GOING FOR GOLD - LANGUAGE MAXIMISER

Unit 1: CHANGING WORLD

Grammar 1
Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:
ex 1 / page 6

1. thinks, disagree
2. fry, beat, mix
3. is getting
4. am, 're not going, know, like
5. weighs
6. am trying, open

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 2 / page 6
1. My boyfriend rides his bicycle to college every day.
2. When are you coming back from your holiday?
3. I am going away for the weekend at the end of March.
4. My brother doesn't like hip hop music.
5. You take the number 14 bus from the bus terminal. It stops
opposite the university.
6. I am writing to apply for the job you advertised in last
Tuesday's Daily News.

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ex 2 / page 6
Occasionally I take the bus/ I occasionally take the bus
Every afternoon I try to do two hours of study/ I try to do two
hours of study every afternoon
then I often take the dog/ then, often, I take the dog
On Saturday mornings I help a friend in his shop/ I help a friend
in his shop on Saturday mornings
What do you usually do during your holiday?
Vocabulary 1

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 1 / page 6

1. rainfall
2. tragedy
3. development
4. creative
5. considerable
6. isolated
7. population
8. global

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ex 2 / page 5
1. rainy (adjective)
2. creative (adjective)
3. population (noun)
4. development (noun)
5. tragic (adjective)
6. considerable (adjective)
7. isolated (adjective)

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 3 / page 6

1. of
2. for
3. of
4. for
5. of
6. in
7. from, by
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ex 4 / page 6
1. famous (adjective)
2. beauty (noun)
3. environment (noun)
4. poisonous (adjective)
5. difficult (adjective)
6. dangerous (adjective)
7. pleasure (noun)
8. problems (noun)
9. necessary (adjective)
Grammar 2

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 1 / page 8
1. will get on
2. will have to
3. are going to study
4. are (you) going to meet
5. isn't going to start
6. are going to have
7. are (we) going to get
8. 's going to rain

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 2 / page 8

The incorrect forms are:

1. do you do
2. will your plane leave
3. rains
4. I'll have, I probably go
5. Do you have, I just have
Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:
ex 3 / page 8

1. threaten/ are threatening

2. is causing
3. read
4. will (not) change
5. behave
6. drive
7. use
8. wear
9. is
10. are (you) going to do
Vocabulary 2
Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:
ex 1 / page 9

1. d
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. e

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 2 / page 9

1. CFC gases
2. recycling banks
3. fumes
4. ozone layer
5. Eco-tourism
6. solar, wind, coal, oil
7. air quality
8. working holidays
Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:
ex 3 / page 9
The unlikely alternatives are: 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 B
Reading
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ex 1 / page 10

1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F

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ex 3 / page 10
1. B
2. E
3. D
4. C
5. A

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ex 4 / page 10
SEE ANSWERS TO 5
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ex 5 / page 10

b. 4 collapsed (verb)
c. 1 visible (adjective)
d. 2 carve (verb)
e. 6 invaders (noun)
f. 7 hiked (verb)
g. 3 destruction (noun)
Writing

Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:

ex 1.2 / page 12

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B

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ex 2.2 / page 12

Raspunsuri posibile:
1. An enormous pool of oil from a tanker has caused an
ecologicaldisaster.
2. In the center of the town you can find hundreds of boutiques
selling wonderful clothes.
3. Buying a guidebook is essential. The Lonely planet guides
areexcellent.
4. Her exam results were disastrous and she had to repeat the
year.
Going for Gold - Language Maximiser:
ex 4.2 / page 12

1. As far as I am concerned, people should recycle as much of their

rubbish as possible.
2. In my opinion, pollution is everyone's problem.
3. I can promise you, you won't be dissapointed with Bornholm.
4. I'm sure you won't regret visiting Stockholm.
5. If you ask me, people who hurt animals should be put in prison.