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LESSON 1A LESSON 1C REVIEW and PRACTICE 1

1 1 LISTENING
1 am 5 are 1 a 3 b 5 b 7 c
2 is 6 Is 2 c 4 c 6 c 8 b
1
1 T 3 F 5 F 7 F
3 Are 7 ‘m not
4 aren’t 8 is 2 2 T 4 T 6 T 8 T
1 my 5 Their 2
2 2 her 6 our, its
1 180 3 23 5 4
1 isn’t/is not 5 aren’t/are not 3 our 7 its
2 222 4 3 6 2
2 ’m/am 6 Are 4 His 8 your
3 are 7 aren’t/are not READING
4 ’s/is 8 Is
3
1 f 2 e 3 c 4 d 5 a 6 b 1
3 1 Vietnamese 4 Brazilian
1 ninety-five 4 2 Polish 5 Italian
2 21 1 photo 5 identity card 3 Irish
3 forty-seven 2 stamp 6 sweets
4 2,000 3 watch 7 glasses 2
4 torch 8 chewing gum Students circle: Vietnam, France, Poland,
5 twelve Ireland, Brazil, Italy
6 630
eight hundred and two
5 Students underline: sweets, sunglasses,
7 umbrella, mirror
Audio script
8 85
1 What’s in his wallet? 3
9 thirteen 2 Here are your books.
10 15 1 F 4 DS 7 F 10 DS
3 My tablet is on the chair.
2 T 5 DS 8 T
4 4 What’s her name?
3 T 6 F 9 DS
5 Their house is new.
1 e 3 d 5 f
6 Where are my tissues?
2 a 4 c 6 b LESSON 2A
5 LESSON 1D
1 Japanese 6 American 1
2 Canada 7 Welsh 1 1 a 3 a 5 a
3 Irish 8 Spanish 2 b 4 c 6 b
C
4 Italy 9 French
Portuguese Egyptian 2 2
5 10
1 work 5 watch
1 first 4 phone
6 2 surname 5 address
2 have 6 doesn’t/
3 teaches does not live
Audio script 3 email 6 postcode
4 likes 7 serve
1 ‘Are you eighteen years old?’ ‘No, I’m
twenty.’ 3 3
2 ‘Where is Miguel?’ ‘He’s in a meeting.’ First name: Miguel 1 doctor 5 flight attendant
3 This is the café. We’re eating breakfast Surname: Olivier 2 singer 6 dentist
here. Email: [email protected] 3 mechanic 7 receptionist
4 Anna is my sister. She’s an English Phone number: 07700900681 4 accountant 8 electrician
teacher. Address: 30 Brummidge Road
5 They’re my friends. We are in the same Postcode: NW3 6EG 4
class. 1 serves 4 wears
6 I know you. You’re Sasha’s brother. 4 2 cuts 5 helps
7 ‘Is your car German?’ ‘No, it’s Italian.’ 1 B 2 C 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 C 3 sells 6 cooks
5 5
LESSON 1B First name: Marta Audio script
Surname: (correct) 1 Suki works in a restaurant.
1 Email: [email protected]
2 Anna watches TV every day.
b Phone number: 07700900860
3 Sally helps her brother with his
Address: 13 Broughton Street homework.
2 Postcode: (correct) Jean Paul drives an Italian car.
4
1 am/’m 4 are/’re Ester really likes chocolate.
5
2 are/’re 5 is/’s Roberto lives in Argentina.
6
3 is/’s 6 are 7 Max teaches Science.
3 8 Turgay sells shoes.
1 T 3 T 5 DS 7 T 1 /s/ 3 /s/ 5 /s/ 7 /ɪz/
2 DS 4 F 6 DS 8 DS 2 /ɪz/ 4 /z/ 6 /z/ 8 /z/

