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TEST 01–03 English in use English in use

Grammar 1 been 1 1 You’re wearing nice perfume
2 percent 2 That’s very kind of you
1 1 The pattern of eating habits in the UK has
3 increased / rose 3 She’s so good at cooking. / She’s such a
changed radically in the last 25 years.
4 remained / stayed good cook.
2 People have less and less time to prepare
5 dropped / decreased 4 it really suits you shorter
healthy well-balanced meals.
6 raise / increase 5 What a pretty garden!
3 Young people especially are eating larger
and larger amounts of junk food. 7 increased / rose 6 You’re looking (very) smart today!
4 The younger generation are becoming / 8 buying / eating 7 Isn’t he patient?!
have become increasingly unhealthy and 9 trebled 8 What a lovely bag!
obese.
10 sales 2 1 Typical!
5 More and more teenagers and children are
11 in 2 Oh, what a shame!
also suffering / also suffer from eating
disorders. 12 increasingly / very 3 Oh wow, congratulations!
13 increase / rise 4 Really?
2 1 tend to stay 14 over 5 What a nightmare! / Poor you!
2 will often meet / often meet
15 doubled 6 I’m so sorry.
3 ✓
7 Poor you! / What a nightmare!
4 ✓
5 from time to time TEST 04–06
6 put
Grammar TEST 07–09
7 stay up
8 There are always 1 1 such a Grammar
9 every so often there will be 2 so 1 1 virtually no
10 hardly ever stay 3 really 2 vast amounts of
4 such a 3 The majority of
5 such 4 A great many
Vocabulary
2 1 A 5 Virtually all / The overwhelming majority of
1 1 disgusting 6 A small number of
2 –
2 tedious 7 The overwhelming majority (say)
3 The
3 grubby 8 a small amount
4 the
4 freezing
5 a 2 1 I didn’t learn anything
5 brilliant
3 1 the loss of 200 lives 2 because I did a robbery
2 1 at the crack of dawn 3 Prison’s a university of crime, isn’t it?
2 theft of the Picasso
2 on the spur of the moment 4 When I came in here
3 legalisation of soft drugs such as cannabis
3 for the time being 5 because you’re mixing with criminals
4 the sale of GM foods
4 before my time 6 I’m going to have to
5 closure of the hospital
5 on the dot 7 it’ll be one of those stupid jobs
3 1 up
Vocabulary
2 round / around to
1 1 get / find / have
Vocabulary
3 off / up
2 earn / make 1 1 not off hand
4 up with
3 get 2 haven’t / don’t have a clue
5 off
4 to take 3 as far as I know
4 1 tough 5 do / find / choose 4 never heard of it
2 rich 6 get 5 not off the top of my head
3 overcooked 7 to get 2 1 The shops are within walking distance of
4 stale 8 earn my house.
5 greasy
2 1 commitment 2 The coast is a 40-minute drive from here.
2 arrange 3 They’ve just bought a house in the middle
of nowhere.
3 hearts
4 We stayed in a little cabin just a stone’s
4 mate(s) throw from the sea.
5 blind 5 I prefer beaches that are a bit off the
6 Right beaten track.
7 civil
3 (any order)
3 1 an outbreak of war 1 stricter measures
2 a breakthrough 2 trouble makers
3 setback 3 socially deprived
4 an update 4 juvenile delinquency
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4 1 up 2 1 Not surprisingly Vocabulary
2 around 2 Amazingly
1 1 out
3 out 3 Obviously
2 truth
4 on 4 Unfortunately
3 pulling
5 to 5 Hopefully
4 white
3 1 fed up 5 taken
English in use 2 in good spirits
2 1 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
1 1 On the whole, I prefer self-catering to 3 elated
2 When in Rome do as the Romans do.
staying in hotels / staying in hotels to self- 4 lethargic
3 Don’t count your chickens before they are
catering. 5 tense
hatched.
2 I like both of them equally.
4 1 limp 4 It takes all sorts to make a world.
3 I think I’d rather rent an apartment than
2 strolled / wandered 5 Better late than never.
stay in a hotel / stay in a hotel than rent an
apartment. 3 crept
3 1 fulfil their potential
4 (Personally) I like camping rather than 4 crawl / stagger
2 put forward a proposal
hotels or apartments (personally). / hotels 5 leapt / leaped / jumped
3 meet the needs
rather than camping or apartments /
apartments rather than camping or hotels 4 scheme will be implemented
5 I think I’d rather stay at home than go on a English in use 5 poses a threat
package tour / go on a package tour than 1 1 Sorry 6 reach a compromise
stay at home. 7 situation cannot be resolved
2 Can / Could / May
6 On balance I’d prefer to travel alone than 8 tackle this problem
3 back
with a group / with a group than alone. 9 raise the customers’ awareness
4 going about
7 Would you rather do, go trekking or have a 10 research needs to be carried out
beach holiday / have a beach holiday or go 5 blank
trekking? 6 lost
8 It’s up to you where we go this year. 7 What English in use
9 Given the choice I’d sooner hire a car than 8 talking
1 1 It simply isn’t good enough.
take internal flights / take internal flights 9 subject
than hire a car. 2 We simply can’t go on like this.
