WELCOME UNIT  

A THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT  

let and allow  

Exercise 1  

1 I'm allowed to stay up late at the  weekend. 2 My parents let me practise my  electric guitar in the garage. 3 My parents  don't let me go out on school nights.  4 I'm allowed to have parties at home.  5 My parents don't let me go to concerts  on my own.

Music  

Exercise 2  

Musical instruments - drums , violin,  guitar, piano  Types of music - classical, jazz, pop, rap 

 Exercise 3  

Students' own answers  Verbs of perception  

Exercise 4  

1 looks 2 feel 3 tastes 4 smells  Exercise 5  1 are; smelling 2 smells 3 are; looking  4 don't look 5 tastes 6 are; tasting  7 are; feeling 8 doesn't feel  The big screen

Exercise 5 

1 are; smelling 2 smells 3 are; looking

4 don't look 5 tastes 6 are; tasting

7 are; feeling 8 doesn't feel

The big screen

Present perfect tenses

Exercise 7

1 watched 2 seen 3 been showing 4 lost

5 been waiting 6 been playing

TV programmes

Exercise 8

1 game show 2 drama series 3 sit com

4 sports programme 5 the news

SUMMING UP

Exercise 9

1 to watch 2've been watching 3 allowed

to 4 the news 5 watch 6're watching

7 drama series 8've watched 9 let

B TIME TO ACT

Our endangered planet

Exercise 1 

1 climate change 2 Fumes; pollution; smog

3 flooding 4 litter

Question tags

Exercise 2

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

Exercise 3

1 aren't you 2 isn't it 3 don't you

4 didn't they

5 do they 6 isn't she 7 can he

8 will he 9 haven't you 10 should I

Party time

Exercise 4

1 g 2 f 3 a 4 h 5 c 6 d 7 e 8 b

Indefinite pronouns

Exercise 5

1 anyone 2 Everyone 3 nothing

4 everything 5 somewhere 6 nowhere

7 something 8 no one

Arranging a party  

Exercise 6

1 everything 2 decorating 3 organising

4 something 5 Anyone 6 sent out 7 get

8 anything 9 hiring 10 everyone

SUMMING UP

Exercise 7 

7, 9, 3, 5, 1, 10, 2, 4, 6, 8

C IN MY OPINION, …

Feeling under the weather

Exercise 1

1 e2a3 f4b5c6d

Exercise 2

1 get better 2 having an operation 3 take

some exercise 4 make an appointment

5 see a doctor 6 feel sick

Giving advice

Exercise 3

1 should 2'd / had 3 ought 4 n't / not

5 better 6 to

Exercise 4

Students'  own answers

Compan sons

Exercise 5

1 the most important 2 as funny as

3 longer 4 the worst 5 more beautifully

6 the most expensive

Exercise 6

1 as hot as today. 2 the most boring film

I've ever seen. 3 kind as her. 4 remember

things as easily as I used to. 5 as well as

Martin. 6 expensive as this.

SUMMING UP

Exercise 7

5, 3, 9, 1, 7, 2, 10, 8, 4, 6

D HELP!

Reported speech

Exercise 1

1 what the matter was. 2 she couldn't

find her key. 3 to check inside her pocket.

4 she'd already done that. 5 if she'd

checked the door. 6 why she wanted her

to do that. 7 that was where she always

left them.

Sequencing words

Exercise 2

1 after 22 then 3 finally 4 at first

 Exercise 3

1 At first 2 After 3 Then 4 Finally

Asking for and offering help

Exercise 4 

1 few minutes 2 Can 3 lend; hand 4 help

5 need

Exercise 5

7, 9, 3, 11, 5, 1, 10, 6, 2, 4, 8

IT VOCABULARY

Exercise 6

1 f 2 h 3 d 4 g 5 a 6 b 7 c 8 e

Passive tenses

Exercise 7

1 have been posted on my website. 2 was

uploaded onto You Tube. 3 had already

been keyed in. 4 has been downloaded by

two million people. 5 were sent the email

by the teacher. 6 is being attached to the

message (by the program).

SUMMING UP

Exercise 8

1 has been 2 has accessed 3 installed

4 files 5 passwords 6 is being 7 said he

8 delete 9 said I 10 buy 11 then

UNIT 1

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1 

1 PS 2 PPC 3 PC 4 PPC 5 PPS 6 PS 7 PC

Exercise 2

1 's playing 2'm writing 3 don't write

4've been writing 5 plays 6 haven't written

7've played 8 hasn't been playing

Exercise 3

1 're doing 2'm spending 3 like

4'm not watching 5'm not playing 6 help

7 doesn't pay 8 like 9 'm not working

10 need

Exercise 4

1 haven't been sleeping 2 Have you finished

3 haven't seen 4 have you been doing

Exercise 5

1 haven't seen 2 texts 3 is/'s she doing

4 has/'s been training 5 wants 6 has/have

invited 

Exercise 6

1 she's having a meeting with Pablo

2 she's taking the train to Barcelona

3 she's watching the/a football match at

Camp Nou stadium

4 she's flying back to London

Exercise 7

1 aren't going to visit 2 am/'m going to

make 3 is/'s going to study 4 isn't going to

ski 5 are/'re going to move

Pictures: B 3 C 5 D 2 E 1 F 4

Exercise 8

1A 2P 3I 4I 5P

Exercise 9

Suggested answers

1 I'm seeing the dentist this afternoon.

2 People will definitely live on the moon

one day. 3 We're going to stay at the Ritz

hotel (in London). 4 I'm going to travel

around the world next year. 5 My mum

won't let me go to the party.

Exercise 10

Students' own answers

GET IT RIGHT!

1're/are having 2 will win 3's/is going

4'm/am not going 5'II/will have 6'II/will see

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1g 2f 3a 4b 5e 6h 7c 8d

Exercise 2

Students' own answers

Exercise 3 

1 travel the world 2 get promoted 3 leave

school 4 retire 5 get [a] degree 6 settle

down 7 start [a] family 8 start [a] career

Exercise 4

1 settle down 2 start; career 3 leave

school 4 start a family 5 travel the world

6 retire 7 got a degree 8 get promoted

Exercise 5

1,7,5,3,2,6,8,4

Exercise 6

1 up to 2 up to it 3 almost up 4 what's up

5 up to me

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1d 2b 3f 4a 5c 6e

Exercise 2 

1 make 2 let 3 put 4 jumped 5 get 6 took

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

Each letter of the word SMART is the

first letter of each of the words used to

describe the goals successful people use:

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant

and Timely.

Exercise 2

1 F (She's joking when she says she's

looking forward to her exams. ) 2 T 3 F

C(ou should choose realistic objectives.)

4 F (You should have a time frame with

a start and finish.)

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

Exercise 4

Suggested answer 

1 (NS) Your plan is too general. (S) You

make a detailed plan. 2 (NS) You don't

know how much you have done. (S) You

keep track of your progress so you can

see how much you have achieved and

what you still have to do. 3 (NS) Your goal

is impossible. (S) Your goal is realistic - it

is possible for you to achieve it. 4 (NS) You

have a goal that won't help you achieve

your objective. (S) Your goal must help you

reach your final objective. 5 (NS) You don't

have a timetable to follow. (S) You make

a timetable and you follow it.

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

1 a new student at Damon's school

2 the receiver of the email 3 the writer

of the email

Exercise 2

1 Connor has decided Josh is his best

friend and follows him everywhere.

Connor is always sending him messages

and wanting to hang out with him. Connor

is jealous of Josh's friends and says mean

things about them. 2 I'm getting a bit

tired of him; That really annoys me. 3 the

welcome party; telling him about the

youth club

Exercise 3

Next week I'm having; I've also told him

about; The best thing is that I can't go;

so he'll have to

Exercise 4

A 2 B 4 C 3 D 1

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

1 a History project/presentation 2 she's

going away for the weekend 3 going

to work with Jodie 4 the youth club

5 embarrassed 6 (giving up) violin lessons

7 criticises her / tells her she's doing

things wrong 8 the school orchestra

Exercise 2

1 always doing 2 change her ways 3 been

hiding 4've been working 5 Don't be silly

6 to be honest 7 you mention 8 problem is

DIALOGUE

Exercise 3

Conversation 1 

A Are you doing anything after school, Tina?

