C2 extra vocabulary and grammar activities key

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Key to vocabulary/grammar activities

Unit 1

A

1 back

2 rut

3 pain

4 edge

5 head

6 arm’s

7 grudge

8 anger

9 foot

10 courage

11 pride

12 head

B

1 overjoyed

2 drift

3 mutual

4 remote

5 breeds

6 abnormal

7 inseparable

8 obsessive

9 arousing

10 gullible

11 platonic

12 out

C

1 b 2 c 3 b 4 a

5 a 6 b 7 b 8 c

D

1 started

2 had been talking

3 recommended

4 stuck

5 was always missing

6 had been training

7 had been

8 was hoping / (hoped)

E

1 would watch

2 meet

3 promised

4 did you use to

5 used

6 used to

7 never used to

8 didn’t use to

Unit 2

A

1 infer

2 estimate

3 decompose

4 deduct

5 analyse

6 interpret

7 calculate

8 dissolve

9 disintegrate

10 eradicate

B

1 on

2 within

3 behind

4 before

5 in

6 at

7 ahead

8 by

9 outside

10 off

C

1 c 2 d 3 b 4 b

5 a 6 a 7 b 8 c

D

1 Little by little this type of

artificial intelligence will have become obsolete by the end of the century

2 I’m just about to go in to the

laboratory

3 As soon as we hear from our

researchers in Taiwan, we’ll respond to your query

4 A cure for malaria is bound to

be discovered some time in the next decade

5 Changes in the way we study

may occur in the twenty-twenties, a decade which is fast approaching

6 She’s really looking forward to

spending Saturday at the university Physics Fair

7 If I don’t win that research

grant, I shan’t be very happy about it

8 We’ll worry all evening unless

you phone and/to tell us you’re/are safe and sound when you get home

E

1 is looming

2 will ever discover

3 be going

4 to want

5 develop (have developed)

7 shan’t understand

8 to make

9 are going to play

10 will already have deduced

Unit 3

A

1 They decided they would have to

cut back on the number of free meals they gave to the homeless

2 You’ve got to face up to the

fact that you have to find another job

3 His request for help fell on deaf

ears

4 How could I turn my back on

all those children needing medical aid?

5 Why not try not to jump on the

bandwagon? Be original!

6 It seems they always fall back

on the same old celebrities to help collect money for charity

7 A crisis always seems to bring

out the best in the public and everyone helps each other

8 Why are we running up against

so many bureaucratic problems?

9 The point has been reached at

which we can no longer bury our head in the sand

10 He is hoping that a lot of

wealthy people will get behind his cause

B

1 picketed

2 condone

3 dispersed

4 prosecuted

5 persecuted

6 condemn

7 alarmed

8 banned

9 suppressed

10 favoured

C

1 People were frequently abused in

19th century British workhouses

2 Prejudice can occasionally drive people to commit crimes against their neighbours

3 The oppression of certain

groups of people has been frequent throughout history

4 In order to humiliate them,

people are ignored and ridiculed

by callous bullies

5 I try to be unbiased when (I’m)

following political debates

6 No effort will be spared in our

attempt to be heard

7 If you get your house painted

by professionals, it’s cheaper in

the long term

8 A police officer must be obeyed

by his dog at all times

D

1 c 2 b 3 b

4 a 5 c 6 a

7 a 8 b 9 a

E

1 interviewed

2 them made

3 are said

4 walking

5 were told

6 have it done

7 is said

8 behind

9 yourself arrested

10 send

Unit 4

A

1 choir

2 troupe

3 entourage

4 board

5 acquaintance

6 diaspora

7 speaking

8 mob

9 side

10 best

11 clickbait

12 keep

B

1 cultivate

2 keep

3 avatars

4 crowdfunding

5 in

6 up factions

8 tag

9 tribe

10 base

C

1 diversity

2 proximity

3 friendship

4 discontinued

5 contradiction(s)

