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Oxford Wordpower Trainer – Answer key

Quick quiz

bad

awful, dreadful

beautiful

gorgeous, handsome

fat

chubby, overweight

a do

intelligent

clever, bright

An elephant

have

The picture is upside down.

I asked the teacher to help me, but she

told me that I should do more

homework, learn to use my dictionary,

and pay attention to her in class.

2glider hovercraft liner yacht

Hovercraft, liners and yachts are types

of boat. A glider is a type of

aeroplane.

Contents

basil cloves mint parsley

Basil, mint and parsley are herbs.

Cloves are used as a spice.

1 Quick quiz

1 Getting things right

2 Phrasal verbs

3 Idioms

3 Confusable words

4 Collocation

4 Word formation

5 Prepositions

6 Letter writing

6 Essay writing

7 Improve your speaking and writing

7 Informal and formal English

8 Spelling

8 Pronunciation

9 Topic: Food and shopping

9 Topic: Clothes and appearance

10 Topic: Sport

11 Topic: Health

11 Topic: Where you live

height - kite

laugh - half

queue - zoo

sew - though

stuff - rough

briefcase rucksack shoulder bag

trainers

Briefcases, rucksacks and shoulder

bags are types of bag. Trainers are a

type of shoe.

barn busker orchard stable

Barns, orchards and stables are

usually found in the countryside.

Buskers are people who play music on

the streets in the city.

British = American

dressing gown = bathrobe

nappy = diaper

trainers = sneakers

trousers = pants

waistcoat = vest

Getting things right

Fill in the missing words

I recommend studying at university in

Great Britain. Your English will be

excellent and I’m sure you’ll be

successful.

1 weighing

2 in/with

3 from

4 from

5 have been

6on

7by

8 off/away from

9on

10 for

11 in

12 of

13 become

14 alone

It is called a boarding school.

Teachers give students homework

to do at home.

(Look at the grammar note at the

entry need 2 in Wordpower.)

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Spot the error

More particles

8 advise you to do

9 persuaded her to buy

10 succeeded in getting

1 Could you keep an eye on my bags

for me while I go into the shop,

please?

2 The way we bring up the children is

our business. I don’t want your

mother sticking / poking her nose in !

3 Mark and Emma are both still head

over heels in love even after five

years.

4 He was going to report it to the

police, but at the last minute he got

cold feet and decided to keep quiet.

5 Why not tell him how you feel? It

might do you good to get it off your

chest .

6 Fran says she’s too busy to come to

the party tonight. See if you can

twist her arm .

7 You’ll just have to make up your

mind which one you want. I’m not

waiting any longer!

8 When I asked him what he wanted

to eat, he bit my head off .

9 It’s not fair of us to discuss Jo’s work

behind her back .

10 We’re so busy because we’ve just

moved house and we are up to our

eyes in boxes that need unpacking.

Correct words:

believe

embarrassed

lying

made (a mistake)

received

(amazed) by/at

had ( fallen)

badly/seriously (hurt)

fell (into bushes)

from freezing

(decided) to (retire)

1 off 2 for 3 out 4 across 5 up 6 down

7 of 8 down

Verb forms

Separable and inseparable

verbs

studied

skiing

look it up

shopping

get over it

swimming

get around to it

panicked

threw it away

put it off

Countable, uncountable and

plural nouns

Opposites

Sentence transformations

Correct forms:

2 some information

3 The pasta isn’t cooked

4 How much homework

5 antique furniture

6 two pieces of toast

7 My accommodation was

8 lots of advice

9 the news is

10 These trousers are

10 g

1 we’re running out of

2 thinking about/of

3 enjoyed myself/enjoyed my time

4 suggested going out and

celebrating/suggested that we all go

out and celebrate

5 is being questioned

6 might not have got

7 hardly any money

8 such a boring party

9 dying to meet

10 had arrived earlier, I would have

Collocations

turn sth on

turn sth off

put sth on

take sth off

1 doing

2 taking part

3 train

4 shape

5 stamina

6 prize

7 lose

8 win

9 break

10 champion

check in

check out

Verb Patterns

pack sth in

take sth up

Confusable words

-ing or -ed adjectives

add sth on

take sth away

Gap fills

2 hitting

3 to open

4 seeing

5 to meet

6 to speak

7 meeting

8 joining

9 doing

10 being

pick sth up

put sth down

cheer sb up

get sb down

pull over

pull out

pick sb up

drop sb off

Correct adjectives:

sit down

stand up

boring

amazing

Idioms

embarrassed

Phrasal verbs

Which particle?

