UNIT TEST 2 ● ANSWER KEY ● GROUP B

Dictation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Dictation Grammar

Exercise 1 Exercise 5

Can write from dictation using correct spelling.
A Bachelor’s degree / is an academic undergraduate
award / earned upon completing a college or university
course / typically spanning three to seven years. / It is
believed that the term bachelor / may have originally been
used / to denote a twelfth-century knight / who was too
young or underprivileged / to obtain his own subordinates.
Vocabulary
Exercise 2
1 cold: If someone gets cold feet, they suddenly get
scared and panicky and often decide not to do what
they have planned to do.
2 calm: If a calm comes over you, you become less
stressed, excited or upset.
3 comfort: If you step outside your comfort zone, it
means you decide to do things which you normally
don’t do and which are unfamiliar to you.
4 common: Common sense is the ability to make good
judgements about practical matters.
5 bundle: If someone is a bundle of nerves, they are
extremely nervous.
1 C: may still pass denotes a possibility in the future
(next time).
2 C: can’t have revised – Deduction (near certainty)
about a complete past activity.
3 B: must have worked – Deduction (near certainty)
about a complete past activity.
4 A: definitely won’t show us – Prediction close to
certainty (definitely) about the future; the adverb
definitely is placed before the contracted form won’t.
5 A: could have been doing – Speculation (possibility)
about a past activity that started in the past and was
still in progress at the moment of speaking; a typical
expression for perfect structures is used including for,
for a short time.
6 A: will probably organise – Prediction close to
certainty (probably) about the future (next term).
7 B: must have been made – Deduction (near certainty)
about the past; the passive is used as the video is not
an active agent.
8 B: may have helped – Speculation (possibility) about
a complete past activity.
9 C: may seem – A possibility in the present.
10 B: may not be – A possibility in the present.

Exercise 3
1 muster: To muster, for instance, energy, means to
gather or summon it up.
2 looming: If something unpleasant or difficult looms, it
seems likely to happen soon.
3 venture: To venture further afield means to do new
things that may involve risk and danger which are far
away from the nearest context.
4 summoned: If you summon up your courage, you
gather all your mental strength to deal with a difficult
situation.
5 regurgitating: To regurgitate means to repeat things
one has memorised in a parrot fashion without
understanding them properly.

Exercise 4
1 in: If something kicks in, it starts to take effect.
2 out: If a document sets out some information, it
presents it in a clear and detailed way.
3 on: If someone brushes up on their knowledge or
skills, they practise and improve them.
4 up: To drink up, for example, your tea, means to drink
it completely.
5 into: If you hammer something into someone, you tell
them something over and over again to make them
remember and accept it.

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 UNIT TEST 2 ● ANSWER KEY ● GROUP B
Dictation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Use of English Exercise 9

1 reservations: NOUN – To have reservations about
Exercise 6
something means to have doubts whether something
1 an: Although education is an uncountable abstract is good or right.
noun, here it refers to a specific context and means ‘a 2 likelihood: NOUN – Likelihood is the chance that
particular kind of education’. something may happen.
2 –: Be of help is a fixed expression. 3 impulsive: ADJECTIVE – If someone makes
3 –: Experience is an uncountable abstract noun and impulsive decisions, they are inclined to react on
has a general meaning here. impulse rather than thought.
4 a: Although pleasure is an uncountable abstract noun, 4 unknown: ADJECTIVE – If someone makes a leap
here it refers to a particular situation and is into the unknown, they decide to do something not
additionally preceded by an adjective (real). knowing what will happen as a result.
5 –: Sleep is an uncountable abstract noun and has a 5 composure: NOUN – If someone keeps their
general meaning here. composure, they are calm, confident and in control.
6 substantially: ADVERB – Substantially means a lot,
Exercise 7
greatly.
1 up: If things pile up, it means that their number
increases a lot.
2 a: A good education denotes a particular kind of
education.
3 through: To sail through exams means to pass them
easily.
4 get: To get a grip means to make an effort to control
oneself and one’s emotions.
5 goes: If your mind goes blank, you can’t remember a
thing in a situation when you should be able to
remember everything.
6 have: may have experienced – Speculation
(possibility) in the past.

Exercise 8
1 might have been Javi that / who took: Speculation
(possibility) about the past.
2 (got) a moment to spare to: To have (got) a moment
to spare to do something means to have a little extra
time to do this.
3 I haven’t (got) a clue / have no clue: If someone
hasn’t (got) got a clue / doesn’t have a clue, it means
they don’t know or understand something.
4 must have been brushing up on: Deduction (near
certainty) about an activity that started in the past and
was still in progress at the moment of speaking; if
5 someone brushes up on their knowledge or skills,
they practise and improve them.

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