ANSWER KEY

Grammar 6
1 D
1 2 C
Tom: Hi Dan, how is your day going? 3 B
Dan: Hi Tom, it’s good thanks. I had to write a report. I 4 C
thought I would be too tired (1)to write the report but I 5 C
managed to finish it. Now I’ve got time to play 6 B
basketball. Do you want to play (2)basketball with us? 7 A
Tom: I would love to (3)play basketball with you but you’ve 8 B
just reminded me about the report! 9 A
Dan: Sorry, I didn’t mean to (4)remind you about the report! 10 B
Tom: No problems. I should have started (5)writing the report
yesterday.
Reading
2
1 Whoever 7
2 however 1 T
3 Whenever 2 F
4 whatever 3 T
5 whoever 4 NM
5 T
3 6 F
1 joining 7 T
2 trying
3 doing 8
4 to admit 1 A
5 to spend 2 B
6 buying 3 A
7 to bring 4 D
8 to fall 5 B
9 joining
10 to improve 9
1 frank
2 awareness
Vocabulary 3 solely
4 struggled
4
1 offended
2 stick Use of English
3 remarks
4 misinterpreted 10
5 gaffe 1 C
2 B
5 3 B
1 out 4 B
2 out 5 D
3 in 6 C
4 down to 7 A
5 out 8 B
9 C
10 D

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Listening Speaking
11 14
1 mispronounce words Students’ own answers
2 almost perfect
3 other phrases Marking criteria
4 job advertised Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
5 used in moderation 11–12 Full and expanded contribution without prompting.
Wide range of structures, accurate and well-organised.
12 Pronunciation clear and precise.
1 C 9–10 Full contribution without prompting. Basic and some
2 A complex structures, accurate and well-organised.
3 B Pronunciation clear and mostly precise.
4 B 7–8 Full contribution without prompting. Adequate
5 D contribution. Basic and some complex structures,
generally accurate and well-organised. Pronunciation
mostly clear and precise.
Writing 5–6 Adequate contribution without prompting. Basic
structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
13 Pronunciation mostly clear. Some imprecisions.
Students’ own answers 3–4 Adequate contribution with some prompting. Basic
structures, generally accurate and some organisation.
Marking criteria Pronunciation mostly clear. Noticeable imprecisions.
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12. 1–2 Limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
11–12 Complete and coherent, accurate, appropriate and structures, often inaccurate but some organisation.
structured without prompting. Pronunciation not always clear. Many imprecisions.
9–10 Complete, mainly accurate and appropriate without 0 Very limited contribution even with prompting. Basic
prompting. structures, mostly inaccurate and little organisation.
7–8 Complete, minor inaccuracies, sometimes Pronunciation not clear or precise.
inappropriate without prompting.
5–6 Minor omissions and/or irrelevances, minor
inaccuracies, sometimes inappropriate without
prompting.
3–4 Major omissions, some irrelevances, noticeable
inaccuracies, often inappropriate without prompting.
1–2 Major omissions and irrelevances, mainly inaccurate,
mostly inappropriate without prompting.
0 Content irrelevant. Too short or too incomprehensible
to mark.

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