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Unit test answers Pre-intermediate

Unit test 1A 9 2 delicious 9

10
does, work
works
3 long
1 2 Where were you born 4 heavy 11 doing
3 Why are you here in Chicago 5 busy 12 ’s taking
4 What are you studying 6 high 13 does, earn / does, have
5 What did you do in India / What was
your job in India 10 2 a 6 2 a
6 How often do you go back to India 3 b 3 a
4 b 4 b
2 2 How much, a 5 b 5 b
3 How long, h 6 b 6 b
4 Whose, d 7 a
5 How many, i 11 2 My pleasure. 8 b
6 Which, f 3 I’m fine, thanks. 9 b
7 Why, j 4 Lovely day today. 10 a
8 Who, c 5 It doesn’t matter.
9 When, e 6 What’s the problem? 7 2 lie-in
10 Where, g 7 Same to you. 3 listen
4 pizza
3 2 Who’s 12 2 went go 5 chatting
3 Whose 3 How many How often 6 nothing
4 who’s 4 live to live with 7 TV
5 Who’s 5 lend borrow 8 plays
6 Who’s 6 does do 9 walk
7 Whose 10 does
8 whose 11 meeting
Unit test 2A
4 2 running 8 2 f
3 laughed 1 2 b 3 a
4 made 3 c
4 g
5 ’s 4 b
5 d
6 talked 5 a
6 b
7 catching 6 c
8 miss 7 a 9 2 but
9 is 8 b 3 Although
10 couldn’t 9 a 4 although
10 b 5 because
5 2 come 11 c 6 but
3 live 7 because
4 came 2 2 shop 8 so
5 study 3 driving
9 However
6 like 4 make
7 got 5 ’re/are having 10 2 10 d
8 have 6 ’re/are, making 3 12 e
9 can 7 ’s/is coming 4 7b
10 go 8 have 5 8c
11 going 9 ’re/are making 6 9a
10 ’m/am shopping
12 met
11 does, come 11 2 has have
13 getting 3 although despite
6 2 surprised 3 2 I do 4 wait waiting
3 embarrassing 3 he does 5 isn’t eating doesn’t eat
4 surprising 4 he/she doesn’t 6 do have
5 embarrassed 5 I do 7 They start They’re starting / They’re
6 interested 6 I am going to start
7 they aren’t 8 are having have
7 2 play 8 she hasn’t 9 I’m not understanding I don’t
3 go 9 they do understand
4 speak 10 I do
5 learn 11 I haven’t
6 does Unit test 3A
7 make 4 2 Have you got
3 have 1 2 left
8 taught 3 arrived
9 Tell 4 never have
5 don’t have 4 walked
10 say 5 met
6 has
8 2 about 7 do you have 6 took
3 at 8 haven’t 7 decided
4 for 9 have 8 wanted
5 to 2 2 Why did he leave England?
6 about 5 2 ’s
3 does, play 3 When did you arrive at the camp?
7 on 4 How far did you walk?
8 for 4 doing
5 ’s sleeping 5 Where did she meet her companion?
9 to 6 What did she take a photo of?
6 wearing
7 ’s 7 What did you decide to try?
8 has 8 Who did they want to meet?

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3 1 saw 13 2 played was playing 7 a pair

