1st batxillerat WORKBOOK Starter Unit answer key

Starter unit

FOCUS ON page 4 ex 4 & 5, page 5 ex 2, 3 & 4, page 6 ex 1, 3, 4, 5.

WB p 4

People talking
1 
1 from    2 of    3 about   4 from / to    5 in

2 
1 is making
2 are
3 was writing
4 did not / didn’t finish
5 is becoming
6 appears

3 
1 Do … know    2 love    3 comes    4 live    5 don’t believe    6 owns / own

4 
1 is / ’s seeing
2 Do … see
3 think
4 ’re / are thinking
5 tastes

5
1 did you see on holiday? O
2 house did she buy? O
3 did you come here? O
4 did you go last year? O
5 did Glen give you? O
6 bike is this? S

WB p 5

People: About you
1
1 ’ve / have; set
2 ’ve / have done
3 haven’t / have not; done
4 have gained
5 have used

2 
1 has been playing
2 have allowed
3 has shown
4 has … written
5 has been helping
6 have come
7 has been getting

3 
1 for     2 ever     3 since     4 never    5 ever     6 since

4
2 haven’t / have not yet made
3 haven’t / have not already visited
4 have I already achieved
5 still haven’t / have not taken / haven’t / have not yet taken
6 ’ve / have already taken
7 haven’t / have not received … yet

5 Students’ own answers.

WB p 6

People together
1 
1 all     2 None     3 all     4 both     5 both     6 Neither     7 both

2 Students’ own answers.

3 
1 anybody     2 Nobody      3 everybody     4 somebody      5 everything     6 Everywhere
7 nobody; anything

4 
1 younger than      2 the oldest      3 the youngest      4 taller than     5 faster than

5 
1 less       2 at least     3 wasn’t as much as      4 least     5 as much as       6 (correct)

WB p 7

Listening
1 the happiest day
2 23 / twenty-three
3 celebration
4 None of
5 since 1821
6 has been
7 nobody (ever)
8 hopes

Speaking
1, 2, 3 Students’ own answers.

Writing
Students’ own answers.

1st batxillerat Grammar Workshop Starter Unit

SB p 114 ex 1, 2

1
1 feels
2 describes
3 scores
4 follows
5 doesn’t eat
6 spends

2
1  The students are taking an exam today.
2 We’re talking about our greatest fears.
3 She isn’t / ’s not crying because of the film.
4 We’re not staying for dinner.
5 What are you studying at university

SB p 115 ex 3, 4, 5

3
1 dressed up
2 ate
3 didn’t use

4
1 eating
2 was
3 were
4 was

5
1 ’m / am
2 decided
3 tore
4 was visiting
5 took
6 was staying
7 think
8 feel

SB p 116 ex 6, 7, 8 

6
1 T he students prefer to do tests online.
2 This time yesterday we were playing football.
✓ 3 He knew that she was upset.
4 He doesn’t mind if you stay the night.
5 I don’t know how to speak French.

7
1 Who did Juliet love?
2 Who survived the earthquake?
3 What did Mariana tell you?
4 Who found this umbrella yesterday?
5 Who heard the doorbell?

8
1 Have you ever had
2 haven’t done
3 Have you passed
4 ’ve had

SB p 117 ex 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

 9
1  I’ve been living in Dubai for eight years.
✓ 2 We’ve been walking all day!
3 The students haven’t been living in Paris all year.
4 Josh and Kate haven’t been going out for very long.
5 Have they been sitting in the sun all afternoon?

10
1 Have you been jogging
2 has / ’s stopped
3 has / ’s been
4 haven’t been studying
5 have you visited

11
1 ever
2 since
3 never
4 for

12
1 I’ve just left university.
2 She hasn’t thanked us for her present yet.
3  They’ve already visited the Eiffel Tower.
4 We still haven’t started studying.
5 Have you just got married?

13
1 Neither of
2 Both of
3 all
4 both
5 Neither

SB p 118 ex 14, 15, 16

14 
1 everywhere 
2 nothing 
3 anybody 
4 nobody 
5 somebody 

15 
1 the longest beard 
2 the most decorated 
3 the heaviest 

16 
1 Our family is not as large as Peter’s. 
2 My mother is less patient than me. 
3 His approach is the least systematic. 
4  We’re not as adventurous as our predecessors. 
5 The president is less popular than his deputy.