Vocabulary and Grammar Tests Units 110 A

Answer Keys

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 2 C/F
Unit 1 3 E
4 B/G
Vocabulary 5 D
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1 made no bones about Grammar
2 skin and bones 5
3 goes hand in hand 1 a had been researching
4 save their skin b had researched
5 in your hands 2 a to have bought
6 a bone of contention b Having bought
7 close at hand 3 a Having written
8 jumped out of my skin b to have written
4 a will have been travelling
2
1 b b will have travelled

2 c 5 a has rented

3 c b has been renting

4 b 6 a had been redecorating

5 a b had redecorated

6 c 6
7 b 1 to have been discovered
8 a 2 Having lain
9 b 3 had been repairing
10 a 4 had buried
5 have been
3
1 F 6 to have taken

2 B
3 A
4 C
5 H
6 E
7 G
8 D

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1 A/H

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1 are dropping 1 nothing remarkable
2 are all having to 2 experience imaginable
3 will have taken 3 person responsible
4 goes 4 fascinating programme
5 will finalize 5 overwhelming feeling
6 will live
3
7 discuss 1 go with the flow
8 are being 2 take the initiative
3 step up to the mark
Unit 2 4 turn a blind eye
5 go against the grain
Vocabulary
4
1 1 acquittal
1 a There were no visible marks / marks
2 jeopardy
visible on the windscreen.
3 defendant
b Only after the clouds dispersed did the
4 indictment
mountain tops become visible.
5 plea
2 a Nobody involved in the accident was
able to speak to the police. 5
b Amanda gave a long, involved 1 The event takes place annually in the

explanation that we found difficult to follow. small village of Hepton.

3 a Feeling disappointed, Harriet gave a 2 Hopefully, improved legislation will make

deep sigh. fraud trials easier to follow in future.

b Both of the headmasters windows were 3 Gathered outside, a throng of reporters

broken. The boys knew they were in deep impatiently awaited the jurys verdict. /

trouble. Gathered outside, a throng of reporters

4 a She cant go on in her present emotional awaited the jurys verdict impatiently.

state. 4 The judges sentence was incredibly

b Among those present at the concert lenient considering the crime committed.

were her parents. 5 There was blood everywhere when the

5 a The play-off round wrapped up on police arrived at the scene.

Wednesday evening, setting the stage for 6 People always have a choice about what

the competition proper. they do, even under the most extreme

b Unless he gets a proper job after leaving circumstances.

school, he might end up in the Young

Offenders Institution.

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Grammar
Unit 3
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1 b Vocabulary
2 b
1
3 c 1 splashed out on
4 c 2 struggling to make ends meet
5 a 3 strapped for cash
6 c 4 living beyond their means

7 5 poverty-striken
1 6 frittering away
2 She said she would plead not guilty. 7 squandered on
3 Would the court please rise? 8 living on the breadline
4
2
5 The two burglars would break into 1 conduct
houses late at night.
2 gain

8 3 launch
1 was constantly getting / constantly got / 4 make
would constantly get 5 outstrip
2 are used to thinking of / have got used to 6 Set up
thinking of / are accustomed to thinking of / 7 boost
think of 8 Manipulate
3 is continually interrupting
3
4 wont take / doesnt take
1 gradual
5 didnt use to be / wasnt
2 moderate
9 3 volatile
1 used to be 4 sharp
2 would often rob, often used to rob 5 stable
3 had committed, used to commit, would 6 significant
commit
4 would often be, often used to be
5 were operating, would operate, would
have operated, used to operate
6 wouldnt have been
7 would become, were to become
8 had been hanged

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1 PLUMMET
1 The actors didnt get paid for the time
2 DIPPED
theyd spent rehearsing the play.
3 SOAR
2 The company had their headquarters
4 SLUMPS
redecorated before the Presidents visit.
5 FLUCTUATING
3 The students will have had the marked
6 TUMBLES
assignments returned by Friday.
7 ROCKET
4 I had / got my car cleaned last week.
8 ESCALATE
5 The old school buildings got pulled down
5 because they were dangerous.
1 b 6 Alina hadnt had anything stolen from her
2 a before.
3 b
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4 a 1 is anticipated will grow
5 a 2 are known to have doubled
6 c 3 is estimated / has been estimated will
pass / will have passed
Grammar
4 was rumoured to have wasted
6 5 is believed should / ought to have
1 wasnt Rachel given / hadnt Rachel been
resigned
given
6 is thought to have made
2 will have been told
3 have succeeded 9
1 occurs
4 wont be revealed
2 is lost
5 having been sent
3 have their life savings wiped out
6 were still sold / were still being sold
4 were being issued
5 hadnt been / got paid
6 is considered

