Grammar File Answer Key
It and there page 113 2A
1A 1 better
1 There 2 it 3 There 4 There 5 there 6 It 7 It 2 happier
3 more motivated / motivated more
1B 4 higher
Students’ own answers 5 more technological
2 2B
1 There are many negative effects (associated) with car good: better, best
ownership. busy: busier, busiest
2 It is easy to speak English. bad: worse, worst
3 It is very dry in the south of the country. excellent: more excellent, most excellent
4 There are not / aren’t many people who vote in local little: less, least
elections. boring: more boring, most boring
5 There are several cinemas in larger towns. far: farther / further, farthest / furthest
small: smaller, smallest
Pronoun referents page 113 long: longer, longest
1 different: more different, most different
1 employees at the best companies
2 200 engineers and accountants interviewed by Herzberg Adverbs pages 115–116
3 200 engineers and accountants interviewed by Herzberg 1
4 a time when they felt exceptionally positive about their 1 Maybe I’ll do a Master’s degree.
job 2 My family certainly won’t be happy.
5 researchers 3 I like to do my homework well.
6 200 engineers and accountants interviewed by Herzberg 4 I find learning languages really difficult.
5 Some people are never satisfied.
2 6 Personally, I think private education is wrong.
1 they 2 this 3 This 4 He 5 they 6 those 7 it 7 I often get up before my parents do.
Much / many / a lot of page 114 2
1A 1 Hopefully 5 Unfortunately
1 aren’t many 3 isn’t much 2 extremely 6 completely
2 isn’t much 4 aren’t many 3 a little 7 absolutely
4 from time to time 8 at all
1B
Students’ own answers Gerunds and infinitives page 116
2 1A
1 to live, Living
1 Correct
2 dancing, to find / finding, cycling
2 She eats a lot of food.
3 To get
3 We create a lot of waste.
4 to travel, to ski / skiing
4 It costs a lot of money to maintain the roads.
5 Correct 1B
Students’ own answers
Comparisons page 114
1A Uses of that page 116
1 less than 4 less, than 1A
2 fewer 5 fewer, than 1 Many people believe that war will end.
3 less 2 One benefit of consumerism is that economies grow.
3 –
1B
4 The subject that I liked the most was art.
1 I weigh more than I thought.
5 People that play computer games become addicted
2 I walked farther / further than I expected.
easily.
3 I try to swim more every week.
6 –
4 I want to sleep more than eight hours.
7 I’m so hard-working that I sometimes forget to have
5 There aren’t as many people in the park on weekdays as
lunch.
there are at the weekends.
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1B Describing the past page 119
Students’ own answers 1A
hid, did, died, dried, drank, kept, told, cut, ate, tended /
‘Real’ conditionals and time clauses page 117 ended, drew, won
1A
1 will have to, happens 5 grows 1B
2 have, don’t have 6 have 1 did, tended 4 drew / won, drew / won
3 pass, might / may / could study 7 become 2 kept, died 5 cut, ate
4 take, am 3 told, kept
1B 2
Students’ own answers 1 used to go 6 started
2 used to put 7 woke up
2A 3 were camping 8 realized
1 unless 4 when 4 was 9 were
2 when 5 while 5 were sleeping 10 were
3 unless 6 whenever
The passive page 120
2B 1
1 I won’t learn to drive if I don’t get a car. 1 P 2 P 3 A 4 P 5 P 6 A
3 Young people become obese if they don’t exercise.
2A
‘Unreal’ conditional page 118 1 is spent 5 cost
1A 2 is spent 6 spend
1 met, would tell 3 are bought 7 is spent
2 changed, wouldn’t be 4 spend
3 could take, would you take
4 had, would travel 2B
5 wasn’t / weren’t, might / would enjoy The past simple tense would be used.
6 had, would be
2C
7 would be, had
1 My luggage was lost on holiday.
8 increased, could / might / would reduce
2 The streets are cleaned every day.
1B 3 A lot of money will be saved.
Could is used in sentence 3 because it talks about an unreal 4 My wallet was stolen.
possibility. Using could in sentence 2 would change the 5 The parcels are delivered at the end of the week.
sentence to If I could change my job, I would be happier 6 The carnival will be held in March next year.
(= if it were possible to change my job).
2A
1 c 2 a 3 f 4 d 5 e 6 b
2B
1 would 4 could, would
2 could, would 5 could, would
3 could
Modal verbs page 118
1
1 could 5 couldn’t
2 can 6 can’t
3 will be able to 7 will not be able
4 can’t 8 can / could
2A
1 can / may 5 may
2 can 6 can / may
3 can 7 can
4 may 8 can
2B
Sentences 1, 4, 5, and 6
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