English File Pre-Intermediate Student's Book answer keys Lesson 1A

English File Pre-Intermediate Student's Book answer keys Lesson 1A Page 4 Exercise 1a 1 HOME AND FAMILY • Where are you from? • Where were you born? • Where do you live?
• Do you live in a house or flat?
• Do you have any brothers and sisters? • Do you have any pets? 2 JOB / STUDIES • What do you do? • Where do you work? • Do you like your job?
• What school / university do you go to? • What year are you in?
• Can you speak any other languages? Which?
• Where did you learn English before? 3 FREE TIME
• What kind of music do you listen to?
• Do you play a musical instrument? Which?
• What TV programmes do you watch?
• Do you do any sport or exercise? What?
• What kind of books or magazines do you read?
• How often do you go to the cinema?
• What did you do last weekend? Page 5 Exercise 2a
1 Where were your parents born? 2 Where is your teacher from? 3 How do you spell your name? 4 Did you go out last night? Page 5 Exercise 3a 1 train /eɪ/ 2 tree /iː/ 3 egg /e/ 4 bike /aɪ/ 5 phone /əʊ/ 1 6 boot /uː/ 7 car /ɑː/ Page 5 Exercise 3c train AHJK tree BCDEGPTV egg FLMNSXZ bike IY phone O boot QUW car R Page 5 Exercise 4a 1 G-E-O-R-G-E 2 C-E-L-I-A 3 W-A-Y-N-E 4 K-A-T-I-E 5 H-A-N-N-A-H 6 C-H-R-I-S-T-O-P-H-E-R Page 5 Exercise 4c 13 = thirteen 30 = thirty 76 = seventy-six 100 = one hundred 150 = a hundred and fifty
375 = three hundred and seventy-five 600 = six hundred
1,500 = one thousand five hundred 2,000 = two thousand
10,500 = ten thousand five hundred Page 5 Exercise 4d 1 40 2 2 181 3 07929618847 4 2,500 5 6.15 Lesson 1B Page 6 Exercise 1a Picture 1 Page 6 Exercise 1b The two questions are:
What does she look like? What’s she like? Luke answers ‘She’s really nice.’ Page 6 Exercise 2b
1 What is the idea of the experiment?
Single people ask their mother and best friend to find them a partner. 2 Who is Charlotte?
Charlotte is a single, 25 year-old web designer, who is looking for a partner. 3 Who are Alice and Katie?
Alice is Charlotte’s mother and Katie is Charlotte’s best friend.
4 What do Alice and Katie have to do? Then what happens?
Alice and Katie have to choose a man for Charlotte. Then Charlotte goes on a date with each man. Page 6 Exercise 2d
1 What does Charlotte like doing?
She likes going to the cinema and reading. 2 What's she like?
She’s friendly, sociable, and has a good sense of humour.
3 What kind of men does / doesn't she like?
She likes interesting men who can make her laugh. She likes men who are taller than her and have a
nice smile. She likes men who are into literature, art, and classical music. She doesn’t like beards. 3
4 Who do you think is going to choose better? Why?
She doesn’t know who is going to choose better. Katie might choose a man who is physically right
for her, but Charlotte’s mother has known her for longer. Page 7 Exercise 3a
1 She doesn’t have a partner at the moment.
2 She goes on a date with each man. 3 Which one does she prefer? 4 What kind of men do I like?
5 I don’t usually like men with beards? Page 7 Exercise 3b
1 You add the letter s. 2 watches, studies, goes, has 3 a Do, don’t b Does, doesn’t Page 7 Exercise 4a
She really liked him, but physically he wasn’t her type – there wasn’t any chemistry between them.
Yes, as a friend, to go to a concert or the theatre. Page 7 Exercise 4b
Appearance: tall, slim, quite good-looking, nice smile
Personality: extrovert, funny, a very good sense of humour Page 7 Exercise 4c
Appearance: attractive, quite tall, short blond hair, lovely blue eyes
Personality: warm, friendly, a bit shy, quiet, generous Page 7 Exercise 4d
She is going to choose her next date herself. Page 7 Exercise 5b
verbs: chooses, cooks, goes, lives, stops, teaches
nouns: boys, classes, dates, friends, languages, parents 4 Lesson 1C Page 8 Exercise 1a 1 boots 2 skirt 3 shirt 4 shoes 5 top 6 trousers Page 8 Exercise 2b
Use EF sound pictures for computer and bird in the place of /ə/ and /ɜː/ below.
