Straightforward Upper Intermediate Progress

Test 1 Answer key

Vocabulary

A
1 obsessed with
2 looks
3 gets upset
4 aggressive
5 The thing is
6 To begin with
7 look your best
8 draw the line
9 In the end
10 get on with it

B
11 in-thing
12 take up
13 easy-going
14 a drag
15 clear (something) up
16 butt in
17 add up

Grammar

C
18a
19b
20b
21b
22a
23b

D
24 When do are you going paintballing again?
25 I would used to collect coins when I was younger.
26 You like collecting stamps, aren’t don’t you?
27 What do I find difficult to understand is why you enjoy it.
28 It’s really difficult to get used to your new haircut.

E
29 What (aspect) do you find (the) most interesting?
30 How long have you been collecting coins?
31 Did you get hurt?
32 What I prefer is music from the 1960s.
33 I’m not going to talk to him again.

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Functional language

F
34 must be joking
35 don’t think so
36 if you ask me / to be perfectly honest
37 as far as I’m concerned
38 Besides
39 afraid not
40 to be perfectly honest / if you ask me

Listening

Part 1
1 Video games
2 Star Trek memorabilia
3 Car Boot Sales
4 War Games
5 Watching Rugby

Part 2
6 NG
7T
8F
9T
10 NG

Reading

Part 1
1A
2C
3B
4A
5C

Part 2
6 Michelle
7 Nicole
8 Inga
9 Suzi
10 Elsa