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The past
6.1 Don’t give up! p56 Exercise 10b
ANSWERS
Exercise 2
a long time ago in the 18th century in 1999 in 2001
ANSWERS
last year last summer three weeks ago
Vera Wang Akio Morita
last week last night
Born (when?) 1949 1921
First job at Vogue businessman
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
magazine
Problems She wasn’t in They developed Exercise 1
the US Olympic an electric rice 1 were  2 Were; weren’t   ​3 was  ​4 Was; was   ​5 were  ​
ice skating team cooker that 6 Was; wasn’t   ​7 Were; were   ​8 were
in 1968. This didn’t sell well
made her very and burnt the Exercise 2
unhappy. rice. 1 Where were; f   ​2 Who was; b   ​3 When was; e   ​
4 What was; j   ​​5 Why were; d   ​6 Was the film; a   ​
Famous for … Her own Vera Founder of Sony
7 Were they; g   ​8 Where were; i   ​9 Why was; h   ​
(what?) Wang fashion
10 Why was; c
label
Exercise 3
Exercise 4 1 was  2 was  ​3 was  ​4 was  ​5 were  ​6 were  ​
ANSWERS 7 were  ​8 was  ​9 was  ​10 weren’t
1 was  ​2 wasn’t  ​3 were  ​4 weren’t

Exercise 5b 6.2 Stories p58

ANSWERS Exercise 1a
1 were  ​2 wasn’t  ​3 was  ​4 were  ​5 weren’t  ​6 were  ​ POSSIBLE ANSWERS
7 was  ​8 was euro, peso, dinar, real, franc, peso, forint, yen, dirham,
rupee, zloty, riyal, krone
Exercise 6a
ANSWERS Exercise 1b
Was/were/wasn’t/weren’t are stressed in the answers. ANSWERS
a metal snakes   ​b coins  ​c rings  ​d salt
Exercise 7a
ANSWERS Exercise 2
1 Were you hungry this morning? ANSWERS
2 Were you a good student at school? a 4  ​b 2  ​c 1  ​d 3
3 Was your partner late for class today?
4 Was your teacher at work yesterday? Exercise 3
5 Were your school friends from the same town as you?
ANSWERS
6 Were you at home at seven o’clock last night?
1 The Egyptians used jewellery as money.
Exercise 8b 2 The Romans copied a Turkish idea in the first century BCE.
3 The Romans earned something you can eat.
ANSWERS 4 The Lobi believed their money was lucky.
1 d  ​2 e  ​3 b  ​4 f  ​5 c  ​6 a
Exercise 4b
Exercise 9
ANSWERS
ANSWERS Verbs in exercise 3:
in last ago 1 used  ​2 copied  ​3 earned  ​4 believed
Grammar focus box:
1999 night a long time 1 -ed  ​2 -d  ​3 -ied
the 18th century year three weeks
2001 week six months
summer

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 Exercise 5c 6.3 Vocabulary and skills
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 6.7
/d/ believed, copied, loved, moved, prepared, received,
development p60
used Exercise 2
/t/ liked, noticed, worked
ANSWER
/id/ posted, shouted, waited, wanted
Sentence 1 is in the past. visited is a past simple verb form
Exercise 6 and last is an adverb used with week/day/year to talk
about a time in the past.
ANSWERS
Sentence 2 is in the present. visit is a present simple verb
Student A form and every is an adverb used with morning/day/
a 1 returned 2 called Monday, etc. to talk about a fact or a habit that is always
b 3 worked true.
c 4 looked 5 noticed
d 6 thanked Exercise 4a
Student B
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 6.13
a 1 opened
1 cooked  ​2 carried  ​3 change  ​4 helped  ​5 wait  ​
b 2 decided
6 listened  ​7 chatted  ​8 dance  ​9 enjoyed
c 3 collected
d 4 finished 5 started Exercise 5a
A b  B d  A c  B a  A a  B c  A d  B b
ANSWERS
Exercise 7a 1 past  ​2 present  ​3 past  ​4 present  ​5 past  ​6 past
ANSWERS Exercise 6b
1 wait: for a long time, for a friend
2 post: a letter, a comment on a web page ANSWERS
3 enter: a race, a competition 1 Before the 1990s, Inhotim was a farm in the Brazilian
4 move: to the countryside, house countryside.
5 visit: a museum, a relative 2 Now it is a ‘Disneyland for art lovers’, an ‘outdoor
6 shout: at your dog, at someone museum’ which displays thousands of works by
7 prepare: a meal, for an exam Brazilian and international artists with approximately
8 receive: an email, a phone call 250,000 visitors a year.
9 call: a taxi, an old friend 3 It is important culturally but also for the 1,000 local
10 use: a dictionary, a tablet people who work in its museums, gardens and
restaurants.
Exercise 8b
Exercise 7a
ANSWERS
1 f  ​2 j  ​3 g  ​4 a  ​5 d  ​6 b  ​7 e  ​8 c  9 h  10 i ANSWERS
present: notice, travel, look, include, work
past simple: start(ed), live(d), work(ed), look(ed),
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS change(d), decide(d), visit(ed)

