@WORK, Workbook Upper intermediate Answer 2 untidy

Key 3 reliable
4 dishonest
UNIT 1 5 competent
Lesson 1 6 unsuitable
1
1F 3
2T 1 I've worked
3T 2 wanted
4F 3 took, learnt
5T 4 completed
6F 5 've been
6 haven't spoken
2
1 fell in love 4
2 gossiping 1 What have you done recently?
3 stormy 2 There wasn't any need for English in my last
4 fell out / broke up / separated job.
5 collaborated 3 When did he join the sales department?
6 separated 4 I moved from Paris to Mexico City in 2012.
7 stayed in touch 5 How long has she been with her present
8 good terms employer?
6 We've just come back from travelling around
3 the world. / We have just come back from
1 on travelling around the world.
2 over
3 in Lesson 3
4 on 1
5 for 1 your journey
6 out 2 here often
7 up 3 weather like
8 for 4 first visit
5 pass me
4 6 Have you tried
1 met, were studying
2 had, quarrelled 2
3 got on, had met a4
4 became, were working b2
5 did, meet c6
6 saw, hadn't finished d5
e3
5 f1
Students’ own answers
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Lesson 2 1 Do you fancy
1 2 looks really
1 unreliable 3 could you
2 dishonest 4 of course
3 unsuitable 5 Have you visited
4 unfriendly 6 it's actually
5 incompetent 7 you around
6 untidy 8 be lovely

2 5
1 friendly Students’ own answers

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 Unit 2
Lesson 4 Lesson 1
1 1
1 contact details 1 up
2 responsible 2 to
3 contacting 3 up
4 urgently need 4 for
5 understand 5 to
6 arrange 6 out

2 2
1 prize 1F
2 publicity 2T
3 wealthy 3T
4 panel 4F
5 shortlist 5F
6 announced
3
3 1 set, wake up
1 nerves 2 enjoy
2 common 3 grab
3 argue 4 respond
4 collaborate 5 head, sort out, deal with
5 fancy 6 try
6 fiction
7 popular 4
8 delayed 1a
2 the
4 3–
Students’ own answers 4a
5–
Test yourself 6 the
1c 7–
2a 8 the
3c
4b 5
5b Students’ own answers
6a
7c Lesson 2
8b 1
9a 1 She's not a very well-organised person.
10 c 2 a to-do list
11 b 3 a calendar app on her phone.
12 b
13 a 2
14 b 1 write things down
15 c 2 make a to-do list
16 c 3 cross it off
17 a 4 on top of my schedule
18 b 5 share it with
19 b
20 a

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1F 5
2T Pronunciation
3T
4F Lesson 4
1
4 1 previously
1f 2 talented
2c 3 former
3b 4 joining
4e 5 helpful
5d 6 popular
6a 7 numerous
8 meeting
5
1 all 2
2 neither Pronunciation
3 every
4 most 3
5 each Across
6 both 4 helmet
5 run
6 6 team
Students’ own answers 8 startup
12 feedback
Lesson 3 13 receive
1
1c Down
2d 1 choice
3a 2 slow
4b 3 athlete
5f 5 return
6e 7 review
9 promote
2 10 off
a 4, 5 11 base
b 1, 3
c6 4
d2 Students’ own answers

3 Test yourself
1 repetition 1b
2 assume 2a
3 behaviour 3c
4 appraise 4b
5 improvement 5a
6 criticise / criticize 6c
7a
4 8c
1 appraisal 9b
2 assumptions 10 b
3 criticise / criticize 11 a
4 improve 12 c
5 repetition 13 a
6 behaviour 14 c

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15 a 6 diversified
16 c
17 b 3
18 c 1F
19 c 2T
20 a 3T
4F
UNIT 3
Lesson 1 4
1 1 won't last
1d 2 will definitely have
2c 3 will need
3f 4 may take
4b 5 ’ll take
5e
6a 5
Students’ own answers
2
1 He's an independent financial adviser. Lesson 3
2 His wife says he's a control freak. 1
3 In January. 1d
4 South Africa. 2g
3a
3 4e
1 're flying 5c
2 're going to hire, 'll do 6h
3 'll have to 7b
4 will, go, 'm going to book 8f

