“KEYNOTE PROFICIENT” - CUID C2

GRAMMAR SUMMARY KEY

UNIT 1 (Pages 141-142)
EXERCISE 1:
1) played 2) listened, was driving 3) has had, bought 4) has lived, has never
been 5) gave, was touring 6) has had 7) have enjoyed 8) have been trying
EXERCISE 2:
1) have you been waiting 2) I’ve just been looking 3) have you seen 4) I’ve
sorted 5) I’ve been meaning 6) I haven’t had 7) I haven’t seen 8) I’ve
owned 9) I haven’t ridden 10) it has been raining
EXERCISE 3:
1) ever 2) yet/before 3) this week/for months 4) for months/this week, so
far/yet 5) just 6) in the last 5 years/lately/so far
EXERCISE 4:
1) Ex 2) Patients have been waiting… 3) A man has crossed the Atlantic… 4)
Businesses have been told to be… 5) Schoolchildren have been targeted by
mobile phone thieves
EXERCISE 5:
1) vast 2) proportion 3) amount 4) few 5) substantial 6) hardly 7) fraction
8) deal
EXERCISE 6:
1) Ex 2) with the report’s recommendation 3) their findings after careful
analysis 4) opposition from environmentalists to the expansion of… 5)
demand from businesses for the reduction of tax 6) a commitment to the
improvement of working conditions
EXERCISE 7: (in class)
1) we HAD a wonderful evening 2) He OWNED me 3) How long DID IT TAKE
4) FOR 3 years 5) a large NUMBER 6) very FEW opportunities
UNIT 2 (Page 145)
EXERCISE 1:
1) 1 will have 2 will have 2) 1 are you leaving 2 are flying 3 is meeting/is
going to meet 3) 1 is going to fall 2 will put 4) 1 starts/is starting 2 aren’t
arriving/don’t arrive/won’t arrive 3 are you going to get/are you getting 4
will probably be/am probably going to be 5) 1 will benefit/are going to
benefit 2 will help/is going to help
EXERCISE 2:
1) Shall we get 2) ok 3) starts 4) will be/are going to be 5) ok 6) have had
7) may/might be 8) ok
EXERCISE 3:
1) will have gone 2) will have been working 3) will just be waking up 4) will
have forgotten 5) will be seeing 6) will be wondering
EXERCISE 4:
1) He’s bound to face… 2) may well lose… 3) are unlikely to have sold out…
4) is likely to be given… 5) are on the verge of signing… 6) is about to be
demolished
EXERCISE 5:
1) was going to stay 2)were going to arrive 3) were going to get married 4)
was to/was going to make 5) wouldn’t last/wasn’t going to last 6) was going
to report
EXERCISE 6: (in class)
1) will call 2) will talk 3) stay 4) they’ll be getting 5) to notice 6) were going
to perform

UNIT 3 (Page 147)

EXERCISE 1:
1) 1 deserves 2 did you have 3 contained 4 promised 2) 1 didn’t want 2
didn’t think 3 was being 4 didn’t fell/wasn’t feeling 3) 1 are you
enjoying/have you been enjoying 2 I’m learning/I’ve learnt/I’ve been
learning 3 involves 4 do you mind 5 mean 6 depends 4) 1 was having 2 see
3 thought 4 was just calling 5 discussed/were discussing
EXERCISE 2:
1) I’m loving 2) ok 3) he’s owning 4) ok 5) isn’t really mattering 6) isn’t
surprising 7) weren’t believing 8) ok 9) is deserving
EXERCISE 3:
1) 1 I’m tasting 2 tastes 2) 1looked/were looking 2 felt/was felling 3 seemed
3) 1 sounds 2 seems
EXERCISE 4:
1) What I find really difficult is the relationship… 2) Planning the details of
your trip in advance does have its advantages but… 3) The thing I liked
about the documentary was that it left you… 4) It was her violent reaction
that surprised me, not her answer 5) Wherever you go in New Orleans, it’s
the quality… 6) It is people… who can change the world
EXERCISE 5:
1) personally 2) practically 3) health 4) political 5) financially 6) smokers
EXERCISE 6: (in class)
1) BELONGS to me 2) I PROMISE you 3) she is just BEING cautious 4)
DIDN’T FEEL comfortable 5) THAT is so surprising 6) ECONOMIC perspective

