background image

1

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

New Exam Connections 4 

Workbook key

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Unit 1

Grammar  present and 
past tenses

1  2  a     
  3  b     
  4 c
2  2  am playing
  3 played
  4  was playing
3 2 goes
  3  is playing
  4  never watches
  5  usually visit
  6  doesn’t have
  7  Do you think
4  2  was playing
  3 liked
  4 went
  5  were you going
  6  didn’t enjoy
  7 found
  8  was having
  9  was getting
  10 bought
5  2  is working
  3  doesn’t speak
  4  are sitting
  5  don’t need
  6  Are you listening
  7 studies
  8  do they like
  9  is sleeping
  10  Does she have
6 2  heard
  3  didn’t know
  4 was
  5 got
  6 walked
  7  was opening / opened
  8 fell
  9 broke
  10  didn’t shout
  11 switched
  12  was eating
7  2  did she go
  3  does he like
  4  are they watching
  5  does he use
  6  did you buy
8  2  ’m downloading
  3  Did you enjoy
  4  didn’t go
  5 want
  6  don’t usually go
  7  were you sending
  8 saw
  9 looked

  10  Were you writing
  11  wasn’t texting
  12  was reading
  13  don’t believe
9  2   What are you listening to 

on your CD player at the 
moment?

  3   He doesn’t usually like 

science programmes.

  4   Sally and Jason weren’t 

watching TV when I 
called.

 

5   Who  did you email last 

night?

 

6   Do  you  ring your parents 

every day?

Vocabulary adjectives 
and materials

1  2  e     
  3  g     
  4  c     
  5  d     
  6  a    
  7  b     
  8 h
2  2  G     
  3  C     
  4  F  
  5 H 
  6 B 
  7 A 
  8 D
3  2  tiny black plastic
  3  attractive cotton
  4  big white
  5  unusual little
  6  huge unattractive

Grammar  used to

4  2   Maria didn’t use to like 

computers.

  3   Did you use to like taking 

photos?

  4   She always used to wear 

old blue jeans.

  5   What did they use to do 

on Saturdays?

  6   Computers didn’t use to 

be so small.

  7   Did he use to live near 

here?

  8   Which school did you use 

to go to?

  9   We didn’t use to get up 

early.

  10   What did you use to 

wear?

5 2 did 
  3   use
  4 used 
  5 usually
  6 use 
  7 play
  8 use 
  9 did
  10 used
6 2  use 
  3 didn’t
  4 used 
  5 use
  6 did 
  7 to
  8 use 
  9 did
  10 go
7  2  did she use to study
  3  did she use to play
  4   did she use to have
  5   did she use to go
  6   did she use to go with
  7   did she use to have
  8   did she use to live with
8  2    She used to study 

business.

  3   She used to play tennis.
  4    She used to have 

cooking lessons.

  5    She used to go to the 

cinema on Saturday 
evenings.

  6    She used to go with her 

friends.

  7   She used to have a dog.
  8    She used to live with her 

parents.

9  2    He used to live in 

Manchester.

  3    He used to go to 

Manchester High School.

  4    He didn’t use to play 

(the) piano.

  5   He used to enjoy art.
  6    He didn’t use to like 

chemistry.

  7    He used to work in a 

shop.

  8    He used to be a student 

at university.

Real English making 
conversation

1  2   a     
  3   b     
  4   a     
  5   a    
  6   a     
  7   b     
  8   b

2  2   I’m sorry to hear that.
  3   Absolutely! 
  4   That’s so cool.
  5   I was wondering if
  6   I guess
  7   by the way
  8   I mean
3  2   Hi Sam.
  3    I was wondering if you’d 

like to go to the cinema.

  4    I’m sorry I can’t. I’m not 

very well.

  5    I’m sorry to hear that. 

What’s the matter?

  6    Oh, it’s just a cold. By the 

way, did you know that 
I got a new computer 
today?

  7   Wow! That’s so cool!
  8    Yeah. I guess it is. But I 

can’t use it yet.

  9    How come? It’s yours, 

isn’t it?

  10   Yes, it is. But I’m ill. I 

mean, I can’t get out of 
bed at the moment!

4  Students’ own answers.

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own answers.
2  1   150 billion
  2   1996
  3   photos
  4   keeps
  5   Wayback Machine
  6    world’s knowledge / 

information

  7   Library of Alexandria
  8   1,600,000
3  Students’ own answers.
4  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1  Students’ own answers.
2 1  F 
  2   G 
  3   E 
  4   A 
  5   D 
  6   B 
  7   C
3 1  T 
  2   F 
  3   F 
  4   T 
  5   F 
  6   T

background image

2

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Can you remember it?

1  2   c     
  3   b     
  4   a     
  5   c  
  6   a
2  2   gadget      
  3   heavy
  4   round       
  5   wood
  6   huge
3  2   so
  3   mean
  4   How
  5   I guess
4  2    Could you please turn off 

your mobile phone?

  3    Do you like swimming 

these days?

  4    My brothers are doing 

their homework at the 
moment.

  5    Where did he go last 

night?

  6    Jack was walking home 

from school yesterday 
when he met Jill.

5  1    My father used to play 

the guitar when he was 
young.

  2   I’m sorry to hear that.
  3    I usually have breakfast 

at eight.

  4    I saw that car when I was 

walking to school.

  5    Where are you going on 

holidays?

  6    How often do you visit 

your grandparents?

  7    By the way, are you 

going to the cinema 
today?

  8    Did you use to like 

Chemistry when you 
were at school?

  9    I’ve bought some nice 

cotton trousers.

  10   I found my watch 

yesterday.

Unit 2

Vocabulary verb 
phrases

1  1    send a postcard to your 

friend 
meet a famous person 
play a computer game

  2  borrow a book from a 

 

 library 
act in a play  
ask for an autograph 
photograph a famous 
film star

2  2   acting in a play
  3    borrowing a book from a 

library

  4   asking for an autograph
  5    photographing a famous 

film star

  6    playing a computer 

game

  7   sending a postcard
  8   seeing a film
3  2   see     
  3   act
  4   photograph
  5   borrow    
  6   meet
  7   ask   
  8   play

Grammar present 
perfect and past simple

4

B E E N C H S

O M S D O E E
U A B V M A E
G D W D E R N
H E M H A D U

T S E N T O P

V O T D O N E

5  2   heard 
  3   been
  4   made 
  5   met
  6   had 
  7   come
  8   bought 
  9   done
  10  sent
6  1   I saw
  2    we saw / They played / 

I’ve ever seen

  3   Did Tina send
  4   I’ve never bought /  

  I bought

7  2    Tom hasn’t phoned 

Jenny yet.

  3    Tom hasn’t made dinner 

yet.

  4    Tom has already played 

his new computer game.

  5    Tom has just sent a letter 

to his grandma.

  6    Tom hasn’t played tennis 

with Jack yet.

  7    Tom has just bought CDs 

online.

  8    Tom has already seen the 

James Bond film on TV.

Vocabulary celebrity

1  2   fortune
  3   autograph
  4   interview
  5   film

2  2   award
  3   autograph
  4   interview
  5   fortune
3  2   the press
  3   fans
  4   personality
  5   privacy
  6   paparazzi
  7   gossip magazines
4  2   romantic
  3   dangerous
  4   energetic
  5   dramatic
  6   ambitious
  7   glamorous

Grammar present 
perfect continuous

5  2    They have been working 

in an office.