4 2
1 'll call 1 make a start
2 'm going to have 2 jerky
3 're going to hire 3 can't hear
4 're meeting 4 excuse me
5 'm having 5 didn't get
6 'll celebrate 6 rather quiet
7 could you try
5 8 log out of
Students’ own answers
3
Lesson 2 Pronunciation
1
1 stagnation 4
2 diversify 1 up
3 prediction 2 on
4 expansion 3 off
5 distribution 4 through
6 produce 5 in
6 up
2
1 predict Lesson 4
2 stagnate 1
3 expand 1 comments
4 distribute 2 exposed
5 production 3 control

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4 delete 14 b
5 book 15 a
6 travel site 16 a
7 bankrupt 17 b
8 regulation 18 c
19 c
2 20 b
1 at once
2 fans UNIT 4
3 uninteresting Lesson 1
4 collapse 1
5 set up 1c
6 carry out 2b
3d
3 4a
S C R E E N I N G X 5f
E E T O P I P T P P 6e
A C C E S S R Y R L
R P O S T F O W E A 2
C U M J C L F T S T 1 What do you like about your new job?
2 What does your current job involve?
H V E R V I I R E F
3 Are there any downsides?
D O E B Z B L O G O 4 What made you change jobs?
U Y N M T E E L T R
H I T S A L L L E M 3
E Q U U P D A T E S 1 What made you change jobs?
2 What does your current job involve?
1 search 3 What do you like about your new job?
2 hits 4 Are there any downsides?
3 screening
4 blog 4
5 update Positive Negative
6 profile fulfilling difficult
7 access interesting exhausting
8 platforms rewarding tiring
9 post satisfying uninteresting
10 troll stimulating
worthwhile
4
Students’ own answers Lesson 2
1
Test yourself 1F
1b 2T
2c 3T
3a 4F
4b
5c 2
6a 1 suitability
7b 2 reliable
8b 3 competitors
9a 4 applicants
10 c 5 reveal
11 c 6 skills
12 a
13 c

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3 4 persuasive
1 on 5 weakness
2 at 6 workload
3 to 7 tendency
4 for 8 interpersonal
5 on
6 under 2
7 up 1 of
8 of 2 to
3 at
4 4 across
1 leadership 5 in
2 team player 6 from
3 strategic
4 problem-solver 3
5 communicator 1 goal
6 reliable 2 confident
3 competitive
5 4 sensible
Students’ own answers 5 rely
6 applicant
Lesson 3 7 employer
1 8 gain
1e 9 stressful
2f 10 effort
3b
4c 4
5a Students’ own answers
6d
Test yourself
2 1b
Pronunciation 2c
3a
3 4b
1T 5a
2F 6c
3F 7b
4T 8a
9c
4 10 a
1 powerful, chemistry 11 a
2 pose 12 c
3 maintain 13 b
4 look away 14 b
5 Exaggerated 15 c
6 decision 16 a
17 b
5 18 c
Students’ own answers 19 a
20 b
Lesson 4
1
1 ability
2 predicting
3 attention

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UNIT 5 2
Lesson 1 1F
1 2T
1 affordable 3T
2 runs 4T
3 at 5F
4 washable
5 inflatable 3
6 covered 1 was
2 have been
2 3 had
1g 4 put in lamps
2f 5 making, had the locks changed
3e 6 repairing
4h 7 it repaired
5d 8 doing
6b
7a 4
8c 1 was taken out
2 have been replaced
3 3 had / got, repaired
1F 4 are being painted
2T 5 ’re getting / are getting, installed
3T 6 are having / are getting, put
4F
5T 5
Students’ own answers
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1 was invented Lesson 3
2 can be used 1
3 can be worn No introduction
4 is pulled Monotonous voice
5 are killed Technical problems
6 were carried out, was launched Language is too technical
Can’t answer questions
5
1 The pots are made from clay. 2
2 Our solar light bulbs can be manufactured at 1f
low cost. 2d
3 The space between the walls is filled with sand. 3a
4 The ‘bicibomba móvil’ was built for Guatemala 4c
by Jon Leary. 5b
5 Food can be kept fresh ten times longer. 6e
6 A new law to reduce pollution has been
introduced by the government.
3
Lesson 2 1 get started
1 2 As you know
1 with 3 I’ll tell
2 for 4 update
3 on 5 described
4 for 6 overview
5 about 7 told
6 with 8 move on

