  READING

1  Paul's sister.
2  That she wears her red skirt, goes to the party, and forgets her boyfriend.
3  Because he never calls his number.
4  His mum.


5  LISTENING

1  b   2  b   3  a   4  a   5  b   6  b   7  a   8  b

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? (Answers for exercise a, p. 35)

2  works
3  earns
4  travels
5  drives
6  thinks
7  does
8  knows
9  drinks
10  eats
11  has
12  has
13  spends

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