UNIT 4 (Pages 149-150)

EXERCISE 1:
1) 1 were you talking 2 was telling 3 went 4 stopped 5 did he think 6 hadn’t
appreciated 7 met 8 had been going 2) 1 went 2 had fallen 3 didn’t you
leave 4 was supposed 5 didn’t get 6 had finished 7 was 3) 1 was getting 2
got 3 had overturned 4 had stopped 5 were trying
EXERCISE 2:
1) loved 2) ok 3) had been studying 4) ok 5) lived 6) would often help 7)
has finished 8) would take 9)/10)/11) ok 12) managed to catch
EXERCISE 3:
1) couldn’t have gone 2) shouldn’t have left 3) had to take 4) could have
been mistaken 5) must have been recruited 6) might have thrown
EXERCISE 4:
1) Not only was the food cold but it was also burnt 2) such was the force of
the blast that the windows in buildings 3 streets away were shattered 3)
only by speaking to himself as he walked did he managed to stay awake 4)
hardly had he opened his mouth to speak when she interrupted 5) no sooner
had she finished speaking than the room erupted into loud applause 6) only
when he had opened the parcel did he realize his mistake 7) so poisonous
was the snake’s venom that just a small bite could have been fatal 8) only in
moments of deep frustration had he ever thought of giving up
EXERCISE 5: (in class)
1) to OWN 2) children HAD BEEN PLAYING 3) You should HAVE TAKEN your
umbrella 4) we WERE ABLE TO GET seats 5) DID THEY STEAL my laptop 6)
WERE WE ABLE to get in

UNIT 5 (Page 152)

EXERCISE 1:
1) Ex 2) numerous tests have been carried out…. Findings will be published
in due course 3) while the drone was being developed, several… 4) whiles
it’s claimed by some experts… fact is disputed by other experts 5) …
spacesuit wore by Armstrong when… 6) it has just been announced by the
travel agency that customers… won´t be compensated 7) extra concert days
would have been added to their tour if… 8) The main building should be
finished by the end of the year but more time will be required to complete…
EXERCISE 2:
1) being bitten 2) to be told 3) being pressured 4) being treated 5) being
made 6) to be called, not to be called 7) to be met 8) not to be asked, not to
be involved
EXERCISE 3:
1) Ex 2) has any attempt been made 3) thought was given 4) conclusion
was reached 5) meeting is being held 6) research has been done 7)
allowances must be made 8) consideration needs to be given
EXERCISE 4:
1) It’s said to feature special effects not seen before 2) It’s now thought to
be a fake 3) she’s believed to be going straight to Scotland 4) the Giant
Panda was reported to have been birth 5) he was supposed to be carrying
on for another year 6) they’re reported to have escaped from a high-security
prison 7) the escaped criminal is known to be dangerous 8) it¡s supposed to
have been fascinating
EXERCISE 5: (in class)
1) HAS GONE UP 2) thought TO BE HIDING 3) BEGAN/WAS BEGUN in 2012
4) surprised NOT TO BE INVITED 5) HAS BEEN TAKEN yet 6) I DOUBTED
myself at times

UNIT 6 (Page 154)

