University of Latvia - Riga

ENG 2020

Short Test Answer Keys B
Introduction, Test 1
1 has built = has been building
6 been going = been
7 tick
8 ’ve read = ’ve been reading
9 Did Alessandro have = Has Alessandro had
3
1 had just come home
10 while he was studying
11 had been leading
12 didn’t finish the homework
4
1 decided
13 ’d met
14 was sitting
15 had already been studying
16 were all using
17 ’d been attending
Introduction, Test 2
24 One
25 the live concerts
6
1 Water is pouring into the ship. We’re going to sink.
26 I won’t talk to Simon again, whatever you say. He
was really rude to me.
27 Guess what – we’re going to Disney World on
December 19th. Dad’s bought the tickets.
28 I imagine that one day in the future humans will visit
the moon again.
29 The course starts on February 10th and runs for
three weeks.
7
1 ’m going to work
30 starts
31 are having
32 ’re meeting
33 ’ll come
Unit 1, Test 1
Grammar
1
1 Don’t we have a test
34 What is your favourite
35 Didn’t you go
36 Who wants
37 Wasn’t it written
8
1 D, Why
38 A, Did you
39 B, why not
40 C, Are you
41 E, Won’t he
Vocabulary
9
1 recollections
42 recalls
43 reminisce
44 unforgettable
45 reminds
46 blot out
10
1 down memory lane
47 know it by heart
48 came flooding back
49 rings a bell
50 down memory lane
51 know it by heart
52 came flooding back
53 rings a bell
 
Unit 1, Test 2
Grammar
1
1 will
54 used to
55 didn’t use to be
56 you’re always looking
57 tendency
11
Vocabulary
12
1 fit in
62 put up with
63 standing up for
64 went for
65 turned me down
13
1 I came across this really interesting interview with
Stephen Hawking online.
66 All of your poems are great, but this one really stands
out.
67 I don’t know whether I can arrange an audition with
the band for you, but I’ll try to bring it about.
68 The policeman listened to our complaints about noise
and promised to look into the problem.
69 We can’t decide for you, Jess, It comes down to what
you want to do.
Unit 2, Test 1
Grammar
1
1 But if I had some money, I’d visit Italy.
70 He wouldn’t use the bus every day if he had passed
last week.
71 We wouldn’t have arrived late if you had got up on
time.
72 I would be able to phone him if I had written down his
number.
73 If you had looked after my laptop properly, it wouldn’t
need to be repaired now.
14
1 provided, aren’t
74 Had, would have come
75 Supposing, would you do
76 ’ll pack, in case
77 Should, will spend
Vocabulary
15
1 fantasy
78 evocative
79 intriguing
80 poignant
81 compelling
16
1 The short story is a well-written portrayal of a young
mother’s impossible dilemma.
82 As the story in The Great Gatsby unfolds, we learn
that the narrator isn’t always telling the truth.
83 I’m a bit of a bookworm, and I’ve got a big library at
home.
84 The book has a nail-biting ending that keeps you
guessing until the last minute.
85 Agatha Christie always put a few red herrings in her
detective novels to make the identity of the killer less
obvious.
Unit 2, Test 2
Grammar
1
1 Little did Tessa understand
86 Never have we seen
87 Only if you promise
88 Had Danny apologised
89 Should we fail
17
1 not only, D
90 neit