  3    Jenny has been writing 

emails on the computer.

  4    Tom Cruise has been 

signing autographs.

  5    We have been watching 

TV.

  6    Polly hasn’t been 

studying this evening.

  7    Jack and Joe have been 

playing tennis at the 
sports centre.

  8    Have Brad Pitt and 

Angelina Jolie been 
doing interviews?

6  2    Paul and Harry have 

been playing football.

  3    Sally and Wendy have 

been shopping.

  4    We have been eating 

lunch.

  5   Pete’s been telling jokes.
  6    Ruth’s been eating 

sweets.

  7    Dan’s been painting his 

bedroom.

  8    Sue and Joe have been 

studying French.

7  2  4  

    

  3   6  

    

  4   5  

    

  5   3  

    

  6   1  

    

  7   8  

    

  8   7
8  2    Mick has been reading a 

Shakespeare play for two 
hours.

  3    Kiera and Oliver have 

been playing football for 
an hour.

  5    Anna’s mum has been 

working in her office for 
three hours.

  6    Danny and Jen have 

been sunbathing in the 

garden for an hour.

  7    Anna’s dad has been 

driving back home for 
two hours.

  8    Sam has been waiting at 

the bus stop for an hour.

Real English praising 
and criticising

1  2   suppose    
  3   angry
  4   point 
  5   thought
  6   approve     
  7   far
  8   Good
2  2   6  

    

  3   7  

    

  4   1  

    

  5 3
3  Students’ own answers.

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own answers.
2  2   F     
  3   T     
  4   T     
  5   F
  6   F     
  7   F     
  8   T 
3  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1  a   Tommy  Scullion,   

Alan Robinson

  b   Martin Luther King, 

Picasso, Pope John Paul II, 
Lionel Messi, Michael 
Jackson 

2  2   Web pages sell signed 

photos of Michael 
Jackson for €4,000.

  3   Tommy Scullion had 

collected 40,000  
autographs.

 

4   Alan  Robinson 

completed his collection 
of all the autographs of 
actors that have won an 
Oscar in 2004.

  5    Alan Robinson’s 

collection of signatures is 
now worth more than  
€1 million.

  6   Tommy Scullion sent out 

25 letters asking for 
autographs every week.

3  1   T     
  2   T     
  3   F     
  4   F     
  5   F     
  6   T 

background image

3

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Can you remember it?

1  2   b     
  3   a     
  4   a     
  5   c    
  6   b 
  7   b
2  2   win 
  3   do
  4   act in        
  5   make
3  2   approve      
  3   far
  4   suppose 
  5   just
  6   do 
  7   sign
  8   hadn’t
4  2    Have you met my 

flatmates yet?

  3    Have you been to Paris 

before?

  4    I’ve already bought that 

DVD of his new film.

  5    Jack has been living in 

this area for more than 
ten years.

  6    ‘Can you leave?’ ‘Mmm. I 

suppose so.’

  7    I’ve been learning to play 

the guitar since I was ten 
years old.

  8    Have they been watching 

TV all morning?

5  1    I have borrowed a book 

from a library.

  2    Have you sent the 

invitations yet?

  3    They won a prize last 

year.

  4    I haven’t been to England 

yet.

  5   I disagree with you.
  6    We’ve been waiting for 

an hour.

  7   Jenny is very ambitious.
  8    It’s the best film I have 

ever seen.

  9    They’ve been sunbathing 

since the morning.

  10  It was very dangerous.

Unit 3

Vocabulary  
investigating aliens

1  2   b     
  3   c     
  4   a     
  5   c      
  6   c
2  2   kidnapped 
  3   investigated
  4   examined
  5   erased
  6   exists

Grammar  the passive

3  2   are being
  3   were
  4   were being
  5   have been
  6   will be
  7   are going to be
  8   may be
4  2    houses will be built on 

the moon.

  3    UFOs were seen in the 

sky.

  4    space telescopes are 

being developed by 
engineers.

  5    water might be found on 

Mars.

  6    rockets were being 

invented by the 
Germans.

  7    the moon is made of 

cheese.

  8    Jupiter could be visited 

by astronauts.

5  2   was examined
  3   will be shown
  4   have been built
  5   could be made
  6   were erased
  7    is going to be 

transformed

  8   will be sold
6  2   were sent
  3   have been seen
  4   will be opened
  5   is being observed
  6   are written
  7   was made
  8   may be discovered
7   2  was put
  3   has been inhabited
  4   is made
  5   are used
  6   was designed
  7   are being carried out
  8   have been involved
  9   will be known
  10  will be launched

Vocabulary  earth and 
space

1  2   star
  3   canyon
  4   volcano
  5   seaweed
  6   moon
  7   ocean
  8   valley
  9   cave
  10  planet 
2  1   search
  2   include
  3   cool
  4   reach
  5   record

3  almost all – most
  exactly – precisely
  a bit less than – just under
  roughly – about
  a bit more than – a little 

over

4  Possible answers:
  2    More than half of 

Americans think the 
government is not telling 
them the truth about 
aliens.

  3    About 40% of people 

interviewed believe there 
is life on Mars.

  4    Exactly 17.6% of women 

interviewed said they 
had seen a UFO. 

  5    Just under half of people 

interviewed said they 
believed that aliens had 
visited Earth in the past.

  6    Roughly 3% of people 

interviewed said they 
were an alien!

Grammar have 
something done

5  2    Karen had her magazine 

designed.

  3    Harry had his jacket 

cleaned.

  4    Emma had her laptop 

repaired.

  5    Lucy had her test 

marked.

  6    We had our lunch 

cooked.

  7    Jerry had his teeth 

checked.

  8    I had my photographs 

printed.

  9   They had their hair cut.
  10   I had my room 

decorated.

6  2    What have you had 

done?

  3    We’re having the science 

room repainted on 
Tuesday.

  4    John is having his article 

published.

  5    They’re having them 

made.

  6    She’s going to have new 

computers installed.

  7    We’ve had the car 

repaired.

  8    When did you have your 

bedroom redecorated?

  9    Jack and Anna are having 

a new house built.

  10   Have you had your work 

checked yet?

7  4   have        
  5   have
  6 had 

  7   painted
  8   having 
  9   fitted
  10 have 
  11   put
  12 have 
  13  repaired
  14  had 
  15  taken
  16   have 
  17  done
  18  having 
  19  cleaned
8  2    She has the fossil 

removed from the 
ground.

  3    She has it wrapped in 

paper towels.

  4    She has it packed in a 

box.

  5    She has it brought to the 

museum.

  6    She has the fossil cleaned 

with a soft brush.

  7    She has any fossils from 

the sea soaked in water 
to remove the salt.

  8    She has broken fossils 

mended with glue.

  9    She has cleaned fossils 

stored in a case with  
separate compartments.

  10   She has the fossil 

labelled carefully.

Real English talking 
about preferences

1  2   a     
  3   e     
  4   c     
  5   b     
  6   g     
  7   j     
  8   i     
  9   f     
  10  h
2 A
  2   Do you fancy going to 

the cinema with me on 
Saturday night?

