Units 1-2
Exercise 20
1 weak, 2 strong [it comes at the end
of the sentence!. 3 strong [a contrast/
correction is being expressed!. 4 weak
Exam technique: What it means to 'know' a
word
Exercise 1
1 mate [informaL! c, 2 beau [old fashioned! b,
3 bloke [informaL! e, 4 folks [informal! a,
5 kinsfolk [old fashioned! d
Exercise 2
1 folks : noun ; formal : adjective
2 formality [noun!; formally [adverb!' Also : illformal/
illforma litY/illforma lly
3 Bloke is used in the UK.
4 Slim is complimentary; skinny can be insulting .
5 BOYfriend; aCQUAINtance
7 Other collocations with friend include: a long-lost
friend, a mutual friend, an imaginary friend, be just
good friends [not have a romantic relationship!
Exercise 3
Suggested answers:
1 ill-laws /ml::J:z/ Your in-laws are the parents and
close relatives of your husband or wife
2 other half / Ada hu:f/ your other half is your
husband or wife
3 sibling /srblI)/ Your siblings are your brothers and
sisters.
2 A heaLthy body
Vocabulary: Sports and fitness
Exercise 3
Suggested answers could include
three from the following:
Contact sports: boxing, judo, rugby,
taekwondo , wrestling
Water sports: diving, jet-skiing, kayaking, kite-
surfing, rowing, sailing, scuba-diving, snorkelling,
swimming, water polo, waterskiing, windsurfing
Extreme sports: abseiling, bungee jumping,
gliding, hang-gliding, rock climbing, sky diving,
snowboarding , snowmobiling, white-water rafting
Team sports: baseball, basketball, cricket,
football, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse,
rowing, sailing, volleyball, water polo
Individual sports: abseiling, archery, athletics,
badminton, boxing, bungee jumping, chess,
cycling, diving, fencing , figure skating, gliding,
golf, gymnastics, hang-g.liding, jet-skiing,
judo, kayaking, kite-surfing, motorbike racing,
off-road, rally, rock climbing, rowing , sailing,
scuba - diving, shooting, skateboarding , skiing,
sky diving, snooker, snorkelling, snowboarding ,
snowmobiling, surfing , swimming, table tennis,
taekwondo, tennis, water polo, waterskiing ,
wh ite -water raft ing , windsurfing , wrestling
Note: Some sports can belong to more than one category.
Exercise 5
1 football;
2a builds up
2b fans ;
2c draw [drew, drawn !;
2d stadium, pitch;
2e scored the winning goal;
2f an up-and-coming talent ;
3 lose; play away; support [a team]; the latest kit ;
the club; coach a junior team; train; player ; a
[beautifuL! header
Vocabulary: Health and diet
Exercise 7
1 Definition b
2 Definition b
3 Definition a
Exercise 8
1 malnourished; 2 metabolism; 3 carbohydrates;
4 vitamins; 5 calories; 6 a crash diet; 7 put on
weight; 8 lose weight; 9 obese; 10 underweight
Exercise 9
1 a crash diet, malnourished; 2 carbohydrates;
3 calories, obese; 4 metabolism, put on weight;
5 underweight, lose weight; 6 vitamins
Pronunciation: Expressing enthusiasm
Exercise 12
1 Speaker 1 sounds enthusiastic; Speaker 2 sounds
bored; Speaker 3 sounds bored; Speaker 4 sounds
enthusiastic .
2 The way people say the words tells you how they are
feeling:
Speakers 2 and 3 sound bored because
their intonation is low and falling . ~
Speakers 1 and 4 sound enthusiastic
because their intonation rises and then
falls dramatically. /\
3 The reason is usually sarcasm : we sometimes say
something that is the opposite of what we think, but
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