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Grammar reference answer key Level 1

Unit 1 Unit 2
be—statements and yes/no questions Articles
1 1
1 is 1 a, a
2 are 2 the, a
3 not 3 —, The
4 aren’t 4 an, an
5 isn’t 5 a, an
6 am
7 Is 2
8 Are 1 a
2 a
2 3 b
1 c 4 b
2 e 5 c
3 b
4 d Apostrophe for possession / whose /
5 a
Possessive pronouns
1
be—wh– questions 1 books
1 2 Laura’s
1 is your name 3 children’s
2 Where 4 Smiths’
3 are they 5 Jason’s
4 When 6 parents’
5 Who
6 is your number
2
1 Whose are the books? They’re theirs.
2 2 Whose pen is this? It’s his.
1 What is / What’s your address? 3 Are they Amy’s video games? No, they’re ours.
2 How old are Richard and Mark? 4 Is he Paul’s brother? No, he’s mine.
3 When is / When’s your birthday? 5 Whose jacket is this? / Whose is this jacket? It’s hers.
4 Who is / Who’s your brother?
5 Where is / Where’s our class?

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Unit 3 Unit 4
Simple present—statements and yes/no Frequency adverbs and adverbial phrases
questions 1
1 1 is always
1 My brother like music and he downloads lots of 2 often think
songs. (likes) 3 Do, always catch
2 Do Sarah have any interesting hobbies? (Does) 4 are never
3 I love this song, but my girlfriend don’t like it at all! 5 rarely show
(doesn’t) 6 am/’m sometimes
4 I doesn’t buy many CDs, but I buy a lot of MP3s.
(don’t) 2
5 This sounds like a great song! Does you like it? (Do) 1 week
6 Does Kyle plays the piano? Yes, he does. (play) 2 always
3 often
2
4 once
1 wakes up 5 rarely
2 has
3 leaves Clauses with until, before, after
4 works 1
5 opens 1 b
6 don’t have 2 a
7 serve 3 b
8 Does, like 4 a
9 doesn’t pay 5 a
10 doesn’t have 6 b

Simple present—information questions 2

1 1 I finish studying before I call my friends. /
1 ✓ Before I call my friends, I finish studying.
2 stays (stay) 2 Olivia and Sara play tennis until they get tired and
3 ✓ stop. / Until they get tired and stop, Olivia and Sara
4 ✓ play tennis.
5 does (do) 3 My wife washes the dishes after I cook. /
After I cook, my wife washes the dishes.
2 4 The children play outside until it’s time to eat. /
1 When does Will play golf? Until it’s time to eat, the children play outside.
2 Where do you work? 5 I go bowling with my friends after I finish work. /
3 Why do Rafael and Mike arrive late every day? After I finish work, I go bowling with my friends.
4 Who does Leon look like? 6 I go to the gym before I go to work. /
Before I go to work, I go to the gym.
5 What do I need for the meeting?

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Unit 5 Unit 6
there is / there are with some, any, several, Present progressive
a lot of, many 1
1 1 running
1 Are there 2 studying
2 There is / There’s 3 giving
3 There aren’t 4 waiting
4 There aren’t 5 swimming
5 Are there 6 having
6 There isn’t 7 worrying
8 seeing
2 9 sitting
1 many 10 visiting
2 several
3 a lot of 2
4 some 1 Are, going, they are
5 any 2 is, studying, is/’s studying
3 Is, working, isn’t, is/’s working
The imperative 4 Are, dating, I’m not
1 5 is, talking, is/’s talking
1 No get lost! (Don’t)
2 Please to sit down. (sit) Present progressive vs. simple present
3 Turn you left at the traffic lights. (Turn) 1
4 Doesn’t worry about the exam. (Don’t) 1 a
5 Please talk not during the movie. (don’t talk) 2 b
3 a
2 4 b
1 Turn 5 b
2 be
3 Don’t run 2
4 Walk 1 am/’m making, is/’s
5 don’t watch 2 are, doing
6 Make 3 do, do
4 am/’m studying, working
5 drive, are/’re riding
6 understand, are/’re saying

