Focus5 2E Unit Test Unit2 Dictation Vocabulary Grammar UoE GroupB ANSWERS
Focus5 2E Unit Test Unit2 Dictation Vocabulary Grammar UoE GroupB ANSWERS
Focus5 2E Unit Test Unit2 Dictation Vocabulary Grammar UoE GroupB ANSWERS
Dictation Grammar
Exercise 1 Exercise 5
Can write from dictation using correct spelling. 1 C: may still pass denotes a possibility in the future
(next time).
A Bachelor’s degree / is an academic undergraduate 2 C: can’t have revised – Deduction (near certainty)
award / earned upon completing a college or university about a complete past activity.
course / typically spanning three to seven years. / It is 3 B: must have worked – Deduction (near certainty)
believed that the term bachelor / may have originally been about a complete past activity.
used / to denote a twelfth-century knight / who was too 4 A: definitely won’t show us – Prediction close to
young or underprivileged / to obtain his own subordinates. certainty (definitely) about the future; the adverb
definitely is placed before the contracted form won’t.
Vocabulary
5 A: could have been doing – Speculation (possibility)
Exercise 2 about a past activity that started in the past and was
still in progress at the moment of speaking; a typical
1 cold: If someone gets cold feet, they suddenly get expression for perfect structures is used including for,
scared and panicky and often decide not to do what for a short time.
they have planned to do. 6 A: will probably organise – Prediction close to
2 calm: If a calm comes over you, you become less certainty (probably) about the future (next term).
stressed, excited or upset. 7 B: must have been made – Deduction (near certainty)
3 comfort: If you step outside your comfort zone, it about the past; the passive is used as the video is not
means you decide to do things which you normally an active agent.
don’t do and which are unfamiliar to you. 8 B: may have helped – Speculation (possibility) about
4 common: Common sense is the ability to make good a complete past activity.
judgements about practical matters. 9 C: may seem – A possibility in the present.
5 bundle: If someone is a bundle of nerves, they are 10 B: may not be – A possibility in the present.
extremely nervous.
Exercise 3
1 muster: To muster, for instance, energy, means to
gather or summon it up.
2 looming: If something unpleasant or difficult looms, it
seems likely to happen soon.
3 venture: To venture further afield means to do new
things that may involve risk and danger which are far
away from the nearest context.
4 summoned: If you summon up your courage, you
gather all your mental strength to deal with a difficult
situation.
5 regurgitating: To regurgitate means to repeat things
one has memorised in a parrot fashion without
understanding them properly.
Exercise 4
1 in: If something kicks in, it starts to take effect.
2 out: If a document sets out some information, it
presents it in a clear and detailed way.
3 on: If someone brushes up on their knowledge or
skills, they practise and improve them.
4 up: To drink up, for example, your tea, means to drink
it completely.
5 into: If you hammer something into someone, you tell
them something over and over again to make them
remember and accept it.
Exercise 8
1 might have been Javi that / who took: Speculation
(possibility) about the past.
2 (got) a moment to spare to: To have (got) a moment
to spare to do something means to have a little extra
time to do this.
3 I haven’t (got) a clue / have no clue: If someone
hasn’t (got) got a clue / doesn’t have a clue, it means
they don’t know or understand something.
4 must have been brushing up on: Deduction (near
certainty) about an activity that started in the past and
was still in progress at the moment of speaking; if
5 someone brushes up on their knowledge or skills,
they practise and improve them.