Focus 4 Placement Test Answer Key The placement test for each level of the course consists of three sections. • Questions 1–25 test vocabulary and grammar from a lower level, which students should already know before they start this level. • Questions 26–75 test vocabulary and grammar from the level itself. • Questions 76–100 test vocabulary and grammar from the level above. For placing students, we would suggest the following approach according to scores: • 10 and under correct: Consider starting the student at the level below. In this case this means level 3. • 10–40 correct: Start the student at the expected level (4) and monitor progress to check whether remediation or extra support is required. • 50–75 correct: Consider an extra oral interview to determine whether the student should start at the expected level or could start at the level above (5), with extra support . • More than 75 correct: Start the student at the level above (5). 8 C Travel collocations Level 3, Unit 3, 3.1 9 C Present and past speculation Level 3, Unit 3, 3.2 10 C Used to and would Level 3, Unit 3, 3.5 11 B Food; flavours and textures Level 3, Unit 4, 4.1 12 D Future time clauses Level 3, Unit 4, 4.2 13 C Future Continuous and Future Perfect Level 3, Unit 4, 4.5 14 A Natural world Level 3, Unit 5, 5.1 15 D Articles Level 3, Unit 5, 5.2 16 C Non-defining relative clauses Level 3, Unit 5, 5.5 17 C Parts of the body; injuries Level 3, Unit 6, 6.1 18 A Second Conditional; wish/if only Level 3, Unit 6, 6.2 Question Answer Language area Focus reference 1 A Appearance; Personality Level 3, Unit 1, 1.1 2 B Dynamic and state verbs Level 3, Unit 1, 1.2 19 C 3 C Present Perfect Continuous Level 3, Unit 1, 1.5 Third Conditional Level 3, Unit 6, 6.5 20 A Television Level 3, Unit 7, 7.1 4 C Sport; compound nouns Level 3, Unit 2, 2.1 21 C Reported speech – statements Level 3, Unit 7, 7.2 5 C Narrative tenses Level 3, Unit 2, 2.2 22 B Level 3, Unit 7, 7.5 6 C Verb patterns Level 3, Unit 2, 2.5 Reported speech – questions and imperatives 7 A Verb patterns Level 3, Unit 2, 2.5 23 D The Passive Level 3, Unit 8, 8.2 © Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+) Focus 4 Placement Test Answer Key 24 A Human qualities Level 3, Unit 8, 8.4 43 A Quantifiers Level 4, Unit 3, 3.5 25 C Have something done Level 3, Unit 8, 8.5 44 B Quantifiers Level 4, Unit 3, 3.5 26 B Education; phrasal verbs Level 4, Unit 1, 1.1 45 C Shopping and money Level 4, Unit 4, 4.1 27 C Education; phrasal verbs Level 4, Unit 1, 1.1 46 A Shopping and money Level 4, Unit 4, 4.1 28 C Present and past habits Level 4, Unit 1, 1.2 47 C Level 4, Unit 4, 4.2 29 D Present and past habits Level 4, Unit 1, 1.2 Question tags and reply questions 30 A Verb patterns Level 4, Unit 1, 1.5 48 D Level 4, Unit 4, 4.2 31 C Verb patterns Level 4, Unit 1, 1.5 Question tags and reply questions 49 A 32 A Verb patterns Level 4, Unit 1, 1.5 Present and past modal structures Level 4, Unit 4, 4.5 33 A Human nature Level 4, Unit 2, 2.1 50 B Present and past modal structures Level 4, Unit 4, 4.5 34 D Human nature Level 4, Unit 2, 2.1 51 B Work Level 4, Unit 5, 5.1 35 A Past Perfect Simple and Continuous