Answer key
To score each test as a percentage, take the total mark Philip: And what do you think?
(e.g. 60), divide by 80 (e.g. 0.75) and multiply by 100 = 75%.
Test 1 (Units 1–3)
VOCABULARY
1
1 B  2 A  3 A  4 C  5 C  6 B  7 C  8 B  9 A  10 B
2
11 waiter  12 dancer  13 journalist  14 chef 
15 barista  16 photographer  17 lecturer  18 pilot  Philip: Wow. That’s great. I think my cousin lives in London
19 scientist  20 manager
GRAMMAR
3 helping young people.
21 C  22 C  23 B  24 B  25 B  26 C  27 A  28 C 
29 B  30 A
4 in your free time?
31 E  32 K  33 H  34 B  35 I  36 F  37 A  38 G 
39 J  40 C
READING
5 Philip: How about you?
41 F  42 F  43 T  44 T  45 F  46 F  47 T  48 T 
49 T  50 T
LISTENING
6 SPEAKING
51 I  52 C  53 F  54 E  55 A  56 D  57 K  58 B 
59 J  60 G
Transcript T.1
Philip: Hi, Ruth! Do you usually shop here?
Ruth: Oh, hi, Philip. No, but my mum does. She really likes
shopping and she loves clothes. She’s here every
weekend.
Philip: Oh, I see. My mum doesn’t like shopping very much,
but she always wants to go out for dinner at nice
restaurants. That’s where she spends all her money!
Ruth: OK and what about your Dad? Does he like eating
out too?
Philip: No, he doesn’t like it at all! He likes staying at home
and cooking.
Ruth: You have a sister too, don’t you?
Philip: Yes, but I don’t see her very often. She likes to stay
in her room and play her guitar.
Ruth: Is she good?
Philip: She’s OK.
Ruth: My sister loves going to flea markets. She says the
things she finds there are ‘unique’.
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Ruth: Erm, unique isn’t the word I’d use! But it’s better
than my dad’s hobby.
Philip: What’s that?
Ruth: He collects gnomes.
Philip: Gnomes?
Ruth: Yes, our garden at home is full of them!
Philip: How about your brother? Is he still at home?
Ruth: No, he’s in London now. He wants to be a pop star.
He loves singing.
now, too. She’d like to be an actor and she loves
going to the theatre there.
Ruth: Great. Maybe she’d like to meet my Aunt Caroline.
She’s a drama teacher in London and she likes
Philip: Sure. Send me her email address.
Ruth: I will. And how about you? What do you usually do
Philip: Me? Well, I’d like to be a journalist, so I go to
night school every Tuesday and Thursday to do a
journalism course. I really like it.
Ruth: Brilliant!
Ruth: Oh, I’m usually really tired when I get home from
work, so I just lie on the sofa and listen to country
music. That’s my favourite kind of music.
7
Put students in pairs to ask and answer questions about
Lars Inger. Give them one minute to read the information and
prepare their questions and answers. Then have them ask
and answer the questions. As they are speaking, monitor their
English and award marks up to ten according to the criteria
in the table below. Give two marks if the student meets each
criterion well, one mark if their performance is satisfactory,
and no marks if they do not meet the criterion at all.
Did the student ...? Marks
complete the task, i.e. ask or answer all of the
questions?
say the questions and answers intelligibly?
use correct grammar and vocabulary most of
the time?
know when to listen to their partner and when
to speak?
use language presented in the unit for talking
about jobs, music, films and shopping habits?
Total marks out of 10
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 WRITING Transcript T.2
8 Judith: Hello. Malcolm Liong?
Use the following table to award ten marks. Give two marks Malcolm: Yes.
if the student’s writing meets each criterion well, one mark if Judith:  y name’s Judith. I’m here to help you find a
M
their writing is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not meet job.
the criterion at all. Malcolm: Great! Nice to meet you.

Did the text include ...? Marks Judith:  ice to meet you too. I’d like to start by asking
N
you some questions.
information about what job the student does
Malcolm: Sure.
or what job he/she’d like to do?
Judith:  o you have any special talents or abilities,
D
information about what the student likes to do
Malcolm?
in his/her free time?
information about what types of music and Malcolm: 
I can speak Chinese fluently. I’m from Singapore
films the student likes? and Chinese is my first language.