EXERCISE 1:
1) had it dyed 2) had/got it cut 3) got it stuck 4) have/get it looked at 5)
had/got it designed 6) have/get it done 7) get it finished 8) get one wall
painted
EXERCISE 2:
1) call 2) to do 3) thinking 4) started 5) organize 6) to open 7) dry cleaned
8) pick
EXERCISE 3:
1) you need to get your eyes tested 2) I’ll get the flowers delivered to her at
work 3) I would like my steak cooked medium-rare 4) you’ll never get me to
go on a motorbike 5) who would like to get the meeting started?
EXERCISE 4:
1) went 2) went 3) got 4) get 5) went 6) going 7) got 8) got
EXERCISE 5:
1) whether I had seen that face somewhere before 2) he would be there at
the same time the following week 3) she’d like to come/go but she didn’t
think she could 4) what my father would have done if he had been in that
situation 5) if I was busy just then 6) I should think hard before I made such
a big decision 7) why I hadn’t asked for help 2 days ago/before
EXERCISE 6: (in class)
1) to understand 2) to think 3) passport RENEWED 4) to have my hair cut 5)
she WAS HAVING/HAD HAD 6) they were arriving

UNIT 7 (Page 156)

EXERCISE 1:
1) a more varied group than 2) cleverest 3) funniest 4) more slowly than 5)
twice as expensive to import as 6) a better performance than
EXERCISE 2:
1) the most visited 2) greater 3) closest 4) many 5) (the most) wonderful 6)
faster 7) (more) popular
EXERCISE 3:
1) 1 bit/little 2 far 3 better 4 much 5 rather 6 the 7 slightly 2) 1 much/far 2
nearly 3 as 4 lot 5 than 6 whole 7 than 8 more
EXERCISE 4:
1) the older people are, the more forgetful they become 2) the hotter the
liquid gets, the more volatile it becomes 3) the stronger the wind, the more
dangerous flying is 4) the more radical the idea, the more resistant people
are 5) the more you eat, the hungrier you get 6) the riper, the better
EXERCISE 5:
1) 1 go 2 me to cook 3 not have 2) 1 snowboarding 2 skiing 3 spend 3) 1 to
call 2 did 3 to wait
EXERCISE 6: (in class)
1) the most 2) more quietly 3) as long 4) the meeting can start 5) the more
difficult it is 6) left

UNIT 8 (Page 158)

EXERCISE 1:
1) couldn’t have been 2) won’t do 3) should have scored 4) you must be 5)
may well be forced 6) don’t have to 7) should 8) needed to get 9) should
have known 10) didn’t need to bring 11) can appreciate 12) would prefer
EXERCISE 2:
1) 1 isn’t able to go/can’t go 2 may/might/could have 3 would be 4 should
take 5 can/could come 2) 1 won’t accept 2 may/might/could/must be trying
3 should have read 4 can/could/might happen 3) 1 can’t have forgotten 2
could she forgot/have forgotten 3 needed/had to stop 4 should be 4) 1
must/should/have to/need to eat 2 shouldn’t have done
EXERCISE 3:
1) should/would 2) may 3) wouldn’t 4) can 5) could 6) needn’t/wouldn’t
EXERCISE 4: (in class)
1) it WOULD be 2) MUSTN’T show 3) MUST give 4) WON’T BE ABLE TO park
5) DIDN’T NEED TO GO to work 6) must HAVE known

UNIT 9 (Page 160)

EXERCISE 1:
1) U 2/3) G 4) B 5) U 6) G 7) B 8/9) G 10/11) U 12) B 13/14) G
EXERCISE 2:
1) 1 quite 2 very 3 pretty 4 reasonably 5 really 2) 1 completely 2 really 3
rather 4 extremely 3) 1 a bit 2 incredibly 3 absolutely 4 fairly 4) 1 really 2
fairly 3 rather 4 absolutely 5 utterly
EXERCISE 3:
1) incredibly 2) quite 3) absolutely 4) extremely 5) somewhat 6) fairly 7)
entirely 8) really
EXERCISE 4:
1) astronomically, heavily 2) well, ridiculously 3) greatly, strictly 4) widely
(believed), vitally 5) bitterly 6) highly, distinctively
EXERCISE 5: (in class)
1) VERY/REALLY/UTTERLY depressed 2) HAVEN’T quite finished 3)
REALLY/ABSOLUTELY fantastic 4) QUITE AN INTERESTING film 5) REALLY
LIKE 6) REALLY/EXTREMELY boring

UNIT 10 (Page 162)

