ANSWER KEY

Grammar 6
1 C
1 2 B
1 Arriving 3 D
2 Having wanted 4 C
3 Having taken 5 A
4 Having waited 6 B
5 feeling 7 C
8 D
2 9 B
1 less 10 B
2 far
3 significantly
4 fewer Reading
5 happier
7
3 1 C
1 the 2 A
2 than 3 A
3 having 4 B
4 as/so 5 D
5 by 6 B
6 same
7 used 8
8 than 1 levels of stress
9 me 2 see life as a process
10 so 3 have been built
4 lives are too busy
5 can’t be bothered
Vocabulary 6 not too late

4 9
1 ear-splitting 1 aid
2 nail-biting 2 overly monotonous
3 breakneck 3 constitutes
4 heart-stopping 4 moan
5 heart-warming

5 Use of English
1 clear
2 point 10
3 picked 1 is not/isn’t as slow as
4 spot 2 see the/any point in ironing
5 cover 3 when/after she had finished
4 harder you train, the fitter
5 by a long
6 twice as heavy
7 a great/good deal faster/quicker
8 because she needed
9 on the point of blowing
10 is not so tiring

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 ANSWER KEY

Listening Speaking
11 14
1 (completely) absorbed Students’ own answers
2 take for granted
3 (a) safari Marking criteria
4 a different perspective Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 12.
5 a bucket list 11–12 Full and expanded contribution without prompting.
Wide range of structures, accurate and well-organised.
12 Pronunciation clear and precise.
1 F 9–10 Full contribution without prompting. Basic and some
2 T complex structures, accurate and well-organised.
3 NM Pronunciation clear and mostly precise.
4 NM 7–8 Full contribution without prompting. Adequate
5 T 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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