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Unit 1 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 have been eating
2 has been learning
3 Has / won
4 Have you been
5 haven't decided
6 haven't travelled
7 Have / been gardening
8 has drunk
9 has been using
10 haven't seen

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

3
1 dimly
2 bodied
3 time
4 baked
5 worn

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Unit 1 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 to pay
2 getting up
3 not to tell
4 learning
5 her to eat
6 writing
7 we go
8 it repaired
9 seeing
10 paying

Vocabulary
2
1 together with
2 considering
3 regarding
4 beyond/aside from
5 aside from/beyond

Everyday English
3
1 that
2 think
3 Judging
4 experience
5 large

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Unit 2 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 always used to stick
2 won
3 used to cry
4 use to work
5 didn't talk

2
1 would beat
2 would always throw
3 
4 would sometimes read
5 

Vocabulary
3
1 stingy
2 short of
3 dirt cheap
4 afford
5 dip into

4
1 an arm / a leg
2 hand / mouth
3 shop around
4 make / killing
5 rainy day

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Unit 2 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 played
2 heard
3 been talking
4 enjoyed
5 taken
6 set
7 thought
8 turned off
9 been running
10 watched

Vocabulary
2
1 benefit from
2 wave, to
3 value, for
4 involved with
5 danger of

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

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Unit 3 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 why it was that we hadn't met the other group yet
2 how far he just said it was to the petrol station
3 two Spanish resorts it was that you visited first
4 which of your friends you said you had told about it
5 whose fault you think it might have been

2
1 C
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 D

Vocabulary
3
1 to
2 off
3 about
4 for
5 to

4
1 career
2 life expectancy
3 elderly relatives
4 wrinkles
5 toddlers

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Unit 3 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 like as
2 a lot/much more, than
3 much less, than
4 much/far less
5 more, more
6 nearly/almost as
7 not quite
8 much more, than
9 colder, colder
10 far/much less, than

Vocabulary
2
1 died down
2 get on with
3 answer back
4 put them up
5 turned him down

Everyday English
3
1 aren't
2 should
3 see
4 wouldn't
5 will

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Unit 4 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 is going
2 going to miss
3 will be taking
4 might
5 will have been
6 will pull off
7 won't get
8 could
9 have decided
10 won't have

Vocabulary
2
1 Riots
2 Paramilitary groups
3 barricades
4 unarmed
5 shields
6 military alliance
7 part
8 tackled
9 referendum
10 left-wing

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Unit 4 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 will be staying
2 will be using
3 will have corrected
4 will have been working
5 will have saved up
6 will have realised
7 will have to
8 will still be going out
9 will have been learning
10 won’t have been revising

Vocabulary
2
1 feminist
2 ageism
3 Extremists
4 activists
5 atheism

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

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Unit 5 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 weren't given
2 are sometimes claimed
3 is always being asked
4 were being treated
5 not be driven
6 won't have been completed
7 is usually made
8 will be given
9 have been delayed
10 haven't been harvested

Vocabulary
2
1 circuit
2 aerial
3 double-click
4 scroll up
5 streaming

3
1 diagnosis
2 test tubes
3 side effects
4 advances
5 patent

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Unit 5 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 Now we know we would be charged full price we won't go.
2 Young drivers will be charged the most for insurance.
3 They must be caught while they have the stolen goods.
4 We hoped to / we would be given enough time to correct our work.
5 The Duke will be asked to give prizes for the best ideas.
6 George didn't know he had been chosen until the next day.
7 The Roman legions were being attacked by poorly trained soldiers.
8 Children under 1m 20 will not be allowed to go on this roller coaster.
9 Dangerous dogs should be banned from the area.
10 The game will be watched by the Prime Minister and his wife.