6 analogous

7 two-sided

8 famously

9 long-lost

10 deactivated

D

1 have

2 ought

3 well

4 didn’t

5 can’t

6 needn’t

7 May

8 had

9 daren’t

10 won’t

E

1 b 2 b 3 a 4 b

5 a 6 c 7 b 8 c

Unit 5

A

1 to

2 In

3 of

4 in

5 In

6 over

7 of

8 of

9 down

10 up

11 up

12 with

B

1 track

2 rough

3 criticism

4 backbone

5 setback

6 bleak

7 corner

8 spots

9 chances

10 towel

11 back

12 chance

C

1 wanted

2 had asked

3 are

4 would only ever give

5 ‘re putting

6 Will you still love

7 ‘ll be

8 solve

9 wouldn’t be telling

D

1 Had I known you’re a

vegetarian, I would have made you something different

2 Were the decision up to my

younger brother, he would choose Florida for our holiday

3 If I might make a suggestion, I

think we should keep Jack in the loop

4 If he hadn’t made such an

unwise choice, he wouldn’t regret it now

5 If you will dash her hopes,

she’s bound to feel pessimistic

6 We’re sure to be fine provided

everyone makes an effort

7 If your crowd is going to come

with you, make sure you bring more food

8 As long as you’ve studied

everything and you don’t go to bed late, you can’t fail

E

1 Whether 2 should

3 If you 4 might

5 Were you to 6 gave

7 don’t 8 be

Unit 6

A

1 nest

2 off

3 out

4 resort

5 broke

6 rolling

7 side

8 red

9 cuts

10 strapped

B

1 treasurer

2 squandered

3 blackmail

4 dosh

5 well-off

6 of

7 bet

8 affluent

9 down on

10 crooked

C

1 b 2 b 3 c 4 b

5 c 6 c 7 a 8 a

D

1 Never (in our lives) had we

seen such a tremendous waste

of money

2 It was such an opulent hotel

(that) I felt uncomfortable there

3 You’d better stop spending so

much on shoes

4 I wish I had invested my money

when I had the chance

5 Under no circumstances should

you tell him you have so much

money in the bank

6 No sooner had he been paid

than he had gambled his money

away

7 Don’t be so extravagant with

your money! You’ll need it

when you’re older

8 Only after ten years did the

markets recover from the crisis

9 I’d rather you didn’t tell my

parents that I’ve lost my job

E

1 did they squander

2 I wasn’t always

3 Wouldn’t wish

4 had asked

5 will she lend

6 could spend

7 would never have bought

8 would stop

9 had fallen

Unit 7

A

1 riot of colour

2 dawn on them

3 On a whim

4 satisfy their curiosity

5 stumble upon

6 out of this world

7 stone’s throw

8 sense of adventure

9 wipe them out

10 spur of the moment

11 bucket list

12 play it by ear

B

1 educational

2 long-held / widely-held

3 phenomenal

4 inquisitive

5 desirable

6 thirst

7 narrow-minded

8 tranquility

9 sustainable

10 injection

11 oddity

12 deciding

C

1 c 2 b 3 b 4 a

5 c 6 a 7 c 8 c

D

1 city centre proper

2 serious

3 responsible person

4 Hardly

5 absolutely

6 terribly

7 surprisingly

8 hungrily

E

1 The folk concert we stumbled

upon was surprisingly good

2 The hotel room was absolutely

spotless

3 Staying on the right path back

to the village was virtually impossible,

4 The streets of the town were

deceptively narrow, making it tricky to drive through

5 It is not difficult to understand

how the sudden influx of noisy tourists has annoyed local residents

6 Hardly any of us were brought

(our) dessert before midnight

7 Considering his hatred of

flying, he took the plane unusually enthusiastically

8 Practically no rooms were

available in the whole city, thanks to Carnival

Unit 8

A

1 thesis

2 ropes

3 hypothesis

4 submission

5 lines

6 syllabus

7 act

8 infinite

9 methodology

10 all

11 indicator

12 papers

B

1 on

2 apply

3 scope

4 analysis

5 bibliography

6 on

7 by

8 intellect

9 arguments

10 the hard way

11 drop

12 in

C

1 count

2 off

3 books

4 unintelligible

5 saved

6 accordance

7 in

8 course

D

1 c 2 a 3 c 4 a

5 c 6 b 7 b 8 a

9 c 10 a

E

1 She inquired whether/if we

were enjoying our course

2 Ryan complained about the way

/ how he was always whistling and making strange noises in exams

3 She wondered why he had been

asking about her

4 “All right, you can stay up late

on Friday evening to watch the final.”

