Unit1

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Solutions to the exercises

19/3 Mixed bag: An interview

I'm talking

1. Welsh
2. pleased/happy
3. relatives

have managed

1. begin/start

Has Wales changed

1. since

was

1. coal
2. mines

have nearly all closed

1. without a job/out of work
2. son

has found

1. factory
2. about
3. wonder/'d like to know
4. rented

have been driving/have driven

1. since

have seen

1. magnificent/fantastic/beautiful/great
2. castles

has

1. sights/places
2. mention/write
3. about

were

1. kind/friendly

20/1 Quiz on the UK

1. Scotland
2. Little John
3. Arsenal
4. Atlantic
5. Halloween
6. Great Gable
7. Belfast
8. Assembly
9. Cornwall

20/2 Wordpower

a)

1. A bully is a person who likes it if people are scared of him or her
2. A show-off is someone who always tells others how good he or she is at things
3. A competitor takes part in competitions.In a tennis competition the competitor who wins all of matches is the best and is the winner of the competition.
4. a waiter is someone who works at a restaurant.
5. When an accident has happend there is often a traffic jam and the cars on the road can´t move anymore.
6. If it´s raining and the sun is shining at the same time,you can often see a rainbow.
7. All animals that don´t live in zoos, people´s homes or on farms belong to the wildlife.
8. You shoot at a target, e.g. in a archery competion.

b)

1. A card is a postcard or a birthdaycard and a ticket is a trainticket or a ticket for a concert or a museum.
2. If you talk about the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, you say "sea", if you say "lake", you mean the "Bodensee" or the "Chiemsee".
3. A bag is something in which you carry things and which you use for shopping. Many trousers and jackets have pockets.
4. You wear clothes, e.g. a jacket, but you carry something with/in your hands, e.g. a bag or a box.
5. Marmelade is made of orange and jam is made of other kinds of fruit.

c)

1. cat, chicken, cow, calf (calves), dog/sheepdog, dove, cattle, duck, pony, horse, lamb, mouse (mice), sheep, rabbit, rat, spider, turkey, pig
2. actor, acrobat, agent, animator, artist, courier, cowboy, doctor, drummer, farmer, guitarist, journalist, manager, milkman, nurse, policeman, sheriff, singer, teacher, taxi driver, waiter, workman
3. bank, café, castle, shopping centre, chruch, cinema, kindergarten, school, (train) station, skyscraper, supermarket, restaurant, takeaway, theatre
4. car, plane, bus, coach, train, bike, taxi (cab), ship, boat
5. to be afraid of, to be frightened of, to be angry, to be annoyed, to be hungry/thirsty, to be happy, to be scared, to be hurt, to be bored, to be disappointed, to be excited, to be nervous, to be embarrassed, to be pleased, to be horrified, to be sick
6. to arrive, to attack, to board, to break, to bring, to brush, to chase, to clap, to clean, to climb, to come, to crash, to dance, to drive, to faint, to fall, to fetch, to fly, to get up, to go, to grab, to hit, to hunt, to juggle, to jump, to kick, to knock over, to land, to leave, to move, to open, to paint, to pull, to push, to put, to ride, to row, to run, to save, to shake, to shoot, to shut, to stand up, to throw, to tremble, to walk, to wash, to wave

d)

1. big/strong/dangerous
2. slowly
3. small/brown
4. loud/scary
5. nervous/scared
6. carefully/quickly/cleverly
7. good/wonderful/great
8. clever/excited/nervous
9. afraid
10. true
11. happily
12. big
13. strong
14. loudly
15. waiting
16. surprised
17. slowly/quickly/fast
18. angry/annoyed/nervous

21/3 The mouse and the cheese

See page 222.

21/4 Before a trip to London

See page 222.