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4 8a
Pronunciation 9b
10 c
5 11 a
Students’ own answers 12 b
13 a
Lesson 4 14 b
1 15 c
1 structure 16 a
2 opening 17 b
3 audience 18 c
4 linking 19 a
5 slides 20 c
6 visuals
7 picture UNIT 6
8 illustrate 1
1 was scheduled
2 2 attended
a visuals + b organisation c other 3 has been postponed
technology + structure aspects 4 cancel
diagram introduction body language 5 chair
laptop overview nervousness 6 being held
microphone title voice
photos 2
projector 1c
slides 2f
3a
3 4e
Across 5b
1 manufacture 6d
5 wheelchair
6 summing 3
9 over 1 planning
10 furniture 2 Eight
12 designed 3 20 / twenty
4 an important customer
Down
2 needs 4
3 accommodation 1 invited, scheduled
4 using 2 agenda
5 without 3 figures
7 final 4 attend
11 end 5 postpone

4 5
Students’ own answers 1 to
2 in
Test yourself 3 of
1b 4 outside
2a 5 ahead
3c 6 on
4b
5a 6
6c Students’ own answers
7b

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Lesson 2 4
1 Pronunciation
1 behaved / were behaving
2 stay Lesson 4
3 sue 1
4 lose 1 purpose
5 ’ll make / will make 2 goals
6 got 3 chairperson
4 hijack
2 5 input
1T 6 stick
2T 7 summary
3F 8 participant
4T
2
3 1 across
1c 2 by
2f 3 over
3a 4 up
4d 5 in
5b 6 of
6e
3
4 X A T T E N D E E Q
1 asked, to bring E S T I P I E T P P
2 apologised for serving A S C M S S L Y R O
3 complained, served / had served
R E O E I T E M V S
4 threatened to complain
5 refused to accept C R E A T E G C S T
H T M R V I A W E P
Lesson 3 H I J A C K T O G O
1 U V N I T E E K T N
1f H E T S A C C U S E
2d I N T E R R U P T M
3a
4g
1 hijack
5b
2 attendee
6h
3 create
7c
4 interrupt
8e
5 item
6 assertive
2
7 raise
a 1, 5, 8
8 delegate
b 2, 4, 6
9 postpone
c 3, 7
10 time
3
4
1 Sorry for interrupting
Student’s own answers
2 don’t you think
3 to get back to
Test yourself
4 can I come in
1b
5 Why don’t we
2c
6 good thinking
3a
4b
5c
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6a 5 rude, disrespectful
7c 6 humour
8b
9b Lesson 2
10 c 1
11 a 1c
12 a 2f
13 b 3h
14 c 4b
15 a 5g
16 b 6e
17 c 7a
18 a 8d
19 c
20 b 2
1T
UNIT 7 2T
Lesson 1 3F
1 4F
1 hierarchical
2 politeness 3
3 competitive 1 had
4 diplomacy 2 ’d known
5 direct 3 wouldn’t have been
6 individualism 4 ’d suggest
5 ’ll make
2
1 individualistic 4
2 hierarchical a5
3 competition b 1, 4
4 politeness c 2, 3
5 direct
6 Diplomacy 5
1 weren’t
3 2 knew
1 annoy 3 wouldn’t have lost
2 deprecation 4 had let / ’d let
3 unwillingness 5 could have done
4 a break 6 cancelled
5 respect
6 faux pas 6
7 hilariously Students’ own answers
8 valued

4 Lesson 3
1F 1
2T 1 blame
3T 2 own
4F 3 break
4 excuses
5 5 Face
1 polite, diplomatic 6 apology
2 modesty 7 make
3 downplay, arrogant 8 rectify
4 honesty

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2 4c
2 used the wrong address 5a
3 to Ramsgate 6b
4 engineering work 7a
8b
3 9a
1 very sorry 10 c
2 about that 11 a
3 by mistake 12 b
4 our apologies 13 c
5 We regret 14 a
6 any inconvenience 15 c
16 b
4 17 a
Pronunciation 18 c
19 a
5 20 b
Students’ own answers
UNIT 8
Lesson 4 Lesson 1
1 1
1 up 1 ploy
2 under 2 slogan
3 on 3 campaign
4 by 4 rivalry
5 with 5 status
6 for 6 accessories