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LESSON 2B LESSON 2D 2
1 No 3 No 5 Yes 7 No
1 1 2 No 4 Yes 6 Yes 8 No
1 a 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 a 1 O 3 C 5 O 3
2 C 4 O 6 C
2 Students circle: go to a restaurant, meet
friends, spend time with my family, relax,
1 at 3 On 5 on 2 listen to music, play the guitar, read a
2 in 4 in 6 at Hey Lucy, book, go to the cinema, go out to a café,
How are things with you? Do you like your
3 new home in London?
go for a walk
1 c 3a 5g 7d Here in Madrid everything is fine. I have
2 h 4f 6e 8b
a new flatmate. She is really nice and LESSON 3A
4 friendly, but I often think of you and wish
plays the guitar you were here! Her name is Keira and she’s 1
don’t listen to music from New Zealand. She’s a good cook, but
1 Your sister is always late for school.
read the newspaper she doesn’t make great chocolate cake
2 Our family eats dinner together once a
studies English like you! week.
go out for dinner I have a new part-time job. I’m a tour
3 He sees his grandparents twice a
don’t spend time with my family guide – I take people around Madrid month.
and show them the sights. I work every
4 I never play tennis because I don’t like it.
5 afternoon, from 2 p.m. till 6 or 7 p.m. I 5 They sometimes eat a big breakfast.
really like my job, but I don’t have a lot of 6 My brother helps my mother in the
Audio script
free time at the moment! You can see me kitchen three times a day.
1 Do you like music?
working in this photo..
2 My sister’s a teacher.
3 I want to play tennis!
In the evenings, I am quite tired, but I 2
sometimes play tennis with Keira. At the 1 usually 4 twice
4 What do you do in your free time?
weekends, I usually go to the cinema or 2 once 5 every
5 He goes to school on Saturday morning.
go shopping. 3 often 6 times
6 Where is the cinema?
Take care,
Maria 3
LESSON 2C 1 c 3b 5f
3 2d 4e 6a
1 1 but 3 and 5 and
1 Do 5 Who 9 What 2 or 4 but 6 or 4
does When 1 sister 5 nephews
2 6 4 2 husband 6 father
3 Where 7 Does
1 and 3 or 5 but 3 brother-in-law 7 uncle
4 don’t 8 don’t 10 How
2 but 4 and 6 or 4 children
2
1 Where does he learn Turkish? REVIEW and PRACTICE 2 5
2 Do you come from Vietnam? Audio script
3 Does she have a cat? 1 He sometimes visits his cousin.
4 Who do they go out with? LISTENING
2 We’re never late.
5 Do we start work at eight? 1 3 I study English every day.
6 Why do you drive to school? 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 I see my nephew once a week.
7 Where does she repair cars? 5 We often eat Chinese food.
8 Does he wear a suit? 2 6 I usually go to the park with my niece.
1 job 4 movies
3 2 newspapers 5 talk about
1 Where does she/Carla live? 3 (maybe) three 6 TV programmes LESSON 3B
2 How does she get/travel to work?
3 When does she go/get home? 3 1
4 Does she study in the evening? 1 Do you go to the cinema every night? 1 C 2 B 3A 4D
5 What does she do at weekends? 2 What kind of films do you like?
6 Who does she go to the cinema with? 3 Do you take a friend with you? 2
4 4 Do you have another job? 1 T 3 DS 5F 7T
Audio script 2 DS 4 T 6T 8F
READING
1 Do you like pizza? 3
2 Does he live with his parents? 1 1 too 4 too
3 What do you do at the weekend? 1 Tom Fletcher is a life coach.
2 also 5 too
4 Do they speak Spanish? 2 No, he doesn’t think we have a good
5 Where does he work? 3 also 6 also
work-life balance.
6 When do you watch TV? 3 He thinks we need to make more
7 Does your sister teach yoga? time for friends, family and free-time
8 Who do you spend time with in the activities. We need to make more time
evening? for life and to do things you enjoy.

