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Unit 1 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 has been teaching
2 has received
3 been writing
4 haven't eaten
5 has been
6 have been thinking
7 has learnt
8 has / had
9 has changed
10 have been building

Vocabulary
2
1 c
2 a
3 b
4 d
5 a

3
1 absent
2 densely
3 blooded
4 watering
5 level

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Unit 1 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 driving
2 taking
3 it cleaned up
4 o help
5 cooking
6 me choose
7 not to see
8 drowning
9 to pay
10 visiting

Vocabulary
2
1 beyond
2 between
3 Alongside
4 regarding
5 owing to

Everyday English
3
1 by
2 say
3 In
4 large
5 that

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Unit 2 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 used to have
2 spent
3 used to enjoy
4 always used to believe
5 worked

2
1 would take
2 would tease
3 
4 would usually keep
5 

Vocabulary
3
1 affluent
2 comfortably off
3 financial
4 careless
5 being broke

4
1 ripped / off
2 tighten / belt
3 worth / fortune
4 hard up
5 ends meet

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Unit 2 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 tried
2 stayed
3 been walking
4 been learning
5 known
6 left
7 been talking
8 been playing
9 lost
10 met

Vocabulary
2
1 donated to
2 danger of
3 confidence in
4 involved with
5 benefit from

Everyday English
3
1 B, C
2 C, D
3 A, D
4 B, D
5 A, B

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Unit 3 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 which politician it was that he used to know at school
2 which golf club it was that I had chosen to hit the ball with
3 how many tickets he told you he could sell us
4 wondered whether they were going to the party together
5 how much he thought that the jacket cost

2
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 C
5 B

Vocabulary
3
1 to
2 in
3 of
4 on
5 about

4
1 elderly
2 toddler
3 walking stick
4 nursing home
5 lifespan

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Unit 3 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 little better
2 near as
3 just as
4 a little
5 much cleverer
6 more, more
7 no more, than
8 nearly/almost as, as
9 worse, worse
10 much/far less, than

Vocabulary
2
1 turned into
2 put you up
3 taken up
4 doing up
5 stormed out

Everyday English
3
1 got
2 convinced
3 always
4 won't
5 shall

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Unit 4 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 will be taking off
2 could
3 will decide
4 be dealing
5 will
6 should
7 are not discussing
8 leaves
9 won't have
10 will reach

Vocabulary
2
1 protests
2 unarmed
3 riots
4 shields
5 paramilitary groups
6 hung parliament
7 petition
8 launching
9 refugee
10 party

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Unit 4 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 will have read
2 will have been
3 will be watching/will watch
4 will have left
5 will have spent
6 will be told
7 will be arriving
8 will still be playing
9 will have been living
10 won't have been driving

Vocabulary
2
1 criticism
2 extremism
3 nationalism
4 racism
5 patriotism

Everyday English
3
1 E
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 B

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Unit 5 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 are usually transported
2 was driven
3 hadn't been told/wasn’t told
4 have been changed
5 is being repaired
6 are being told
7 be unplugged
8 is often added
9 have been received
10 had been wrongly accused/was wrongly accused

Vocabulary
2
1 battery
2 touchscreen
3 download
4 post
5 browsing

3
1 genes
2 experiments
3 technician
4 diagnosis
5 side effects

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Unit 5 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 Increasing numbers of electrically-powered cars will be sold.
2 If you pay that much rent you are being robbed.
3 Bank robbers used to be sentenced to life imprisonment until the 1950s.
4 The first household computers were put on sale in the 1980s.
5 Amanda hadn't been considered a possible candidate before she applied.
6 Aircraft are sometimes endangered by children flying kites.
7 In future students will be charged full price for entry.
8 The new medicine must only be taken in small doses.
9 The athletes had no idea they were being given stimulants.
10 They didn't know they were being filmed taking the bribe.

