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Unit 1a 4 They aren’t Russian.

5 We aren’t in the city.
am
1 1 2 are 3 ‘m 4 ‘re 5 ‘m 6 ‘re 6 She isn’t Chinese.
c
2 1 2 a 3 e 4 b 5 f 6 d 7 He isn’t married.
8 I’m not nineteen.
‘m
3 1 2 ‘m 3 ‘re 4 ‘m, ‘re 5 ‘m 9 It isn’t Tuesday.
I
4 1 2 You 3 I 4  You 5  I, you 10 They aren’t from Peru.
11 We aren’t students.
5&6 Students’ own answers
12 She isn’t American.
Unit 1b 3 1 The Taj Mahal isn’t in Pakistan. It’s in India.
He
1 1 2 It 3 She 4 It 2 The Statue of Liberty isn’t in Canada. It’s in
the USA.
He’s from Brazil.
2 1 She’s from Italy.
3 3 Machu Picchu isn’t in Mexico. It’s in Peru.
2 He’s from the USA. She’s from Egypt.
4 4 The Eiffel Tower isn’t in Italy. It’s in France.
He’s Brazilian.
3 1 She’s Italian.
3 5 The Sydney Opera House isn’t in the UK. It’s in
Australia
2 He’s American. She’s Egyptian.
4

is
4 1 is, is
4 ‘s
7 Unit 2b
2 am ‘m
5 is
8
b
1 1 2 a 3 f 4 e 5 c 6 d
3 are ‘re, ‘re
6
Are
2 1 3 Are 5 Is 7 Is 9 Are
He ’s Canadian.
5 1 She’s from Canada.
4
2 Is 4 Is 6 Are 8 Are 10 Is
2 I’m a student. It’s a book.
5
3 You’re a teacher. it isn’t
3 1 6 she is
2 I am 7 they aren’t
Unit 1c 3 she isn’t 8 it is
9 they are
4 I’m not
Your
1 1 my
4 your
7 he isn’t
10
5 we are
2 My my
5
3 your My
6 4 Students’ own answers.

my
2 1 your
3 your
5 5 1 A: Are you Italian? B: No, I’m not. I’m Spanish.
2 your my
4 my
6 2 A: Is he Japanese? B: Yes, he is.
3 A: Is she Brazilian? B: Yes, she is.
My
3 1 3 your 5 My 7 my 9 my
4 A: Is he Polish? B: No, he isn’t. He’s Russian.
2 You 4 I 6 your 8 your 10 you
5 A: Are they doctors? B: No, they aren’t. They’re
4&5  Students’ own answers teachers.
6 A: Are they married? B: Yes, they are,
Unit 2a 7 A: Are you and Jack American? B: No, we aren’t.
We’re British.
We’re
1 1 We’re
3 They’re
5
8 A: Is it six o’clock? B: No, it isn’t. It’s half
2 They’re We’re
4 They’re
6 past five.
2 1 She isn’t a nurse. 9 A: Is she single? B: No, she isn’t. She’s married.
2 I’m not a teacher. 10 A: Is he a musician? B: No, he isn’t. He’s
3 You aren’t from Manchester. an engineer.

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Unit 2c is
2 1 3 ’s 5 is 7 is 9 is
2 ’s 4 is 6 ’s 8 ’s 10 ’s
1 a: city, hotel, bag, car, holiday, bus, beach
an: airport, artist, address, animal, island ’s hair is long.
3 1
2 ’s brother bag is black.
cities
2 1 bags
5 9 holidays 3 ’s son is old.
2 airports islands
6 animals
10 4 ’s car is old.
3 hotels cars
7 buses
11 5 ’s house is big.
4 artists addresses 12
8 beaches
4 Students’ own answers
a
3 1 3 – 5 – 7 an 9 a 11 –
2 an 4 a 6 a 8 a 10 an 12 an Unit 3c
It’s a house.
4 1 children
1 1 6 women
2 They are books 2 people 7 brother
3 This is a car 3 child 8 person
4 They are cars. 4 man 9 address
5 It’s a book. 5 family men
10
6 They are houses.
2 1 women 6 children
Unit 3a 2 countries 7 cities
3 people 8 men
my keys
1 1 6 our family 4 hotels 9 sons
2 your chair 7 their jobs 5 families tables
10
3 his bag 8 her house
4 her mother 9 his holiday 3 Across Down
5 its name their car
10 1 bags 1 buses
4 men 2 beaches
his
2 1 Our
5 9 Its 6 cities 3 chairs
2 their you
6 Her
10 8 books 5 children
3 It’s my
7 We
11 9 people 7 women
4 I she
8 They
12