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Unit 4 4
1 contradictory
2 disparity
Vocabulary
3 homogeneous
1
4 divergent
1 scatterbrained
5 interchangeable
2 brainwave
6 analogous
3 picked your brains
7 corresponding
4 racked our brains
8 variance
5 brain-teasers
6 the brains behind Grammar
7 brainchild
5
8 brainwashed 1 staring

2 2 surrounded
1 accomplished 3 to post
2 pass on 4 breathing
3 made out 5 (to) raise
4 discern 6 solving
5 put up 7 fire
6 impede
6
7 pins on 1 having been
8 install 2 for being
9 made out 3 to be
10 comprise 4 having been

3 5 to be
1 D 6 not being
2 F
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3 A 1 Do you know any worth seeing?
4 H 2 I have no idea why.
5 C 3 Unfortunately, I havent found any youd
6 B find interesting.
7 E 4 But I think he might if you ask him.
8 G 5 I cant remember where.

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3
1 a
1 a
2 an / the
2 b
3 the
3 a
4 a
4 a
5 the
5 b
6
6 b
7 / the
8 The 4
1 downpour
2 uprising
Unit 5 3 setback

Vocabulary 4 run-up
5 crackdown
1
6 outbreak
1 way off
7 outlook
2 right track
8 backdrop
3 paths crossed
4 come a long way 5
5 hit the road 1 a

6 lost track 2 b
7 dead in our tracks 3 b

8 way into 4 c
5 b
2
6 c
1 pulled up
2 chugged
3 accelerate
4 hurtling
5 gliding
6 prowling
7 strolled
8 stride / striding

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 6 All we did for the rest of the day was clean
Grammar
and scrub.
6
7 The thing I remember is / was the pain in
1 All Patrick had on him was a small amount
my shoulders.
of money.
8 The truth is (that) I wanted to sleep for a
2 Hard though it was to get a ticket for the
week.
balloon ride, Jo managed to get one
eventually. 8
3 It was an old treasure map that lay at the 1 had they left town when

bottom of the box. 2 significant was her discovery that

4 Frobishers ship did reach its home port 3 did he take part, but

despite all the hardships. 4 when they saw land did

5 What the astronauts did was carry out a 5 stood my father waiting
number of experiments in space. / What 6 was their despair that they
the astronauts carried out in space was a 7 had anybody treated Julie
number of experiments. 8 did the islanders know that
6 The reason (why) the yachtsmen failed to
finish the race was the poor weather Unit 6
conditions / that the weather conditions
were poor. Vocabulary
7 The place (where) Columbus was born
1
was / is a city on the coast of what is now 1 all-consuming
Italy. 2 much-respected
8 What surprised (all of) us was how well 3 hotly disputed
organized the expedition was. 4 rose-tinted

7 5 feel-good
1 No sooner had we boarded the ship than 6 long-lasting
we saw Frobisher. 7 seven-year
2 On the deck stood the captain, looking 8 long-term
magnificent. 9 long-lasting
3 So tall was he that the ships crew looked 10 feel-good
childlike next to him.
4 Scarcely had we had enough time to find
our bunks before we were expected on
deck.
5 What Frobisher commanded us to do was
clean the deck.

