Progress Tests x–x – Answer Key
Progress test Answer keys
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Progress tests 1–2 Answer key
Progress test 1 Media around the
world
GRAMMAR
1 Talking about the present
1 Have you read; I don’t read
2 Do you want; I’m cooking
3 Are you watching; I’ve seen
4 I haven’t seen; she’s working
5 Do you listen; I listen
VOCABULARY
Progress test 2 Good communication
GRAMMAR
1 will, could, may, might
1 will 2 will 3 won’t 4 could 5 might 6 won’t
7 could 8 might not 9 won’t 10 may
VOCABULARY
2 Expressing opinions
1 no harm in leaving 2 They say 3 no point in writing
4 people say 5 ’d say
2 Habits and preferences
1 hardly 2 prefer 3 used 4 fan 5 rather
3 Using the Internet
1 online 2 search engine 3 blogs 4 post
5 social networking
3 Talking about facts and information
1 accurate 2 reliable 3 scandals 4 inaccurate
5 made up
4 Expressing probability
2b 3a 4d 5e 6c
4 Describing books and TV shows
1 It’s by someone called
2 It’s about this family who
3 It’s quite a well-known book
4 Basically, it shows you / It basically shows you
5 it has Shahrukh Khan in it
ACROSS CULTURES
5 Changes
1 found 2 wasn’t 3 began / started 4 got 5 ’m
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Writing a book review for a website
1b 2a 3b 4a 5a
7 which clauses
2b 3c 4f 5a 6e
PRONUNCIATION
5 Sentence stress
1 It’s boring when you do the same thing at work every
day.
2 It’s difficult to make decisions which affect your
family.
3 It’s silly to delay doing important things.
4 Sometimes, it’s great doing absolutely nothing!
5 It’s good living right next to the bus stop.
KEYWORD
6 so, such
1 I’ve never been so scared in my life.
2 The snow was so deep that we couldn’t leave the
house.
3 It was such a boring talk that I fell asleep!
4 I didn’t know we lived so near each other.
5 That’s such a beautiful dress. Where did you get it?
EXPLORE SPEAKING
7 Asking for clarification; clarifying what you’re
saying
1a 2b 3b 4a 5b
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Progress tests 3–4 Answer key
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Progress test 3 Success
Progress test 4 What happened?
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 Present perfect and time expressions 1
1 ’ve always wanted 2 ’s just bought 3 have been
4 ’s he done? 5 ’ve lived 6 ’ve had 7 ’s she gone
8 have you learned / learnt 9 ’ve known
10 ’ve already seen
1 Narrative verb forms
1 was travelling; ’d never seen
2 found; had happened
3 slipped; was coming
4 invited; ’d never been
5 ’d already arranged; Did you have
2 Present perfect and time expressions 2
1 I’ve always wanted to go to Japan.
2 They’ve known each other since they were five.
3 Can you wait? I haven’t finished yet.
4 I’ve lived here for about six years.
5 He’s never learned how to swim.
VOCABULARY
3 Hopes, dreams and ambitions
1 At some point, I’d absolutely love to drive across
America.
2 My dream is to set up a cake business.
3 I’ve always wanted to learn languages.
4 One day, I’d like to move to another country.
5 I’m thinking of doing another degree.
6 My aim is to finish writing my essay next week.
4 Facts and feelings
1 thoughts 2 excited 3 optimistic 4 questions
5 concerned 6 doubts 7 information
PRONUNCIATION
5 Schwa /@/
1 I’d love to be able to speak Japanese.
2 What’s the word for thank you in Arabic?
3 What does she want to do in the future?
4 Shall we have lunch at the café down the road?
5 Where can I buy some paper?
6 Can you pass me that book and a pen?
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Taking notes
2 approximately 3 with 4 in the afternoon 5 number
6 per week 7 Please turn over.
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2 Accidents and injuries
2d 3c 4f 5e 6a
3 Adverbs for telling stories
1a 2c 3c 4b 5b
4 Common verbs in stories
1 remember 2 know 3 realised 4 find out 5 know
PRONUNCIATION
5 Groups of words
1a 2b 3a 4b 5a
KEYWORD over
6 Meanings of over
1 Shall we hang this picture over the sofa or by the
window?
2 I don’t like this place. Let’s go to the café over the
road.
3 You can open your eyes now! It’s over.
4 Are you working over the summer?
5 How are we going to get over the river?
EXPLORE SPEAKING
7 Referring to an earlier topic or conversation
1 what were you saying?
2 I’ve forgotten what we were talking about.
3 Weren’t you talking about the report?
4 I was just saying that she’s quite shy.
5 you’ve never mentioned her before.
