Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
(emigrate, grow up, pass away, move, retire, settle down)
I missed my friends terrible when we __________ the house.
When I leave university, I want to go travelling before I ________ and have a family.
I missed my friends terrible when we MOVED the house.
When I leave university, I want to go travelling before I SETTLE DOWN and have a family.
Replace the underlined words (agree, like, choice, overall, prefer to, settled)
In general, the first activity would be better.
I would rather go climbing than kayaking.
OVERALL, the first activity would be better.
I would PREFER TO go climbing than kayaking.
Complete the sentences with used to/get used to
My sister ______ cry a lot when she was a baby.
Mike has just moved to the city from the country and he can’t ________ the noise.
My sister USED TO cry a lot when she was a baby.
Mike has just moved to the city from the country and he can’t GET USED TO the noise.
Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets
We _____________ (walk) for ages, I think we’re lost.
Zach will have to walk to school because he _________ (miss) the bus.
We HAVE BEEN WALKING for ages, I think we’re lost.
Zach will have to walk to school because he HAS MISSED the bus.
Choose the correct answers
The film Boyhood follows the life of a boy called Mason as he is _____ up. Mason’s parents are divorced, so he and his sister are _____ up by their mother, Olivia. Olivia eventually marries her university professor, but the children don’t like him because they _____ used to his strict discipline.
1) getting/growing/looking
2) brought/ made/ signed
3) aren’t / didn’t / don’t
1) GROWING UP
2) BROUGHT UP
3) AREN'T
Which sport/activity is it?
1) A sport where two teams hit a ball over a high net with their hands
2) An activity, where people practice their skill with a camera
3) A sport or activity where people do physical exercise indoors, sometimes using bars or ropes
volleyball
photography
gymnastics
Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the phrasal verb
(catch up with, fit in with, get on with, go through with, live up to, put up with, run out of, sign up for, walk out on)
When Amy agreed to do a job as a waitress, she didn’t think it would be such hard work. She couldn’t finish the exam because she had used all of the time. (run out of)
When Amy SIGNED UP FOR a job as a waitress, she didn’t think it would be such hard work. (sign up for)
She couldn’t finish the exam because she had RUN OUT OF time.
Complete the text with the correct past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets
Twenty-three-year-old Sam Willoughby is a world champion BMX rider. He …………… (get) his first bike when he was six, and since then he ……………… (take) part in numerous competitions, including the 2012 London Olympics where he …………… (win) a silver medal.
GOT
HAS TAKEN
WON
Complete the sentences with will/may/might/ could (not) and one of these verbs:
(be, close, go out, hurt, like, win)
I’m not sure if you should watch this horror film. You ___________ it.
The doctor isn’t completely sure, but he thinks that my leg _________ broken.
I’m not sure if you should watch this horror film. You might/may not LIKE it.
The doctor isn’t completely sure, but he thinks that my leg might/may/could BE broken.
Which sentence means the same as the first sentence?
A friend has just texted me.
a) I’m waiting for a text message from my friend.
b) I got a text message yesterday.
c) I got a text message a short time ago.
C) I got a text message a short time ago.
Complete the sentences:
(Antibiotics, bandage, cream, dressing, painkillers, X-ray)
Doctors often prescribe ________ to cure an infection.
Doctors often put a _______ around your ankle if you sprain it.
Doctors often recommend a _________ if you have a skin allergy.
Doctors often prescribe ANTIBIOTICS to cure an infection.
Doctors often put a BANDAGE around your ankle if you sprain it.
Doctors often recommend a CREAM if you have a skin allergy.
Complete the sentences with a suitable word formed from the words in brackets.
It isn’t _______ you have a cold. You haven’t been looking after yourself recently. (surprise)
It was clear that something bad had happened because of the _______ in her eyes. (sad)
The captain of the team _______ lifted the trophy into the air. (pride)
SURPRISING
SADNESS
PROUDLY
Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the first conditional.
A: How will we get to the hospital if the bus ______ (not come)?
B: We ________ (walk). It isn’t very far.
A: How will we get to the hospital if the bus DOESN'T COME?
B: We WILL WALK. It isn’t very far.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. It may be necessary to add an extra word to the sentence.
We’ll have to look ______ if we want to find a house we can afford. (hard)
Houseboats are _________ today than they used to be. (common)
That’s the ________ balcony I have ever seen. (tiny)
We’ll have to look HARDER if we want to find a house we can afford.
Houseboats are MORE COMMON today than they used to be.
That’s the TINIEST balcony I have ever seen.
Complete the sentence.
One hundred years from now computers _______ doing a lot of things that doctors do now.
a) will
b) will be
c) will probably
d) are
b) will be
Which body part is it?
1) It is a bone that surrounds your brain
2) They are bones that go round your chest and protect your heart and lungs
3) The red liquid in your body
skull
ribs
blood
Complete the sentences with compound nouns:
Do you have to be a member of the club to play on their golf ______?
The match has been cancelled because the football ______ is flooded.
The main _____ to the stadium is closed to traffic on the days when there’s a match.
GOLF COURSE
FOTBALL PITCH
MAIN ROAD
Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A: Where would you live if you ____ (have) the choice?
B: I ______ (buy) a villa on the coast.
A: Where would you live if you HAD the choice?
B: I WOULD BUY a villa on the coast.
Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A: If you room ______ (need) painting, what colour would you choose?
B: I ________(paint) one wall blue and the others white.
A: If you room NEEDED painting, what colour would you choose?
B: I WOULD PAINT one wall blue and the others white.
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
I didn’t expect the mobile home to be so cosy. (than)
The _____________________________________.
The mobile home was cosier than I expected.
Complete the sentences:
(Attic, basement, conservatory, drive, fence, landing, patio, shutters)
It’s dark in here because I haven’t opened the ________ yet.
His flat doesn’t get a lot of light because it’s in the __________.
They are building a _________ onto the outside of their house.
It’s dark in here because I haven’t opened the SHUTTERS yet.
His flat doesn’t get a lot of light because it’s in the BASEMENT.
They are building a CONSERVATORY onto the outside of their house.
Complete the sentences with do/make/take.
I’d like to ______ French lessons, but I can’t seem to find the time.
I can’t ______ up my mind what to wear to the party tonight.
Wee were prepared for last night’s storm, so it didn’t ______ a lot of damage.
I’d like to TAKE French lessons, but I can’t seem to find the time.
I can’t MAKE up my mind what to wear to the party tonight.
Wee were prepared for last night’s storm, so it didn’t DO a lot of damage.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
If only my brother _________(help) more in the house. Then I wouldn’t have to do everything!
If only you ________ (not live) so far away. We hardly ever see each other.
If only my brother WOULD HELP more in the house. Then I wouldn’t have to do everything!
If only you DIDN'T LIVE so far away. We hardly ever see each other.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I wish we _________ (have) a swimming pool. It would be perfect in the summer.
I wish my neighbour _______ (not play) his music so loud. I can’t concentrate!
I wish we HAD a swimming pool. It would be perfect in the summer.
I wish my neighbour WOULDN'T PLAY his music so loud. I can’t concentrate!
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
I’m annoyed because you never make your bed. (wish)
I ________________________________________.
I wish you would make your bed.