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Introduction, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 Do you want

2 went

3 didn’t see

4 looks

5 aren’t coming

2

1 The baby isn’t sleeping at the moment.

2 How often do you play table tennis?

3 Are we going for a bike ride after school today?

4 I don’t understand this exercise.

5 Max and Kelly are waiting for the bus to arrive.

Vocabulary

3

1 hire

2 board games

3 boat trip

4 out

5 sunbathe

4

1 C

2 D

3 E

4 A

5 B

Introduction, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 –

2 a

3 the

4 –

5 an

2

1 isn’t going to win

2 ‘ll help

3 will see

4 won’t tell

5 ‘m not going to invite

Vocabulary

3

1 D

2 C

3 B

4 A

5 E

4

1 bored

2 confusing

3 amazed

4 frightened

5 amusing

Unit 1, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 didn’t know, hadn’t told

2 Were you sleeping, rang

3 felt, hadn’t eaten

4 was living, got

5 weren’t talking, came

2

1 A

2 B

3 A

4 A

5 B

Vocabulary

3

1 go to university

2 get my first job

3 settle down

4 engaged

5 get married

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1 retire

2 be brought up

3 fall in love

4 inherit some money

5 split up

Unit 1, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 he didn’t use to play the guitar

2 he used to live in a big city

3 he didn’t use to have a girlfriend

4 he used to cycle to school

5 he didn’t use to speak French (well)

2

1 used to sing

2 didn’t get used to eating

3 Did you use to cycle

4 didn’t use to get on

5 are used to being

Vocabulary

3

1 get on with

2 make up

3 go in for

4 sign up for

5 walk out on

4

1 irritating

2 Safety

3 freedom

4 dependant

5 distrusting

Unit 2, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 has your dad been collecting

2 began

3 have just moved

4 didn’t have

5 has bought

6 found

2

1 Did you watch

2 haven’t seen

3 started

4 ’s never been

Vocabulary

3

1 hang out with friends

2 watch videos online

3 read books

4 make clothes

5 bake cakes

4

1 go horse riding

2 do photography

3 play board games

4 do weights

5 go camping

Unit 2, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 Carina has been studying English for years.

2 What have you been doing in my room?

3 Mum hasn’t been working for her new company for

very long.

4 No, I haven’t been using your tablet.

5 How long have you been waiting for me here?

2

1 You’ve been looking at that computer screen for

hours.

2 I’ve broken your phone.

3 It has been raining like this all day.

4 Dad hasn’t cooked dinner yet.

5 They’ve only been playing for a few minutes.

Vocabulary

3

1 football pitch

2 state-of-the-art

3 tower block

4 soundproof

5 25-metre

4

1 across

2 all along

3 infected

4 beside

5 childish

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Unit 3, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 Scientists may find a cure for influenza one day.

2 Tom probably won’t come to the cinema because he

was ill yesterday.

3 I’m fairly sure you’ll enjoy this film.

4 It might not rain tomorrow.

5 I doubt Andy will pass the exam.

2

1 will worry, don’t ring

2 won’t play, needs

3 may be, find

4 don’t leave, won’t arrive

5 wants, will definitely email

Vocabulary

3

1 F

2 D

3 E

4 A

5 B

4

1 black

2 sprained

3 burn

4 painkillers

5 bandage

Unit 3, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 won’t have finished

2 won’t have gone

3 will be helping

4 will have got

5 will be playing

2

1 will have grown

2 will be living

3 will have built

4 won’t be eating

5 we will probably be speaking

Vocabulary

3

1 proud

2 correct

3 surprised

4 crossly

5 Depression

4

1 rest

2 show

3 hard

4 show

5 rest

Unit 4, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 as old as

2 more … more expensive

3 more carefully

4 the most popular

5 more comfortable

2

1 Mandy is the most intelligent person I’ve ever met.

2 The faster you try to finish your homework, the more

mistakes you make.

3 I didn’t expect your house to be as big as this. It’s

huge!

4 Don’t shout at people! You should speak more

politely!

5 correct

Vocabulary

3

1 D

2 C

3 A

4 F

5 B

4

1 beautifully restored

2 conveniently located

3 lawn

4 contemporary

5 cosy

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Unit 4, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 could E would move

2 bought D would go

3 would meet B got

4 had A would probably give

5 would be C happened

2

1 I wish Mike wouldn’t criticise me all the time.

2 We wouldn’t get on with Peter if he wasn’t a really

nice person.

3 Would you live in this tiny studio flat if you had more

money?

4 If only we could speak French better.

5 I wish our neighbours wouldn’t play loud music all the

time.

Vocabulary

3

1 take

2 do

3 make

4 make

5 take

4

1 rubbish dump

2 studio flat

3 rain water

4 housing estate

5 dining table

Unit 5, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 many

2 All

3 some

4 a few

5 each

2

1 C

2 B

3 C

4 A

5 A

Vocabulary

3

1 print

2 forward

3 follow

4 program

5 upload

4

1 empty

2 scroll down

3 copy and paste

4 double click

5 enter

Unit 5, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 shouldn’t have

2 might have

3 can’t have

4 must have

5 could have

2

1 might not have read

2 couldn’t have done

3 can’t have seen

4 must have taken

5 shouldn’t have told

Vocabulary

3

1 to

2 with

3 about

4 with

5 at

4

1 exchanged

2 having

3 didn’t win

4 has searched

5 break

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Unit 6, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 which

2 where

3 which

4 who

5 whose

2

1 Jack had an idea which helped him to become very

rich.

