COMPLETE FIRST

SELF-STUDY Student’s Book

PACK with answers
Includes Student’s Book
with answers, Workbook
with answers
with Audio and
Third edition
Class Audio

B2
Guy Brook-Hart,
With
Alice Copello,
Lucy Passmore Digital Pack
and Jishan Uddin
COMPLETE FIRST
Student’s Book
with answers
Third edition

B2
Guy Brook-Hart,
Alice Copello,
Lucy Passmore
and Jishan Uddin

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 Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge Assessment English
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 Contents

Map of the units 4

Introduction 6
B2 First content and overview 7

8
2 Leisure and pleasure 18
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 1 and 2 28
3 Happy holidays? 30
4 Food, glorious food 40
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 3 and 4 50
5 Study time 52
6 Good job! 62
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 5 and 6 72
7 High adventure 74
8 Dream of the stars 84
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 7 and 8 94
9 The power of the mind 96
10 Spend, spend, spend 106
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 9 and 10 116
11 Medical matters 118
12 Animal kingdom 128
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 11 and 12 138
13 House space 140
14 Fiesta! 150
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 13 and 14 160

Grammar reference 162

Phrasal verb builder 189
Writing bank 192
Speaking bank 204
Answer key 214

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 Map of the units
Unit title Reading and Use of English Writing Listening
‘A seat at the table’ An essay: Technology has a largely positive impact on People talking about
1 ‘The housework gap’ families. Do you agree?
Expressing opinions
friends and family

Using although, however, despite, that being said and whereas

‘View from the top’ An article: A great way to spend your free time A talk by a vlogger
2 Key word transformation Writing compound sentences

Vocabulary and grammar review Units 1 and 2

‘Danger ahead’ A report: A one-day excursion to a local place of Five people talking about
3 ‘It was great, but …’ interest
Structuring a report
a holiday they’ve been on

‘What are you printing for A review: A restaurant, café or snack bar An interview with
4 dinner?’ Using descriptive adjectives someone who runs a catering
business
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 3 and 4
‘At university abroad’ An essay: All young people should study a foreign People talking about
5 ‘Mobile phones in the
classroom’
language as part of their education. Do you agree?
Writing opening paragraphs
studying and education

‘Chasing a storm’ A letter or email: Describing jobs students do in your Five people talking about
6 ‘Volunteers wanted’ country
Commonly misspelt words
their jobs in tourism

Vocabulary and grammar review Units 5 and 6

‘Looking for something A talk about scuba diving
7 Key word transformation
Structuring an article A radio interview with
someone who went wing
walking
A talk by a celebrity chef
8 into?’
‘The rise of the bedroom
advantages and disadvantages. Do you agree?
Writing a balanced essay
producer’
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 7 and 8
‘The secret of happiness’ People talking about
9 Key word transformation students’ social activities
Making recommendations and suggestions

‘A new way to shop’ A review: A place where people have a good time An interview with some-
10 ‘A journey of self-discovery’ Building complex sentences one who runs their own fashion
magazine
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 9 and 10
‘#VerifyHealthcare’ An essay: Modern lifestyles can seriously endanger Five people talking about
11 ‘How would you react?’ our health. Do you agree?
Writing concluding paragraphs
their job as a doctor

‘Aoshima: Japan’s cat A letter or email: Advice to a visitor to your country People talking about
12 island’
‘Surviving an animal attack’
Giving advice

Vocabulary and grammar review Units 11 and 12

‘My new home in Venice, An article: My ideal home A talk by someone who
1733’ Planning a piece of writing attended a conference about
‘Living in a tiny home’ smart homes
‘Keeping festivals clean An essay: Is it better to listen to live or recorded An interview with a
and green’ comedian
‘My neighbourhood street it, this, that and they for reference
party’
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 13 and 14

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Speaking Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar
Talking about yourself, your friends and Word stress: Stress in words Phrasal verbs to describe relationships Present perfect simple and
your family with two or more syllables Collocations with make and do continuous
Giving extended answers

Sentence stress (1): Stress Phrasal verbs and expressions to talk Making comparisons
free-time activities on words carrying the most about skills and hobbies Adjectives with -ed and -ing
Using discourse markers to structure answers meaning

Intonation (1): Indicating travel, journey, trip and way Past simple, past continuous
of trips Forming adjectives and adverbs with and used to
Phrases to involve partners in a discussion speaking, or have more to at, in and on in time phrases
say
Strategies for dealing with the second section of Past perfect simple and
Part 3 continuous
Discussing diet, food and health Grouping words and paus- food, dish and meal so and such
Supporting opinions with reasons and examples ing (1) Adjectives to describe restaurants too and enough

Talking about studying Phrasal verbs connected with education

word stress and study conditionals
, get to know, know, learn, teach,
study, attend, join, take part, assist
Sentence stress (2): work or job; possibility, occasion or Countable and uncountable
Contrastive sentence stress opportunity; fun or funny nouns
comparing Collocations with job and work Articles

