Vocabulary & Grammar Tests Units 1–10 B Answer

Keys

Unit 1 4
1 penalized
2 interim
Vocabulary
3 haggard
1
4 incremental
1 tolerance
5 a great deal
2 ingenuity
6 striking
3 Perfectionism
7 attentive
4 compassion
8 conundrum
5 commitment
6 optimism 5
7 single-mindedness 1 compassionate

8 perseverance 2 dedicated
3 courage
2
4 resourceful
1 b
5 persistent
2 b
3 a / c; a / c Grammar
4 c
6
5 a 1 has been
6 b 2 has been using

3 3 met, was staying

1 H 4 penalized
2 E 5 is developing
3 G
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4 B 1 He had just sat down when the phone
5 A rang.
6 C 2 She had never been / gone to a school for
7 D the blind before.
8 F 3 By 2013 the experiment had been running
for two years.
4 At that point he had been living in the USA
for many years.

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3
1 had broken
1 pointless
2 had arrived
2 abandoned
3 had been working
3 efficient
4 raised
4 thriving
5 have never visited
5 worthwhile
6 had found
6 renovated
7 had been lying
7 unappealing
8 smelt
8 neglected

Unit 2 4
1 sensible

Vocabulary 2 considerable
3 valuable
1
4 navigable
1 responsibility for
5 visible
2 handful of
6 acceptable
3 respect for
7 accessible
4 benefits of
5 demand for 5
6 sense of 1 industrial estate
7 relevance of 2 bus shelter

8 knowledge of 3 parking meters

4 high-rise building
2
5 road signs
1 subsistence
6 cycle path
2 harsh
3 remote
Grammar
4 profound
6
5 stifling
1 ’m going
6 inevitably
2 ’s going to
7 endanger
3 may
4 will survive
5 ’ll have
6 ’s going to
7 won’t win
8 departs

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2
1 will you have been revising
1 wear
2 will be flying
2 run
3 will have started
3 help
4 will have forgotten
4 clear
5 won’t have been able
5 spread
6 will have been learning
6 opt
7 Will you be arriving
7 reach
8 will have changed
8 pick
9 won’t have had
9 drop
8 10 spill
1 By the time, get / have got
3
2 While, sit / are sitting
1 He is famous for painting crushed, metal
3 As soon as, hears / has heard
objects.
4 in case, tries
2 A huge, ripped flag stood on top of the
5 Unless, asks
building.
6 As long as, are
3 I found this beautiful Japanese drawing in
7 until, find / have found
a charity shop.
4 The athlete stretched his large, square
Unit 3 shoulders.
5 Alice is packing the books into some old
Vocabulary wooden boxes.
1
4
1 stuff
1 broad-minded
2 amass
2 wide-ranging
3 possessions
3 never-ending
4 clutter
4 heartbreaking
5 hoards
5 self-defeating
6 get rid of
6 breathtaking
7 mountains of
7 well-known
8 products
8 handmade

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Grammar
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Unit 4
1 –
Vocabulary
2 The
3 – 1
1 burden
4 the
2 screen
5 the
3 engineer
6 a
4 shift
7 a
5 mind
8 the
6 cause
9 –
2
6
1 baldness
1 too much
2 obesity
2 several
3 addiction
3 almost all
4 Aggression
4 little
5 short-sightedness
5 hardly any
6 imperfection
6 a little
7 disability
7 8 Depression
1 using
9 deafness
2 to change
3 to continue 3
1 a
4 playing
2 c
5 to stay
3 c
6 spending
4 c
7 going
5 a
8 to take
6 b
9 to become
7 b

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1 dim
1 was going to
2 watery
2 was to begin / would begin
3 flowing
3 would change
4 lifeless
4 were about to
5 dismal
5 was to be / would be
6 shrivelled
6 were about to
7 wild
7 was to inspire / would inspire
8 pearly
8 were going to
5
1 used to
Unit 5
2 ’m eating
3 would Vocabulary
4 would go
1
5 often live 1 G
6 started 2 E
7 used to 3 H
8 used to 4 C

6 5 D
1 used to be 6 A
2 used to add 7 F
3 get used to working 8 I
4 used to clean 9 B
5 get used to going
2
6 am used to standing 1 endangered
7 didn’t use to like 2 entitled
8 are used to shopping 3 empower
4 enlarge
5 entrust
6 enable
7 ensure
8 enclose
9 encourage

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1 From my point of view
1 ought to have gone
2 at some point
2 needed to show
3 pointed out
3 shouldn’t have made
4 on the point of
4 had to take off
5 up to a point
5 didn’t have to retake
6 There’s no point in
6 needn’t have worried
7 the point is
7 should have helped
8 take your point
8 didn’t need to complain
4
7
1 intricate
1 being able to
2 quirky
2 succeeded in
3 perceptive
3 can
4 riveting
4 be able to
5 protagonists
5 were able to
6 transcend
6 being able to
7 touching
7 managed to
8 preface
8 could
9 expressive
9 be able to
10 abuse

Grammar Unit 6
5
1 must
Vocabulary
2 mustn’t 1
1 went viral
3 should
2 spread rumours
4 had better
3 fell for a scam
5 has to
4 exposed corruption
6 don’t have to
5 lacked credibility
7 shouldn’t
6 trace the source

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1 accountability Grammar
2 devastated 5
3 armed 1 may
4 delve 2 It looks as if
5 vulnerable 3 might
6 scrambled 4 must
7 cover-up 5 is bound to
8 rigged 6 can’t
7 It’s safe to say
3
1 a 8 could

2 c 6
3 b 1 seems likely
4 b 2 safe to
5 a 3 almost sure
6 c 4 looks like
7 b 5 most probably
8 c 6 possible that
7 is bound
4
1 D
2 F
3 H
4 B
5 C
6 A
7 E
8 G