1 /ə/ cinema, first, painter, fashion, university, prefer
2 /ɜː/ actor, third, arrive, world, picture, working Page 8 Exercise 3a
1 The woman has curly blonde hair and she is medium height. The man has dark hair and is slim.
2 The woman is wearing a long black and red dress. The man is wearing a shirt, a blue jumper, and
trousers. He isn’t wearing shoes.
3 The woman is standing by the window. The man is sitting on a chair, and a white cat is sitting on
his knees. They are looking at the painter. Page 8 Exercise 3b
1 In the painting the man isn’t wearing shoes.
2 In the UK women often wear big hats at weddings.
3 In the painting a white cat is sitting at the back of the class so that the teacher can't see him.
4 My son usually sits at the back of the class so that the teacher can't see him. Page 8 Exercise 3d
On the left there’s a man. He’s wearing a suit, and he’s carrying a case. He’s running. In front of him
there’s a woman. She’s wearing a pink dress and a scarf. She’s walking, etc. Page 8 Exercise 4b
Lines 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, F should appear in one click and the text in brackets in a second click. 1 T 2 T 5
3 F (He painted them in their bedroom.)
4 F (The painting is very big.) 5 T
6 F (Hockney had problems painting his feet.) 7 T
8 F (It symbolizes the distance between them.) 9 T
10 F (She says it is wonderful, but not her favourite.) Page 9 Exercise 5a
1 There are two people in the room.
2 The woman is standing on the left of the picture, and the man is sitting on the right.
3 In the middle of the painting, between the man and the woman, there’s an open window.
4 A white cat is sitting on the man.
5 There’s a carpet under the man’s chair.
6 There’s a telephone on the floor behind the man’s chair.
7 Next to the telephone there’s a lamp.
8 In front of the woman there’s a table, and a vase with flowers in it.
Practical English Episode 1 Page 10 Exercise 1a A 2 B 4 C 1 D 6 E 3 F 5 Page 10 Exercise 1c
1 She works for a magazine. / She is the assistant editor of a magazine. 2 She went to London.
3 She went there to meet the London team. 6
4 She met Rob Walker and Daniel O’Connor.
5 Rob is one of the writer’s for the magazine.
6 She had coffee with him, went sightseeing and shopping.
7 She likes him a lot. He was fun. 8 He isn’t very punctual.
9 He is going to work for the New York magazine for a month. Page 11 Exercise 2b Re Hello, reception.
R Hello. This is room 613. Re How can I help you?
R There’s a problem with the air-conditioning. It isn’t working, and it’s very hot in my room.
Re I’m sorry, sir. I’ll send somebody up to look at it right now. R Thank you. ***
Re Good evening, reception.
R Hello. I’m sorry to bother you again. This is room 613. Re How can I help you?
R I have a problem with the Wi-fi. I can’t get a signal.
Re I’m sorry sir. I’ll put you through to IT. R Thanks. Page 11 Exercise 3a 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 F Page 11 Exercise 3b
1 Rob says the hotel is fine. 7
2 Jenny is going to show him round the office tomorrow. 4 Rob is tired.
5 It’s two in the morning in London.
6 They’re going to meet at 11 a.m.
7 Jenny thinks that Rob is going to be late. Page 11 Exercise 3d
Jenny Here you are at last. Rob It’s good to be here.
Jenny Do you have a nice view?
Jenny Barbara's looking forward to meeting you.
Jenny You must be really tired. Rob I guess you’re right. Rob By the way…
Jenny It’s great to see you too. Lesson 2A Page 13 Exercise 3b
1 her relationship with Joe before they went It wasn’t serious.
2 the places where they stayed
The hostels were cheap, basic, and had small rooms. The hotels were expensive. 3 talking to other travellers
Mia liked talking to other travellers, but Joe was very jealous. 4 photos Joe took hundreds of photos.
5 going on holiday with a boyfriend
Only go on holiday with a boyfriend if you are sure about the relationship. Page 13 Exercise 3c
Linda doesn’t agree that the holiday was a disaster. She loved it. 8 1 Venice
Venice is paradise and not expensive. 2 what they did there
They went on a gondola, saw museums, and had fantastic food. 3 the cost of her holiday It wasn’t expensive. 4 her next holiday
She wants to go somewhere with Isabelle and Laura. Page 13 Exercise 4a go – went spend – spent want – wanted stay – stayed know – knew sunbathe – sunbathed begin – began leave – left be – was, been think – thought argue – argued take – took
They are a mixture of regular and irregular verbs. Page 13 Exercise 4b Past simple Infinitive booked book rented rent asked ask felt feel had have said say 9 was be went go cost cost complained complain wanted want bought buy ate eat invited invite chose choose paid pay Page 13 Exercise 4c
Joe’s text: didn’t show Laura’s text: didn’t want with normal verbs:
[–] = didn’t + infinitive, e.g. I didn’t show them, I didn’t want it.