Discussing whether people should spend Intonation (2): Showing Verb collocations with activities -ing
more of their free time playing sports interest and enthusiasm look, see, watch, listen and hear
Suggesting ideas, asking your partner’s opinion,
agreeing and disagreeing
Grouping words and Describing entertainment At, in and on to express location
entertainment pausing (2) play, performance and acting; audience, Reported speech
Giving balanced answers (the) public and spectators; scene and
stage

Sentence stress (3): Using achieve, carry out and devote Modal verbs to express
emotions stress for emphasis stay, spend and pass; move, cause and certainty and possibility
Speculating about photos using modals and look, have
seem and appear
Talking about spending money Linking (1): Linking to arrive, get and reach as and like
Strategies for answering Part 1 questions Phrasal verbs connected with shopping Modal verbs to express ability

Describing situations related to health Intonation (3): Showing Health vocabulary Relative pronouns and relative
Expressions when you need time to think, can’t certainty / uncertainty Idiomatic expressions clauses
think of a word or have made a mistake
Discussing topics related to animals Word stress (3): Strong and avoid, prevent and protect; check, control, Third conditional and mixed
Commenting on the question weak forms keep an eye on and supervise conditionals
Expressing other people’s opinions wish, if only and hope
Expressing agreement and disagreement

Linking (2): Linking with Vocabulary to describe where you live Causative have and get
Strategies for answering Part 2 questions consonant sounds space, place, room, area, location and Expressing obligation and
square permission
Discussing topics related to festivals Vocabulary for festivals The passive
and celebrations
Strategies for working with a partner

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 Introduction

Who this book is for Also available

Complete First is a stimulating and thorough preparation • A Student’s Workbook containing 14 Units for homework
course for learners who wish to take the B2 First exam from and self-study. Each unit contains further exam-style
Cambridge Assessment English. It helps them to develop exercises to practise the reading, listening and writing
the necessary reading, writing, listening and speaking skills skills needed in the B2 First exam. In addition, they
for the exam, as well as teaching essential grammar and provide further practice of grammar and vocabulary, using
vocabulary. For those who are not planning to take the exam information about First candidates’ common errors from the
in the near future, the book provides skills and language based Cambridge Learner Corpus .
around engaging topics, all highly relevant for learners moving • Downloadable audio containing all the listening material for
towards a B2 level of English. the workbook.
What the Student’s Book contains: • A Teacher’s Book containing:
• 14 units for classroom study. Each unit comprises: - step-by-step guidance for teaching activities in the
- an authentic exam task taken from each of the four Student’s Book
papers (Reading and Use of English, Listening, Speaking - a number of suggestions for alternative treatments of
and Writing) in the B2 First exam. activities in the Student’s Book listening material.
- Exam advice boxes containing essential information on - complete answer keys including audioscripts for all the
what each part of the exam involves, and the best way listening material.
to approach each task. - access to extra photocopiable materials online to
- a wide range of enjoyable speaking activities designed practise and extend language abilities beyond the
requirements of the B2 First exam.
themselves. • A Test Generator containing:
- a step-by-step approach to doing First Writing tasks. - a Grammar and Vocabulary Test at ‘standard’ and ‘plus’
- grammar activities and exercises for the grammar levels of each of the 14 units in the Student’s Book.
learners need to know for the exam; grammar exercises - three Term Tests including grammar, vocabulary and
with the symbol are based on research from the First Reading and Use of English, Writing, Speaking and
Cambridge Learner Corpus and deal with the areas Listening exam tasks.
- an End of Year Test including grammar, vocabulary and
- vocabulary activities and exercises for the vocabulary First Reading and Use of English, Writing, Speaking and
learners need to know for the exam; vocabulary Listening exam tasks.
exercises with the symbol focus on words which

exam.
• Seven unit reviews comprised of exercises which revise
the grammar and vocabulary in each unit.
• Speaking and Writing banks. These explain the possible
tasks students may have to do in the Speaking and Writing
papers, and provide examples and models together with
additional advice on how best to approach these Speaking
and Writing exam tasks.
• A Grammar reference section which clearly explains, unit
by unit, all the main areas of grammar which you will need
to know for the B2 First exam. There are also practice
exercises for all grammar points.
• Cambridge One Digital Pack containing:
- Test and Train
- Practice Extra
- eBook with audio

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 B2 First content and overview
Contents

PART/TIMING
Candidates are expected to
followed by eight multiple-choice items. demonstrate the ability to apply their
1 hour 15 knowledge of the language system
minutes A text containing eight gaps. Each gap corresponds to
a word. The stems of the missing words are given beside the candidates are also expected to show
text and must be changed to form the missing word.
text organisation features, tone, and
Six separate questions, each with a lead-in sentence
text structure.
and a gapped second sentence to be completed in two to

A text followed by six multiple-choice questions.

A text from which six sentences have been removed

sentence, which does not need to be used, is also included.

