A1+ Companion Answer Key
A1+ Companion Answer Key
Down Grammar E
2 DRAMA A 1
N O V E M B E R
3 CYCLING 1 There’s 2
M A R C H
4 BOARD GAME 2 isn’t 3
J U L Y
5 SHOPPING 3 Is it 4
F E B R U A R Y
6 RUNNING 4 There 5
J U N E
5 Is there 6
O C T O B E R
Grammar 6 They 7
A P R I L
A 7 it 8
J A N U A R Y
1e 2g 3f 4c 5b 6a 7d 8 Are 9
S E P T E M B E R
10
AU G U S T
B B 11
D E C E M B E R
1 does 1C 2C 3A 4B 5C 6A 7B 12
M A Y
2 plays 8B Y
3 don’t
4 Where C The hidden celebration is
5 go 1 are watching Valentine’s Day.
6 When 2 aren’t skating
7 in 3 is talking Grammar
8 do 4 am waiting A
9 at 5 are, doing 1 pears
10 watches 6 isn’t stopping 2 parties
7 Are, moving 3 children
C 8 are flying 4 cinemas
1 usually goes 5 women
2 is sometimes Unit 4 6 people
3 never read 7 pieces
4 often do, play Vocabulary 8 men
5 always do A
6 hardly ever has 1 recipe B
7 don’t often fly 2 guacamole 1 / some
8 aren’t usually 3 present 2 a
4 costume 3 a
Unit 3 5 sushi 4 some
6 sausage 5 any
Vocabulary 6 an
A B 7 some
1c 2b 3f 4e 5a 6d 1 autumn 8 any
2 winter
B 3 spring
1 taxi 4 summer C
2 far 1 lots
3 assistant C 2 a
4 connect 1 tropical 3 lot
5 adults 2 cubes 4 many
6 bus stop 3 place 5 some
7 7.30 a.m. 4 exciting 6 any
8 borrow 5 job 7 much
6 invitation 8 an
C 7 fancy
1C 2B 3B 4C 5A 6A 7C 8C 8 prepare Unit 5
9 pumpkin
D 10 symbol Vocabulary
1 nurse A
2 librarian D 1d 2h 3c 4a 5f 6g 7b 8e
3 actor 1 barbecue
4 butcher 2 neighbour B
5 waiter 3 noise 1 quad bike
6 receptionist 4 midnight 2 humpback whale
7 firefighter 5 definitely 3 science fiction
8 fishmonger 6 everywhere 4 skating rink
2
5 laughter yoga C Grammar
6 hot air balloon 1 stopped A
7 amusement park 2 ran 1 easier than
8 lighthouse keeper 3 Were 2 more dangerous than
4 wasn’t 3 worse than
C 5 took part 4 bigger than
1 turns 6 bought 5 better
2 cruise 7 didn’t like 6 friendlier / more friendly than
3 sure 8 Did you enjoy
4 sunrise B
5 nervous Unit 6 1 not as … as a
6 hire 2 not as … as
7 hit 3 not as … as
Vocabulary
8 helmet 4 as … as
A
9 let 5 not as … as
Land Animal: armadillo, gecko,
10 wild 6 as … as
giraffe
Sea/River Animal: dolphin, tadpole,
D C
turtle
1 country 1d 2c 3e 4f 5a 6b
Bird: eagle, goose, ostrich
2 view
Bug: butterfly, cricket, scorpion
3 day out D
4 toboggan 1 like
B
5 snowball 2 How
1C 2A 3A 4C 5B 6A 7C
6 puddle 3 as
8B
7 soup 4 than
8 pity 5 look
C
6 more
1 mammal
E
2 amphibian
Across Unit 7
3 prey
3 RECEPTION
4 carnivore
4 BACKPACK Vocabulary
5 herbivore
8 ROLLERCOASTER A
6 predator
9 SUNRISE 1b 2g 3a 4c 5f 6h 7e 8d
10 BRIDESMAID
D
1c 2a 3f 4b 5d 6e B
Down 1 ground floor
1 HELMET 2 solar system
E
2 FOOTPATH 3 MP3 player
C H O R M E C L E O N T
5 CRUISE 4 pencil sharpener
6 SOUVENIR R A L U S E R T I G E B 5 computer screen
7 SEAWEED O P E Y T W O R M L E H 6 high season
C R O D R H C O C D I L 7 walking stick
Grammar 8 remote control
H I P P O P O T A M U S
A
1 went E R A T U N D B M O N L
C
2 was E N R O C Z I R E K E O 1 charger
3 moved T Y D U A E L L L H R T 2 pilot
4 were 3 exhibition
A V D C M B E R D T U H
5 studied 4 flight
6 Did H C H A M E L E O N E L
5 pencil case
7 didn’t W O R N L O N B O T L E 6 predict
