English Phrasal Verbs in Use: DOWN (Worksheet, Answer key)

11.1

1 Linda Trotsky
2 Peter Hind
3 Harry Irving
4 Joe Reece
5 Freda Calvo

11.2

1 The computers suddenly went down this morning, so we're doing everything manually at the moment.

2 I'm sorry I'm so irritable. Things have been getting me down lately.

3 Shall I put you down (on my list) to sponsor me for the charity walk?

4 This event will go down in history as the worst catastrophe this country has ever suffered.

5 The company had to shut down all their machines during the 24-hour strike at the factory.

6 The salesman came down on the price, and after that we even managed to knock him down by a further 10%.

7 Many everyday remedies for minor ailments have come down to us from our ancestors.

11.3

1 slam the phone down
2 have it put down (rather than put it down, since you would probably not do it yourself)
3 tie it down
4 depressed
5 turn it down

11.4

1  a & c
2  b & c
3  a, b & c
4  b & c

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE TESTS AND PARTS TO BE ASSESSED

Monday, 17 April: 

• Reading: Part 5 Multiple choice (two tasks) + an extra exercise.  
• Writing: One of the texts seen in class (you will be given two options to choose from).

Wednesday. 19 April:

• Use of English: Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze, Part 3 Word formation, Part 4 Key word transformation + an extra exercise. 
• Listening: Part 1 Multiple choice, Part 4 Multiple matching + an extra exercise.

Monday, 24 April:

• Speaking: Part 1 General conversation and Part 2 Individual 'long turn'.

NB In the Writing test you will be assessed taking into account the following aspects:

• accuracy,
• range,
• organisation & cohesion,
• task achievement and 
• spelling & punctuation.

As for the Speaking test, you will be assessed in the following areas: 

• grammar resource,
• lexical resource,
• discourse management,
• pronunciation and
• interactive communication.

Review Units 1-3 (Workbook, pp. 22-23): Answer key

1

a  workshop
b  setback
c  breakthrough
d  newsagent
e  filmscript
f  side effect
g  turnout

2

a  stand
b  turned
c  knocked
d  cut
e  brought
f  stand

3

a  Tim had an extremely fascinating, rather small...
b  Did you enjoy yourself at the beach yesterday?
c  We found the restaurant pretty easily.
d  What a disgusting old oval wooden table!
e  I just love your new dress.
f  What a dirty, enormous, rectangular pencil case!
g  Brenda quite likes being on her own.

4

a  I showed John the photograph.
b  Susie bought her brother a bicycle for his birthday.
c  My new car cost me a fortune!
d  The authorities insisted on seeing Robert's visa.
e  Fetch the visitors some coffee, would you?
f  The principal promised the students an extra day's holiday.
g  My dentist recommended having two wisdom teeth taken out.
h  Be careful not to leave the appliance switched on after using it.

5

a  sensitive   b  exhausting   c  imaginary   d  satisfying   e  conscientious

6

a  would prefer it if
b  succeeded in winning
c  we recommend washing

7

a  input   b  outburst   c  downfall   d  cutbacks   e  upbringing

8

a  nowhere   b  on/along   c  down   d  on   e  out

9

a  where
b  whose
c  of whom
d  why
e  when
f  of which

10

1  b   2  c   3  c   4  a   5  a   6  b   7  a

Unit 3 Looking ahead (Workbook, pp. 16-21): Answer key

Reading

1

a   D
b   A, B & C

2

1  A   2  D   3  C   4  C

3

a  crux   b  vested interest   c  malnutrition   d  proceed   e  cue   f  meticulously   g  implications   h  caveats

Vocabulary

1

a  cutback 4
b  downfall 1
c  upbringing 2
d  input 5

2

a  2   b  1   c  6   d  5   e  4   f  3

3

a  Handing out
b  stand out
c  passes out
d  make out
e  knocked out
f  turns out

4

a  over 2
b  of 6
c  away 4
d  in 1
e  down 5
f  down 3

Grammar

1

1  will know/find out
2  has met/meets
3  will perform/is performing
4  knows
5  won't effect
6  will sell out/will have sold out
7  will be given
8  will be talking

2

1   a, b, d
2   c, e, f

4

your opinion: fascinating, disgusting
size/weight: tiny, heavy
age: young, ancient
shape: rectangular, oval
colour: orange, purple
country of origin: Chinese, Russian
material: silk, china

5

a  (On Saturday) the Prime Minister spoke very well at the conference (on Saturday).
b  Christopher probably knows the way to our house. Jill probably doesn't know the way.
c  I quite agree with you. I just love your new flat.
d  I can see the ship very/pretty clearly on the horizon now.

Listening

2

1  C   2  B   3  D   4  B   5  D   6  A

Use of English

2

1  C   2  C   3  A   4  D   5  B   6  C   7  D   8  B

Review (Student's Book, p.44): Answer Key

1

a   broke down
b   set up
c   put some up
d   brought up
e   put someone down
f   set down
g   break up

2

a   around the
b   in the
c   in the long
d   was in
e   on the

3

a   giving
b   beat
c   make
d   lacked
e   making
f   heart and soul
g   make
h   come up with

4

a   promoted
b   enquire
c   interest
d   desire
e   trade
f   unless

5

a   getting
b   heart
c   feel
d   youth
e   better
f   look
g   hills

6

a   Educating the public is far more important than any other measure because it makes/would make/will make motorists far more aware of the environmental costs of driving.

b   I believe the top priority is/should be raising/to raise petrol prices.

c   While raising fuel prices is/would not be as effective as running an education campaign, it still has an important role to play.

d  I think nothing is as important as making people think about the/how much damage cars cause/are causing (to) the environment.