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Mind
5.1 As if it were yesterday … p46​ Exercise 7b
ANSWERS
Exercise 2 1 sit  2 feeling  3 to slow   4 fall  5 to follow
ANSWERS
1 U  ​2 C  ​3 N  ​4 U  ​5 U  ​6 N  ​7 U  ​8 C  ​9 C Exercise 8
ANSWERS
Exercise 3a 1 get  2 make  3 let  4 remember
ANSWERS
1 recall Exercise 9a
2 fade ANSWERS
3 vivid -ing is used to talk about things people did.
4 recollection The infinitive is used to talk about what things people are/
5 precise were supposed to do.

Exercise 3b Exercise 9b
POSSIBLE ANSWERS ANSWERS
identified = discovered, recognized what something is 1 The infinitive gives the reason for stopping.
understanding = knowledge about a subject 2 -ing is used to say an activity stopped.
store = put something somewhere and keep it there to
use later Exercise 10
access = to reach something and get it out ANSWERS
1 being 5 crying
Exercise 4
2 hearing 6 try
ANSWERS 3 to do 7 to remember
1 They fade at around the age of seven. There are 4 cry
changes in the brain.
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
2 Children of seven and up store memories in a different
way and are unable to access the earlier memories. Exercise 1
3 memories that involve deep emotion 1 to go 6 doing
2 to turn 7 washing up
Exercise 5a
3 stay 8 to be
ANSWERS 4 help 9 to take
See Answers in Exercise 5b. 5 do/to do

Exercise 5b Exercise 2
ANSWERS 1 to help, to meet
2 to study, to study
Irene Tobias 3 taking, taking
What She went to He fell off a 4 to go, doing, to find
happened? Buckingham Palace horse. 5 not to apply, to look
on the day the
Second World War Exercise 3
ended. 1 to leave at around six in the morning
2 watching TV last night.
How old were She was four. He was ten.
3 to say who broke the window.
they?
4 to arrive in about ten minutes.
Which details She remembers He remembers 5 seeing my friends back home.
do they the noise and the that the other 6 saying all those things last night.
remember happy cheering, the children were 7 to program.
vividly? Queen’s blue dress excited and he 8 opening the window if you’re too hot.
and she remembers was scared. He
being disappointed remembers his
the princess didn’t helmet falling 5.2 Bored! p48
look like a princess. over his eyes.
Exercise 2a
Which details She doesn’t He doesn’t
ANSWERS
don’t they remember how they remember if he
remember? returned home from was injured or 1 when a person gives too much detail
London. not. 2 slow-moving film

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 3 doing the ironing Exercise 10b
4 long-haul flights
ANSWERS
5 rainy days
Student A
6 dull lecture
1 to look 6 to learn
7 not enough to do at work
2 suffering 7 checking
Exercise 3 3 to tell 8 to point
4 expressing 9 to observe
ANSWERS 5 finding 10 to put
words which mean bored: tired of, fed up with, have had
enough of, bored with, bored to death Student B
words which mean boring: dull, uninteresting, repetitive 1 yawning 6 agreeing
symptoms of boredom: lose concentration, yawn, 2 cooling 7 to yawn
zone out, feel desperate to escape, your mind wanders, 3 working 8 to see
can’t sit still 4 competing 9 to do
5 to attack 10 reading
Exercise 4
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
1 Students’ own answers
2 Police detective: waiting for hours for something to Exercise 1
happen, e.g. waiting outside a house for a suspect to 1 quitting, working, leaving
appear. 2 being, starting
Airline pilot: flights nowadays are automated so when
they are cruising (between taking off and landing), Exercise 2
there is little for pilots to do. 1 to have
Writer: spending all day sitting at a computer 2 to have, to eat
3 to drink
Exercise 5 4 to invite, to have
ANSWERS 5 to warn
1 b  ​2 e  ​3 c  ​4 d
Exercise 3
Exercise 6 1 to hear, to move
2 to go, to get
ANSWERS
3 to leave, waiting
1 capable of 4 occupied 4 pronouncing, to understand
2 trapped 5 steers 5 applying, making
3 desire 6 checking, leaving
Exercise 7 7 joining, to do

POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 Boredom could be nature’s way of telling us to get up 5.3 Vocabulary and skills
and do something meaningful, like donating blood or
giving money to charity.
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2 Students’ own answers Exercise 1b
Exercise 8 ANSWERS
1 L  ​2 L  ​3 R  ​4 L  ​5 L  ​6 R  ​7 R
ANSWERS
1 capable Exercise 2
2 thought
ANSWER
3 after
b
4 keen
5 opportunity Exercise 4
6 nothing
ANSWERS
Exercise 9b Making things clearer: in other words, i.e.
Giving examples: for instance, such as
ANSWERS
Showing a cause or reason: due to
1 watching 6 to occupy
2 to zone 7 to do Exercise 5
3 doing 8 trying
4 to act 9 finding POSSIBLE ANSWERS
5 having 1 Right-brained means creative and thoughtful;
left-brained means logical and analytical.
2 There is no scientific evidence that one side of the brain
dominates the other.

