First Certificate Masterclass

Vocabulary Tests – KEY Exercise 3

1 is regarded as (being)
UNIT 1
2 used to turn me off
Exercise 1
3 have been keen on
1 D
4 lost my temper
2 B
5 cut our picnic short
3 A
4 B
Exercise 4
5 D
1 get
6 D
2 look
7 C
3 give
8 C
4 stand
9 C
5 work
10 D

Exercise 2 UNIT 3
1 objections Exercise 1
2 distractions 1 C
3 election(s) 2 A
4 suspicious 3 B
5 inappropriately 4 D
5 D
Exercise 3 6 A
1 look on the bright side 7 C
2 am not bothered 8 B
3 to look after a 9 A
4 keeps in touch with 10 C
5 at your convenience
Exercise 2
Exercise 4 1 discomfort
1 up 2 indication
2 about 3 advisory
3 out 4 amateurish
4 with 5 destruction
5 down
Exercise 3
UNIT 2 1 into trouble with
Exercise 1 2 takes after their mother
1 C 3 any outdoor activities to date
2 B 4 have an obligation to
3 A 5 a fight / fighting broke out between
4 D
5 D Exercise 4
6 B 1 out
7 A 2 up
8 A 3 out
9 D 4 back
10 B 5 out

Exercise 2
1 sensible
2 resentful
3 confession
4 unwilling
5 storage

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UNIT 4 Exercise 3
Exercise 1 1 take next Monday off
1 B 2 to have it redecorated
2 A 3 make the most of
3 B 4 had a lucky/narrow escape
4 C 5 to help yourself
5 D
6 B Exercise 4
7 B 1 put
8 D 2 look
9 D 3 fill
10 A 4 dress
5 dawned
Exercise 2
1 absence UNIT 6
2 inconvenience Exercise 1
3 industrialised/industrial 1 D
4 consumption 2 C
5 pointless 3 B
4 A
Exercise 3 5 A
1 took the trouble to read 6 C
2 were taken in by 7 D
3 come up with 8 C
4 is out of order 9 A
5 all the pros and cons 10 B

Exercise 4 Exercise 2
1 off 1 reluctance
2 up 2 deception
3 off 3 miraculous
4 out 4 indecisive
5 up 5 isolation

Exercise 3
UNIT 5 1 take into account/consideration
Exercise 1 2 you take your mind off
1 B 3 turned down the job / turned the job
2 A down
3 D 4 my own back on
4 B 5 lose her mind
5 A
6 C Exercise 4
7 B 1 up
8 A 2 into
9 D 3 off
10 C 4 up
5 of
Exercise 2
1 hastened
2 inadvisable
3 immaturity
4 respectful
5 visibly

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UNIT 7 Exercise 3
Exercise 1 1 for next to nothing
11 A 2 picks up (on) his students’
12 D 3 sets foot in
13 A 4 to the sound of
14 C 5 get/have your own way
15 B
16 B Exercise 4
17 D 1 off
18 B 2 by
19 C 3 down
20 D 4 over
5 along
Exercise 2
1 delightful UNIT 9
2 participants Exercise 1
3 occasionally 1 D
4 flexibility 2 B
5 insufficiently 3 B
4 D
Exercise 3 5 A
6 keep an eye on 6 B
7 we go in for/we have a go at 7 A
8 make (any) sense 8 C
9 the length and breadth 9 B
10 took a fancy to 10 D

Exercise 4 Exercise 2
1 up 1 absorption
2 out 2 inedible/uneatable
3 up 3 precisely
4 to 4 hazardous
5 round 5 endangers

UNIT 8 Exercise 3
Exercise 1 1 in the event of
1 B 2 went about
2 B 3 to make way for
3 C 4 had a great impact on
4 A 5 has driven smaller businesses out
5 A
6 D Exercise 4
7 A 1 to
8 C 2 about
9 C 3 to
10 A 4 of
5 to
Exercise 2
1 curiosity
2 dominant / dominating
3 ineffectiveness
4 reasonably
5 generator

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UNIT 10
Exercise 1 Exercise 3
1 A 1 the tickets are concerned
2 D 2 couldn’t/could not account for
3 B 3 (can) keep a straight face
4 C 4 batteries are flat
5 B 5 who sticks up for you
6 C
7 A Exercise 4
8 D 1 into
9 B 2 together
10 D 3 from
4 at
Exercise 2 5 out
1 absorbing
2 triumphantly UNIT 12
3 humility Exercise 1
4 innovative 1 B
5 illustration(s) 2 B
3 D
Exercise 3 4 D
1 (it was) anything but 5 A
2 keep things in perspective 6 D
3 taking it for granted 7 C
4 struck gold 8 C
5 beyond my comprehension 9 A
10 C
Exercise 4
1 away Exercise 2
2 out 1 explosives
3 off 2 instability
4 out 3 offence
5 up 4 provocative
5 incriminated

UNIT 11 Exercise 3
Exercise 1 6 lay down the law
1 C 7 make her mind up/make up her mind
2 A 8 to take on
3 A 9 to make ends meet
4 B 10 is a cut above
5 D
6 B Exercise 4
7 C 1 in
8 C 2 up
9 B 3 out
10 D 4 over
5 away
Exercise 2
1 universally
2 prayer(s)
3 lasting
4 reservations
5 contemptible