revolting

moving

2 head g

3 nose e

4 eyes k

5 feet b

6 heart f

7eye h

8arm c

9 head (over) heels i

10 back j

11 mind a

very tiring, completely exhausted

exciting

Sentence transformations

terrified

back = in return

on = continuing

off = separate, no longer attached

let you go

regret telling her

never forget seeing her

charming

( fascinating)

try talking to your parents

avoid drinking alcohol

(relaxing)

refreshed

waiting for him to tell

1 back 2 off 3 on 4 back 5 on 6 off

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Collocation – Words that go

together

Expressions with make, do,

give, have and take

Prefixes and Suffixes

disappointing

(boring)

frightening

11 No, it isn’t.

12 Yes. It flies over the Atlantic Ocean.

readable

6 simplify

traditionally

7 achievement

Suffixes

(challenging)

boring

extra large

8 transatlantic

brownish

9 poisonous

disappointing

satisfied

13 develop - development

kind - kindness

arrange - arrangement

imagine - imagination

happy - happiness

organize - organization/organisation

To spell ‘happiness’, you drop the ‘y’

in ‘happy’ and add an ‘i’.

14 actor

teacher

conductor

explorer

15 summary - summarize

false - falsify

sharp - sharpen

general - generalize

loose - loosen

pure - purify

1 give

2 doing

3 make

4 make

5do

6 having/had

7 taking/to take

8gave

9 take/have

10 took

11 having

12 gave

13 take

14 took

15 made

16 give

17 make

18 make

19 make

20 making

illegal

10 northward

Using illustrations

1 d swallow

2 d squeeze

3 c a hammer

4 b cross-legged

5 b a lobster

6 d a sieve

7 c sink

8 c a hedge

9 c lend

10 a bounce

Write the correct word

2 take

3 miss

4 looks

5 damaged, hurt

6 is expecting

7 bring

8 Going, getting

9 waste

10 is rising

11 seemed

12 grew up

13 managed to

14 earn

15 got to know

Prepositions

Prepositions of place

Word formation

Prefixes

1 behind

2on

3in

1 eight

2 1776

3 but

4 No, it has branches in many

countries.

5 after the war

6 before the expected time

7 a superstore

8 very small

9 very full

10 correct - incorrect

certain - uncertain

possible - impossible

regular - irregular

sure - unsure

legal - illegal

valid - invalid

relevant - irrelevant

patient - impatient

legible - illegible

above, next to/beside, opposite

in front of

next to/beside, opposite

between

against

What’s the difference?

Prepositions of time

Correct words:

2 view

3 prescription

4 sensitive

5 as

6 for ten years, five years ago

7 job

8 currently

9 lonely

10 hard

no preposition

2010

6 o’clock

29th May

last year

the afternoon

Easter

New Year’s Eve

next month

March

9 a.m.

Tuesday

today

spring

lunchtime

Wednesday

tomorrow

the 1980’s

night

morning

yesterday

the 21st century

the weekend

the day after

tomorrow

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Letter writing

Job application letter

Essay writing

Linking expressions

Formal and informal

English

Informal English

1 Today

2 As a result

3 The main advantage

4 For example/For instance

5 In addition

6 for example/for instance

7 On the other hand

8 Firstly

9 Secondly

10 consequently

11 To sum up

12 In spite of

As you will see from my CV, 2

Further to your advertisement in

“English World”, 1

I am a qualified and experienced

teacher, translator, etc. 2

I am currently working … 2

I am keen/eager to find a position as a

… 1 or 3

I have a great deal of experience of

…ing … 2

I look forward to hearing from you

(soon). 4

I will be available from July 1 st until

August 30 th . 4

I would like to apply for the post of … 1

or 3

I would love the chance/opportunity to

… 3

In my work as a … I have often had to

… 2

Last year I worked in …/as a … 2

My responsibilities include … and … 2

Please find attached a copy of my CV.

(=for an email) 4

Please find enclosed a copy of my CV.

(=for a letter) 4

This would be the ideal opportunity for

me to … 3

Yours faithfully, (=if you write Dear

Sir/Madam) 4

Yours sincerely, (= if you write Dear

Mr/Ms. Smith, etc. ) 4

broke (c) poor

in the red (a) overdrawn

getting (my bank manager) off my back

(j) stopping sb annoying me

looking on the bright side (g) taking an

optimistic view

fork out (i) pay

mate (q) friend

place (f) home

look up (e) improve

going through a bad patch (h) having

problems

round the bend (b) mad

a doormat (d) a weak person

at the end of the day (k) the most

important thing is

gets her own way (m) gets what she

wants

digging his heels in (l) refusing to

change his mind

playing gooseberry (o) being with a

couple when they want to be alone

be hard on (p) make things difficult for

get my act together (n) organize myself

properly

a There is a great deal of debate

b Many people are talking

a The first advantage

b The main advantage

For example

For instance

a What is more

b In addition to this

c Moreover

d Furthermore

Improve your speaking and

writing

TOPIC notes

a On the other hand

a Although

b Even though

a Consequently

b As a result

c For this reason

Other answers may be possible.