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1 a
1 doesnt get will probably drive
2 b
2 had known would have cooked
3 d
3 hadnt sent wouldnt be
4 b
4 would I know were / was
5 a
5 is feel
6 c
6 would I do werent
7 b
7 wouldnt be sitting hadnt been
8 a
8 had been given would have been put
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1 I have a soft spot for Kevin. Grammar
2 The Editor-in-Chiefs assistant is at the 6
Editor-in-Chiefs beck and call. 1 a Unless all the numbers are aligned
3 Tom and Louise get on each others properly, the lock simply wont open.
nerves. b The lock will open provided that all the
4 Paul and Diane live in each others numbers are aligned properly.
pockets. 2 a We would have got lost had it not been
5 You know that you have someone / us to for Mitchells map / Mitchell having a map.
lean on. b Had Mitchell not had a map, we would

6 I reckon Amy has got Sam wrapped round have got lost.

her little finger. 3 a No matter how hard life seems,

7 Stella and Rob get on like a house on fire. remember that Ill always be there for you.

8 The argument over the house drove a b Ill always be there for you should life

wedge between Jill and Ed. seem hard.

4 a Supposing I had missed that train to
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Blackpool, would we ever have met?
1 pledge
b Would we ever have met whether or not
2 triggered
I had missed that train to Blackpool?
3 betrayed
5 a But for its length / it being so long, I
4 rallied
would have watched the film to the end.
5 drumming
b I would have watched the film to the end
6 waging
had it not been so long.
7 sacked
6 a Supposing you wanted to cancel your
8 routed
booking, wed be happy to refund the full
payment.
b Should you want to cancel your booking,
wed be happy to refund the full payment.

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1 a, b
1 post-war
2 a, c
2 anti-democratic
3 b, c
3 backdrop
4 c, d
4 multifaceted
5 a, d
5 forefront
6 b, d
6 pre-dated

Unit 7 5
1 bitterly disappointed

Vocabulary 2 highly controversial

3 lavishly decorated
1
4 eagerly anticipated
1 highbrow, lowbrow
5 immediately obvious
2 comprehensible, impenetrable
6 intensely private
3 whimsical, conventional
4 provocative, unobstrusive
Grammar
5 evocative, uninspiring
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2 1 should / must have expected
1 b barking 2 may / will never see
2 a got 3 cant have been produced
3 b strikes 4 can / may get
4 c hit / have hit 5 will / should survive
5 a swallow / eat 6 must have got
6 c was / fell 7 may have been working

3 8 may be lost
1 frenetic 9 must have been completed
2 raucous 10 cant be
3 jarring
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4 soothing 1 a, d
5 lilting 2 a, d
6 etheral 3 b, c
4 b, c
5 a, d
6 c, d

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3
1 may not have wanted anyone
1 fighting an uphill battle
2 Jan could be travelling the world
2 a no-brainer
3 should make you
3 throwing cold water
4 cant have written
4 will have the upper hand
5 could be Katyas voice
5 a storm in a teacup
6 were able to get
6 up in arms against
7 are supposed to be at work
7 take the bull by the horns
8 can be seen
8 fall into the trap
9 ought not to have put on
10 wont compromise 4
1 fastened
2 inflicted
Unit 8 3 desisted

Vocabulary 4 seized
5 asserted
1
6 commenced
1 city dwellers
7 yielded
2 urban infrastructure
8 endeavoured
3 slum tenements
4 sewage system
Grammar
5 building sites
5
6 congested thoroughfares
1 b
2 2 a
1 b 3 d
2 b 4 c
3 c 5 a
4 a 6 d
5 c 7 c
6 b 8 b
7 c 9 a
8 a 10 c

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1 comment that children needed a safe
place to play in the neighbourhood
Unit 9
2 suggestion that the council (should) act to Vocabulary
improve facilities
1
3 accusation that builders had cut corners
1 b, d
and produced shoddy workmanship
2 a, c
4 response that they had done nothing
3 b, c
illegal / hadnt done anything illegal
4 a, b
5 remark that they had never knowingly
5 c, d
used poor quality materials
6 b, c
6 declaration that they would complete the
project on time 2
1 grain of truth
7 2 a wall of silence
1 Tom asked Paul if / whether he had had a
3 strip of land
good time in London the weekend before.
4 ray of hope
2 Claire recommended avoiding the buffet
5 crumbs of comfort
lunch at that hotel / Claire recommended
6 torrent of criticism
that I / we (should) avoid the buffet lunch
7 pinch of salt
at that hotel.
8 lapse of time
3 Ray wondered how Sophia knew so many
English phrasal verbs. 3
4 The speaker predicted that the situation 1 insistence on
would get worse if nothing was done. 2 fixation with
5 Tina suggested eating / that we eat / that 3 Addiction to
we (should) eat out the following day. 4 conformity with
6 Miranda insisted on paying for her lunch 5 aversion to
and mine. / Miranda insisted that she 6 dependence on
(should) pay for her lunch and mine. 7 menace to
7 Fiona wondered whether Ed thought that 8 restrictions on
would happen there.
4
8 Ahmed requested (that) the report (should)
1 a level playing field
be placed on his desk by the end of the
2 a race against time
day.
3 across the board
4 in the running
5 par for the course
6 won hands down