  4  Sure. Sounds like fun.
  1   What time shall we 

meet?

  3   Is eight o’clock OK with 

you?

 

B

  3   Would you rather see 

a romantic film or a 
science fiction film?

  2   It depends on who’s in 

which film.

  1   Well, the film at the 

Odeon stars Hugh Grant.

  4   Mmm. I’m not too keen 

on him.

 

background image

4

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

 C
  3   Would you prefer to go 

out or stay in?

  1   To be honest, I’m not 

really into going out 
tonight.

  2   OK. What shall we watch 

on TV?

  4   Actually, I’d rather just go 

to bed if that’s OK 
with you.

3  Possible answers
  2    I’d rather have a pizza / a 

hamburger.

  3    I’m (not) keen on 

(watching) golf.

  4    Sounds like fun. / Sounds 

good / great.

  5    I’ll go for (watching) a 

DVD / (listening) to some 
music.

  6    I’m (not) into art / art 

exhibitions.

  7    I’d prefer to go to a 

rock concert / classical 
concert.

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own answers. 

(Spending so much time 
travelling in space tests the 
limits of the human body, 
and spending lengthy 
periods of time with the 
same crew will test the 
patience of each astronaut).

2  1   Travelling in space.
  2    Cost, technology and 

the limits of the human 
body.

  3    Their bones and muscles 

will have weakened from 
the lengthy journey to 
Mars.

  4    Polyakov returned home 

in good health after a 
lengthy stay in space. His 
secret: regular exercise.

  5    He was able to walk 

upon returning to earth.

  6    Whether spending too 

much time together will 
cause the astronauts to 
fall out with each other.

3  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1 b
2  1   Stanislaw Lem
  2   HG Wells
  3   Stephen Hawkins
  4   Stanislaw Lem
  5   Stephen Hawkins
  6   HG Wells 
3  1   T
  2   T

  3   F
  4   F
  5   T
  6   F

Can you remember it?

1  2   b     
  3   c     
  4   b     
  5   b      
  6   c
2  2   seaweed
  3   exactly 10
  4   nearly half
  5   life
  6   a little under
3  2   into
  3   prefer
  4   exist
  5   better
  6   explored
  7   rather
4  2    Have you ever had your 

temperature taken?

  3    In some places, people 

are kidnapped every day.

  4    The space probe hasn’t 

been repaired by 
engineers yet.

  5    The science programme 

will be shown on TV 
tonight.

  6    Joe is having his bike 

repaired at the moment.

  7    The children were being 

told off when I arrived.

  8    Emily is going to be 

asked to leave.

5  1    Water hasn’t been found 

on Mars yet.

  2    When was this station 

designed?

  3    This film will be shown 

on TV today.

  4    Over a half of the 

students in our school 
are boys.

  5    I’d rather stay at home.
  6    We’re having a new 

computer installed today.

  7    What time shall me 

meet? 

  8    Have you had your walls 

painted yet?

  9    This planet is being 

observed now.

  10   We know exactly what 

time it is.

Unit 4

Vocabulary auditions

1   people: director, actor, extra
  places: theatre, studio, 

cinema

  stages: audition, rehearsal

2  2   a studio
  3   a director
  4   a rehearsal
  5   a theatre
  6   an audition
3  2   act     
  3   get     
  4   give      
  5   choose     
  6   play

Grammar  will and 

going to

4  2   they’ll       
  3   going    
  4   will     
  5   it’ll  
  6   are going      
  7   going to   
  8   will we
5  Predictions based on 

opinions or feelings: 4, 6

  Predictions based on 

evidence: 1, 5

  Plans and intentions: 2, 7
  Spontaneous decisions: 3, 8
6  2  ’s going to     
  3   ’ll
  4   ’ll     
  5   ’re going to
  6   are you going to
  7   ’ll     
  8   ’ll
  9   ’re going to    
  10  ’ll
7  2   will be
  3   am going to study
  4   am going to buy
  5   ’ll get
  6   won’t buy
  7   will have
  8   isn’t going to be
8  2   I’ll answer it.
  3    I don’t know but maybe 

I’ll get a part as an extra.

  4   John is going to win.
  5    When are you going to 

get married?

  6    I think I’ll stay in and 

watch TV.

Vocabulary  film types

1  2   animated film
  3   horror
  4   thriller
  5   comedy
  6   romance
2  2   animated film
  3   science fiction
  4   romance
  5   thriller
  6   comedy

Word building verb 
prefixes

3  2   mis-  
  3   dis-      
  4   dis- / un-
4  2   disappears
  3   remarries
  4   rebuild
  5   reappears
  6   distrusts
  7   uncover
  8   disliked
  9   misunderstood

Grammar present 
simple and continuous: 
future

5  2    Micky is going to the 

cinema at seven o’clock 
tomorrow night.

  3    Are John and Anna going 

on holiday next week?

  4    When do the school 

holidays end?

  5    I am flying to Barbados in 

three weeks.

6  2   arrives
  3   begins
  4   is going
  5   ’m meeting
  6   do you start
  7   Are you meeting
  8   are going
7  2    Who is Fiona playing 

tennis with on Saturday 
afternoon? She is playing 
tennis with Harry.

  3    Where are Fiona and 

Kate going on Saturday 
evening? They are going 
to the cinema.

  4    Where are Fiona and 

Joanne meeting on 
Sunday morning? They 
are meeting in the 
shopping centre.

  5    What time is Fiona going 

to the pool on Sunday 
afternoon? She is going 
to the pool at 2 o’clock.

  6    What is Fiona doing on 

Sunday evening? She is 
having a bath.

8  2   at 7.20 a.m.
  3    And when does the 

booking office open?

  4   opens at 7 a.m.
  5    And when does the first 

ferry arrive at Pier Head?

  6    arrives at 7.30 a.m.
  7    And what time does 

the last ferry return to 
Seacombe?

  8   returns at 7.40 p.m.
 

background image

5

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

9    And when does the booking 

office at Pier Head close?

10  closes at 7.4 5 p.m.

Real English talking 
about a film

1  2  sure     
  3 so
  4   bit       
  5  amazing       
  6   set
2  the plot 

1

  the special effects  3
  a chase scene 

5

  the ending 

2

  a stunt 

4

3  2    in London in the 

nineteenth century.

  3   unbelievable at times.
  4    when you found out the 

main character’s secret.

  5    when the magician’s wife 

was killed.

  6   about the ending.
  7   unusual and exciting.
4  Students’ own answers.

Reading and Writing 

1  A  an actor’s accommodation
  B  a film poster
  C  a DVD
  D a Star Wars toy
2  1   F 

2   T 
3   T 
4   F 
5   T 
6   F

3  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1 A West Side Story
 B The Lion King
 C 

She’s The Man

 D 

Romeo and Juliet

 E Hamlet
 F Twelfth Night
2  1   She’s The Man
  2   The Lion King
  3   Twelfth Night
 4 

  West Side Story

  5   Hamlet
  6   Romeo and Juliet
3  1   Verona, New York
  2   Illyria
  3   Steven Spielberg
  4   Duke Orsino
  5   Claudius, Scar
  6   Viola
  7   Illyria
  8    Hamlet, Mufasa, uncle 

Claudius, Scar

Can you remember it?