2 2
1 knew 1 recognition, recognisable
2 didn’t go 2 memorise, memory / memorisation
3 wouldn’t have missed 3 imagine, imaginative
4 shouted 4 succeed, success
5 made 5 create, creative
6 had tried / ’d tried 6 comparison, comparable

3 3
1 competitive 1 comparable
2 evasive 2 succeed
3 diplomatic 3 recognise
4 faux pas 4 memorable
5 regret 5 creativity
6 present 6 imagine
7 excuse
8 apologise / apologize 4
9 delay 1 the most successful
10 sincere 2 most appropriate
3 earlier, better
4 4 more, more popular
Students’ own answers 5 much higher
6 by far the most imaginative
Test yourself
1b 5
2a Students’ own answers
3c

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Lesson 2 3
1 1 know why
1d 2 Did you know
2g 3 aware that
3b 4 have any idea
4a 5 Have you ever
5f 6 amazing facts
6h
7e 4
8c Pronunciation

2 5
1 packed 1b
2 hilarious 2a
3 terrified 3a
4 delighted 4a
5 freezing
6 unbelievable Lesson 4
1
3 1 Eco-tourism
3 Adidas 2 environment
2 the three stripes logo 3 mass
3 athletes 4 ecosystems
4 clothes and accessories for the leisure market 5 Tour
6 sustainable
4 7 impact
1 logo 8 travellers
2 recognisable
3 sportspeople / athletes 3
4 promote Across
5 accessories 3 brand
6 line 5 weak
7 corporate 6 ploy
8 slogan 9 persuade
11 setter
5 13 exhausted
Students’ own answers
Down
Lesson 3 1 unique
1 2 memorable
1d 4 rid
2f 7 repeat
3a 8 risk
4e 10 stress
5c 12 to
6b
4
2 Students’ own answers
a6
b1 Test yourself
c5 1c
d3 2a
e4 3b
f2 4b
5c
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6a 1
7b 1 suitability
8c 2 ability
9a 3 innovation
10 b 4 security
11 b 5 reliability
12 a 6 value
13 b
14 a 2
15 b 1 values
16 c 2 suitable
17 a 3 security
18 b 4 reliable
19 c 5 innovative
20 a 6 ability

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UNIT 9 1F
Lesson 1 2T
1 3T
1d 4F
2e
3c 4
4f 1 in
5b 2 into, to
6a 3 to
4 on
2 5 of
1F 6 for
2T
3T 5
4F good
interested
3 rely
1 discussing / to discuss popular
2 to cut based
3 to come up adapt
4 cut, to reduce
5 happening Lesson 3
6 to make 1
1 forward
4 2 support
1 having 3 reach
2 to edit 4 rejected
3 attending 5 voicing
4 to increase 6 with
5 receiving
6 getting 2
7 researching 1g
8 stand 2d
3e
5 4a
Students’ own answers 5f
6b
Lesson 2 7h

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8c
E Q U R E N T I N M
3
1 invention
1 get it all settled
2 groceries
2 I've been thinking
3 razor
3 If you remember
4 attract
4 we should come up
5 aim
5 How about
6 ingredient
6 Interesting idea
7 encourage
8 disagree
4
9 open
Pronunciation
10 rent
5
4
1 between
Students’ own answers
2 with
3 on
Test yourself
4 to
1a
5 up
2b
6 of
3a
4a
Lesson 4
5c
1
6c
1 stand out
7b
2 display
8a
3 pricing
9b
4 research
10 c
5 medium-priced
11 a
6 loyalty
12 b
7 discounts
13 c
8 checkouts
14 a
15 c
2
16 b
1 express
17 b
2 reach
18 b
3 grab
19 a
4 hit
20 c
5 make sure
6 crucial
UNIT 10
3
Lesson 1
I N G R E D I E N T 1 guilty
2 trust
N E R A P I P N P P
3 truth
V C O Z S R A R R P 4 blame
5 fault
E N C O U R A G E L
6 lie
N U E R C L T U S A
T V R R V I T R E D 2
1 two / 2
I D I S A G R E E F 2 80 euros
O P E N X Q A G T A 3 international trips / when you travel abroad
4 Finance
N I S N A L C E E I
3
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1 need 7 needn’t have stayed
2 need 8 wasn’t allowed to smoke
3 have
4 don’t have Lesson 3
5 must 1
6 mustn’t 1c
7 can 2f
8 needn’t 3a
4d
4 5b
1 must 6e
2 have to
3 don’t have to 2
4 shouldn’t 1 obey
5 may 2 petty
6 might 3 supposed
7 must 4 enforce
8 can't 5 break
6 bother about safety training.
5
Students’ own answers 3
1 strict
Lesson 2 2 supposed to
1 3 tightly
1 fixing 4 allowed
2 insider 5 premises
3 bribery 6 bother
4 creative 7 inspections
5 evasion 8 fine
6 fraud
4
2 Pronunciation
1T
2F 5
3F Students’ own answers
4F
5T Lesson 4
1
3 1 environment
1 might have been setting 2 guidelines
2 couldn’t see 3 reported
3 must have looked 4 emergency
4 couldn’t understand 5 prohibited
5 couldn’t stay 6 permitted
6 shouldn’t have talked 7 Protective
7 needn’t have put 8 Inappropriate
8 must have given
2
4 1 mistake
1 couldn't speak. 2 trust
2 should have made 3 blame
3 must have been 4 apologise
4 ought to have reported 5 of
5 didn't have to attend 6 owe
6 were unable to agree 7 proof

