Suggested answers for Unit 1-10

Unit 1: Health

1. would rather cycle than
2. save you from having
3. To my surprise
4. can be prevented by
5. not only improves our health but
6. high time you went and saw
7. Having interests in common//having common interests
8. although his condition was serious
9. is widely regarded as
10. was put off by an argument

Unit 2: First impression

1. come across well
2. did not seem ambitious enough // to be lacking in ambition
3. gave me the impression of being // under the impression that Pamela // struck me as
4. left a great impression on
5. found Enrica’s scientific views fascinating
6. appears to me that first impression
7. It was her sunny smile that
8. But for his expertise // it had not been for

Unit 3: Safety and danger

1. does you no harm
2. did / worked wonders for the injury
3. might not have been feeling well
4. should not have spoken to her
5. on the point of introducing
6. touch that wire or else  //  run (will run) the risk of killing
7. has an intention of moving overseas
8. the effect of the chemicals on
9. at which point
10. a strong possibility that it will rain

Unit 4: Home

1. too damaged to be
2. saw any reason for my // agree to my request
3. exasperated when my appointment was
4. take you at least 10 minutes to
5. had it resprayed
6. urged me not to give up
7. does your goldfish need to be
8. well have been
9. until last Christmas that I saw
10. getting under his mother’s feet

Unit 5: The consumer society

1. (to me) for not ringing/having rung
2. as/though she is
3. in the dark about
4. to which my dress sense was
5. point of opening
6. to have skipped
7. by surprise (or aback) by the fact that
8. the course ends she will have
9. the extremely heavy suitcase
10. it impossible to tolerate
11. had not led us
12. shop at second-hand stores than buy
13. should tighten our

Unit 6: Putting your message across

1. have changed her mind about
2. had I got/gotten downstairs than
3. intention of giving up/stopping working
4. regretted not being in touch with
5. that he was disabled, he managed
6. she would not have gone out
7. allowed to leave after being/having been
8. succeeded in making
9. only when Peter died that they
10. was lost for
11. have got wind
12. the nick of
13. seconds thoughts about
14. fish in a small

Unit 7: The world is mine!

1. contributed to the // to blame for the
2. has been withheld from
3. done a lot of damage to
4. chances are temperature will continue to
5. Contrary to what it says on
6. must come to terms with // must resign ourselves to
7. out of the goodness of her
8. had/put me under a spell

Unit 8: Using your mind

1. not having checked
2. wish you would stop complaining
3. was wondering if I could
4. made up her mind
5. in two minds if/ whether I should
6. give you a piece of his
7. no fear of speaking her mind
8. is the last time I am
9. is over the moon
10. is out of question

Unit 9

1. come to the point
2. which shocked everyone
3. which amazed me
4. could have been
5. might well have been taken
6. had not been for the (bad) weather
7. wedding took place
8. how he was affected by
9. could not wait to see
10. my mind to see Karl off

Unit 10

1. beyond her means
2. is beyond our ability
3. the tendency to look down on
4. looked on the bright side
5. has a good command of
6. do not have an adequate command of//have an inadequate command of
7. striking similarities between
8. what fascinates him (most/the most) // the thing that fascinates him (most)
9. get/gain an insight into
10. incapable of completing
11. let me go out by