Vocabulary
2
1 forgery
2 arsonist
3 fraudster
4 trafficking
5 vandalised

Everyday English
3
1 opt
2 imagine
3 seem
4 say
5 possible

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Unit 6 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 have been
2 are
3 have been
4 are
5 must be
6 to win
7 being asked
8 being interviewed
9 be understood
10 was looked upon

Vocabulary
2
1 tasteless
2 crunchy
3 stale
4 butter you up
5 tough

3
1 cholesterol
2 calories
3 additives
4 wholemeal
5 fibre

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Unit 6 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 the
2 a
3 
4 a
5 a
6 the
7 
8 
9 an
10 the

Vocabulary
2
1 visibility
2 nationalise
3 knowledge
4 prohibition
5 consumption

Everyday English
3
1 d
2 b
3 a
4 e
5 c

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Unit 7 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 Chris to repeat what he had just said
2 (that) she would come as soon as she could
3 if they should sing another song
4 Dale to come back later as/since/because he was busy
5 the boys (that) they ought to go home
6 (that) he had finished his work and was ready to go
7 (that) they had been shouted at rudely by police
8 (that) she was all right and (that she) could drive
9 told the students to stay at home the next/following day as/because the school would be closed
10 Max to help them

Vocabulary
2
1 programmes
2 human-interest stories
3 rolling
4 breaking
5 broadsheets

3
1 front-page news
2 tabloid
3 news flashes
4 misinformation
5 negative impact

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Unit 7 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 mentioned (that) we were going to visit a museum.
2 promised (that) she would join the protest.
3 admitted (that) he had been taking bribes.
4 denied taking/(that) he had taken the money.
5 told him (that) they will take his case to court.
6 said to his comrades (that) he would never surrender.
7 said (that) they couldn't afford to buy meat.
8 we offered to pay for the meal.
9 she told Mrs Temple/her (that) she had enjoyed it.
10 said (that) he was too busy to have lunch with me.

Vocabulary
2
1 work out
2 put up with
3 wear off
4 set up
5 stayed on

Everyday English
3
1 have happened
2 you mean
3 interesting question
4 deal/thought
5 other words

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Unit 8 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 

Vocabulary
2
1 captivity
2 extinction
3 exhaust fumes
4 carbon footprint
5 renewable

3
1 ex-wife
2 Anti-social
3 overpaid
4 re-housed
5 misheard

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Unit 8 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 Y
2 N
3 N
4 N
5 Y
6 N
7 Y
8 N
9 Y
10 Y

Vocabulary
2
1 chunks
2 damaged
3 hurt
4 specks
5 harm

Everyday English
3
1 do I think
2 for one reason
3 Another thing is that
4 do think
5 On top of that

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Unit 9 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 had been, couldn't have got/wouldn't have been able to
2 would have overheated, had failed
3 would/might have caught, had got up
4 hadn't reached, would have died
5 had arrived, could have eaten
6 Would, have given, you'd asked
7 would have been happy / had known
8 wouldn't have barked / hadn't been
9 wouldn’t/mightn’t have lost/ had trained
10 would/might have gone away / had lit

Vocabulary
2
1 cynical
2 eager
3 deceitful
4 reckless
5 considerate

3
1 pointless
2 dependable
3 supportive
4 intentional
5 mischievous

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Unit 9 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 my parents liked Mozart more
2 Granny's sight was/were better
3 we lived closer to the sea
4 Don played golf better
5 you were more sensible
6 Harry had painted the fence more carefully
7 Liza had studied harder
8 people had used it more
9 the weather had been drier
10 our teacher had gone faster

Vocabulary
2
1 nightmare
2 maintenance
3 take
4 tension
5 spitting

Everyday English
3
1 I wish I'd
2 If only I had
3 would rather you didn‘t
4 could have
5 We wish we hadn't

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Unit 10 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1
1 e
2 d
3 b
4 f
5 g
6 h
7 c
8 j
9 a
10 i

Vocabulary
2
1 rackets
2 shuttlecock
3 court
4 pitch
5 net

3
1 encouragement
2 sponsorship
3 earnings
4 ownership
5 falsehood

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Unit 10 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1
1 If you'd rather
2 you'd better
3 how about if
4 What if you
5 might as well
6 Suppose your parents
7 if there were no
8 I'd sooner we
9 it's high time you got
10 imagine it happened

Vocabulary
2
1 circulation
2 breathing
3 passages
4 lungs
5 sweat

Everyday English
3
1 out
2 blurred
3 out
4 start
5 importantly

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