B No, I've got nothing planned.

A Toby and I are going swimming.

Do you want to come?

B I'd love to, thanks.

Conversation 2

C When do you leave school, Wang?

D Next year in July.

C And what are you going to do next?

D I'm going to study medicine at Cambridge University.

Conversation 3

E Do you think you'll have children one day?

F Probably. I hope so.

E How many do you think you'll have?

F One or two.

PHRASES FOR FLUENCY

Exercise 4

1 Here we go 2 You're a star 3 Where

have you been hiding 4 Where shall I start

5 Now you mention it

Exercise 5

1 Where shall I start? 2 You're a star

3 Where have you been hiding? 4 now you

mention it 5 Here we go.

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

1D 2D

Exercise 2

1A 2C 3B 4C 5D 6D 7A 8B 

UNIT 2

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 was; had been running 2 was; had been

watching 3 had been playing; arrived

4 had been waiting; made 5 had been

learning; went 6 had been swimming;

started

Exercise 2

1 was sailing; hit 2 were dancing; heard

3 was watching; stepped 4 was making;

saw 5 crashed; was taking off 6 became;

were exploring.

Exercise 3

1E 2C 3B 4G 5A 6D

Exercise 4 

1 had; had arrived 2 did; had eaten

3 had finished; called 4 did; had spoken

5 had finished; watched

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

1 be 2 play 3 have 4 be 5 take 6 make

7 have to

Exercise 7

Students' own answers

Exercise 8

1 Did you use to wear a school

uniform? -e 2 Did you use to have a lot

of homework? -f 3 Did you use to learn

English? -c 4 Did you use to learn any

other languages? -b 5 What used to be

your favourite subject? -a

Exercise 9

2 ✓ -1 would play in the park every day

after school. 4✓ -I would eat vegetables

with each mea I. 6✓ -I would go for

a long bike ride every weekend.

GET IT RIGHT!

1 used to sing 2 usually go 3 usually watch

4 used to get 5 used to be 6 usually wear

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 force 2 smash 3 strike 4 enrage 5 shock 

6 beg 7 demolish

Exercise 2

1 smashed 2 demolished 3 begged

4 shocked 5 forced 6 struck

Exercise 3

ACROSS: 1 force 7 demolished

DOWN: 2 enraged 3 begged 4 smashed

5 strike 6 shock

Exercise 4 

1 force 2 shocked 3 begged 4 struck

5 enraged 6 smashed 7 demolished

1D 2B 3E 4A 5F 6C

Exercise 5

1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 e

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 e 2 c 3 f 4 b 5 a 6 d

Exercise 2

People's feelings: endure suffer

Actions: destroy escape fight scream 

Exercise 3

1 screamed; escaped/were escaping

2 fought/were fighting; endured

3 suffered; destroyed

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

Students' own answers

Exercise 2

1 Because it had 200 factories and they

were producing a lot of smoke and

industrial waste. 2 Very bad. Their houses

were small and close together. They

didn't have any water or heating in their

houses and the streets were dirty. 3 His

father started working for Mr Salt and the

family moved into a nice house. He went

to school. 4 He understood that it was

better for business if his workers were

healthy. He let them work shorter hours

and encouraged them to study. He made

sure the workers and their families lived in

a healthy place and had healthy lives.

CRITICAL THINKING

Exercise 3

1 E 2 C3 F 4 A 5 D 6 B

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

1 Isle of Lewis, Scotland / Scottish island /

beach 2 1831 3 the teeth of whales and

walruses 4 12th century 5 Norway

Exercise 2

A 2 B 5 C 1 D 4 E 3

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

A Maths, Reading and Writing

Exercise 2

1 d 2 g 3 a 4 c 5 f 6 h 7 b 8 e

DIALOGUE

Exercise 3

5, 9, 1 , 3, 7, 6, 8, 4, 2

Exercise 4 

1 the other children; would play football

2 use to watch; In those days 3 school

dinners; 4 your favourite meal

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1 

1 future plans 2 family 3 holidays 4 family

5 future plans 6 family 7 future plans

8 holidays 9 holidays

Exercise 2

1 4 and 7 2 1 and 8

Exercise 3

Suggested answers

Katya: 1 ** 2 *** 3 *** (wide range)

Alexei: 1 * 2 ** (more hesitant)

3 * (good enough to answer the questions)

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

CONSOLIDATION

UNITS 1 & 2

Exercise 1

1 A 2 C 3B 

Exercise 2

1 leaving school and starting something

new 2 She doesn't know what she wants

to do in the future. 3 Because they chose

a career, studied for it and then started

work. 4 an expert to help students choose

the right career 5 He tells her she need

to change her ways and be more positive

about her future.

Exercise 3

1 go 2 are going 3 had gone 4 go 5 will be

6 went 7'm meeting 8 used to

Exercise 4

1 day 2 made 3 promoted 4 down

5 decade 6 degree 7 smashed 8 change 

9 demolished 10 up

Exercise 5

1 e 2 i 3 a 4 f 5 j 6 c 7 h 8 b 9 g 10 d

Exercise 6

1 Where have you been hiding 2 here we go

3 where shall I start 4 stuff like that

5 What's up 5 You're a star 6 don't be silly

7 now you mention it

Exercise 7

1 F (It's still popular.) 2 T 3 F (He was only

just 12.) 4 F (He had to stick labels on

bottles of shoe polish.) 5 F (His father was

sent to prison. The rest of the family went

to live there.) 6 T

Exercise 8

Students' own answers

UNIT 3

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1 

1 wear something warmer 2 be so shy

3 buy a hairbrush 4 go to bed so late

5 ask someone 6 go and see it

Exercise 2

1 don't have to 2 don't have to 3 have to

4 don't have to 5 have to

Exercise 3

1 have to 2 doesn't have to 3 doesn't

have to 4 have to 5 don't have to

6 don't have to 7 has to

Exercise 4

1 have to wear 2 have to skate/go 3 has

to look after/babysit 4 don't have to eat

5 doesn't have to worry 6 have to study/

work 7 don't have to wash 8 don't have

to share

Exercise 5

1b 2e 3g 4a 5h 6c 7d 8f

Exercise 6

1'd better study 2'd better not stay

3'd better apologise 4'd better not tell

5'd better not eat 6'd better call

7'd better turn 8'd better wear

Exercise 7

1 mustn't/can't 2 can 3 mustn't/can't

4 can 5 mustn't cycle I can't cycle

6 mustn't use I can't use

GET IT RIGHT!

1 could 2 should 3 could 4 Could 5 should

6 should

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 chain 2 manufacturer 3 product

4 advertisement 5 brand 6 logo 7 image

8 consumer

Exercise 2 

1 chain 2 advertisement 3 manufacturers

4 logo 5 product 6 image

Exercise 3 

1 you name it 2 made a name 3 named

the day 4 stage name 5 what's-his-name

6 the name of the game 7 call [other kids]

names 8 big name

Exercise 4

1 it 2 make 3 day 4 what 5 call 6 stage

7 big 8 game

Exercise 5

Students' own answers  

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 competitor 2 goods 3 purchase 4 sale

5 stalls

Exercise 2

Suggested answers

making: goods, product

selling: competitor, purchase, sale, stalls,

chain, consumer

advertising: image, advertisement

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1 

1 rollerblades 2 frisbee 3 yo-yo

Exercise 2

1 coke 2 rollerblades 3 biro 4 kiwi 5 velcro

6 escalator 7 frisbee

Exercise 3 

1 ask 2 image 3 words

Exercise 4

B

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

About the rules at Flora's school.