2 was cleaning, flew 3 die died 8 packet
3 didn’t go, was 4 continual continually 9 a piece/a slice
4 was having, heard 5 to do doing 9 2 good
5 stole, was waiting 6 was stopping stopped 3 beautiful
6 got, grew, swam 4 wonderful
4 2 got Unit test 4A 5
6
lovely
delicious
3 disappeared
4 was 1 2 some 7 excellent
5 had 3 much 8 spectacular
6 took 4 some 9 amazing
7 reported 5 any
6 a few 10 1 b
8 were looking 2 c, e
9 were talking 7 any
8 some 3 h, g
10 was looking 4 d, f
11 took 9 some
12 were recording 10 any 11 2 get
13 didn’t show 11 lots of 3 helping
2 2 any 4 see
5 /d/ refused, closed, listened, called 5 lend
/t/ looked, worked, stopped, watched, 3 any
4 some 6 opening
walked
/id/ started, hated, wanted, decided 5 many 12 2 by a bus by bus
6 many 3 nobody anyone / anybody
6 2 What were you doing yesterday 7 much 4 can packet
evening? 8 much 5 Would Could
3 When did they arrive at the police 9 a little 6 an internet the internet
station? 10 a lot of
4 What was he wearing? 11 a few
5 Did she talk to them?
3 2 No
Unit test 5A
6 Where did the race take place?
3 no 1 2 apply
7 2 fluently 4 some, no 3 cycling
3 carefully 5 some 4 celebrating
4 badly 6 any 5 to have
5 bravely 7 everything 6 do
6 loudly 8 where 7 learning
8 2 badly 9 one 8 hopes
3 clearly 10 thing 9 leave
4 fast 11 thing 10 to practise
5 late 12 where 11 going
6 hard 4 1 everyone, somebody 2 2 a Yes, I do.
7 completely 2 nobody, everyone, somebody b No, I’d get bored.
8 honestly 3 something, anything, a little 3 a Anywhere that’s sunny!
9 well 4 anywhere, somewhere, a few b I’d love to, but I’m too busy.
10 slowly 4 a Do you? I hate them.
5 1 a b Can I play too?
9 2 Do you still see him often? 2 a, the
3 I was quietly watching TV / I was 5 a Where would they go?
3 the b Yes, I do too.
watching TV quietly, when I heard a 4 a, –
really loud knocking noise. 6 a She’d love to.
5 – b She loves it!
4 I just got back from holiday tonight. 6 –
5 First check your work carefully for 7 a 3 2 ’ll go
mistakes. 3 ’re going
6 Does he ever drive fast? 6 2 b 4 ’m working
7 I’m only eighteen years old and I 3 a 5 ’re going to
already earn $100,000 a year. 4 b 6 ’m coming
5 c 7 ’ll ask
10 2 the nineteenth of September, 6 a
September the nineteenth 8 ’ll take
7 c 9 ’s going to
3 the third of May, May the third 8 b
4 the twenty-first of December, 9 a 4 2 swimming
December the twenty-first 3 thinking
5 the first of April, April the first 7 Chemist’s 2, 4 4 looking
Delicatessen 1, 5 5 take
11 2 twenty e Clothes shop 3, 10
3 nineteen b 6 see
Off-licence 6, 9 7 stay
4 two d Newsagent’s 8
5 thousand c 8 cooking
Café 7 9 go
6 thirty-five a
8 2 a litre 10 borrow
12 2 at 3 a kilo 11 camping
3 in 4 a can 12 love
4 – 5 a bottle 13 buy
5 in 6 a slice/a piece
6 in

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5 2 a 2 3 do, work 10 2 behave

3 c 4 have, worked 3 kindness
4 b 5 left 4 danger
5 c 6 did, meet 5 compete
6 b 7 have, known 6 employ
7 c 8 did, talk 7 discussion
8 a 9 talked 8 collection
9 c 10 Have, got
11 did, cost 11 2 9, e
6 2 down 12 paid 3 8, b
3 out 4 10, a
4 off 3 2 is 5 12, f
5 on 3 had 6 7, d
6 at 4 finished
7 up 5 moved 12 2 don’t you won’t you
8 back 6 began 3 I’ve I have
9 away 7 grew 4 make made
8 used 5 saw seen
7 2 on 9 enjoys 6 assist assistant
3 away 10 ’ve, been 7 have has/’s
4 up 11 ’ve, written
5 round
6 off 4 2 since Unit test 7A
3 since 1 2 d
8 2 When does the plane take off? 4 for
3 I’ll look this word up / look up this word 3 g
5 for 4 h
in the dictionary. 6 since
4 We’ve run out of sugar! 5 b
7 for 6 a
5 I fell out with my brother yesterday. 8 since
6 He’s going to give up his job when 7 c
9 for 8 f
he’s 55. 10 since
7 She hopes to pick up a bit of Spanish 11 for 2 2 What are New York taxis like?
while she’s on holiday. 3 What’s the food like in Paris?
8 I need to catch up with you. 5 2 Who taught you to cook? 4 What do his children look like?
9 You get on well with your boss. 3 Have you ever won any prizes? 5 What’s the weather like?
4 When was your last holiday
9 2 away 5 Have you ever thought of moving to
6 What are the buildings like?
3 up the USA? 3 b 2
4 away 6 How much money have you made? c 4
5 off d 1
6 back 6 2 always e 5
7 out 3 never f 6
8 up 4 always
5 ever 4 2 better
10 2 Perhaps. 6 never 3 as
3 I think so. 4 the hottest
4 Mmm … maybe. 7 2 photographer 5 than
5 Sorry, no chance. 3 accountant 6 the most
6 I don’t think so. 4 inventor 7 the most delicious
7 I don’t think so. 5 actor 8 much cheaper
8 Anything’s possible. 6 electrician 9 warmer
9 He might do. 7 receptionist 10 more careful
8 farmer
11 2 working to work 9 politician 5 2 the most exciting, the most important
3 took up took off 3 the best, the most boring
4 do to do 8 2 invitation 4 better, more expensive
5 wont won’t 3 behave 5 the most confident, friendlier
6 fed out fed up 4 explain 6 hotter, as hot
7 go going 5 decision 7 harder than, the best
8 I I’ll 6 ambitious 8 quieter, more ambitious
9 going staying going to stay 7 responsibility
8 expense 6 2 a
9 dangerous 3 f
Unit test 6A 10 successful 4 d
1 2 Have 5 c
9 2 successful 6 h
3 did you do 3 invite
4 moved 7 g
4 behave 8 i
5 haven’t seen 5 dangerous
6 got 6 decided
7 did he do 7 responsible
8 have you known 8 ambition
9 died