5 Mrs Galbraith accused the class

of taking her copy of the answers

6 Mr Black asked Stephen to take

them over to his desk

7 I promise I won’t let you give

up on yourself or on your future

8 Our history teacher reminded us

all to change our clocks on / that Saturday

Unit 9

A

1 a 2 b 3 c 4 a

5 d 6 a 7 b 8 c

9 d 10 b 11 a

B

1 hierarchical

2 references

3 agency

4 tenancy

5 dismissal

6 independent

7 disenfranchised

8 mediocrity

9 self-sufficient

C

1 both

2 where

3 which

4 all

5 given

6 having

7 whose

8 who

9 Much

10 from

D

1 Walking

2 Having lived

3 advertised

4 liberated / having been liberated

5 Having been warned

6 given

7 holding

8 having looked

9 drawn

E

1 allowing

2 Despite

3 not that I would

4 In view of

5 due to

6 whose

7 Being

8 who

Unit 10

A

1 caption

2 column

3 time

4 essence

5 jingles

6 degree

7 rule

8 billboard

9 splash

10 edition

B

1 Product endorsement and

advertising account for a large

part of his income

2 He won the telephone vote

easily thanks to everyone in his

home town getting behind him

3 They’re hoping to talk him

into filming a campaign

infomercial for them

4 I always enjoy passing the

time on a plane flicking through

the inflight magazine

5 They use emotional

manipulation as a way of

getting people to donate more

money

6 It is said that materialism has

taken over at the expense of

happiness and our sense of

community

7 He wants to win you over so

(that) you’ll buy him the latest video game

8 What do you think they are

driven by: materialism and greed or fame?

C

1 d 2 a 3 d 4 b

5 d 6 d 7 a 8 b

D

1 each other

2 great deal

3 no one

4 a

5 fewer

6 anybody

7 one another

8 The

9 reasons

10 none

11 some

12 ourselves

E

1 an

2 -

3 anything

4 each

5 the

6 little

7 nothing

8 -

9 They

10 number Unit 11

A

1 hand

2 a comeback

3 limelight

4 acclaimed

5 discreetly

6 instalments

7 lampooned

8 conspiracy

9 dropped

10 of

11 map

12 correspondent

B

1 b 2 d 3 d

4 c 5 d 6 d

7 b 8 c 9 a

C

1 knowing

2 signing

3 trying

4 to try

5 to please

6 to shake hands with

7 accounting

8 to sign

9 pleasing

10 talking to

D

1 to direct

2 publishing

3 Knowing

4 laugh

5 coming

6 creating

7 to be ignored

8 to mention

E

1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b

5 b 6 b 7 c 8 a Unit 12

A

1 mannerisms

2 long-gone

3 values

4 ancestry

5 strongly-held

6 diversity

7 disrespect

8 tight

9 forces

10 mists

B

1 deep-rooted

2 assumptions

3 tolerance

4 sensitivity

5 irreverent

6 renewal

7 fondness

8 sanity

9 heritage

10 ever-present

C

1 culturally

2 observed

3 turning

4 integrate

5 put

6 oral

7 indigenous

8 dowry

9 clash

D

1 All I had ever read about these

islands was encapsulated in this

one great carnival fortnight

2 What you need to do is watch

this documentary before you

go

3 It annoys me that it is often said

traditions are dying out, when it

isn’t true

4 Halloween was unknown in the

USA until/before people from

Ireland and Scotland emigrated

to America

5 What I’d really like to do right

now is try some of the traditional food

6 All they think about all year is

preparing for the annual processions

7 It is often forgotten /not often

remembered that the name Oxford traditionally meant ‘a place where cows cross the river’

8 It was her grandmother who

taught her everything she knows about traditional songs and tales

E

1 What

2 who

3 All

4 It

5 what

6 It

7 that

8 It

9 when

10 What