use of english keys

Unit 5 Reported speech

5.1 Reported speech

Stop & check

1A

2B

3A

4B

A

1was working in a factory

2had been working very hard that day

3was in love with Tom

4didn’t want to watch that programme

5couldn’t go to the party

6would phone me later

7hadn’t been thinking clearly

8wasn’t going to do anything that weekend

9hadn’t done anything wrong

10hadn’t seen Ralph recently

11didn’t know what I was talking about

12couldn’t do what I had agreed to do

13had made a mistake

14that problem was his fault

B

1They said that they would contact me the previous week.

2I told her/I said to her that I was getting confused.

3She said she didn’t like musicals very much.

4I said to her that I could lend you some money.

5He said that he was going to learn how to play the guitar.

5.2 Reported questions

A

1if/whether I had seen his brother recently

2if I could (please) wait in reception

3why they hadn’t mentioned the problem before

4(her) for two tickets/(her) if I could have two tickets

5what I was thinking about

6if he would be staying long

7what she wanted me to do

8how long I had been waiting

9not to smoke in the house

10if she was going to celebrate her birthday

11if I would lend her some money

12what he had been doing that afternoon

13(the waiter) for the bill/(the waiter) if I could (please) have the bill

14not to be late

15if I could hear her properly

B

1I asked him what he meant.

2She asked me whether I needed anything.

3I asked the assistant how much it cost.

4We asked the official when the next train left.

5I asked her why she was upset.

5.3 Verb patterns

A

1the team they were playing

2(that) he wasn’t feeling

3that he felt

4them to stop

5they weren’t making

6(that) they were telling

7(that) they took

8(that) they would try/to try

9(that) they wouldn’t give/not to give

10(that) they would win/to win

B

1for arriving

2them for attending

3that the coffee machine wasn’t working

4about

5Keith for

6that he wasn’t to blame for

7them for acting

8about

9the problems

C

1that he had been

2being involved/that he had been involved

3knowing/that he knew

4acting/that they had been acting

5to answer

6to having committed/that he had committed

7to discuss

D

1on seeing/that we saw

2(that) he gave

3us of inventing

4to see

5(that) we had

6to complain to

7to take the company

E

1me to take

2me to think about it

3me to ask

4me to take

F

1about

2us

4everybody

6me

8them

10them

G

1accused

2threatened

3admitted

4denied

5complained

6criticized

7insisted

8demanded

9refused

10encouraged

11convinced

12blamed

5.4Speech

A

1denial

2demands

3insistent

4criticisms

5complaints

6encouragement

7discussion

8persuasive

9persuasions

10conversations

11encouraging

12refusal

13insistence

14promised

15convincing

B

1had a discussion with

2made a promise

3gave her encouragement

4making a criticism of

5had a conversation about

6made a complaint to

C

1explanation

2agreement

3protests

4argument

5accusation

6threatening

7critical

8blamed

9apologetic

10apology

D

1was having an argument with

2came to/made/reached an agreement

3give an explanation for

4made a protest

5made several accusations

6made a threat against me

7give/offer/make (them) an apology for letting

8got the blame for

5.5 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: run & catch

A

1run out of

2ran after

3ran into

4caught on

5run over

6catch up with

Collocations

B

1do you good

2take advantage of this opportunity

3had no effect on

4make sure (that) she remembered

5was having difficulty (in) staying

6pay attention to

7have an/any effect on

8made use of the opportunity

9was having trouble hearing

10made contact with someone

Word formation: nouns (people & jobs)

C

1editor

2Readers

3politician

4lawyers

5journalist

6creator

7musicians

8assistant

9instructor

10participant

Word sets

D

1influence

2cause

3grounds

4reason

1insisted

2called

3required

4demanded

1stand

2support

3cope

4maintain

ECCE Practice 5

Grammar

1a

2c

3d

4c

5a

6c

7c

8d

Vocabulary

9c

10c

11b

12b

13d

14b

15a

16b

FCE Practice 5

Part 2

1like

2a

3for

4has

5by

6are

7to

8either

9it

10There

11be

12would

13the

14have

15in

Unit 6 Infinitives & -ing forms

6.1 Start & stop

Stop & check

1A

2B

3B

4A

A

1to drink

2to fall

3making

4to leave

5discussing

6eating

7to explain

B

2I couldn’t stop/prevent her from finding out the truth.

3Let’s stop for lunch now./Let’s stop to have lunch now.

6She’s quite lazy and likes to avoid working hard.

9If you carry on practising, you’re sure to improve.

