UPSTREAM - INTERMEDIATE - WORKBOOK - UNIT 1

Rezolvarea exercitiilor din CAIETUL DE LUCRU de limba engleza pentru clasa VIII intitulat UPSTREAM INTERMEDIATE B2 – Workbook, Editura Express Publishing, Autori Virginia Evans si Jenny Dooley, Editia 2002

UNIT 1: MY HOME IS MY CASTLE

1.a.

Kitchen: sink, cooker, refrigerator, cupboard, dishwasher, kettle, cabinet

Living room: sofa, armchair, coffee table, bookcase, television, lamp, picture, rug, fireplace

Master bedroom: wardrobe, dressing table, desk, chair, lamp, picture, rug, four-poster bed

Bathroom: bathtub, basin, toilet

2.

1. g
2. d
3. c
4. e
5. a
6. h
7. b
8. f

3.

1. sculpture
2. appeal
3. extension
4. harsh
5. converted
6. draught
7. moat
8. airy
9. barn
10. convince

4.

Sheets and towels – linen cupboard

Dirty clothes – laundry basket

Biscuits/sugar – larder

Milk – fridge

Clean clothes – wardrobe

Crockery – sideboard

5.

1. cramped
2. expensive
3. practical
4. uncomfortable
5. noisy
6. modern

6.

1. secure (cost)
2. isolated (style)
3. cosy (size)
4. small (description)
5. overpriced (location)

7.

A. Positive: countryside private, spacious, well-maintained, comfortable; Negative: isolated, expensive fuel bills, far from shops, no public transport

B. Positive: low fuel bills, close to shops, air conditioning, security system, fully furnished; Negative: expensive rent, noisy, small

8.

1. brings back
2. bringing up
3. broke up
4. broke down
5. broken in
6. bring it out

9.

security system 1

short of money 4

central heating 5

fitted kitchen

brand new 6

from scratch 2

mow the lawn

bare hands 3

white lie

10.

1. to set up his own
2. suffers from hay fever
3. broke out in the
4. brings back memories of
5. appeals to
6. fuel bills are

11.

1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. a
6. c

12.

suitable for, appeal to, suffer from, fear of, convince sb of, absent from, accuse sb of, approve of, believe in, beg for

13. a.

1. in a garden
2. trees, grass and a lot of flowers. There are two people in the garden. The man is watering the flowers. It looks like a woman is cutting flowers.
3. yes, I do
4. no, I haven’t. I live in a flat.
5. no, I don’t. I would much rather live in a house.

14. b.

1. C
2. F
3. D
4. A
5. B

16. a.

1. go up
2. turn right
3. traffic lights
4. go along
5. the roundabout
6. on the right
7. across from

19. a.

A. in a newspaper

B. on the internet

C. on a notice board

20. a.

partially furnished

fully furnished

gas central heating

self-contained

dishwasher

microwave

washing machine

professional

non-smoker

per calendar month

large

GRAMMAR IN USE – UNIT 1

1.

1. is looking
2. wants
3. have you been waiting
4. am going
5. has been living
6. is thinking
7. has worked
8. goes
9. starts
10. have bought

2.

1. are playing
2. work
3. are you going
4. am decorating
5. think
6. are waiting
7. am coming
8. are you reading
9. like
10. are studying

3.

1. d
2. e
3. a
4. f
5. c
6. b

4.

1. is thinking
2. know
3. doesn’t like
4. does the story end
5. joins
6. move
7. are having
8. am visiting
9. don’t understand
10. is
11. don’t you ask

6.

1. have been standing
2. leaves
3. are always borrowing; always give
4. still looking; hasn’t found
5. have lost
6. has been washing
7. has been rehearsing
8. have never seen
9. starts
10. has been waiting

10.

1. am writing
2. is
3. are getting
4. are having
5. spend
6. are building
7. has gone
8. go
9. haven’t done
10. are going
11. are looking forward to
12. are coming

11.

1. gone to
2. been to
3. been in
4. been to
5. gone to
6. been to
7. been in
8. been to

13.

1. been
2. to
3. does
4. to
5. since
6. been
7. yet
8. be

14.

1. industrial
2. salty
3. weekly
4. energetic
5. healthy
6. expensive
7. heroic
8. dangerous
9. beautiful
10. painless
11. successful
12. pointless

15.

1. still hasn’t finished
2. has been living
3. haven’t phoned Joe for
4. long ago did
5. has been learning Italian for
6. is never late
7. since I talked to
8. last tidied her room on

16.

1. the
2. in
3. first
4. like
5. to
6. than
7. even
8. over
9. its
10. from
11. soon
12. that
13. also
14. and
15. who

17.

1. C
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. B