ANSWER KEY

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A – (1) are; (2) ’m; (3) am attending; (4) have; (5) love; (6)
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has; (7) start; (8) stop; (9) am getting; (10) know; (11)
have; (12) is; (13) is working; (14) is investing; (15) A – Continuing situation – 2; 4; 5
suppose; (16) have; (17) is calling Something completed – 1; 3; 6
B – 1. do…get / 2. do…catch / 3. are…having / B – 1. has been having; 2. have been exchanging;
4. Are… going 3. has invited; 4. has been working; 5. have … started /
has been telling; 6. have been asking;
7. have carried out; 8. has written
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(1) enjoyed; (2) was; (3) was; (4) was; (5) could;
(6) tried; (7) drank; (8) became; (9) couldn’t;
1. more and more popular; 2. more and more motivated; 3.
(1) was preparing; (2) knocked; (3) could; (4) were more and more acquainted; 4. more and more familiar; 5.
unpacking; (5) went; (6) was; (7) was chewing; more and more improving;
(8) was talking; (9) told; (10) needed; (11) blew; (12) 6. stronger and stronger; 7. more and more improved; 8.
was; more and more appealing; 9. more and more; 10. more and
(1) woke up; (2) was swimming; (3) was; (4) went; (5) more excited; 11. fewer and fewer; 12. higher and higher;
sailed; (6) was; (7) had; (8) ate; (9) danced; more and more convinced; better and better; 13. bigger and
(10) sunbathed; (11) tried; (12) loved. bigger; more and more effectively; more and more
impressive; 14. better and better; more and more amazing;
WORKSHEET 3 15. more and more open-minded and communicative; larger
and larger; better and better
A – 1. has become; 2. has developed; 3. have always
influenced; have reproduced; 4. has been considered; 5. WORKSHEET 8
has won; 6. have performed; 7. has been; 8. has
focused; 9. has become; 10. have embraced 1. The more … the more …
B – have seen / since; 2. has made / since; 3. has been 2. The more … the more knowledgeable …
married / for; 4. has been / for; 5. has had / since; 6. 3. The more … the more …
have lived / for; 7. have waited / for / has finally arrived; 4. the longer … the more; The harder … the more…
8. have been / since; 9. has been / for; 5. The more … the more fluent; the younger … the easier
10. has been 6. The sooner … the better
7. The more … the more
WORKSHEET 4 8. the longer … the more impatient; The more … the more
9. The nearer … the better
10. The cheaper … the better; The more … the happier
A – (1) have decided; (2) have prepared; (3) left; (4) had; (5)
11. The more … the more successful
arrived; (6) took; (7) have stayed; (8) visited;
12. The sooner … the better
(9) have tasted; (10) has been divided; (11) saw; (12)
13. the more skilled … the higher
went; (13) have swum; (14) (have) sunbathed; (15) have
14. The more … the better
spent; (16) wanted; (17) left; (18) hired; (19) drove; (20)
have ridden; (21) (have) toured
B – 1. R; 2. R; 3. W (were); 4. W (became); 5. R WORKSHEET 9

A
WORKSHEET 5 1. a) John had never done that before.
b) He had never been to London before.
A – 1.b / 2. e / 3. a / 4. f / 5. c / 6. d c) He had never tried such an experience before.
d) He had never studied abroad before.
B – 1. I have been chatting online for a long time./ 2. They 2. a) He had never travelled by plane before.
have been using Cyberfriends.com for two years./ 3. b) He had never been away from his family before.
Paula has been contacting people all over the world./ 4. c) He had never stayed in a boarding school before.
Cyberfriends.com has been working well so far./ 5. d) He had never shared his room with others before.
Jefferson has been travelling around the world thanks to
friends he has met online./ 6. You have been writing 3. a) He had never been to Oxford before.
messages for two hours./ 7. Epals.com has been b) He had never visited libraries and museums before.
expanding rapidly this year./ 8. Epals.com members c) He had never practised water sports before.
have been promoting foreign language learning. d) He had never spoken English with native speakers
before.
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B – 1. had helped; 2. had had; 3. had talked / had done; 2. Volunteering, which is a great way to learn new skills,
4.had done; 5. had accepted; 6. had found gives you a chance to discover what kind of things you are
good at. 3. Tom Peach, who volunteered in Borneo, took a
WORKSHEET 10 sabatical from his job. 4. Encourage your classmates to
participate in volunteering activities, which can be of different
A – 1. – a); 2. – b); 3. – b); 4. – a); 5. – b); 6. – a); kinds. 5. Erica, 15, who spent 2 weeks volunteering at a
7. – a); 8. – a). language camp in Spain, is now more confident and fluent. 6.
The International Red Cross, whose vital work is made
B – 1. had been/had learnt; 2. had graduated/started; 3.
possible by people like you, responds to all kinds os
moved/had sold; 4. had talked/felt; 5. didn’t need/had
disasters.
learnt; 6. had convinced; 7. got/had gone; 8. had
joined/went. B – 1. who – D; 2. which – A; 3. which – B; 4. whose – C.

