Solutions – Upper-Intermediate
Unit 3
Unit 3: Fromcradleto grave
3A
Exercise 1
- f infancy
- a childhood
- c adolescence
- d adulthood
- e middleage
- b oldage
Exercise 2
Infancy = baby
Childhood = toddler, child, kid
Adolescence = adolescent, teenager, youth
Adulthood = young man/woman
Old age = OAP, the elderly
Exercise 3
- was born
- toddler
- was brought up
- moved
- grew up
- left
- gaining
- gotmarried
- settled down
- started
- thirties
- changed
- retired
- passedaway
- was buried
Exercise 4
- b
- c
- a
- d
- a
3B
Exercise 1
- I’ll – b
- I’mgoingto – e
- Does ben’s flight – g
- I’mgoingto – d
- Are youdoing – f
- I won’ttell – c
- I’ll pass – a
Exercise 2
- is goingto go to a (Coldplay) concert, starts at 8
- is goingtostudymedicine at Manchester, course lasts
- is seeing/goingtosee a friend / goingaway, ‘ll go to the cinema with
- are goingto have a baby, ‘re goingto call him, ‘llprobably call her
Exercise 3
- apologises
- finishes/has finished
- blows/has blown
- finish/’vefinished
- see
- ‘vepacked
- rains
- read/’veread
Exercise 4
- We won’tplay tennis unlessit’ssunnytomorrow.
- I won’t let youstay out untilyou are sixteen.
- I’llgiveyouyour camera back as soon as I’ve taken the photo.
- I’llcookdinnerafter John’s got/John gets home.
- I won’t hang the washing out in case itrains.
- You must eateverythingbeforeyouleave the table.
- I won’tbuyyou a cake unlessyoubehaveyourself.
- Don’tdecidewhatto do untilyou’vethought hard about it.
3C
Exercise 2
- 40
- 101
- More thantwomillion
- He wantedtogiveoldpeople a voice
- It has broughthim back to life
Exercise 3
- bashing
- jetting off
- past it
- like a madthing
- stuck in a rut
- dumped
- guy
Exercise 4
- Tina
- Molly
- Roger
Exercise 5
- save
- increase
- grown, moved
- pay
- visit
- take
- do
3D
Exercise 2
B
Exercise 3
- b
- d
- a
- d
- c
Exercise 4
- turn into
- grow up
- get on with
- come down to
- end up
- bring out
- storm out
- answer back
Exercise 5
- teenagers are verydifficult te deal with
- I persuadesomebodyto do what I want
- made me veryangry/frustrated
- a big problem
- feeling thatyoucantrydoingthings in a different way
- stop beingsoprotective
Exercise 6
- moody
- argumentative
- responsible
- unpredictable
- confusing
- reasonable
- combative
- various
3E
Exercise 1
- bearriving
- have been travelling
- bewanting
- have eaten
- besitting
Exercise 2
- b, d and e
- c
- a
Exercise 4
- will, bedoing
- ‘ll, beplaying
- will, have finished
- will have been studying
- will, beleaving
- I won’t have got back
- will, bewearing
Exercise 5
- What time willyoubegoingto bed this evening?
- How willyoubegetting home this evening?
- Whatwillyoubedoingthis evening?
- Whowillyoubeseeing at the weekend?
- Will youbegoing out in Saturdaynight?
- Whatwillyoubewearingto school tomorrow?
3F
Exercise 4
- M
- H
- M
- H
- H
- M
- H
- M
Exercise 6
Beginning the debate: First of all, I’dliketo say…
Givingopinions: The way I look at it, …
Givingexamples: For instance …
Givingadditional information: It’s also the case that …
Disagreeing: Thatisn’thow I seeit at all.
3G: Writing Analysis
Exercise 1
- B
- A
- C
- D
- A
Exercise 2
- amvery fond of
- get on really well
- skinny
- in a goodmood
- is good company
- has the knack of
- put people at theirease
- have a gentle side
- see more of her
Exercise 3
General appearance: scruffy, good-looking
Heightandbuild: slim
Face andcomplexion: moustache, wrinkles, dark-skinned, rosy-cheeked, round-faced
Hair: bald, wavy, fair
Exercise 5
Goodqualities: artistic, conscientious, decisive, diligent, frank, imaginative, shrewd, tolerant, witty
Bad qualities: argumentative, bossy, quick-tempered, stubborn
Sometimesgood, sometimes bad: emotional, perfectionist, shrewd, sensitive, stubborn
Grammar Builder 3.1
- ’m going, does (the film) start
- will win
- ‘m going, ‘ll post
- I’lltry
- is taking, is (he) goingto do
- ‘m goingtobe sick
- won’tforget
Grammar Builder 3.3
1.
- She’llbehaving a shower
- She’llbehaving/eatingbreakfast
- She’llbegoingtowork
- She’llbe meeting her manager
- She’llbehaving/eating lunch
2.
- will have started
- will have been living
- will have scored
- will have been working
- will have been playing
- will (she) have taken
- will have tidied
- will have known
Vocabulary Builder 3.1
1.
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 10
- 8
- 7
- 9
2.
- put up with
- gets (me) down
- put (his success) down to
- held up
- putting (me) down
- set up
- cut down
- own up
- look down on
- doing up
Vocabulary Builder 3.2
1.
comfortable
professional
thoughtful
attractive
useless
mystertious
healthy
2.
- eventful
- replaceable
- hairy
- endless
- magical
- creative
- religious
3.
- reliable
- healthy
- harmful
- homeless
- musical
- repetitive
- famous