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8 access 3 met, were studying
4 was preparing, was working
3 5 was trying / tried, was
1 amount 6 arrived, was waiting
2 fare 7 checked, phoned
3 evasion 8 asked, was wearing
4 fine
5 charge Grammar check: past perfect
6 pollution participle
7 bribery
8 obey 3
1 I hadn't noticed
Test yourself 2 left
1a 3 had worked
2c 4 had discussed
3a 5 found
4c 6 called
5b 7 had already started
6a 8 had left
7c
8b 4
9a 1 had eaten, went
10 c 2 met, hadn’t seen
11 c 3 was, left
12 a 4 wanted, had forgotten
13 b 5 sold, bought
14 b 6 was, had, organised / organized
15 c
16 a Grammar check: present perfect
17 c present, when, present, have
18 b
19 a 5
20 b 1 haven’t worked / have not worked, since
2 ’ve known / have known, since
Grammar Reference Key 3 Have, attended
UNIT 1 4 ’s been / has been, for
Grammar check: past simple 5 ’ve had / have had, since
past, negative 6 haven’t seen / have not seen, since
7 haven’t increased / have not increased, for
1 8 have, been, Since
1 wrote
2 quarrelled 6
3 dropped, was 1 Have you ever visited Venezuela?
4 collaborated 2 He hasn’t given any presentations. / He has not
5 didn’t like met given any presentations.
6 did, found 3 They’ve made a few mistakes. / They have
7 finished made a few mistakes.
8 did, decide 4 How long have you been working here?

Grammar check: past continuous Grammar check: past simple or present perfect
progress long

2 7
1 was working, joined 1 hasn't received
2 called, were having 2 have been

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3 did you join 4
4 left 1 Each of
5 have you met 2 most
6 've known 3 Most of
7 spent 4 every
8 has never attended 5 all / every
6 every / each
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1 stayed Unit 3
2 were, discussing / had, been discussing Grammar check: present continuous for future
3 hadn't set up / had not set up arrangements
4 Has, made plans
5 had never eaten
6 left 1
7 haven’t answered / have not answered 1 I’m meeting my boss after lunch. / I am meeting
8 was waiting my boss after lunch. / After lunch, I’m meeting
9 did, say my boss. / After lunch, I am meeting my boss.
10 didn’t know / did not know 2 She’s flying to India at the beginning of next
month. / She is flying to India at the beginning of
Unit 2 next month. / At the beginning of next month,
Grammar check: articles she’s flying to India. / At the beginning of next
noun, first, nouns month, she is flying to India.
3 Are you going to the networking event on
1 Monday?
1– 4 They’re visiting their American business
2 the partners in Detroit in June. / They are visiting
3a their American business partners in Detroit in
4– June. / In June, they’re visiting their American
5a business partners in Detroit. / In June, they’re
6 the visiting their American business partners in
7 an Detroit.
8– 5 I’m spending a week in New Zealand with my
family this summer. / I am spending a week in
2 New Zealand with my family this summer. / I’m
1 He never takes milk in his tea. spending a week in New Zealand this summer
2 We get a lot of phone calls in the morning. with my family. / I’m spending a week with my
3 I took two days off work last month. / Last family in New Zealand this summer. / I am
month, I took two days off work. spending a week in New Zealand this summer
4 What time do you have lunch? with my family. / I am spending a week with my
5 I’m too tired to do anything in the evenings. / family in New Zealand this summer. / This
I’m too tired in the evenings to do anything. / In summer, I’m spending a week in New Zealand
the evenings I’m too tired to do anything with my family. / This summer, I am spending a
6 People tell me I work too hard. week in New Zealand with my family. / This
summer, I am spending a week with my family in
Grammar check: words before nouns New Zealand. / This summer, I’m spending a
different, noun week with my family in New Zealand.
6 She’s taking a day off next week. / She is taking
3 a day off next week. / Next week, she’s taking a
1 both day off. / Next week, she is taking a day off.
2 each
3 Most Grammar check: going to
4 all without
5 neither
6 either

