Diagnostic
Test A: Answers and
interpretation
Section
I On
the Result sheet
(page
xii)
place
a cross against
any items that
were
incorrect
or had a
question
mark
or
no answer was written.
This
indicates
work on these
sounds
may
be
needed.
Check
in
the
Lsr o/ Iikely errors on
the website
(http:

/ /www.cambridge.org/
elt/elt-projectpage.asp?id=2500905).
Same
(1a,
5c, 8b, 9b,
12b, 15b, 17b, l8b, l9b,
24a)
Different
(all
other
items)
Section2
l up
2
dor,rm
3 down
4
uP
5 up
6
up
7 down
8 down
9 up
l0 down
Errors
in this section indicate that
work on
intonation may be needed.
Check

for
this aspect
of
pronunciation
in
the
List
of
likely errors.
Section3
I
mistake
2 English 3 away
4lemonade
5 conversation
Errors in this section
indicate that work on
word
stress
may be needed.
Check
for this aspect of
pronunciation in
the
List of likely errors.
Section
AVowels
Making
English sounds
I

I
The first
sound
is a diphthong.
All the others are short
vowels.
2
The
second
sound is a short vowel.
All
the
others are diphthongs.
3
The first
sound
is a short vowel.
All
the others
are long
vowels.
2
Lb
2c
3d
4a
3
lb
2a 3d
4e 5c 6g 7f 8i th

Key 187
UNIT 1 litl sheep
3c
lPeter 2cheese
3beef
4please
5 beef 6 eat 7 tea 8
me
9 teas 10 three
4c China
-
Chinese,
Bali
-
Balinese, Malta
-
Maltese,
Portugal - Portuguese,
Lebanon -
Lebanese,
Iapan
-
fapanese,
Nepal
-
Nepalese,
Vietnam
-Vietnamese
4d Yes, it's
Chinese.

It's Chinese tea.
Yes, it's
fapanese.
It's
lapanese
seaweed.
Yes,
it's Balinese.
It's Balinese ice cream.
Yes, it's Vietnagre_Sc. It's Vietnamese
rice.
5
The
sound
/irl is
usually
witten with
the letters
'ee'
(three,
sweet),
'ea'
(eat,
speak),
'e' (be,
these). Some other spellings:'i'
(policeman), 'eo'
(people),
'ei'
(ceiling),'ie' (piece).

UNfT
2 hl ship
2b Patr2: 2,2, I,2,2
Pair
3:
I,I,2, I,2
Pair 4: I,2,2, I,
L
Pair
5: 2,2,
l,
I, I
Pair 6:
2,2, 1,2,I
2d
L(2) 2(r) 3(2) 4(1) 5(2)
6(2)
2e
Pair l: Look out for
that sheep!/Look out
for
that ship!
Pair
2:
Stop
it leaking!/Stop
it
Usking!
Pair 3: \Mhat lovely cheeks!/\,Vhatiovely chicks!
Pair 4: This

pccls
got
vitamin C in it./This
nills
got
vitamin C in
it.
Pair 5: Throw out that bean./Throw out that bin.
Pair
6: He's
going
to leave./He's
gOing
to live.
2f
I
a
-
He wants
a sheep
for his
birthday,
2
b
-
That's a very
small bin.
3 b
-
Look

at
these
chicks.
4 a
-
That's
a cheap machine.
5
a
-What
a
high
heel!
6 b
-
Dont eat that
pill.
3c
lfestival 2prize-winning
3interesting
4 chimpanzees
5
g1'rnnastics
6 History 7 terrific 8 beginning
2f
UNIT 4
2b
2d
2e
4c

5
UNIT 5
2b
2d
2e
r<*v
1!F,,$
lTl man
Pair
2: 1,2,2,
I, I
Pair
3: L,1,2,2,2
Pair
4: 2, l, I,2,2
Pair
5: l,l, 1,2,2
Pair
6: 2, l,1,2,
I
|
(2)
2
(r)
3
(1)
4
(2)
5
(2)

6
(1)
Look
at the men./Look
at
the man.
I'm
sending
the
table./I'm
sanding
the table.
It's
a lovely gem./It's
a lovelypm.
We had
bread for
lunch./We
had Brad
for lunch.
1 b
-
I've
bought
a new
pan.
2
a-Didyou
see
the men?