1  2   b     
  3   c    
  4   a     
  5   b     
  6   a
2  2   understand
  3   terrifying
  4   make
  5   extra
  6   romance
3  2   found 
  3   thought
  4   got 
  5   plot
  6   bit  
  7   romance
  8   set
4  2   is going to have
  3   are visiting
  4   ’ll stay
  5   will put
  6   isn’t going to change
  7   will be
  8  ’re flying
5  1    We’re going to get 

married.

  2    Do you think they will 

give me a part in this 
movie?

  3   I think he will be famous.
  4    Would you recommend 

the film?

  5    Which was the funniest 

scene?

  6    What were you doing 

yesterday morning?

  7    The holidays finish in 

September.

  8   The ghost disappeared.
  9    Are you meeting with 

Mark today?

  10  The bus arrives at 3.00.

Unit 5

Vocabulary   hypnotism

1 2 hypnotise
  3 hypnotism
2  2   weird, strange
  3   afraid, scared
  4   scary
  5   brave
  6   embarrassing
3  2   embarrassing
  3   scary
  4   brave
  5   strange/weird
  6   afraid/scared

Grammar question 
tags

4  2   has she?
  3   did she?
  4   are they?
  5   isn’t it?
  6   didn’t she?
  7   aren’t they?
  8   is it?
  9   can she?
  10  have they?
5  2   c     
  3   b     
  4   b     
  5   c     
  6   b     
  7   c     
  8   c
6  2   doesn’t
  3   do
  4   can
  5   haven’t
  6   will
  7   is
  8   didn’t
  9   does
  10  is
7 2 it 
  3   can  
  4   are
  5 don’t 
  6   is  
  7   you
  8 have 
  9   can
  10 are
8  2    You’re sixteen, aren’t 

you?

  3    You worked as a tour 

guide last summer, didn’t 
you?

  4    You’ve been to France 

and Italy, haven’t you?

  5    You can speak French, 

can’t you?

  6    You like swimming, don’t 

you?

  7    You have two brothers 

and a sister, don’t you?

  8    Your sister lives in France, 

doesn’t she?

Vocabulary brain 
words and abstract 
nouns

1  2   affect
  3   provide
  4   worries
  5   imagine
  6   achieved
  7   demonstrates
  8   realise
2  2   concentration
  3   fitness
  4   expert

  5   research
  6   revision
3  Adjectives  Abstract nouns
 stressful  stress
 friendly  friendship
 curious  curiosity
 honest  honesty
 relaxing  relaxation
 angry 

anger

 creative  creativity
 lonely 

loneliness

 healthy  health
4  2   anger
  3   curiosity
  4   creativity
  5   stress
  6   Friendships
  7   loneliness
  8   health

Grammar  the zero 
article

5  2   a     
  3   a     
  4   b     
  5   b     
  6   b
6  2   - 

     

  3   the     
  4   an     
  5   The     
  6   - 
  7   a    
  8   the       
  9   -       
  10  -   
  11   -        
  12   an     
  13  the
7  3    I think honesty is the 

best quality in a person.

  4   ✓
  5    Science is my favourite 

subject at school.

  6    I hope you have success 

in your new job.

  7    Being open with your 

partner is an essential 
part of a relationship.

  8    Generally speaking, I 

don’t like reading books.

8  2   -     
  3   -      
  4   the  
  5   -
  6   -     
  7   -      
  8   -      
  9   -
  10  -   
  11   an   
  12  -
  13  a   
  14  a     
  15  -

background image

6

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Real English making 
deductions

1  2   P
  3   C
  4   C
  5   C
  6   P
  7   C
  8   P
2  2    it must be the one next 

door

  3    it can’t be the one next 

door

  4    Harry might live in the 

house with the red door

  5    Harry must live in the 

house with the red door

  6    you must be Karen and 

Jamie

  7   you must be tired
  8   we can’t stay long
3  Students’ own answers.

Reading and Writing

1  Teenagers need at least nine 

hours sleep a night.

2  1   F
  2   F
  3   F
  4   T
  5   F
  6   T
  7   T
  8   F
3  Paragraph A: 4, 5
  Paragraph B: 1
  Paragraph C: 3
  Paragraph D: 3, 6
4  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1  Cold reading is a technique 

used to get information 
by asking very general 
questions.

2  1    The messages the 

psychic receives from the 
audience.

  2    The son of a woman in 

the audience. 

  3    A good, positive attitude 

/ help.

  4    A technique psychics 

use in order to get 
information by asking 
very general questions.

  5    The woman said ‘I’ve got 

a Jack,’ implying that Jack 
was her son. She was in 
her early thirties so the 
psychic assumed Jack 
was young.

  6   In hospitals.
  7    The information that 

they’ve received.

  8   The audience.

3  1   attitude
  2   audience
  3   get
  4   general
  5   expressions
  6   body
  7   information
  8   minds

Can you remember it?

1  2   c     
  3   a     
  4   a     
  5   c    
  6   b
2  2   realise     
  3   loneliness     
  4   hypnotist    
  5   curiosity 
  6   worry
3  2   might     
  3   don’t    
  4   can’t     
  5   must    
  6   won’t    
  7   doesn’t
4  2    If you want to have good 

health, you should eat 
well.

  3    Jerry can’t swim very 

well, can he?

  4    I have the new bracelet 

that Jack bought for me.

  5    The game didn’t start 

until 4 o’clock, did it?

  6    Paula and Joe are going 

to school tomorrow, 
aren’t they?

5  1   It’s Tuesday today, isn’t it?
  2    I’m not scared of the 

dark.

  3    They haven’t seen this 

movie, have they?

  4    Generally speaking, 

health is more important 
than money.

  5   It can’t be his house.
  6   You must be very tired.
  7    They don’t live in Paris, 

do they?

  8    It might take a lot of 

time.

  9    Honesty is very 

important to me.

  10   Your father comes from 

Ireland, doesn’t he?

Unit 6

Vocabulary past 
participles

1  1   bought
  2   been
  3   left
  4   told
  5   gone

  6   given
  7 sung
  8   known
  9   done
  10  got
2  2   given
  3   sung
  4   got
  5   done
  6   gone
  7   known
  8   been
  9   told
  10 bought

Grammar  past perfect 
– active and passive

3  2   he had left school.
  3    Caroline had already 

gone to the cinema 

  4    Mrs Johnson had taught 

history for many years 

  5   he had already sold it.
4  2    Jenny couldn’t play 

football because she had 
broken her leg.

  3    James had something 

to eat as soon as he had 
come home from school.

  4    We booked the holiday 

after we had looked at 
the brochure.

  5    Samantha felt tired in the 

race because she hadn’t 
trained properly.

5  2   had got    
  3   had
  4   had 
  5   had come
  6   went        
  7   went
  8   had read  
  9   hadn’t got
  10  didn’t get
6  2   hadn’t been sent
  3   had been given
  4   had been published
  5   hadn’t been posted
  6   had been destroyed
7  1   had grown up in 

Stratford

   2    had been a clever and 

creative student

   3    had always wanted to go 

to London

  4   had been employed 
  5   had learnt his trade
  6   had played   

7   had been performed

  8   had been written.
  9   had written
  10  had lived

Vocabulary  the arts

1  2   paintbrush 
  3   sculpture

  4   paint
  5   drawing
  6   painter
  7   painting
  8   canvas
2  2   powerful
  3   original
  4   lifelike
  5   simple
  6   abstract picture
3  2   an exhibition
  3   works
  4   displayed
  5   background
  6   shapes
4  2   up
  3   across
  4   for
  5   up
  6   on
  7   out
  8   down
5  2    Although it’s an abstract 

painting you can make 
out a house behind some 
trees.

