TOPIC VOCABULARY
Choose the correct pair of verbs:
Before you ____ the audience, remember to ______ the crowd for a familiar face.
a) startle/label
b) address/scan
c) snigger/bully
b) address/scan
Ten-year-old Amanda ______ (have) a serious health condition since birth. It is a condition that _____ (pass) down genetically. Next week, she ______ undergo) an operation which may solve the probelm. Her family _____ (hope) for the best.
-has had
-is passed
-is undergoing (is going to undergo)
-is hoping
I can hear loud music coming from the flat upstairs. They __________________ (have) a party
MUST BE HAVING
Replace the sentence with a correct phrasal verb in the correct form:
I couldn't tell if she wasn't telling me the whole story because she didn't want to hurt my feelings.
a) single out
b) cut back on
c) hold back
c) hold back - WAS HOLDING BACK
Please do not talk while the performance is in progress.
REFRAIN
Please _____________ the performance.
REFRAIN FROM TALKING DURING
Complete with one of the words below:
BARRAGE / COMMITTED / MORALLY/ SHAMEFUL / SECTOR / SAVVY
In the beautiful Forest of Dean, the local council put faces on 50 trees in an attempt to stop people's __________ practice of dropping litter. The council is ___________ to keeping the forest clean.
-SHAMEFUL
-COMMITTED
The rail-workers’ union ________ (negotiate) with managers for several weeks now. The union _____________ (announce) it will go on strike if no agreement is reached by midnight. Alternative modes of transport ____________ (organise) right now in case of possible disruptions to train services. It _________(look) like a strike is imminent.
- HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING
-HAS ANNOUNCED/ ANNOUNCED
- ARE BEING ORGANISED
-LOOKS
A new superhero movie _________(make), and the hero ___________(portray) by an unknown actor
IS BEING MADE
IS GOING TO BE PORTRAYED // WILL BE PORTRAYED
-PREOCCUPATION
-PREFERABLE
Bob's stories always reflected the past in an accurate way.
USED
Bob's stories always __________ of the past.
Bob's stories always used to give an accurate reflection of the past.
PERSEVERED / DISPATCHED / ORIGINATED / PATRONISED
She ____ in her field and became the CEO of the company in less than 5 years.
PERSEVERED
British companies _______ (give) the chance to register their logos for the first time in 1876. The first to do so was Bass, a beer company that _____ (produce) beer for one hundred years and ___________ (already/become) on of the biggest beer producers worldwide.
-WERE GIVEN
-HAD BEEN PRODUCING / HAD PRODUCED
-HAD ALREADY BECAME
Rewrite using a past o present modal.
It wasn't essential to pay in advance for the tickets.
You _______________________
didn't have to pay the tickets in advance.
It is _____ for students at this school to spend time doing voluntary community service. Every student has to fulfil this______.
OBLIGE
-OBLIGATORY
-OBLIGATION
We can't go camping, so we think we'll go to the beach.
WELL
We can't go camping, so _____________ to the beach.
WE MIGHT AS WELL GO
While the first film made a lot of money, the ______ was far less successful
SEQUEL
Next summer, my friends and I _______ (travel) to Greece for the first time. We _______ explore the islands and try local food. If everything goes as planned, we _______ (sit) on the beach watching the sunset in just a few months!
-ARE TRAVELLING
-ARE GOING TO
-WILL BE SITTING
The view was so beautiful that we didn't stop ____ photos all the way up. Obviously, I'd expected _____ impressed, but it was far beyond anything I'd imagined
TAKING
TO BE
When he was 13 years old, Kesz Valdez became the ________(RECEIVE) of the International Children's Peace Prize, which recognises the efforts of young _____ (HUMANITY) who wants to improve the lives of street children.
-RECIPIENT
-HUMANITARIANS
I discovered that they had already made a scree version of the novel.
ADAPTED
I discovered that the novel _____________________ for the screen.
HAD ALREADY BEEN ADAPTED
The c_________ a________ film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse impressed both audiences and critics with its unique animation style and exciting storyline
critically acclaimed
Before social media, people _______ to get their news from TV and newspapers. Now, teenagers are used to _____ (see) updates instantly on their phones. In the future, we will probably _______ to even faster ways of getting information.
-USED
-SEEING
-GET USED
A: Why are you changing all your passwords?
B: Can you believe I've ______________ ? (all my accounts / hack into)
HAD ALL MY ACCOUNTS HACKED INTO
The members of the expedition were isolated ___ the rest of the world for three months.
FROM
Matt and Lucy asked their son to babysit for the neighbours.
GOT
Matt and Lucy _______________ for the neighbours.
GOT THEIR SON TO BABYSIT