04 09 answer keys language and culture

Answer Keys
Unit 1 Module A

Activity 2:

Activity 1:
6:30: get up; 8:45: start school; 1:00: have
lunch; 3:15: finish school; 4:30: go shopping;
6:30: have dinner

Connectors: due to; in fact; as; thus; moreover;
furthermore; and; for instance; therefore; but
Examples of connectors: a. for instance;
b. moreover; furthermore; and; c. but

Activity 3:

Students’ own answers

a. 4; b. 3; c. 1; d. 5; e. 2

Activity 2:
Suggested answers: have: a snack / meals /
dinner; do: housework / homework; take: the
bus / an exam

Activity 4:
Students’ own answers

always; sometimes; usually; very often; hardly
ever

Activity 4:
gets up; doesn’t have; has; watches; sends; go;
has; uses; goes

Activity 5:
Students’ own answers

Unit 1 Module B
Activity 1:
a. T
 he term transport emissions refers to the
emissions of noxious gases from means of
transport.
b. W
 estminster Council advises people to drive
smart, cycle, use public transportation or walk.
Besides, the authorities offer cycling training,
on-street recharging service for electric cars
and a journey planner for pedestrians.
c. T
 he public means of transport that people can
use are the underground, overland rail, buses
and river buses.

Unit 2 Module A
Activity 1:
a. T
 he Soviets launched their first satellite in
1957.

b. T
 he US created the NASA after the
construction of their first satellite.
c. T
 he US sent animals to space. / Both nations
sent animals to space.
d. T
 he craft Luna 1 didn’t land on the Moon. /
Luna 1 flew near the moon.
e. T
 he Americans could defeat the Soviets in the
Space Race. / The Americans were the first to
land on the Moon.

Activity 2:
a. smaller; b. faster; c. longer; d. heavier

Activity 3:
a. lead: led; b. can: could; c. become: became;
d. fly: flew; e. have: had

Activity 4:
Students’ own answers

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Activity 3:

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Unit 2 Module B
Activity 1:
a. T
 he first crop circles appeared in 1972.
b. T
 hey were camping.
c. It takes between 20 to 30 seconds.
d. T
 hey concluded that no person or technology
from this planet was able to make such
complicated shapes so quickly.
e. B
 etween eleven o’clock at night and three
o’clock in the morning.

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Activity 2:

Activity 3:
Students’ own answers. Some irregular verbs
which appear in the text: see: saw; catch:
caught; become: became; draw: drew; fly: flew;
find: found

Activity 4:
a. saw, were camping; b. appeared, were looking;
c. said, were

Activity 5:
Students’ own answers

Unit 3 Module A
Activity 1:
a. F; b. F; c. T; d. F; e. T

Activity 2:
a. c arve
b. d
 isplay
c. e pic
d. ludicrous
e. d
 rill

Activity 3:
Nouns: granite; monument; statue(s); sculptor
Verbs: carved; refining

Activity 4:
Student’s own answers

Unit 3 Module B
Activity 1:
a. H
 ooligans are people with disruptive or
aggressive behaviour during sporting events.
b. S ome of the causes may be the intense rivalry
between the teams, drug and alcohol abuse.
c. It has existed for over 200 years.
d. H

 ooligans generally exhibit their aggresseive
behaviour in the strreets too.
e. H
 ooliganism is common in sporting events,
especially in football matches.

Activity 2:
a. 3; b. 1; c. 4; d. 2

Activity 3:
a. vandalism; b. rivalry; c. frantic; d. riot;
e. disruptive

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a. odd; b. UFO; c. fool; d. possible; e. intricate


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Activity 4:

Activity 2:

Student’s own answers

a. steep; b. heavy; c. a good chance

Activity 3:

Activity 1:
a. H
 ollywood was ideal because it had a variety
of landscapes and good weather.
b. T
 he first Lumière brothers’ film as a public
performance was projected on December 28,
1895.
c. It showed the arrival of a train to a station in
Paris.
d. T
 he Golden Era was a period between the
end of the silent era to the late 1950s, when
thousands of movies were produced.

Sample answers: I think the Tomatina Festival
is fun. On the other hand, people and places
become quite dirty and smelly.
In my opinion, San Fermin Festival is really
violent. It should be banned.

Activity 4:
Students’ own answers

Activity 2:
a. 1; b. 3; c. 4; d. 2

Activity 3:
a. opened; b. have always associated;
c. competed; disappeared; d. has become

Activity 4:
Student’s own answers

Unit 4 Module B
Activity 1:
a. C
 ooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Festival is an
annual event that takes place at Cooper’s Hill,
near Gloucester, England.
b. T
 he competition consists of chasing a round of
cheese down a steep hill trying to catch it.
c. In case of accident, there are always
ambulances from local hospitals nearby.
d. A
 s grabbing the cheese is very difficult, the
first participant to cross the line wins the race
and the cheese.

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Unit 4 Module A