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Unit 1 Test 1A Unit 1 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1
1
1 are you using
1 to turn off
2 don’t go out
2 doing
3 makes
3 to lead
4 are you meeting
4 spending
5 Does milk freeze
5 looking
2
2
1 arrive
1 eating
2 doesn’t want
2 wearing
3 are you wearing
3 to go
4 ’m chatting
4 to see
5 Do you prefer
5 meeting

Vocabulary Vocabulary
3
3
1 smart
1 incredible
2 cotton
2 unusual
3 high-heeled
3 uncomfortable
4 plain
4 impossible
5 tight
5 irresponsible
4
1 criminals
Everyday English
2 information 4
3 surveillance 1 like

4 technology 2 in

5 guilty 3 with
4 though
5 suppose

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Unit 2 Test 1A Unit 2 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 wasn’t raining 1 didn’t use to have
2 had left 2 used to have
3 heard 3 didn’t use to like
4 appeared 4 Did your mother use to get
5 Did you feel 5 did the Ancient Greeks use to play

2 2
1 had only heard 1 used to drive
2 returned 2 Did she use to play
3 did she stop 3 used to work
4 was becoming 4 didn’t use to buy
5 had forgotten 5 used to eat

Vocabulary Vocabulary
3 3
1 (I’m) afraid of spiders. 1 c
2 (He felt) guilty about stealing it. 2 c
3 (What’re you) confused about? 3 c
4 (Were you) satisfied with your exam 4 b
results? 5 a
5 (He’s getting) irritated with them!
Everyday English
4
1 c 4
1 d
2 c
2 e
3 c
3 c
4 b
4 a
5 b
5 b

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Unit 3 Test 1A Unit 3 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1
1
1 where
1 which
2 which
2 where
3 which
3 which
4 whose
4 whose
5 who
5 who
6 which
6 where
7 where
7 whose
8 who
8 who
9 where
9 which
10 whose
10 where

Vocabulary Vocabulary
2
2
1 customer
1 surgeon
2 shift
2 mechanic
3 public
3 air-traffic controller
4 own
4 flight attendant
5 charge
5 secretary

3
1 c
Everyday English
2 a 3
3 b 1 aren’t you

4 b 2 did they

5 c 3 aren’t we
4 do you
5 hasn’t he

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Unit 4 Test 1A Unit 4 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 ’ve had 1 haven’t stopped
2 haven’t been 2 hasn’t been sleeping
3 met 3 ’s already left
4 spoke 4 ’ve been playing
5 ’ve sprained 5 ’ve just heard
6 has become 6 have you lost
7 did you live 7 haven’t been waiting
8 haven’t seen 8 has she been learning
9 did you have 9 Have they visited
10 Have they decided 10 ’ve been learning

Vocabulary Vocabulary
2 2
1 b 1 mind
2 d 2 treat
3 e 3 show
4 c 4 turn
5 a 5 trip

3 3
1 law 1 itchy
2 illegal 2 idea
3 awareness 3 dizzy
4 campaign 4 blocked up
5 right 5 allergic

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Unit 5 Test 1A Unit 5 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 might 1 ’ll be living
2 will 2 will be working
3 might not 3 will be using
4 won't 4 Will people be suffering
5 may not 5 will have developed
6 will be working
2
1 fly, will reduce 7 Will scientists have found

2 will become, don't protect 8 won’t have invented

3 won't be, gives 9 will be thinking

4 run out, won't have 10 ’ll be doing

5 will have, build

Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
1 suffered
3
1 podcast 2 made

2 app 3 provided

3 USB 4 treated

4 webcam 5 reduced

5 username
Everyday English
4
3
1 alarm clock
1 can’t
2 light switch
2 idea
3 lipstick
3 be up
4 can opener / tin opener
4 love
5 tape measure
5 fancy

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Unit 6 Test 1A
Grammar
1
1 Adam said (that) he had an old rocking chair in his bedroom.
2 She told Petra (that) she wouldn’t tell her what had happened until the next/following day.
3 Lola told the guide (that) they wanted to see the Eiffel Tower that day.
4 The reporter said (that) the police were questioning the suspect that morning.
5 The teacher said (that) it had rained a lot that day, so the children couldn’t go out.

2
1 ‘I won’t go swimming today.’
2 ‘I hope we’ll get married next year.’
3 ‘The police searched my house last week.’
4 ‘We’re / They’re waiting at the train station and we’ll / they’ll be leaving soon.’
5 I can’t see you this evening because I’m feeling ill.

Vocabulary
3
1 leather
2 place
3 oil
4 floor
5 paper

4
1 correct
2 in
3 through / out (of)
4 up
5 correct

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Unit 6 Test 2A
Grammar
1
1 Miguel asked Tomás why he wouldn’t come with him to Argentina.
2 The police officer asked me what I could tell them about the men.
3 She asked her brother if he was telling her the truth.
4 I asked him if she really thought she had seen a ghost.
5 The reporter asked me when the robbers had started firing their guns.
6 I asked Adam why he wasn’t listening to me.
7 We asked her why she couldn’t tell the police what she had seen.
8 He asked her whether / if she could come to the station with him.
9 The captain asked the crew whether / if they were ready to sail.
10 My mum asked me where I was going that night.

