OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 4

Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011

OUTCOMES ADVANCED

UNIT 4: POLITICS

Developing conversations – Giving opinions

Step 1

1-12

2-5

3-10

4-8

6-9

7-11

Scale from strong disagreement to strong agreement:

3-10

4-8

2-5

6-9

7-11

1-12

Listening

Step 1

Conversation 1: a maximum wage – speaker A thinks there should be a maximum salary for bankers etc. but speaker B thinks this may not be practical, although she agrees in principle

Conversation 2: hosting an international event (the Olympics) – speaker C is against the Olympics in their city, but speaker D isn’t sure because she doesn’t know enough about it

Step 2

1. a obscene   b pushes   c declare   d round   e advocate
2. a bid    b make   c legacy   d hell   e recipe

Grammar – Conditionals 1

Step 1

1. d zero conditional, both verbs in present simple, to talk about what is always the case
2. c first conditional to talk about a future possibility; could less definite here than will
3. b a variation on first conditional with going to
4. e second conditional to talk about a hypothetical situation; past simple in the if clause and would + base form in the main clause
5. a second conditional for a hypothetical question

Step 2

1. a if they’re earning that much

b generally true

c likely

2. a if we had a maximum wage

b unlikely

c unlikely

3. a if they were given a boat

b unlikely

c unlikely

4. a if there were a maximum wage

b unlikely

c likely

5. a if it were 10 times the lowest wage

b unlikely

c likely

6. a if it were 10 times the lowest wage

b likely

c likely

7. a if they get the games

b likely

c likely

8. a if they make a bid

b likely

c likely

9. a if they won the bid

b unlikely

c unlikely

Vocabulary – Consequences

Step 1

1. discourage
2. compound
3. benefit
4. trigger
5. devastate
6. lead
7. boost
8. undermine
9. curb
10. bankrupt

Reading

Step 1

1. F
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. T
6. F
7. T
8. F

Listening

Step 1

1. Russell Peterson’s
2. Russell Peterson’s
3. Ben Lewis’s

Step 3

1. a strolling

b sneaks

c tip toe down

d glances around, whispers

2. a peer

b slips

c flicks through

d grabs, sniffs

e skips

3. a muttering

b leap, drag

c curls up

Speaking

Step 1

1. a talent show vote
2. a strike ballot
3. a referendum
4. an opinion poll
5. election for student council

Step 3

1. 3 – the New Party promised a referendum
2. 1 – the show had already decided the result
3. 5 – voter apathy
4. Not mentioned
5. 4 – I’m in a small minority
6. 2 – we understand the public’s frustration

Grammar – conditionals 2

Step 2

1. helped the programme’s rating (past simple in both parts to indicate something that was true)
2. the calls were free (second conditional = the calls aren’t free)
3. we would not be taking this action now (wouldn’t + continuous infinitive = we are taking the action now – mixed conditionals)
4. they hadn’t won a landslide victory (past perfect = they did win a landslide victory – mixed conditional)
5. wouldn’t have taken part (wouldn’t + perfect infinitive – hypothetical use (if I’d been busier)
6. would’ve abolished uniforms – as for 5 = we did abolish uniforms