Starter unit Unit 1 Your interests - readers.sk

WORKbOOK 1 Answer key
3 1 How many schools are there?
There are two.
2 Are there any cafés?
No, there aren’t.
3 Are there any flats?
Yes, there are.
4 Is there a library?
No, there isn’t.
5 How many shops are there?
There are four.
6 Is there an art gallery?
Yes, there is.
4 Students’ own answers.
Vocabulary (page 18)
1 Wordsearch: ugly, dirty, clean,
dangerous, safe, noisy, pretty
Positive: clean, safe, pretty
Negative: ugly, dirty, dangerous,
noisy
2 dirty
noisy
dangerous
pretty
friendly
3 1 quiet 4 pretty
2 friendly 5 modern
3 old
4 Students’ own answers.
Language focus (page 19)
1 Short adjectives: bigger, dirtier,
prettier, quieter, safer
Long adjectives: more dangerous,
more popular, more expensive
Irregular: worse, better, further
2 1 The cinema is more modern
than the library.
2 The train station is further
than the bus station.
3 Those flats are cheaper than
these houses.
4 New York is noisier than
Geneva.
5 The shopping centre is dirtier
than the sports centre.
6 The river is more dangerous
than the swimming pool.
3 1 Kinton is quieter than Weston.
2 Kinton is cleaner than Weston.
3 Weston is more dangerous
than Kinton.
4 Kinton is safer than Weston.
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5 Weston is uglier than Kinton.
6 Weston is cheaper than
Kinton.
7 Kinton is more expensive than
Weston.
8 Kinton is friendlier than
Weston.
4 1 on 5 by
2 by 6 on
3 by 7 on
4 on 8 by
5 1 by 4 by
2 on 5 on
3 by 6 on
Reading (page 20)
1 c – Sark
2 1 E 2 D 3 A 4 B
3 1 c 3 a 5 c
2 b 4 b 6 a
4 1 London is big, and it’s got
spectacular buildings and
luxury shops.
2 He prefers quieter places.
3 It’s 5.45 km².
4 There aren’t any cars on the
island.
5 They like cycling.
6 He’s interested in cycling and
photography.
5 1 enormous 4 fast
2 incredible 5 amazing
3 luxury 6 tiny
Writing (page 21)
1 1 The Burj Khalifa is a
spectacular building.
2 This is a very old train station.
3 There’s a pretty park near here.
4 My school is next to some
luxury flats.
5 There are some really
unfriendly girls at my school.
6 Max has got a really noisy dog.
2 1 Jason has got a really
expensive car.
2 There are a lot of friendly
people in my town.
3 New York is a really exciting
city.
4 The library is in a modern
building.
5 There is a pretty park near the
city centre.
6 You’ve got a really modern flat.
3 1 north-east of England
2 400 kilometres
3 280,000
4 parks and modern shopping
centres
5 for shopping
6 a football team
7 really exciting city
8 very friendly
4 Students’ own answers.
Progress review (page 22)
1 1 cinema
2 restaurant
3 library
4 sports centre
5 shops
6 offices
7 car park
8 hospital
9 bus station
10 school
2 1 b 3 a 5 c 7 b
2 c 4 b 6 a
3 1 shops are there?; three
2 any schools?; there are
3 a park? No, there isn’t.
4 How many libraries are there?
There are two.
5 Is there a hospital?
No, there isn’t.
6 Is there an internet café?
Yes, there is.
4 1 clean
2 old
3 dangerous
4 noisy
5 ugly
6 unfriendly
(page 23)
5 1 taller
2 longer
3 more dangerous
4 more expensive
5 prettier
6 cleaner
7 noisier
8 more unfriendly
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