StF Extra Language Practice Worksheets Answer Key

Extra Language Practice Answer Key 1 Influence Influences

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Vocabulary

2  encourage 3  look

4  have 5  copy

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was grabbing grabbed; grabbing grabbed; dropping dropped; climbing climbed talked was talking correct drove was driving ‘ve/have never heard; only bought received; (have) caught; have called; has happened ‘s/has just arrived; haven’t finished; told; ‘ve/have been

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The weather 

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1  went 2  were sightseeing 3  decided 4  was lying 5  saw 6  was painting 7  had been 8  invited 9  got 10  entered 11  haven’t won

b  c   d  e  f  1  2 3 4

winter  breeze cold heat temperatures winter  breeze; temperatures cold; blowing heat

2 Success! Vocabulary Sport 

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1 on 2 off 3 down 4 up

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don’t know; ‘re talking ‘m only working is currently melting; is decreasing don’t usually take

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correct raged was raging; struggled was struggling; felt was feeling correct

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2 2  take 3  viewers 4  crowd/spectators 5  compete 6  take 7 beat; drew; score 8  public

Word formation Adjectives

3 poisonous professional wealthy careful reasonable frightening dependent

dangerous emotional cloudy harmful comfortable worrying insistent

humorous natural sunny beautiful reliable surprising apparent

Language focus 1 2 furthest 3 highest; higher  4 most dangerous; safer  5 hottest 6 slowest; slower 

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Comparisons

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Present and past tenses

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Language focus

2 decreases is decreasing 3  correct 4 are tending tend; are usually having usually have; watching watch 5 studies is studying 6 ‘m not hearing can’t hear  7 are living live 8  correct 9 are you thinking do you think 10 ‘m not understanding don’t understand 11 is stealing steals; jumping  jumps; rescuing rescues 12 is not believing doesn’t believe

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Extra Language Practice Answer Key 2 2 3 4 5 6

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Doing yoga is just as relaxing as doing pilates. Going to the gym is slightly better for you than walking. Skiing is not/isn’t as difficult as snowboarding. Football is easily more/less popular than cricket. The Olympic Games are much older than the World Cup. Watching cricket is far less interesting than watching golf.

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This is easily the worst  they’ve ever played – I blame the coach. When I started to learn golf, I bought the least expensive set of clubs I could find. The harder you train for a marathon, the more likely you are to be able to finish. The more competitive you are, the better you’re likely to be at a sport. Andy Murray isn’t as good a player as Novak Djokovic, but he’s still one of the best in the world. There weren’t as many fans at the match as I had expected so the atmosphere wasn’t as good. I’ve never seen such an amazing stadium; it was huge – I bet it cost millions of dollars to build.

Transformations

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the same size as since Ben last spoke to unable to see to be able to has never been to/visited the thinner than he used to wasn’t/was not as successful to do as much

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3 Image and images Vocabulary

1 straight 2 thinning

3 tubby; slim 4 wrinkled

Films 2 disappoint 3 look 4 moving

5 confusing 6 stunning 7 real

4 1 role 2 sequel 3 stunts 4 impersonate/imitate

Language focus Modals of speculation and deduction

1 3 4 5

The gallery must be open today. The police must be looking for the jewellery thieves. The Van Gogh can’t have sold for £14 billion. The portrait of Shakespeare may/might not be genuine.

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must have been can’t/couldn’t have hidden could/might/may have had must be/have been could/might/may have been born can’t/mustn’t be must be

4 Going away Vocabulary

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2 impolite 6 unhelpful 3 dishonest 7 incorrect 4 unpredictable 8 incomplete 5 unusual

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to break going takes doing go

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is getting seeing to get paid be kills

Vocabulary Personality

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grumpy/grouchy decisive reliable outgoing patient fussy rude sensitive

Phrasal verbs

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get on with look forward to look up to show off carry on come up with leave out

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carries on look up to looking forward to left out get on with showing off come up with

Word formation 4

Word formation Prefixes

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5 Fitting in

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poisonous reasonable impressive

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impractical unpredictable

Gerunds and infinitives

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Language focus

Appearance

Word formation

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original emotional careless worrying/worrisome exhausted