Vocabulary
2
1 We might not have time to call on Witek.
2 He came across some letters in a suitcase.
3 Have the police looked into the theft?
4 I’ll never get over losing all my photos in the fire.
5 Will you help me look for my cat?

Everyday English
3
1 can’t
2 can’t
3 might
4 must
5 could

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Unit 7 Test 1A 5 renowned

Grammar Unit 7 Test 2A

1 Grammar
1 as clever
1
2 more confidently 1 didn’t argue, ’d be
3 the most exciting 2 Would you be, got
4 longer 3 decided, would you move
5 the least expensive 4 would be, sent

2 5 didn’t want, wouldn’t go

1 The faster you work, the quicker you’ll
2
finish.
1 I wish / If only
2 The more you talk, the less I listen.
2 I'd rather
3 London is getting more and more
3 I wish / If only
expensive.
4 I'd rather
4 You look more tired than you did earlier.
5 I wish / If only
5 The snow was falling more and more
heavily. Vocabulary
Vocabulary 3
1 with
3 2 for
1 out
3 of
2 on
4 of
3 out
5 in
4 out
5 up Everyday English
4 4
1 patriotic 1 too

2 religious 2 lively

3 mystical 3 problem

4 professional 4 formal
5 opt

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Unit 8 Test 1A
Grammar
1
1 The first modern automobile was built by Karl Benz in 1885.
2 The Mini has been manufactured in Oxford since 1994.
3 People are being encouraged to cycle in the city centre by the mayor.
4 Tourists will be flown into space by commercial aircraft in the near future.
5 By the time we got to the airport, the flight had been cancelled.

2
1 What language are these instructions written in?
2 How long ago was this motorway built?
3 correct
4 I’ve heard that this airline is more unreliable than some of the others.
5 World Car Free Day is being held on 22 September this year.

Vocabulary
3
1 buffet
2 station
3 desk
4 passport
5 hall

4
1 b
2 a
3 c
4 b
5 b

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Unit 8 Test 2A
Grammar
1
1 anywhere
2 Somebody/Someone
3 nobody/no one
4 something
5 Nothing
6 anything / anyone
7 somewhere
8 nowhere
9 everything
10 Everybody/Everyone

Vocabulary
2
1 Are those kids giving you grief?
2 Schools are more switched on to/about bullying these days.
3 She always looks out for her little brother.
4 We had a chilled night at home, listening to music and chatting.
5 Are you going away with your parents or your mates?

Everyday English
3
1 noise
2 hot
3 Wi-Fi
4 patience
5 sort

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Unit 9 Test 1A Unit 9 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1
1
1 have had
1 had taken, would have missed
2 have having
2 would have called, had realised
3 had have
3 hadn’t had, would you have done
4 cutting cut
4 would have gone, hadn’t offered
5 are will
5 wouldn’t have encouraged, hadn’t believed
2
2
1 ’ll look after themselves
1 If he had told them about his problems, they
2 bought myself would have tried to help him.
3 ’re teaching ourselves 2 Would you have gone to the airport if you
4 cut it himself had known he was leaving?
5 Did you hurt yourself 3 She would have got into trouble if the shop
assistant had caught her stealing.
Vocabulary 4 I wouldn’t have bought that magazine if I

3 hadn’t wanted to read it.

1 back, receipt 5 If we had spent all our money, we wouldn’t
2 around, bargains have gone on holiday.

3 by, cash
Vocabulary
4 at, sale
3
5 out, stock
1 for
4 2 by
1 brand 3 on
2 adverts 4 in
3 agencies 5 in
4 product
5 slogan Everyday English
4
1 guess
2 possibility
3 pretty
4 could
5 difficult

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Unit 10 Test 1A Unit 10 Test 2A

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 The tennis tournament taking place at 1 much many
Wimbledon is in July. 2 little few
2 The musicians playing in that festival 3 none no
yesterday were talented. 4 all each/every
3 The people singing in the concert are my 5 Any None
friends.
2
4 I’ve got a painting of a horse belonging to
1 a little
my grandfather.
2 much
5 She has written a thrilling screenplay
3 all
adapted from a children’s book.
4 A few
2 5 each
1 composed
2 set Vocabulary
3 called
3
4 wanting
1 sculpture(s)
5 giving
2 illustrations

Vocabulary 3 exhibition
4 drawing
3 5 sketches
1 movement
2 beat Everyday English
3 chorus
4
4 lyrics
1 much too expensive
5 symphony
2 rather watch TV
4 3 not very keen on
1 Festival-goers 4 so badly written
2 campsite 5 not a huge fan
3 line-up
4 mainland Europe
5 shuttle buses

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