GRAMMAR ANSWER KEY Unit 1 Exercise 1
State verbs – feels, don’t remember, hear, want, don’t mean, think
Action verbs – gets, are you calling, is making, share Exercise 2 1 What do they do for a living? 2
Do you have an address for Leo? 3
Who is Vanda’s friend talking to? 4 Is Tom looking for something? 5
Who did you share an apartment with? 6 What am I going to do? 7
What part of the city do they live in? 8 Wil you wait for me here? 9
What is his favorite soccer team?
10 Who is that woman with blonde hair? Unit 2 Exercise 1 1
took 2 was playing 3 decided 4 hadn’t traveled / had not traveled 5
were riding 6 jumped 7 realized 8 had escaped 9 opened 10 was waiting Exercise 2 1
usual y 2 used to 3 use to / usual y 4 usual y 5 used to 6
use to / usual y 7 usual y 8 usual y 9 used to 10 used to 1
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Intention 2 Arrangement 3 Offer 4 Instant Decision 5 Instant Decision 6
Intention 7 Promise 8 Arrangement 9 Arrangement 10 Intention Exercise 2 1 correct 2
He lost his wal et, which/that had $200 in it. 3
I felt so sorry for her parents, whose house was destroyed in the flood. 4
I don’t get along with people whose only interest is money. 5
Two streets over is the house where my father was born. 6
That’s Charlie’s sister Jo, who is Rob’s partner. 7
We’re taking you to a restaurant which/that has won awards for its food. 8 correct 9
Is that the person who won the lottery?
10 They told the story to Jon, who then told everyone else. Unit 4 Exercise 1 1
many / a lot of 2 little 3 plenty of 4 enough 5 too many / enough 6
too 7 much / a lot of 8 no 9 a few 10 aren’t any / are no Exercise 2 1
as good 2 more stylish 3 the youngest 4 worse than 5 convenient as 6
most exciting 7 hotter than 8 the nicest 9 more spacious 10 as friendly Unit 5 Exercise 1 1
I’ll come / will come to the movies with you if there’s a good movie on. 2
Let me know if Rob calls in the next ten minutes. 3
If the store doesn’t make enough money, it’ll close / will close. 4
Could you cal me as soon as you’re / are ready to leave? 5
Unless he sees it with his own eyes, he won’t believe it. 2
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If you don’t want to go to the park, we can go somewhere else. 7
We won’t start this meeting until everyone is here. 8
If people don’t like the food in a restaurant, they don’t usually return. 9
You won’t sleep very wel if you don’t stop working now.
10 We usual y go out for a walk on Sunday afternoons unless it’s / is wet. Exercise 2 1
wil get 2 may offer 3 wil have 4 going to go 5
wil happen / is going to happen 6 ’ll probably lose 7 wil definitely affect 8
might not visit 9 is going to happen / wil happen 10 may already be Unit 6 Exercise 1 1
How long have you been unemployed? 2
So what have you done about it so far? 3 correct 4 correct 5
… last month, I sent my résumé to a few job agencies as wel . 6
Did you have many interviews yet? 7
… I didn’t have / did not have the right experience for that particular job. 8 correct 9
Actual y, Ialready thought about doing that, as well!
10 We’ve known / have known each other since we were in col ege Exercise 2 1
’ve been catching / have been catching / ’ve caught / have caught
2 have you lived / have you been living 3 haven’t seen / have not seen
4 haven’t been watching / have not been watching 5 ’s been saving up / has been saving up 6 have you known
7 ’s been going / has been going 8 ’s been listening / has been listening 9 Have you been
10 haven’t worked / have not worked / haven’t been working / have not been working 3
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have been introduced 2 is dubbed 3 been added 4 is used 5 argue 6
need 7 are we being affected 8 aren’t helped 9 may lose 10 should be studied Exercise 2 1
Request 2 Ability 3 Ability 4 Ability 5 Possibility 6 Possibility 7
Request 8 Possibility 9 Possibility 10 Ability Unit 8 Exercise 1 1
didn’t she 2 did you 3 wouldn’t it 4 are they 5 is it 6 don’t they 7
shouldn’t I 8 isn’t it 9 would you 10 could we Exercise 2 1
should be 2 Did he have to work 3 shouldn’t get 4 has to spend 5 should try 6
can’t tel 7 don’t have to worry 8 ’ll have to give 9 ’ll have to meet 10 have to go Unit 9 Exercise 1 1
looks like 2 ’s like 3 Would 4 smel s like 5 tastes like 6
does it look like 7 like 8 feel like 9 ’d like 10 ’s it like Exercise 2 1
Eating 2 to discuss 3 to do 4 cleaning up 5 to say 6 not having 7
not to tel 8 Not being 9 seeing 10 to buy 4
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I could remember 2 ’d just arrived 3 had been snowing 4 caught 5
had broken 6 had walked 7 was expecting 8 ’d hidden 9 he’d done 10 couldn’t give Exercise 2 1
If you helped more with the housework, I wouldn’t be so tired. 2
It might be better if we traveled there by train. 3
If we lived here all the time, we could walk on the beach every day. 4
If I were you, I’d listen to her advice very careful y. 5
Things wouldn’t be so bad if you didn’t have to commute every day. 6
We’d al have a fantastic time if you came on vacation with us. 7
If you bought a place near us, we could see each other more often. 8
If they didn’t want to stay with us, they could stay at a hotel. 9
I’d definitely lend you the money if I had it.
10 The police wouldn’t arrest him if they didn’t think he was guilty. Unit 11 Exercise 1 1
a 2 a 3 the / a 4 an 5 (–) 6 the 7 the 8 (–) 9 a 10 (–) Exercise 2 1
’d had / had had 2 might have gotten 3 hadn’t woken / had not woken 4
’d been / had been 5 wouldn’t have known / would not have known 6 might have stopped 7
’d have arrived / would have arrived 8 hadn’t rained / had not rained 9
mightn’t have enjoyed / might not have enjoyed 10 hadn’t changed / had not changed. Unit 12 Exercise 1 1
I don’t 2 Neither do I 3 I do 4 So did I 5 Neither can I 6
Neither wil I 7 I could 8 So have I 9 I wouldn’t 10 So am I 5
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may 2 might be 3 must 4 must be 5 can’t 6 must 7 might 8
can’t have 9 must 10 could 6
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