accurate use of the present simple and (if Judith: Wonderful. Would you like to teach Chinese?
applicable) would like? Malcolm: N
 o, I wouldn’t. I can’t explain Chinese grammar
accurate use of vocabulary for jobs, free time very well. That would be a big challenge for me!
activities, music and films? Judith: All right. What would you like to do?
Total marks out of 10 Malcolm: W
 ell, I can write computer code and I write a
lot of it in my free time. When I sit down at my
computer and start coding, I can be there for
hours and hours.
Test 2 (Units 4–6) Judith:  ow! OK. And what do you use your code to
W
create?
VOCABULARY
Malcolm: A
 pps for smartphones or tablets. I love keeping
1 fit so I’m working on a fitness app at the
1 take  2 (smart)watch  3 make  4 play  5 ride  moment. It tracks your heart rate and tells you
6 play  7 presentation  8 suffer  9 money  10 make how you can improve it.
2 Judith:  hat sounds great. You clearly have a talent for
T
11 pressure  12 money  13 hands  14 focus  computing. Did you study computer science at
15 instead  16 made  17 guy  18 problems  university?
19 Stress  20 giving Malcolm: No, I did Business Studies.
Judith:  h, right. Well, my advice is to start your own
O
GRAMMAR business. Use what you know about business
3 to sell your apps. Or look for a job at a software
21 F  22 H  23 I  24 B  25 J  26 K  27 E  28 A  company.
29 G  30 D Malcolm: All right.

4 Judith: I know this is a big choice to make. We can talk

31 B  32 C  33 A  34 B  35 A  36 A  37 A  38 C  about your plans some more at our next meeting
39 A  40 B on Friday.

READING SPEAKING
5 7
41 Expert  42 make  43 messages  44 go  45 lot  Put students in pairs to ask and answer questions about a
46 isn’t  47 light  48 €50  49 short  50 evening gadget. Give them one minute to read the information and
prepare their questions and answers. Then have them ask
and answer the questions. As they are speaking, monitor
LISTENING their English and award marks up to ten according to the
6 criteria in the table below. Give two marks if the student
51 speak 52  fluently 53 grammar 54  well 55 code  meets each criterion well, one mark if their performance is
56 apps  57 fitness app  58 business  59 software  satisfactory, and no marks if they do not meet the criterion
60 Friday at all.

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 Did the student ...? Marks
READING
complete the task, i.e. ask or answer all of the
5
41 F  42 T  43 F  44 F  45 F  46 T  47 T  48 F
questions?
49 T  50 F
say the questions and answers intelligibly?

use correct grammar and vocabulary most of

LISTENING
the time? 6
know when to listen to their partner and when 51 C  52 C  53 B  54 C  55 C  56 B  57 B 
to speak? 58 A  59 A  60 B
use language presented in the unit for talking
about gadgets? Transcript T.3
Total marks out of 10 Conversation 1
Man: Hi. How was your holiday?
WRITING Woman: Amazing, thank you. We were in Patagonia.
Man: Wow! Did it rain a lot?
8
Use the following table to award ten marks. Give two marks Woman: N
 o, in winter it’s cold, but it’s quite sunny and dry
if the student’s writing meets each criterion well, one mark if there now.
their writing is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not meet Man: 
OK. I didn’t know that. Did you climb any
the criterion at all. mountains?
Woman: Y
 es, we climbed two mountains in Argentina and
Did the text include ...? Marks
one in Chile.
a description of the gadget? Conversation 2
information about what you can use the Woman: I’m working with Linda next week. Do you know her
gadget to do? at all?
why the student recommends the gadget?
Man: 
Yes, a little bit. We worked together on that big
project last year.
accurate use of can and language for making
recommendations or suggestions? Woman: OK and what’s she like?
accurate use of vocabulary for gadgets? Man: 
I remember that she always got to work at 7am
Total out of 10 every day – before everyone else. People said she
was quite shy, but I don’t know why anyone could
think that because she was really talkative.
Woman: Did you like talking to her?
Test 3 (Units 7–9) Man: 
Not really. I just wanted some peace and quiet.
Conversation 3
VOCABULARY Woman: Rob ran a marathon last weekend.
1 Man: Wow! Marathons are tough.
1 plateau  2 beach  3 canyon  4 island  5 mountain  Woman: I know and he finished in 3 hours and 50 minutes.
6 lake  7 desert  8 waterfall  9 volcano  10 sea
Man: That’s pretty good, isn’t it?
2 Woman: Y
 es, very good. Amy thought it was his first
11 C  12 A  13 B  14 C  15 A  16 B  17 C  18 A
marathon, but he actually ran one last year too.
19 C  20 A
Conversation 4
Man: I got the job! I can’t believe it!
GRAMMAR
Woman: Congratulations! When do you start?
3 Man: 15th June.
21 G  22 B  23 H  24 E  25 K  26 F  27 A  28 J
Woman: Great! And do you know what your new boss is like?
29 C  30 I
Man: 
Well, I thought he was a big, tall, friendly man, but
4 he’s actually really short and shy.
31 was  32 really  33 than  34 extremely  35 went Woman: Small, shy men can be good bosses too!
36 the deepest  37 started  38 came  39 flew  40 most
Man: I know.