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7 2 pleased 4 2 b 12 2 smoking smoke

3 unusual 3 b 3 legging leggings
4 cleverest 4 b 4 frequent frequently
5 famous 5 a 5 to visit visit
6 difficult 6 b 6 around about
7 terrible 7 a 7 Your Yours
8 brighter 8 a 8 seriously serious
9 out of focus 9 b 9 athlete athletic
10 crazier 10 b 10 for to
11 a 11 should shouldn’t
8 2 clean
3 interesting 5 2 can
4 clever / intelligent 3 shouldn’t Unit test 9A
5 happy / cheerful 4 have to
6 warm / hot 5 had to 1 2 got
7 polite 6 have to 3 met
8 quiet 7 should 4 was playing
8 doesn’t have to be 5 was watching
9 2 The film that I want to see is on at 9 should 6 doing
8 o’clock. 10 must
3 That’s the dress that I want for my 2 2 ’d/had bought
birthday. 6 2 f 3 ’d/had arrived
4 That’s the man who found my dog. 3 i 4 hadn’t walked
5 The factory where my grandfather 4 b 5 had flown
worked made steel. 5 h 6 ’d/had been
6 We visited a gallery that had a 6 g 7 hadn’t decided
sculpture exhibition. 7 c 8 had come
7 The artist who painted this picture 8 a 9 had stopped
lived in this town. 9 d 3 2 c
8 This is the place where I met your 10 j 3 b
father.
7 2 dangerous 4 c
10 2 b 3 serious 5 a
3 a 4 slim 6 b
4 a 5 competitive 7 a
5 b 6 fit 8 b
6 b 7 sporty 9 b
7 b 8 easy-going, crazy 10 a
8 a 9 sensitive 11 c

11 2 a most the most 8 2 shoulders 4 2 so

3 good-look good-looking 3 waist 3 Although
4 where that 4 eyes 4 because
5 spicy spiciest 5 neck 5 although
6 fascinated fascinating 6 wrist 6 so
7 funny funnier 7 knees 5 2 The train had finally arrived so we
8 which who 8 feet got on it.
9 on of 9 fingers 3 She felt homesick although she hadn’t
10 ankles been away from home for long.
Unit test 8A 9 2 shirt 4 Everyone said the autobiography was
amazing but nobody had read it.
3 jacket
1 2 Do you 4 jeans 5 As soon as we had published the book
3 work 5 track suit it became a best-seller.
4 don’t have to 6 vest 6 Until he spoke I hadn’t realized he
5 be 7 cap wasn’t English.
6 Do 8 sunglasses 7 I had just fallen asleep when the
7 doesn’t have to 9 watch phone rang.
8 I whispered my secret to her after she
2 2 can’t 10 2 d had promised not to tell anyone./After
3 didn’t have to 3 e I had whispered my secret to her she
4 have to 4 a promised not to tell anyone.
5 can’t 5 f
6 have to 6 b 6 2 met
7 Did, have to 3 aren’t you riding
8 Do, have to 11 2 the matter 4 put
9 can’t 3 felt well 5 continued
10 can’t 4 aches 6 rides
11 don’t have to 5 hot 7 walk
6 temperature 8 get
3 2 don’t have to 7 swollen 9 hadn’t gone
3 must 8 swallow 10 put
4 shouldn’t 9 infection 11 were walking
5 don’t think you should 10 allergic 12 decided
6 mustn’t 11 prescription 13 kicked

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14 dropped 3 2 will be employed 11 2 directed was directed

