Unit 1: Where we live

SPEAKING AND USE OF ENGLISH FOCUS

Part 1: Multiple choice cloze

  1. B

  2. C

  3. B 

  4. C 

  5. D => B (ultimate collocates with dream) 

  6. D 

  7. D => C (Premises (plural) is a formal term meaning a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, used in legal and real estate contexts. It encompasses the entire property.)

  8. A 

READING FOCUS 

Part 5: Multiple choice 

  1. B 

  2. C => B

  3. A 

  4. C 

  5. D 

  6. D => B 

LISTENING FOCUS 

Part 4: Multiple matching 

Task 1:

  1. G 

  2. A 

  3. B (the absence of a garden) => D (the uninspiring view): idiom “that gets to me sometimes” means it bothers or irritates me.  

  4. E 

  5. H 

Task 2:

  1. D 

  2. G (being able to make good use of the entire space) => C (the freedom to furnish the home without limitations): 

  3. B 

  4. F 

  5. E (having a close friend next door) => G (being able to make good use of the entire space 

GRAMMAR FOCUS 

Emphasis with inversion 

REVIEW 

Exercise 1 

  1. I only managed to buy my own place after years of sharing with other people.

DID 

=> Only after years of sharing with other people did I manage to buy my own place. 

  1. The neighbors are really noisy and they are not very friendly either. 

ONLY 

=> Not only are the neighbors really noisy, they are also not very friendly. 

  1. You shouldn’t ever put your full address on a luggage label. 

TIME 

=> At no time should you put your full address on a luggage label.

The phrase "at no time" is an idiomatic expression that means never or not ever on any occasion.

  1. It will be six years since I moved here next Saturday. 

FOR 

=> By next Saturday I will have lived here for six years. 

  1. You shouldn’t tell anyone about this under any circumstances.

NO 

=> Under no circumstances should you not tell anyone about this.

  1. I closed the door and immediately realized I had left my keys inside the house. 

SOONER 

=> No sooner had I closed the door than I realized my keys were inside the house. 

Exercise 3

  1. D

  2. B 

  3. A 

  4. D 

  5. A 

  6. C 

  7. A 

  8. B