Answer key 67

Personal diary 93 Phonemic symbols 94

Thanks and acknowledgements

Many thanks are due to the editorial team under Nílirín Burke at Cambridge University Press who steered this book through preparation of this new edition, We are grateful to Who have provided help and guidance in the production of these tests. Thanks are also due and the team, for proofreading,

Michael McCarthy

Felicity O ^tlJell

Cambridge, October

Test English ir' Elementary 5

Introduction

Who is this book for?

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use aims help students check their vocabulary learning. It can be used by all elementary learners of English who want ro test rheif vocabulary, Il will also be useful for learners who are using English VacabJNary in Use (Elementary; and want to test their progress. Learners can use (his alone, but' the tests can also be used by a teacher working with groups of students.

How is the book organised?

The tests correspond in frxus to the 60 units English Vocabulanr Use {Elementary}, The Contents page shows you how the rests are grouped by category, Every test is independent and you do not need to do the tests in a particular order, as they do not become vogressivcly more difficult.

Each test has a total Of .30 marks, and the number of marks for the exercises is given within each test. There is an Answer key ar the hack of The A of phonemic symEN11s is given on page

Also at rhe back of the wi I find a Personal diary, Here, you can make a note Of the words you found difficult to remember.

How do I use this book?

If you are working alone with this book, first loók at the Contents page, and choose rhe tests char interest you, You will find different types of vocabulary resrs, such as tests on everyday verbs, tests on words and grammar, rests on different topic areas- Try to do different kinds of tests to give you variety, Remember, you do not need to do the tests in a particular order,

If you are using English Vocabulary Use you can use the tests after finishing a umt from the book, You can do this immediately after finishing a uniT„ or wail a while {e.g. a week} and use the rest as a revision oercise,

You can use the tests more than once by writing the answers tn pencil and rubbing them out when you have chcaed your answers, Alternatively, you coold write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

When you have cheeked your answers you could write any words had problems with in your Persc"lal diary.

The marking scheme

You will find notes on the marking scheme at the beginning of the Answer key on page 67. The marking scheme is to give you an idea of how well know the vocabulary, but you do not have to this marking scheme if you do not want to.

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The family

Complete these sentences,

10 marks

Example I'm his sister — h€s my

I'm her father — she's my 2 He's my mother's brruher — he's my

3. I'm his mother — he's my

4. He's my brorher —

5. ['m his daughter — hets

6. She's my mother — she?s my son's

7. "ev my son — he•s my mother's

B He's my father — he's my daughter's 9 She^As my mother's sister — shes my .

10 They're my farherls mother and father — They're my

1 .2 Complete the crossword. - 10 marks

1 If you had only urje child, would you like a son

4 Your uncle* son.

Mother and father together,

8 Do you from a big famil}ë 10 Have you got brothers or ststers?

Down

2 brother, 3 Your brother's son.

5 Girl with the samo parents as you, 6 Your brotherS daughters.

9 A person with no brothers and sisters is an child.

Arc these staccrncnts correct? Circle the correcg answer and correct any wrong sentences,

1. My nephew JOhn is my mother%s sisteñ husband.

2. My grandfather is my father ^ts father.

3. Mary and David are married. Mary is Davidk husband.

4. I'm Philip, this is Nellie. We're married. She's my wife, yes

5. We talk about two wifes and two childs. YES

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