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1 Not only was her poetry innovative, but it
1 E
was also challenging.
2 G
2 Seldom have music fans been so
3 A
disappointed.
4 F
3 It was her courage that amazed me.
5 H
4 All Richard did was (to) stay for five
6 B
minutes and then leave.
7 C
5 Hardly had Laura started walking when it
8 D
began to rain.
6 Rarely do I hear such terrible music. 3
7 What the college did was (to) encourage 1 supportive

the use of mobile phones in class. / What 2 over the hill

happened was (that) the college 3 vulnerable
encouraged the use of mobile phones in 4 juvenile
class. 5 set in his ways
8 Never before had we flown to the USA. 6 experienced
9 What happened was (that) my brother had 7 independent
an accident on his bike.
4
1 set in her ways
Unit 7 2 self-reliant
3 supportive
Vocabulary 4 long in the tooth
1 5 childish
1 put off
6 dependent
2 make off
7 elderly
3 cut off
8 youthful
4 cross off
5 fend off 5
1 ahead of time
6 call off
2 in the nick of time
7 laugh off
3 in next to no time
8 set off
4 behind the times
5 all the time

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Grammar
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Unit 8
1 had
Vocabulary
2 had slept
3 apologizes 1
1 being wiped out
4 was / were
2 distressing
5 had gone / had been
3 outlawed
6 hadn’t stayed
4 agonizing
7 practised
5 countless
8 raised
6 cold-blooded
7 7 monstrous
1 If Ronan hadn’t taken the medicine, he
8 critical
wouldn’t be better (now).
9 awe-inspiring
2 If we had brought a map, we wouldn’t be
10 slaughter
lost (now).
3 If I wasn’t sick, I would’ve gone to school. 2
1 of
4 If you hadn’t left the milk out of the fridge,
2 with
it wouldn’t smell horrible (now).
3 for
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4 on
1 didn’t care
5 in
2 went running
6 about
3 take
7 without
4 have studied
8 to
5 got
6 had carried on 3
1 face the music
7 played
2 face up to the fact
8 had forgotten
3 Let’s face it
4 talk until you’re blue in the face
5 in the face of danger
6 put on a brave face

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1 six-course banquet
1 His sister was bought a new tablet.
2 emergency rations
A new tablet was bought for his sister.
3 side dish
2 The children were built a new school.
4 standard fare
A new school was built for the children.
5 Chinese takeaway
3 The audience were read a poem.
6 light snack
A poem was read to the audience.

Grammar 4 I was given a second-hand car.

A second-hand car was given to me.
5
1 are given / are being given
2 was caught / had been caught Unit 9
3 was warned
4 be returned
Vocabulary
5 have been eaten 1
1 G
6 be banned
2 C
7 has been done
3 F
8 are produced
4 E
6
5 H
1 being
6 B
2 being
7 A
3 to be
8 D
4 being
5 being 2
1 handset
6 being
2 early adopters
7 to be
3 headset
8 to be
4 emerging technologies
5 cords
6 earbuds
7 keypad
8 tech start-up

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1 c
1 that he had raised
2 a
2 to go
3 b
3 me to buy
4 a
4 exercising
5 a
5 committing
6 b
6 losing
7 b
7 that he would help
4 8 to avoid
1 hard
8
2 closely
1 The teacher reminded us to finish the
3 late
homework.
4 highly
2 She apologized for breaking her promise.
5 hardly
3 He recommended watching the
6 Lately
documentary.
7 close
4 She promised not to tell anyone.
8 high
5 The woman accused him of stealing her
5 money.
1 pricey 6 She confessed to taking his smartphone.
2 bulky 7 He congratulated me on finding the
3 resilient solution.
4 obsolete 8 He insisted on driving.
5 useless

Grammar Unit 10
6 Vocabulary
1 She asked me if I had bought my phone
1
online.
1 diversify leadership
2 He said (that) they / we would find a cure
2 lost momentum
for malaria in the future.
3 freeloader
3 Lizzie asked where the nearest 24-hour
4 communal
pharmacy was.
5 collateral
4 She said (that) he had to follow the rules
6 shared equally
like everyone else.
7 wears the trousers

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1 majority rule Grammar
2 social responsibility 6
3 civic engagement 1 We stayed in a hotel room that / which had
4 common good an amazing view.

5 minority rights 2 At the party I met a writer whose first novel

6 Equal opportunities will be published next year.

3 My boss, who is a really good manager,
3
has given me a promotion.
1 left-wing
4 I complained to the neighbour who / that
2 turnout
lives next door.
3 manifesto
5 The director, who is famous for being
4 Polling stations
controversial, is actually quite shy.
5 vote
6 The film that / which we saw yesterday
6 candidates
was really boring.
7 electorate
7 Judy ate at a restaurant that was next to
8 general elections
the sea.
4 8 The photograph shows the beach resort
1 G where we stayed last week.
2 D
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3 B
1 The woman standing over there is a
4 E
famous athlete.
5 F
2 Do you know the doctor seeing you
6 A tomorrow?
7 C 3 The people staying here had their homes

5 flooded.
1 toe the line 4 This sculpture, made by a local artist, is
2 plucked / out of the air very delicate.
3 boils down to 5 The footballer not playing is injured.
4 capitalized on 6 The man, driving too fast, crashed his
5 came under fire car. / The man crashed his car driving too
6 set the record straight fast.

7 economical with the truth 7 Paul walked into the room carrying some

8 quick off the mark bags. / Paul, carrying some bags, walked
into the room.
8 Food produced locally is sometimes
cheaper.

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1 Whatever
2 all
3 Wherever
4 something
5 Whenever
6 someone
7 many / none

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