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Group A 32 C Past Simple regular

No. Key Language Area 33 C Past Simple regular

1 B jobs 34 D natural disasters

2 D Present Simple / frequency adverbs 35 A Past Continuous

3 A Present Simple 36 B Past Simple questions

4 C Present Continuous 37 C food

5 D Present Continuous 38 B just / already / yet / never

6 B was / were 39 C Present Perfect for / since

7 B animals 40 B describing food

8 A Past Simple 41 A Present Perfect

9 C technology 42 C verb collocations

10 A verb patterns 43 A film and TV

11 C technology 44 B comparative

12 A things in the house 45 D quantifiers

13 D adverbs of manner 46 A film and TV

14 B modal verbs 47 C superlatives

15 D parts of the body 48 D quantifiers

16 B quantifiers 49 A sport

17 A Past Continuous 50 B First Conditional

18 B food 51 C sporting events

19 B comparatives / superlatives 52 A will

20 C shops 53 B phrasal verbs

21 D going to / Present Continuous 54 C First Conditional

22 B jobs 55 D holidays

23 D will 56 B holidays

24 A First Conditional 57 A modal verbs

25 B jobs 58 D travelling

26 C Present Simple 59 C modal verbs for speculation

27 C Present Simple 60 B travelling

28 A technology 61 B family

29 D adjectives of opinion 62 C phrasal verbs

30 D verb patterns 63 A Second Conditional

31 B the weather 64 B relative clauses

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65 C feelings 98 D relative clauses

66 D crime 99 C special occasions

67 D passive 100 A indirect questions

68 A crime

69 C have something done

70 C crime

71 B school subjects
Group B
72 C questions No. Key Language Area

73 C describing students 1 C jobs

74 A tenses 2 D Present Simple

75 C tenses 3 B Present Simple

76 B tenses 4 D Present Continuous

77 C environment 5 A Present Continuous

78 D Past Perfect 6 A was / were

79 C tenses 7 C animals

80 D used to 8 D Past Simple

81 C Present Perfect Continuous 9 D technology

82 B clothes 10 C verb patterns

83 D Present Perfect Continuous 11 B technology

84 A future 12 B things in the house

85 D work and jobs 13 A adverbs of manner

86 B Future Continuous 14 D modal verbs

87 D work and jobs 15 A parts of the body

88 D Second Conditional 16 D quantifiers

89 D Third Conditional 17 C Past Continuous

90 D reported speech 18 C food

91 C phrasal verbs 19 B comparatives / superlatives

92 B passive 20 A shops

93 C adjectives 21 B going to / Present Continuous

94 C passive 22 A jobs

95 D art and literature 23 D will

96 C art and literature 24 A First Conditional

97 A ability 25 D jobs

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26 B Present Simple 59 C modal verbs for speculation

27 C Present Simple 60 A travelling

28 C technology 61 C family

29 A adjectives of opinion 62 D phrasal verbs

30 B verb patterns 63 C Second Conditional

31 A the weather 64 B relative clauses

32 D Past Simple regular 65 B feelings

33 C Past Simple 66 C crime

34 A the weather 67 A passive

35 C Past Continuous / Past Simple 68 B crime

36 B Past Simple questions 69 D have something done

37 C food 70 A crime

38 D just / already / yet / never 71 D school subjects

39 D Present Perfect for / since 72 A questions

40 C describing food 73 B describing students

41 B Present Perfect 74 D tenses

42 C verb noun collocations 75 B tenses

43 B film and TV 76 C tenses

44 A comparative 77 B environment

45 C quantifiers 78 D Past Perfect

46 D film and TV 79 C tenses

47 D superlatives 80 D used to

48 C quantifiers 81 A tenses

49 B sport 82 B clothes

50 D First Conditional 83 D tenses

51 D sporting events 84 B future

52 A will 85 C work and jobs

53 C phrasal verbs 86 D Future Continuous

54 B First Conditional 87 B work and jobs

55 C holidays 88 C Second Conditional

56 A holidays 89 D Third Conditional

57 C holidays 90 A reported speech

58 B modal verbs 91 C health problems

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92 B passive

93 A adjectives

94 C passive

95 C art and literature

96 D art and literature

97 D ability

98 C relative clauses

99 A special occasions

100 C indirect questions

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