p. 25

ex 3b

1. so

2. such a

3. so

4. so

5. such

6. so many

7. so much

8. such

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ex a

1. were checking in

2. had won

3. had been looking forward to

4. had forgotten

5. had arrived

6. ran

7. went

8. was filling in

9. hurried

10. got

ex b

1. 'd / had been queuing

2. had stolen

3. 'd / had been raining

4. 'd / had left, 'd / had had to

5. 'd / had changed

6. 'd / had been sitting; hadn't put on

7. had been arguing

8. 'd / had fallen

9. 'd / had never seen

10. had you been walking

P. 26

ex 6a

An emergency announcement saying the plane had to make an emergency landing on was was played by mistake.

ex 6b

1. took off

2. came out

3. broke out

4. was screaming

5. had been played

6. were trying

7. had happened

8. was

9. said

P. 29

ex 1b

Time: now, suddenly

Manner: aggressively, bitterly, angrily, normally

Degree: extremely, slightly

Comment: unfortunately

P. 29

ex 1c

1. He speaks French and Spanish fluently.

2. I hardly ever use public transport - this is a very important adverb!! note: Are you working hard or hardly working? Type it into Google Translate and see what it means. Make sure you know the very significant difference between hard and hardly.

3. I thought I'd lost my phone, but fortunately it was in my bag.

4. It's extremely important that you arrive on time.

5. As soon as I know, I'll tell you straightaway.

P. 29

ex 2b

1. hard = difficult // hardly = not at all **

2. near = close // nearly = almost

**

• Are you working hard - Are you working a lot?

• I see that you are hardly working - I see that you are not working at all.

P. 30

ex 6a

1. She wants Stan to take her to a shooting range. She wants to learn to shoot a gun to protect herself.

2. Because he had been trying to persuade her for a week to learn how to protect herself.

3. She had been robbed in the (Mulberry Street Shopping Center) car park.

4. Because Susan was very lazy and didn't work hard.

P. 31

ex 6c

1. It made her feel ready for anything.

2. She was more confident because of her self-defence lessons.

3. She thought about what she had learnt on the self-defence course.

ex 6d

She robbed a man at the shopping centre. She has given up her job. It appears that she is now going to make a living from robbing people.