my
3 1 Her
4 Their
7
Unit 4a
2 His Its
5 1 1 Hi Mateu. I’m at bank. It’s near Leicester Square
3 Our your
6 station. Where are you?
2 Hi Ben. I’m in a shop.
Unit 3b 3 Where is the shop?
4 It’s opposite Oxford Circus station.
1 1 Paul’s eyes are blue.
5 Great! Leicester Square station is near Oxford
2 Clare’s hair is long.
Circus.
3 Jane and Jim’s car is red.
6 Oh yes! See you in Leicester Square in
4 Pablo’s bicycle is old. five minutes.
5 Jill’s baby is beautiful.
6 Oscar’s cat is big. next to
2 1 near
4
7 Sally’s bag is black. 2 in next to
5
8 Harry and Sandra’s phones are new. 3 next to near
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in
3 1 Can
3 1 6 can can
11 
2 opposite 2 can’t 7 Can Can
12 
3 next to 3 can 8 can’t can’t
13 
4 near 4 Can 9 can
5 can Can
10 
4 Students’ own answers
Students’ own answers
4&5  
Unit 4b(1)
Unit 5b
These are
1 1
2 That is e
1 1 2 a 3 b 4 f 5 c 6 d
3 This is have
2 1 have
4 have
7 has
10
4 Those are 2 has has
5 has
8
5 This is 3 have has
6 has
9
6 That is
7 These are their children. is
3 1 Is
3 are
5
8 Those are our books. 2 isn’t aren’t
4 Are
6

this
2 1 has
4 1 has
3 is
5
2 these 2 famous have
4 are
6
3 those, that 5 Students’ own answers
Is this
3 1 Is that
4
2 Are these Are those
5
Unit 5c
3 Is this Is that
6 It is a small tablet.
1 1
2 We have a new car.
Students’ own answers
4&5  
3 She has expensive sunglasses.
Unit 4b(2) 4 This is an old battery.
5 He has a cheap watch.
d
1 1 3 b 5 f 7 a 9 j 6 These phones have great apps.
2 g 4 h 6 c 8 e 7 It is a nice bag.
What
2 1 Why
5 9 Where 8 Those are beautiful shoes.
2 Where What
6 Why
10 tall building
2 1 small shoes
4
3 When Are
7 2 old books expensive car
5
4 Is When
8 3 fast motorbike
What is that building?
3 1 3 1 a good phone
2 When is it open? 2 a beautiful park
3 Where is the hotel? 3 red cars
4 Why is this restaurant popular? 4 a brown bag
5 expensive headphones
4 Students’ own answers
6 nice teachers
Unit 5a 7 young children
8 blue eyes
b  2 f   3 e  
1 1 4 c   5 a   6 d 9 old museums
Can
2 1 3 can’t 5 drive 10 a hot city
2 can 4 can 6 can
4 Students’ own answers
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Unit 6a Unit 6c
I like basketball.
1 1 Mike likes her.
1 1 He doesn’t like me.
5
2 You don’t like football. 2 I don’t like them. Does she like him?
6
3 They like table tennis. 3 She doesn’t like it. Do you like them?
7
4 You like swimming. 4 They like us.
5 You don’t like Formula 1.
her
2 1 him
3 us
5
6 They like tennis.
2 it them
4 you
6
7 You don’t like coffee.
8 I like tea. it
3 1 them
4 it
7
9 They don’t like running. 2 them us
5 them
8
They don’t like cake.
10 3 him her
6 it
9

Do you like basketball?

