Unit2

Solutions to the exercises

let's check - 36/1 Word power: What goes together

1. to feel angry/sorry/cold
2. to go to hospital/to school/to sleep
3. to have a cold/a headache/a meeting
4. to take place/part/ages

let's check - 36/2 The trip to France

1. (see book)
2. had to, was, had ever met, had only seen
3. told, had had, threw, said, had already booked
4. did not go, arrived, had already taken off, had got stuck
5. took, was, was, had never flown
6. was, found, had left, did not arrive, had taken
7. got, was not, had just missed, was, had been travelling, waited
8. finally returned, did not recognize, had changed
9. thought, tried, couldn't, woke up, had been dreaming

let's check - 36/3 Word order: Exchange partners

1. The French group arrived in Camden last month./Last month the French group ...
2. Marie has been staying happily at Caroline's house for four weeks./For four weeks Marie ...
3. She often plays tennis with Caroline after school./After school she often ...
4. They are sometimes allowed to go to the cinema at the weekend./At the weekend they ...
5. When Serge met Steve, he looked at him nervously at first.
6. Serge is always quiet in the company of others.
7. But the two boys do lots of things together now. /But now the two boys ...
8. Staying with their partners in London for so long has been fun for the French group.
9. But they are going back to France early tomorrow morning. /But tomorrow morning ...to France early.

let's check - 37/5 Word order: A competition

school elementary school middle school school bag pupils teacher staff staff room caretaker classroom blackboard lesson subjects gymnasium

fighting battle soldiers weapons sword spear bow arrow pike armour blow blood mud-fight to be knocked out

fruit bowl of fruit apples grapes banana strawberry lemon orange

let's check - 37/6 Mixed bag: Mr Eden writes to his head teacher

would like, project, am writing, mind, doctors, by, went, had planned, apart from, disaster, lucky, injured, is getting, memory, soon, had already done, got, had been organizing, for, a lot, was, staff, fruit and sweets, sent, sincerely

revision 2 - 38/1a) Word power: Anagrams

1. embarrassed
2. eager
3. horrified
4. pleased
5. kind

1b) your own ideas, e.g.

1. angry - yrgna
2. bored - rdeob
3. clever - Ivrece
4. difficult-uificltfd

revision 2 - 38/2) At a big hotel in Llandudno

1. (see book)
2. This girl is unhappy because it has been raining for days and she has to stay inside.
   
   1. Girl: It has been raining in this town since Wednesday. I want to play outside.
      
   2. Manager: Yes, it's terrible but the rain will stop on Saturday.
3. This man is angry because he has been waiting for his taxi for a quarter of an hour.
   
   1. Guest: Where's the taxi? I've been waiting here for 15 minutes. I need to get to the station!
      
   2. Manager: I'm sorry, sir. Your taxi will be here in a minute.
4. This lady is complaining because she has been here since Thursday. Now it's Saturday and the light still doesn't work.
   
   1. Lady: I have been staying in this room for days but the light still doesn't work.
      
   2. Manager: Sorry, madam. Of course, it will be mended immediately.
5. The couple are angry because they've been waiting at the reception for ten minutes.
   
   1. Man and woman: Hello? Is anybody coming? We've been standing here for ten minutes now.
      
   2. Manager: I'm coming. I will be with you in a minute.

revision 2 - 38/3) Mixed bag: Gareth remembers his time in London

1. city /place
2. more
3. trip
4. Thames
5. the /our
6. Ben
7. Parliament
8. never
9. sound
10. of
11. sights
12. interested
13. oldest
14. from
15. Normandy
16. built
17. century
18. Battle
19. very
20. buy/get
21. in
22. views
23. height
24. took
25. like
26. went
27. shop
28. with
29. we
30. take/bring
31. bear
32. hat
33. any
34. buy
35. stupid/silly
36. back
37. on
38. red
39. detective
40. embarrassed
41. angry
42. tell
43. about