Pre-Intermediate Answer keys: Short Tests B

UNIT 1 Short Test 1 UNIT 1 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 surfs 1 feeling
2 aren’t meeting 2 to stop
3 Do you watch 3 to travel
4 is wearing 4 walking
5 believe 5 to be

2 2
1 do you do 1 Do you fancy going to the
2 are you laughing park this afternoon?
3 do they use 2 Dad promised to take us to
4 is he wearing Rome next year.
5 are they leaving 3 I avoid riding my bike in the
city centre.
Vocabulary 4 I don’t mind making dinner
3 for my family.
1 polite 5 Vince expects to pass his
2 nasty driving test.
3 confident
4 quiet Vocabulary
5 funny 3
1 rebellious
4 2 easy-going
1 go 3 creative
2 do 4 outgoing
3 write 5 passionate
4 do
5 learn 4
1 on
2 into
3 rather
4 love
5 stand

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UNIT 2 Short Test 1 UNIT 2 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 prepared 1 was competing
2 took 2 were watching
3 didn’t want 3 were shouting
4 played 4 realised
5 won 5 were saying
6 wasn’t 6 sounded
7 had 7 looked
8 went 8 saw
9 gave 9 was swimming
10 enjoyed 10 came

2 Vocabulary
1 cricket 2
2 netball 1 wave
3 rowing 2 floating
4 surfing 3 shore
5 fencing 4 splash
5 surface
Vocabulary
3 3
1 world 1 up
2 competitors 2 away
3 champion 3 about
4 tournament 4 much
5 compete 5 Really

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UNIT 3 Short Test 1 UNIT 3 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 some 1 a
2 any 2 an
3 any 3 the
4 any 4 the
5 some 5 –
6 –
2 7 a
1 much 8 the
2 a little 9 a
3 many 10 an
4 a lot of
5 a few Vocabulary
2
Vocabulary 1 crops
3 2 correct
1 pedestrian crossing, across 3 seeds
2 end, cottage 4 farmyard
3 bus stop, onto 5 land
4 left, field
5 over, footpath 3
1 shows
4 2 left
1 law 3 foreground
2 ban 4 Behind
3 economy 5 imagine
4 damage
5 illegal

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UNIT 4 Short Test 1 UNIT 4 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 the funniest 1 They aren’t old enough to
2 more attractive drive a car.
3 more serious 2 These jeans are too small
4 the best for me.
5 the hottest 3 My brother isn’t brave
enough to do that!
2 4 This book isn’t as good as
1 Who is the richest person in the first one.
the world? 5 We don’t have enough
2 Horror films are more butter for the cake.
exciting than war films.
3 Mount Everest is the highest 2
mountain in the world. 1 enough land
4 The Amazon is longer than 2 too young
the Rhine. 3 not fast enough
5 Are monkeys more 4 as tall as
intelligent than dolphins? 5 not as heavy as

Vocabulary Vocabulary
3 3
1 scary 1 scene
2 dull 2 silent
3 violent 3 slow
4 entertaining 4 correct
5 predictable 5 man

4 4
1 speech 1 book
2 winner 2 afraid
3 results 3 Pardon
4 ceremony 4 adult
5 prize 5 card

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 Pre-Intermediate Answer keys: Short Tests B

UNIT 5 Short Test 1 UNIT 5 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 They haven’t eaten meat for 1 made
five years. 2 gone/been
2 She has known my brother 3 came
since 2009. 4 done
3 He has studied music for 5 brought
seven years.
4 They have lived in Paris for 2
two years. 1 bought
5 I haven’t watched television 2 Have you ever found
since January. 3 wanted
4 went
2 5 hasn’t taken
1 been
2 gone Vocabulary
3 been 3
4 been 1 sale
5 gone 2 purchase
3 bid
Vocabulary 4 bargain
3 5 goods
1 chemist’s
2 entertainment store 4
3 greengrocer’s 1 problem
4 baker’s 2 come
5 DIY store 3 exchange
4 refund
4 5 receipt
1 busk
2 audition
3 venue
4 audience
5 artist

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UNIT 6 Short Test 1 UNIT 6 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 ’re going to slip, P 1 is, don’t sleep
2 ’ll open, O 2 don’t get, die
3 ’re going to have, I 3 cries, sees
4 will drive, P 4 don’t do, gets
5 ’ll phone, D 5 opens, type

2 2
1 ’ll come 1 I’ll phone the restaurant. It
2 ’s going to rain might/may not be open.
3 won’t drink 2 I feel ill. I might not go to
4 ’m going to get school tomorrow.
5 will melt 3 Your keys may be in the
kitchen.
Vocabulary 4 My sister could study in
3 America.
1 camcorder 5 Shh! You might wake your
2 satnav little brother up.
3 smartphone
4 games console Vocabulary
5 HD TV 3
1 exactly
4 2 dramatically
1 create 3 confidently
2 upload 4 simply
3 Log on
4 deactivate 4
5 post 1 joining
2 love
3 make
4 along
5 definitely
6 Cool