8 have 7 rectangular
(answers in any order) 8 earthworm
B camel
1 Did Mike go on the school trip?; crocodile D
didn’t chameleon 1 illustration
2 Were your sunglasses on the cheetah 2 lift
table?; weren’t hippopotamus 3 suitcase
3 Were you at the party yester- leopard 4 earthquake
day?; were rat 5 round
4 Did you drink hot chocolate?; did sloth 6 handle
5 Was I the first in the race?; weren’t toucan 7 invent
6 Was your mum on the bike worm 8 dentist
ride?; was
3
E D C
1 useful 1 second 1 elbow
2 inventor 2 fifth 2 kit
3 movement 3 eighth 3 rope
4 normally 4 twenty-first 4 wave
5 scientist 5 twelfth 5 medal
6 sharpen 6 five hundredth 6 chest
7 cooker 7 third 7 ankle
8 attraction 8 thirty-second 8 map
Grammar E D
A G E O L T U R L O L Y T L 1 exciting
1 the youngest E N T E N L G O L A N A I 2 disappointed
2 the most important 3 noisily
I P O I I E E R E P A I T
3 the best 4 sensation
4 the flattest T H R S T I O Y I H T N E 5 determination
5 the furthest E O Y U E S G E N T U M R 6 exhausted
6 the most useful R G E R R O R Y R A R T A
7 the shiniest E
E N T E R T A I N M E N T
8 the worst Across
A I N M E G P E N T K N U 4 TRAPEZING
B Y P H I S T H A I N M A R 6 SCUBADIVNG
1 travelling H I S T O R Y F K E N T E 8 BUNGEEJUMPING
2 clean 9 HANDCYCLING
3 used 10 PARAGLIDING
1 History
4 for
2 Nature
5 use Down
3 Leisure
6 to 1 MARATHON
4 Geography
7 for 2 KITESURFING
5 Literature
8 are used 3 SKYDIVING
6 Entertainment
5 ZORBING
C 7 BIKING
Grammar
1 will be A
2 will use Grammar
1b 2g 3f 4a 5d 6h 7c 8e
3 won’t attend A
4 won’t learn 1 hasn’t
B
5 will build 2 run
1A 2B 3A 4B 5C 6A 7B 8B
6 Will you be 3 went
7 won’t have 4 travelled
C
8 Will we live 5 climbed
1 mustn’t
6 Have
2 doesn’t have to
Unit 8 7 didn’t
3 don’t have to
8 Did
4 must
Vocabulary 5 must
B
A 6 doesn’t have to
1 hasn’t broken
1e 2d 3a 4f 5c 6b 7 don’t have to
2 have flown
8 mustn’t
3 haven’t jumped
B 4 Have … tried
1 train set Unit 9 5 has eaten
2 playing cards 6 Have … won
3 table tennis Vocabulary 7 has never swum
4 teddy bear A 8 Has … seen
5 musical chairs 1 motor
6 video game 2 trapeze C
3 derby 1 ’ll get/ will get
C 4 mermaid 2 aren’t
1 ladder 5 fee 3 won’t feel
2 cheat 6 offer 4 rains
3 rolled 7 mentally 5 will have
4 shuffle 6 won’t do
5 charades B 7 doesn’t lose
6 score 1B 2A 3C 4B 5C 6A 8 don’t stop
7 come over
8 guess
4
Unit 10 6 Have you finished your project 1 craftsperson
yet? 2 twit
Vocabulary 7 They have already cycled 3 thief
A around the park twice. / They 4 conductor
1d 2a 3e 4b 5f 6c have cycled around the park 5 enemy
twice already. 6 wizard
B 8 You haven’t printed the photos 7 presenter
Vegetable: aubergine, cauliflower, yet. 8 heroine
garlic
Fruit: avocado, grape, strawberry C Grammar
Amount: per cent, portion, spoonful 1B 2A 3C 4B 5C 6B 7C A
Container: bowl, can, freezer 8A 1 painted
2 buy
C Unit 11 3 is made
1 hydrated 4 taken
2 brush Vocabulary 5 are collected
3 sugar-free A 6 was
4 habits 1 cave 7 wasn’t printed
5 reserve 2 title 8 Were
6 disgusting 3 feather
7 approximately 4 adventure B
8 nephew 5 portrait 1 The island is visited by many
6 culture tourists every summer.