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LESSON 4D 3 5
1 f 3 d 5 h 7b Audio script
1 2 e 4 g 6 c 8a 1 I can’t sew clothes. Can you?
2 ‘Can you speak Chinese?’ ‘Yes, I can.’
1 it 3 we 5 She 4 3 John can’t sing, but he can play the
2 they 4 he 6 it 1 eleventh 6 thirty-sixth drums.
2 2 third 7 twenty-eighth 4 My mum can cook really well.
3 twelfth 8 nineteenth 5 I can dance, but I can’t sing.
a 3 c2 e1
4 twenty-ninth 9 thirty-first 6 My dad can leave work early this week.
b 5 d4
5 fortieth 10 fourteenth 7 ‘Can your brother play the violin?’ ‘No,
3 5 he can’t.’
1 this 3 This 5a 8 You can’t buy a new top today.
Audio script
2 of 4 In 6 is
1 It’s May the fifteenth.
2 It’s December the sixth. LESSON 5D
REVIEW and PRACTICE 4 3 It’s the thirtieth of November.
4 It’s the eleventh of April. 1
LISTENING 5 It’s October the twelfth. 1 a, c, d, f
6 It’s the twenty-third of June.
1 7 It’s the sixteenth of February. 2
1 a, b, d, e, g 8 It’s July the twenty-ninth. 1 in, d 4 much, a
9 It’s the fourteenth of January. 2 sell, c 5 changing, b
2 10 It’s August the thirty-first. 3 colours, f 6 pay, e
1 Yes 3 Yes 5 Yes 7 Yes
2 No 4 No 6 No 8 Yes
4
LESSON 5B asks if the says that he/she
READING customer needs will do something
1 help
1 A 2 C 4 E 5 1
1 B 3E 5C B 3 D1 2
2 D 4A
2 3
2 1 brilliant 4 beautiful 4
1 Yes 3 No 5 Yes 7 No 2 great 5 embarrassing 5
2 Yes 4 No 6 Yes 8 Yes 3 lovely 6 awful
3 3 5
Students circle: 1 O 3 O 5 O 1 need 3 check 5 Let
Introduction – hot, cold 2 F 4 F 6 F 2 you 4 show
B – summer, winter, sunny weather,
C – wet season, dry season, hot, colder,
winters, long, dark, cold, short and sunny LESSON 5C REVIEW and PRACTICE 5
summers
D – winter 1 LISTENING
E – snow, ice, winter 1 can’t 6 Can
2 Can 7 can
1
3 can’t 8 can’t 1 b 2a 3c
LESSON 5A
4 can 9 can 2
1 5 can’t 10 can’t
1 the Year 3 nervous 5 day
1 comes from 5 Are you looking 2 2 the world 4 piano 6 happy
2 doesn’t work 6 don’t visit 1 Can, ask 6 can’t go out
3 I eat 7 Is he watching can’t play Can, borrow
READING
2 7
4 She’s wearing 8 don’t sell 3 Can, teach 8 can’t come 1
4 read, can’t 9 hear, can
2 5 can’t run 10 can’t understand
1 Angela is a hotel manager
2 Norbert has a fashion business
1 Are you having
3 Angela prefers Isa’s clothes
2 do you come from 3 4 Norbert prefers Jo’s clothes
3 ’m/am studying 1 d 3 f 5 a
4 don’t/do not live 2 e 4 b 6 c 2
5 ’m/am working 1 No 4 No 7 No
6 do they do
4 2 Yes 5 No 8 No
7 repair 1 write 3 plays 5 knit
3 Yes 6 Yes
8 don’t/do not make 2 paints 4 play 6 collect
9 enjoys
10 doesn’t/does not have

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3 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE 6

