Explain
the correct option
the correct option
1. I read / am reading / have been reading the same book since I got it for my birthday last year.
2. I’ve messed up / put up with this recipe so I’ll have to start again.
1. I have been reading the same book since I got it for my birthday last year. (Present Perfect Continuous, Unit 1)
2. I’ve messed up this recipe so I’ll have to start again. (Phrasal verbs, Unit 3)
1. What does argumentative mean?
2. What do people mean when they say the grass is always greener on the other side?
1. People who often disagree with other people are argumentative. (Personality adjectives, Unit 1)
2. The grass is always greener on the other side is used to say that other places or situations seem better than yours, although they may not really be. (Idioms: regrets, Unit 7)
1. We’ve been knowing them for about ten years.
2. I remember to be afraid of the dark when I was young.
1. We’ve known them for about ten years. (Present Perfect Continuous, Unit 1)
2. I remember being afraid of the dark when I was young. (Infinitive and gerund, Unit 1)
1. How long [you, wait] for me?
2. We need to hire someone who’s [rely].
1. How long have you been waiting for me? (Present Perfect Continuous, Unit 1)
2. We need to hire someone who’s reliable. (Personality adjectives, Unit 1)
1. If someone doesn’t follow the rules, you can say they are being _______.
2. What do you call an unexpected feature or change in a situation or series of events (especially in a movie)?
1. If someone doesn’t follow the rules, you can say they are being rebellious. (Personality adjectives, Unit 1)
2. An unexpected feature or change in a situation or series of events is called a twist. (Film and TV, Unit 3)
1. The concert is due to / could / won’t start at 7.15 p.m. so we need to get there for 7 p.m.
2. Would you mind spelling out / speaking up? We can’t hear you at the back.
1. The concert is due to start at 7.15 p.m. so we need to get there for 7 p.m. (Future probability, Unit 2)
2. Would you mind speaking up? We can’t hear you at the back. (Phrasal verbs: performing; communication, Unit 3)
1. What does it mean to take something personally?
2. What does woodland mean?
1. If you take something personally, you get upset by the things other people say or do, because you think that their remarks or behaviour are directed at you in particular. (Collocations with get and take, Unit 6)
2. Woodland is an area of land covered with trees. (Nature, Unit 2)
1. There is a little opportunities for young people in my town.
2. I met a woman which father used to live in my street.
1. There is a lack of opportunities for young people in my town. (Quantifiers, Unit 2)
2. I met a woman whose father used to live in my street. (Relative clauses, Unit 3)
1. After midnight the town is [empty and quiet because no people are there].
2. What [you, should] stay at home.
1. After midnight the town is deserted. (Nature, Unit 2)
2. What you should do is stay at home. (Cleft sentences, Unit 3)
1. If something or someone is _______, you know what will happen or what they will do.
2. What is an idiom to describe something that seems to be bad or unlucky at first, but which you later realise is good or lucky?
1. If something or someone is predictable, you know what will happen or what they will do. (Science and technology, Unit 2)
2. Something that seems to be bad or unlucky at first, but which you later realise is good or lucky is called a blessing in disguise. (Idioms: regrets, Unit 7)
1. You’re not allowed to speak / speaking / speak loudly in the library.
2. He must / can’t have left yet. His bag is still here.
1. You’re not allowed to speak loudly in the library. (Necessity, prohibition and permission, Unit 6)
2. He can’t have left yet. His bag is still here. (Past modals of deduction, Unit 7)
1. What does perfect recall mean?
2. What does the phrase in bold mean: Who do you talk to if you want to get something off your chest?
1. Perfect recall is ability to remember things exactly as they are, without making mistakes. (Memory, Unit 1)
2. Get something off your chest means to tell someone about something that has been worrying or annoying you for a long time, so that you feel better afterwards. (Collocations with get and take, Unit 6)
1. There’s no way people will have lived on Mars in 2030 because we won’t have the right technology.
2. Consultancy is the profession or work of keeping or checking financial accounts, calculating taxes etc.
1. There’s no way people will be living on Mars in 2030 because we won’t have the right technology. (Future Perfect and Future Continuous, Unit 4)
2. Accountancy is the profession or work of keeping or checking financial accounts, calculating taxes etc. (Areas of work, Unit 5)