Exercise 2

1 F (She didn't say anything about talking

in class.) 2 T 3 F (They aren't allowed to

wear jeans with holes or T-shirts with

writing.) 4 F(They can take them into class

but they must switch them off.)

Exercise 3

1 check for understanding 2 a question

tag: you know what I mean, don't you?

3 a bit 4 the teachers are mostly kind of

normal, too 5 It is 6 There's [not much else

to say]; I [hope this helps]

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1 

1C 2C 3B

Exercise 2

1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F 7F 8F

Exercise 3

1 you should go 2 you should try

3 you'd better wear 4 you'd better learn

5 I should get 6 we'd better get

DIALOGUE

Exercise 4 

1 should visit 2'd better take

3'd better learn 4 should know

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

1C 2B 3C 4A 5B 6C 7B 8A

UNIT 4

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1C 2 B 3A 4 D

Exercise 2

1 will bite; touch 2 was/were; would be

3 met; would you ask 4 don't leave;'II miss

5 knew; wouldn't tell 6 don't stop; will get

7 Would you be; met 8'II be; don't win

Exercise 3

1 would; do 2 Would; take 3 would; keep

4 Would; buy 5 bought 6 would want

7 told 8 wouldn't be 9 didn't tell

10 would feel

Exercise 4

1 when 2 as soon as 3 when 4 If 5 unless

6 until

Exercise 5

1 Unless 2 until 3 if 4 as soon as 5 as soon as

6 If 7 until 8 unless

Exercise 6

1 had 2 could 3 if 4 weren't 5 was

6 would 7 could

Exercise 7

1 I could understand Maths. / I understood

Maths. 2 the girls in my class wouldn't

be / weren't so childish. 3 I knew where

my phone was. I I could find my phone.

4 I could afford to buy those new shoes.

5 I wish we could go to the concert.

6 we didn't have so much homework this

weekend.

Exercise 8

1e 2a 3h 4b 5c 6g 7d 8f

Exercise 9

1 had been; would've gone 2 hadn't gone;

wouldn't have met 3 hadn't met; wouldn't

have been able to 4 had said; would've

stayed 5 hadn't come; wouldn't have become

GET IT RIGHT!

1 had to 2 would have liked 3 had been

4 would have liked 5 wouldn't have taken

6 had been

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 g 2c 3a 4h 5f 6b 7d 8e

Exercise 2

1 Own 2 truth 3 lie 4 get 5 do 6 open 7 Hide

Exercise 3

1 f 2 a3 e 4 b5 c 6 d

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

1 I go out dancing with my friends now

and again, but I'm not very keen. 2 Zac

left just now, so if you run, you'll catch

him. 3 We hardly ever see Jason now that

he's got his own scooter. 4 We've missed

the last bus. What are we going to do

now?/ Now what are we going to do?

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 e 2 c 3 a 4 f 5 b 6 d

Exercise 2

1 take me 2 a matter 3 an apology 4 far as

5 to keep 6 your word

Exercise 3

1 My friend told me to keep her news

a secret. 2 I owe my brother an apology

because I took his camera without asking.

3 I know I can always take my friend's

word for it. 4 We should all take climate

change seriously.

READING

Exercise 1

Each game show contestant had to decide

whether to share the prize money with

another contestant or to try to keep all of

the money.

Exercise 2

1 T 2 F (They showed the word to the

other player, at exactly the same time).

3 F (Both players won some money only if

both chose 'split'.) 4 F(The best result for

the writer was when both players 'stole'.)

5 F (Scientists watched the show for their

research.) 

Exercise 3

1 Emily£5,000; Jordan £5,000; happy

2 Emily £0; Jordan £0; very happy - 'the

best feeling'3 Emily £10,000; Jordan

£0; unhappy 4 Emily £0; Jordan £10,000;

unhappy

Exercise 4

1F 2 F 3O 4O 5F

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

Zara's dilemma: Should she tell her

best friend that she knows about the

surprise birthday party her best friend has

organised for her because of an message

she opened, or not?

Zara's decision: She decides not to say

anything.

Exercise 2

1 long and hard 2 wrong decision 3 own

up 4 tell her the truth 5 hide the truth

Exercise 3 

1 could turn; would/'d have closed -C

2 hadn't seen; would never have

thought -B 3 told; would never speak - D

4 had Oust] said; wouldn't have had this

dilemma-A

Exercise 4

Suggested answers

1 a I wouldn't have broken it.

1 b he'd be really angry with me.

2a my classmate would get into a lot of trouble.

2b she wouldn't have needed to cheat.

3a I'd have no money.

3b he wouldn't want/need to borrow mine.

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

A2 B1 C3

Exercise 2 

Dialogue 1: d

Dialogue 2: b

Dialogue 3: a

Exercise 3

1 I'm so sorry 2 No worries 3 I'm so

ashamed 4 We feel awful about it

5 wouldn't have happened 6 I don't know

what to say

DIALOGUE

Exercise 4

1, 7, 5, 11, 9, 13, 3, 4, 8, 2, 6, 10, 12

PHRASES FOR FLUENCY

Exercise 5

1 Are you out of your mind? 2 believe

it or not 3 between you and me 4 I was

wondering if 5 any chance? 6 what's with

Exercise 6

1 What's with 2 Believe it or not 3 I was

wondering if 4 any chance 5 Are you out

of your mind? 6 Between you and me

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

stories; teenagers; start with; I opened

the suitcase and could hardly believe my

eyes - it was more money than I had ever

seen in my life; a decision; a police officer;

140-190 words

Exercise 2

Nico fails to include a police officer in his

story.

Exercise 3

1 I was on a train. 2 The woman on the

train had asked me to look after it. 3 I was

excited, but also nervous. 4 I decided

to take the money and I used it to open

a small shop. 5 I now have 50 stores

across the country.

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

CONSOLIDATION 

UNITS 3 & 4

Exercise 1

1C 2A 3C

Exercise 2

1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T 7F 8T

Exercise 3

1 d 2 f 3 e 4 a 5 c 6 b

Exercise 4

1 hard 2 now and again 3 truth 4 own up

to it 5 call me 6 reconsider 7 logo 8 chain

Exercise 5

1 I wish you were here. 2 I would be

happier if the weather was/were better. /

I was happier when the weather was

better. 3 If only I knew the answer to this

question. 4 We'd better leave now, I think.

5 I'll phone you when I get home. 6 Do

you think we should ask for some help?

7 He's a great guitar player - if only he

could sing better. 8 If he'd left earlier, he

wouldn't have missed the start of the film.

9 The bus ride there is free, so you don't

have to pay for it. 10 Let's wait until/till 5

pm to call them.

Exercise 6

1 I was wondering 2 Any chance

3 Between you and me 4 believe it or not

5 Are you out of your mind 6 had better

7 should have been 8 What's with

Exercise 7

1 to recommend which bag to buy

2 She wishes it had an extra pocket. 3 £12

4 It's excellent value for money. 5 It gets

dirty easily.

Exercise 8

Students' own answers

UNIT 5

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 which 2 which 3 who 4 where 5 who 6 whose

Exercise 2

1 It was a legend which inspired Bram

Stoker to write Dracula. 2 Abhartach was

an evil magician who had very strong

powers. 3 He lived in Derry, where he

ruled a small kingdom. 4 He was an evil

ruler whose people were afraid of him.

5 Dracula comes from an Irish word which

means 'bad blood'.

Exercise 3

1 which/that 2 whose 3 who/that 4 where

5 which/that 6 who/that 7 whose 8 which/ that

Exercise 4

1 My aunt, who lives in Berlin, is an author.

2 The film, which stars Lucy Heyton, is out

in cinemas now. 3 The storyteller, whose

work takes him all over the world, is in

Japan at the moment. 4 Prague, where the

boy in the story grew up, is my hometown.

5 The heroine of the story, whose father is

French, is called Sophie.