3 b
-
Did you
say'and'?
4
b
-
I like
the fatter
cheese.
5 a
-
Don't pet
the
dog.
6 a
-
These
are
bedclothes.
1c
2a
3b
1b
2c
3a
2 Amsterdam
3 Allen
4 anchor,y,
salad

sandwich
5 had,
map, Africa,
had,
Saturday
6 bad,
absent
7
passenger,
Salvador, animals,
antelope,
alligator
B crashed,
back,
advertising,
angry
g
contracts,
cancelled,
management
l0 have,
back,
travel, sacked
lb 2c
3a
The
sound
/e/ is
always written
with

the letter
'a'
(angry,
taxi).
ltr,l cup
Pair
2: l,1,2,
1,2
Pair
3: 1,2, 1,2,
I
Pair 4:
2,2, I,2,
I
Pair
5. I,2,2, I,2
Pair
6: 2, l,
I,2,2
r
(2)
2
(r)
3
(1)
4
(2)
5
(1)
6

(2)
Pair 2:
d) ooOooOo
There's
a hat in
the
garden./There's
a hut in
the
garden.
Pair 3:
c) ooOooO
See
the tracks
on the
rcad./
See the
trucks on the
road.
3a
3b
ffi*t
4c
I
No, not
forty
-
fourteen.
2 No, not
ninety

-
nineteen.
3
No, not
sixty
-
sixteen.
4 No, not
eighty
-
eighteen.
5
No, not
thirty
-
thirteen.
5
The sound /r/
is usually written with the letter'i'
(finish,
window),
and with
the
letter'y'
at the end of a word
(very
study).
Some
other
spellings:

'e' (example,
because),'u'
(minute),'ee'
(coffee), 'a]"
(Monday).
UNIT
I lel
pen
2b
Pair2: I,2,2,I,2
Pair 3: 2, I, \,2,2
Pair
4: I,
I,1,2,2
Pair 5: 2, I,
L,2,
I
Pair 6: l, l,2,2, I
2d
r(l) 2(r)
3(2)
4(2)
5(2) 6(1)
2e
Pair
1: I
need a
pln./I
need a
pen.

Pair 2:
That's
my bin./That's my
Ben.
Pair 3:
It's
a big tin./It's a big ten.
Pair 4: \fhere's
the
Blg?/\{here's
the
pcg?
Pair 5: There's
the bill./There's the bell.
Pair 6: She wants
a chick./She wants a cheque.
2l
I
a
-
Give
me
another
pin, please.
2
b
-
There's
a
peg

over there.
3
a
-
I buy
them
in
tins.
4 a
-
I'll
just
sit the alarm clock on this
shelf.
5 b
-
He needs a new
desk.
6
b
-
She'll
just
peck
at her food.
3a
jealous
(2)
help
(1)

everybody
(4)
arry
(2)
bench
(1)
Kevin tl
America
(4)
Mexican
(3)
Emily
(3)
Ben
(1)
very
(2)
bread
ri
Eddie
(2)
3c
ld 2b
3f 4a 5g
6e 7c
4d
ex cept exercise ex
pect
expe dition ex'pel
exlperiment

ex
penditure
expert
ex
pression
ex tend
'extra
lextrovert
5
The sound
/e/
is
usually
written
with the letter'e'
(pen,
hotel).
Some
other
spellings:
'ea
(heavy,
ready),'a
(any,
many),'ie'
(friend),
'ai'(again).
ffi
r"v
Pair

4: b) ooOoo There's a ban on
it./There's
a bun
on it.
Pair 5: a) oooO
She's
got
a bag./She's
got
a bug.
Pair 6: e) oOooOo
My
ankle
was
!4.jured./My
uncle
was injured.
2t
la-lVhatadirtycap!
2
b
-
This hut is too small.
3 b -There's
a black bug on the table.
4 a-Theylive
in
a
mad house.
5 a

-
I hang my coat on
the door,
6
b
-
The children
run
quickly.
3c
lnothing
2honey 3brother
4other
Slovely
6does Tmonth 8worry
9 company
l0 wonderful
4a
1N 2A 3A
4N 5A; wordsforstatement:strong,dor,rrn
5
The sound
/n/ is usuallywritten with the letter'u'.
Some
other
spellings:
'oe'
(does),
'ou'
(cousin),

'o'
(many
common
words
with the sound
ltl have this spelling, e.g. words
in
3c
above;
others:
love,
above,
onion, monkey, comfortable,
gloves,
coloured, London, money)
UNIT 6
ls'^l heart
Minimal
pairs
A
2b
PairZ:
r,2,2, 1,2
Pair
3:
l, I,2,2, I
Pair4:2,
1,2,2, I
Pair 5: I, I, I,2,2
2d

r(2)
2(r)
3(r)
4(2) 5(r)
2e
Pair 1:
\,Vhat
a
lovely capl/\iVhat a
lovely
carp!
Pur2:
He
touched
his hat./He touched his
heart.
Pair 3:
It's
a
farm
cat./It's a
farm
cart.
Pair 4: There's a ban on
it./There's
a barn on
it.
Pair 5:
I'll
pack

the car./I'll
park
the
car.
Minimal
pairs
B
2b
Pair2: 2,2, I,2,1
Pair3:2, 1,2,2,
1
Pair 4: I, 1,2,2, I
Pair
5:
2, I,2, l, I
2d
I
(l)
2(r) 3(2) 4
(l)
5(2)
2e
Pair l:What
a
beautiful cupl/What a bcautiful carp!
2t
Key l9I
Pair 2:
There's a
problem

