Vocabulary & Grammar Tests Units 1–10 A Answer

Keys

Unit 1 4
1 incremental
2 haggard
Vocabulary
3 a great deal
1
4 striking
1 Optimism
5 conundrum
2 perfectionism
6 interim
3 perseverance
7 attentive
4 Tolerance
8 penalized
5 ingenuity
6 commitment 5
7 single-mindedness 1 willingness

8 compassion 2 dignified
3 inspirational
2
4 persistence
1 b
5 courageous
2 c
3 b / c; b / c Grammar
4 b
6
5 c 1 has become
6 c 2 was travelling, conquered

3 3 am studying
1 D 4 raised
2 C 5 has been trying
3 F
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4 G 1 By 2011 he had been working at the
5 H hospital for ten years.
6 A 2 I had never visited someone in prison
7 E before.
8 B 3 At that time she had been living in Prague
for six months.
4 He had just started dinner when the
doorbell rang.

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3
1 raised
1 neglected
2 had been studying
2 worthwhile
3 had been lying
3 thriving
4 penalized
4 abandoned
5 overcame
5 efficient
6 had been ringing
6 renovated
7 have never seen
7 unappealing
8 had been
8 pointless

Unit 2 4
1 accessible

Vocabulary 2 valuable
3 considerable
1
4 navigable
1 benefits of
5 visible
2 demand for
6 acceptable
3 handful of
7 sensible
4 relevance of
5 respect for 5
6 responsibility for 1 industrial estate
7 knowledge of 2 speed bump
8 sense of 3 pedestrian crossing
4 cycle path
2
5 high-rise building
1 harsh
6 road signs
2 inevitably
3 profound
Grammar
4 remote
6
5 stifling
1 leaves
6 subsistence
2 ’s going to
7 endanger
3 ’re eating
4 ’ll find
5 won’t have
6 ’m going to
7 ’ll see
8 might

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1 will have graduated
1 pick
2 won’t have finished
2 spread
3 Will you be taking
3 opt
4 will he have been travelling
4 reach
5 will have decreased
5 clear
6 will be waking up / will have woken up
6 drop
7 will have completed
7 run
8 will have been running
8 help
9 won’t have finished
9 wear
8 10 spill
1 While, clean / are cleaning
3
2 until, find / have found
1 Jackson Pollock revolutionized art with his
3 As soon as, gets / has got
large, colourful paintings.
4 By the time, arrives / has arrived
2 I can’t remember the name of that
5 in case, comes / is coming
controversial Chinese photographer.
6 Unless, stops
3 The most popular exhibits are the round,
7 As long as, catch
wooden sculptures.
4 He made the instruments from rusty, metal
Unit 3 oil cans.
5 My sister is wearing her new, red dress.
Vocabulary
4
1
1 wide-ranging
1 amass
2 well-known
2 belongings
3 never-ending
3 hoard
4 self-defeating
4 piles
5 breathtaking
5 clutter
6 handmade
6 got rid of
7 broad-minded
7 stuff
8 heartbreaking
8 products

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Unit 4
1 a
Vocabulary
2 a
3 – 1
1 screen
4 The
2 shift
5 The
3 engineer
6 the
4 mind
7 the
5 cause
8 a
6 burden
9 –
2
6
1 addiction
1 too many
2 depression
2 few
3 disability
3 most
4 aggression
4 Almost none
5 imperfection
5 Some
6 obesity
6 almost all
7 short-sightedness
7 8 deafness
1 getting
9 Baldness
2 to visit
3 seeing 3
1 b
4 to buy
2 c
5 to try
3 a
6 meeting
4 c
7 to persevere
5 a
8 to go
6 b
9 talking
7 c

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1 dismal
1 were going to
2 pearly
2 was to become / would become
3 flowing
3 was to decide / would decide
4 lifeless
4 was about to
5 shrivelled
5 would increase
6 watery
6 was going to
7 dim
7 was about to
8 wild
8 were to transform / would transform

Grammar
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Unit 5
1 used to
2 began
Vocabulary
3 used to 1
1 E
4 would
2 C
5 used to
3 A
6 is
4 F
7 ’s spending
5 D
8 would take
6 I
6
7 B
1 used to have
8 G
2 get used to carrying
9 H
3 used to travel
4 used to drink 2
1 ensure
5 get used to working
2 entrust
6 am used to feeling
3 endangered
7 are used to buying
4 empower
8 didn’t use to eat
5 enable
6 entitled
7 enclosed
8 enlarge
9 encourage

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1 take your point
1 ought to have rehearsed
2 At some point
2 needn’t have arrived
3 There’s no point
3 didn’t have to wait
4 pointed out
4 shouldn’t have forgotten
5 From my point of view
5 had to read
6 on the point of
6 should have added
7 up to a point
7 didn’t need to tell
8 The point is
8 needed to study
4
7
1 preface
1 being able to
2 touching
2 can
3 intricate
3 could
4 quirky
4 be able to
5 protagonist
5 succeeded in
6 expressive
6 being able to
7 perceptive
7 be able to
8 abuse
8 managed to
9 transcend
9 were able to
10 riveting

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

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1 devastated Grammar
2 rigged 5
3 vulnerable 1 must
4 cover-up 2 could
5 accountability 3 It’s not possible that
6 armed 4 is bound to
7 scrambled 5 can’t
8 delve 6 must
7 might
3
1 b 8 It’s safe to say

