14 mayo, 2020

10B articles key


a 2 the 3 – 4 an 5 – 6 The 7 the 8 – 9 The 10 – 11 – 12 and 13 The 14 the
15 the 16 a 17 The 18 – 19 the 20 – 21 – 22 the 23 the 24 – 25 the 26 the
27 – 28 a 29 – 30 the 31 the 32 the 33 – 34 the 35 – 36 the 37 the

29 marzo, 2020

7&8 Revise and Check Key

GRAMMAR
1 must have                               9 never be found
2 should have told                    10 to be
3 can’t have got                        11 is said
4 rather do                                12 burglar alarm installed
5 as if                                        13 to talk
6 tastes like                               14 killing her husband
7 as a waiter                              15 apologized for being
8 was being repaired

VOCABULARY
a 1 remind            3 stole           5 argue
2 matter                4 raise           6 refuses

b 1 calf (The others relate to hands.)
2 hip (The others are organs.)
3 wink (The others are things you do with your hand.)
4 vandal (The others are all kinds of thieves.)
5 smuggler (The others are crimes.)
6 evidence (The others are people.)

c 1 chew     5 hack
2 scratch     6 blackmail
3 stare         7 bribe
4 frown       8 quit

d 1 critic     3 censored  5 accurate
  2 biased      4 newsreader

PRONUNCIATION
a 1 frown   3 fraud 5 jury
   2 biased  4 stare

b 1 realize  3 kidnap        5 objective
   2 kidney  4 commentator

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a She presented a TV programme called Crimewatch about unsolved crimes in the UK
   and then she was murdered and the police couldn’t solve the crime.

b 1 F 3 F 5 T 7 F  9 T
   2 T 4 T 6 T 8 T 10 F

9B Word building Key

Prefix: 2 underpaid 3 multimillionaire 4 subtitled 5 monolingual 6 autobiographies
 7 antivirus 8 misunderstood 9 post-war 10 megabyte

Suffix: 1 comfortable 2 sleepless 3 cheerful 4 recognizable 5 terrorism 6 improvement
7 inflation 8 weakness 9 elegance 10 childproof

Irregular: 1 heat 2 loss 3 height 4 death 5 Hunger 6 success

9B uncountable and plural nouns Key

a 2 some jeans 3 says 4 have 5 is 6 a piece of 7 some 8 equipment 9 business 10 staff
11 is 12 is 13 experience 14 advice 15 some 16 some 17 those 18 them 19 the
20 homework 21 rubbish

9A whatever, whenever, etc.Key

a 2 Whenever 3 Whoever 4 however 5 whatever 6 wherever 7 Whenever 8 however
 9 whichever 10 Whoever 11 whichever 12 wherever
b 2 b 3 a 4 d 5 c

9A clauses of contrast and purpose Key

a 2 j 3 h 4 i 5 f 6 e 7 a 8 c 9 d 10 b
b 2 A lot of companies have reduced staff numbers in order to save money.
3 Despite the long flight / Despite the fact the flight was long, she felt great when
 she arrived in New York.
4 Nick didn’t tell Louisa the truth so as not to hurt her feelings.
5 I bought the shoes even though they were ridiculously expensive.
6 The company has a big market share in spite of doing very little advertising /
in spite of the fact that they do very little advertising.
7 They had to leave the hotel early so that they wouldn’t miss their train.
8 She didn’t get the job though she was a strong candidate.

8B The media Key

2 headline 3 objective 4 journalist 5 paparazzi 6 wed 7 freelance 8 censored
 9 agony aunt 10 accurate 11 row 12 split 13 critic 14 commentator 15 presenter
16 editor

8B reporting verbs Key

a 1 to give 2 to come 3 having / having had 4 not going / not having gone
5 to tell; breaking 6 going 7 not to leave 8 making

b 2 promised to tidy
3 apologized for forgetting
4 advised (his father) not to keep
5 suggested trying
6 admitted eating
7 invited (me) to come
8 blamed (us) for losing

15 marzo, 2020

8A Crime and Punishment KEY

B burglar C committed D dealer E evidence F fraud G guilty H hacker I innocent
J jury K kidnapped L let M mugger O offence P pickpockets Q question R robberies
S stalker T theft V verdict W witnesses

8A have something done KEY

a 2 She’s having her hair washed.
3 She’s having her hair cut.
4 She’s having her hair dried.
5 She’s having her hair curled.

b 2 had my portrait painted
3 having my photo taken
4 are having our kitchen redecorated
5 have your blood pressure checked
6 had your fortune told
7 ’m having my car serviced / ’m going to have my car serviced
8 to have my watch repaired
9 have the big tree cut down
10 have our house repainted
11 have the brakes tested
12 had a lot of new furniture delivered