with my
hut./There's
a
problem
with my
heart.
Pair
3: He covered his
cut./He
covered his
cart.
Pair 4: \Mhat's
in that
bun?/lVhat's
in that barn?
Pair
5:
'Come
down',
she said./'Calm
dor,rrn',
she said.
I
c
-
He's broken
my heart.
2b-That'sabadcut.
3a-Igavehimacap.
4

b
-
There's
a mouse in
this barn.
5 a
-rvVhy
don't you
come
down?
6 a
-
I don't like
Patty's.
I
marvellous
2 fantastic
3 smart
4 fabulous
5 attractive
The
sound /all is usually
written with
the letter
'a
(father,
ask).
Some other spellings:
'au' (aunt),
'al' (half),

'ear'
(heart),
'ar'
(star).
Review
1 ban
2bet
3 bud 4
peak
5
party
1 done,
doesn't,
does, come, us
z}ralf,
arm, are,
arent, cant
3
people,
piece,
these, she, need
2f
3d 4b
5a 6e
aglvertising undersland
Lebanon
lemonade
sanelwich
expg4sive
sunglasses fantastic phOtograph

guitar
review
task
cheaper,
cheapest,
eat, Marguerite's,
cheese,
please,
beef, tea, teas, me,
three,
Christina, Peter,
Ianine
interesting,
films,
evening, Mrs
lmrslzl
,
is, Kim,
in, coming, cinema,
it's,
Children's, film,
festival,
ill, Bill, we've
(weakform
of we),tickets,prize-
winning,
children, listen,
is it,
gorillas,
chimpanzees,

Africa,
six, Olympic,
nastics,
competitions,
big, History,
English,
Cricket,
terrific,
pity,
miss,
kids, begins,
fifty, minutes,
quick,
beginning.
friends,
Emma, Ben, hello
/heleu/
or /heleu/,
Emily, Eddie,
everybody,
except, Adele,
again /egen/
or /egern/, Kevin,
Red, Peppers,
terribly,
yes,
better,
said, help, yourself,
Mexican,
bench, French,

bread,
shelf,
get,
lemonade,
met, yet, very
friendly,
spend, America,
best,
Kerrie, well,
jealous,
expensive,
spent,
everything,
any,
left
Aaron, AjaxTravel,
Amsterdam,
Mrs
Allen, anchovy, salad,
sandwich,
contact,
Anthony map, ica,
had,
Saturday, bad, habit,
absent,
passenger,
San
Salvador, animals,
anteater,
antelope,

alligator, crashed, backup,
advertising,
programmes,
angry, contracts,
cancelled, management,
have,
come back,
sacked
Strong forms:
He had to
;
He
hadnt
done the ; He
doesn't have to
3c
5
UNIT
7
I
2
3
4
Additional
Unit I
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit
4
E

""v
Unit
5
doesnt, love, honey,
Duncan,
nothing,
unhappy, understand,
much,
untrue,
cousin,
Iustin,
brother,
Dudley,
funny, one, other,
Hunter, I
ly,
unattractive, utter
rubbish, does,
just
once,
month, lunch, mustnt, worry
company,
just,
shut up,
wonderful
Note: buf is usually
pronounced
with the weak form /bat/.
dance, dancer,
photograph,

Martin
Note: Strong forms: They
are.
Here
you
are.
UNIT
8 lol clock
2b
Pair2:
I,I,2, I,2
Pair 3:
2,2,
l,
1,2
Pair 4: I,2,2,2, I
Pair 5:
1,2, I,2,2
Pair 6: 2,2, 1,2, I
2d
r(2) 2(r) 3
(1)
4(2) 5
(l)
6
(1)
2e
Pair 2: b) oooOO He's
got
a

white
cat./He's
got
a
white cot.
Pair 3: a) OooO Look for
the
fax./Look for the fox.
Pair 4: e)
OoooO
Put it in
a sack./Put
it in
a sock.
Pair 5: d) OoOOo
Turn that
1ap
slowly./Turn
that
top slowly.
Pair 6:
c)
ooOoO
I
can
see
their backs./I can see their box.
2l
I
b

-'What
a
pretty
little cot!
2 a-He tried to
put
his head in a sack.
3 b
-
The top was made of metal.
4
a
-'vVhich
Pat do
you
want?
5 a
-
I liked
the
baddie in that film.
6 b
-Write
in
block
letters.
5c
lhorrible 2soft
3strong 4hot 5long 6popular
4b

2
tbox
(command)
3
.
hot, MrsWong
(suggestion)
4
'washing
machine,
Robin
(suggestion)
5
I
office
(command)
6
/
shops, Oscar
(suggestion)
7
t
doctor, Bronwen
(suggestion)
5
The sound /o/ is
written
with the letter
'o'
(on,

stop).
Some
other spellings:'a'
(want,
what),
'au'
(because).