  3    The artist grew up on a 

Pacific island.

  4    His writing is very clear 

and he gets across his 
ideas very well.

  5    Sam wanted to get fit 

and learn self-defence so 
he has taken up karate.

  6    IMO stands for ‘in my 

opinion’ in text messages 
or emails.

  7    We gave up watching TV 

last month and now we 
read a lot more.

  8    They turned down 

his application for the 
course.

Grammar reflexive 
pronouns

6

Subject 

pronoun

Reflexive  

pronoun

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
themselves

7  2    Lucy hurt herself while 

skiing

  3    We didn’t enjoy ourselves 

at the fair.

  4    He’s always looking at 

himself in the mirror.

  5    Paul painted his 

bedroom himself.

  6    You’re going to cut 

yourself with that knife.

background image

7

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

8  2   himself
  3   myself
  4   themselves
  5   themselves
  6   ourselves
  7   itself
  8   yourself
  9   himself
  10  myself
9  2    Susie enjoyed herself at 

the zoo.

  3    In woodwork class, 

Robert made a table 
himself.

  4    Pauline taught herself to 

speak Spanish.

  5    Did you enjoy yourself 

on holiday?

  6    Dan painted (a portrait 

of) himself.

  7    Did they draw the 

pictures themselves?

  8    I taught myself to play 

chess.

Real English talking 
about art

1  colourful / grey and 

colourless

  pointless / meaningful 
  realistic / abstract 
  traditional / modern 
  weird / normal 
  interesting / boring
2  Students’ own ideas.
3  2   supposed    
  3   looks 
  4   bit 
  5   type
  6   similar        
  7   nothing 
  8   like
4  Students’ own ideas.

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own answers.
2  1   C
  2   D
  3   -
  4   A
  5   E
  6   B
3  1   T
  2   T
  3   F
  4   T
  5   F
  6   T
  7   F
  8   T
4  Students’ own ideas.

Culture Connection

1  A: an old master
  B: a self-portrait
  C: a comic

  D: graffiti
2  The self-portrait by Andy 

Warhol.

3  1   Steven Spielberg
  2   Hergé
  3   Hergé
  4   himself
  5   Kate Moss
  6    two professors at New 

York University’s Stern 
School of Business

4  1   Hergé’s
  2   drawings
  3   Some people think
  4   wall
  5   old masters
  6   making money

Can you remember it?

1  2   c     
  3   a     
  4   a     
  5   b     
  6   c
2  2   gallery
  3   different from
  4   sang 
  5   bit of 
  6   critic
3  2   like 
  3   kind
  4   portraits 
  5   himself
  6   of 
  7   with
4  2    Tom and I really enjoyed 

ourselves at the party.

  3    Karen turned down 

a part in a new play 
because she was too 
busy.

  4    I think his paintings are 

similar to Monet’s.

  5    The book had been 

published in nine 
languages.

  6    I’m going to give up 

playing the guitar. I’ve 
tried really hard but I’m 
no good at it.

5  1    When we arrived, 

everyone had already 
gone home.

  2    The teacher asked us 

where we had been.

  3    You didn’t receive the 

letter because it hadn’t 
been sent.

  4    He always makes up 

weird stories.

  5   Don’t make fun of them.
  6    He hurt himself when he 

was playing football.

  7    I painted this picture 

myself.

  8    It looks like a big 

mountain.

  9   It is a type of sculpture.
  10   Before Shakespeare came 

back to Stratford, he had 
written about forty plays 
and poems.

Unit 7

Vocabulary fate

1  2   good luck
  3   a superstition
  4   a lucky charm
  5   bad luck
  6   a coincidence

Grammar  first and 
second conditional

2  2   would     
  3 did
  4   didn’t 
  5   had
  6   have 
  7   would 
  8   do
3  2   see, will be / B
  3   break, will have / D
  4   touch, won’t happen / C
  5   will have, put / F
  6   hang, won’t enter / A
4 A imaginary 
  2 

 

won 

    3   would, spend
  B imaginary 
  4 

 

were 

    5   would, do 
    6   would, try 
  C possible 
  7 

 

miss 

    8   will be
  D possible 
  9 

 

rains

    10  won’t be
5  2    If I get up late, I won’t 

have breakfast.

  3    Debbie won’t play golf if 

it rains tomorrow.

  4    If you were older would 

you buy a house?

  5    Where will you study 

if you don’t go to 
Manchester University?

  6    Simon won’t go to Katy’s 

party if she doesn’t invite 
him.

  7    If Tim didn’t have big 

ears he would be good-
looking.

  8    If coffee didn’t taste 

horrible I’d drink it.

6  Students’ own ideas.

Vocabulary  verbs and 

prepositions

1  2   a
  3   b
  4   e
  5   c
  6   d
2  2   came across
  3   survived
  4   received
  5   picked up
  6   contact
3  2   about
  3   on
  4   by
  5   of
  6   b
  7   c

Grammar third 
conditional

4  2    had seen, would have 

turned

  3    wouldn’t have watched, 

had known

  4    would have had, hadn’t 

eaten

  5    had been, would have 

bought

  6    wouldn’t have been, had 

worked

5  2    hadn’t broken, would 

have been

  3    would have been, hadn’t 

done

  4    would have enjoyed, had 

been

  5    had won, would have 

given

  6    had finished, wouldn’t 

have felt

  7    would have been, hadn’t 

eaten

6  2    downstairs, he wouldn’t 

have fallen over.

  3    he hadn’t fallen over, he 

wouldn’t have banged 
his head.

  4    had closed the door, 

the cat wouldn’t have 
escaped.

  5    hadn’t escaped, it 

wouldn’t have run across 
the road.

  6    it hadn’t run across the 

road, it wouldn’t have 
caused an accident.

  7    hadn’t left work late, she 

wouldn’t have forgotten 
to go to the supermarket.

  8    she hadn’t forgotten to 

go to the supermarket, 
they would have had 
some food to eat.

  9    they had had some food 

to eat, she wouldn’t have 
had to order a pizza.

background image

8

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

7  2    would you have done if 

the guests hadn’t arrived 
on time?

  3    would you have done 

if the best man had 
forgotten the ring?

  4    would you have done 

if the photographer 
hadn’t taken lovely 
photographs?

  5    would you have done if 

you hadn’t remembered 
what to say in the 
wedding ceremony?

  6    would you have 

done if there hadn’t 
been enough food 
for everybody at the 
reception?

  7    would you have done 

if you hadn’t got to the 
airport on time for your 
honeymoon?

8  2    We would have started 

late if the guests hadn’t 
arrived on time.

  3    If the best man had 

forgotten the ring, I 
would have been very 
upset.

  4    If the photographer 

hadn’t taken lovely 
photographs, we 
would have been very 
disappointed.