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Progress tests 5–6 Answer key
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Progress test 5 A change of plan
Progress test 6 Let me explain
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 Future forms
1 going to do; I’ll ask
2 I’ll phone; I’ll look
3 are we meeting; We’re going
4 going to arrive; we’ll
5 I’ll call; is coming
1 Verb + -ing
1 avoid travelling 2 considered applying
3 tried phoning 4 can’t face doing 5 keep getting
2 Future in the past
1 was supposed to leave
2 was going to give
3 were supposed to have
4 were coming
5 was going to leave
VOCABULARY
2 Linking expressions
1b 2a 3b 4a 5b
3 Multi-word verbs: managing money
2b 3e 4c 5d 6a
4 Giving reasons
1 due to 2 so that 3 Since
4 because of 5 as
VOCABULARY
PRONUNCIATION
3 no chance, no way
1 use 2 surprise 3 coincidence 4 way
5 Linking consonants and vowels
1 You shouldn’t have switched it off.
2 Can you turn it on, please?
3 A It’s not working. B You need to plug it in.
4 A What should I do next? B Just click on it.
5 Remember to turn it off when you’ve finished.
4 Catching up
1 You haven’t changed a bit.
2 The last time I saw you
3 I remember you always wanted to do that.
4 you were going to be an architect; that didn’t work out
5 Did you ever travel around the world?
KEYWORD mean
ACROSS CULTURES
6 Softeners with mean
1 worry 2 upset 3 ask 4 sound rude
5 Saying no
2c 3e 4a 5f 6d
EXPLORE SPEAKING
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Making offers and promises; referring back
1 You were going to
2 Did you manage to
3 About
4 I’ll ask him about it
5 As far as the other project is concerned
6 I’ll remind him to
7 As promised
8 About meeting
9 I’ll get back to you
10 About
English Unlimited Intermediate Teacher’s Pack 7 Saying you don’t understand; asking for help;
explaining something
1 What does ‘shuffle’ mean?
2 I don’t know what you mean.
3 the idea is to win the most points.
4 I think I’ve got that.
5 I get that bit, but
6 I meant to say that
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Progress tests 7–8 Answer key
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Progress test 7 Personal qualities
Progress test 8 Lost and found
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 Comparing
1 much 2 far 3 bit 4 quite 5 little 6 just
7 marginally 8 slightly 9 almost 10 lot
1 Modals of deduction
1 might 2 can’t 3 could 4 can’t 5 must 6 might
7 must 8 could 9 must 10 could
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
2 Personal qualities
1 initiative 2 faith 3 discipline 4 confidence 5 talent
2 Multi-word verbs: tidying and cleaning
2b 3e 4a 5d 6f
3 Personality
1 calm 2 charming 3 bright 4 strange 5 great
3 Describing products
1 quite good condition 2 instructions are included
3 good working order 4 comes with 5 could do
4 Describing someone’s influence
1 impression 2 inspired / encouraged 3 faith
4 interested 5 encouraged / inspired
PRONUNCIATION
5 Contrastive stress
1 My; yours 2 you; Jorge 3 train; coach 4 you; they’ll
5 snow; sun
ACROSS CULTURES
6 Roles and opinions
1 regarded as very important
2 don’t think of myself as an
3 seen as a bad thing
4 define myself as
EXPLORE WRITING
7 Comparing and contrasting two alternatives
1 on top of that 2 However 3 as well as 4 although
5 whereas 6 On balance
English Unlimited Intermediate Teacher’s Pack 4 Travel situations
1 broke down 2 has been cancelled 3 get stuck
4 get off 5 get lost 6 gave us a lift
KEYWORD have
5 Expressions with have + noun
1 feeling 2 chance 3 look 4 go 5 choice 6 look
7 chat
EXPLORE SPEAKING
6 Describing objects you don’t know the name of;
using vague language to describe things
1 It looks like two pans on top of each other.
2 but in blueish colours
3 They’re sort of like ski boots.
4 I’d like to look at that thing over there.
5 it would have to be a tallish one
6 It’s a sort of plant that you can eat.
7 It’s a kind of peanut sauce that goes with meat.
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Progress tests 9–10 Answer key
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Progress test 9 Make up your mind
Progress test 10 Impressions
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 Real and unreal conditionals
1 didn’t have to; ’d go out 2 were / was; ’d buy
3 has; ’ll be able to 4 cook; ’ll read 5 tried; ’d do
6 lived; ’d see 7 run; ’ll get 8 get; ’ll take
9 wasn’t / weren’t; ’d walk 10 book; won’t cost
1 Verb patterns
1 She remembered seeing someone outside the house.
2 Why did you forget to phone me?
3 I didn’t know what to do.
4 She realised that she’d been wrong.
5 She didn’t remember where we were meeting.
VOCABULARY
2 Problems in the home
1 has come off 2 power cut 3 is/has flooded
4 is stuck 5 are flat 6 isn’t working 7 is leaking
3 Decision-making
2c 3d 4h 5f 6a 7g 8e
4 Negotiating
1 Or we could just work
2 Let’s say if I babysit today, you do it / Let’s say I
babysit today, if you do it
3 that would mean missing my favourite
4 but if I read yours, could you read
5 How about if we just watch something
ACROSS CULTURES
5 Dealing with conflict
1 have 2 reach 3 resolve 4 show 5 cause 6 have
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Linking and contrasting ideas
1 also 2 nor 3 but; also 4 and 5 or
2 Present perfect simple and progressive
1 ’ve been working 2 ’s been running 3 ’ve bought
4 ’ve been knocking 5 ’ve moved
VOCABULARY
3 Remembering an event
1 noticed 2 reminds 3 recognise 4 ’ve forgotten
5 Looking
4 Problems with things you’ve bought
1 chipped 2 dented 3 scratched 4 cracked 5 torn
5 Softeners
1b 2a 3b 4a 5b
PRONUNCIATION
6 Intonation in questions
1 2 3 4 5
KEYWORD of
7 Adjective with of
1 capable 2 afraid 3 kind 4 fond 5 proud
EXPLORE SPEAKING
8 Adding comments to say how you feel
1 which is excellent
2 which is a bit tricky
3 which was nice
4 which was a shame
5 which is typical
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Progress tests 11–12 Answer key
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Progress test 11 Truth and lies
Progress test 12 Any questions?
