12C The English File questionnaire (Workbook, pp. 80-81): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  His flat is very big.
3  I bought a new shirt.
4  She's Ryan's girlfriend.
5  We go on holiday in August.
6  She is always late.
7  I can't sing.
8  I'm waiting for him.
9  We don't mind cleaning.
10  There aren't any plants.
11  There were a lot of guests.
12  They don't eat much sugar.
13  I'm 21. I'm older than you.
14  They're the most dangerous animals.
15  She speaks German well.
16  She's an engineer.

b

2  takes
3  Did... see
4  are not going to come
5  Have... been
6  Is... going to learn to
7  don't eat
8  are going to see
9  Have... met
10  cooked
11  is going to rain
12  do... go
13  is playing
14  didn't walk
15  is... going to do
16  have... read

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  Asia   3  expensive   4  cooker   5  brother   6  spring   7  kitchen   8  strawberries   9  bridge

b

2  thirty   3  Wednesday   4  third   5  evening/night   6  three times   7  winter   8  August   9  hour   10  month

c

2  do   3  say   4  have   5  go   6  take   7  hear   8  get   9  have   10  use

3  PRONUNCIATION

  

a

1  dirty   2  bread   3  safe   4  day   5  money   6  found   7  food   8  go   9  tired   10  eat   11  said   12  ring

c

1  hospital   2  expensive   3  magazine   4  headphones   5  administrator   6  engineer   7  Italian   8  August   9  difficult   10  musician   11  garage (BrE) / garage (AmE)   12  bananas

4  READING

1  Peter Jackson.

2  He's from New Zealand.

3  Because of the variety of different landscapes.

4  The volcanic region of Mount Ruapehu.

5  150.

6  They were National Parks or conservation sites.

7  They dug up the plants and took them to special nurseries. They also used carpets to protect them.

8  Hobbiton, Mount Doom, and Edoras.

5  LISTENING

2  6 p.m.
3  Land Rover
4  Sunday
5  picnic
6  135
7  94

12B I've never been there! (Workbook, pp. 78-79): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

1  went   
2  A: did your brother buy  B: paid
3  A: Have you met   B: met
4  A: Have you been  B: went
5  A: Have your parents ever given  B: had
6  A: did he send  B: forgot

b

2  been   3  gone   4  gone   5  been   6  gone   7  been   8  been   9  been   10  gone

2  PRONUNCIATION

a

1  seen   2  found   3  heard   4  got   5  read   6  lost

3  VOCABULARY

a

2   drank / drunk
3   found / found
4   gave / given
5   had / had
6   heard / heard
7   knew / known
8   lost / lost
9   made / made
10  met / met
11  paid / paid
12  sent / sent
13  spent / spent
14  thought / thought
15  won / won

b

2  had   3  bought   4  spent   5  known   6  made   7  found   8  drunk

4 READING

a

Becky and Joanne are sisters.

b

2  a ballet   3  the Schönbrunn Palace   4  a spa   5  the beach   6  Italy or Greece

5 LISTENING

a

Speaker 1: Kenya, in 2010.
Speaker 2: Brazil, in 2006.
Speaker 3: New Zealand, in 2011.
Speaker 4: Thailand, in 2006.

b

1  Speaker 3
2  Speaker 1
3  Speaker 4
4  Speaker 2

12A Books and films (Workbook, pp. 76-77): Answer key

1  GRAMMAR

a

2  James hasn't seen this film before.
3  They've gone to the cinema tonight.
4  She's cried in a lot of films.
5  I've bought all the Harry Potter films.
6  They haven't taken any photos.
7  He's interviewed a famous actor.
8  We haven't appeared in a film.

b

3  My parents have fallen asleep.
4  Adam's appeared in a film.
5  I haven't spoken to an actor.
6  You've broken the camera.
7  Dawn hasn't cried in a film.
8  We haven't forgotten the tickets.

c

2  've read   3  have you read?   4  've read   5  Have you seen   6  's seen   7  Has he read   8  've seen the film.

2  VOCABULARY

a

2  broke / broken
3  did / done
4  ate / eaten
5  fell / fallen
6  forgot / forgotten
7  went / gone
8  left / left
9  spoke / spoken
10 sang / sung
11 took / taken
12 wore / worn

b
   
2  left   3  eaten   4  forgotten   5  worn   6  broken   7  done

3  PRONUNCIATION

A  Have you read The Millennium Trilogy?
B  No, I haven't.
A  Have you seen the films?
B  Yes, I have. I've seen all of them.

4  READING

a

They preferred the ending in the book.

b

1b   2b   3a   4b   5c

5  LISTENING

a

Charles Dickens and Michael Ondaatje.

b

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

4th Workbook Check: File 11 (pp. 69-75)

Remember to have your Workbook ready for its next check on Tuesday, 22 November. I'm going to check File 11 (including Practical English: Going home). Don't forget to cover all the exercises, work hard! We're going to finish our course very soon!

3rd Workbook Check: File 10 (pp. 63-68)

Please have your Workbook ready for next Tuesday (25 October). I'm going to check your File 10 (pp. 63-68). Remember to do all the exercises, including Listening & Pronunciation (use your iChecker CD).

PRACTICAL ENGLISH: AT A RESTAURANT (Workbook, p. 62): Answer Key

1 VOCABULARY AND READING

a

1  Grilled vegetables with low-fat cheese.
2  Mushroom risotto with Parmesan cheese.
3  Yes, you can.
4  Two.
5  No, they don't.

2 ORDERING A MEAL

2  table   3  way   4  order   5  I'd   6  like   7  Just   8  Still

3 SOCIAL ENGLISH

2 a   3 e   4 f   5 b   6 d

9C QUIZ NIGHT (Workbook, pp. 60-61): Answer Key

1 GRAMMAR

a

1  cheaper, colder, higher
2  sadder, wetter, thinner
3  drier, dirtier, hungrier
4  more beautiful, more difficult, more comfortable
5  worse, further, better

b

2  Tigers are bigger than lions.
3  Italy is drier than Ireland.
4  February is shorter than January.
5  An iPod is cheaper than a laptop.
6  Mondays are worse than Fridays.
7  A fridge is colder than a cooker.
8  Russian is more difficult than Italian.

2 VOCABULARY

a

1  104
2  596
3  2,660
4  8,905
5  12,750
6  543,830
7  1,315,000
8  35,460,000

b

1  a / one hundred and twenty-five
2  eight hundred and ninety-five
3  four thousand five hundred
4  twelve thousand four hundred and seventy
5  thirty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty
6  five hundred and seventy-five thousand six hundred
7  six million two hundred and fifty thousand
8  thirty-four million eight hundred thousand two hundred and sixty-five

3 PRONUNCIATION

a

tree: cheaper, easier
horse: shorter, taller
bird: dirtier, worse
egg: better, healthier
phone: colder, slower
bike: drier, higher

c

1  A pencil is cheaper than a pen.
2  June is shorter than July.
3  The kitchen is dirtier than the living room.
4  An apple is healthier than a biscuit.
5  Switzerland is colder than France.
6  Everest is higher than Kilimanjaro.

4 READING

a

1  F   2  T   3  F   4  T

5 LISTENING

2  F   3  T   4  F   5  T   6  T