Straight to First

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unhelpful incomplete dishonest incorrect

Homelessness generosity failure investigation signature inhabitants assistance reduction

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Extra Language Practice Answer Key Language focus

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Time linkers with past tenses

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1 Once 2 whenever  3 When 4 in the end 5 when 6 Just 7 During 8 lastly 9  just

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came arrived/had arrived emigrated/had emigrated were getting noticed/had noticed decided travelled had been saving/had saved

The future 1b 2d 3h 4a 5e 6f 7c 8g

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will have been working should will ’m seeing might will be looking likely going to may

6 News and views

she had applied for it the previous day/the day before Will you be having a birthday party here first she’d have a party the night before she left/leaves for the airport

Reported questions

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(him) if/whether he thought it was a good idea to close the library on a Sunday (him) what his first thought was/had been when he heard/had heard about the proposed closure (him) how long he had been working in education (him) why he had applied for the post at this college (him) if/whether the library agreed with the college proposal (him) if/whether he could attend the meeting with the committee next week/the following week (him) if/whether he was going to represent the library and voice his disapproval (him) what he was going to say to the committee

Vocabulary Making decisions

Reported verbs

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Transformations

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Language focus Reported speech 2 3

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Niall where he had hidden warned Mark not to touch/ warned Mark about touching had contacted Helen the said she wouldn’t/would not

7 Survival

I’ve been several times and I hope to go again soon she was going to Boston next month for her birthday and that it would be her first time You must remember to get your visa before you travel

1 2C 7B

1 in 2 to 3 on 4 of 5 in 6 for 7 to 8 on

Language focus Countable and uncountable nouns

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much every a few many any several quite a few a couple of a few a great deal some a couple of

Obligation, prohibition, advice and necessity (past) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

shouldn’t had/needed must should wouldn’t/needn’t need/have ought

8 Brain games Vocabulary Memory 1 3 5 7

Vocabulary

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Prepositions

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in danger  by heart on offer  at risk by accident in/out of practice by bus in charge at fault by chance on average

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2 offering 3 warning 4 begging 5 encouraging 6 refusing

go option rule make matter  rush sit consideration weigh

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4C 5C 9 B 10 D

long-term memorable forgetful memorise

Arts and culture

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2 1 on fire 2 out of breath 3 at home

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2 paperback 3 biography 4 best-seller 

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bring back photographic remind unforgettable

Extra Language Practice Answer Key 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

poem novel ballet stage performance cast playwright ballerina sculpture studio exhibition gallery portrait abstract lyrics  jazz hip-hop orchestra classical composer 

Passive of reporting verbs

Time

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playwright/poet studio biographies portrait sculpture cast orchestra

Word formation 4 1 electronically 2 memorise 3 happily 4 photographic 5 forgettable

6 best-seller(s) 7 musicians 8 classical 9 performance

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Doing word puzzles is recommended to keep your brain active. It is thought that the ancient Egyptians came up with an initial design for an aircraft; small models which look like planes have been discovered in the Pyramids. Richard is expected to take his exams a year earlier than the other students. It is believed that mysterious circles made in fields were created by UFOs. It is said that if you dream something on Friday and tell your dream to someone on Saturday, your dream will come true! The stress of our lives is felt to be bad for our health.

1 spent 2 have 3 finds 4 set 5 spend 6 wasting 7 passed

is known been documented didn’t/did not go far  has been discovered suggested/suggests/has suggested outperform

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Language focus

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H; was born I; didn’t speak; didn’t interact; was diagnosed B; was sent; was noticed F; encouraged; said G; been; (has) featured E; was filmed; completed; included C; was announced; was being/was to be named D; opened

Vocabulary Age 1 getting on 2 adolescent 3 in their teens 4 senior citizens 5 preteen

Language focus Wish , if only  and hope 

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not panicked she would have only we could come should not have borrowed Harry had arrived/been on long as it isn’t have my car cleaned by you pay attention is somebody whose wish I had worked harder 

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The passive

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10 Getting on

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would will will would won win will find found

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Vocabulary

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Transformations

9 A slave to routine

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Conditionals

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Sleep

Character adjectives

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