Unit1

Solutions to the exercises

let's check - 19/3 Mixed bag: An interview

I'm talking
1. Welsh
2. pleased/happy
3. relatives
have managed
4. begin/start
Has Wales changed
5. since
was
6. coal
7. mines
have nearly all closed
8. without a job/out of work
9. son
has found
10. factory
11. about
12. wonder/'d like to know
13. rented
have been driving/have driven
14. since
have seen
15. magnificent/fantastic/beautiful/great
16. castles
has
17. sights/places
18. mention/write about
love
were
19. kind/friendly
lost 20. daughters/children/girls
21. disaster
visited
22. graves
23. sad/terrible
24. instead
have been living
25. for
don't want
26. move/go away/leave
do the Welsh love
27. admit/say
28. mention
29. Perhaps/Maybe
send
will do
30. soon
appears

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 an 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. Marmalade is made of oranges and jam is made of other kinds of fruit.
6. You get up out of bed in the morning and you stand up when you are sitting on a chair or on the floor.
7. When you sleep and you want to have it warm you put a blanket over your body. Then, when you are lying in bed, you can look up at the ceiling in your room.

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.

WB 13/1a Simple present and simple past

1. lives/visited
2. likes/often reads
3. conquered/knows
4. expect/feel/left/was

13/1b see WB p. 93

WB 13/2 Present progressive and past progressive

1. usually works/is watching/has just started
2. was driving/stopped
3. am helping/often comes/do
4. came/were looking/was watching/took/put/ran

WB 14/3 Negative statements and questions with do

a)

1. She doesn't like eggs.
2. I don't know Kim very well.
3. We don't often go to the theatre.
4. He doesn't speak German.
5. We didn't watch the news.
6. They didn't watch the news.
7. They didn't bring their cat with them.
8. It doesn't start in January.
9. She didn't wear jeans.

b)

1. When does it start?
2. What time did they arrive?
3. Where did you stay?
4. Do you like apples?
5. Does she speak Spanish?
6. Do they play rugby?

c) See WB p. 93

d) See WB p. 93

WB 15/4 Talking about the future

1. I'm going to take/you'll win
2. She'll be/She's going to have/will be
3. I'm going to carry/I'll help
4. Are you going to go/I'm going to meet/We're going to have

WB 15/5 Sentences with "if" and "when"

1. wins/'ll buy
2. speaks/won't understand
3. 'll take/'m
4. will be/doesn't get
5. see/won't recognize
6. Will you be/wear