Ex. 8 p. 204

Monday through Friday, Monday to Friday; visit with somebody, visit somebody; stand on the corner, stand at the corner; to go on train, to go by train; to get from a train, to get off a train; live on street X, live in street X; aside from, apart from; a quarter of nine, a quater to nine; quarter after nine, quarter past nine; to fill out a form, to fill in a form; to stay home, to stay at home; on the weekend, at the weekend; in behalf of, on behalf of; different than, different from; to check smth. out, to check smth.; to do smth. over, to do smth. again.

Ex. 9 p. 204

1. You’d take the American to the bathroom and the Brit to the kitchen. 2. The Brit, because people do not usually talk about needing to change their underwear although you might well say that you want to change outer clothes. 3. One flight for the American but two for the Brit. 4. An American would be in a bank and a Brit in a café. 5 The American would wear it over his shirt and the Brit would wear it under the shirt.

Ex. 10 p. 204

A.1) I had a puncture. 2) Pass me the biscuits. 3) It’s in the wardrobe. 4) Open the curtains. 5) We’ve run out of petrol. 6) Our bags are in the boot. 7) Single or return? 8) Buy a single ticket. 9) We’re leaving in the autumn. 10) I hate waiting in a queue.

B. 1. Have you got the time? – Yeah, it’s five to four. – Did you say five past? – No, five to four. 2. What are you going to do at the weekend? – The usual. Play football with the kids, and do a bit of gardening. 3. Did you enjoy the match? – Yeah, it was great, but we had to queue for half an hour to get tickets. 4. Did you have a good holiday? – Yeah, really good. – How long were you away? – Five days altogether. From Monday to Friday. 5. Can you post this letter and parcel for me? – Of course. – And can you call at the off-lisence and buy a six-pack of Stella and some crisps? – Is that all? 6. Did you watch The Birds on telly last night? – I did, even though I’ve seen it twice before. – My third time. Isn’t it just a terrific film? – It certainly is. One of my favourites. 7. Have they brought the bill yet? – Yeah. They just have. But I can’t read a thing. The lighting is too bad in here. 8. Do we need a stop for petrol? – Yes, why not? I need to go to the loo, anyway.

Ex. 11 p. 205

1. smoking (or tea or coffee) break; 2. journalist, university; 3. mosquitoes, barbecue; 4. business; 5. afternoon; 6. adults / parents.

Ex. 12 p. 205

1. flee; 2. catch (e.g. by police); 3. capture / obtain; 4. man who annoys girls; 5. car thief; 6. plimsolls, sneakers; 7. people awaiting trial; 8. underwear.

Ex. 13 p. 206

1. She gave birth to a baby girl. 2. Church-bells. 3. No, it isn’t, it’s too dreary/dull. 4. Looking after the school buildings. 5. A glass of whisky (in theory, a small one). 6. Yes, he is. 7. A lake.