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Unit 7 Unit 8
can/can’t—ability this, that, these, those
1 1
1 My brother can paint very well. 1 that
2 Can you ride a motorcycle? 2 these
3 I can’t play the guitar. 3 those
4 My sister and I can’t cook. 4 this
5 She can speak French and German / 5 that
German and French.
2
2 1 these
1 can 2 This
2 Yes, I can 3 that
3 can’t 4 Those
4 can
5 No, I can’t Comparative adjectives
6 can 1
1 more/less beautiful
Adverbs of manner 2 prettier
1 3 nicer
1 good 4 bigger
2 quickly 5 more/less practical
3 well 6 crazier
4 bad 7 hotter
5 fast 8 cooler
6 happily
2
2 1 more famous than
1 well 2 more casual than
2 slowly 3 not as cool as
3 quietly 4 fatter than
4 noisily 5 less expensive than
5 fast

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Unit 9 Unit 10
Count and non-count nouns with some, any, Simple past—affirmative statements
much, many 1
1 Regular past tense verbs:
Count nouns: apple, bean, orange, potato, sandwich, 1 carried
strawberry 2 learned
Non-count nouns: bread, cheese, fruit, meat, soup, yogurt 3 liked
4 stayed
2
5 studied
1 some
6 visited
2 some
7 watched
3 much
4 any Irregular past tense verbs:
5 any 1 was/were
6 many/some 2 did
3 went
Verb phrases 4 had
1 5 read
1 I’d love to see that movie. 6 saw
2 Would you like to go out to dinner tonight? 7 took
3 ✓
2
4 A: Would you like to go to the zoo?
1 went
B: Yes, I’d love to!
2 was
5 Let’s meet at seven.
3 learned (read/saw)
6 ✓
4 studied
2 5 saw
1 do, want / would, like 6 were
2 would like to / would love to / want to 7 carried
3 want to 8 read
4 have to / need to
Simple past—questions and negative
5 Do, have to / Do, need to
statements
6 have to / need to
7 want to
1
8 Let’s 1 was
9 Let’s 2 Did, did
3 like
4 go
5 wasn’t

2
1 did, do
2 stayed
3 was
4 did, paint
5 didn’t want

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Unit 11 Unit 12
Simple past with when clauses Present progressive as future
1 1
1 c 1 b
2 e 2 a
3 a 3 b
4 b 4 a
5 d 5 a

2 2
1 When I woke up, I saw my birthday present. / 1 was, am/’m going
I saw my birthday present when I woke up. 2 go, am/’m meeting
2 I got a surprise email when I logged on. / 3 is/’s, opening, want
When I logged on, I got a surprise email. 4 are giving
3 My sister got a job as an architect when she 5 am/’m going, Do, want
graduated from college. / When my sister graduated
from college, she got a job as an architect. going to
4 I was happy when I passed my exam. / 1
When I passed my exam, I was happy.
1 am/’m going to get
5 When my mother was born, her family moved to
2 is/’s going to give
Chicago. / My mother’s family moved to Chicago
3 are, going to do
when she was born.
4 am/’m going to answer
Subject and object pronouns / Direct and 5 isn’t / ’s not going to be
indirect objects 6 am/’m not going to complain
1
2
1 In elementary school, my favourite teacher was
1 cannot replace with present progressive
Ms. Watkins. I liked her a lot.
2 Peter loves photography. He’s going shopping for a
2 I bought a new cell phone yesterday. I got it on sale.
new camera tomorrow.
3 My parents gave them to him for his birthday.
3 cannot replace with present progressive
4 My family and I ate at a new restaurant yesterday.
4 My friend from Australia is visiting next week.
We liked it.
5 I’m meeting my friends at the movie theater tonight.
5 We met him in the park last week. We talked to
him about them.

2
1 My parents gave me their old car. / My parents gave
their old car to me.
2 Sarah saw John in the supermarket. / Sarah saw him
in the supermarket.
3 Our teacher explained object pronouns to us. /
Our teacher explained them to us.
4 My brother won a prize. He won it in a spelling
competition.
5 We bought him a present. / We bought a present
for him.

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