Students circle: 1 clean - dirty
Jo: hat, hats, scarf, very smart clothes, 2 light - heavy
scarf, top LISTENING
3 narrow - wide
Dan: smart, suit, shirt, tie, trainers, smart
Isa: skirt, long, short, jacket, suits, trouser
4 uncomfortable - comfortable 1
5 cheap - expensive 1 b
suits, skirt suits, jewellery
6 modern - traditional
7 quiet - noisy 2
LESSON 6A 1 F 3 T 5 T 7 T
LESSON 6C 2 F 4 T 6 F 8 F
1
1 There’s 5 some
1 3
2 There are 6 any 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
1 b 3 c 5 b 7 c
3 Are there 7 There
2 b 4 b 6 a 8 c
4 are 8 is READING
2 2 1
1 It’s not at all sunny today.
1 between 6 in 1 B 3 C 5 D
2 Emile is quite a good student.
2 in 7 between
3 Your costumes are really colourful. 2 A 4 E
3 on 8 on
4 Her uncle is not very friendly.
4 between 9 in
5 Paola goes to bed very early.
2
5 under 10 in
6 My gloves are not at all warm. 1 b 3 b 5 a
3 3
2 c 4 c 6 b
1 wardrobe 4 garage
1 mosque 5 square
2 basement 5 bathroom LESSON 7A
2 theatre 6 apartment block
3 balcony 6 toilet
3 monument 7 church
4 4 cathedral 8 concert hall 1
1 mirror 5 dining room 1 U 4 U 7 C 10 C
2 washing machine 6 garden
4
1 market 4 stadium 2 U 5 U 8 C
3 attic 7 study 3 C 6 U 9 U
2 skyscrapers 5 office block
4 stairs 8 kitchen
3 library 6 bridge
5 2
5 1 any 5 some
Audio script
Audio script 2 some 6 some
1 There’s a bed in the living room.
1 That chair isn’t very comfortable. 3 any 7 any
2 There are some chairs next to the table.
2 Her grandparents’ house is quite 4 any 8 some
3 Is there a sofa in your bedroom?
modern.
4 Are there any shelves? No, there aren’t.
5 There are five tables in their house.
3 It’s a very famous painting. 3
4 That restaurant isn’t at all expensive. 1 mushroom 5 orange
6 Is there any food in the cupboard?
5 Our balcony is always really sunny.
7 There’s a cooker in his room. 2 potatoes 6 Ice cream
6 This is quite a heavy table.
8 There isn’t a hall in his apartment. 3 peas 7 cake
7 The restaurant is very traditional.
4 juice 8 tea
LESSON 6B
LESSON 6D 4
1 cucumber b 5 carrot f
1 1 2 strawberry d 6 cabbage g
1 a, b, e
1 E 3 C 5B 3 ice cream h 7 grape a
2 2 D 4 A 4 banana e 8 lemon c
1 wide 5 traditional 2
2 bedrooms 6 kitchen 5
1 capital 4 views
3 four 7 quite Audio script
2 live 5 you
4 interesting 8 balcony 1 There are some bananas on the table.
3 way 6 places
3 2 Is there any milk in the fridge?
1 He is 5 don't 3 She’s buying some strawberries at the
2 There's 6 I am market.
3 table's 7 isn't 4 I don’t want any biscuits, thanks.
4 It is 8 They are 5 There isn’t any pepper.
6 I’d like some crisps with my lunch.

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5 LESSON 9A LESSON 9C
1 /d/ 5 /t/ 9 /t/
2 /ɪd/ 6 /ɪd/ 10 /ɪd/ 1 1
3 /d/ 7 /t/ 1 did 6 Where 1 to do 4 to start
4 /d/ 8 /ɪd/ 2 What 7 Was 2 to move 5 to study
Audio script 3 What 8 Where 3 to become 6 to travel
1 We tried to tell you but you didn’t listen. 4 Who 9 Who
2 She decided to buy a new smartphone. 5 Did 10 Were
2
3 They travelled across Africa by bicycle. 1 swimming 6 to sit
4 Tom played with his toys in his
2 2 to meet 7 to get
bedroom. 1 Where 6 didn’t 3 driving 8 to meet
5 Katia liked reading books and listening 2 What 7 did 4 to speak 9 playing
to music. 3 where 8 Was 5 to take 10 to wear
6 He waited all day to see her. 4 did 9 was
7 Your mum looked very tired today. 5 Who 10 wasn’t
3
8 No one wanted to go clubbing. 1 c 3 a 5 a 7 a
9 A police officer stopped the man’s car.
3 2 b 4 b 6 b 8 b
1 nursery 4 secondary school
10 The bad weather ended in March.
2 primary 5 homework 4
3 exams 6 university 1 get 5 save
LESSON 8D 2 be 6 lose
4 3 earn 7 join
1 1 Geography 5 infant 4 improve 8 get
2 Maths/ 6 Modern
1 c 2 f 3 e 4 a 5 d 6 b
Mathematics Languages 5
2 3 failed 7 Physical Audio script
1 First 3 Then 5 Then 4 Literature Education 1 I’d like to go into town this afternoon.
2 After 4 Later 6 before 8 university 2 They’d like to have a barbecue.
3 We like eating healthy food.
3 5 4 I like my new boss.
1 last week Audio script 5 We’d like to speak Spanish.
2 excited 1 Did you go to kindergarten? 6 They like keeping fit.
3 Roberto bought some flowers. Carla 2 Why didn’t you study art?
was late. They watched a film. They had 3 Who was your best friend at school?
dinner. 4 Was the lesson interesting? LESSON 9D
4 tired and unhappy 5 Did you have homework at the
5 Roberto decided not to see Carla again. weekend? 1
1 rising 1 T 3 F 5 F 7 T
2 falling 2 F 4 T 6 T 8 F
REVIEW and PRACTICE 8
falling
3
rising
2
4
LISTENING 1 Can you take some time off work?
5 rising
2 I'm not sure I should.
1 3 Why don't you talk with your family?
b, d, f LESSON 9B 4 That's a really good idea.
5 How about visiting the English teacher
2
1 an inventor 1 tomorrow?
1 computer 4 Italian 6 Let's do something fun tonight!
2 a robot
3 tourists programming 5 18/eighteen 3
2 builder 6 teacher
1 Can 4 good 7 great
3 3 Bistra
2 should 5 about
1 week 4 buy
2 expensive 5 at university
2 3 don’t 6 Let’s
1 so 3 because 5 so
3 Tokyo 6 five years
2 so 4 because
4
1 you 3 shame
READING 3 2 sorry 4 awful
1 1 A 3 N 5A 6
1 T 3 T 5 F 2 V 4 N 6A
1 Poor you
2 T 4 F 6 F
4 2 Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that
2 a 4 c 5 e2 3 That’s a shame!
a 3 d 4 g 2 b 3 d 6 f 1 4 How awful!
b 6 e 1 h 7
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REVIEW and PRACTICE 9 LESSON 10B LESSON 10D

