ANSWER KEY

Grammar Reading
1 7
1 to solve 1 D
2 staring 2 B
3 watching 3 C
4 spending 4 D
5 losing 5 A
6 A
2
Last week my mum caught my little brother to steal stealing 8
biscuits from the kitchen. She gave him some money and 1 F
asked to go asked him to go to the shops to buy some more. 2 F
When he was coming back he met a friend and they started 3 NM
eat started eating/to eat the biscuits. My brother just loves 4 T
eating biscuits! Anyway, they couldn’t stop to eat eating and 5 T
they managed to eat the whole packet! When he came home 6 T
to get more money, Mum was furious and sent him to his
room. She told to me told me I had to go to the shop because
she didn’t trust him! I was tempted to open the packet but I Use of English
managed to get home without eating any!
9
1 remember to put
3 2 advised me to
1 B 3 to catch on
2 A 4 on looking for
3 C 5 to get on
4 C 6 doesn’t remember doing
5 B 7 looks down on his
8 have come up

Vocabulary Listening
4 10
1 memorise 1 emails
2 as 2 problem
3 wandering 3 work/perseverance
4 gift 4 need
5 recall 5 time

5 11
1 on 1 C
2 up 2 A
3 together 3 C
4 with 4 C
5 through 5 A

6
1 super-intelligent
2 misbehaved
3 disrespectful
4 antisocial
5 imperfection

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Writing Speaking
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Students’ own answers Students’ own answers

Marking criteria Marking criteria

Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 10.
9–10 Complete and coherent, accurate and appropriate.
7–8 Complete, mainly accurate, rarely inappropriate.
5–6 Minor omissions, minor irrelevances, minor
inaccuracies, sometimes inappropriate.
3–4 Major omissions, some irrelevances, noticeable
inaccuracies, often inappropriate.
1–2 Major omissions and irrelevances, noticeable
inaccuracies, often inappropriate.
0 Content irrelevant. Too short or too incomprehensible
to mark.
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 10.
9–10 Full contribution sometimes expanded. Range of basic
and complex structures, accurate and well-organised.
Pronunciation clear and mostly precise.
7–8 Full contribution. Basic and some complex structures,
accurate and well-organised. Pronunciation mostly
clear and precise.
5–6 Adequate contribution. Basic and some complex
structures, generally accurate and well-organised.
Pronunciation mostly clear. Some imprecisions.
3–4 Adequate contribution. Basic structures, generally
accurate and some organisation. Pronunciation mostly
clear. Noticeable imprecisions.
1–2 Limited contribution. Basic structures, often inaccurate
but some organisation. Pronunciation not always clear.
Many imprecisions.
0 Very limited contribution. Basic structures, mostly
inaccurate and little organisation. Pronunciation not
clear or precise.

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