Level 4, Unit 2, 2.2 52 A Work Level 4, Unit 5, 5.1 36 C Past Perfect Simple and Continuous Level 4, Unit 2, 2.2 53 D Reported speech Level 4, Unit 5, 5.2 54 D Reported speech Level 4, Unit 5, 5.2 37 D Relative clauses Level 4, Unit 2, 2.5 55 C 38 A Relative clauses Level 4, Unit 2, 2.5 Reporting verbs Level 4, Unit 5, 5.5 56 A 39 D Living spaces Level 4, Unit 3, 3.1 Reporting verbs Level 4, Unit 5, 5.5 57 A 40 C Living spaces Level 4, Unit 3, 3.1 Truth and falsehood Level 4, Unit 6, 6.1 58 C 41 D Future forms Level 4, Unit 3, 3.2 Truth and falsehood Level 4, Unit 6, 6.1 59 B 42 D Future forms Level 4, Unit 3, 3.2 Conditional clauses – alternatives to if Level 4, Unit 6, 6.2 © Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+) Focus 4 Placement Test Answer Key 60 B Conditional clauses – alternatives to if Level 4, Unit 6, 6.2 76 61 A Mixed conditionals Level 4, Unit 6, 6.5 77 B Personality adjectives Level 5, Unit 1, 1.1 62 D Mixed conditionals Level 4, Unit 6, 6.5 78 D Perfect and continuous aspect Level 5, Unit 1, 1.3 C Phrasal verbs about relationships Level 5, Unit 1, 1.1 63 C Science Level 4, Unit 7, 7.1 79 A Future in the past Level 5, Unit 1, 1.4 64 C Science Level 4, Unit 7, 7.1 80 C Exaggerated language Level 5, Unit 2, 2.1 65 C Advanced passive forms Level 4, Unit 7, 7.2 81 D Speculating Level 5, Unit 2, 2.3 66 C Advanced passive forms Level 4, Unit 7, 7.2 82 A Speculating Level 5, Unit 2, 2.3 67 B Passive reporting structures Level 4, Unit 7, 7.5 83 B Accuracy with articles Level 5, Unit 2, 2.4 68 C Passive reporting structures Level 4, Unit 7, 7.5 84 D Food and cooking Level 5, Unit 3, 3.1 69 D Nature Level 4, Unit 8, 8.1 85 D Level 5, Unit 3, 3.3 70 A Nature Level 4, Unit 8, 8.1 Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs 86 B 71 B Unreal past and regrets – wish, if only, it’s time and would rather Level 4, Unit 8, 8.2 Particles in phrasal verbs Level 5, Unit 3, 3.4 87 A Particles in phrasal verbs Level 5, Unit 3, 3.4 72 A Unreal past and regrets – wish, if only, it’s time and would rather Level 4, Unit 8, 8.2 88 D Compound words Level 5, Unit 4, 4.1 89 B Expressions about change Level 5, Unit 4, 4.1 Unreal past and regrets – wish, if only, it’s time and would rather Level 4, Unit 8, 8.2 90 B Passive verb forms Level 5, Unit 4, 4.3 91 D Passive verb forms Level 5, Unit 4, 4.3 92 C Sentence modifiers Level 5, Unit 4, 4.4 93 D Phrasal verbs Level 5, Unit 5, 5.1 94 C Verb patterns Level 5, Unit 5, 73 D 74 B Emphasis – cleft sentences and inversion Level 4, Unit 8, 8.5 75 C Emphasis – cleft sentences and inversion Level 4, Unit 8, 8.5 © Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+) Focus 4 Placement Test Answer Key with possessive adjectives and object pronouns 5.3 95 A Verb patterns with possessive adjectives and object pronouns Level 5, Unit 5, 5.3 96 B Verbs with prepositions and -ing Level 5, Unit 5, 5.4 97 A Colloquial expressions Level 5, Unit 6, 6.1 98 C Colloquial expressions Level 5, Unit 6, 6.1 99 C Complex sentences Level 5, Unit 6, 6.3 100 A Words with -ever Level 5, Unit 6, 6.4 © Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 4 SECOND EDITION (B2/B2+)