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 Conversation 5
Did the text include ...? Marks
Man: Would you recommend visiting China?
Woman: Y
 es, it’s amazing. It has the most modern cities I’ve a description of the person’s appearance?
ever seen and they’re a lot bigger than European
a description of the person’s personality?
cities.
Man: 
Great. Did you stay in the cities all of the time? a description of the person’s achievements?
Woman: W
 ell, that was our original plan, but after spending accurate use of vocabulary for appearance
some time in Shanghai, we decided to go down and personality?
to the south where it’s warmer and they even have
beaches. We went sunbathing. accurate use of vocabulary for achievements?
Man: 
Beaches? I didn’t know they had beaches in China. Total out of 10

SPEAKING
7 Test 4 (Units 10–12)
Put students in pairs to ask and answer questions about
Elizabeth Cochran. Give them one minute to read the VOCABULARY
information and prepare their questions and answers.
1
Then have them ask and answer the questions. As they are
1 perspective  2 landscape  3 doing  4 spaces  5 to 
speaking, monitor their English and award marks up to ten
6 skip  7 eat  8 sleep  9 take  10 heavy
according to the criteria in the table below. Give two marks
if the student meets each criterion well, one mark if their 2
performance is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not 11 C  12 B  13 A  14 B  15 C  16 A  17 C  18 A
meet the criterion at all. 19 A  20 B

Did the student ...? Marks GRAMMAR

complete the task, i.e. ask or answer all of the 3
questions? 21 C  22 C  23 B  24 A  25 C  26 B  27 C  28 A 
29 C  30 B
say the questions and answers intelligibly?
4
use the past simple correctly most of the 31 looks  32 if  33 looks like  34 should  35 moving 
time? 36 can’t  37 shouldn’t  38 move  39 could  40 Let’s
use correct vocabulary most of the time?
READING
know when to listen to their partner and when
to speak? 5
41 A  42 C  43 B  44 C  45 A  46 C  47 B  48 A 
Total out of 10 49 C  50 B

WRITING LISTENING
8 6
Use the following table to award ten marks. Give two marks 51 C  52 B  53 A  54 B  55 A  56 B  57 C  58 C 
if the student’s writing meets each criterion well, one mark if 59 B  60 B
their writing is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not meet
Transcript T.4
the criterion at all.
Simone: S
 o, Ivan, I have the three best photos from the
photo shoot.
Ivan: OK.
Simone: W
 e need to choose the right one for the
advertisement.
Ivan: OK. Well, this one is a landscape. It looks like the
forest to the west of the town.

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 Simone: Y
 es, it is. It looks really wild. Do you think we
should use a photo of a landscape? It doesn’t
show you the town at all, does it?
Ivan: I think you’re right. That’s not the kind of shot we
need. Let’s look at the second photo from the
photographer.
according to the criteria in the table below. Give two marks
if the student meets each criterion well, one mark if their
performance is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not
meet the criterion at all.
Did the student ...? Marks

Simone: W
 e could use this one. It’s a nice shot of the town complete the task, i.e. ask or answer all of the
centre. questions?
Ivan: Yeah, you can see a lot of green space.
say the questions and answers intelligibly?
Simone: And the streets look really clean.
Ivan: Yes. I like the colours and the lighting. know when to listen to their partner and when
to speak?
Simone: M
 e too, but I find it weird that you can’t see any
people. use correct vocabulary for city life most of the
Ivan: Oh, yes, you’re right. I didn’t notice that. Maybe time?
the photographer digitally altered the image so
use correct grammar most of the time?
there wouldn’t be any people in it.
Simone: W
 ell, if he did, that wasn’t a very good idea. When Total out of 10
people see how friendly and happy the people
who live in a town are, they want to go there.
WRITING
Ivan: You’re right. Why don’t we look at the third
photo?
8
Use the following table to award ten marks. Give two marks
Simone: All right. Here it is … Perfect!
if the student’s writing meets each criterion well, one mark if
Ivan: Look, there’s a man riding a bike. their writing is satisfactory, and no marks if they do not meet
Simone: Yes and that woman’s running in the park. the criterion at all.
Ivan: They both look really fit and healthy.
Did the text include ...? Marks
Simone: Y
 es and there’s a bus in the photo too, so people
can see what good public transport we have. How a suggestion for where the friend should move
about using this photo then? to?
Ivan: Fine with me. I think it’s the best one.
a suggestion for where the friend shouldn’t
Simone: G
 reat. If I call the photographer now, he can send move to?
us a bigger image this afternoon.
reasons for the suggestions?
SPEAKING accurate use of vocabulary for city life?
7
accurate use of should and shouldn’t to make
Put students in pairs to ask and answer questions about
suggestions?
the city of Lichfield. Give them one minute to read the
information and prepare their questions and answers. Total out of 10
Then have them ask and answer the questions. As they are
speaking, monitor their English and award marks up to ten

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