Exercise 5

1 ND 2 ND 3 D 4 ND 5 ND 6 D 7 ND 8 D

Exercise 6

1 The city, where all the action took place,

is my hometown. 2 The park, where the

stolen documents were found, is the scene

of the crime. 3 The story, which is set in a

future world, is very sad. 4 The villain, who

disappeared at the end of the story, was

in fact a good man. 5 The meeting, which

took place in a forest, was the start of the

adventure.

Exercise 7

1 Their train arrived four hours late, which

meant they missed the show. 2 None of

the students had studied for the test,

which made the teacher really angry.

3 My friend Lia reads 10 books a month,

which I find amazing. 4 Most of my friends

don't like the Avengers film, which I can't

understand.

Exercise 8

Students' own answers

GET IT RIGHT!

1×2✓3✓4 ✓ ×

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 setting 2 plot 3 hero 4 characters

5 villain 6 ending

Exercise 2

Students' own answers

Exercise 3

1 influential 2 romance 3 anecdotes

4 blockbuster 5 special effects 6 tradition

Exercise 4

1 c 2 g 3 b 4 a 5 f 6 e7 d  

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 short story 2 travel literature 3 chapter,

scene 4 poetry 5 essay

Exercise 2

Students' own answers

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1 

writing teenage literature and creating

online content for YouTube

Exercise 2

1 teenage literature

2 His video channel has projects where

subscribers can interact together.

3 It was very successful. It won a prize

(for best teen novel of the year).

4 His books are well written. The language

is simple and easy to understand.

5 They are normal young people, like the

readers and their friends. They have good

and bad sides.

Exercise 3

8, 7, 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 3

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

travel literatura

Exercise 2

1 The story is about the adventures of

a boy called Tom, who travels around the

world on a bicycle. 2 The story takes place

in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

3 Tom is caught daydreaming in class. 4 The his Maths

writer liked the book and his/ her favourite thing about it was the funny illustrations and amusing little notes.

5 The writer recommends the book to all ages.

6 The writer gives the book 4 out of 5 stars because it was very interesting.

Exercise 3

1b 2c 3a

Exercise 4

1 d 2 e 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 f

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

a 2 b 3 c1d 2 e 1 f 3

Exercise 2 

1F 2F 3F 4T 5T 6F

DIALOGUE

Exercise 3 

1 You'll never believe what happened

2 The strangest thing happened to me

3 Let me finish 4 That was the annoying

thing 5 What are the chances?

Exercise 4

3, 7, 1, 5, 6, 2, 4

Exercise 5

1 believe 2 strangest 3 finish 4 annoying

5 chances

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

1D 2B 3B

UNIT 6

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 are made 2 was shown 3 posts 4 were

held 5 makes 6 aren't delivered 7 is

coached 8 won

Exercise 2

1 were performed 2 was sawed 3 was

turned 4 were found 5 was pulled

Exercise 3

1 When was America discovered by

Columbus? 2 When was the first electric

car built? 3 Where are BMW cars made?

4 Where is the Glastonbury music festival

held? 5 Where was the 2018 FIFA World

Cup final played?

Exercise 4

1 America was discovered by Columbus in 1492

2 The first electric car was built in 2004.

3 BMW cars are made in Germany.

4 The Glastonbury music festival is held in England.

5 The 2018 FIFA World Cup final was played in Moscow.

Exercise 5

1 We had our bags taken to our room.

2 We had all our meals cooked by a top

chef. 3 We had our meals brought to our

room by room service. 4 We had tickets

to top shows delivered to our room.

5 We had all our clothes washed and

ironed. 6 We had our hair cut by a top

stylist for free.

Exercise 6

1 She had her hair dyed. 2 He had a pizza

delivered. 3 She had her washing machine

fixed.

Exercise 7

1 have been built 2 haven't been painted

3 will be finished 4 has been made

5 haven't been widened 6 will be sold

7 will be put up 8 will be shown 

Exercise 8

1 haven't been cleaned 2 have been

caught 3 has been marked 4 hasn't been

delivered 5 hasn't been paid

Exercise 9

1 The final will be played on Thursday.

2 I won't get/be paid until next month.

3 The new shopping centre will be opened

by a famous actor. 4 The hospital has

been closed. 5 The whole city has been

destroyed by the earthquake. 6 The

mountain climbers haven't been seen for

days (by anyone).

GET IT RIGHT!

1 This money will be used to develop the

city. 2 In the future the population will

increase. 3 If the concert doesn't start

soon, we will be forced to leave. 4 Please

see the questionnaire which is enclosed

with this letter. 5 The programme will be

shown on Friday at 10 am. 

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1 

1 fascinating 2 delighted 3 enormous

4 great 5 fantastic 6 brilliant 7 awful

8 terrible 9 boiling 10 minute

Exercise 2

1 hilarious 2 small 3 wonderful 4 scared

5 miserable 6 cold 7 huge 8 exciting

9 interesting 10 great

Exercise 3

1b 2b 3a 4c 5b 6c

Exercise 4 

1 make 2 make 3 do 4 make 5 do 6 make

Exercise 5

A 4 B 6 C 1 D 3 E 5 F 2

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 fortune 2 mess 3 mistake 4 research

5 badly 6 best

Exercise 2

1 is/'s doing research 2 (have/'ve) made

a fortune 3 made [such] a mess 4 did

badly 5 do your best 6 (have/'ve) made

a mistake

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

1d 2b 3a 4c

Exercise 2

Suggested answers

1 None of Margo's record-breaking climbs

were in her home country. I Margo's

record-breaking climbs were in France and

Spain. 2 She believes detailed preparation

is the secret of her success. 3 Her father

and grandfather are also interested in

her sport. 4 She used to do gymnastics

as a child. S Margo spends two to five

hours, six days a week climbing. 6 She

encourages young climbers. One of the

things she believes is that it is good to

take risks and responsibility.

Exercise 3

Suggested answers

1 ? Because fear isn't mentioned at all.

2 N Because she plans everything before

she gets there. 3 Y She does a lot of

training and planning. 4 Y Because it's an

incredible feeling. 5? Because she doesn't

mention it in her message. She also trains

by climbing indoors and by running and

working out in the gym, too.

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

1 C 2 F 3 A 4 E 5 D 6 B

Exercise 2

1d 2a 3c 4e 5b

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

1c 2b 3a 4d

Exercise 2 

1 First 2 Next 3 After that 4 Finally

Exercise 3

1 C 2 D 3 A 4 B

Exercise 4

1 First, fill 2 Next, fold 3 After that, take

4 Finally, use

DIALOGUE

Exercise 5

7, 5, 3, 9, 1, 8, 4, 6, 2

Exercise 6 

1 First 2 After 3 Now 4 then 5 finally

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS 82 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

1 B 2 D 3 D 4 D

CONSOLIDATION

UNITS 5 & 6

Exercise 1

1 C 2 A 3 B 

Exercise 2

1 He likes to be creative now and again.

2 He thinks of something that's happened

to him or a friend. 3 two hours 4 from a

friend who had told him about a film he'd seen

5 She wants him to give her an idea

for a story she can write.

Exercise 3

1 were hurt 2 were written 3 will be

opened 4 have my computer repaired

5 have built 6 had my hair cut 7 have been

taken 8 operate

Exercise 4

1 where 2 who 3 whose 4 which

5 that/which 6 who

Exercise 5

1 crime 2 setting 3 hero 4 plot

5 characters 6 villain 7 ending

Exercise 6

1 absolutely 2 hilarious 3 sense 4 brilliant

5 villain 6 delighted 7 enormous

8 dialogue

Exercise 7

1 The strangest thing happened 2 What's

strange 3 What are the chances 4 let me

finish 5 you'll never believe 6 that was the

annoying thing

Exercise 8

1 A 2 C 3 B 4 B

Exercise 9

Students' own answers

UNIT 7

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 let 2 make 3 make 4 let 5 let 6 make

7 let 8 make

Exercise 2

1 Dad lets me stay out later on Saturdays.

2 Mum doesn't let me play loud music in

the house. 3 Mum doesn't make me tidy

my room. 4 Mum doesn't make me get

up early on Sundays. 5 Dad doesn't let

me drive his car. 6 Dad makes me put the

rubbish out. 7 Dad lets me invite friends

round at the weekend.