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 3 a The left side understands the meaning of words and Exercise 2b
sentences. The right side understands intonation and
ANSWERS
recognizes different voices.
Other suggestions were:
b In maths, the left side helps you count and the right
real security cameras – too expensive
side helps estimate numbers.
fake/false security cameras – not realistic
4 The writer believes the theory will continue to survive
changing the lock on the gate – not necessary because
because people like labels, categories and simplifying
the vandals had climbed over the wall, not got in through
the truth.
the gate
Exercise 6
Exercise 3b
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
ANSWERS
work out = to calculate/work out a problem
1 alternative 6 an effective
pop up = suddenly appear/appear on a screen
2 consideration 7 point
carry out = conduct/do (research)
3 think 8 if
come up with = find or produce (an answer, an idea,
4 worth 9 no
a theory, etc.)
5 way
Exercise 7
Exercise 4a
ANSWERS
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 5.7
work out = out meaning 1
1 One alternative would be to …
pop up = up meaning 1
2 We need to take cost into consideration …
carry out = out meaning 2
3 I don’t think that’s an option …
come up with = up meaning 2
4 Would it be worth …
Exercise 8a 5 I think a better way forward would be to …
6 That would be an effective solution.
ANSWERS 7 Do you think there would be any point in …
1 f  ​2 e  ​3 d  ​4 c  ​5 a  ​6 b 8 What if we
9 There’s no harm in
Exercise 8b
POSSIBLE ANSWERS Exercise 6b
1 come up = happen unexpectedly (up meaning 1) ANSWER
2 turn up = appear unexpectedly (up meaning 1) Winding dental floss or string around your finger is most
3 make up = create (up meaning 2) likely to work as it is the method used in hospitals.
4 turn out = become known (out meaning 1)
5 sort out = solve (out meaning 1) Exercise 6c
6 run out of = have nothing left (out meaning 2)
ANSWERS
Exercise 9a 1 make sure, should
2 be careful not to, It’s not advisable to, avoid, Whatever
ANSWERS you do, don’t
1 making up 3 otherwise, in case, or else
2 work out
3 run out of Exercise 7
4 turned out
ANSWERS
5 turn up
1 Make sure you turn the power off.
2 Wait a few seconds before touching the old bulb in case
5.4 Speaking and writing p52 it’s hot.
3 Push the new bulb in gently, or else it might break.
Exercise 1a 4 Whatever you do, don’t turn the switch on again until
ANSWERS you’ve finished replacing the bulb.
1 c  ​2 e  ​3 b  ​4 a  ​5 d 5 For safe disposal of the old bulb, it’s advisable to wrap it
in the packaging from the new bulb.
Exercise 2a
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1 a
VIDEO ANSWERS
2 They are going to install security lights and paint the
walls with anti-climb paint. Exercise 1a
1 b  ​2 c  ​3 d  ​4 e  ​5 a

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 Exercise 1b
1 attention span
2 A pie chart
3 a spreadsheet
4 instant gratification
5 a production line

Exercise 3
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 His job involves answering the phone, responding to
emails and attending meetings.
2 People worked much longer hours in 1950 than they do
now.
3 It is a relatively recent word. It was first used by Charles
Dickens in 1852. The concept of boredom only became
common after the Industrial Revolution created boring
factory jobs.
4 People have a shorter attention span nowadays
because, with modern technology, as soon as we
become bored, we change and do something else.

Exercise 4
1 are blurred.
2 never really switch off, so we feel busy all the time.
3 now have access to instant entertainment wherever we
are.
4 resulted in shorter attention spans and as a result, we
quickly become restless.

Review p55
ANSWERS

Exercise 1a
1 being 4 stay
2 to pay 5 laugh
3 smoke 6 eating

Exercise 2
1 to pay 5 attracting
2 to learn 6 to listen
3 opening 7 to do
4 launching 8 to sell

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

Exercise 4
1 ✗  ​2 ✓  ​3 ✗  ​4 ✓  ​5 ✗  ​6 ✓  ​7 ✓

Exercise 5a
1 show 5 making
2 come 6 turn
3 come 7 running
4 work/figure

Exercise 6a
1 alternative 4 in
2 way 5 if
3 getting 6 into

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