Hi everybody, as I promised here you are the answers for exercises on pages 15, 23, 31 from the Workbook:

Page 15
1)
1. sign
2. convinced
3. quarreled
4. talks down to me
5. join

2)
1.  1. mother tongue
     2. slang
2.  1. clothes shop
     2. advertised
     3. fluent
    4. foreign language
    5. bilingual

3)
1. b    2.b   3.a   4.a   5.b

4)
1. had...been running
2. hasn't finished
3. will have returned
4. hadn't seen
5. have been planting

5)
1. have ...wondered
2. had been working
3. had learned/learnt
4. have been using
5. have been
6. will have changed
7. will have changed

6)
1. Therefore/Consequently
2. As/Since
3. As/Since
4. so
5. Therefore/Consequently

Page 23
1.
1. cut back on
2. borrow
3. contestants
4. childish
5. huge
6. glamorous

2.
1.e   2.a   3.f   4.d   5.b   6.g   7.c

3)
1. income
2. expense
3. trends
4. spectators
5. network

4)
1. that she thought it was a brilliant advert
2. why I/we hadn't gone out the night before/the previous night
3. that he couldn't go with me the next day/the following day/the day after
4. to show her my ID
5. how long she had been there
6. that she had been Reading a lot
7. having/that we have an early dinner
8. that the clinic would be closed the next day/the following day/the day after

5)
1. complained that those chips are tasted awful
2. insisted that he would definitely pay her own way
3. warned us not to be late
4. wanted to know why I had been so tired lately
5. admitted that their advert had been misleading

6)
1. However
2. Besides
3. Even though
4. Furthermore

Page 31
1.
1. before
2. could
3. always
4. before
5. usually
6. is not

2.
1. costumes
2. appeal to
3. autograph
4. interval
5. be around
6. cheered

3)
1. made it
2. in the spotlight
3. awards
4. huge hits
5. rumours
6. for years to come
7. stood up for
8. outrageous

4)
1. is read
2. have/get ...washed
3. will be given
4. haven't received
5. was being made
6. has/have just announced
7. should have been returned
8. is being done it

5)
1. will be driven to the concert by my parents
2. of our questions were answered (by him)
3. already been booked (by them)
4. has/gets her makeup done by a profesional
5. the lighting effects already being designed (by him)

6)
1. His guitar solos were absolutely brilliant. He's so talented! I'm a bit jealous
2. It's terribly difficult to make such an important decisión quickly.
3. That beautiful woman over there looks quite familiar. Isn't she a famous Singer?