2 1 Students’ own answers
4&5  
2 Do you like football?
3 Do they like table tennis? Unit 7a
4 Do you like swimming?
I have breakfast at 7.
1 1 2
5 Do you like Formula 1?
2 I get up at 6 o’clock. 1
6 Do they like tennis?
3 I have lunch at 1 o’clock. 5
7 Do you like coffee?
4 I go to bed at midnight. 8
8 Do you like tea?
5 I finish work at 6 o’clock. 6
9 Do they like running.
6 I go to work at 8 o’clock. 3
Do they like cake?
10
7 I start work at 9 o’clock. 4
b
3 1 2 a 3 d 4 e 5 c 8 I have dinner in the evening. 7

Do
4 1 Do
4 don’t
7 I get up in the morning.
2 1
2 don’t do
5 Do
8 2 We start work in the afternoon.
3 don’t Do
6 do
9 3 They don’t work on Sundays.
4 You have class on Tuesdays.
5 Students’ own answers
5 We don’t go to school.
6 They don’t have breakfast.
Unit 6b 7 I go to an exercise class.
c  2 f  
1 1 3 a   4 d   5 b   6 e 8 You don’t work at night.

Peter
2 1 Bina
3 have
3 1 finish
5
2 Mark Helen
4 2 work go
6
3 start don’t work
7
likes
3 1 like
4 doesn’t
7
4 eat meet
8
2 likes doesn’t
5 don’t
8
3 like don’t
6 on
4 1 3 at 5 in 7 on
2 in 4 at 6 at
Do
4 1 like
5 9 like
2 don’t does
6 does
10 They go to work at seven o’clock.
5 1
3 like likes
7 doesn’t
11 2 We don’t have classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
4 Does Do
8 likes
12 3 I eat (or have) dinner in the evening.
4 You don’t watch TV at night.
5 I go to bed at eleven o’clock.

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Unit 7b go
3 1 6 enjoys
2 works 7 doesn’t
c  2  e
1 1 3 a   4 b   5 d   6 f 3 lives 8 don’t
Do you like climbing?
2 1 4 drive 9 don’t
2 Do they like walking? 5 opens doesn’t
10
3 Do you like listening to music? 4 Students’ own answers
4 Do they play football with friends?
5 Do you enjoy reading? Unit 8b
6 Do they go dancing at the weekend?
7 Do you go swimming? c
1 1 3 b 5 a 7 g  
8 Do they play video games? 2 e 4 f 6 d

Yes, I do.
3 1 No, I don’t.
4 Yes, he does.
2 1 No, he doesn’t.
4
2 No, I don’t. Yes, I do.
5 2 No, he doesn’t. Yes, he does.
5
3 Yes, I do. Yes, I do.
6 3 Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
6

Do
4 1 don’t
3 Do
5 What does
3 1
2 do don’t
4 do
6 2 Where does
3 When does
Unit 7c 4 Does
5 Why does
d
1 1 3 f 5 e 7 g 9 a 11 i  
2 j 4 c 6 k 8 h 10 b does
4 1 3 does 5 does 7 do 9 do
2 do 4 do 6 do 8 does 10 does
Where
2 1 Why
3 What
5
2 Who When
4 Unit 8c
What time do you start
3 1 1 1 I always start work at nine.
2 What do you eat 2 She usually gets up at 6.
3 Why do you like 3 It often rains in October.
4 Where do you study 4 We’re always tired on Monday morning.
5 When do you watch 5 M ike and Mavis sometimes travel for
6 Who do you play their work.
6 It never snows in Saudi Arabia.
4 Students’ own answers
7 It is often cloudy in Lima.
8 My family usually goes out for dinner at the
Unit 8a weekend.
starts
1 1 6 works
I never play tennis.
2 1
2 teaches 7 doesn’t stop
2 It often rains in London.
3 closes 8 doesn’t have
3 We usually go on holiday in the summer.
4 goes 9 plays
4 She sometimes sleeps in the afternoon.
5 doesn’t like doesn’t watch
10
5 It’s always cold in the winter.
is
2 1 doesn’t have
5 6 You often drive to work.
2 works sleeps
6 7 The shop always opens at nine.
3 enjoys goes
7 8 My parents often play golf.
4 helps

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It often rains in the spring.