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2 8 We’re sure to meet the sales targets. / We are
1 He’s going to visit a client at 9.30. / He is going sure to meet the sales target
to visit a client at 9.30. / At 9.30, he’s going to
visit a client. / At 9.30, he is going to visit a client. Unit 4
2 I’m not going to present the results at the Grammar check: yes/no questions
meeting. / I am not going to present the results at auxiliary
the meeting.
3 Are you going to prepare the documents for 1
tomorrow’s meeting? 1 Did, get
4 We’re going to design the webpage for them. / 2 Is
We are going to design the webpage for them. 3 Have, booked
5 How long are you going to be away next week? 4 Does, speak
6 What are you going to do about the delay? 5 can, call
3 6 Don’t, know
1 'm flying / am flying 7 Are, reading
2 are, going to do 8 Has, been
3 're meeting / are meeting
4 's going to be / is going to be Grammar check: question tags
5 'm going / am going negative, question
6 aren't going to meet / are not going to meet /
’re not going to meet 2
1 isn’t she
Grammar check: will 2 haven't you
future 3 will they
4 isn’t it
4 5 aren’t you
1 'll call 6 doesn’t she
2 won't disappear 7 can he
3 'm going to invite 8 didn’t we
4 'll do
5 'll get Grammar check: short answers
6 'm flying yes, no
7 ’ll help
8 ’re going to hit 3
1 I am
Grammar check: expressing the future 2 isn’t
future, degrees 3 they are
4 I do
5 5 he doesn’t
1 I’m about to finish this report. / I am about to 6 they won’t
finish this report.
2 He may forget his appointment. Grammar check: question words
3 We’ll definitely miss the bus. / We will auxiliary, choose, thing
definitely miss the bus.
4 The next five years will probably be difficult for 4
our company. 1 When
5 There's a train strike today. He’s likely to arrive 2 How
late for the meeting. / He is likely to arrive late 3 Who
for the meeting. 4 Which
6 Our company is on the verge of expanding into 5 Where
new markets. / Our company’s on the verge of 6 What
expanding into new markets
7 The sky looks terrible. It’s bound to snow. / It is 5
bound to snow. 1 Where did she found her own business?
2 What did he give up?