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 Pre-Intermediate Answer keys: Short Tests B

UNIT 7 Short Test 1 UNIT 7 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 must 1 will lose / give
2 mustn’t 2 will have / see
3 must 3 lie down / will rain
4 needn’t 4 will have / break
5 mustn’t 5 don’t wear / will be

2 2
1 You mustn’t point at people
you don’t know.
2 You needn’t buy gifts for all
your friends.
3 You must say ‘please’ and
‘thank you’.
4 You needn’t take your shoes
off.
5 You mustn’t forget to send
your grandparents a card.
1 If the phone rings, she won’t
answer it.
2 You won’t catch the bus if
you don’t hurry.
3 Dad will be worried if they
don’t call.
4 If she wins this race, she will
be the world champion.
5 I will buy a new bike if I get a
summer job.

Vocabulary Vocabulary
3 3
1 winked 1 carnival, park
2 shook 2 market, shopping district
3 patted 3 castle, palace
4 beckoned 4 concert, opera house
5 correct 5 art gallery, museum

4 4
1 Twelfth Night 1 information
2 All Saints’ Day 2 in
3 Christmas 3 ought
4 New Year’s Eve 4 moment
5 Mother’s Day 5 recommend

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 Pre-Intermediate Answer keys: Short Tests B

UNIT 8 Short Test 1 UNIT 8 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 would destroy, flooded 1 wasn’t
2 didn’t call, wouldn’t find 2 could
3 rose, would be 3 listened
4 wouldn’t leave, thought 4 knew
5 hit, would damage 5 lived

Vocabulary 2
2 1 I wish I could go to the park
1 volcanic eruption with my friends.
2 earthquake 2 I wish my parents had a fast
3 tsunami car.
4 famine 3 I wish I was good at sports.
5 tornado 4 I wish I didn’t live in a small
village.
3 5 I wish my brother and I didn’t
1 reduce argue all the time.
2 reuse
3 harm Vocabulary
4 cause 3
5 make 1 collide
2 destruction
3 explosion
4 failure
5 death

4
1 dress
2 collect
3 prefer
4 What’s
5 take

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UNIT 9 Short Test 1 UNIT 9 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 had made 1 (Chris said that) he was
2 had finished sitting in the park.
3 had stolen 2 (Maggie said that) it had
4 hadn't cooked started snowing.
3 (George said that) he could
2 see Big Ben.
1 had sprayed, saw 4 (Orla said that) they were
2 arrived, had gone out very tired.
3 remembered, hadn’t told 5 (Gary said that) she had
taken his phone.
Vocabulary
3 2
1 drug dealing 1 ‘I’ve already had dinner.’
2 joyriders 2 ‘I can’t hear the radio.’
3 mugged 3 ‘We’re going at five o’clock.’
4 arsonist 4 ‘The police have/had found
5 murder the criminal.’
5 ‘I often see shoplifters.’
4
1 rulers Vocabulary
2 armies 3
3 outlaws 1 Who nicked my money?
4 injustice 2 The thief shot out of the
5 struggle bank.
3 I reckon he was 1.8 m tall.
4 There’s a bunch of kids over
there.
5 That guy is a drug dealer.

4
1 report
2 theft
3 ago
4 describe
5 fill

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 Pre-Intermediate Answer keys: Short Tests B

UNIT 10 Short Test 1 UNIT 10 Short Test 2

Grammar Grammar
1 1
1 was awarded 1 will be presented
2 are recorded 2 have been stolen
3 was found 3 will be sold
4 was used 4 hasn’t been seen
5 are printed 5 has been improved

2 2
1 Shakespeare’s Globe 1 Another shoplifter has been
Theatre was rebuilt in the 1990s. caught by the police.
2 J. K. Rowling’s books are 2 A new swimming pool will be
read (by people) all over the world. built in the city centre.
3 His manuscripts were written 3 The village museum has
on a typewriter. been burned down.
4 The information in the online 4 Thousands of copies of her
encyclopaedia is updated every biography have been sold.
day. 5 The next book in the series
5 The original Marvel will be written by the author’s
superhero comics were illustrated daughter.
by several artists.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 3
3 1 epilogue
1 atlas 2 plot
2 newspaper 3 characters
3 grammar book 4 sequel
4 dictionary 5 chapters
5 cookbook
4
4 1 later
1 successful 2 prefer
2 fell 3 Fine
3 little 4 Why
4 plays 5 idea
5 buried

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