Vocabulary
2
1 forgery / forgeries
2 traffickers
3 mugging(s)
4 defendant
5 defrauding

Everyday English
3
1 choice
2 pick
3 though
4 likely
5 reason

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Unit 6 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 be taken
2 to be
3 used to be
4 have been
5 to have been made
6 being
7 to be
8 be
9 have conducted
10 to have been bribed

Vocabulary
2
1 greasy
2 stodgy
3 a couch potato
4 raw
5 bland

3
1 organic
2 additives
3 genetically modified
4 fair-trade
5 use-by-date

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Unit 6 Short Test 2B

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

Vocabulary
2
1 unsuccessful
2 visibility
3 carelessness
4 endorsement
5 approval

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

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Unit 7 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 him to hold her ice-cream (for her)
2 Larry (that) he didn't like the film and (that) he was going home
3 everyone to stay at home and listen to the radio
4 Faith to take the car if she was in a hurry
5 (that) one of them had been hit by a car
6 (that) she wasn't going home just yet
7 me (that) I should be training harder
8 John to get out of the way
9 not to talk to people they didn't know
10 if he could have some hot water

Vocabulary
2
1 broadcasts
2 flashes
3 correspondents
4 tabloids
5 broadsheets

3
1 Online editions
2 human-interest
3 eyewitness accounts
4 analysing
5 build up

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Unit 7 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 told us we would have to work harder for the exam.
2 claimed (that) referees often take bribes.
3 said (that) they wouldn't accept the new pay deal.
4 promised (that) he will direct our new play.
5 said (that) he was not going to make a fool of himself.
6 informed the students (that) they would be closing the school due to snow.
7 told the general (that) they were going to withdraw the troops.
8 claimed (that) he was overworked and under-paid.
9 explained to Mr Radley that he had a serious illness.
10 warned (that) the epidemic was spreading fast.

Vocabulary
2
1 fight off
2 come up
3 sorted out
4 kick off
5 caught on

Everyday English
3
1 of thought
2 think about
3 called
4 use for
5 have been

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Unit 8 Short Test 1B

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

Vocabulary
2
1 habitat
2 Poaching
3 hydroelectric
4 fossil fuels
5 conserve

3
1 underweight
2 anti-virus
3 overdose
4 semi-permanent
5 multi-storey

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Unit 8 Short Test 2B

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

Vocabulary
2
1 bit
2 injured
3 flake
4 hurting
5 lumps

Everyday English
3
1 I really do
2 Well, for one reason
3 On top of that
4 the main reason
5 does have to

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Unit 9 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1
1 would have been, hadn't stopped
2 could/would have been, hadn't got
3 hadn't been, might/would have passed
4 would you have got, had missed
5 would have bought, had known
6 would have offered, had said
7 might/would/ could have arrived, hadn’t had
8 would/might have telephoned, hadn’t lost
9 wouldn’t have, had known
10 would have said / had failed

Vocabulary
2
1 courageous
2 hospitable
3 thoughtless
4 foolish
5 altruistic

3
1 washable
2 offensive
3 envious
4 jobless
5 lasting

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Unit 9 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 the Green Party were less left-wing
2 Mum could knit better
3 jobs were easier to find
4 the date was/were more convenient
5 our friends were staying longer
6 Mimi had got up earlier
7 our lawyers had been quicker
8 the children had eaten less / hadn’t eaten so much
9 I had paid more attention to my father
10 the frost had come later

Vocabulary
2
1 terrible
2 world
3 tenderness
4 damages
5 claims

Everyday English
3
1 I'd rather I had
2 If only you wouldn't
3 wishes she hadn't
4 hadn't given
5 wish you could have

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Unit 10 Short Test 1B

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

Vocabulary
2
1 individual
2 course
3 clubs
4 ball
5 cap

3
1 engagement
2 commercialism/commercialisation
3 motherhood
4 belongings
5 sportsmanship

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Unit 10 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1
1 he'd rather we didn't
2 You'd better tell
3 How about if we were
4 what if we
5 might as well walk
6 suppose they came
7 as if we had
8 If you'd sooner not
9 was high time
10 Imagine you had

Vocabulary
2
1 muscles
2 fibres
3 ligaments
4 swellings
5 sprains

Everyday English
3
1 blurred
2 focus
3 clear
4 foremost
5 Secondly

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