  5    I would have been 

embarrassed if I hadn’t 
remembered what to say. 
(or It would have been 
embarrassing …)

  6    If there hadn’t been 

enough food, we would 
have gone to the local 
supermarket to buy 
some.

  7    If we had missed the 

plane, we would have 
had to stay at home.

Real English   
responding to surprises

1  2   Are you serious?
  3   You’re kidding!
  4   Are you sure?
  5   That sounds interesting.
  6   You must be joking!
  7   What else?
  7   I see what you mean.
2  2    Can you? Really? You’re 

kidding! Do you believe 
in that sort of thing?

  3    Are you sure? I mean, 

how do you know you 
have special powers?

  4    Sure. I want to hear all 

about it.

  5    You must be joking! 

What can you see?

  6    I don’t believe it! I hope 

you don’t tell people 
when they’re going to 
die.

  7    That sounds interesting. 

Perhaps I will.

3  Students’ own ideas.

Vocabulary  
personality adjectives

4  2   practical 
  3   honest
  4   sensitive
  5   emotional
5  2   practical 
  3   sensitive
  4 honest 
  5   creative

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own ideas.
2  1   Food patches
  2   TV contact lenses
  3   Free internet
  4   Solar windows
  5   Robots
  6    Intelligent advertising 

posters

3  1   T
  2   F
  3   T
  4   F
  5   T
  6   F
4  Students’ own ideas.

Culture Connection

1  Students’ own ideas. 

Answers:  breaking a mirror 
causes bad luck, touching 
wood saves you from bad 
luck, the number 13 is a sign 
of bad luck.

2  2   B
  3   A
  4   A
  5   B
  6   C
3  1   soul
  2   origins
  3   spirit
  4   sacred
  5   betray

Can you remember it?

1  2   a     
  3   b     
  4   c     
  5   b    
  6   a
2  2   That sounds interesting!
  3   weird
  4   life line
  5   come across

  6   contact
3  2   don’t
  3   by
  4   about
  5   didn’t
  6   would
  7   on
  8   had
  9   in
4  2    If you had seen the play, 

you would have really 
enjoyed it.

  3    Jerry would get better 

grades at school if he 
paid more attention in 
class.

  4    If you see Pamela, will 

you tell her to call me?

  5    If Sue had been lucky, 

she would have won.

  6    I must insist on paying 

for these drinks.

5  1    If I lived alone, I would 

have a dog.

  2    If you see a black cat, you 

will have bad luck.

  3    Would you buy this car if 

you had money?

  4    We won’t go on holidays 

if it rains.

  5    What are you thinking 

about?

  6    I would have watched 

that movie yesterday if it 
hadn’t been so long.

  7    What would you have 

done if they hadn’t 
arrived on time?

  8   It sounds interesting.
  9    My friend is sensible and 

practical.

  10   If you miss the bus, you’ll 

be late for work.

Unit 8

Vocabulary football

1 2 talented
  3   match
  4   goalkeeper
  5   trials
  6   referee
  7   rugby
  8   soccer

Grammar reported 
statements

2  2   hadn’t
  3   would
  4   she
  5   was
  6   they
  7   had
  8   their

3  Time expressions

Direct speech Reported speech

later today 

later 

1

that day

tomorrow

the 

2

next day

this afternoon

3

that afternoon or

in 

4

the afternoon

this evening

5

that evening or

in 

6

the evening

4  2   … that evening.
  3   … later that day.
  4    … that afternoon’s 

match.

  5   … the next day.
5  2     I thought you said he 

would get here early.

  3   I thought you said he 

didn’t like her.

  4   I thought you said it was 

going to be easy.

  5   I thought you said you 

had been to Moscow.

  6   I thought you said it had 

been interesting.

  7   I thought you said you 

had read it.

  8   I thought you said she 

had swum very slowly.

  9    I thought you said you 

wouldn’t get a job.

  10   I thought you said it 

wasn’t going to be sunny.

6  2   would improve
  3   was going down
  4   would be built
  5   had bought
  6   were testing
  7   would open
  8   had escaped

Vocabulary sports

1  B karate
  C rugby
  D swimming
  E gymnastics
  F running
  G  ice skating
  H baseball

2  play
  1   rugby
  2   basketball
  3   baseball
  do
  4   karate
  5   gymnastics
  go
  6   swimming
  7   running
  8   ice skating
3  boxing / ring 
 

football / pitch 

 

running / track 

 

skating / ice rink 

 

skiing / slope

 

swimming / pool

background image

9

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Word building  
reporting verbs

4  A  2   John  announced 

that he was going to 
university. 

    3    Sam ordered us to 

leave.

  B  4    Paul advised them not 

to go out.

    5    Sally explained why 

she had been so rude.

    6    John complained 

about the noise.

Grammar reported 
questions, commands 
and requests

5  2   to
  3   where
  4   if
  5   not
  6   which
  7   me
  8   who
6  2   c     
  3   c     
  4   a     
  5   c    
  6   a     
  7   b     
  8   c     
  9   b    
  10 c
7  2   … he was born in Murcia 

in Spain.

  3    … when he had started 

racing cars.

  4    … he had started when 

he was 16.

  5    … asked him if he had 

always enjoyed racing.

  6    … said he had. /… said 

he loved it.

  7    … asked him how old he 

had been when he had 
won his first Grand Prix.

  8    … said he had been only 

21.

  9    She asked him if he was 

going to continue racing.

  10   He said that he would 

keep racing for a long 
time.

Real English wishes 
and regrets

1  2   If only I could swim fast.
  2    I wish I hadn’t eaten so 

much chocolate at Easter.

  3   I wish I had a better bike.
  4    If only I had trained 

harder.

  5   I wish I was stronger.

2  2   I wish I had a better bike.
  3   I wish I was stronger.
  4    I wish I was good at 

running fast.

  5    If only I had trained 

harder.

  6    I wish I hadn’t eaten so 

much chocolate at Easter.

Grammar  wishes and 
regrets

3  Situation 1:
  2    If only I hadn’t fallen 

over.

  3    I wish I hadn’t broken my 

leg.

  Situation 2:
  1    I wish I wasn’t working in 

a chocolate factory.

  2    If only I liked / didn’t hate 

chocolate.

  3    I wish I wasn’t allergic to 

it.

  Situation 3:
  1    I wish I hadn’t been /  

gone to the beach last 
summer.

  2   If only I could swim.
  3    I wish I didn’t go red in 

the sun.

Reading and Writing

1  They were climbing the 

Siula Grande Mountain in 
Peru. On the way down, Joe 
fell and badly broke his leg.  
He later fell over the side of 
a mountain, while attached 
by a rope to Simon.

2   2    They wanted a big 

challenge.

  3    They had finished most 

of their food.

  4   stormy.
  5    Joe had fallen over the 

side of a mountain.

  6    Whether to cut the rope 

attaching him to Joe or 
not.

  7    He pulled the rope and 

looked at the end of 
it, realizing that Simon 
hadn’t fallen with him.

  8    He thinks that Joe 

saved him and that he 
would have done the 
same thing in the same 
situation.

3  Students’ own answers.

Culture Connection

1  the Marathon
2  1   Joan Benoit
  2   Pheidippides
  3   Dorando Pietri
  4   Joan Benoit

  5   Pheidippides
  6   Dorando Pietri
3  1   legend
  2   most appropriate
  3   a messenger
  4   umpire
  5   victory
  6   inspired

Can you remember it?