D 2 The new museum was opened
1 ant B in 2008.
2 salty 1f 2b 3g 4c 5h 6d 7a 8e 3 That song is sung by Rihanna.
3 results 4 Was the missing painting
4 stretch C found?
5 juicy 1 orchestra 5 These vases are painted with
6 dried 2 curtain bright colours.
7 Unfortunately 3 aisle 6 The Sherlock Holmes books
8 reuse 4 character were written by Sir Arthur Conan
5 balcony Doyle.
E 6 audience 7 Are these clothes made with
1 matter 7 actress natural materials?
2 excuse 8 villain 8 Rock music was played at the
3 apology wedding.
4 interview D
5 injection 1 preference C
6 decision 2 recycling 1 bought
7 teaspoon 3 beautifully 2 were dancing
8 concentration 4 dramatic 3 was shining
5 musician 4 were sitting
Grammar 6 energetically 5 saw
A 7 detective 6 wasn’t reading
1 was helping 8 creatively 7 save
2 Were they having 8 went
3 was feeling E
4 was putting C O N D C P R E Z A R D Unit 12
5 weren’t studying W I Z A R D O I N E Z Y
6 was giving Vocabulary
A T O R A R M T H I E F
7 wasn’t eating A
8 Was he running P T H E F D Y W I T O R 1b 2e 3f 4a 5c 6d
E S E M T N E I C O N T
B R P R E S E N T E R P R B
1 I haven’t had my lunch yet. 1 countryside
P R O A P I E F N O E A
2 Michael has just cut himself. 2 cottage
3 We have already eaten all the T E I F E P R E E I R F 3 cathedral
grapes. / We have eaten all the W R N T R C O N M N S E 4 court
grapes already. I A E M S D E T Y E O N 5 zone
4 Has the girl taken her medicine 6 cafeteria
Z F T S O I V E I E F M
yet? 7 promenade
5 He hasn’t done any stretching A T C O N D U C T O R Y 8 neighbourhood
exercises yet.
5
C Grammar C
1b 2h 3e 4a 5c 6g 7d 8f A 1 ’m going to study
1e 2a 3b 4f 5c 6d 2 ’s going to put on
D 3 ’re going to go
1 helpful B 4 ’s going to hang out
2 socialize/socialise (Word order may vary.) 5 ’re going to miss
3 behaviour 1 On Monday, he’s doing his 6 ’re going to take
4 stressful English homework. 7 ’m not going to catch
5 historical 2 On Tuesday, he’s practising 8 are … going to carry
6 stormy playing the violin for the school
7 departure concert.
8 sunny 3 On Wednesday, he’s playing in
the orchestra at the school
E concert at 6 o’clock.
Across 4 On Thursday, he’s playing
3 PASSENGER basketball after school.
5 PASSPORT 5 On Friday, he’s meeting Mark
7 LUGGAGE outside the cinema at 6.30 p.m.
9 ACCOMMODATION 6 On Saturday, he’s going to
10 RAINCOAT Fred’s birthday party at 8
o’clock.
Down 7 On Sunday, he’s visiting Uncle
1 MOTORWAY George and Aunt May.
2 POSTCARD
4 GRADUATION
6 CARAVAN
8 CABIN