Written Exercise Answers Exercise 1

1. older than the red one … more expensive than the red one

2. It isn’t older … the same age as … in better condition … the cheapest one in the garage … not as good as

3. the same model as the red one

4. similar to the red one … a more powerful engine than the red one … it goes much faster … It’s easier to drive than the others

5. It’s the most expensive of the three

6. the least expensive of all … to drive much further (farther)

Exercise 2

1. My hands are so cold that I can hardly hold my pen.

2. I’ve never swum in such cold water.

3. Petrol is so expensive that I cam hardly afford to run my car.

4. I’ve never seen such high mountains.

5. He’s such a ride man that no one ever talks to him.

6. You’ve never given me such good advice.

7. He’s such a dangerous driver that no one wants to go in his car.

8. I didn’t feel like working in such beautiful weather.

Exercise 3

1 He does go to the theatre but only rarely.

2 She did eat some potatoes but only a few.

3 They do understand French but they don’t speak it very well.

4 Peter does want to see Mary but he doesn’t want to see John.

5 They did enjoy the party but they were very tired.

6 I do want to learn Russian but I don’t have any time.

7 Mary does like Peter but she doesn’t want to marry him.

8 The children did do the exercise but they didn’t understand it.

Exercise 4

1 c) I'm going to work now.

2 a) like each other much.

3 a) b) will go if Mary goes.

4 d) bear their company.

5 d) succeeded in.

6 b) can manage without them.

Exercise 5

1. Where did you get it from? 5 How far did you drive?

2. How much did it cost? 6 Why did the car stop?

3. What colour is it? 7 What time did you get home?

4. Who did you take (for a drive in it)? 8 Who became rather angry?

Exercise 6

I If you could mix water with petrol, it would be cheap to run a car.

2 She takes a delight in making catty remarks about her neighbours.

3 When you have added up all these numbers, come and tell me.

4 They try to make out that they are superior to everyone else in the street.

5 I've a good mind to tell them what I think of them.

6 The thief fell and broke his leg while he was trying to get away from the police.

7 I got sick of doing the same job for years on end.

8 Don't walk so fast. I can't keep up with you.

14 Programme 14 Pronunciation Exercise: Recognition Test

1 cut (a) 2 fond (b) 3 gun (a) 4 wander (b)

5 song (b) 6 dull (a) 7 wrong (b) 8 nut (a)

Drill 1

1. Yes, these cakes were baked by Mary.

2. Yes, the cooking is usually done by her mother.

3. Yes, the letters are usually dictated by the manager.

4. Yes, they are usually typed by me.

5. Yes, this letter was designed by a famous architect.

6. Yes, but the job was done badly by the builders.

7. Yes, we were advised us what to do.

8. Yes, I was persuaded what to do by my parents.

Drill 2

1 It's about 21 miles wide.

2 It's nearly six mass in height.

3 around five miles deep.

4 It’s at least 100 yards in length.

5 It’s just over 14 feet long.

6 It’s exactly 8 feet in depth.

7 It’s several hundred feet high.

8 It’s about 20 yards in width.

Drill 3

1 Yes, he is.

2 No, he doesn't.

3 No, she wouldn’t.

4 Yes, she did.

5 Yes, she has.

6 No, you can’t.

7 No, he won’t.

8 Yes, it will.

Drill 4

1 Yes, it was a terrible game, wasn't it?

2 No, it wasn't worth watching, was it?

3 Ford played like a fool, didn’t he?

4 Evans didn’t play much better, did he?

5 Yes, they’ve lost the last 10 games, haven’t they?

6 No, they’ve hardly won a game since September, have they?

7 No, they won’t win a single game if they play like that, will they?

8 No, you can’t win with old men in the team, can you?

Drill 5

1 Huge blocks of flats were being built last year.

2 Many of these buildings have already been erected.

3 But I heard that the plans had been scrapped.

4 Flats like that won’t be built any more.

5 I think a new idea is being considered.

6 But I wouldn’t have been told about it anyway.

7 Their decision will have been made by the end of the year.

8 I’d be told after everyone else of course.

Exercise 1

1. They’ve been knocked down.

2. A huge ugly factory is going to be built on the site.

3. No, it won’t be finished this year, but it’ll have been completed by the end of next summer.

4. It was designed by some terrible architect called Mason.

5. Yes, one or two others are being knocked down.

6. Oh, these decisions are always made by the council.

7. No, nothing at all can be done.

8. No, if I had been told about it, I wouldn’t have bought the house.