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

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1 It was the amount of corruption that
1 H
shocked me.
2 E
2 Not only is her art experimental, but it is
3 F
also controversial.
4 G
3 Hardly had the class begun working when
5 A
there was an interruption.
6 D
4 Never before had a woman become Prime
7 B
Minister.
8 C
5 All I did was (to) eat lunch and then go
home. 3
6 What happened was (that) I couldn’t finish 1 over the hill
the exam. 2 inexperienced
7 Seldom has there been a storm as strong 3 infantile
as this. 4 set in their ways
8 What the artist did was (to) use recycled 5 long in the tooth
glass to create the sculpture. / What 6 mature
happened was (that) the artist used 7 wise
recycled glass to create the sculpture. /
4
What the artist used to create the
1 elderly
sculpture was recycled glass.
2 experienced / wise
9 Rarely do I see such a talented performer.
3 wise / experienced
4 over the hill
Unit 7 5 dependent
6 supportive
Vocabulary
7 vulnerable
1
8 youthful
1 wear off
2 laugh off 5
1 from time to time
3 put off
2 behind the times
4 cross off
3 in the nick of time
5 cut off
4 all the time
6 set off
5 at the same time
7 shrug off
8 fend off

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Unit 8
1 was / were
Vocabulary
2 were
3 had snowed / had been snowing 1
1 slaughter
4 were able to
2 countless
5 lower
3 cold-blooded
6 had submitted
4 distressing
7 was / were
5 critical
8 hadn’t spent
6 monstrous
7 7 wiped out
1 If Luana was / were confident, she would
8 outlawed
have got the job.
9 awe-inspiring
2 If he hadn’t stayed in the sun for hours, he
10 agonizing
wouldn’t have sunburn (now).
3 If I was / were fit, I would have been 2
1 on
chosen for the rugby team.
2 in
4 If we hadn’t missed the train, we wouldn’t
be late (now). 3 on
4 about
8
5 off
1 phone
6 in
2 had gone
7 on
3 went
8 to
4 had met
5 had played 3
6 have watched 1 Let’s face it

7 didn’t eat 2 talk until she’s blue in the face

8 never listened 3 in the face of danger

4 face the music
5 put on a brave face
6 face up to the fact

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1 Indian takeaway
1 The tourists were shown the paintings.
2 six-course banquet
The paintings were shown to the tourists.
3 side dish
2 The students were given a prize.
4 standard fare
A prize was given to the students.
5 light snack
3 His friend was sold a stolen smartphone.
6 emergency rations
A stolen smartphone was sold to his

Grammar friend.
4 The patient was found a cure.
5
A cure was found for the patient.
1 have been hunted
2 were arrested
3 are protected Unit 9
4 are bullied / are being bullied
5 was hit
Vocabulary
6 will be delivered 1
1 F
7 be given
2 A
8 be closed
3 H
6 4 C
1 being
5 G
2 to be
6 D
3 being
7 E
4 being
8 B
5 to be
6 being 2
1 earbuds
7 to be
2 emerging technologies
8 being
3 cord
4 keypad
5 headset
6 early adopters
7 tech start-up
8 handset

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1 b
1 them to drive
2 c
2 for always being
3 c
3 to give
4 c
4 to take
5 a
5 speaking
6 a
6 that she would pay
7 b
7 copying
4 8 me to take
1 late
8
2 hard
1 He invited me to go to the party.
3 high
2 She apologized for breaking his phone.
4 closely
3 They recommended buying a new laptop.
5 close
4 He boasted about being an innovative
6 highly
designer.
7 hardly
5 They refused to do the online survey.
8 lately
6 He denied taking her phone.
5 7 The policeman ordered me to move my
1 exhorbitant bike.
2 fragile 8 He promised to take the children to the
3 lightweight British Museum on Sunday.
4 cutting-edge
5 convenient Unit 10
Grammar Vocabulary
6
1
1 She said (that) she couldn’t get used to
1 collateral
having a smartphone.
2 wears the trousers
2 Tom said (that) they / we had to work
3 freeloader
quickly to complete the project.
4 diversify leadership
3 She asked me if I had seen her photos on
5 shared equally
Facebook.
6 communal
4 He asked me who my best friend at school
7 lost momentum
was.

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1 Law enforcement Grammar
2 distribution of wealth 6
3 common good 1 The police interviewed the woman who
4 social responsibility saw the car crash.

5 Minority rights 2 We visited a house where John Lennon

6 civic engagement had lived.

3 The writer, whose book was made into a
3
film, won an award.
1 general election
4 I saw the politician who / that was arrested
2 turnout
for corruption last year.
3 constituency
5 The dinner that / which you made
4 ballot papers
yesterday was delicious.
5 polling station
6 Emma helped the boy whose mother had
6 manifesto
disappeared.
7 right-wing
7 The museum, which has received funding,
8 vote
will exhibit the artefacts.
4 8 The waiter who / that spilled coffee over
1 C my dress has apologized.
2 E
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3 D
1 I’m wearing a watch bought at the market.
4 F
2 Scientists, wearing protective clothing,
5 A
entered the laboratory. / Scientists entered
6 G the laboratory wearing protective clothing.
7 B 3 The essays submitted on time have been

5 marked.
1 toe the line 4 Do you like the actor coming on stage
2 set the record straight now?
3 boils down to 5 She chased the thief running out of the
4 capitalized on shop.
5 quick off the mark 6 The patients treated here have heart
6 came under fire problems.

7 economical with the truth 7 Champagne, made in France, is a kind of

8 plucked / out of the air sparkling wine. / Champagne is a kind of

sparkling wine made in France.
8 The girl not joining in the game is Amy.

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1 all
2 many / none
3 Whatever
4 whichever
5 However
6 something
7 Whoever

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