10Suddenly he stopped talking and ran out of the room.

C

1gave up watching

2save (me from) climbing (up)

3ended up spending

4to stop him from getting

5he went on to become

6finished up agreeing

7prevent anybody from hearing

8to avoid paying

9couldn’t help laughing

10to save her (from) cooking

11I’ll go on to give

12kept (on) hoping

13carried on with my plans/planning

14went on losing

D

1C

2C

3D

4A

5D

6A

6.2 Think, remember & decide

A

1is considering doing

2she always dreamt of being

3remind me to phone

4are thinking of having

5reminds me of another film

6would never dream of stealing

7remind me that the train

8never/can’t ever imagine being/don’t imagine I’ll ever be/imagine I’ll never be

9has chosen not to accept

10had decided not to come/that he wouldn’t come

B

1what you are going to do about the problem

2if/whether you could give me a lift

3whether (or not) to believe him (or not)

4why she got so angry

5if/whether he was joking or being serious

6if/whether I did the right thing

7if/whether I should look for another job

8which way I should go from here

9which one to buy/I should buy/on which one to buy

C

1to lock

2(that) they were coming

3to get

4Do you remember me telling

5falling

6to spell

7it was

8their address is

6.3 Prefer & would rather

A

1eat later because I’m not very hungry now

2you didn’t tell anyone else what I’ve told you

3not to spend any more money than I have to

4not to say anything about this matter at the moment

5them not to play their music so loud

6to have stayed at home last night but I had to go out

7you didn’t come with me

B

1would/’d rather you didn’t keep

2would/’d have preferred them not to stay

3would/’d rather not think

4would/’d rather they hadn’t phoned

5would/’d prefer you to give

6would/’d rather have stayed

7would/’d rather not have to tell

8would/’d rather not to do

6.4 Mind & not mind

A

1wouldn’t mind living

2Louise wouldn’t mind lending

3don’t mind how long

4don’t mind whether I see

5don’t mind doing

B

1Would/Do you mind if I ask/me asking you a personal question?

2Would/Do you mind saying that again, please?

3Do you mind talking about this subject?

4Would you mind if I came with you?/Do you mind if I come with you?

C

1minds

2matter

3care

4matter

5care

6matters

D

1Gerald doesn’t care how much

2don’t mind if I win

3would you mind if I used/would you mind lending me

4doesn’t care whether he’s popular or

5is it all right if I smoke

6has happened in the past doesn’t matter to

7it doesn’t matter to Helen whether she earns

6.5 Want, like & dislike

A

1would/’d have liked to see

2enjoy yourself

3would/’d like you to give

4wouldn’t like you to

5would/’d hate to have

6the way he sings

7would/’d love to have gone

8it when I have

9did you like it when you worked/did you like working

10enjoy spending/enjoy myself when I spend

11would/’d love to be

12would have liked her to

B

1for

3with

4that

6it

7wouldn’t

8it

C

1I want you to stop making that terrible noise.

2I like it when my team wins but of course sometimes they lose. I like my team winning but of course sometimes they lose.

3I enjoyed myself with my friends over the weekend.

4I always like it when my aunts, uncles and cousins visit us. I always like my aunts, uncles and cousins visiting us.

5Would you like to/I’d like you to make a decision now, please.

6His parents would have liked him to get married but he didn’t. His parents would like him to have got married but he didn’t.

7I love the idea of having a career like hers.

8I hate having to get up early every morning.

I hate it that I have to get up early every morning.

6.6 Like & dislike

A

1don’t feel like doing

2you have a good time

3in the mood for listening

4do you fancy going

5gets pleasure from

6is fond of telling

7approve of people breaking

8disapproved of him giving up

9you have fun

10doesn’t appeal to

11have no objection to doing

12gets enjoyment from listening

B

1dislike

2hatred

3detested

4disliked

5objected

6opposed

C

1disapproval

2objection

3opposition

4approval

5desirable

6attraction

7enjoyment

8appealing

9enjoyable

10opposed

D

1B

2A

3C

4A

5B

6D

7A

8C

6.7 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: keep & put

A

1up with

2out of

3up

4to

B

1A

2B

3B

4A

5B

6A

7A

8B

Collocations

C

1put

2reach

3make

4keep

5pay

6take

7change

8make

Word formation: adjective prefixes

D

1unaware

2inefficient

3incorrect

4dishonest

5illegal

6incapable

7impolite

8unwilling

9unwise

10unfair

Prepositional phrases: verb + preposition

E

1on

2to

3with

4for

5into

6on

7to

8on

9to

10to