Key
This is the key to the mock test
Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1 authentic: If something is authentic, it is real and
genuine, not fake.
2 ill-timed: Something that is ill-timed happens at a time
that is not suitable or convenient.
3 responsibility: If you take responsibility for something,
you accept that you did it and should accept the results
or consequences.
4 deception: Deception is the act of deceiving someone
and lying to them.
5 distort: To distort the truth means to change it slightly.
6 far-fetched: Something that is far-fetched is difficult to
believe because it seems very unlikely.
7 context: If you take something that someone has said out
of context, you repeat it without explaining the situation
in which it was said, so the meaning seems to be
different.
8 pride: If you take pride in something, you feel proud of it.
9 crow’s feet: Crow’s feet are small lines or wrinkles
around someone’s eyes.
10 digitally: If a photo is digitally improved, it is improved
using a computer.
Exercise 2
1 peaceful: Something that is peaceful does not involve
fighting or violence.
2 anonymous: Someone who is anonymous does
something without telling anyone their name.
3 beliefs: Your beliefs are the things that you believe.
4 stupidity: Stupidity is stupid behaviour.
5 equality: Equality is a situation in which people are equal.
Exercise 3
1 off: If you pass yourself off as someone else, you trick
people into believing that you are that person.
2 up: If you end up somewhere, you arrive there without
planning to go there.
3 up: If you keep something up, you continue it.
4 in: If you take someone in, you deceive them and trick
them into believing something that is not true.
5 through: To go through a bad experience means to suffer
it.
Grammar
Exercise 4
1 Supposing: Supposing has a similar meaning to if, and
we use it to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
2 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about
hypothetical situations.
3 Should: Should has a similar meaning to if.
4 Were they not: We don’t contract negative forms in
inversions. This is a correct inversion for a Second
Conditional sentence.
5 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
6 provided: Provided means the same as if.
7 Had: This is a correct inversion of a Third Conditional
sentence.
8 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about
hypothetical situations.
9 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
10 Should I: We can use should to mean if.
Exercise 5
1 (a) had joined: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to
refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) would be: We use would + infinitive in a result clause
to talk about an imaginary situation in the present.
2 (a) would have ordered: We use would have + past
participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary
situation in the past.
(b) wasn’t: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer
to an imaginary situation in the present.
3 (a) wouldn’t be: We use would + infinitive in a result
clause to talk about an imaginary situation in the
present.
(b) hadn’t overslept: We use the Past Perfect in an if
clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
4 (a) liked: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer
to an imaginary situation in the present.
(b) wouldn’t have opposed: We use would have + past
participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary
situation in the past.
5 (a) would be lying: We use would be + -ing form in a
result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in
progress in the present.
(b) hadn’t missed: We use the Past Perfect in an if
clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
Listening
Exercise 1
1 degrees: Heather introduces herself and says she is a
member of ’38 degrees’. She then explains that this is a
campaign group.
2 raise awareness: Heather says that they raise awareness
using social media and advertising.
3 Green: Heather says she would imagine that a lot of the
group’s members support the Green Party.
4 forests: Heather says that the group campaigned against
the government’s plans to sell the country’s forests, and
in the end the government abandoned their plans.
5 fur farms: Heather says that fur farms in the UK were all
closed down over ten years ago.
Reading
1 E: The sentence before the gap mentions that people
wanted to hear about what George had done. This
sentence continues the idea by talking about the way in
which George told stories. The sentence after the gap
gives more details of the stories.
2 A: The sentence before the gap mentions that George had
to keep up the lie. This sentence continues the idea by
talking about how George continued the deception. The
sentence after the gap mentions why people believed him.
3 F: This sentence mentions a writer. The sentence after
the gap refers back to the writer, saying that he
interviewed George and wrote a book about him.
4 B: The sentence before the gap mentions that a journalist
had an idea. This sentence explains what the idea was.
The sentence after the gap explains how the journalist
then tricked George.
5 C: The sentence before the gap says that sales of the book
didn’t suffer. This sentence explains why people continued
to buy the book. The sentence after the gap gives more
details of why people continued to support George.
Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1 authentic: If something is authentic, it is real and
genuine, not fake.
2 ill-timed: Something that is ill-timed happens at a time
that is not suitable or convenient.
3 responsibility: If you take responsibility for something,
you accept that you did it and should accept the results
or consequences.
4 deception: Deception is the act of deceiving someone
and lying to them.
5 distort: To distort the truth means to change it slightly.
6 far-fetched: Something that is far-fetched is difficult to
believe because it seems very unlikely.
7 context: If you take something that someone has said out
of context, you repeat it without explaining the situation
in which it was said, so the meaning seems to be
different.
8 pride: If you take pride in something, you feel proud of it.
9 crow’s feet: Crow’s feet are small lines or wrinkles
around someone’s eyes.
10 digitally: If a photo is digitally improved, it is improved
using a computer.
Exercise 2
1 peaceful: Something that is peaceful does not involve
fighting or violence.
2 anonymous: Someone who is anonymous does
something without telling anyone their name.
3 beliefs: Your beliefs are the things that you believe.
4 stupidity: Stupidity is stupid behaviour.
5 equality: Equality is a situation in which people are equal.
Exercise 3
1 off: If you pass yourself off as someone else, you trick
people into believing that you are that person.
2 up: If you end up somewhere, you arrive there without
planning to go there.
3 up: If you keep something up, you continue it.
4 in: If you take someone in, you deceive them and trick
them into believing something that is not true.
5 through: To go through a bad experience means to suffer
it.
Grammar
Exercise 4
1 Supposing: Supposing has a similar meaning to if, and
we use it to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
2 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about
hypothetical situations.
3 Should: Should has a similar meaning to if.
4 Were they not: We don’t contract negative forms in
inversions. This is a correct inversion for a Second
Conditional sentence.
5 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
6 provided: Provided means the same as if.
7 Had: This is a correct inversion of a Third Conditional
sentence.
8 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about
hypothetical situations.
9 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
10 Should I: We can use should to mean if.
Exercise 5
1 (a) had joined: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to
refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) would be: We use would + infinitive in a result clause
to talk about an imaginary situation in the present.
2 (a) would have ordered: We use would have + past
participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary
situation in the past.
(b) wasn’t: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer
to an imaginary situation in the present.
3 (a) wouldn’t be: We use would + infinitive in a result
clause to talk about an imaginary situation in the
present.
(b) hadn’t overslept: We use the Past Perfect in an if
clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
4 (a) liked: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer
to an imaginary situation in the present.
(b) wouldn’t have opposed: We use would have + past
participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary
situation in the past.
5 (a) would be lying: We use would be + -ing form in a
result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in
progress in the present.
(b) hadn’t missed: We use the Past Perfect in an if
clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
Listening
Exercise 1
1 degrees: Heather introduces herself and says she is a
member of ’38 degrees’. She then explains that this is a
campaign group.
2 raise awareness: Heather says that they raise awareness
using social media and advertising.
3 Green: Heather says she would imagine that a lot of the
group’s members support the Green Party.
4 forests: Heather says that the group campaigned against
the government’s plans to sell the country’s forests, and
in the end the government abandoned their plans.
5 fur farms: Heather says that fur farms in the UK were all
closed down over ten years ago.
Reading
1 E: The sentence before the gap mentions that people
wanted to hear about what George had done. This
sentence continues the idea by talking about the way in
which George told stories. The sentence after the gap
gives more details of the stories.
2 A: The sentence before the gap mentions that George had
to keep up the lie. This sentence continues the idea by
talking about how George continued the deception. The
sentence after the gap mentions why people believed him.
3 F: This sentence mentions a writer. The sentence after
the gap refers back to the writer, saying that he
interviewed George and wrote a book about him.
4 B: The sentence before the gap mentions that a journalist
had an idea. This sentence explains what the idea was.
The sentence after the gap explains how the journalist
then tricked George.
5 C: The sentence before the gap says that sales of the book
didn’t suffer. This sentence explains why people continued
to buy the book. The sentence after the gap gives more
details of why people continued to support George.
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