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Focus4 2E Cumulative Test 1 Units1-2 ANSWERS
Focus4 2E Cumulative Test 1 Units1-2 ANSWERS
Grammar Exercise 8
Exercise 4 e.g. had: We use the Past Simple for completed past
e.g. you wear: We say suggest (that) someone does actions.
something. 1 was: We can use the Past Continuous to stress the
1 used to be: If something used to be true, it was true in repetitiveness of a past action.
the past but is not true now. You don’t use would to talk 2 didn’t: If you used to do something, you did it regularly in
about states. the past. If you didn’t use to do something, you didn’t do
2 was always taking: We can use the Past Continuous to it in the past.
stress the repetitiveness of a past action. 3 had: We use the Past Perfect to talk about an event that
3 do: We say that you make someone do something. happened before the main events in a story.
4 not to be: We say that you warn someone not to do 4 made: To make someone do something means to force
something. them to do it.
5 which: We use which to introduce a comment clause.
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Cumulative Test 1 Answer key
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Exercise 9
e.g. strong: If you have strong feelings, you feel very sure Group B
about something. You can also be physically or mentally
strong.
1 got: To get a scholarship means to get financial aid. If Vocabulary
Exercise 1
you get expelled you are excluded from school.
e.g. get: When you get a scholarship, you receive money
2 memory: If you jog someone’s memory, you remind them to help you study or train.
about something. If you have a vivid memory, you can 1 flinch: To flinch means to make a quick movement
recall something very clearly. away from something painful.
3 wave: A wave is water breaking on the beach. When you 2 settled: To settle down means to become calm and
give someone a wave, you move your hand from side to orderly.
side in greeting. 3 recover: To recover from injuries means to get better
after an accident.
4 tidy: A place which is neat and tidy is well-organised. To 4 fallen: When you fall for someone, you start to be in love
tidy means to make a place clean. with them.
5 life: A larger-than-life person has a very big personality. 5 swallow: To swallow means to move food or drink from
The life and soul of the party is a person who is very your mouth to your body.
sociable and lively.
Exercise 2
e.g. bully: A bully is someone who says or does bad things
Exercise 10 to people in order to upset or hurt them.
e.g. reminds me of: We say that something reminds 1 free spirit: A free spirit is a person who is independent
someone of something. and does what they want regardless of what most
1 used to live: We can use used to to talk about a past people say or think.
state. 2 humble: A humble person doesn’t talk about their
2 was always messing around: We can use the Past achievements and skills.
3 witty: Witty means funny and amusing.
Continuous to stress the repetitiveness of a past action.
4 brainwave: A brainwave is a very good or original idea.
3 hadn’t finished painting: We use the Past Perfect to talk 5 gifted: A gifted person is someone with natural talents
about an action that happened before the main events or abilities.
in a story.
4 keeps (on) taking my clothes: If you keep (on) doing Exercise 3
something, you continue to do it. e.g. went out with: To go out with someone means to have
5 were told off: If you tell someone off, you reprimand them a romantic relationship with them.
for doing something wrong. We use passive voice to 1 remains a mystery: When something remains a mystery,
sound more formal. it’s hard to understand or explain it.
2 full of yourself: Someone who is full of themselves is
Reading very self-satisfied.
Exercise 11 3 splitting up with: To split up means to end a
1B relationship.
What she was trying to tell me in those five innocent words 4 given up: To give up on something or somebody
was that the man I was about to meet was less than means to stop caring about something/somebody or
attractive. (...)But he really does have a great personality. stop doing something.
2C 5 come out of the coma: If you come out of a coma, you
It was only when I witnessed it first-hand that I became wake up after being unconscious, usually after an
fascinated. accident or illness.
3D
Another field of thought, professed by Walter Mischel, was Grammar
that behaviour was much more dependent on the situation Exercise 4
a person found themselves in, rather than something e.g. you wear: We say suggest (that) someone does
present from birth. something.
4C 1 had been travelling: We use the Past Perfect
Since neuroticism is linked to poor health and a reduced Continuous to describe an action in progress at an
lifespan, it’s the one that people are most likely to seek earlier time in the past.
help for, usually through therapy. 2 queuing: We say that you waste time doing
5A something.
We still have a long way to go, but there are more and 3 used to live: If something used to be true, it was true in
more glimpses of the old Bill showing through, and I have the past but is not true now. You don’t use would to talk
no doubt that this will continue as we keep working about states.
together. 4 borrow: We say that you let someone do something.
© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+)
Cumulative Test 1 Answer key
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+)