Exercise 1 Exercise 7b
1 The hotel room included breakfast yesterday. ANSWERS
2 I posted our letters last Monday. noticed  ​started  ​lived  ​worked  ​looked  ​changed  ​
3 We waited for twenty minutes for my sister. decided  ​travelled  ​looked  ​included  ​worked  ​
4 I wanted a new laptop last week. visited
5 They visited my uncle (once) in May 2013.
6 People used money to buy things 500 years ago. Exercise 9b
7 He shouted at his brother for an hour.
ANSWERS
8 I liked dancing in the 1980s.
1 a bit   ​2 quite  ​3 very  ​4 really
Exercise 2
Exercise 10a
​1 chatted  2 enjoyed  ​3 listened  ​4 carried  ​
5 changed  ​6 started  ​7 called  ​8 stopped ANSWERS
1 Speaker 1 is more positive about the sculptures.
Exercise 3 2 Speaker 2 is more positive about the gardens.
1 worked  2 happened  ​3 noticed  ​4 waited  ​ 3 Speaker 2 is more positive about the food and
5 walked  ​6 asked  ​7 showed  ​8 stayed  ​9 shouted  ​ restaurants.
10 wanted  ​11 looked  ​12 opened  ​13 changed  ​ 4 Speaker 1 is more positive about the journey.
14 closed  ​15 walked

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 Exercise 10b Student B
a I booked a holiday to Australia.
ANSWERS
Really?/That’s brilliant/great! When do you go?
1 very interesting (a bit boring)   ​2 really beautiful (quite
b I couldn’t sleep last night.
nice)  ​3 quite good (really expensive)   ​4 quite long
That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/
(really long)
That’s awful! Did you sleep at all?
Exercise 12 c I was on TV when I was a child.
Really?/That’s interesting! What were you in?
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
d I’ve got a cold.
2 That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/
A Clothes in this country are really expensive. That’s awful! Take an aspirin.
B No, they aren’t! They’re really cheap. e I watched a great film on TV last night.
3 Really? What was it called?
A The classroom is quite hot today.
B No, it isn’t! It’s very cold. Exercise 8a
4
ANSWERS
A Trains and buses are quite slow in this country.
1 tweet 3   ​2 tweet 1   ​3 tweet 2
B No, they aren’t! They’re quite fast.
5 Exercise 8b
A Cars are really dangerous.
B No they aren’t. They’re quite safe. ANSWERS
a 3  ​b 1  ​c 2

6.4 Speaking and writing p62 Exercise 9

ANSWERS
Exercise 2 1 Does anyone know where I can dance salsa? I really
ANSWERS want to learn.
1 a  ​2 c  ​3 f  ​4 b  ​5 d  ​6 e 2 The tweets are informal and written quickly. We can
Oscar missed his Business Management class dinner leave out auxiliary verbs and subject pronouns to keep
because he couldn’t find his shoes, the bus was late, it them brief.
started to rain, and then the taxi didn’t come.
Exercise 10
Exercise 3 ANSWERS
ANSWERS a Really? I saw it years ago and I hated it. It was boring!
That’s terrible!   ​Really? ✓   ​That’s brilliant!   ​ b Try Café Sol. I think they have classes on Mondays.
Poor you! ✓   ​What a nightmare! ✓   ​That’s interesting!   ​ c Ha ha! Are you still at work? Don’t wake her up. Then
Oh no! ✓   ​That’s great! ✓   ​That’s awful! ✓ you can go home!
The expressions help the conversation by showing the
listener is interested. Exercise 11
SUGGESTED ANSWERS
Exercise 4a 1 I tried explaining Twitter to my Dad. It wasn’t easy!
ANSWERS 2 Francis! Do you want to go out tonight?
a good news: That’s brilliant!, That’s great! 3 Is anyone watching the programme on Channel 6? Does
b bad news: That’s terrible!, Poor you!, What a nightmare!, anyone understand it?
Oh no!, That’s awful! 4 I just missed the bus again! It’s the third time this week!
c interesting news: Really?, That’s interesting!

Exercise 6 6.5 Video p64

POSSIBLE ANSWERS VIDEO ANSWERS
Student A
a We moved house three times last year. Exercise 1
That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ ancient buildings ✓   ​buses   ​busy market ✓   ​
That’s awful! It is really stressful, isn’t it? dome ✓   ​fishermen   ​gardens ✓   ​herbs   ​
b Someone shouted at me in the street yesterday. modern buildings ✓   ​mosque ✓   ​public transport ✓   ​
That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/ residents ✓   ​ships and ferries ✓   ​souvenirs ✓   ​
That’s awful! What did you do? spices   ​strait ✓   ​tourists ✓   ​
c I’ve got a new job!
Exercise 2 & 3
Really?/That’s brilliant/great! Congratulations!
Students’ own answers
d I walked ten miles on Sunday.
Really?/That’s brilliant/great! You are really fit! Exercise 5a & b
e I’ve got too much work at the moment. Students’ own answers
That’s terrible!/Poor you!/What a nightmare!/Oh no!/
That’s awful! Try to get an early night.

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 Review p65
ANSWERS

Exercise 1a
1 was  ​2 Was  ​3 Were  ​4 Were  ​5 Was  ​6 were

Exercise 1b
1 He was 18.
2 No, it wasn’t. It was on a Friday.
3 No, they weren’t. It was completely dark.
4 Yes, they were.
5 Yes, there was.
6 They were behind the sofa.

Exercise 2a
1 yesterday  ​2 last year/a year ago  
3​ last week/a week ago   ​4 five years ago   ​
5 five minutes ago   ​6 half an hour ago/30 minutes ago

Exercise 3a
1 died  ​2 was  ​3 decided  ​4 love  ​5 pay  ​6 wanted  ​
7 was  ​8 painted  ​9 ’s/is  ​10 travel

Exercise 4a
1 e  ​2 g  ​3 h  ​4 c  ​5 b  ​6 d  ​7 a  ​8 f

Exercise 6a
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 Really? That’s brilliant! That’s amazing! That’s great!
2 Really? Poor you!
3 That’s terrible! What a nightmare! Oh, no! That’s awful!

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