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A – 1. c/ 2. d/ 3. a/ 4. b/ 5.a A – 1. – f); 2. – c); 3. – b); 4. – e); 5. – a); 6. – d)

B – 1. She must be a professional writer …/ 2. The B – 1. were used to; are used to; 2. got used to; 3. are used
candidates can apply for …/ 3. Candidates mustn’t apply to; 4. were not used to; 5. were used to; are used to; 6.
for…/ 4. People over 40 years old may not apply/can’t are … used to; 7. got used to; 8. aren’t used to.
apply for…/ 5. Shall I write …/ 6. The candidates must fill C – 1. used to/is used to; 2. used to/ isn’t used to;
in …/ 7. You should search …/ 8. He may be accepted. 3. used to/is used to; 4. used to/is used to;
5. used to/got used to.
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A – 1. answering; 2. thinking; 3. living / losing; 4. being; 5.
Being; 6. trying; 7. finding; 8. getting. A – 1. Skyfall is an excellent new 007 film./ 2. I, Robot is a
B – 1. go / to stay; 2. to talk; 3. to be / change; 4. to go / thrilling science-fiction film./ 3. Robots are amazing
acting; 5. to have; 6. to end; 7. to change / be; human-friendly machines./ 4. In the future cars will be
8. moving; 9. having; 10. to decide. obsolete old machines./5. Aibo is a sweet white robotic
dog./ 6. Artificial intelligence is a thought-provoking
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American science-fiction film.
B – 1. an interesting new film/ 2. a fat orange cat/ 3.an
A – 1. – b); 2. – b) ; 3. – c ); 4. – a) ; 5. – b); 6. – b); 7. – b). unusual brilliant-cut jewel./ 4. a thin white book/
B – 1. Understanding; 2. staying; 3. lying; 4. be; 5. an attractive young actor.
5. telling; 6. acting; 7. to enjoy; 8. going; 9. behave; 10. C – 1. A great long old black and white Russian film/ 2. A
being; 11. arriving; 12. leaving; 13. to drink; funny brown Japanese iron robot/ 3. A terrible little
14. to follow; 15. to get; 16. to take; 17. drinking; 18. doing; plastic android/ 4. A new black leather riding jacket/ 5.
19. be; 20. drinking; 21. lead; Ugly old Chinese industrial machines.
22. Drinking; 23. driving; 24. lose; 25. to drive;
26. calling; 27. be; 28. to be; 29. putting; 30 driving; 31. be. WORKSHEET 19