1  2   b     
  3   a     
  4   b     
  5   b     
  6   a
2  2   tennis      
  3   boxing 
  4   skating    
  5   running 
  6   skiing
3  2   what 
  3   how long 
  4   told 
  5   explained 
  6   whether   
  7   hadn’t 
  8   wouldn’t
4  2   Ben told us not to shout.
  3    Jenny asked me if /  

whether I had met her 
parents.

  4    If only I had lived near 

the sea when I was 
younger.

  5    Mark asked where his 

book was.

  6    Josephine complained 

about my untidy room.

  7    Sue said that she would 

study hard for her exams 
but she didn’t.

  8    Jenny asked me whether 

I knew what time it was.

5  1    I thought you could 

swim.

  2    He said that he hadn’t 

read this novel.

  3    We wondered whether it 

would rain.

  4    Harry asked me where 

the ice rink was.

  5    I asked them what they 

were looking for.

  6   If only I were older.
  7   I wish I hadn’t told them.
  8    I wish I had a better 

computer.

  9    She explained why she 

was late.

  10   She advised me to buy a 

bicycle.

Unit 9

Vocabulary  
alternative therapy

1  B acupuncture  3
  C reiki  2
  D hypnotherapy  4
2  2   head massage
  3   acupuncture
  4   hypnotherapy

Grammar defining 
relative clauses

3

Relative 

pronoun

Used for giving 

information 
about …

1  who or that  people

2  which or 

that

things

3 where

places

4 when

times

5 whose

possessions

4  2   who
  3   that
  4   whose
  5   which
  6   where
  7   when
  8   whose
  9   who
  10  that
5  2   where
  3   whose
  4   which
  5   which
  6   who
  7   who
  8   where
  9   when
  10  which
6  2   whose
  3   which
  4   which
  5   who
  6   who
  7   who
  8   where
  9   when
  10  which
7  2    The major company 

which manufactures 
electronic goods has 
fired three employees 
who were often late for 
work.

  3    The doctor who operated 

on Claire said she should 
stay in a comfortable 
place where he could 
look after her better.

 

background image

10

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

  4    The office where Amy 

works is near the 
restaurant which serves 
Chinese food.

  5    The boy whose mother 

works in our local shop 
is going out with the girl 
who lives next door.

  6    The bag which you lost 

yesterday has been 
found near the stadium 
where United play 
football.

Vocabulary lifestyles

1  2   C     
  3   F     
  4   A     
  5   H     
  6   E     
  7   D     
  8   B
2  2   calories
  3   junk food
  4   protein
  5   fat
  6   minerals
  7   carbohydrates
  8   fibre
3  2   out
  3   down
  4   off
  5   on
  6   up
  7   up
4  2   cut down
  3   set up
  4   getting on
  5   work out

Grammar non-defining 
relative clauses

5  2   c     
  3   b     
  4   c     
  5   a     
  6   a    
  7   b     
  8   b
6  2   where
  3   which
  4   who
  5   which
  6   when
  7   which
  8   when
  9   which
  10  who
7  2    The Olympic Marathon, 

which is 42,195 km long, 
is a very popular sporting 
event.

  3    Stephen Hawkings, who 

is a famous scientist, 
believes in intelligent 
aliens.

  4    HG Wells, who wrote The 

War of the Worlds, is a 
famous fiction author.

  5    The Incredible Hulk, which 

was made by Universal 
Pictures, cost $100  
million. 

  6    William Shakespeare, 

who grew up in Stratford, 
started writing plays in 
about 1590.

  7    West Side Story, which 

is based on Romeo and 

Juliet, is about teenagers 
from rival gangs.

  8    The Library of Alexandria, 

which is 2,400 years old, 
is a collection of the 
world’s knowledge.

Real English  
speculating about the 
past

1  2    She couldn’t have felt 

well before she went out.

  3    She can’t have taken any 

medicine yet.

  4    She might not have 

rested enough recently.

  5    She may not have eaten 

enough yesterday.

  6    She might have stayed 

out too late last night.

  7    She must have caught a 

cold.

2  1   Use sentences 1, 4, 5 or 6.
  2   Use sentence 7.  
  3   Use sentences 2 or 3.
3  2   Sue might have left.
  3    Peter can’t have known 

about the party.

  4    Jenny must have seen 

the film.

  5    Joe might have watched 

TV last night.

  6    Karen might have walked 

home along Hope Street.

  7    David must have broken 

his arm.

  8    Sharon might have taken 

karate lessons.

  9    Louise must have gone 

out with Jack last night.

  10   David can’t have done 

aerobics.

4  2   could
  3   can’t
  4   might
  5   might
  6   can’t
  7   must

Reading and Writing

1  Students’ own answers.

2  2   colour
  3   noise
  4   colour
  5   noise
  6   smell
  7   colour
  8   electricity
3  Students’ own ideas.

Culture Connection

1  Students’ own ideas.
2  1   T
  2   F
  3   F
  4   T
  5   T
  6   F
3 1  findings
  2   influence
  3   cure
  4   surgery
  5   suffer
  6   capabilities

Can you remember it?

1  2   a     
  3   c     
  4   c     
  5   b     
  6   b
2  2   there
  3   calories
  4   iron
  5   can’t have
  6   meditation
3  2   when
  3   which
  4   can’t
  5   might
  6   must
4  2    There were three people 

who probably knew 
about the crime.

  3    Cheese, which is my 

favourite food, is good 
for you.

  4    Have you met the girl 

whose sister walked to 
the North Pole?

  5    We arrived in a small 

town where there 
weren’t many people.

  6    She was the best singer; 

she must have won.

5  1    Do you know the woman 

whose car is parked 
here?

  2    This is the doctor who 

operated on John.

  3    I like the book which you 

gave me.

  4   I’ve run out of petrol.
  5    Don’t throw away this 

bottle.

  6    The mouse, which was 

invented in 1964, was 
made of wood.

  7    Karen might have written 

this letter.

  8    They must have 

forgotten about the 
meeting.

  9    She can’t have left home 

yet.

  10   The boy who lives here is 

my friend.

Reading and Writing 
Connection

Unit 1

1  Students’ own answers. (Star 

Trek)

2  1   a
  2   b
  3   c
  4   c
  5   b
3  1   C
  2   A
  3   B
  4   A
  5   C
  6   B
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 2

1  Students’ own answers.
2  1   D
  2   B
  3   -
  4   A
  5   -
  6   C
3  2   Where were you born?
  3    Where did you go to 

school?

  4   Where did you live?
  5    What was your first TV 

programme?

  6    What do you like about 

being famous?

  7    What don’t you like 

about being famous?

4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 3

1  Students’ own answers.
2  1   T
  2   F
  3   T
  4   T
  5   T
  6   T
3  1   publicise
  2   obsessed
  3   weight
  4   surface

background image

11

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

  5   explosion
  6   shocked
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 4

1  sports programme /  

8.30 p.m.

  soap opera / 7 p.m.
  quiz show / 7.4 5 p.m.
  reality show / 10.30 p.m.
  comedy programme /  

9.45 p.m.