[?] = Did (you, etc.) + infinitive?, e.g. Did you go…?
with was / were:
[–] = wasn’t or weren’t, e.g. It wasn’t cold.
[?] = Were (you, etc.)?, Was (he, etc.)?, e.g. Was it nice? with could:
[–] = couldn’t, e.g. We couldn’t stay very long.
[?] = Could (I, you, etc.)?, e.g. Could you swim there? Page 129 Exercise 2Aa 1 drove 2 broke 3 spent 4 got 5 couldn’t 6 were 7 didn’t know 8 found 10 9 stayed 10 saw 11 went 12 bought 13 wanted 14 didn’t have 15 was 16 wasn’t 17 started 18 left Page 129 Exercise 2Ab 1 Did you have a good time? 2 Who did you go with? 3 Where did you stay?
4 How much did the plane ticket cost? 5 What was the weather like? 6 What did you do at night? Page 13 Exercise 5b arrive – arrived ask –asked end –ended invite –invited like –liked love –loved need –needed park –parked start –started stay –stayed
/Id/ ended, invited, needed, started 11 Page 13 Exercise 6a 1 Where did you go? 2 When did you go? 3 Who did you go with? 4 Where did you stay? 5 What was the food like? 6 What was the weather like?
7 What did you do during the day? 8 What did you do at night? 9 Did you have a good time? 10 Did you have any problems? Lesson 2B Page 14 Exercise 1c
1 To photograph Obama and his family at the Convention Center.
2 He didn’t have a press pass. 3 It was warm.
4 In the park outside the Convention Center. 5 On TV screens. 6 No. 7 Everyone went mad. Page 14 Exercise 2a
b at the same time as he took the photo Page 14 Exercise 2c Possible answers
1 They were playing tennis when it started to rain.
2 She was driving when somebody called her.
3 They were having a party when the police came.
4 He was having a shower when somebody knocked on the door.
5 They were sleeping when the baby started crying. 12
6 She was swimming when she saw a shark. Page 14 Exercise 3a 1 a date (e.g. 4th November) on 2 a time (e.g. 11 o'clock at
3 the morning, the afternoon, etc. in
4 a room or building (e.g. the Convention Center) in Page 14 Exercise 3b 1 a month (e.g. January) in 2 the weekend at 3 home, work, school at Page 15 Exercise 5c
It is called ‘The image that cost a fortune’ because the woman’s grandfather saw the photo on the
cover of a magazine and then decided not to leave her any money when he died. Page 15 Exercise 5d 1 In 1968 she ____.
a wasn’t interested in politics
2 She loved the atmosphere because all the students were fighting for ____. c freedom
3 She was sitting on a friend’s shoulders ____ a because she was tired
4 She was carrying the flag because ____ b somebody gave it to her
5 Her grandmother died ____ months later. 13 c six Lesson 2C Page 16 Exercise 1a 2 When 3 Next day 4 After that 5 One evening in October 6 Suddenly Page 16 Exercise 1b
1 Because she didn’t like the music.
2 Because Hannah has blue eyes.
3 Jamie was waiting at the door and asked to see Hannah again.
4 It was very romantic, but the food wasn’t very good.
5 To a coffee bar in the High Street. 6 It was dark and raining. 7 Because she was in a hurry.
8 Because he was wearing a dark coat. Page 16 Exercise 1c
1 She was going very fast because she was in a hurry.
2 Although the food wasn't very good, they had a wonderful time.
3 He was wearing a dark coat, so Hannah didn't see him at first. Page 17 Exercise 2a
across, after, again, along, although, awful, because, birthday, evening, invite, perfect, second Page 17 Exercise 3a
drive along the high street (also in a hurry)
give somebody your email address / phone number play a song
run across the road ( also along the high street ) be in a hurry 14 meet in a coffee bar
wait for somebody (also in a coffee bar)
leave the club very late (also in a hurry) take somebody to dinner take somebody to a restaurant have a wonderful time Page 101 Exercise 2C HAPPY ENDING
1 Because he was wearing a dark coat. 2 Jamie. 3 He was in a hurry. 4 To a coffee bar. 5 Two cappuccinos. 6 He was buying tickets.
