Exercise 4

Answers will vary.

Exercise 5
1. b 2. c 3. c 4. a

Exercise 6
1. print 2. cut 3. paste

Exercise 7
1. save 2. print 3. select 4. paste 5. click on
6. toolbar 7. scroll down 8. cut

Exercise 8
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. e 5. b

Exercise 9
1. He enrolled in an electronics course to learn how
to repair computers.
2. She went to the electronics store to buy a printer.
3. I bought speakers to listen to music on the
computer.
4. He turned on the television to watch the news.
5. She bought a smart phone to be more organized.

Exercise 10
1. I was wondering if you could help me with
something. 2. Of course. What’s up? 3. Well, I’m
thinking about buying a new mouse, but I’m not
sure which one to get. 4. Why don’t you get an
OptiMouse? I have one and I really like it. 5. I like
the OptiMouse, but it’s a little expensive. 6. Then
how about the UltraClick? It’s nearly as easy to use as
the OptiMouse, but it doesn’t cost quite as much.
7. Sounds good. I’ll have to check it out.

Exercise 11
2. almost a expensive as 3. nearly as easy to use as
4. almost as fast as 5. just as good as 6. nearly as
light as 7. quite as large as

Exercise 12
UNIT 1 Answers will vary.

Exercise 1 Exercise 13
1. When she tries to log on to her e-mail, nothing 1. join an online group 2. send instant messages
happens. 2. She suggests rebooting the computer. 3. download music files 4. upload photos
5. surf the Internet
Exercise 2
1. Ron attached some photos to an e-mail message, Exercise 14
but he can’t send the message. 2. Deb suggests Answers will vary.
sending the photos one at a time.
Exercise 15
Exercise 3 1. c 2. e 3. d 4. b 5. a
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Exercise 16 Exercise G
1. People post a lot of personal information online. 2. better than 3. more interesting than 4. less
For example, they post information on their profile violent than 5. easier to play than 6. slower than
pages on social networking sites. 2. Posting 7. less expensive than
embarrassing or offensive posts or photos can
hurt an applicant’s chances of getting a job. Exercise H
3. Use privacy controls wisely. For example, set 2. Top Game is the most expensive. 3. Top Game
your privacy controls so that only friends can view is the fastest. 4. Game Plan is the easiest to play.
your information. 4. Type your name and e-mail 5. Game Plan is the most interesting. 6. A-1 is the
address into a search engine if you want to see what most violent.
information is available about you online.

Exercise 17 WRITING BOOSTER

Answers will vary. Exercise A

Topic Ideas
GRAMMAR BOOSTER 1. communicating PROS It ’s a great way to keep in
Exercise A with family and touch with friends and
friends
Underlined sentences: No, I’m staying late to finish family all over the world.
this report. I’m going to stop at Big Box to buy a CONS Your friends may post
new printer. Then I’m going to ComputerWorld photos or comments
to get something else on sale. But the kids use you’d rather not have
it to surf the Internet all the time. They use the others see.
computer to check e-mail, download music, chat 2. getting back PROS You can find old friends
with their friends, and play games. in touch with old and people you’ve lost
friends
touch with.
Exercise B CONS People you don’t want to
1. I’m staying late in order to finish this report. keep in touch with may
2. I’m going to stop at Big Box in order to buy a new ask to be your friend.
printer. 3. Then I’m going to ComputerWorld in 3. is entertaining PROS Social networking is
order to get something else on sale. 4. But the entertaining—and on
kids use it in order to surf the Internet all the time. some sites, you can also
5. They use the computer in order to check e-mail, play games and take fun
download music, chat with their friends, and play quizzes
games. CONS It may be too entertaining
—it ’s easy to waste a
Exercise C lot of time on social
They use the computer for checking e-mail, networking sites
downloading music, chatting with their friends, and
playing games. Exercise B
Answers will vary.
Exercise D
1. for 2. to 3. for 4. to 5. to Exercise C
Answers will vary.
Exercise E
Answers will vary.

Exercise F
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5. impressive 6. badly 7. bigger 8. bad 9. more Exercise 1
exciting 10. most poorly Answers will vary.