10 reminds
10 I’d just as soon go for a week as go for a 3 The situation is simply getting worse.
fortnight. 2 1 Admittedly 4 We simply don’t have enough funds.
2 For a start 5 The problem is simply huge.
2 1 reckon / think / say
3 Plus the fact that
2 fancy / like 2 1 What we desperately need is more staff.
4 Last but not least
3 liking 2 What we must not do is ignore the problem.
5 No wonder
4 like 3 What the government should do is change
5 should / could / can its policy.
4 What people are worried about is the effect
TEST 13–15 on their health.
TEST 10–12 Grammar 5 What they have been protesting against is
the new law.
Grammar 1 She apologised (to Jo) for forgetting to tell
her. 3 1b 2c 3e 4a 5d
1 1 –
2 She suggested meeting again on
2 The Wednesday. / She suggested that they
3 the (should) meet again on Wednesday. TEST 16–18
4 – 3 She admitted making a mistake with the
budget. / She admitted that she had made
Grammar
5 the
a mistake with the budget. 1 1 Families used to all eat together in the
2 1 had been travelling 4 They promised to ring / give them a ring as evening.
2 had made / were making soon as they arrived. 2 Most families don’t have dinner together
3 decided 5 I got told off for not checking my e-mails. any more.
4 found 6 He owned up to sending the note. 3 People don’t know how to cook traditional
5 would catch / were going to catch 7 He refused to comment. dishes any longer. / People no longer know
how to cook traditional dishes.
8 She advised Mrs Peters to see her own
3 1 there he was 4 A lot of the old recipes have been lost.
doctor first.
2 back I went 5 People didn’t use to have a sandwich for
9 He offered to get Marie a drink.
3 off I went lunch.
10 He agreed to do it.
4 in we went 6 Little food shops have (been) turned into
11 Thomson denied concocting a false alibi.
5 down I went fast food takeaways.
12 I urged Emma to take a gap year before
7 They’ve built a drive-in fast-food restaurant
university.
on the ring road.
Vocabulary 13 He recommended the squid and artichoke
salad. / He recommended that Julia (should) 2 1 more
1 1 blow try the squid and artichoke salad. 2 like
2 clear 14 She congratulated John on his new job. 3 In
3 tap 15 She accused Rupert of seeing other 4 nowhere
4 raise women.
5 slightly / far / much
5 cross
6 same
7 to / with
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Vocabulary 2 1 Are you sure you’ve paid the invoice? 2 1 I’d known / I’d have asked
2 I’m pretty sure / certain I sent you the order 2 would you have done / hadn’t believed
1 1 off last week. 3 wouldn’t have been able / hadn’t lent
2 up 3 I understood I could have a discount. 4 couldn’t have done / hadn’t helped
3 through 4 There seems to be some/a mistake / to 5 would never have gone / we’d known
4 out have been some/a mistake.
5 in 5 I was hoping for a refund / to have a refund.
6 I’m afraid Mr Watkins is not in the office. Vocabulary
2 1 mountainous
2 hilly / high
7 With respect, you didn’t say it was urgent. 1 1 things like that / that kind of thing
8 I don’t suppose you could send it by courier? 2 and so on / things like that
3 barren / bare / bleak
3 about 50 people / 50 people or so
4 flat
Vocabulary 4 about seven / around seven / at seven-ish
5 picturesque
5 a couple of
3 1 housing estate 1 1 soaking wet
2 pedestrian precinct / crossing 2 stone cold 2 1 make the best of
3 fast asleep 2 keep track of
3 tower block
4 brand new 3 make fun of
4 car park
5 pitch black 4 take stock of
5 corner shop
5 take advantage of
6 traffic jam 2 1 get
7 parking meter 2 keeps 3 1 in retrospect / looking back
8 road works 3 won’t 2 on the other
9 shopping mall 4 trouble / problems 3 in the end
10 rubbish dump 5 a car (or van) 4 in practice
5 in private / deep down
4 1 stubborn 3 1 the cast
2 impulsive 2 a close up 4 1 reach their peak
3 stand-offish 3 corny 2 over the top
4 self-effacing 4 a flop 3 an uphill struggle
5 thick-skinned 5 entertaining 4 making a mountain out of a molehill
6 the credits 5 searched high and low
English in use 7 a cult film

1 1 Have you got anything lined up for the 8 an adaptation English in use
weekend? 9 an epic
1 1 has just released
2 I’ve got a dentist’s appointment / an 10 the screenplay
2 has been working on it
appointment at the dentist’s this afternoon.