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3 How long has she worked in Central America? 8 A new method to save energy is being
4 When did Thomas join the company? developed.
5 Who does she want to work with?
6 Why did he retrain? 5
7 When are you going to speak to the Managing 1 We had / got our bathroom painted last month.
Director? 2 I’ll have / get the roof of the cabin repaired.
8 Who sent off the wrong file? 3 We had / got the windows replaced.
4 The Andersons had/got a new lock put on the
Unit 5 door.
Grammar check: the passive 5 We had / got the swimming pool cleaned.
person, continuous, simple 6 I’ll have / get the old furniture removed from
the house.
1 7 We had / got the old floor taken out.
1 were chosen 8 I had / got a new fridge installed
2 are affected
3 was the company 6
4 develop 1 needs cleaning
5 is being repaired 2 need to update
6 cover 3 needs fixing
7 hasn't been sent 4 needs to write
8 are produced
Unit 6
2 Grammar check: reported speech
1 were direct
2 be
3 was 1
4 are being 1 liked
5 is 2 were planning
6 Has, been 3 would schedule / ’d schedule
7 are 4 had cancelled / ’d cancelled
8 be 5 had, were going to talk
6 hadn’t attended / had not attended
3 7 if she was going / whether she was going
1 were fired 8 if they needed / whether they needed
2’m paid / am paid
3 are being developed 2
4 have been offered 1 to
5 wasn’t, informed 2 to
6 couldn’t be completed 3 of
7 is spoken 4 to
8 was invented 5 for
6 for
4 7 for
1 This type of software is sold in India. 8 to
2 The lamps are just being repaired.
3 The company was established in 2012 by 3
George Belluni. / The company was established 1 for making so many spelling mistakes
by George Belluni in 2012. 2 he/she didn’t shout at him / he/she did not
4 Bananas are exported in large quantities by shout at him
some countries in the Americas. 3 he’d/she’d been rude to her / he/she had been
5 This tool can be operated without electricity. rude to her / being rude to her
6 Solar lights have been manufactured at low cost 4 to take legal action against their/our company
since 2011. 5 for being (so) angry
7 The SX-Smartphone will be sold in 25 countries 6 to open his suitcase
across Asia.

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Unit 7 7 big bigger the biggest
Grammar check: second conditional 8 modern more modern the most
modern
1
1 wanted Additional uses:
2 didn't comparative
3 asked
4 could be promoted 2
5 wouldn't 1 the most successful
6 didn't 2 far easier
3 by far the most creative
2 4 the most promising of the two
1 had 5 the cleverest / the most clever
2 ’d do / would do 6 The better, the higher
3 found 7 more, more popular
4 could buy 8 much better
5 were / was
6 wanted 3
7 ’d be able to work / would be able to work 1 The new slogan is more memorable than the
8 ’d move / would move previous one.
2 Reading fashion magazines is more enjoyable
Grammar check: third conditional than reading user manuals.
3 Package tourism is often more lucrative than
3 individual travel.
1 ‘d had / had had 4 This marketing ploy is by far the most annoying
2 could have started I've ever seen.
3 might have continued 5 This clothes brand seems to be much more
4 ‘d offered / had offered popular in Europe than in India. / This clothes
5 ‘d have made / would have made brand seems to be much more popular in India
6 ‘d have noticed / would have noticed than in Europe.
7 ‘d prepared / had prepared 6 Our smart phones are far more successful than
8 should have refused their tablet PCs.
7 The TV commercial is a lot better than the
3 poster campaign.
1 had known 8 His idea is by far the most imaginative.
2 hadn't spent
3 wouldn't have accepted 4
4 wasn't 1 utterly terrified
5 had offended 2 absolutely delicious
6 were 3 completely unacceptable
4 absolutely fantastic
Unit 8 5 utterly exhausted
Grammar check: comparatives and superlatives 6 absolutely packed

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adjective Comparative superlative Grammar check: verb patterns
1 fashionable more the most difference / change
fashionable fashionable
2 easy easier the easiest 1
3 attractive more the most 1 to work
attractive attractive 2 to have
4 recognisable more the most 3 speaking
recognisable recognisable 4 to use
5 tough tougher the toughest 5 investing
6 bad worse the worst 6 to come

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7 speaking 4
8 attending 1 shouldn't
9 to inform 2 must
10 to have 3 needn't
4 can't
2 5 had
1 working 6 couldn't
2 hearing
3 to receive 5
4 to change 1 shouldn’t have watched / should not have
5 growing watched
6 check 2 must have done
7 to put 3 can’t have been
8 making 4 should have worn
9 to call 5 must have forgotten
10 delivering 6 needn’t have paid

Unit 10
Grammar check: modal verbs
necessary, allowed / permitted

1
1 have to travel
2 doesn’t have to attend / does not have to
attend
3 Do, have to start
4 don’t have to discuss / do not have to discuss
5 Does, have to provide
6 has to stay

2
1 must
2 don't need to
3 mustn't
4 has to
5 don't have to
6 mustn't

3
1 have to / need to / must
2 must
3 don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t / do not
have to / do not need to
4 has to / needs to / must
5 mustn’t / must not / can’t / cannot
6 don’t need / don’t have / do not have / do not
need
7 mustn’t / must not / can’t / cannot
8 may / might

Grammar check: Past forms of modals

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