Unit 4

4A Animals page 29

1 1 feather 10 palm
2 gills 11 beak
3 scales 12 arm
4 fin 13 front leg
5 antler 14 hind leg
6 fang 15 fur
7 whiskers 16 claw
8 mane 17 hoof
9 wing

2 1 dog e 4 cat a
2 cats and dogs b 5 cows f
3 whale d 6 rat c

3 1 birds, sheep
2 cows, goats
3 flowers, grapes
4 cards, wolves
5 dolphins, whales
6 bees, insects
7 books, dishes
8 penguins, seals

4B Talking about ability

page 30

1 1 can/can’t
2 will be able to, can/can’t
3 be able to, being able to
4 could, managed to do, succeeded
in doing
5 couldn’t
6 could

2 1 can’t
2 couldn’t
3 finally managed to
4 didn’t manage to
5 have been able to
6 was able to
7 Can you
8 couldn’t read
9 not being able to

3 1 have been able to
2 couldn’t
3 was able to/could
4 wasn’t able to/couldn’t
5 didn’t manage/wasn’t able to
6 succeeded in
7 to be able to
8 be able to

4 1 can’t swim
2 be able to find
3 didn’t succeed in finding
4 Will you be able to find
5 managed to beat
6 wasn’t able to find
7 did you manage to afford
8 couldn’t go

4C Fox hunting page 31

1 1 owners 5 kittens

2 treat, treat 6 groom

3 pets 7 welfare

4 stuffed 8 put down

2 No

3 1 the 8 have/get 14 on

2 as 9 be 15 the

3 of 10 as 16 in

4 than 11 on 17 by

5 of 12 are 18 to

6 the 13 out 19 that

7 to

4 1 F 3 F 5 T

2 T 4 T 6 F

5 1 hound 6 dispute

2 pursuing 7 humane

3 pest 8 city-dwellers

4 predator 9 scent

5 lambs

Challenge!

Students’ own answers

4D Half human, half beast

page 32–

1 (Possible answers)

1 dog 6 lion

2 bee 7 parrot

3 monkey 8 mouse

4 snake, goose 9 bird

5 cat

2 1 Sphinx 3 Minotaur

2 Centaur 4 Harpies

3 Animal or human:

1 head 4 feet 7 face

2 legs 5 chest 8 mouth

3 hands 6 arms

Animal:

1 wings 3 horns

2 tail 4 claws

4 1 The Centaurs 7 The Harpies

2 The Sphinx 8 The Sphinx

3 The Harpies, 9 The Minotaur

the Centaurs 10 The Harpies

4 The Sphinx 11 The Centaurs

5 The Minotaur 12 The Minotaur

6 The Minotaur

Challenge!

Students’ own answers

4E Nominal clauses

page 34

1 1 It’s strange that Keith isn’t

answering his phone.

2 The important thing is that you

are here now.

3 It was amazing that Chelsea

scored five goals.

4 It was a shame that Philip

couldn’t come to my party.

5 The fact that the man was seen

at the scene of the crime proves

nothing.

6 It’s almost beyond belief that

a man won the lottery on two

separate occasions.

2 1 The fact that animals are kept in

unnatural conditions is one of the

biggest criticisms of zoos.

2 That the animals are not free to

roam, however doesn’t mean that

they suffer.

3 Another criticism is that zoos are

only there to attract visitors and

generate profit.

4 It is beyond doubt that zoos do a

lot of good work.

5 That zoos have helped to

save endangered wildlife from

extinction is one of their greatest

achievements.

6 It is encouraging that the number

of people who visit zoos and

learn about animal conservation

is increasing.

3 1 All I need is a bit more money.

2 All I need is a bit of peace and

quiet.

3 All I’ve got on me is £5.

4 All you need to say is sorry.

5 All Tom wants is a good night’s

sleep.

6 All I need is a little more time.

4 1 What I intend to do is get really fit.

2 What probably caused the

accident is ice on the road.

3 What is really important is

education.

4 What I’d really like to do is travel

around the world.

5 What worries me is Frank’s

laziness.

6 What surprised me was the

ending of the film.

7 What I need to do is work faster.

4F Topic presentation page 35

1 1 ago 4 For 7 At

2 In 5 ago

3 Before 6 In

2 It isn’t wrong to keep animals in zoos.

3 1 long time 6 truth, argument

2 more recent 7 fair

3 own view 8 all in all

4 people argue 9 true, ideal

5 point out 10 firmly

Transcript

Claire

Zoos have been a popular form of

entertainment for a very long time,

though it is only in more recent

years that people have questioned