ANSWER KEY

Grammar 7
1 B
1 2 C
1 My brother wasn’t tall enough to go on all the rides at the 3 A
theme park. 4 C
2 This book I’m reading isn’t as interesting as the one I read 5 A
last term.
3 My dad’s cold is slightly worse today than it was yesterday. 8
4 That’s the best film I’ve seen in a very long time. I really 1 reality
enjoyed it. 2 island
5 Going to school by car takes less time than going by bus. 3 jungles
4 injured
2 5 fingers
1 B
2 A
3 C
Use of English
4 B
5 A 9
1 ago
3 2 since
1 Has Mike given 3 worse
2 sunbathe 4 some
3 will/’ll ask 5 do
4 were playing 6 a
5 won’t get 7 the
8 going
4 9 get
1 going 10 the
2 been
3 enough
4 will Reading
5 is
10
1 C
Vocabulary 2 C
3 B
5 4 A
1 throat 5 B
2 pollution 6 A
3 painkillers
4 drought 11
5 floods 1 D
2 B
6 3 C
1 informative 4 B
2 scary 5 A
3 funny 6 C
4 broken
5 moving 12
1 Paul
2 Leo
3 Leo
4 Diane

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Listening Speaking
13 16
1 F Students’ own answers
2 T
3 F Marking criteria
4 NM Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
5 F 11–12 Full contribution without prompting. Basic and some
6 T complex structures, accurate and well-organised.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
14 9–10 Adequate contribution without prompting. Basic and
1 a week some complex structures, generally accurate and well-
2 TV addict organised. Pronunciation mostly clear.
3 one or two 7 –8 Adequate contribution without prompting. Basic
4 meals together structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
5–6 Adequate contribution with some prompting. Basic
Writing structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
15 3–4 Limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
Students’ own answers structures, often inaccurate but some organisation.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
Marking criteria 1–2 Very limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12. structures, mostly inaccurate and little organisation.
11–12 All content is relevant, accurate, appropriate and Pronunciation not always clear.
structured. 0 Contribution too small or too incomprehensible to
9–10 All content is relevant, mainly accurate and mark.
appropriate.
7–8 No more than one irrelevance, mainly accurate, rarely
inappropriate.
5–6 No more than one irrelevance, minor inaccuracies,
sometimes inappropriate.
3–4 Several irrelevancies, noticeable inaccuracies, often
inappropriate.
1–2 Many irrelevancies, mainly inaccurate, mostly
inappropriate.
0 Too little or too incomprehensible to mark.

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