Rev1

Solutions to let's check 4 and revision 2

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71/1a word power:

1f - The story is told by a narrator. 2d - The leaf of a maple tree has a very special shape. 3i - A model shows what is in fashion at the moment. 4c - In Vermont you can go skiing in the Green mountains. 5g - The police arrested the kidnappers. 6a - Snowboarding and skiing are a lot of fun in winter. 7e - First you get engaged and then you get married. 8b - People use electricity or gas for cooking. 9h - For the illustration of a talk you can use a transparency.

71/1b word power:

1. fascinating
2. unforgettable
3. to demand
4. furious
5. specialty
6. spectacular
7. panic
8. to be crazy about

71/2 Airport situations

1. She's looking forward to lying on the beach.
2. He's dreaming about going to London.
3. She's afraid of being too late.
4. They're tired of waiting.
5. They feel like having a cup of coffee and a lemonade.

71/3 C-test

• the
• that
• given
• tourists
• want
• see
• famous
• leaves
• autumn
• in
• can't
• New
• of
• where
• forests
• about
• percent
• the
• The
• maples
• other
• trees
• those
• always
• first
• turn
• yellow
• bright
• This
• in
• September
• early
• as
• as
• days
• shorter
• the
• colder
• southern
• of
• Massachusetts
• Rhode
• experience
• Indian
• two
• three
• later
• colors (text in AE!)
• unbelievable
• if
• plan
• visit
• England
• remember
• book
• vacation

72/2a Word power: Watch out

1. alone, lonely
2. hard, hardly
3. remember, remind
4. lend, borrow
5. cook, boil
6. embarrassing, embarrassed
7. wear, carry

72/2b Word power: false friends

1. Maybe one day I will become a famous actor.
2. I left a note on the table this morning telling you that I would be late.
3. The meaning of this sign is that you should be quiet in this area.
4. To go and ask the teacher not to give us any homework was very brave.
5. Later we'll meet in the gymnasium and play basketball there.
6. I overheard what they said because they were speaking so loudly.
7. This is just a brief letter because I had no time to write a longer one.
8. Don't blame me, it wasn't my fault that the wind broke the window.
9. It isn't foggy here very often but sometimes there is a mist over the fields.
10. Actually I'm three years younger than my brother. Don't believe everything he says.

72/3 Word power: Adjectives and nouns

1. heavy - starker Verkehr, heftiger Regen, schweren Herzens, schwerer Koffer
2. hard - harter Winter, harte Fakten, harte Arbeit, hochprozentiges Getränk
3. bad - schwerer Fehler, Pech, schwere Erkältung, Schimpfwörter
4. serious - schweres Verbrechen, ernsthafter Ausdruck, ernstes Problem, schwerer Unfall
5. strong - starker Kaffee, schwere Waffen, starker Charakter, starker Akzent
6. poor - schlechte Ernte, Armenviertel, schlechte Noten, schlechter Service

74/6 News from Susie in Barre

1. a
2. a
3. -
4. a
5. the
6. -
7. -
8. a
9. a
10. the
11. the
12. a
13. -
14. -
15. the
16. an
17. a
18. -
19. a
20. the
21. a
22. a
23. the
24. the
25. a
26. -
27. an
28. -
29. -
30. a
31. a
32. the

74/7a Visiting other countries

1. I enjoy visiting
2. I always hope to see
3. I can expect to find
4. I can't imagine lying
5. I don't risk missing
6. I want to be polite

74/7b Visiting other countries

1. I like travelling.
2. I always look forward to experiencing new things.
3. I don't think sitting in a coach every day is very interesting.
4. How about taking part in this exchange.
5. You get to know a country best by staying with a family.

75/10 Mixed bag

1. Did
2. at
3. The
4. afternoon
5. has
6. subject
7. I
8. better
9. me
10. here
11. Nobody
12. better
13. is
14. mine
15. ago
16. But
17. him
18. didn't
19. lived
20. any
21. be
22. and
23. the
24. isn't
25. was
26. on
27. yours
28. willing
29. once
30. would
31. think

Workbook 52/2 Say it with gerunds

1. I never feel like getting up in the morning.
2. Are you good at playing the guitar?
3. I'm looking forward to seeing you again.
4. Are you interested in joining the ski club?
5. I'm getting tired of waiting for you.
6. Maine is famous for having the cheapest lobster in the world.
7. Grandma isn't used to cooking for lots of people.
8. I'm afraid of messing it up.

Workbook 54/1a Since or for

• since
• since
• for
• For
• for
• since

Workbook 54/2a Forms of the present perfect

1. Yes, I have arranged to visit a friend.
2. Yes, we have known each other for ages.
3. No, but she has been in the US since 2001.
4. No, we haven't met this year.
5. Yes, it has become much cheaper.
6. I'm not sure. I haven't booked my ticket yet.

Workbook 55/3 Present perfect simple or progressive

correct answers:

1. have been arriving
2. have had
3. have heard
4. has been singing
5. have eaten
6. have loved
7. has been raining
8. have been looking

Workbook 55/4 some or any

some, some, any, any, some, any, some, any, any, any

Workbook 56/5 Compounds with some and any

• somewhere
• anything
• anywhere
• somebody/someone
• anybody/anyone
• something
• anybody/anyone
• anywhere
• something
• anything

Workbook 56/6 Special rules for some and any

1. some = any
2. somebody = anybody, anything = something
4. some = any
5. somebody = anybody
6. some = any, anybody = somebody

Workbook 48/5 Mediation, Listening

1. Nein, es ist wichtig, die 'role players', die schon viel Erfahrung haben, zu beobachten. Man muss auch Briefe und Tagebücher lesen, die von den 'Pilgrims' geschrieben wurden, und viel über das Leben im 17. Jahrhundert wissen.

1. Nein, es sind keine erfundenen Personen. Jeder übernimmt die Rolle einer bestimmten Person, die früher einmal tatsächlich im Dorf lebte.

1. Einige Gerichte schmecken sehr gut, wie zum Beispiel Ente, Truthahn und Hummer. Auch die Süßspeisen sind lecker. Bestimmte Sachen schmecken allerdings nicht so gut, wie zum Beispiel Fischköpfe; diese werden weggeworfen oder verfüttert.

1. Nein, sie leben nicht im Dorf. Die 'role players' gehen abends zu ihren Familien nach Hause.

1. Es gibt Tonbandaufnahmen, die man anhören kann. Und dann wird die Sprache natürlich mit den anderen 'role players' zusammen geübt.