7 It was the Coldplay concert on 15th October.
8 15th October is their three month anniversary. Page 109 Exercise 2C SAD ENDING
1 Because he was wearing a dark coat. 2 She hit him.
3 She went to the coffee bar and called Jamie.
4 The police. / A policewoman.
5 That Jamie had had a car accident. 6 Not good.
7 The car was white and the driver a woman. She also told Hannah the number plate.
8 The policewoman asked Hannah where she was at 6.25 p.m. 15 1 & 2 Revise and Check Page 18 Grammar 1 c 6 c 11 a 2 b 7 c 12 c 3 a 8 b 13 a 4 c 9 b 14 b 5 a 10 c 15 c Page 18 Vocabulary a 1 do 6 book 2 book 7 invite 3 wear 8 drive 4 take 9 play 5 stay 10 leave Page 18 Vocabulary b 1 on 2 in 3 in 4 on 5 at 6 at 7 on Page 18 Vocabulary c
1 beard (the others are about hair)
2 lazy (the others are positive adjectives)
3 friendly (the others are negative adjectives)
4 tie (the others are normally worn by women)
5 gloves (the others are worn on your feet)
6 scarf (the others are pieces of jewellery)
7 dirty (the others are about the weather)
8 luxurious (the others are negative) 16 Page 18 Pronunciation a 1 J 2 shorts 3 lives 4 weight 5 university Page 18 Pronunciation b
Underlines should appear as answers in blue. 1 talkative 2 moustache 3 prefer 4 disgusting 5 comfortable
Page 19 Can you understand this text? a A bad thing.
Page 19 Can you understand this text? b 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T
Page 19 Can you understand these people? 1 Justin ____. b looks like his father
2 Joanna’s favourite painting is of ____. c an animal
3 Sarah Jane’s last holiday was a ____ holiday. c sightseeing 17 4 David ____. b is in a lot of photos 5 Andy says ____.
c most of his favourite films have a sad ending Lesson 3A Page 20 Exercise 1b 3 Arrivals 7 Baggage drop-off 1 Baggage reclaim 9 Check- in 8 Customs 2 Departures 11 Gates 5 Lifts 10 Passport Control 4 Terminal 12 Toilets 6 Trolley Page 20 Exercise 2a
Look at three travellers in the picture. Who do you think is...?
• going to work abroad for an NGO (= non-governmental organization)
Olivia is going to work abroad for an NGO.
• going to see an ex-partner
Matthew is going to do a photo shoot.
• going to do a photo shoot in an exotic place
Lily is going to see an ex-partner. Page 20 Exercise 2b
Have chart with 4 rows and 4 columns. Reveal one sentence per click. 18
Listen again and complete the chart. Where to? Why? Other information Olivia Nicaragua. To teach English to
She is going to travel for a month. children / To do voluntary work. Matthew Australia. To do a photo shoot for He is going to model winter a magazine. clothes. Lily Budapest. To go to a conference. She is going to meet her ex- boyfriend from university. Page 21 Exercise 3a
1 I’m going to teach English to young children.
2 How long are you going to be there for?
3 It’s winter in Australia now, so it’s going to be quite cold.
4 Is he going to meet you at the airport?
5 I’m sure you’re going to have a great time. Page 21 Exercise 3b
1 I’m going to teach English to young children. PL
2 How long are you going to be there for? PL
3 It’s winter in Australia now, so it’s going to be quite cold. PR
4 Is he going to meet you at the airport? PL
5 I’m sure you’re going to have a great time. PR Page 21 Exercise 4b
1 It’s going to be difficult.
2 What are we going to do now? 3 Is it going to rain? 4 Where are we going to go?
5 They aren’t going to come. 6 What’s going to happen? Page 21 Exercise 5b 1 have a medical problem Osaka 2 would like to see a film 19 Munich
3 want to do some sport or exercise Seoul
4 need to leave your dog for the weekend Osaka
5 are worried about getting lost Hong Kong
6 want to sleep between flights Zurich
7 would like to see the city between flights Singapore Lesson 3B Page 22 Exercise 1a 3rd May the third of May 12th August 2012
the twelfth of August twenty twelve (or two thousand and twelve) 31st December the thirty-first of December 22/6 the twenty-second of June 5/2 the fifth of February 20th July 1998
the twentieth of July nineteen ninety-eight Page 22 Exercise 1b
6 Great. I’m going to book… 5 OK. Why don’t you… 20