Exercise 3

1 You're not allowed to bring/take food or

drink into this room. 2 You're not allowed

to use your (mobile) phone. 3 You're

allowed to fill up your bottle here (for

free). 4 You're not allowed to make a noise

after 9 pm. 5 You're allowed to charge

your phone. 6 You're not allowed to enter

if you're under 16 years old. 7 You're not

allowed to borrow more than four books. /

You're only allowed to borrow four books. 

Exercise 4 

Exercise 5

1 Do your teachers make you do

homework every night? 2 Are you allowed

to send messages in class? 3 Does your

school let you go into any room you

want? / At school, are you allowed to

go into any room you want? 4 Do your

parents let you sleep as long as you like?

5 Are you allowed to eat anything you

want at home? 6 Do your parents let you

stay out after midnight?

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

Exercise 7

1d 2a 3h 4g 5b 6c 7e 8f

Exercise 8

1 was used to eating; got used to eating

2 was used to going; get used to going

3 get used to not hugging; are used to

hugging 4 am used to reading; get used

to reading 5 am used to living

GET IT RIGHT!

1 got 2'm 3 got 4 got 5 is 6 Did

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1 

1d 2e 3h 4a 5g 6b 7f 8c

Exercise 2

1 show up 2 carried on 3 found out

4 ended up 5 turn down 6 set off

7 gave up 8 took up

Exercise 3

1 thoughtful 2 unfriendly 3 kind 4 selfish

5 warm 6 polite 7 rude 8 shy

Exercise 4

1 lively 2 calm 3 selfish 4 generous

Exercise 5

1 After all 2 all day 3 for all I know 4 Once

and for all 5 All I'm saying 6 all the same

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 X/N 2 X 3 ✓ 4 X s X/N 6✓

Exercise 2

1 We can always rely on Thomas to help us.

2 Maya looks down on her classmates.

3 Teenagers need someone they can look up to.

4 I never let my friends down.

5 The teacher won't put up with spelling mistakes.

6 Harry got carried away with the game.

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

Student's own answer

Exercise 2

1f 2c 3a 4b 5d 6 e

Exercise 3

We need to learn to accept each other :

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Diversity is great and should be

celebrated :

2, 3, 9

Exercise 4

2 But people are all the same, although we

differ in hundreds of ways. 3 It's just how

we live and how we die that distinguish us

from each other. 4 I think it's beautiful that

everyone is different. 5 people are people

6 people are basically all the same 7 we

share lots of things 8 there are two kinds

of people 9 I'm different … you're all the

same!

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

A✓ B✓D✓E✓

Exercise 2

1 two years 2 the weather, the traffic, the

food, shaking hands 3 the traffic jams -

she says she'll never get used to them

4 the way people shake hands with each other

Exercise 3

1 So far 2 Of course 3 Then 4 Here's what 5 Anyway

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

1 accepts 2 accepts 3 refuses

Exercise 2

1 a F (He never does anything.) b Tc F

(He refuses at first, then changes his mind.)

2 a F (He invites her to go on a walk in

the hills.) b Tc T

3 a F (Because he has to go to a family

party.) b T c F (She doesn't change her

plans for that evening but she accepts the

idea of the ghost walk on Tuesday.)

Exercise 3

1 don't you come along 2 I'd love to

3 Why don't you give 4 Do you fancy

coming 5 That'd be great 6 How about

bringing 7 don't you join us 8 count me out

DIALOGUE

Exercise 4

Conversation 1: 3, 1, 5, 6, 4, 2

Conversation 2: 5, 1, 3, 6, 2, 4

PHRASES FOR FLUENCY

Exercise 5

1 don't mention it 2 pack it in 3 got it in one

4 don't get me wrong 5 I'm with you on this one

Exercise 6

1 don't mention it 2 good point 3 I'm with

you on this one 4 Don't get me wrong

5 pack it in 6 Got it in one

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

1 excitement 2 totally 3 Unfortunately

4 scenery 5 unbelievably 6 careful 7 safety

8 scary

Exercise 2

1 attractive 2 selection 3 friendly

4 spacious 5 sleepless 6 uncomfortable

7 impossible 8 doubtful

UNIT 8

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 he had/'d stolen 2 he felt 3 he was going

to say 4 he would/'d never commit

Exercise 2 

1 Mr Jones said he was really upset after

the break-in. 2 A neighbour told the police

that the burglar had broken in through the

bathroom window. 3 The boy told the store

manager that this was the first time he'd

been caught shoplifting. 4 The students

said that they had been waiting on the

underground platform when it happened.

5 A police officer told us that pickpockets

in London could make £4,000 a week by

stealing wallets, smartphones and laptops.

6 After the robbery, the shopkeeper said

he/she would think about putting security

cameras in the shop. 7 Mrs Roberts said

her son was going to report the mugging

to the police.

Exercise 3

1'I saw the shoplifter run across the park.'

2'I've never been arrested before.'3'Is

anybody living in the house next door?'

4'You will probably be sentenced to three

years in prison.'5'I'm going to report the

scam to the police.'

Exercise 4

1 to sit down 2 to write 3 not to worry

4 had seen 5 lived 6 was going to interview

Exercise 5

1 to write down my name and address.

2 to stand up. 3 if we knew the victim.

4 to describe the mugger. 5 to fill in the

form. 6 if she had been burgled before.

Exercise 6

1 d - where they had hidden the phones.

2 e - he had hidden the phones. 3 g - he

had been in the car when they had hidden

the phones. 4 b - to go/come to the

police station and make a statement.

5 c - who the other two boys were.

6 h - to go to the police station with him.

7 a - he could phone his mum. 8 f - he had a phone.

Exercise 7

1 if I wanted to survive tonight. 2 didn't

understand what he meant. 3 could have

a good ending or a bad ending. It was up

to me. 4 what he meant by that. / to tell

me what he meant by that. 5 if he was

a mugger. 6 I only had £20. 7 was fine.

8 if he was going to hurt me.

GET IT RIGHT!

1 He asked how much I paid for the

phone. 2 Everyone asked when the article

had to be finished. 3 I asked my mum if I

could go out. 4 I asked my parents which

school I will go to when we move house.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 fine 2 prison 3 prisoner 4 arrested

5 committing a crime 6 got caught

7 got into trouble 8 breaking in 9 Murder

10 murderers

Exercise 2

The correct order is B, D, A, C.

Suggested answer:

One night, Bob broke into a bank. He stole

lots of money and left the bank. He got

caught because a police car drove/was

driving past while/when he was leaving the

bank. Two police officers arrested Bob. He

was sent to prison for committing a crime.

Exercise 3

1 prison 2 murderer 3 break in 4 fine

5 prisoner 6 caught 7 commit 8 murder

9 into 10 arrest

Exercise 4

1 refused 2 explained 3 agreed

4 demanded 5 claimed 6 told 7 invited

8 recommended 9 encouraged

10 persuaded

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1 

Crime verbs: mug, pickpocket, shoplift, steal

Other verbs: punish, suspect

Exercise 2

1e 2b 3d 4a 5c 6f

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

burglary, shoplifting, theft, vandalism

Exercise 2

1 The crow 2 Jack the husky

3 Oscar, Birgit, Sir Whines-A-Lot

4 Otto 5 Oscar, the seagull, Otto, the crow

6 Sir Whines-A-Lot

Exercise 3 

Paragraph 1:

Most cats catch birds and mice, then

bring them home for their owners, but not

Oscar the ginger cat.

Paragraph 2:

When the office explained what was

happening on social media and that they'd

given Sir-Whines-A-Lot's illegal earnings to

charity, they received more contributions

from their customers!

Paragraph 3:

Anyone who's tried eating sandwiches on

the beach will know that seagulls don't

just eat fish. Seagulls are bigger than you

might imagine and can become aggressive

when they're trying to get your tasty

snack.

