Key to Progress Tests

 Progress Test 1 Units 1 & 2 C

1 didn’t go
Reading 2 wasn’t watching
B 3 was dancing
1C 2E 3A 4D 5F 4 Were…talking
5 was walking
 Vocabulary
 Vocabulary and Use your English 6 was raining
7 looked
A 8 Did…publish
1 stimulant
2 confidence D
3 stranger 1c 2a 3b 4c 5c 6b
4 tomb
5 normal Writing
6 abandoned Students’ own answers
B
1 of   Progress Test 2 Units 3 & 4
2 to
Reading
3 with
4 on B
5 at 1b 2b 3d 4d 5c
6 out
7 into  Vocabulary
 Vocabulary and Use your English
8 in A
1 treat
C 2 poison
1d 2h 3f 4g 5b 6c 7e 8a 3 mineral
4 improvement
D 5 run
1 discovery 6 require
2 residential 7 trainer
3 situation 8 vitamin
4 confused
5 explained B
6 angry 1 under the weather
7 punishment 2 recharge your batteries
8 fully 3 as fresh as a daisy
4 pick your brain
5 the world of good
Grammar 6 stay in shape
A
1 doesn’t rise C
2 opens 1 against
3 is getting 2 of 
4 Do you like 3 with
5 show 4 up
6 am not writing 5 on
7 are going 6 to
8 Is Tim running 7 in
8 off 
B
D
1 a
1 explosion
2 an
2 considered
3 the 3 imaginative
4 the 4 starving
5 – 5 nourishing
6 a 6 processing
7 an 7 react
8 – 8 vaccinations
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Grammar D
1 take
A
2  work
1 Have you made
3  throw
2 have seen 4 do
3 has been taking 5 go
4 haven’t stopped 6 set
5 hasn’t gone
6 has been exercising Grammar
7 Have you been waiting
A
8 have visited
1  ought
B 2 can
1 some 3  must
2 carton 4 might have
3 glass 5 needn’t have
6  could
4 lots of 
7 should have
5 any
8 are able to
6 piece
7 a little B
8 some 1 Had you gone
2 had been driving
C 3 had worked/had been working
1b 2a 3a 4c 5a 6c 7b 8b 4 hadn’t stopped
5 Had the archaeologists discovered
D 6 had been analysing
1 need 7 Had they been walking
2 have saved/saved 8 hadn't read
3 will reply
4 won’t have left C
5 finish/have finished 1 haven’t you
6 will check 2 did he
3 isn’t it
Writing 4 aren’t you
Students’ own answers 5 aren’t I
6 will she

 Progress Test 3 Units 5 & 6 D

1 mine
Reading 2  anywhere
B 3  nothing
1B 2D 3F 4A 5E 4  himself 
5  yourself 
 Vocabulary and Use your English 6  yours
A 7  Everyone
8  themselves
1 off 
2 over
3 down
Writing
4 forward Students’ own answers
5 on
6 of   Progress Test 4 Units 7 & 8
7 from
8 to Reading
B
B 1b 2d 3a 4b 5c
1d 2g 3a 4b 5h 6f 7e 8c
 Vocabulary and Use your English
C A
1 analysis 1  back
2 prove 2 on
3 satisfying/satisfactory 3 in
4 conclude 4 by
5 theory 5 out
6 repetitive 6  from
7 determined 7  down
8 archaeologist 8  with
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B  Progress Test 5 Units 9 & 10
1f  2a 3b 4g 5h 6d 7c 8e
Reading
C B
1  sunshine 1C 2E 3F 4A 5D
2  correspondent
3  bring  Vocabulary and Use your English
4  under A
5  figures 1 on
6  scale 2  about
7  stones 3 off 
8  clouds 4 by
5 to
D 6 of 
1  political 7 in
2  photographer 8 out
3  journalist
4  risky B
5  adventurous 1c 2g 3a 4h 5e 6b 7f 8d
6 action
C
Grammar 1 agency
A 2  boarding
1  stealing 3  tourism
2  help 4  architecture
3  reading 5  landing
6  mountainous
4  evacuate
5  watch D
6 to give 1  cruise
7  talking 2  rejected
8 can’t be cancelled 3  formation
4  range
B
5  application
1  oldest
6  itinerary
2 more frequently
7 got
3 aren’t as cheap
8 strike
4 more dangerous
5  best
Grammar
6 most interesting
A
7  longer
1 Jack said (that) he was going to finish the weekly
8  worse
report then.
C 2 Dad told me (that) my backpack was there on the
1 so table.
2 too 3 The secretary said (that) the manager had left an hour
3 so before.
4  such 4 Jerry asked me/us what time my/our flight had
5  such arrived.
6  enough 5 She asked if I/we could work late that night.
6 Ann asked if the hike in the mountains had been very
D tiring.
1 about the earthquake was written by Peter 7 Mike asked me why I had taken the job.
2 is said that what we hear on the news is not all true 8 Mr Peters said (that) that was the key to my new
3 likes to be given/likes being given magazines office.
4 will be refunded soon
B
5 must be paid by the end of the month
6 about the publishing date will be made by next
1 apologised for talking
Monday
2 suggested I/we rest
7 are printed on recycled paper these days
3 denied owing me/ us
8 is said to be rising
4 offered to help me/us
5 reminded me/us to return
Writing 6 advised me/us to get
7 promised to give me/us
Students’ own answers 8 accused me/us of booking
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C D
1  gives 1 glamorous
2  missed 2  jewellery
3 wouldn’t have been 3  collection
4 will you go 4  fashionable
5 would have 5  affordable
6  were 6  accessories
7  need
8 would have walked Grammar
A
D 1 The man who/that designed this dress lives in Paris/
1 would stop The man who/that lives in Paris designed this dress.
2 had tried 2 The clothes shop where I buy all my son’s clothes isn’t
3  knew very big.
4 hadn’t forgotten 3 The woman whose boutique was broken into called
5 had kept the police.
6  lived 4 That’s the designer who/that/- I told you about.
5 These shoes, which cost a lot of money, aren’t
Writing very comfortable./These shoes, which aren’t very
Students’ own answers comfortable, cost a lot of money.
6 The day when I bought this coat was cold and rainy.
7 That’s the dress that/which/- I bought.
 Progress Test 6 Units 11 & 12 8 The prices in the catalogue, which are not very high,
Reading include delivery./The prices in the catalogue, which
B include delivery, are not very high.
1c 2b 3a 4a 5c
B
1  waiting
 Vocabulary and Use your English 2  found
A 3  chosen
1 with 4  Running
2  among 5  broken
3  under 6  accused
4 out
5 on C
6 in 1 is/will be having the broken window replaced
7 to 2 had her car stolen
8 on 3 have their nails done
4 is having her wedding dress made
B 5 didn’t have our clothes ironed
1  streets 6 will have had a security alarm installed
2  arrest 7 will have it painted
3  service 8 having your hair cut
4  guilty
5  record D
6  sentence 1 have I worn
7 law 2 I bought
8  ways 3 you had
4 did the burglars take my jewellery
C 5 is the model pretty
1  detective 6 have I seen
2  refund 7 the police caught
3  verdict 8 are you allowed to use
4  scene
5  bargain
Writing
6  alibi
7  receipt Students’ own answers
8  suits

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