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5 3 The Welsh footballer Gareth Bale, for
1 or take 1% whom Real Madrid paid a record transfer
2 thereabouts fee of over 100 million in 2013, is
3 around, the region of renowned for his free-kicks and his ability
4 like, or less to get past defenders with pace.
4
Grammar 5 A changeover is a pause in a tennis
6 match during which the players change
1 Many of the athletes (who were) sides of the court.
competing in the first European Games in
6 The tickets for some sports events, like the
Belorussia set personal bests in track and
World Cup Final, are notoriously expensive
field.
and this is not likely to change. It is just
2 The two boxers walked into the ring at something which sports fans have to put
Madison Square Garden, where so many up with.
famous fights had taken place before.
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3 One of the reasons why no action was
1 shall we
taken against the footballer was that she
2 Has it
had retired.
3 can we
4 A gymnast (who / that / whom) sports fans
4 dont we
may well have heard of before has been
5 wont we
banned for drugs.
6 isnt it
5 Against all odds, an American football
team whose coach had walked out in 9
February made the end-of-season play- 1 Racing
offs. 2 investigated
6 The time is long past when professional 3 Having won
footballers used to earn a comparable 4 to compete
wage to factory workers. 5 Leaning
6 hoping
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1 The Swedish player Bjrn Borg won 11 7 to jump
Grand Slam singles titles, after which he 8 Known
retired from tennis.
2 A dinner was held after the opening
ceremony, to which all former Ryder Cup
golfers were invited. / A dinner was held
after the opening ceremony, which all
former Ryder Cup golfers were invited to.

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Unit 10 4
1 no sight
2 receiving of
Vocabulary
3 meet untimely
1
4 at wits
1 green light
5 light tunnel
2 purple patch
6 beginning
3 blue-collar
7 nigh
4 red tape
8 spelled
5 the blue
6 grey area Grammar
7 white-collar
5
8 the red 1 is thought to have missed

2 2 seems to have missed

1 arc 3 may / might / could have missed
2 spiral 4 has probably missed / is likely to have
3 crescent missed
4 ray
6
5 rings 1 It is likely that the consequence of reduced
6 pyramid funding will be a poorer quality of care. / It
7 cube is likely that reduced funding will lead to /
8 sphere result in a poorer quality of care.
2 It is possible that the decision will have a
3
1 getting on a bit significant impact on research.

2 hard of hearing 3 It is conceivable that politicians will / may

3 golden years actually veto proposals to make drugs

available.
4 in reduced circumstances
4 It is believed that the drugs were a
5 of limited means
universal panacea at one time.
6 of advanced years
5 It doesnt seem that the directors critical
7 going down with
comments have gone down well with the
8 visually impaired
delegates in the hall. / It seems that the
critical comments havent gone down well
with the delegates in the hall.
6 It is probable that the final decision will
have to be delayed.

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1 is clear to many scientists that
2 is remarkable how well-designed
3 is worth testing
4 is high time governments realized how
5 challenging to assemble
6 is no good investing in
7 foolish of the corporation to
8 is not much use complaining

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1 a
2 b
3 a
4 d
5 d

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1 Late at night, the noises from the plumbing
system sound as if / as though they are
coming from deep beneath the surface of
the earth.
2 Just as the scientists predicted, the trial
showed that the same tissue could be
repaired in humans. The scientists were
pleased their hypothesis had been proved
correct.
3 Even though he knew nobody was about
at that time of night, Lewis felt there were
other people around.
4 Nobody can remember an investigation as
thorough as the one currently being
carried out.
5 Most of the citizens acted as if / as
though they had nothing left to live for.

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