... and the shoplifting seagull has become

a local celebrity.

Paragraph 4: 

People say that the octopus is an

intelligent animal …

…the electricity was automatically

switched off for safety.

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

B

Exercise 2

a Firstly b On the other hand

c For example d However e In my opinion

f To conclude

Exercise 3

1 Introduction presenting the issue

2 Argument for 3 Argument against

4 The writer's opinion 5 The conclusion

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

1T 2F 3F 4T 5T 6T

Exercise 2

1 tell me 2 you expecting

3 What happened then 4 No way

5 a story about it 6 That's awful

Exercise 3

1 a girl 2 She was very thin, about Kate's

height and had short, curly blonde hair.

3 on the floor 4 never to put her bag on

the floor in a shop 5 Because there are a

lot of pickpockets and thieves in the area.

6 wallet, credit cards, phone, house keys,

cheese sandwich

DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1 You'll never guess what; What 2 I heard

a really sad story; Tell me; That's awful

3 You won't believe what happened to;

No way 4 There was a story; Really

Exercise 2

Students' own answers

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1 

I've just heard that your bike's been stolen

and I'm a bit concerned for you.When and

where did it happen? How did you feel？

How did you manage to get home?

Did you report it to the police? Please let me

know all the details.

See you soon,

Peter

Exercise 2

She doesn't say when and where it

happened.

Exercise 3

1 I felt puzzled. 2 I felt angry. 3 I couldn't

get home any other way. 4 my mum

5 the headteacher

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

CONSOLIDATION

UNITS 7 & 8

Exercise 1

1 B 2 C 3 C

Exercise 2

1 grass and washing 2 put the chain

3 the evening 4 going to find 5 a bike

at the 

Exercise 3

1 to leave 2 allowed 3 driving 4 let 5 get

6 make 7 I was from 8 take 9 to come

10 we had

Exercise 4

1 lets us use a dictionary 2 are not / aren't

allowed to go into that room 3 made us

clean the playground 4 did not / didn't let

us watch TV (last week)

Exercise 5 

1 out 2 after 3 off 4 up 5 on 6 on 7 up 8 up

Exercise 6

1 trouble 2 same 3 fine 4 committed

5 prison 6 break 7 caught/arrested 8 Once

9 polite 10 selfish

Exercise 7

1 Don't mention it 2 get me wrong

3 it in one 4 in fact 5 be honest 6 point

7 I'm with you 8 I know how you feel

Exercise 8 

1 because her home had been burgled

2 They had made up the whole story in

order to get money from the insurance

company. 3 because she told her father

in French about the burglary and Officer

Meharu speaks French 4 that the building

was a police station 5 when the boy had

finished cutting the bike lock 6 because the

boy had tried to think of a good excuse

Exercise 9

Students' own answers

UNIT9

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 Spanish 2 six 3 ten times 4 off 5 visa

stamps 6 working hard 7 French 8 never

Exercise 2

1 must 2 can't 3 might 4 must 5 might

6 can't 7 must 8 can't

Exercise 3

1 should have watched 2 shouldn't go

3 should invite 4 shouldn't have said

5 shouldn't say 6 should watch 7 shouldn't

have gone 8 should have invited

Exercise 4

1 should have charged 2 shouldn't have

left 3 should have worn 4 should have told

5 shouldn't have gone

Exercise 5

Student's own answers

Exercise 6

1b 2d 3f 4a 5e 6c

Exercise 7

1 must have taken 2 might have

disappeared 3 might have gone

4 can't have left 5 must have seen

Exercise 8

Student's own answers

GET IT RIGHT!

1b 2a 3a 4b 5a

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

puzzling, extraterrestrial, odd,

unexplained

alien, strange, secret, mysterious

Exercise 2

1 strange 2 puzzling 3 alien 4 secret

5 mysterious 6 odd 7 strange

8 unexplained

Exercise 3

1 e 2 d 3 a 4 f 5 b 6 c 

Exercise 4

1 up 2 crazy 3 really well 4 one step further

5 on 6 viral 7 for 8 without saying

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 d 2 f 3 g 4 a 5 b 6 c 7 e

Exercise 2

Words to describe people, things or

situations : invisible, magic, suspicious,

weird

Words to describe how people feel:

astonished, confused, frightened

Exercise 3

1 invisible 2 astonished 3 frightened

4 confused 5 weird 6 suspicious 7 magic

Exercise 4

Student's own answers

READING

Exercise 1

A

Exercise 2

1 by digging shallow lines in the earth

to expose the white stone underneath

2 the aeroplane; because the lines can

only be seen from the air 3 He built a

balloon using the same materials the

Nazca people had. 4 some wooden sticks

from the same time as the Nazca people

5 because they are in a desert with very

little wind or rain

Exercise 3

1 Jim Woodman made a hot-air balloon

and proved it was possible. 2 because

they can be seen only from the air and

aliens would have flown to Earth 3 Dr Joe

Nickell used the type of tools they and

managed to create a picture.

Exercise 5

Student's own answers

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1 

1 A passenger plane disappeared and has

never been found. 2 8 March 2014, in the

Indian Ocean 3 No, it hasn't.

Exercise 2

1 d/e 2 f 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 d/e

Exercise 3

1d 2a 3e 4c 5f 6b

Exercise 4

Modals: might have caught fire; could

have flown; must have vanished; that can't

be true; must have disappeared; must

have been a problem

Conditionals: would have killed; could

have caused

Exercise 5

Student's own answers

Exercise 6

Student's own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

Dialogue 1: b, c Dialogue 2: a, d

Exercise 2

1 certainly 2 advises 3 later 4 is

5 impossible 6 can't

Exercise 3

1 should have kept 2 shouldn't have

rushed 3 should have told 4 shouldn't

have gone

DIALOGUE

Exercise 4

Dialogue

1: 8, 10, 1, 7

Dialogue 2: 11, 5, 12, 4

Dialogue 3: 2, 6, 9, 3

Exercise 5

Student's own answers

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR SCHOOLS

Exercise 1 

1 highlight 2 size 3 five thousand/5,000

4 second stage 5 rolled 6 unlike 7 sunrise

8 the position 9 clock 10 aliens

UNIT 10

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 my dad will be racing in the Grand Prix.

2 my sister will be working at a children's

home in Cambodia. 3 my brother will

be sailing around the world. 4 my mum

will be acting in a theatre production

5 my cousin will be researching a cure for

cancer. 6 my best friend will be trekking

round Africa. 7 I will be working as a

famous human rights lawyer.

Exercise 2

Students' own answers

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

Exercise 4

1 will have finished 2 will have tidied

3 will have fed 4 will have written

5 will have made

Exercise 5

1 will have finished 2 will have moved

3 will have bought 4 will have become

5 Will; have travelled 6 will have swum

7 will have sailed 8 will have cycled

9 will have seen 10 will have gone

11 Will you have found 12 won't have had

Exercise 6

1 will have reached 2 will have been

3 will be working 4 will be using

5 will have been 6 will have invented

7 will be driving 8 will have disappeared

Exercise 7

1 will be exploring 2 will be living 3 will

have become 4 will have built 5 will be

producing 6 will be eating

Exercise 8 

Students' own answers

GET IT RIGHT!

