WORKBOOK – UNIT 1
VOCABULARY p. 8
1 .- Possible answers
1) You must wear proper clothing in church
2) The accident happened due to the treacherous road
3) That house has got many trees surrounding it
4) The blue whale is a gigantic animal
2.- Students’ logical answers
3.- 1 – attempted 2 – stay behind 3 – miss 4 – will … refuse
5 – are coming back
4.- Students’ logical answers
5.- 1 – frustrating 2 – luxurious 3 – offensive / acceptable 4 – peaceful
5 – harmless 6 – factual
6.- Possible answers
1 – hurricanes / destruction 2 – ownership / you have time and money
3 – management / fall 4 – responsibilities / walk the dog
5 – significance / 7th April / my baby brother was born 6 – water / necessary
7.- 1 – breakable 2 – nationality 3 – improvement 4 – effective
5 – attractions 6 – spiritual 7 – laziness
8.- 1 – disturbing 2 – proper 3 – nationalities 4 – find out 5 – effective
6 – attempt 7 – significance
GRAMMAR p. 10
1.- 1) We had been hiking for four hours
2) It has been snowing all morning
3) She had been working on it since six o’clock
4) He hasn’t been feeling well all week
5) I have been planning it for months!
6) They hadn’t been getting along for quite a while
2.- 1 – d 2 – e 3 – b 4 – a 5 – c
3.- 1 – Have you received 2 – have been trying 3 – had he been travelling
4 – hadn’t spoken 5 – have just seen 6 – had heard 7 – had never seen
4.- 1 – had met 2 – has been thinking 3 – has been running 4 – had joined
5 – has been growing / has grown 6 – has been participating
7 – have been talking 8 – have been writing 9 – has been
5.- Possible answers
1) it had begun to dark
2) have never left home before
3) have never having trouble in some areas
4) we had read all the bad reviews
5) they had let their dog run into our garden
6.- 1) They had been playing for 20 minutes before either team scored a team.
2) Have you read this book yet?
3) I’m tired. I haven’t been sleeping much lately
4) I suddenly remembered that I had left my phone at the café, so I ran back to get it.
5) I’ve got great news! Sally and I have just got engaged
7.- 1) ¿Por qué decidiste quedarte?
2) Meg había intentado subir a un árbol cuando se cayó y se rompió un brazo
3) Hasta hace poco, nunca había conocido a la dueña de mi restaurante favorito
4) He estado leyendo un montón de artículos inquietantes sobre la destrucción de la
selva tropical amazónica.
5) Había estado esperando tener alguna experiencia espiritual mientras viajaba por la
India.
8.- 1) How long have you been playing this traditional music?
2) They had been driving for 12 hours before they got there
3) Lori was disappointed because she hadn’t had time to see all the sights in London
4) He hasn’t eaten meat for a year
5) After I had watched a few minutes of a boring documentary, I turned off the TV.
9.- Possible answers
1) I’m so glad I ran into you 3) I saw a cat helping a blind dog
2) Another new diet? 4) My car is giving me a lot of trouble
COMMUNICATION p.12
1.- 1 – roots / ancestors 2 – stereotype 3 – beliefs 4 – culture shock
2.- Possible answers
1) use their mobile phones in the cinema
2) talk loudly
3) that people live in igloos
4) passing them on to their children
5) invite people for Sunday lunch
6) accept other people’s belief
3.- 1) in their traditional costumes 4) is considered bad luck
2) not appropriate 5) typical day begins at 8.30
3) give us more information 6) they were so narrow minded
4.- Possible answers
1) A common misconception is that everyone in Africa is poor.
2) It is forbidden to smoke in here
3) In some countries women don’t have the freedom to drive
4) My family has roots in Russia.
5) You shouldn’t from a stereotype of an entire nationality based on the behaviour of a
few people.
5.- Possible answers
1) both pictures show 4) another similarity is
2) the pictures are alike 5) in picture1, … but in picture 2
3) Another thing they have got information 6) Another difference is
READING p. 13
1.- c
2.- 1) T. Polynesian explorers began arriving in Hawaii in the 4th century
2) T. It is a large feast and the name comes from an ancient Hawaiian dish
3) F. Some say hula began as an ancient ritual dance to Pe’le, the local volcano goddess.
3.- d
4.- Possible answers
1) have been travelling to Hawaii 3) if you refuse a lei
2) the local cultural traditions 4) evolved from Polynesian dances
5.- 1) It was that Hawaii’s king Kamehameha II, changed the old traditions and marked it
by having a big feast.
2) They tell a story through graceful hand gestures and movement of the body
6.- 1 – settlers 2 – marked the occasion 3 – gestures 4 – passed down
WRITING p. 14
1.- 1) It was extremely crowded and / so we couldn’t even see the dancers from where we
were standing!
2) The exchange students knew just a few words in Mandarin before they began
studying with an excellent local teacher.
3) I slept for nearly 24 hours when I came back from Japan because I was terribly tired.
4) The food fair featured traditional dishes from 60 countries, but we weren’t there for
very long, so we only tasted a few things
5) Although the film is almost four hours long, it’s incredibly entertaining
2.- 1 – extremely 2 – just / only 3 – totally 4 – awkward 5 – constantly
6 – quite 7 – only 8 – highly
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS p. 15
1.- 1 – is considered 2 – spiritual 3 – attraction 4 – gigantic 5 – beliefs
6 – roots 7 – impressive 8 – treacherous 9 – paths 10 – surrounding
2.- 1 – connection 2 – disturbing 3 – laziness 4 – improvement / effective
3.- 1) request for more information
2) misconception that the Earth was flat
3) management of the national park is excellent
4) ban on swimming here this week
5) the stereotype of studios Korean teenagers
4.- 1 – haven’t watered 2 – had been sleeping 3 – had never heard / hadn’t heard
4 – has ….. tested 5 – has been cooking 6 – had been playing
5.- 1 – had been researching 2 – had never heard 3 – has been
4 – had been walking 5 – (had) saved 6 – am thinking
6.- 1) She has been studying French for three years
2) Linda had finished her homework by the time I started to do mine
3) We had been rehearsing for four hours before / when we took a break
4) How long have you been in Thailand?