Exercise 2
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Exercise 3 Exercise 13
2. If you want to e-mail old photos to friends, you 1. Kim threw her wallet away with her lunch.
have to scan them first. 3. If you want to make 2. The homeless man gave her wallet to someone
friends on the Internet, you can join an online group. who worked nearby. 3. Cameron Hollopeter had
4. If your computer crashes all the time, you’d better a seizure and fell on the tracks. 4. Wesley Autrey
find out what’s wrong. rolled Hollopeter into a gap between the rails and
covered him with his body. 5. The screener made an
Exercise 4 announcement on the next flight to Mumbai.
1. If we went to Russia, I’d learn Russian. 2. If she
had time, she’d study more. 3. If I needed to lose Exercise 14
weight, I’d avoid fatty foods. 4. If he were late, he 1. Hayes used two different golf balls in the
wouldn’t get a seat. tournament. 2. He used a new type of ball that
was not approved for the tournament. 3. No, no
Exercise 5 one saw. 4. Hayes was given a penalty of two shots.
1. f 2. b 3. e 4. g 5. h 6. c 7. a 8. d 5. He was disqualified and was not allowed to play
full time on the next PGA tour.
Exercise 6
Answers will vary. Exercise 15
Answers will vary.
Exercise 7
1. undercharged, didn’t charge 2. too much change
GRAMMAR BOOSTER
Exercise 8 Exercise A
1. B: Your, mine 2. A: our B: ours 3. A: yours B: mine 2. I always fly3. If I drink coffee after dinner 4. The
4. A: Whose, His, hers B: theirs 5. A: Who, mine schools close 5. If I watch horror movies before bed
B: Your, My
Exercise B
Exercise 9 2. If I have to travel long distances, I always fly.
2. The hair spray is hers. 3. The toothbrushes are 3. I can’t fall asleep at night if I drink coffee after dinner.
theirs. 4. The razors are his. 5. The shampoo is 4. If it snows more than an inch, the schools close.
theirs. Or The shampoo is ours. 5. I can’t get to sleep if I watch horror movies before
bed.
Exercise 10
1. yours, his 2. yours, mine, her 3. yours, her Exercise C
4. hers, hers, mine 1. like, will see 2. watches, laughs 3. buy, will help
4. don’t, get 5. Will you, needs 6. wear, want
Exercise 11 7. won’t get, tell 8. ask, will say 9. travel, fly
Answers will vary but may include the following:
I think James is sexist. He thinks men are better Exercise D
managers than women. 1. waiter’s 2. Lucas’s 3. Browns’ 4. women’s
Dina is modest. She doesn’t like to wear clothes that 5. Tom and Audrey’s 6. Lucy’s 7. parents’
show her body. 8. cousin’s
Tessa thinks older people shouldn’t get their bodies
pierced, but piercing is OK for younger people. Exercise E
That’s a double-standard. 2. Yes, he’s going to tell him. 3. No, he didn’t charge
Hazel seems old-fashioned. She thinks people should them for them. 4. Yes, he or she returned it to them.
dress more formally, as they used to in the past. 5. No, he didn’t keep it. 6. No, he didn’t know him.
7. Yes, he gave it back to him or her.
Exercise 12
Answers will vary.
WRITING BOOSTER
Exercise A
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Exercise C
Answer will vary.

Exercise D
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Workbook Answer Key
Note: In communicative exercises where several answers are possible, this answer key contains some examples of
correct answers, not all possible answers. Any valid answer in this type of exercise should be considered acceptable.

UNIT 3 Exercise 13
2. customary 3. nice 4. not usual 5. punctuality
Exercise 1
1. appropriate 2. inappropriate 3. inappropriate Exercise 14
4. appropriate 5. inappropriate 1. false 2. false 3. true 4. true 5. no information
6. false
Exercise 2
1. c 2. e 3. b 4. a 5. d Exercise 15
Answers will vary.
Exercise 3
Answers will vary. Exercise 16
1. You should join your family for dinner hour.
Exercise 4 2. Children speak when spoken to.
Correct order: 1, 4, 2, 5, 6, 3 3. Don’t put your elbows on the table.
5. A girl should be home from a date by ten.
Exercise 5 7. Children do not call adults by their first names.
1. did he 2. isn’t it 3. didn’t you 4. won’t he
5. are you 6. was it 7. aren’t I 5. were there Exercise 17
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c
Exercise 6
3. will / ‘ll be; won’t you
4. hasn’t gotten; has she GRAMMAR BOOSTER
5. wasn’t; was he
Exercise A
6. doesn’t like; does she
3. isn’t it; Yes, it is.
4. can she; No, she can’t.
Exercise 7
5. wasn’t it; No, it wasn’t.
Possible answers.
6. have they; No, they haven’t.
2. You’re not married, are you?
7. are they; No, they aren’t.
3. You like to be addressed by your first name,
8. doesn’t he; Yes, he does.
don’t you?
4. You are 20 years old, aren’t you?
Exercise B
5. You don’t live in Hong Kong, do you?
2. have 3. am / ‘m making 4. tells 5. is going
6. are; doing 7. leaves 8. am / ‘m baking
Exercise 8
Answers will vary.
Exercise C
1. ‘ve been having 2. has been shining
Exercise 9
3. have been 4. have met 5. have been traveling
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a

Exercise D
Exercise 10
2. My family was going went to Cairo last summer. It
2. had already given; hadn’t yet taken
was a great trip!
3. had already read
3. They have know known her since 2013.
4. hadn’t yet had
4. He didn’t used use to work there, but now he
5. hadn’t yet exercised
does.
6. had already gone
5. I watched was watching a movie when he called,
but I didn’t mind the interruption.
Exercise 11
6. I have already seen that movie.
1. a 2. a 3. b 4. b
7. We have been traveling traveled to Mexico three
times.
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WRITING BOOSTER Exercise 6
1. must 2. must 3. must not
Exercise A
4. must 5. must not 6. must not
2. d 3. f 4. c 5. h 6. e 7. a 8. g 9. i