WORKSHEET 14 A – A. 2 / B. 1 / C. 5 / D. 4 / E. 3
B – 1. will allow / 2. will be able to / 3. is releasing / 4. is going
A – 1. – c); 2. – a); 3. – f); 4. – b); 5. – h); 6. – g); to take place / 5. opens / 6. is organising/is going to
7. – i); 8. – e); 9. – j); 10. – d). explore / 7. will visit / 8. leaves / 9. are going to be / 10.
B – 1. there were still tickets online; 2. doesn't have a happy am meeting.
life; 3. the place was already overcrowded;
4. the gig is only in the Summer; 5. the fact that my WORKSHEET 20
exams are in the same month.
A – 1. will be working/ 2. will be giving/ 3. will be thinking/ 4.
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6. Will you be working/ 7. won’t be organizing/ 8. will be
A – Teens give much importance to their body image and teaching
appearance – in order to make others like them / to feel
cool / so as to get accepted by their peers / so that they B – 1. My friend Toby will be using the new RX100 on his
can feel they are worthwhile / so that other people can birthday next week. / 2. By shopping in outlets people
value them. will be saving lots of money. / 3. ES Super Audio CD will
be taking digital sound to a new level. / 4. The
B – 1 – c); 2 – e); 3 – a); 4 – d); 5 – f); 6 – b) installation team will be offering free service over the
C – 1. James went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of trainers. next two months. / 5. This brand will be giving free music
2. His brother went with him in order to help him choose and movies on the purchase of any tablet. / 6. Remote
the trainers. 3. James put on a raincoat in order not to get macros on tablets will be making life easier as you can
wet. 4. The two brothers are saving money so that they forget the remote controls in your living room. / 7. When
can buy a laptop. buying a Cyber-shot RX100, you will be getting an
additional accessory free. / 8. They will be working with
WORKSHEET 16 us on a new project over the next weeks. / 9. My children
will be playing games on their PS3 at this time tomorrow.
A – 1. WWW is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to / 10. Students will be using new tablets next term.
make it easier for people of all ages to volunteer.
 B – 1. On / 2. On / 3. In / 4. In / 5. At / 6. At / 7. On / 8. In
WORKSHEET 21 C – 1. The film started on a spring morning. / 2. Christmas is
celebrated on the 25th of December. / 3. An earthquake
A – 1. that day she was going to buy one of her favourite destroyed Lisbon in the 18th century. / 4. Neil Armstrong
books by Carl Sagan; 2. that Sara had never visited a walked on the moon for the first time in 1969. / 5. The
spacecraft before; 3. that time he would ask for a trip in a alarm clock went off at 6.30 am. / 6. My son was still
space shuttle for his birthday; 4. that her brother had been online yesterday at midnight. / 7. They always sing
offered a trip in a balloon; 5. the month before they had Christmas carols on Christmas Eve. / 8. I go for long
received a sample of stones from Mars; 6. that after … walks in the summer.
Sergei was returning to Earth the following day.
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B – 1. said he didn’t like science fiction films; 2. promised he
was not going to spend his time with nonsense about
aliens; 3. apologised for telling Susan how the film had A – 1. Computer generated composites of celebrities are
ended; 4. explained that the day before her sister had made by magazines. / 2. Magazines that told
come there to see the eclipse of the sun; 5. told us that embarrassing stories about celebrities were chosen by
the Universe was his place of work and that he wouldn’t students. / 3. Comments have been sent by readers using
be unemployed; 6. repeated that she didn’t believe in Facebook. / 4. The war will be covered by reporters 24
aliens and she had never seen The War of the Worlds. hours a day. / 5. Celebrities are chased by paparazzi. / 6.
7. said that Space Cowboys benefitted from the A lot of money has been spent on magazines by Justin
performance of four successful actors; Biebers fans.
8. explained Clint Eastwood directed and also starred in B – 1. provides / 2. are supported / 3. is exchanged /
the film. 4. were sold / 5. exports / 6. has been told / 7. will be
published / 8. read
WORKSHEET 22 C – 1. Cristiano Ronaldo was offered/has been offered
millions for his transfer. / 2. Filming was not allowed in
A – 1. where I had bought my new i-Phone; 2. when that
gadget would be available; 3. how many gadgets had the show. / 3. Our planet is being affected by global
warming. / 4. A missile was launched in Afghanistan. / 5.
been released that year; 4. if he intended to keep all his
vinyl records; 5. if he had shopped for that cell phone A bank was robbed in Leeds. /
6. Forest fires are being fought in Australia now.
online; 6. what had happened to the old typewriter which
was in his office.
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B – 1. asked who had invented the phone;
2. questioned me/them about the murder;
A – 1. We were brought an Internet contract to sign. / 2. The
3. wondered if it would be my Xmas present;
viewers were read Facebook comments about the PM. /
4. wanted to know how much it had cost; 5. wanted to know
3. I have been lent a new Internet device for a week. / 4.
what time the spacecraft had been launched; 6. asked why
The winner of the online contest was given a prize. / 5.
it had been delayed; 7. wondered who had flown in
He was given a new computer last Christmas. / 6. She
Freedom 7, thus becoming the first American in space; 8.
will be sent some letters next Tuesday.
wanted to know what the positive sides of space
exploration were. B – (1) was offered / (2) was told / (3) was sent / (4) was
promised / (5) would be given / (6) wasn’t being paid /
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C – (suggestions) 1. has been given a mobile phone / 2. any
A –1. a) would have remained; b) wouldn’t have known; c) expensive gifts. / 3. a cup / 4. was asked/ 5. were given /
wouldn’t have built; d) wouldn’t have known 6. were told.
2. a) wouldn’t have sent; b) wouldn’t have seen; c) wouldn’t
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B – 1. had paid 20 million dollars, he could have flown
A – 1. c) / 2. b) / 3. b) / 4. c) / 5. a) / 6. a)
2. had suffered from space sickness, she wouldn’t have
enjoyed B – (1) Being / (2) Owing to / (3) because / (4) Because of /
(5) Because / (6) due to / (7) Since / (8) The reason
3. hadn’t invested a lot of time and money in exploring
why / (9) because / (10) as
Mars, they wouldn’t have discovered
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heard
5. wouldn’t have explored the moon if the Apollo A – 1. I wish I could solve this huge problem immediately. /
Program hadn’t 2. I wish the police found the hackers. / 3. I wish the
6. hadn’t set foot on the moon, he wouldn’t have said Internet was/were safer. / 4. I wish my personal data
were not being used in crimes. / 5. I wish I could recover
7. had not been able to correct a defect in its optical my identity so as not to feel so insecure… / 6. I wish
system … would not have revealed
I knew more people who could help me.
8. had attempted manned spaceflight, it would have
B – 1. there weren’t / 2. were safer / 3. were mature enough /
incurred 4. didn’t have to chat … but could meet / 5. understood
something / 6. didn’t give / 7. were able / 8. paid/would
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pay / 9. were able / 10. Had
A – 1. at / 2. – / 3. on / 4. at / 5. in / 6. – / 7. In / 8. on / 9. At /
10. –