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Grammar 8
1 uncomfortable
1 2 scientific
1 might 3 impatient
2 must 4 underestimated
3 might 5 international
4 must
5 can’t
Reading
2
1 can’t have made 9
2 might have gone shopping 1 A
3 can’t have repaired 2 G
4 must have missed 3 H
5 must have heard 4 F
5 C
3 6 D
1 had read
2 would have been 10
3 hadn’t been watching 1 F
4 had known 2 T
5 would start 3 NM
4 F
4 5 NM
1 D 6 F
2 C
3 B 11
4 B/A Accept any of these answers:
5 A Fact
It is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington.
It is protected by strong glass.
Vocabulary It is the biggest blue diamond in the world.
It has been identified as coming from the original French
5 crown jewels.
1 anthem The Hope family acquired the diamond.
2 currency Harry Winston donated the jewel to the Smithsonian in 1958.
3 Minister Harry Winston put it in a paper bag.
4 flag It attracts visitors from many countries.
5 President Fiction
Perhaps it was brought to the West from India by a French
6 merchant traveller, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
1 careful The curse started because the stone was stolen by Tavernier
2 sensible from a Hindu temple where it was the eye of a religious
3 dangerous sculpture.
4 enjoyable Tavernier was killed by wild dogs in Russia.
5 comfortable Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette died because of their
connection with the stone.
7
1 monarchies
2 run
3 election
4 member
5 parties

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Use of English Writing

12 15
1 would have gone to Students’ own answers
2 must be
3 can’t have finished Marking criteria
4 must be Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
5 must have put on 11–12 All content is relevant, accurate, appropriate and
6 might have gone to structured.
7 if I had had 9–10 All content is relevant, mainly accurate and
8 can’t be the appropriate.
9 I would have slept 7–8 No more than one irrelevance, mainly accurate, rarely
10 must be our new teacher inappropriate.
5–6 No more than one irrelevance, minor inaccuracies,
sometimes inappropriate.
Listening 3–4 Several irrelevancies, noticeable inaccuracies, often
inappropriate.
13 1–2 Many irrelevancies, mainly inaccurate, mostly
Speaker A 3 inappropriate.
Speaker B 5 0 Too little or too incomprehensible to mark.
Speaker C 2
Speaker D 4
Speaker E 6 Speaking
14 16
1 C Students’ own answers
2 –
3 – Marking criteria
4 D Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
5 E 11–12 Full contribution. Basic and some complex structures,
6 A accurate and well-organised. Pronunciation mostly
7 – clear.
8 B 9–10 Full contribution. Adequate contribution. Basic and
some complex structures, generally accurate and well-
organised. Pronunciation mostly clear.
7–8 Adequate contribution. Basic structures, generally
accurate and some organisation. Pronunciation mostly
clear.
5–6 Adequate contribution with some prompting. Basic
structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
3–4 Limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
structures, often inaccurate but some organisation.
Pronunciation mostly clear.
1–2 Very limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
structures, mostly inaccurate and little organisation.
Pronunciation not always clear.
0 Contribution too small or too incomprehensible to
mark.

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