ANSWER KEY

Grammar 8
1 dreadful
1 2 rising
1 smells 3 gradually
2 Are, driving 4 extremely
3 are/’re thinking 5 countryside
4 think
5 is/’s getting
Reading
2
1 Did you have, Have you had/Have you eaten (anything yet) 9
2 was working, have been working 1 H
3 already, yet 2 A
4 didn’t used to, didn’t use to 3 E
5 am cooking, have been cooking 4 F
5 G
3 6 B
1 hadn’t invited/didn’t invite
2 got 10
3 had broken down 1 NM
4 were playing 2 NM
5 used to live/lived 3 T
4 F
4 5 F
1 B 6 T
2 C
3 B 11
4 B 1 three: Wales – Welsh, Scotland – Gaelic, Cornwall –
5 C Cornish
2 two: posh and working class
3 Eastenders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, and Taggart
Vocabulary 4 the mountains in between separate them

5
1 elderly
Use of English
2 luggage
3 filthy 12
4 detached 1 we had seen
5 set off 2 used to go
3 have known Danielle since
6 4 I have been playing
1 A 5 have been working here since
2 C 6 father would mend cars
3 B 7 have you had
4 C 8 I have been playing
5 C 9 you ever had
10 are staying
7
1 D
2 A
3 B
4 A
5 C

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 ANSWER KEY

Listening Speaking
13 16
Extract A 1 Sample answer
Extract B 6 The photo on the left looks like a large city. It could be a capital
Extract C 3 city because it looks very big and important. I can see lots of
Extract D 2 big buildings and offices in the background. I can’t see any
houses because this must be the city centre. Perhaps people
14 live on the outskirts of the city.
1 an accident The weather looks hot because people are wearing summer
2 to change an arrangement clothes like shorts and T-shirts, not coats. It might be July or
3 by plane/air August.
4 another family was very noisy I can see shops and cafes and the people may be shopping or
5 in Kennet Road perhaps it is their lunch break from work. There's no traffic but
6 she has to use the stairs all the time. The lift is broken. it's still very busy. It looks like a fun place to live. Perhaps it is
expensive because it is a big city.
The other photo looks like a small village, perhaps in the
Writing mountains. It looks very cold and very quiet – there are roads
but they're covered in snow. The houses are made of stone
15 and they look very sweet and quite old. I can't see any shops,
Sample answer but perhaps there are small local shops like a bakery or a
Lorreto is a small city in the north of the country on the coast. grocery store. There aren’t any cars but I can see someone
It’s quite small, but the population increases in the summer walking down the hill to the river. They're wearing very warm
when people come to stay here for their holidays because it clothes, and it looks difficult to walk through the snow.
has a long sandy beach. Because it is in the north of the It looks like a calm place to live and I think that the people
country it gets quite cold in the winter and sometimes it snows. there have a healthy lifestyle.
It gets very hot in the summer and people go to the beach.
The city is beautiful and there is a historic part which has Marking criteria
ancient monuments. There is also a modern part which has a Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
shopping centre. 11–12 Full contribution. Basic and some complex structures,
The interesting things to see in the city include a museum and accurate and well-organised. Pronunciation mostly
an art gallery and the old part of the city with the historic clear.
monuments. There is also a sports centre and an open air 9–10 Full contribution. Adequate contribution. Basic and
swimming pool for the summer. There are also several large some complex structures, generally accurate and well-
parks. organised. Pronunciation mostly clear.
There are some nice restaurants which are very busy at the 7–8 Adequate contribution. Basic structures, generally
weekends. The best restaurants and cafés are in the port area accurate and some organisation. Pronunciation mostly
and there is a lively restaurant which is popular with young clear.
people in the main square in the centre of the city. 5–6 Adequate contribution with some prompting. Basic
structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
Marking criteria 3–4 Limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12. structures, often inaccurate but some organisation.
11–12 All content is relevant, accurate, appropriate and Pronunciation mostly clear.
structured. 1–2 Very limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
9–10 All content is relevant, mainly accurate and structures, mostly inaccurate and little organisation.
appropriate. Pronunciation not always clear.
7–8 No more than one irrelevance, mainly accurate, rarely 0 Contribution too small or too incomprehensible to
inappropriate. mark.
5–6 No more than one irrelevance, minor inaccuracies,
sometimes inappropriate.
3–4 Several irrelevancies, noticeable inaccuracies, often
inappropriate.
1–2 Many irrelevancies, mainly inaccurate, mostly
inappropriate.
0 Too little or too incomprehensible to mark.

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