3 has written
3 I had been hoping / was hoping to go away English in use 4 chose / has chosen
this weekend.
1 1d 2c 3a 4f 5b 6e 7g 5 recorded
4 I’ll be playing tennis / at my tennis practice
(as usual) on Thursday. 2 1 lately / recently 2 1 It’s just as well there was a babysitting
5 Maybe I’ll pop in later. 2 directed service.
6 I’ve arranged to babysit for my sister 3 in 2 Thank goodness nobody was ill.
tomorrow evening. 4 set 3 I’ve got / I have no regrets about choosing
7 I don’t think I’ll go to the party. 5 about the holiday.
6 ending 4 I’d have liked to go / have gone on more
2 1 Do you really think so?
excursions.
2 In my experience 7 think
5 In retrospect, we should have invited
3 I would agree with that 8 seeing
Charlotte’s friend.
4 I take your point 6 It’s a pity the children didn’t like the food.
5 to a certain extent
6 Oh, come on!
TEST 22–24 7 I wish we’d rented an apartment.
8 I’m glad I tried windsurfing.
7 I don’t think that’s true / you’re right Grammar 9 I needn’t have taken my squash racket.
8 That’s true in a way. 1 1 There’s no doubt prices will continue to rise 10 If only my best friend had come / could
next year. have come.
2 I doubt whether all drugs will be legalised.
TEST 19–21 3 The chances are that computers will
Grammar become smaller and smaller.
4 Public services will be privatised in the near
1 1 This soup seems to be cold. future.
2 We seem to have the wrong drinks.
5 It’s unlikely that the retirement age will
3 This glass seems to be leaking! come down again. / The retirement age is
4 There seems to be a problem with the order. unlikely to come down again.
5 You seem to have given us chips, not roast 6 I don’t expect it will happen in my lifetime.
potatoes. 7 There are bound to be difficulties ahead for
6 You seem to have brought the wrong bill. the economy.
7 The total seems to be wrong. 8 There’s no way we can reverse global
warming.
9 Skirts might become fashionable for men.
10 Mobile phones will remain virtually
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 2 1 get
END-OF-COURSE TEST 2 go
Grammar 3 having
1 1 Michael agreed to work with Annabel. 4 gone
2 The personal computer was first developed 5 Haven’t
twenty years ago. / It was twenty years ago 6 turn
that personal computers were first
7 Do you have / Have you got
developed.
8 apologised
3 He’s such a nice person …
9 make
4 … a large / considerable amount of money.
10 reach
5 Women are nothing like as interested in
football as men. 11 crash
6 I tend to have … 12 went
7 The old prison has been converted … 13 carry
8 What irritates me is her negative attitude. 14 keeps
9 I was about to … 15 take
10 There are bound to be … 3 1 bland
11 We hardly ever go away … 2 rush
12 … there he was on my bed! / … he was 3 down-to-earth
there on my bed! 4 half-baked
13 Alice no longer lives here. 5 outbreak
14 These seem to be … 6 offender
15 … the closure of three hospitals. 7 flat
16 There is virtually no hope … 8 shrug
17 There is no difference between boys’ and 9 offbeat
girls’ education.
10 hoax
18 It is becoming increasingly difficult …
19 I wish I hadn’t told her …
20 No wonder … English in use
2 1 had known 1 1 Lovely day, isn’t it? / Isn’t it a lovely day?
2 are getting 2 Can / May I introduce my manager,
Jo Maher?
3 that Belinda (should) take
3 What do you do for a living?
4 needn’t have worried
4 Wasn’t it a great party? / Great party,
5 had been hoping / was hoping
wasn’t it?
6 to help
5 What a pity.
7 to have lost
6 Would you rather watch the film or the
8 wouldn’t have minded football?
9 were introduced / have been introduced 7 Can / Could / May I just say something? /
10 have gone Did you just say something?
8 Can / Could I ask you a favour?
9 Have you got anything lined up for the
Vocabulary summer?
1 1 the hang of it 10 What have you been up to recently?
2 Once in a blue moon 11 Do you really think so? / Is that what you
3 shaking his head really think?
4 got a crush on 12 Are you sure you checked your notes?
5 in the middle of nowhere 13 What did you feel about the film?
6 boiling hot 14 Do you have any regrets about the holiday?
7 bursting into tears 15 It didn’t live up to my expectations.
8 off the beaten track
2 1 suits
9 over the top
2 to
10 made fun of
3 just
11 I’ve got a lot on my plate
4 least
12 over the hill
5 blank
13 pulling your leg
6 Quite
14 at a loose end
7 thinking
15 at the crack of dawn
8 take
9 bear
10 believe
11 mean
12 worth
13 whole
14 back
15 way

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