LISTENING 1 1
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h 1 C 3 A 5 A/B
1 2 A/B 4 C 6A
a, b, d, f, g, h 2
1 runs 4 loved 2
2 2 quite 5 beautiful 1 wasn’t, was
1 b 2 a 3 tired 6 was difficult 2 didn’t want, became
wanted, travelled
3 3 3
4 worked
1 and PE 4 problems 1 c 3 a 5 b 5 helped, did
2 last year 5 groups 2 a 4 c 6 was, made
3 Modern 6 museum, library
Languages 4 3
1 blond 6 medium-length 1 When Florence was a baby, her family
READING 2 curly 7 grey moved to England./Her family moved to
1 3 earring 8 bearded England when Florence was a baby.
a 4 c3 e1 4 moustache 9 piercing 2 When there was a war against Russia,
b 2 d5 5 fair 10 glasses Florence worked as a nurse./Florence
worked as a nurse when there was a
2 5 war against Russia.
1 18/eighteen 7 think carefully Audio script 3 When Florence was young, women
2 the gym 8 everything's 1 I mean, their appearance is quite different! usually stayed at home./Women usually
3 a poster changed/ 2 My models are very different from usual stayed at home when Florence was
4 ice climbing everything's models. young.
5 rock climbing better 3 What an interesting idea!
6 Finland 4 At first, it was difficult.
5 People like looking at my models. REVIEW and PRACTICE 10

LESSON 10A LISTENING

LESSON 10C
1 1
1 bigger 5 nicer 9 hotter
1 1 b 2 b
friendlier worse 10 faster 1 the oldest 5 the safest
2 6
2 the furthest 6 the worst
2
3 easier 7 safer
3 the best 7 the most crowded 1 M 3L 5M
4 further 8 better
4 the biggest 8 the friendliest 2L 4L 6M
2 3
1 Most shops are a bit more expensive 2
1 most 4 most 1 T 3F 5F
than the market.
2 the 5 fastest/best 2F 4T
2 London is much more crowded than my
town. 3 best 6 happiest/best
READING
3 The library is quieter than our classroom.
4 Skiing is a lot more dangerous than
3 1
walking! 1 confident 4 cheerful
1 Mount Ararat 4 safest
5 The park is less noisy than a nightclub. 2 generous 5 talkative
2 friendliest 5 funniest
6 Is your niece cleverer than your nephew? 3 polite 6 clever 3 kind
3 4 2
1 c 3c 5a 1 brave 4 lazy 1 volcano 5 the streets
2 b 4b 6b 2 funny 5 shy 2 friendliest 6 safe
3 kind 6 popular strangers
3 7 worst
4 5 4 boring
1 friendly 3 ugly 5 crowded
2 safe 4 light 6 lovely Audio script
1 What’s the most exciting place in the LESSON 11A
5 world?
Audio script 2 She’s the kindest girl I know. 1
1 Her shoes were cheaper than mine. 3 He is the laziest boy in the school. 1 c 3 b 5c 7a
2 The countryside is quieter than the town. 4 Ella is the most popular girl in the club.
2a 4 a 6b 8c
3 You’re always busier than me! 5 It’s the funniest film of the year.
4 Is your car safer than Alex’s? 6 Who’s the most relaxed person in your 2
5 Anna was friendlier than her cousin. family? 1 has 5 have
6 Is Madrid bigger than Barcelona? 7 Is she the most beautiful woman in the 2 have 6 don’t
7 His hair was darker than yours. country? 3 don’t 7 has to
8 It’s noisier here than in class. 8 My nicest present was this necklace. 4 doesn’t 8 has to