1. I’m sure it went in one ear ______________. [4 words]
2. This theory about the way the mind works [have, disprove] by scientists.
3. She [can, go] home yet, her bag's here and her computer's on.
1. I’m sure it went in one ear and out the other. (Memory, Unit 1)
2. This theory about the way the mind works has been disproved by scientists. (Passives, Unit 4)
3. She can’t have gone home yet, her bag's here and her computer's on. (Past modals of deduction, Unit 7)
1. What do you call an action to prevent a person from sleeping or going to bed? (three words)
2. How do you say ‘to change from doing or using one thing to doing or using another’ in one word?
1. To prevent a person from sleeping or going to bed is to keep someone awake. (Sleep, Unit 4)
2. To change from doing or using one thing to doing or using another is to switch. (Areas of work, Unit 5)
1. We’d lived there for ages / by the time, so it felt strange to be moving house.
2. Children aren’t allowed / wasn’t allowed / were allowed in the staff room. It’s for teachers only.
1. We’d lived there for ages, so it felt strange to be moving house. (Time expressions, Unit 5)
2. Children aren’t allowed in the staff room. It’s for teachers only. (Necessity, prohibition and permission, Unit 6)
1. What does it mean to remind?
2. What does it mean to be back to the drawing board?
1. When you remind a person about something, you make someone remember something that they must do. (Reporting verbs, Unit 6)
2. If you go back to the drawing board, you start again with a completely new plan or idea, after the one you tried before has failed. (Idioms: regrets, Unit 7)
1. That’s the famous psychologist who about I was talking.
2. I shouldn’t go to so many parties as a teenager, but it was fun at the time and that's how I made a lot of friends.
1. That’s the famous psychologist about whom I was talking. (Relative clauses, Unit 3)
2. I shouldn’t have gone to so many parties as a teenager, but it was fun at the time and that's how I made a lot of friends. (Wish, if only, should have, Unit 7)
1. We can move into our new house next week because we [finish] decorating it.
2. He must be a(n) _______ because he stays up all night reading or watching TV.
3. We were considering [buy] a flat, but we couldn’t afford it.
1. We can move into our new house next week because we will have finished decorating it. (Future Perfect and Future Continuous, Unit 4)
2. He must be an insomniac because he stays up all night reading or watching TV. (Sleep, Unit 4)
3. We were considering buying a flat, but we couldn’t afford it. (Past plans and intentions, Unit 5)
1. What is the word that means to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it?
2. What is it called to work from early in the morning to late at night, outside normal working hours?
1. To feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it is to regret. (Reporting verbs, Unit 6)
2. When a person works from early in the morning to late at night, outside normal working hours, they work long hours. (Health and lifestyle, Unit 4)
1. I met a woman which / who / whose father used to live in my street.
2. She was hoping to have / on having her degree this year, but she didn’t pass all her exams.
1. I met a woman whose father used to live in my street. (Relative clauses, Unit 3)
2. She was hoping to have her degree this year, but she didn’t pass all her exams. (Past plans and intentions, Unit 5)
1. What does put somebody off mean?
2. What does it mean to talk something through?
1. To put somebody off means to make it difficult for someone to pay attention to what they are doing by talking, making a noise, moving etc. (Phrasal verbs, Unit 3)
2. To talk something through means to help someone understand a process, method etc by explaining it to them carefully before they use it. (Phrasal verbs: explaining, Unit 7)
1. She was exhausted because she drove since nine o’clock in the morning.
2. ‘I was expecting to arrive sooner,’ she said. / She said she expected to arrive sooner.
1. She was exhausted because she’d been driving since nine o’clock in the morning. (Past Perfect Simple and Continuous, Unit 5)
2. ‘I was expecting to arrive sooner,’ she said. / She said she had been expecting to arrive sooner. (Reported orders, requests and advice, Unit 6)
1. He [clean] the whole house before I got home.
2. He [advise, look for] a new flat.
3. I can't remember her number, and I need it now! / [only] her number!
1. He had cleaned the whole house before I got home. (Past Perfect Simple and Continuous, Unit 5)
2. He advised me to look for a new flat. (Reported orders, requests and advice, Unit 6)
3. I can't remember her number, and I need it now! / If only I could remember her number! (Wish, if only, should have, Unit 7)
1. What do you call someone who starts a new business?
2. What is the word to say or show that you will not do something that somebody has asked you to do?
1. Someone who starts a new business or arranges business deals, often in a way that involves financial risks is an entrepreneur. (Areas of work, Unit 5)
2. To say or show that you will not do something that somebody has asked you to do is to refuse. (Reporting verbs, Unit 6)