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Unit 1 BeginningsEx 1: correct words: 1 have lived 2 annoy 3 What

4 annoyingEx 2: 1E 2A 3F 4D 5G 6B 7CEx 3: 1A, C 2D, E 3BEx 4: smoking, being insensitive, making a lot of noise, being

messy, being untidy, being dirty, not clearing up after

cooking a meal, leaving the washing upEx 5: 1 not fussed 2 got on really well 3 get my own back4 can’t stand 5 a big deal 6 stuff 

Unit 2 IssuesEx 1: 1 living 2 quite 3 talking 4 happiness 5 think Ex 2: 1C 2E 3G 4A 5D 6B 7FEx 3A: hearing your child laugh, love, contentment, feeling at

ease with other people, security, having a stable family,a nurturing environment, health, friends

Ex 3B: 1 friends, health 2 Security, feeling at ease with otherpeople 3 Love, a nurturing environment

Ex 4: AT, BF, CF, DT, ETEx 5: 1 richer, more 2 undoubtedly, strong 3 think,

disadvantaged 4 stop, short

Ex 6: 1 much 2 important 3 enjoy 4 contentment 5 makes6 enhance 7 brighten 8 mood

Unit 3 DowntimeEx 1: 1 enjoy 2 free 3 music 4 internationally 5 concerts

6 freeEx 2: 1F 2E 3G 4A 5B 6H 7C 8DEx 3: AF, BT, CT, DF, ET, FFEx 4: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8Ex 5: 1 addicted 2 really into 3 exercise a lot 4 I watch the

news online 5 getting together 

Unit 4 StoriesEx 1: correct words: 1 read 2 politics 3 poetry 4 reading

5 read muchEx 2: 1 much, possible 2 reader 3 non-fiction 4 magazines

5 fair 6 comicEx 3: 1E 2A 3D 4C 5BEx 4: 1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 6FEx 5: 1B 2E 3A 4D 5CEx 6: 2 by 3 recommended 4 heard of 5 about 6 of all

time 7 called 8 traces 9 called 10 author 11 it’s set12 It’s about

Unit 5 IdeasEx 1: 1 shops 2 like 3 on impulse 4 on-line 5 delivered

6 shopping 7 itemsEx 2: 1D 2F 3E 4C 5A 6BEx 3: food, music, clothes, handbags, antiques

Ex 4: 1T 2T 3F 4T 5FEx 5: 1 iPhone, amazing, changed my life - C 2 mobile

phone, emails - B 3 camera, taking a picture - AEx 6: 1 joy, joy, you could do it 2 fantasy, Bakery, cakes

3 Arts, creativityEx 7: 1a 2a 3b 4a 5b

Unit 6 AgeEx 1: correct words: 1 excited 2 DJing 3 heart 4 playing

5 find out 6 futureEx 2: 1B 2F 3D 4C 5E 6AEx 3: dying, job interviews, more responsibilities, getting

older, retiringEx 4: 1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T 7FEx 5: 1 to the full 2 look back on it, very fondly 3 fall to bits

4 your oyster 5 hell on earth

Unit 7 MediaEx 1: correct words: 1 quite 2 normally 3 go on 4 find out

5 going on 6 interviewingEx 2: 1E, F 2B, E 3D 4 A, C, FEx 3: 1D 2C 3B 4F 5A 6EEx 4: 1 laptop 2 latest headlines 3 real time 4 sources

5 media 6 have to pay 7 messages 8 the news9 correct

Ex 5: 1T 2T 3T 4F 5FEx 6: 1 there are occasions when 2 hound celebrities

3 the extent to which 4 scare 5 a great deal ofanxiety 6 flimsy

Unit 8 Behaviour Ex 1: 1 can 2 at 3 behave 4 anti-social 5 get on my nerves

6 behaviour Ex 2: 1F 2A 3E 4D 5B 6CEx 3: 1F 2T 3F 4TEx 4: 1C 2E 3A 4D 5BEx 5: 1 intolerant 2 anti-social 3 appreciate 4 attitude

5 suppose 6 tolerant 7 walk away 8 polite9 conscience 10 whatever 

Unit 9 TroubleEx 1: correct words: 1 many 2 minor 3 worry 4 really

5 How 6 phobiasEx 2: 1B, C 2F 3A 4G 5E 6I 7H 8C, DEx 3: Marie: 1F 2F Gemma: 1T 2F Hannah: 1T 2F Chloe:

1F 2F Chris: 1F 2TEx 4: 1 liked or loved 2 agoraphobia 3 claustrophobia

4 trapped in a small spaceEx 5: 1 don’t really like 2 being scared of 3 have a real fear

of 4 have a slight fear of 5 don’t like 6 scared of7 phobia 8 a scary experience 9 a very strange fear of 

Unit 10 CultureEx 1: correct words: 1 enjoy 2 dance 3 exhibitions 4 ones

5 the Arts 6 enjoyEx 2: photography, theatre, visual arts, painting, sketches,

illustration, sculpture, literature, dance, music,contemporary art, drawing, graphic art

Ex 3: 1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6TEx 4: 1C 2E 3A 4D 5F 6BEx 5: 1 particularly like 2 very much enjoy 3 really enjoy

4 enjoy 5 Particularly 6 love 7 enjoy