6A gerunds and infinitives Key

a 2 going to see 3 go out 4 to have 5 not stay 6 working 7 to wear 8 live 9 laughing
  10 to finish 11 seeing 12 not to tell 13 work 14 seeing 15 to help 16 waiting 17 to park
  18 speaking 19 getting up / to get up 20 not come 21 spending 22 to give

b 2 not to be 3 changing 4 meeting 5 arriving 6 to revise 7 to tell 8 turning

5B structures after wish Key

a 2 wouldn’t borrow 3 would stop raining 4 would let 5 would do 6 wouldn’t make
  7 would tidy 8 wouldn’t wear
b 2 hadn’t told 3 were / was 4 had 5 earnt  6 had tried on 7 hadn’t shouted 8 wasn’t

5A unreal conditionals Key

a 2 had put; would have tasted / would taste
   3 found; be
   4 wouldn’t have got; ’d taken
   5 were; wouldn’t swim
   6 wouldn’t have left; hadn’t fallen
   7 hadn’t used; wouldn’t have found
   8 ’d buy; could
   9 would have gone; hadn’t been
  10 didn’t (both) work; wouldn’t be able
  11 would have bought; ’d known
  12 wouldn’t be; did

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Auld Lang Syne

3&4 Revise and Check Key

GRAMMAR
a 1 a  3 a  5 a  7 c   9 c
   2 c  4 b  6 c  8 a  10 b
b 1 ’ll / will be lying  2 will…have started    3 has landed / lands   4 drink   5 finish / ’ve finished.

VOCABULARY
a 1 gate                       3 aisle        5 jet lag
   2 baggage reclaim   4 turbulence
b 1 lately   3 hard      5 especially
   2 even    4 luggage
c 1 blew       3 poured   5 took
   2 dropped 4 got
d 1 blizzard (The others relate to wind.)   2 chilly (The others relate to hot temperatures.)
3 damp (The others are nouns.)    4 bright (The others relate to cold temperatures.)
5 drought (The others relate to storms.)
e 1 in     3 up     5 place
   2 off   4 after

PRONUNCIATION
a 1 hardly  3 lounge   5 trolley
   2 clear    4 humid
b 1 eventually  3 especially   5 hurricane
   2 gradually   4 passenger

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a No. There are a dozen professionals and a handful of people who have ever tried it.
b 1 D 2 E 3 A 4 F 5 C

4B conditionals, and future time clauses Key

a 2 a and b 3 a 4 b 5 b and c 6 c 7 a and c 8 a and b 9 a 10 c 11 b 12 a and c 13 b and c 14 a and b 15 c

4 A Future Perfect and Continuous Key

a 1 won’t be thinking
2 ’ll (still) be working; ’ll have been promoted
3 will have left
4 won’t be using
5 won’t have gone; ’ll (still) be watching
6 ’ll have graduated; ’ll be looking for
7 won’t have had
8 Will (you) be coming
9 Will (you) be picking me up
10 will (they) have visited
11 ’ll have finished; ’ll be celebrating
12 won’t have saved

3B VOCABULARY Adverbs and adverbial phrases

1 Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases
2 ever 3 hardly 4 specially 5 in the end 6 even 7 near 8 late 9 nearly 10 lately 11 at the end 12 hard 13 yet 14 at the moment 15 still 16 actually.
2 Comment adverbs
1 apparently 2 obviously 3 basically 4 eventually 5 Ideally 6 gradually 7 in fact 8 anyway

3B GRAMMAR adverbs and adverbial phrases

a 2 do you really mean that; were absolutely awful
3 England played well
4 Unfortunately, England never play well
5 were incredibly lucky
6 do you ever have
7 To be honest, England were quite lucky
8 were extremely lucky
9 Personally, I thought both teams played badly; England were a bit better,
especially in the second half
10 in Munich next, so let’s see how they do there.

b 2 slowly 3 quickly 4 earlier that day 5 obviously 6 actually 7 angrily 8 a little 9 badly 10 incredibly 11 here 12 always 13 well 14 naturally 15 in quarter of an hour