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4 REVIEW and PRACTICE 12 Planning and making notes

Audio script 1
1 Last yearI hadanamazing birthday. LISTENING 1 Before 3 First 5 After
2 My cousinorganizedasurprise party 2 Then 4 Then 6 Later
for me. 1
3 I thoughtI was going to see anaction b, c, d, g 2
film.
4 Everyone can get dressedupin scary
2 a4 c2 e6
b3 d1 f 5
costumes. 1 a 2 a
5 WhenI waseight yearsold. 3 3
1 last 4 cold, salad
1 F 4 F 7 T
2 house 5 coffee
LESSON 12C 2 T 5 T 8 T
3 restaurant 6 together
3 T 6 F 9 F
1 Writing a description of a person
1 b 4a 7b 10 a READING
2 a 5b 8b 11 b 1 1
3 a 6a 9a 12 a 1 e 3c 5a
1 b 2 a
2d 4b
2 2
1 Have, flown 5 Has, had
2
1 F 3 F 5 F 7F
2 didn’t see 6 went, didn’t buy 1 b 2d 3a
2 F 4 T 6 DS 8T
3 haven’t read 7 Did, drive, did, go
4 has, eaten 8 have, spoken 3 3
1 When she was a student at university,
Students circle: strange, awesome, fun,
3 terrible, scary, awful
she met her music band, The Dots.
1 Have you ever 6 Have you met She met her music band, The Dots,
been 7 haven’t when she was a student at university.
2 went 8 did you go WRITING PRACTICE 2 When she stopped playing with her
3 did, enjoy band, she became a music teacher.
9 did you do
4 We had She became a music teacher when she
10 travelled Opening and closing an
stopped playing with her band
5 did you go informal email
3 When she got a trumpet, she started to
4 1 play in a brass band.
1 f 3a 5b 1 Germany 3 the USA 5 plays She started to play in a brass band when
she got a trumpet.
2 d 4c 6e 4 doesn’t
2 years like
Audio script Writing and replying to an
1 worn, bought 4 seen, eaten 2 invitation
2 written, driven 5 flown, spoken
3 drunk, won 6 read, met
1 and 3 but 5 or 1
2 and 4 but 1 (to) Amsterdam

LESSON 12D
3 2 Matt
3 Cerys
1 O 3 O 5 O
1 2 C 4 C 6 C 2
1 having 4 come 1 having 3 make 5 sorry
Describing a photo 2 can 4 Please
2 can 5 sorry
3 RSVP 6 make 1 3
a 2 b 4 c 3 d1
2 1 – 2 a 3a 4 the
1 a 3– 5a 2
2 the 4 the 1 b 2 a 3 d 4c
3 3
Suggested answers: 1 It 3 They 5 He 7I
- Hi Jan and Bob 2 She 4 We 6 you
- Thank you for the invitation / Thanks so
much for the invitation to your party.
- We’d love to come but … / I’m really
Topic sentences
sorry but I can’t make it because … 1
- We’re having visitors that day. / I’m
1 B 3 – 5 A
going on a work trip.
- Lots of love / Keep in touch 2 D 4 E 6 C

2
1 b 3 b 5 b
2 c 4 a

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