Exercise 7
Exercise B
Answers will vary.
Do’s: a, b, c, f, h, i, k
Don’ts: d, e, g, j
Exercise 8
1. a blood test 2. a shot 3. an X-ray
Exercise C
4. An EKG 5. a checkup
Errors are underlined.
Maria, Thanks 4 lunch yesterday. it was GR8 2 CU. let’s Exercise 9
continue our conversation about the project. maybe 1. an appointment 2. a pain 3. chest
Wednesday next week? My place? There’s still lots 2
4. an EKG 5. fit 6. appreciate
discus.- BTW, please don’t forget to bring the info we
talked about. LMK about next week. CU L8R.
Exercise 10
Peter 1. yes 2. no 3. no information 4. yes 5. no

Exercise 11
Possible answer.
1. may 2. must 3. must 4. might
Maria, 5. must 6. might 7. will
Thank you for lunch yesterday. It was great to see
you. Let’s continue our conversation about the Exercise 12
project. Are you available on Wednesday next week? 2. may not / might not be able to
Can you come to my office? There’s still a lot to 3. may not / might not be able to
discuss. By the way, please don’t forget to bring the 4. may / might be able to
information we talked about. 5. must not be able to

Let me know about next week. Exercise 13

1. acupuncture, herbal therapy, homeopathy,
Thanks so much. spiritual healing 2. acupuncture
3. conventional medicine 4. spiritual healing
Peter Benson 5. herbal therapy 6. homeopathy

Exercise 14
Answers will vary.
UNIT 4
Exercise 15
Exercise 1
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d
1. toothache 2. swollen gums 3. lost filling
4. broken tooth
Exercise 16
Possible answers.
Exercise 2
Type of treatment How it’s similar to How it’s different
Answers will vary. reflexology from reflexology
homeopathy They are both It uses remedies
Exercise 3 natural treatments. that cause similar
1. b 2. c 3. c 4. b They are ancient symptoms.
treatments.
Exercise 4 herbal therapy They are both It uses teas and
1. chest 2. weak 3. nauseous 4. sneezing natural treatments. pills.
5. coughing 6. stomach They are ancient
treatments.

Exercise 5 acupuncture They both believe It uses needles.

areas of the body
1. must be 2. must not feel 3. must hurt are connected.
4. must have 5. must not be 6. must not want They are ancient
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Exercise 17 Exercise C
Possible answers. 1. I think I probably forgot to take my medication.
Symptom Medication Reason 2. He doesn’t have a fever. Maybe it’s just a cold.
sneezing cold tablets, They can all help reduce 3. Most likely she is dizzy because she doesn’t get
nasal spray, sneezing. enough sleep.
antihistamine 4. We probably don’t have any cough medicine at
a toothache a painkiller It relieves pain. home.
5. He may be able to return to work tomorrow.
weakness vitamins They may give energy. 6. He likes natural medicine so he probably prefers
herbal therapy.
7. Probably they’re late because they overslept.
coughing cough medicine It can help reduce coughing.
8. Maybe she prefers to wait until Monday.

stomach an antacid It can help reduce

problems stomachaches. WRITING BOOSTER
a burn from an ointment It can help reduce the
hot oil burning.
Exercise A
1. contrast 2. comparison 3. contrast
red eyes eye drops They can help get rid of
4. comparison 5. contrast 6. contrast
the redness.
7. comparison 8. comparison 9. contrast
an infection an antibiotic It can help fight the infection. 10. comparison

Exercise B
Exercise 18 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. a
Answers will vary.
Exercise C
Exercise 19 Answers will vary.
Answers will vary.
Exercise D
Answers will vary.
GRAMMAR BOOSTER
Exercise A
Answers may vary but may include the following:
1. He feels terrible. He probably has the flu. / Most
likely he has the flu.
2. My arm aches. It’s probably from the shot I got
yesterday. / Most likely it’s from the shot I got
yesterday.
3. My doctor is not answering the phone. He’s
probably not in today. / Most likely he’s not in today.
4. An herbalist probably knows a lot of different
plants. / Most likely an herbalist knows a lot of
different plants.
5. Lucy is not eating anything. She’s probably not
feeling well. / Most likely she’s not feeling well.

Exercise B
1. She’s been sneezing since she got here. Maybe
she’s allergic to my cat.
2. I’m not feeling well. Maybe I have the flu.
3. He’s taking a lot of medication. Maybe he’s sick.
4. He has pain in his chest. Maybe he needs an EKG.
5. She hates to fly. Maybe she prefers to take the
train.
6. It looks like a bad infection. Maybe the doctor
wants to prescribe antibiotics.

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