ANSWER KEY

Grammar Reading
1 7
Tom: Hi Dan, how is your day going? 1 T
Dan: Hi Tom, it’s good thanks. I had to write a report. I 2 F
thought I would be too tired (1)to write the report but I 3 T
managed to finish it. Now I’ve got time to play 4 NM
basketball. Do you want to play (2)basketball with us? 5 T
Tom: I would love to (3)play basketball with you but you’ve 6 F
just reminded me about the report! 7 T
Dan: Sorry, I didn’t mean to (4)remind you about the report!
Tom: No problems. I should have started (5)writing the report 8
yesterday. 1 A
2 B
2 3 A
1 Whoever 4 C
2 however 5 B
3 Whenever
4 Whatever
5 whoever Use of English
3 9
1 trying 1 C
2 doing 2 B
3 to admit 3 B
4 joining 4 D
5 to improve 5 C
6 A
7 C
Vocabulary 8 A

4
1 offended Listening
2 stick
3 remarks 10
4 misinterpreted 1 against it
5 gaffe 2 almost perfect
3 phrases/answers
5 4 job advertised
1 out 5 in moderation
2 out
3 in 11
4 down to 1 B
5 out 2 A
3 A
6 4 B
1 D 5 C
2 C
3 C
4 B
5 B

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Writing
12
Students’ own answers
Marking criteria
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 10.
9–10 Complete and coherent, accurate and appropriate.
7–8 Complete, mainly accurate, rarely inappropriate.
5–6 Minor omissions, minor irrelevances, minor
inaccuracies, sometimes inappropriate.
3–4 Major omissions, some irrelevances, noticeable
inaccuracies, often inappropriate.
1–2 Major omissions and irrelevances, noticeable
inaccuracies, often inappropriate.
0 Content irrelevant. Too short or too incomprehensible
to mark
Speaking
13
Students’ own answers
Marking criteria
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 10.
9–10 Full contribution sometimes expanded. Range of basic
and complex structures, accurate and well-organised.
Pronunciation clear and mostly precise.
7–8 Full contribution. Basic and some complex structures,
accurate and well-organised. Pronunciation mostly
clear and precise.
5–6 Adequate contribution. Basic and some complex
structures, generally accurate and well-organised.
Pronunciation mostly clear. Some imprecisions.
3–4 Adequate contribution. Basic structures, generally
accurate and some organisation. Pronunciation mostly
clear. Noticeable imprecisions.
1–2 Limited contribution. Basic structures, often inaccurate
but some organisation. Pronunciation not always clear.
Many imprecisions.
0 Very limited contribution. Basic structures, mostly
inaccurate and little organisation. Pronunciation not
clear or precise.
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