1 will come 2 will buy 3 will have improved

4 will be 5 will have finished 6 will have

arrived

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 valuable 2 worth 3 owe 4 bargain

5 value for money 6 reward 7 off

Exercise 2

1 bargain 2 worth 3 offer 4 off 5 value for

6 owe

Exercise 3

1 healthcare 2 qualifications

3 employee 4 employer 5 management

6 public service

Exercise 4

1c 2e 3a 4b 5d

Exercise 5

1d 2b 3a 4c

Exercise 6

1 by a friend 2 by Monday 3 by practising

4 by working 5 by my bedroom door

6 by ten o'clock

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 grant 2 payment 3 loan 4 be in credit

5 savings 6 debt

Exercise 2

1 grant 2 savings 3 debt 4 payment 5 loan

6 be in credit

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

1b 2e 3g 4c 5a 6d 7f

Exercise 2

1 e 2c 3a 4f 5b 6d

Exercise 3

1b 2d 3f 4c 5e 7a

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

1 true 2 agreeing 3 agreeing

Exercise 2

1 However 2 Secondly 3 For these reasons

4 Without doubt

Other linkers: Firstly; In addition;

What's more

Exercise 3

The correct order is: b, d, f, c, e, a

Exercise 4

1 My friend Grace's family don't have as

much money as us, but they have a lot of

fun doing things together. 2 When our

mum and dad are at home, they're so

tired they just relax. 3 You are able to buy

everything you and your family need.

4 My parents can take us on fantastic

holidays and give us treats. S I'd rather go

on camping holidays in the school holidays

like Grace's family.

Exercise 5 and 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

Libby: b, c

Brad: a, d

Exercise 2

1 F (She didn't have enough money.)

2 T 3 F (He isn't going because Louis is

in hospital.) 4 T 5 F (They think school

is more important and dancing is just

her hobby.) 6 F (They won't let her miss

school.)

DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1'II be serving 2'II be dancing 3 What a

pity 4 Never mind 5'II be broke 6'II have

learned 7 won't be going 8 That's a shame

PHRASES FOR FLUENCY

Exercise 4

1 same as usual - c 2 Don't look at me - b

3 I'm broke - a 4 are on me - d

5 that's all - f 6 It's not my fault - e

Exercise 5

1 same as usual 2 that's all. 3 I'm broke

4 are on me. 5 Don't look at me 6 It's not

my fault

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1 

Point 1: a, c, d

Point 2: b, e, f

Exercise 2

Vocational courses are often expensive and

difficult for schools to organise.

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

Exercise 4

Students' own answers

CONSOLIDATION

UNITS 9 & 10

Exercise 1

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Exercise 2

1F2F3T4F5T6F

Exercise 3

1 have said 2 be 3 be lying 4 have been

5 be 6 have been 7 be playing

8 have studied

Exercise 4

1 will have 2 be eating/having 3 must have

4 should have 5 can't have

Exercise 5

1e 2h 3a 4g 5f 6b 7c 8 d

Exercise 6

1 odd 2 bargain 3 reward 4 secret 5 tip

6 extraterrestrial 7 healthcare 8 value

Exercise 7

1 Don't look at me 2 more than likely

3 goes without saying 4 Never mind 

5 You must be joking 6 a shame

Exercise 8

1 They found a manual online explaining

how to operate the ATM. 2 Because the

boys didn't have any evidence to support

their story. 3 They took back printed-out

information about all the cash withdrawals

that had been made that day and how

much money was in the machine. 4 They

changed the welcome message on the

screen. 5 to explain to their teachers why

they were so late back from their lunch

break

Exercise 9

Students' own answers

UNIT 11

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 I don't mind helping you. 2 You can't

afford to buy it. 3 He promised to tell us

tomorrow. 4 They don't expect to see their

car again. 5 She suggested going to the

cafe. 6 Imagine meeting your favourite

film star.

Exercise 2

1 walking 2 to be 3 to tell 4 going 5 to go

6 to get 7 to have 8 having 9 going

10 to stay 11 needing 12 to go

Exercise 3

1 feel like eating 2 afford to buy

3 miss living 4 promised to give 5 practise

speaking 6 avoids studying

Exercise 4

1 to 2 so as not to 3 in order to

4 so as not to 5 to not 6 to

Exercise 5

1 The girls got to the lake early so as

to get a place in the shade. 2 I phoned

Michelle to invite her to my party.

3 Lachlan didn't tell his parents about

the accident so as not to worry them.

4 We took the train in order not to get hot

cycling. 5 Mae would like to speak to her

in order to apologise. 6 Are you saving

your money so as to buy a new laptop?

Exercise 6

1 so 2 such 3 so 4 so 5 such 6 so

Exercise 7

1 such a 2 so 3 so 4 such a 5 such a 6 so

Exercise 8

1 Maddie's so friendly that I always like

being with her. 2 The boys left so early

that they were gone before lunch. 3 I've

got such a bad stomach ache that I might

go home. 4 It was such a terrible film that

we left before the end. 5 The teacher's

explanation was so complicated that we

couldn't understand it. 6 The party was

such a great success that we're going to

have another one next week.

GET IT RIGHT!

1 ✓ 2 You need to turn on the light to see

better. 3 He uses his tablet to read books.

4✓ 5 ✓6 Giraffes have a long neck to

reach the tops of trees.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 out 2 saved 3 dangerous 4 survived

5 safety 6 rescued 7 danger 8 recovered

Exercise 2

1 dangerous 2 save 3 in danger 4 survive

5 safety 6 rescue 7 out of danger

8 recover

Exercise 3

1 unhappy 2 inexpensive 3 impossible

4 uncomfortable 5 untrue 6 unnecessary

7 illegal 8 informal 9 impatient 10 impolite

Exercise 4

1 unhappy 2 informal 3 impolite

4 impatient 5 impossible 6 uncomfortable

7 inexpensive 8 unnecessary 9 untrue

10 illegal

Exercise 5

1 impolite 2 uncomfortable 3 illegal

4 unnecessary 5 saved 6 miracle

7 survived 8 trapped 9 rescued 10 danger

11 recovered 12 tragedy

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 not dangerous 2 silly 3 possibly

dangerous 4 safe 5 hurt 6 very frightening

Exercise 2

1 injured 2 terrifying 3 secure 4 harmless

5 risky 6 careless

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

1 c 2e 3a 4d 5f 6b

Exercise 2

1 Because there was a serious oil spill near

the home of some penguins - the birds

were covered in oil and couldn't walk or

swim. 2 because thousands of people

volunteered to help 3 finding enough

fish and volunteers getting injured when

feeding them 4 They had to be cleaned

one by one and by hand. Each penguin

had to be washed many times. 5 After

they were released , they swam home.

6 She knew these penguins were in

danger of extinction.

Exercise 3

1 food: (diet of) fish 2 body: sharp beak;

covered in feathers 3 abilities: find their

way home; swim long distances 4 status:

endangered species

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

1 alone 2 tired

Exercise 2

1 freezing 2 powerful 3 exhausted

4 Fortunately 5 rapidly 6 irresponsible

Exercise 3

Izzy and her friends had been surfing

all day.

She soon felt exhausted.

She started panicking.

By this time , the lifeguard had arrived.

Rory had saved her life.

Exercise 4

1d2a3b4c

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

Exercise 6

Students' own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1 

1b2c3d

Exercise 2

1 F (She's stressed.) 2 F (He offers to look

after the girl's brother.) 3 T 4 T 5 T

6 F (She agrees that Danielle is a hero.)

Exercise 3

1 so busy that 2 to see if 3 mind helping

4 In order to 5 so as not to 6 so strong

that 7 trying to avoid 8 rescued the boy

9 order to get

DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

Conversation 1: 5, 1, 7, 3, 2, 8, 6, 4

C onversation 2: 7, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4, 8, 6

Exercise 2

Students' own answers 

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

Exercise 1

1G2B3F4D5E6A

UNIT 12

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1

1 We sent Rachel some flowers to cheer

her up. 2 Louis came round quickly after

the operation. 3 Maya looked after our

cat while we were away. 4 Leo makes

up some incredible excuses/ makes

some incredible excuses up. 5 It was so

foggy we couldn't make out the traffic

lights! / make the traffic lights out! 6 Our

neighbours have moved away to the

coast. 7 I ran into Rex at the sports centre

yesterday. 8 How many runners are taking

part in the race? 9 I can't work out the

answer/ work the answer out. 10 Can

you put on the lights/ put the lights on ,

please?