2 Kelly is a young fashion designer whose clothes are

very popular.

3 correct

4 Matt is the musician who I told you about before.

5 This is the classroom where we have our classes.

Vocabulary

3

1 creative

2 sympathy

3 Punctuality

4 stubborn

5 sociable

4

1 communicating

2 assistants

3 paramedics

4 organisational

5 initiative

Unit 6, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 which is called Weissman Electrical

2 who come from all over the world

3 where Mum works

4 whose name is Mr Hauptmann

5 which everybody hates

2

1 Caldwell Sports Centre, where I go three times a

week, is near my house.

2 Serap Dermirci, whose family is Turkish, is my best

friend.

3 The job, which my brother has applied for, is in

Manchester.

4 Elon Musk, who started his first company when he

was a student, knows a lot about business.

5 The film, which is on at the Cineplus Cinema, is very

funny.

Vocabulary

3

1 B

2 B

3 both

4 A

5 both

4

1 employ, as

2 sit, at

3 spent, on

4 complain, about

5 arrested, for

Unit 7, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 has been stolen

2 was taken

3 will be caught

4 are being marked

5 haven’t been given

2

1 We might be taken on a school trip to the National Art

Gallery next week, but I’m not sure.

2 The police caught the forger after many of his

paintings had been sold.

3 A fire started in the theatre while a play was being

performed.

4 The museum that we visited was built over a hundred

years ago.

5 I certainly won’t be invited to Jake’s party because he

doesn’t like me.

Vocabulary

3

1 composer

2 novelist

3 ballet

4 director

5 drawing

4

1 rock

2 performed

3 gallery

4 carved

5 create

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Unit 7, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 had our house painted last week

2 is having a piece of music written for her birthday

3 will have her wedding dress designed

4 is having his car fixed today

5 are having the costumes for the school play made

2

1 decorate themselves

2 hurt yourself

3 made ourselves

4 wrote, myself

5 looked, himself

Vocabulary

3

1 tune

2 classical

3 Country and western

4 hip hop

5 lyrics

4

1 striped

2 knit

3 message

4 phone boxes

5 carriages

Unit 8, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 had a really nice mobile.

2 that he’d had it since his birthday.

3 that he really liked his new phone.

4 that her parents were taking her to Paris the following

Monday.

5 that she must put some photos of Paris on

Instagram.

2

1 that they would call us the following day

2 that she was going to have her birthday party there

the following week

3 that he had dropped his phone and broken it the day

before

4 that they couldn’t help him with his homework then /

at that moment

5 that his sister was getting married the following

weekend

Vocabulary

3

1 left

2 listens to

3 topped up

4 didn’t recharge

5 put

4

1 D

2 A

3 E

4 B

5 C

Unit 8, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 if he could ask her a few questions.

2 what he wanted to know.

3 her if she had a few minutes to talk to them.

4 if she would be on TV.

5 her when she got her latest smartphone.

2

1 if she had used all the apps on her phone yet

2 where we were going on the school trip the following

Monday

3 if Claire was having a good time in America

4 what I had got Helen for her birthday

5 if we had ever been skiing

Vocabulary

3

1 B

2 A

3 B

4 B

5 A

4

1 pen name

2 biography

3 leisure time

4 blog post

5 textbook

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Unit 9, Test 1

Grammar

1

1 would have been, had bought

2 wouldn’t have spent, hadn’t run

3 Would you have taken, hadn’t met

4 wouldn’t have gone, had felt

5 had built, wouldn’t have become

2

1 We would have finished the housework ages ago if

you had helped us.

2 Would you have told the teacher if you had seen

Melanie looking at my answers in the exam?

3 If Cathy didn’t like you, she wouldn’t have invited you

to her party last week.

4 Would Toby have listened to me if I had tried to

apologise?

5 We wouldn’t have lost the match if Carl hadn’t broken

his leg two days before.

Vocabulary

3

1 cable car

2 ferry

3 yacht

4 underground

5 motorbike

4

1 C

2 D

3 A

4 B

5 E

Unit 9, Test 2

Grammar

1

1 Dark Sun Rising, directed by Sylvia Cranton, is set in

the year 2250.

2 Scientists working for the government have found a

way to travel across space and time.

3 But the discovery has a dark side hidden from the

astronauts.

4 She watches the people on her spaceship

disappearing one by one.

5 Her fight to find the truth and save herself will take

her across space and time to a new world full of
terror.

2

1 talking about me

2 written by Tara Bradley

3 carrying 300 passengers

4 sitting over there

5 opened last month

Vocabulary

3

1 stopped smoking

2 managed to finish

3 lets me use

4 Do you remember watching

5 made me tidy

6 hope to take

4

1 one hundred metre

2 three millimetres

3 one thousand five hundred kilometres

4 ten inch

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