UNIT TEST 6 ● ANSWER KEY
Vocabulary and Grammar
Group A
Vocabulary
Exercise 1
1 authentic: If something is authentic, it is real and genuine, not fake.
2 ill-timed: Something that is ill-timed happens at a time that is not suitable or convenient.
3 responsibility: If you take responsibility for something, you accept that you did it and should accept the results or consequences.
4 deception: Deception is the act of deceiving someone and lying to them.
5 distort: To distort the truth means to change it slightly.
6 far-fetched: Something that is far-fetched is difficult to believe because it seems very unlikely.
7 context: If you take something that someone has said out of context, you repeat it without explaining the situation in which it was said, so the meaning seems to be different.
8 pride: If you take pride in something, you feel proud of it.
9 crow’s feet: Crow’s feet are small lines or wrinkles around someone’s eyes.
10 digitally: If a photo is digitally improved, it is improved using a computer.
Exercise 2
1 peaceful: Something that is peaceful does not involve fighting or violence.
2 anonymous: Someone who is anonymous does something without telling anyone their name.
3 beliefs: Your beliefs are the things that you believe.
4 stupidity: Stupidity is stupid behaviour.
5 equality: Equality is a situation in which people are equal.
Exercise 3
1 off: If you pass yourself off as someone else, you trick people into believing that you are that person.
2 up: If you end up somewhere, you arrive there without planning to go there.
3 up: If you keep something up, you continue it.
4 in: If you take someone in, you deceive them and trick them into believing something that is not true.
5 through: To go through a bad experience means to suffer it.
Grammar
Exercise 4
1 Supposing: Supposing has a similar meaning to if, and we use it to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
2 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
3 Should: Should has a similar meaning to if.
4 Were they not: We don’t contract negative forms in inversions. This is a correct inversion for a Second Conditional sentence.
5 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
6 provided: Provided means the same as if.
7 Had: This is a correct inversion of a Third Conditional sentence.
8 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
9 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
10 Should I: We can use should to mean if.
Exercise 5
1 (a) had joined: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) would be: We use would + infinitive in a result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in the present.
2 (a) would have ordered: We use would have + past participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) wasn’t: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the present.
3 (a) wouldn’t be: We use would + infinitive in a result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in the present.
(b) hadn’t overslept: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
4 (a) liked: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the present.
(b) wouldn’t have opposed: We use would have + past participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
5 (a) would be lying: We use would be + -ing form in a result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in progress in the present.
(b) hadn’t missed: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
Group B
1 airbrushed: To airbrush a photo means to make small changes to it to improve its appearance.
2 pinch: If you take something with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it.
3 far-reaching: Something that is far-reaching has great influence or effect.
4 authenticate: To authenticate something means to prove that it is genuine or authentic.
5 digitally: If a photo is digitally improved, it is improved using a computer.
6 stony-faced: If someone is stony-faced, they look very serious and do not smile.
7 fake: Something that is fake is not real or genuine.
8 imperfections: Imperfections are small faults in something which make it not quite perfect.
9 value: If you take something at face value, you accept it as it first appears, without questioning it.
10 deceive: To deceive someone means to tell them something that is not true.
1 underlying: An underlying message or problem is one that is not immediately clear or obvious.
2 awareness: If there is awareness of something, people know about it.
3 loyalty: Loyalty is loyal behaviour.
4 mystery: A mystery is a situation that is very difficult to understand.
5 enigmatic: Someone who is enigmatic is difficult to understand.
1 through: If you see through something, you are not deceived by it.
2 under: If you swear something under oath, you say it in a court of law, when you have promised to tell the truth.
3 up: To cover something up means to hide the true facts about it.
4 away: To run away from a place means to leave because you are unhappy or in danger.
5 up: If you pick someone up, you collect them from a place in your car.
1 Had you not: We don’t contract negative forms in inversions. This is a correct inversion for a Third Conditional sentence.
4 unless: Unless means the same as if not.
5 were I not: We don’t contract negative forms in inversions. This is a correct inversion for a Second Conditional sentence.
6 Imagine: We use imagine to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
7 providing: Providing means the same as if.
8 Supposing: We use supposing to ask questions about hypothetical situations.
9 Had: This is a correct inversion of a Third Conditional sentence.
10 Should you: We can use should to mean if.
1 (a) hadn’t started: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) wouldn’t be sitting: We use would be + -ing form in a result clause to talk about an imaginary situation in progress in the present.
2 (a) wasn’t: We use the Past Simple in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the present.
(b) would have admitted: We use would have + past participle in a result clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
3 (a) had been: We use the Past Perfect in an if clause to refer to an imaginary situation in the past.
(b) wouldn’t be having: We use would be + -...
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