1 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 C 5 C 6 B 7 A
8 D (objected to our using is considered more formal and old fashioned) Suggested rewrites
1 She complained to him about the problem.
2 Mike confessed to having eaten all the ice cream.
3 The lawyer advised me that I should contact him immediately.
4 Jackie requested me to write the letter for her.
5 Peter advised me to email you.
6 A number of people noticed how easy she was to talk to.
7 The report suggests people spend more time together as a family.
8 They didn’t allow us to use the phone.
2a 1Emily apologised for forgetting to record the programme.
2 Mike announced that the programme he (had) made would be on TV the next day.
3 Kevin advised me/us to get rid of the TV.
4 Claudio blamed Laura for breaking the TV.
5 Stella reminded me/us to switch the TV off before I/we went to bed.
6 Richard regretted staying up late to watch the film.
7 Doug admitted (that he had been) watching a lot of TV recently.
8 Susanna explained that the reason (why) she had the TV on was that she didn’t like being on her own.
3a 1 It is claimed that gorillas are as intelligent as humans.
2 It is known that Penny Patterson taught a gorilla, Koko, to communicate.
3 Koko is reputed to have acquired 645 words.
4 It’s been suggested that Koko understands grammar.
5 It is hoped that more research can be done in future.
3b 1 It is said that Koko has an IQ of 85–95.
Koko has been said to have an IQ of 85–95.
2 It has been reported that she can make logical sentences.
Koko has been reported to make logical sentences.
3 It has been hinted that Koko’s trainers imagined she is cleverer than she is.
4 It has been argued that Koko knows only words and not grammar.
5 It has been suggested that the word order she uses is either memorised or random.
6 Human language is believed to be outside of the capacities of other species.
It is believed that human language is outside the capacities of other species.
7 It is (generally) accepted that human language is a unique phenomenon without significant similarity in the animal world.
Writing 1 p.142
1a 1 word order: a new series of wildlife programmes starts on TV 2 run-on: … subtle. However, …
3 fragment: … language, because … 4 run-on: … money, as the pay …
5 fragment: This is a great opportunity … /… courts, providing a great opportunity
…
6 run-on and wrong word order: … experience; their willingness to learn is much more important.
7 punctuation: … parents, learning from … / … parents and learn … 1b 1 subject–verb agreement: There are a lot of things …
2 subject–verb agreement: … is my favourite meal.
3 verb form: have never heard of = present perfect
4 wrong verb form after Why not: take up
5 wrong conditional tense form: If I hadn’t thrown away … could have got … 6 wrong relative pronoun: All that concerns …
7 inversion, missing subject, subject–verb agreement: … not only does the Swan Hotel have … but it also takes care of …
1c 1 beleive > believe; rise> increase
2 presantation > presentation; farther > further; inform > information; (cooperation
> co- operation;) wish > hope
3 sugested > suggested; accepted > agreed; exept from > except for; as I am > as I was; say > express; practice > practise; bump > rush
2 Suggested answer
LEARNING ENGLISH – JOY OR MISERY?
How can a language with so many phrasal verbs ever be easy? That’s what a friend said to me once, and she’d been trying to learn English for years!
But for me, it hasn’t been as hard as I thought it was going to be. One of the good things is that there are so many English words used everywhere these days that even in my beginners’ class not all the words were unfamiliar. Also, I’d been listening to English-language pop songs and watching English-language films for years, which meant I had learned a lot of the language without thinking about it.
The one thing I still find very difficult, though, is the link between spelling and pronunciation. How is it that words like row, lead and refuse can have different pronunciations and have different meanings! Ridiculous! Not surprisingly, my teacher says I still need to work on my spelling.
Although I’ve learnt a lot in my classes, I think what really helped me improve was spending a few weeks in London last summer, working in a café. I really had to understand what everyone was saying or I would get the customer’s order wrong, and of course I had to learn to speak politely in English.
Overall, I have really enjoyed leaning English. My teacher is very young and he makes the classes very interesting, encouraging me all the time to speak in English and have
fun using the language. But in the end, there’s nothing like being in a native-speaker environment to make you learn quickly!
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Module 9B
Listening 2 p.143
2 1 French 2 mass production 3 sleeves 4 sportsmen 5 ‘skin-tight’ 6 rebellion 7 advertising 8 political
Speaking p.144
1a 1 Fifteen minutes (for two candidates)
2 Two (three if there are an odd number on the day) 3 Two: an interlocutor and an assessor
4 Four: Part 1, three minutes; Part 2, four minutes; Parts 3 and 4, eight minutes.
5 Part 1: answer interlocutor’s questions, ask each other questions Part 2: talk about a set of photos
Part 3: discuss a social issue with each other using prompts Part 4: answer general questions related to the issue in Part 3
6 Your ability to: compare, contrast and speculate; discuss, evaluate and select.
7 In general: listen carefully to the instructions/questions and do what they ask, show interest in your partner, keep speaking but don’t dominate, don’t say ‘I don’t know’, don’t worry if your partner seems much better or worse than you, it will not affect your mark.
In Part 1: show interest and respond appropriately.
In Part 2: keep talking and answer both parts of the instruction
In Parts 3/4: be sensitive to turn taking, offer opinions, agree or disagree giving reasons, reach a conclusion.