2  1   T
  2   F
  3   F
  4   T
  5   F
  6   T
3  1   amusing
  2   highlights
  3   adaptation
  4   clues
  5   significance
  6   atmosphere
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 5

1  Students’ own answers.
2 B
3  1   recall (past events)
  2   claim
  3   society
  4   witness
  5   evidence
4  Students’ own answers.
5  Students’ own answers.

Unit 6

1  Nighthawks / C

  The Scream / A

  Luncheon of the Boating 

Party / B

2  1   Luncheon of the Boating 

Party

  2   The Scream
  3    Luncheon of the Boating 

Party

  4   Nighthawks
  5   The Scream
  6   Nighthawks
3     contrasts
  2   fence
  3   foreground
  4   figure 
  5   desperate
  6   reflected
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 7

1 c
2  1    the lift at the top of the 

Eiffel Tower

  2    both the student and the 

teacher

  3   the Eiffel Tower
  4    the probability of a 

meeting

  5   different dream periods
  6    that something happens 

that they dreamt about 
the night before

  7    someone they dreamt 

about

  8    that we dream about lots 

of different people

3  2   730
  3   between 30,000 and  

  1.5 million

  4   90 minutes
  5   one
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 8

1  Students’ own answers. 

(Muhammed Ali)

2  1   Louisville, USA
  2   talented
  3    he reported his stolen 

bicycle

  4   three times
  5    Ali wasn’t allowed to 

enter a restaurant to 
celebrate his victory.

  6   public speaking
  7    Ali claimed he was more 

concerned about the 
white racists in America 
than the communists in 
Vietnam.

3  Students’ own answers.
4  Students’ own answers.

Unit 9

1  Students’ own answers.
2  1   Crossfit.com
  2   Podrunner.com
  3   Bikely.com
  4   Crossfit.com
  5   Podrunner.com
3  1    work, shop, socialize, 

entertain ourselves, keep 
fit

  2   electronic
  3   five kilometres
  4   as alternatives to the car
  5    age, physical condition, 

fitness target

4  Students’ own answers.

Exam 

Connection

Exam Connection 1

Prepare
  1    I bought a new mobile 

yesterday because my 
old one broke down. / 
I bought a new mobile 
because my old one 
broke down yesterday.

  2    My new mobile phone is 

small and/but handy. It’s 
got a camera and I can 
(also) use the internet.

  3    My phone is very stylish 

– it’s pink! It’s made of 
metal and plastic and 
it has some excellent 
design features. / My 
phone is pink and very 
stylish. It’s made of metal 
and plastic and it has 
some excellent design 
features.

  4    I’ve got a big problem 

with it: I don’t know how 
to remove messages 
and I can’t use all the 
functions.

  5    What’s your advice? 

Could you tell me what 
to do in this situation? 
/ What would you do if 
you had a problem like 
this? / Have you ever had 
such problems? 

1  1   E 
  2   A 
  3   B 
  4   C
2  Students’ own answers.
3  1   C 
  2   B 
  3   C

Exam Connection 2

Prepare
  
1   have been swimming
  2   I’m trying 
  3   was having 
  4   Has your brother seen 
  5   nicer
1  1   D 
  2   E 
  3   A 
  4   C
2  1   C 
  2   E 
  3   A 
  4   B

3  1   I haven’t eaten anything 
  2   I was sailing 
  3    he has been cleaning his 

room 

  4   he is talking
  5    it is much brighter / 

lighter

Exam Connection 3

Prepare

Suggesting

Expressing 

preferences

How about 

(doing 
something)?

Why don’t we …

I’d rather …
I’m into …

Criticizing 
I don’t think much of …
It makes me angry when …

1  1   C 
  2   B 
  3   A 
  4   B
2  1   complicated
  2   met
  3   shorter
  4   lovely
  5   her
3  1   B 
  2   A 
  3   C 
  4   B

Exam Connection 4

Prepare
A

Positive 

Negative 

be fond of
be keen on
love

hate 
be bored

Neutral
don’t mind (doing 
something)

B  1   D 
  2   C 
  3   B 
  4   E 
  5   A 
1  1   D 
  2   A 
  3   B
2  Students’ own answers.
3  1   have my mobile fixed
  2   has been trained
  3    hasn’t travelled by plane 

since 

  4    weren’t / wasn’t so shy, 

she would make friends 

  5   let her do 

background image

12

NEW EXAM CONNECTIONS 4  WORKBOOK KEY

WORKBOOK KEY

© Oxford University Press   

Photocopiable

Exam Connection 5

Prepare
  1   A 
  2   B  
  3   A
1  1   D 
  2   A 
  3   E 
  4   C
2  Students’ own answers.
3  1    The children were 

playing on the beach 
when it started to rain / 

raining.

  2    Monica usually goes out 

with (her) friends twice a 

week but this week she is 
staying at home because 
she’s ill.

 

3     I  would buy a new bike if I 

had enough money.

  4    We set off for a journey 

at last but we hadn’t 

taken (the / our) map so 
we had to buy one.

 

5     I  have known my best 

friend for five years. We 
met when we were still in 
primary school.

Exam Connection 6

Prepare
  1   written
  2   disappointed
  3   oranges 
  4   them
  5   curlier 
1  1   B 
  2   B 
  3   A 
2  1   B
  2   A 
  3   C
3  1   fascinating
  2   have painted
  3   more optimistic
  4   third
  5   balloons

Exam Connection 7

Prepare
  1   A 
  2   B 
  3   A 
  4   B
1  1   D 
  2   C 
  3   A 
  4   B

2  1   E 
  2   A 
  3   D 
  4   C
3  1     I  haven’t talked / been 

talking to my best 
friend since we had an 
argument last weekend.

  2    If I had listened to my 

sister then I wouldn’t have 

broken my leg. The slope 
was really too difficult for 
me.

  3    Jenny thought that her 

parents had fed the dog 
before they left.

  4    My friend’s new camera 

is much more modern 

than mine.

  5    What were you doing 

when I called you 
yesterday at five?

Exam Connection 8

Prepare
  2    I’m going to the 

mountains.

  5    Do you think I’ve chosen 

an interesting holiday?

  6    I hope to learn rock 

climbing there.

  7    I’ve always wanted to 

know how to climb high 
rocks.

  9    I’m thinking of a sports 

camp in the mountains.

  10   Is it a good idea to 

go camping in the 
mountains?

1  1   B 
  2   B 
  3   A
2  1   had ever taken part 
  2    had prepared for the 

journey 

  3    wouldn’t have got into 

trouble 

 

4   his / our / the car serviced 

 

5    I may / might / will 

probably meet 

3  Students’ own answers.

Exam Connection 9

Prepare
  1   E 
  2   D 
  3   B 
  4   F 
  5   H 
  6   C 
  7   A 
  8   G

1  1   D 
  2   C 
  3   B
2   Students’ own answers.
3  1    If only I had talked about 

my problems to my best 
friend. Now I regret that I 
didn’t.

 

2     Mike  doesn’t fancy 

spending his holidays 
in the mountains. He 
prefers the seaside.

  3    Pete is hot because he 

has been sunbathing on 

the beach.

  4    Sue missed the bus so 

when she got to school 

the lesson had already 

started.

  5    My mum told me not to 

put the wallet into the 
backpack.