KEY - CPE Use of English (Evans, 2013)

Unit 1: TENSES

1. 6.
1. is he leaving, is playing 1. give
2. have been rehearsing 2. will tackle
3. don't really think, smells 3. will have been serving
4. have been trying 4. hope
5. are you feeling, think 5. seems
6. have you been doing 6. are going
7. have known, don´t really believe 7. will be able
8. appears 8. is not
9. kicks, is 9. will never make
10. will be
2.
1. has gone to 7.
2. has been in 1. is going to
3. has been to 2. are going to
4. has gone to 3. will
4. will
3. 5. am not going to
1. works 6. are going to
2. works
3. is supervising 8.
4. involves 1. had been walking
5. is enjoying 2. did not enjoy, left
6. doubts 3. were sleeping, was trying
4. met, were studying
4. 5. were still building
1. has yet explained 6. walked, waded, swam
2. have been excavating 7. advanced/ were advancing – was/were
3. have recently started planning
4. have suggested 8. had hardly finished - arrived
5. has managed 9.got, had already done
6. have discussed/have been discussing
7. have come/have been coming 9.
8. has also announced 1. a
9. have gathered 2. d
3. a
5. 4. b
1.d 5. b
2. b 6. c
3. c 7. a
4. a 8. b
5. a 9. b
6. a 10. b
7. b 11. d
8. c 12. c
13. c
10.
1. would have been 4. c
2. hadn't met 5. d
3. was 6. c
4. happened 7. c
5. had planned 8. d
6. had not received 9. b
7. tried
8. snatched 15.
9. was 1. have a feeling that the man standing next
10. did not know 2. been a member of the cricket club for
11. had happened 3. put forward a proposal
12. approached 4. elections are scheduled for/ to take place
13. introduced 5. my estimation, an economic crisis is
6. could correctly answer/could give a correct
11. 7. started composing music as a young
1. b 8. there is no doubt Rosie will be offered
2. a 9. nearly two years since he started (writing)
3. c
4. d 16.
5. d 1. both/even
6. b 2. over/down/through
7. c 3. although
8. a 4. do
9. a 5. just
10. b 6. to
7. set
12. 8. as
1. heal
2. concede 17.
3. devour 1. beneath
4. raze 2. down on
5. mow 3. in for
6. interrupt 4. down with
7. flout 5. into
8. imitate 6. off
7. on
13. 8. up to
1. been in contact with Paul for
2. the first time he's ever felt so 18.
3. was on the point of handing in her 1. on
4. not the first time he has gone on 2. out of
5. a long time since France won a gold 3. to
6. is bound to make it up 4. up
7. became/was aware that something terrible 5. up
had happened 6. for
7. down
14. 8. back
1. a 9. with
2. b
3. b
19. 5. how to/I can make amends for spoiling
1. All in all 6. goes without saying that Mark will get
2. all the same 7. doesn't approve of us leaving the
3. for all classroom
4. all along 8. public cannot have access to those official
5. all told 9. Ann is the apple of her
6. for all I know 10. make allowances for the fact that
7. all in 11. succeeded in finding a solution
8. of all people 12. didn't come to the party but apparently
9. for all I care 13. it is the only alternative I can
14. to abandon the project due
20. 15. other than a full refund will satisfy
1. on the alert 16. take transport costs into consideration
2. in the air 17. because she took it for granted that
3. up in arms 18. would you do if you were presented with
4. on account of 19. will keep an eye on our house
5. up in the air
6. take into account 24.
7. on no account 1. bide your time
8. on that account 2. blazed a trail
9. on the air 3. went by the board
4. out of bounds
21. 5. costs an arm and a leg
1. towards 6. on the blink
2. to 7. in arrears
3. for 8. of its own accord
4. to 9. cut to the bone
5. with 10. out and about
6. off
7. by/at 25.
8. from 1. b
9. to 2. d
3. c
22. 4. b
1. on 5. a
2. in 6. d
3. of 7. a
4. into 8. d
5. for
6. for 26.
7. on 1. dodge
8. in 2. shirking
9. about/of 3. evade
10. for 4. affected
5. influenced
23. 6. authentic
1. could not account for the sand 7. genuine
2. whetted my appetite for the rest of 8. rich
3. not averse to staying in on a Saturday 9. extravagant
4. will acquaint you with the day-to-day 10. commodity
27.
1. false
2. false
3. false
4. false
5. artificial
6. artificial
7. artificial
8. false
9. artificial
10. false
11. artificial

28.
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. d

29.
1. ahead
2. in
3. few
4. on
5. followed
6. more
7. itself
8. else

30.
1. authoritative
2. succession
3. variety
4. outlooks
5. unfolded
6. subjective
7. conscientious
8. limitations

31.
1. says his car is at my disposal
2. were taken aback by the
3. that he wasn't cut out to be
4. not to drive for fear of
5. gone off that programme
6. am always short of time