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 Reporting speech
1 told 2 promised 3 explained 4 agreed 5 said
6 asked 7 agreed 8 explained 9 asked 10 told
1 Indirect questions
1 where you live
2 who you vote for
3 if you’d answer a few questions
4 if you have any children
5 what the long number on your card is
6 if you could help me with my homework
7 when you’re available
8 why she left
9 what he said to her
10 if you’ve ever joined a gym
VOCABULARY
2 Verbs of communication
1 complain 2 argue 3 whispering 4 gossiping
5 boasting
3 Relating a conversation
1 So I’m like, “Well, I’m going to take the job.”
2 And she goes, “What are you going to tell your boss?”
3 I went, “I’ll tell him the truth, of course.”
4 Then she says to me, “You can’t do that!”
5 So I said to her, “I’m going to enjoy it.”
(It is also possible to use an exclamation mark at the
end of 1, 3 and 5.)
4 Exchanging news
2c 3a 4b 5f 6e
ACROSS CULTURES
5 Upbringing
1 I was always expected to do well at school.
2 He was forced to take a second job.
3 It’s OK to leave home when you’re 18.
4 It’s unacceptable to use bad language.
5 I was encouraged to travel.
6 She was happy to spend time alone.
VOCABULARY
2 Organising a talk
1 ’m going to talk about 2 To start with 3 First of all
4 Secondly 5 And finally
3 Polite requests and questions
1 Would you mind
2 Could I ask you
3 Would you mind
4 Could I ask you
5 Could you tell me
4 Answering questions at a talk
1 I’ll get back to you soon
2 I don’t know the answer to that
3 I’ll find out for you
4 That’s an important point
5 All I can say is
EXPLORE WRITING
KEYWORDS other, another
6 Writing a factual report
1 Figure 1 shows 2 just over / only around
3 Only around / Just over 4 compared to
5 When it comes to 6 Almost 7 According to
8 As far as going to the cinema is concerned
9 In conclusion
5 Uses of other and another
1 Can I have another one? / Can I have another?
2 Where are the others?
3 Could I have another go?
4 There are others in the handouts.
5 I much prefer my other laptop.
6 Linking expressions
1 In other words
2 On the other hand
3 In other words
4 to put it another way
5 Another point is
EXPLORE SPEAKING
7 Giving yourself time to think
1 hold/hang 2 Bear 3 look 4 think 5 check
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Progress tests 13–14 Answer key
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Progress test 13 Looking back
Progress test 14 In the news
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
1 should have, could have
1 shouldn’t have driven 2 could have gone
3 shouldn’t have started 4 could have seen
5 should have told
1 Passives
1 were arrested 2 is considered 3 are thought
4 has been suspended 5 be done 6 was stolen
7 was seen 8 are said 9 has been charged
10 were found
2 Unreal conditionals: past
1 my parents had stayed at home, the accident
wouldn’t have happened
2 he’d done a law degree, he would have hated it
3 would have come to your party if you’d invited me
4 he hadn’t told me his age, I would never have
guessed it
5 would have forgiven him if he’d said sorry
VOCABULARY
3 Events in business
1 resigned 2 went bankrupt 3 took over 4 fired 5 ran
6 built up
VOCABULARY
2 Understanding news stories
1 to 2 against 3 in 4 on 5 from 6 for
3 Talking about a news story
2c 3f 4b 5d 6e
4 Evaluating and selecting
1 promising 2 sense 3 potential 4 get 5 convinced
KEYWORD see
5 Evaluating past actions
2c 3a 4e 5d
5 Patterns with see
1 I saw her leave for work the other day
2 I’ll see if I can find it
3 I like to see what is going on
4 I saw him break that window
5 I see what you mean
ACROSS CULTURES
6 Expressions with see
1 difference 2 problem 3 point 4 need
4 Acts of kindness and bravery
1 for 2 from 3 to 4 by 5 with
6 make, let, be allowed to, be supposed to
1 make 2 let 3 supposed 4 let 5 allowed
EXPLORE WRITING
7 Writing a summary of information from different
sources
1 E94 2 10.40 3 13.15 / 1.15 4 119.98
5 Stadhouderskade 6 (city) centre 7 info@parkhotel.nl
8 Café de Jaren 9 3.00 10 terrace
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7 Managing a discussion; interrupting politely
1 that’s beside the point
2 can I just say something
3 This is nothing to do with the meeting, but
4 can we keep to the point
5 while we’re on the subject
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