EXERCISE 1:
1) her to be, about missing, to mind 2) of the risks, you or me from
climbing, them feel 3) moving, to leave 4) with watching, on being, of
getting 5) to get, to sending, them to give 6) for being, about time-keeping
7) of him making, for doing, having 8) asking/to ask, in making
EXERCISE 2:
1) to have 2) ok 3) not to feel 4) about getting 5) to call 6) on playing 7/8)
ok 9) learning 10) to ask 11) singing
EXERCISE 3:
1) it’s impossible to type… 2) it was great to spending/to spend… 3) It’s
useless to try/trying… 4) it’s rude to speak… 5) it was shocking to
see/seeing… 6) it’s wrong to take…
EXERCISE 4:
1) she would win/she was going to win 2) they were uncomfortable with the
idea 3) he was in the right 4) they wasted so much of my time 5) they had
finally met her fiancé Adriano 6) he rose to fame so rapidly/quickly
EXERCISE 5:
1) AT doing 2) OF GOING/TO GO 3) SMOKING 4) OF BEING lazy 5) IN
LEARNING 6) TO VISIT

UNIT 11 (Pages 164-165)

EXERCISE 1:
1) didn’t have, would you do 2) refused/had refused, would affect/would
have affected 3) is, will get 4) would have lost, had delayed 5)
wasn’t/weren’t/hadn’t been, would find/would have found 6) will help, can 7)
would be, hadn’t dropped 8) was/were, would probably have been 9)
don’t/didn’t ask, will/would never get 10) wasn’t/hadn’t been damaged,
would still run/be running
EXERCISE 2:
1) Had it not been for Francesca’s negotiation skills… 2) if we were to install
CCTV it would… 3) were it not for the cost I would take… 4) if I was to give
one advice to a young person it would be… 5) had it not been for his party’s
use of social media… 6) were it not always so depressing I would…
EXERCISE 3:
1) had 2) do 3) did 4) was/were 5) not
EXERCISE 4:
1) the original plan not work 2) they been found to be cheating 3) the fire
alarm sound 4) he alive today 5) he been at home 6) I offered a ticket
EXERCISE 5:
1) supposing, unless 2) whether or not, provided that 3) in the event of
EXTRA: in case, otherwise
EXERCISE 6:
1) if you WERE 2) it WOULD be easier 3) WOULD HAVE HELPED 4) if I'd
KNOWN 5) IF THEY LIVED 6) if I CAN
UNIT 12 (Page 167)
EXERCISE 1:
1) beautifully, incredibly 2) hardly 3) in a friendly manner 4) late, very hard
5) well, daily 6) barely, straight
EXERCISE 2:
1) his words carefully 2) I rarely forget 3) undoubtedly made 4) at me
inquisitively 5) quite preposterous 6) the case passionately 7) I sometimes
wonder/ sometimes, I wonder 8) I completely understood
EXERCISE 3:
1) Frankly, I don’t think the plan will work very well 2) just rented… in NY for
the summer 3) … that question at meetings regularly 4) he casually
mentioned it to me last week in the canteen 5) was officially announced in
the newspaper yesterday 6) apparently, they completely refurbished their
house last year 7) unfortunately, I probably won’t be home in time for
dinner tonight 8) we’re working hard on the new business at the moment
EXERCISE 4:
1) they even have fresh coffee 2) I only found out yesterday/I found out
only yesterday 3) he’s old enough to look after himself 4) it was
extraordinarily kind of her 5) the warning is clearly stated on the label
EXERCISE 5:
1) in spite of this 2) indeed/as a result/therefore 3) subsequently 4) as a
result/indeed 5) meanwhile EXTRA: conversely, in contrast
EXERCISE 6:
1) in/with, in, by 2) by, out of 3) to, to 4) off
EXERCISE 7:
1) hid the present QUICKLY 2) to London YESTERDAY 3) LONG AND HARD 4)
not strong ENOUGH 5) HOPEFULLY, we’ll go there tomorrow 6) ON the whole