15 fell 3 was founded 3 will remembered will be remembered
16 drowned 4 were made 4 were buy were bought
7 2 homesick 5 completed 5 go back get back
3 lonely 6 bought 6 aren’t grown isn’t grown
4 angry 7 been decorated 7 did a pill took a pill
5 disappointed 8 will be told 8 has be read has been read
6 scared 9 throw 9 was award was awarded
7 amazed 10 were printed
11 were received
8 proud Unit test 11A
9 delighted 4 2 When was the new web browser
launched? 1 2 Have, installed
8 2 delighted 3 hasn’t lived
3 disappointed 3 A huge amount of plastic is thrown
away every day. 4 have, had
4 scared 5 ’s/has taken
5 lonely 4 Were any packages delivered this
morning (by the postman)? 6 hasn’t made
6 angry 7 ’ve/have asked
7 proud 5 When was penicillin discovered (by
Alexander Fleming)? 8 ’ve/have become
8 amazed 9 Has, had
9 homesick 6 Bad weather has been predicted for
the next few days. 2 2 has been working
9 2 d 7 Is his blog updated every day? 3 have, been keeping
3 g
4 a 5 2 know 4 haven’t been learning
3 were introduced 5 have, been coming
5 b 6 has been using
6 c 4 moved
5 were created 7 has been singing
7 f 8 hasn’t been coping
6 became
10 2 so 7 were destroyed 9 Have, been touring
3 such a 8 wasn’t injured 3 2 loved
4 such 9 telephoned 3 been seeing
5 such 10 was served 4 known
6 so 11 weren’t completed 5 cut
7 so many 12 is named 6 been digging
13 have been written 7 seen
11 2 so many 14 will be remembered
3 so 8 had
4 such 6 business deal 9 bought
5 so computer program, virus 10 been getting
6 such a phone card, number, call 4 2 have you been driving
7 so many football team, ground, game 3 hasn’t found
8 so
7 2 business card 4 have, spent
12 2 had already go had already gone 3 football ground 5 ’s gone
3 what which 4 computer program 6 ’s been taking
4 hadn’t saw hadn’t seen 5 phone call 7 ’ve been
5 was missed had missed 8 has been learning
6 him it 8 2 made 9 ’ve had
7 so many so much 3 send 10 have, been
8 scary scared 4 played 11 ’ve been hoping
9 but because 5 make
6 taken 5 2 covering
7 take 3 has
Unit test 10A 8 done 4
5
caught up
has been touring
9 win
1 2 are often called 10 send 6 is
3 won’t be 11 play 7 working
4 aren’t grown 8 performed
5 made 9 2 Well-done 9 raised
6 was 3 badly-behaved 10 been
7 invented 4 well-dressed 11 are
8 will be 5 badly-equipped
9 been 6 badly-paid 6 2 How long have you been (working as)
10 listed 7 badly-written an actor?
11 Was 3 Have you made a lot of different films?
10 2 Sorry, you’re breaking up. 4 Are you married?
2 2 c 3 Can we meet on Saturday instead? 5 Have you been married before?
3 b 4 I’m not sure. 6 Is it true (that) you’re engaged?
4 c 5 Speak to you later! 7 How long have you been seeing each
5 b 6 I’m trying to get hold of Clara LeRoy. other?
6 c 7 Have you tried her mobile? 8 Where are you going on honeymoon?
7 a 8 I don’t have her number. / Where have you decided to go on
8 b 9 Thanks for your help. honeymoon?
9 c 10 No problem. 9 Are you planning to have any children?
11 That’s great.

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7 2 weighed, born 4 2 didn’t have to, ’d learn

3 pregnant, expecting 3 could, wouldn’t be able
4 birth 4 asked, would, say
5 travelled, would be
8 2 split up 6 were, didn’t work
3 engaged
4 divorced 5 2 b
5 widowed 3 a
6 honeymoon 4 a
5 c
9 2 death, miss 6 c
3 died, funeral 7 b
4 of 8 a
10 1 b Fantastic news … 9 c
c A girl … 10 a
d And how are … 11 c
e They’re absolutely … 6 2 bring
f Well, give Jenny … 3 brought
2 b Wow … 4 take
c Yes, I … 5 went
d Have you … 6 go
e We’re thinking … 7 come
f Well, I’d … 8 taking
3 b No, but … 9 bring
c What’s been … 10 go
d I’m not sure … 11 bring
e Are they … 12 coming
f Yes, I think … 13 goes
11 2 haven’t hasn’t 14 take
3 is has been 7 2 h
4 named called 3 f
5 have you be working have you been 4 b
working 5 g
6 has collect has collected 6 e
7 have been have have been having 7 c
8 died die 8 a
9 shameful shame
8 2 welcome
3 kind
Unit test 12A 4 through
1 2 might 5 Keep
3 will 6 Take
4 will 7 helping
5 won’t 8 not
6 won’t 9 going
7 might 10 coming
8 might 11 with
9 might 9 2 c
10 They might. 3 h
11 might 4 f
2 2 ’s, ’ll wear 5 g
3 gets, ’ll cook 6 a
4 ’ll be, win 7 b
5 ’ll open, get 8 k
6 ’ll see, look 9 j
7 will drive, need 10 i
8 get, ’ll call 11 e
9 start, ’ll feel 10 2 came went
10 is, will give 3 to see see
11 ’ll put, are 4 with for
3 2 If you use that sharp knife, you’ll cut 5 I buy I’d buy
yourself. 6 I’ll drink I drink
3 If you tell Amy the secret, you’ll 7 pleased pleasure
regret it. 8 turning turn
4 If you don’t stop soon, the car will run 9 coming going
out of petrol. 10 wins will win
5 If you don’t pay attention, you won’t 11 didn’t stop don’t stop
understand.
6 If you touch the barbecue, you’ll hurt
yourself.

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