3 1 3 1 don’t Turn
2 Don’t
4
2 It’s sometimes sunny in the summer. drive stop
3 walk
5
3 It always snows in the winter.
4 Students’ own answers
4 It usually rains in the winter.
5 It’s always sunny in the summer.
Unit 10a
6 It sometimes snows in the mountains.
c
1 1 2 e 3 b 4 f 5 d 6 a
4 Students’ own answers
was
2 1 was
5 9 were
Unit 9a 2 were was
6 was
10
3 was were
7 was
11
c
1 1 2 b 3 d 4 a
4 were was
8 were
12
’s
2 1 4 ’s 7 ’s 10 are
was
3 1 was
5 9 was
2 ’s 5 are 8 are
2 was was
6 were
10
3 are 6 ’s 9 are
3 was was
7 was
11
There’s a
3 1 6 There’s a 4 were was
8 was
12
2 There are some 7 There are some
3 There are some 8 There’s a are
4 1 are
4 was
7
4 There are some 9 There’s a 2 was were
5 am
8
5 There’s a There are some
10 3 was are
6

4 Students’ own answers Unit 10b

Unit 9b They weren’t at school yesterday.
1 1
2 It wasn’t hot in Canada.
There isn’t a bus.
1 1
3 Were you at home?
2 There are some red cars.
4 Was she late for work?
3 There is a shower.
5 I wasn’t born in England.
4 There aren’t any chairs.
6 Where were your parents from?
5 Is there a hotel on this street?
7 What was your mother’s name?
6 Are there any museums?
8 Who was at the party?
is
2 1 6 are are
11
Were
2 1 6 were were
11
2 are 7 is is
12
2 wasn’t 7 were wasn’t
12
3 is 8 isn’t is
13
3 were 8 Were was
13
4 are 9 aren’t aren’t
14
4 was 9 weren’t
5 isn’t is
10
5 wasn’t was
10
a
3 1 there
5
When were
3 1 Why was
5
2 aren’t Are
6
2 Was When was
6
3 are aren’t
7
3 Why was Were
7
4 any
4 Where was Who was
8
Unit 9c
Unit 10c
b
1 1 2 c 3 d 4 f 5 a 6 e
b
1 1 3 a 5 d 7 h
f
2 1 3 d 5 g 7 b
2 c 4 f 6 e 8 g
2 a 4 c 6 e 8 h

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watched
2 1 6 worked Unit 11c
2 opened 7 studied
3 started 8 lived e
1 1 3 j 5 h 7 f 9 g
4 finished 9 walked 2 a 4 b 6 i 8 d
5 travelled died
10 What
2 1 When
5
was born
3 1 travelled
5 2 Where What
6
2 loved married
6 3 Why Why
7
3 received died
7 4 Who Where
8
4 played 3 1 Where did you work?
2 Why did you leave your job?
Unit 11a 3 What did you see at the cinema?
had
1 1 left
4 took
7 4 Who did you go with to the cinema yesterday?
2 wrote ate
5 spoke
8 5 When did you come to Australia?
3 bought 6 Where did you eat dinner last night?
drove
6
7 Why did you drive to work?
ate
2 1 took
4 wrote
7 8 Who did you meet last weekend?
2 drove spoke
5 had
8
3 bought left
6 Unit 12a
3 Regular past simple verbs 1 1 Sam isn’t cooking. He’s having a shower.
arrived, liked, started, travelled, visited, walked 2 Catherine and Ali are watching TV. They aren’t
Irregular past simple verbs reading.
came, did, found, went, had, saw 3 Antonio and Julia aren’t cooking. They’re playing
chess.
left
4 1 found
5 9 ate 4 Lucia’s reading a book. She isn’t playing chess.
2 travelled went
6 took
10 5 Julia isn’t watching TV. She’s sleeping.
3 saw was
7 6 Mike and Tom aren’t reading. They’re cooking.
4 arrived visited
8
2 1 No, she isn’t. 4 Yes, they are.
Unit 11b 2 No, they aren’t. 5 No, they aren’t.
3 Yes, she is. 6 Yes, he is.
c
1 1 3 f 5 b 7 g
2 d 4 a 6 h 8 e 3 Students’ own answers