A text, or several short texts, preceded by ten
multiple-matching questions.
One compulsory essay question presented through a Candidates are expected to be able to
1 hour 20 rubric and short notes.
minutes Candidates choose one task from a choice of
three task types. The tasks are situationally based and comparing, describing, explaining,
presented through a rubric and possibly a short input expressing opinions, justifying,
text. The task types are: persuading, recommending and
• an essay suggesting.
• an article
• a letter or email
• a review
• a report
A series of eight short unrelated extracts from Candidates are expected to be able
Approximately monologues or exchanges between interacting speakers. to show understanding of attitude,
40 minutes There is one three-option multiple-choice question per detail, function, genre, gist, main idea,
extract. opinion, place, purpose, situation,
A short talk or lecture on a topic, with a sentence
completion task which has ten items. agreement, etc.

matching questions.
An interview or conversation, with seven multiple
choice questions.
A conversation between the examiner (the Candidates are expected to be able to
14 minutes ‘interlocutor’) and each candidate (spoken questions). respond to questions and to interact in
An individual ‘long turn’ for each candidate, with conversational English.
a brief response from the second candidate (visual and
written stimuli, with spoken instructions).

A discussion on topics related to Part 3 (spoken

questions).

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Part 1

• In Listening Part 1, you listen to people talking in eight

1 Work in pairs. You will hear people talking in eight

1–8 and underline

1 You hear a woman talking to her brother about an old

family photo. What is she doing?
A making fun of his fashion sense
B explaining how alike they are
C complaining about his pose
2 You hear a man talking to a woman about the sale of
his family home. What upsets him about his parents’
decision?
Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. A leaving behind a piece of family history
• What aspects of family life does each of the photos show? B
• What might the people in the pictures be saying or thinking? C being far away from his friends
• How are each of these aspects of family life important? 3 You hear a woman talking about her childhood.
• How important is it for families to spend time together? The woman remembers her bedtime routine as
Why? A crazy.
• Imagine a photo of your own family life and describe it to B irritating.
your partner.
C tiring.

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4 You hear a woman talking about her experience of
working from home. How does she feel about it?
A concerned about not seeing her colleagues Phrasal verbs
B pleased to be spending less money on travel
C 1

5 You hear a journalist talking about an article he has

written on family life. What point is he making about 1 It’s only a one-hour drive to the city, but it does make it
the article? trickier to hang out with her friends who live there.
A It is based on his own experiences. 2 Quite a few people have got in touch to say how helpful
they found it, which is what I was counting on, really …
B People’s reaction to it surprised him.
3
C to have a few extra presents, just in case, to avoid it
6 You hear a woman talking to her father about her new turning into an embarrassing situation.
job. What does the woman feel pleased about? 4 The data he presented was so surprising; I thought he
A the paid holiday allowance was making it up
B 5 My dad would grab a worn-out football made of foam
carry
C the working environment on playing for ages!
7 You hear part of a conversation about buying presents. 6 There are a few people in my family who think it’s
The man is annoyed because hilarious to say they're not coming, then turn up for
lunch and go: ‘Surprise!’
A he hasn’t bought any presents for his family yet.
B he has to buy presents for people he may not see. a rely on; depend on d arrive; appear
C his relatives sometimes surprise him with b continue e spend time with someone
c become; transform f invent; lie
8 You hear two friends talking about a presentation 2
they’ve just attended. What do they agree about the
presenter? Exercise 1.
A He was able to keep the audience engaged. 1 In what situations do children excuses?
B He explained complicated ideas clearly. 2 Do you think parents should supporting
C He displayed good time-management skills.
why not?
2 3 What do you usually do when you your
family over the holidays?
02
4 Do you like it when friends or family at
3
5 At what points in your life might you
your family and friends for support?
6 How do discussions between friends sometimes
90% arguments?
questionnaire 3 Take turns to ask and answer the questions in
1 You have any embarrassing family photos?
Exercise 2.

2 You ever moved house with your family?

What your family used to do to make you fall asleep when
3
you were a child?
What’s the best present you have ever receive from your
4
friends or family?
5 There is anything you do with your family every week?
6 Does anyone in your family a really interesting job?
7

4 Take turns to ask and answer questions 1–7 in Exercise 3.

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Part 6

3 Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

• 1 What would the perfect wedding be for you?
Think about:
• food
• • location
• music
• number of guests
• • venue
2 Some people hire a wedding planner to help
them organise their wedding. Using the
adjectives in exercises 1 and 2, what are the
best and worst characteristics of a wedding
planner? Why?
1 Work in pairs. You are going to read an article about a 3 What kinds of things can go wrong at a
wedding?
correct column below.
4
anxious bad-tempered bossy bright What is Sophie’s problem?
considerate dishonest enthusiastic
hard-working impatient mature 5
organised polite quiet reserved responsible
sensitive unreliable wise

usually positive usually negative could be either

anxious
A I don’t think this should be too hard to
arrange, but it’s yet another thing to have to
keep in mind.
B We love our families dearly, but they’re all so

way harder than we’d anticipated.

C He has gone to great lengths to ensure he can
be there, despite how busy he is with work.
D Perhaps that’s what we should do,
considering that they’ve visited us twice and
met my parents.
E They’re a little reserved too, unfortunately.
F Sampling cakes, buying the perfect wedding
dress, endlessly scouting venues and buying

forward to.
2 dis- im- in- ir- un- G They’re worried about how unreliable and
the words to make opposites. immature the two of them can be.

considerate inconsiderate concerned

enthusiastic mature
organised polite
responsible sensitive

10

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