UNIT TEST 9 ● ANSWER KEY ● GROUP B

Dictation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Dictation Grammar

Exercise 1 Exercise 5
Can write from dictation using correct spelling. 1 Seldom had any of us seen: Inversion/question word
Not only are sales of drones flourishing / but the first order is used after the word seldom at the beginning
inevitable occurrence / of a collision between a drone and of the sentence.
a commercial airplane / has been reported close to 2 Not only is eating meat said to be unhealthy:
London. / Little do people realise / UK laws stipulate / Inversion/ question word order is used after the
unmanned aircraft can only be controlled / more than fifty expression not only at the beginning of the sentence.
metres away / from people, vehicles or other physical 3 Only after we’d seen the damage did we realise:
structures. Inversion/question word order is used after the
expression only after at the beginning of the
Vocabulary sentence.
4 In no way can you compare our problems: Inversion/
Exercise 2 question word order is used after the expression in no
1 pro-democracy: NOUN – If something, for example, way at the beginning of the sentence.
protests are pro-democracy, it means they support 5 Scarcely had the journalist finished her report:
democracy. Inversion/ question word order is used after the word
2 intergovernmental: ADJECTIVE – If something, for scarcely at the beginning of the sentence.
instance, a panel is intergovernmental, it concerns or
Exercise 6
involves two or more governments.
3 cross-cultural: ADJECTIVE – Cross-cultural 1 until: Inversion/question word order is used after the
understanding, approach, etc. involves two or more expression not until at the beginning of the sentence.
cultures, their ideas and customs. 2 by: Inversion/question word order is used after the
4 post-industrial: ADJECTIVE – Post-industrial expression only by at the beginning of the sentence.
economy denotes an economy that no longer relies 3 Hardly: Inversion/question word order is used after
on heavy industry. the word hardly at the beginning of the sentence.
5 subcommittee: NOUN – A subcommittee is a small 4 Under: Inversion/question word order is used after the
group of people representing a larger body (a expression under no circumstances at the beginning
committee) delegated to perform some task and of the sentence.
report it to the committee. 5 chance: Inversion/question word order is used after
the expression only by chance at the beginning of the
Exercise 3 sentence.
1 dogs: If you let sleeping dogs lie, you leave things
undisturbed, not wanting to create problems.
2 horse: If you get something straight from the horse’s
mouth, you receive it from a very reliable source.
3 wolf: Someone who is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
appears to be nice and friendly, but is in fact a bad
person.
4 goose: A wild-goose chase is a search that is a waste
of time because the person or thing searched for
does not exist or is somewhere else.
5 birds: If you kill two birds with one stone, you achieve
two things doing one action.

Exercise 4
1 put: To put something on the map means to
popularise it.
2 constituted: To constitute means to be part of a bigger
entity.
3 acting: If someone acts to their own advantage, they
do something thinking about their own benefit and
gain.
4 boost: To boost, for instance, production, means to
increase it.
5 tackle: To tackle a problem means to deal with it.

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 UNIT TEST 9 ● ANSWER KEY ● GROUP B
Dictation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Use of English Exercise 9

1 No sooner had we climbed out onto the roof:
Exercise 7 Inversion/ question word order in the Past Perfect
1 We would appreciate it if you could: The verb (Simple) is used after the expression no sooner at the
appreciate requires the use of an object in the form of beginning of the sentence.
a noun or a pronoun, hence the use of it; the exact 2 for a moment did the rescuers: Inversion/question
meaning of it is provided in the clause introduced by word order is used after the expression not for a
if (it = you could look after our dogs when we go on moment at the beginning of the sentence.
holiday). 3 I find it essential that we think: The verb find requires
2 You owe it to your parents to let them: The verb owe an immediate use of an object in the form of a noun
requires the use of an object in the form of a noun or or a pronoun, hence the use of it; the exact meaning
a pronoun, hence the use of it; the exact meaning of it of it is provided in the clause introduced by that (it =
is provided in the clause introduced by to (it = to let that we think of ways of wasting less paper at school).
them/ your parents know you’re OK). 4 At no time were we informed: Inversion/question word
3 I’ll leave it to Mary to explain: The verb leave requires order is used after the expression at no time at the
the use of an object in the form of a noun or a beginning of the sentence.
pronoun, hence the use of it; the exact meaning of it
Exercise 10
is provided in the clause introduced by to (it = to
explain the new rules to everyone). 1 remorseless: ADJECTIVE – If something is
4 consider it strange that many people don’t seem: The remorseless, it never stops or it’s impossible to stop
verb consider requires the use of an object in the form it.
of a noun or a pronoun, hence the use of it; the exact 2 Sustainable: ADJECTIVE – If something is
meaning of it is provided in the clause introduced by sustainable, it is capable of surviving for a long time.
that (it = that many people don’t seem to think about 3 biodiversity: NOUN – Biodiversity is the existence of a
the dangers of climate change at all). wide variety of plant and animal species in their
5 I love it that there are: The verb love requires the use natural environments.
of an object in the form of a noun or a pronoun, hence 4 environmental: ADJECTIVE – Environmental activism
the use of it; the exact meaning of it is provided in the is a movement intended to help or protect the
clause introduced by that (it = that there are so many environment.
green areas in my city). 5 catastrophic: ADJECTIVE – Catastrophic
consequences are disastrous and thus cause a lot of
Exercise 8 damage.
1 were: meetings were held – The passive is used as
the subject is not an active agent.
2 from: To exclude someone or something from an
activity means to prevent them from doing it.
3 percent: The context indicates a unit to measure
funds is needed.
4 that: A relative pronoun is used to introduce a defining
relative clause describing local groups.
5 only: Inversion/question word order is used after the
expression not only at the beginning of the sentence.
6 the: The definite article is used since the local context
refers to the noun from the previous sentence (the
communities).
7 to: To be committed to something means to be willing
to devote one’s time and effort to a given cause; the
verb commit is followed by the preposition to.

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