Exercise 2

1 put on 2 carry on 3 work out 4 run into

5 showed up 6 turned down 7 taken up

8 cheer her up

Exercise 3

1 make out 2 take it up 3 find it out

4 gave it up 5 looking after her 6 worked

it out 7 put it on

Exercise 4

1 moved away 2 cheer him up 3 made up

4 set off 5 ended up 6 worked out 7 show

up 8 gave up 9 ran into 10 found out

Exercise 5

1 hadn't gone 2 hadn't invited 3「d known

4 had accepted 5 they'd played 6 had

danced 7 hadn't been 8 hadn't worn

Exercise 6

1 I wish Stefan hadn't worn yellow trousers

and a red shirt./ If only Stefan hadn't worn

yellow trousers and a red shirt. 2 I wish

they hadn't played awful music./ If only

they hadn't played awful music. 3 I wish

Freddie had been in a good mood. I I wish

Freddie hadn't been in a bad mood./

If only Freddie had been in a good mood. /

If only Freddie hadn't been in a bad mood.

4 I wish Stefan hadn't eaten so much

food that he felt ill./ If only Stefan hadn't

eaten so much food that he felt ill. 5 I wish

Freddie hadn't laughed at Stefan. / If only

Freddie hadn't laughed at Stefan. 6 I wish

Stefan had enjoyed himself./ If only Stefan

had enjoyed himself. 7 I wish my parents

hadn't picked me up at 11 pm. / If only

my parents hadn't picked me up at 11 pm.

8 I wish I'd had a good time./ If only I'd

had a good time.

Exercise 7

Suggested answers

1 I wish I hadn't eaten so much pizza.

2 If only I had / I'd dressed more warmly. /

If only I had/ I'd worn warmer clothes.

3 I wish our team had won. 4 If only I

hadn't decided to do this.

GET IT RIGHT!

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

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

1 up 2 away 3 into 4 out 5 round 6 on

7 out 8 in 9 after 10 out

Exercise 2

1 Cheer up 2 make out 3 work out

4 ran into 5 moving away 6 takes part

7 look after 8 putting on

Exercise 3

1 sweat 2 panic 3 nails 4 tremble

5 terrified 6 breathe 7 shake 8 mouth

Exercise 4

1 biting; nails 2 breathing hard+

3 sweating 4 terrified 5 trembling

6 shaking 7 panic 8 mouth; dry

VOCABULARY EXTRA

Exercise 1

1 c 2a 3 e 4b 5d

Exercise 2

1 break down 2 sorting out 3 carry out

4 stands out 5 looking into

Exercise 3

Students' own answers

READING

Exercise 1

Students' own answers

Exercise 2

1 F (He played many different sports.)

2 F (Players on both teams didn't want

him to play.) 3 T 4 F(They aren't allowed

to wear the number 42 shirt.) 5 T 6 F

(She got her first job in TV when she was

a student.) 7 F (She encourages education

for African-American women and children.)

Exercise 3

Suggested answers

A Background: African-American; poor I

difficult early life

Education: school and university

Career: very talented; successful; achieved

firsts for African-Americans

Achievements: firsts in a number of areas:

JR: first black baseball reporter on TV and

the first black vice-president of a major

American company OW: various aspects

of media; influential; first African-American

billionaire

B Different career choices; JR experienced

a lot of bad treatment because he was an

African American; OW has made a lot of

money

JR: dead; OW: alive

DEVELOPING WRITING

Exercise 1

He broke his leg and made his parents and

his school angry.

Exercise 2

1 No, they aren't. 2 He/she wants to make

the reader interested and involved in the text.

Exercise 3

B

Exercise 4

Suggested answers

1 Mistake! 2 Why was he shouting at me?/

Why? 3 What was it? 4 Loudly.

Exercise 5

Students own answers

Exercise 6

Students own answers

LISTENING

Exercise 1

1 Buying the smart speaker from the shop

because he could have got it cheaper

online. 2 Because she told him a secret

about his friend Joe and he didn't want

to hear it.

Exercise 2

1 £120 I 120 pounds 2 Because her uncle

bought one online. 3 She regrets telling

Jamie about it. 4 Joe's dad was in prison.

5 Because it's not about Joe but about his

father. 6 Because Sam can't keep a secret.

Exercise 3

1 'd known 2'd done 3 hadn't told

4 hadn't told 5'd said 6'd kept

DIALOGUE

Exercise 4

Dialogue 1: 3, 10, 7, 1

Dialogue 2: 6, 12, 8, 2

Dialogue 3: 11, 5, 9, 4

Exercise 5

Students' own answers

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH:

TOWARDS B2 FIRST FOR

SCHOOLS

1F 2A3C4G5B6E

CONSOLIDATION

UNITS 11 & 12

Exercise 1

1 13 2 half an hour/ 30 minutes 3 He

panicked, waved his arms in shouted for the air and

help. 4 a lifeguard

Exercise 2

1 excited

2 confident 3 worried 4 scared

5 relieved 6 embarrassed

Exercise 3

1 impossible 2 impatient 3 informal party

4 irresponsible 5 uncomfortable sofa

6 illegal

Exercise 4

1 h 2e 3a 4i 5g 6b 7c 8d 9 f

Exercise 5

1 hadn't spent 2 swimming 3 to give

4 to go 5 had eaten 6 living 7 helping

8 had done 9 work it out

Exercise 6

7, 5, 3, 1, 11, 9, 6, 4, 10, 2, 8, 12

Exercise 7

1 agrees 2 had 3 uncreative 4 offered

5 carry on 6 unsuccessful

Exercise 8

Students' own answers

PRONUNCIATION

UNIT 1

Linking words with up

Exercise 1

1 g 2a 3 f 4 h 5 j 6 i 7 e 8 c 9 b

Exercise 3 

t pronounced: get up, isn't up

d pronounced: spend up, stayed up

k pronounced: take up, pick up

s pronounced: what's up, it's up

z pronounced: was up, he's up

UNIT 2

Initial consonant clusters with /s/

Exercise 1

1 strong 2 squares 3 splash 4 screen

5 spread 6 screaming

UNIT3

Strong and weak forms: /av/ and /av/

Exercise 1

1 b 2 d 3 e 4 a

Exercise 4

Strong forms /ov/ are at the end of

questions 0, 1 and 2. The other forms are

weak /av/.

UNIT4

Consonant-vowel word linking

Exercise 1 

1 find out 2 work anymore 3 lived in

4 lost everything 5 gets angry 6 have our

7 make up 8 felt awful 9 gave up

Exercise 4

t pronounced: lost everything, felt awful

d pronounced: find out, lived in

k pronounced: work anymore, make up

s pronounced: it's about, gets angry

v pronounced: have our, gave up

UNIT 5

UNIT6

UNIT7

Intonation - inviting, accepting and

refusing invitations

Exercise 1

1 Refusing 2 Refusing 3 Accepting

4 Accepting 5 Refusing

Exercise 2

1A2R3R4ASA6R

UNIT 8

Intonation - expressing surprise 

Exercise 1

She misheard the shop assistant. She

thought he'd said 'come back later' not

'hold the ladder'.

Exercise 2

1 Tell 2 bookshop 3 English 4 highest

5 ladder 6 arm 7 that 8 ladder 9 later

10 crash 11 mobile 12 ambulance 13 way

UNIT9

Moving word stress

Exercise 1

1 navigate, navigation 2 mystery,

mysterious 3 artist, artistic 4 present,

present 5 photograph, photography

6 explain, explanation 7 investigate,

investigation 8 electric, electricity

9 music, mus1c1an.

Exercise 3

1 musician 2 navigator 3 presenter

4 investigator 5 electrician 6 researcher

Exercise 4

1 musician 2 navigator 3 presenter

4 investigator 5 electrician 6 researcher

UNIT 10

UNIT 12

Different pronunciations of ea

Exercise 1

Column 1: breathe, dean, easy, please,

speak

Column 2: bread, breakfast, healthy,

sweating

Column 3: early, heard, research

Column 4: break, steak

Column 5: wear