art 8

books 4

bus 7

cars 7

doctor 8

dogs 1

driving 7

films 4

flat 2

holidays 6

hospital 8

hotel 6

houses 2

humour 4

the Internet 4

jobs 8

listening to music 3 and 4

literature 4

office work 8

pets 1

plane 7

pop music 3 and 4

schools 5

shopping 4

sport 4

studying 5

television 4

train 7

university 5

a To conclude

b To sum up

c In conclusion

Introduction

Firstly

Additional

Furthermore

In addition

Moreover

Secondly

Consequence

Therefore

For this reason

As a result

Conclusion

In conclusion

To conclude

To sum up

Contrast

However

On the other hand

Although

Despite

Opinion

The majority believe

According to…

From my point of view

In my opinion

Formal to informal

2 Tell the boss exactly what you think.

Don’t worry – I’ll back you up .

3 You’ll never guess who I bumped

into in the street just now!

4 I’m trying to cut down (on)/cut back

(on) the amount of coffee I drink

each day.

5 I’ll have to put off the meeting until

next week.

6 The flight is at 8.00 so we’ll have to

set off very early for the airport.

7 I think the baby really takes after his

mother.

8 I was so pleased when my dad finally

gave up smoking.

9 It’s amazing how some people

manage to bring up their children

alone.

10 Have we got time to drop in on

Elena on the way home?

Writing a reply

The phrases in the correct order are:

It was great to hear from you

wonderful news

exactly

Do you fancy

well worth

sounds

spend much time

I wish

please write soon

let me know

Spelling

Topic: Food and shopping

Going shopping

What’s cooking?

I cut my thumb while opening a tin.

You’re not listening to me!

I had planned to study but I fell asleep.

Have you visited him in hospital yet?

As usual, the boss got the biggest pay

rise.

Whose mistake was he referring to?

A boring job is preferable to no job.

The boy is believed to have been

kidnapped.

We were beaten 4-0 in the final.

Blend , boil , chop , fry , grill , roast and

slice can be used as nouns and verbs.

silent = night, higher, although,

daughter, thorough

/f/ = enough, cough, tough, rough

/g/ = ghetto, ghost

A shopping list

bananas

tomatoes

red pepper

courgettes

garlic

skimmed milk

chicken breasts

white wine

1 slice

3 blend

2 boil

4 chops

Double consonants

The baby’s getting fatter every day.

I’m hoping to go to India next year.

I stopped to look at the map.

I’m writing to thank you for all your

help.

Have you ever written to a newspaper?

We’ve got no chance of winning.

The dog was whining outside the door.

Topic: Clothes and

appearance

Clothes and accessories

A shopping trip

My first errand was to go to the

clothes shop, as I had to return

a shirt I bought last week but which

didn’t fit properly.

Unfortunately I didn’t have the

receipt , so the assistant

told me I couldn’t get a refund .

Instead I exchanged it for a shirt in

a different style.

Next I went to the supermarket to

buy groceries . I walked up and

down the aisles , looking at

this week’s special offers and filling

my trolley with all kinds of

food. There was a queue at

the checkout , so I had to wait

quite a long time. Next I went to the

local butcher’s to buy some

chicken for dinner. Unfortunately I

was too late - they had sold out

of chicken. I hope the family won’t

mind a takeaway tonight!

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Pronunciation

certain

biscuit

blood

bird

chocolate

busy

country

earth

control

language

money

expert

famous

married

one

heard

moustache

minute (noun)

won

journey

pleasure

orange

nurse

helmet

woman

package

work

slippers

packet

pretty

women

belt

earrings

sweater

jacket

beard

iron

/bI@d/

/"aI@n/

scarf

beautiful

naked

Containers

a bag of crisps

a bottle of water

a box of chocolates

a can of cola

a carton of milk

a jar of jam

a tub of margarine

a tube of toothpaste

/"bju;tIfl/

/"neIkId/

swimsuit

break

queue

/breIk/

/kju;/

breakfast

restaurant

/"brekf@st/

/"restrQnt/

Talking about appearance

comfortable

sausage

/"kVmft@bl/

/"sQsIdZ/

cupboard

sew

/"kVb@d/

/s@U/

friend

stomach

/frend/

/"stVm@k/

What does she look like?

fruit

suit

/fru;t/

/su;t/

government

tired

/"gVv@nm@nt/

/"taI@d/

guide

vegetable

/gaId/

/"vedZt@bl/

She looks …

She looks like …

heart

/hA;t/

tired

a movie star

beautiful

her mother

happy

you

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