2 1 We didn’t go to Spain. 4 Lewis: 5, 3, 9, 1, 7

2 We didn’t visit Madrid. Marie: 6, 2, 4, 10, 8
3 We didn’t stay at a youth hostel.
4 My friend didn’t leave Madrid.
Unit 12b
5 I didn’t study Spanish at a language school. 1 Order: 5, 2, 3, 1, 4
6 I didn’t work in a bar.
7 I didn’t meet my friends. 2 1 I’m seeing Anne on Monday morning.
8 I didn’t take a train to Barcelona. 2 I’m going to the cinema on Tuesday evening.
3 Louise isn’t having lunch with Rita on Sunday.
3 1 Did 5 Did 9 did 4 Max is going to the beach on Friday morning.
2 did 6 didn’t Did
10 5 W here are you having dinner on Wednesday
3 Did 7 didn’t didn’t
11 evening?
4 didn’t 8 Did 6 Who are they meeting on Monday morning?
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g
3 1 3 d 5 j 7 c 9 e Does
3 1 do
4 Does
7
2 f 4 i 6 b 8 a 10 h 2 doesn’t does
5 Do
8
3 don’t don’t
6
are you doing on
4 1
2 are you having dinner with on I ate breakfast at seven o’clock.
4 1
3 are you playing football 2 They went on Tuesday.
4 are you doing on Saturday 3 We didn’t have time for lunch.
5 are you going on 4 Who lived here?
6 are you going shopping 5 Did you know her?
6 Why did you walk to work?
Unit 12c(1) 7 Sorry, I wasn’t at home.
8 How far did you swim?
b
1 1 2 a 3 d 4 c
Did you like Spain?
5 1
True
2 1 5 True 9 False
2 When did you live there?
2 False 6 True True
10
3 I studied in Bologna for a year.
3 True 7 False
4 We didn’t go to the cinema last night.
4 False 8 True
5 Why did you leave university early?
3 1 on 5 on 9 in 6 Did you visit the Eiffel Tower?
2 between 6 opposite 10 near 7 She made a delicious pasta dish.
3 behind 7 next to
He’s playing tennis.
6 1 He isn’t sleeping.
4 under 8 between
2 They’re cooking. They aren’t reading.
Unit 12c(2) 3 She’s reading a book. She isn’t playing chess.
4 He’s sleeping. He isn’t watching TV.
She lives in Paris.
1 1 5 He’s watching TV. He isn’t playing tennis.
2 She works in a bank. 6 They’re playing chess. They aren’t cooking.
3 She starts work at eight o’clock. 7 1 On Monday I’m playing tennis with Jules.
4 She finishes work at six o’clock. 2 On Tuesday I’m going to the cinema with Mazda.
5 She has sushi for lunch. 3 On Wednesday I’m going to the beach with my
6 She studies English. mum.
7 She plays tennis. 4 On Thursday I’m going to the library with Sarah.
8 She never watches television. 5 On Friday I’m having dinner with Joe.
9 She goes to the opera once a month. 6 On Saturday I’m going shopping with Nicky.
She hates rock music.
10 7 On Sunday I’m having lunch with my family.
She sleeps six hours every night.
11
8 1 are you doing on Monday
She often eats in restaurants.
12
2 are you playing tennis with
Yes, I do.
2 1 6 Yes, I do. 3 are you doing on Wednesday
2 No, he doesn’t. 7 Yes, he does. 4 are you going with Sarah / on Thursday
3 No, I don’t. 8 No, I don’t. 5 are you seeing Joe
4 Yes, he does. 9 No, he doesn’t. 6 are you going shopping with on Saturday
5 Yes, I do. Yes, he does.
10 7 are you doing on Sunday

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