FCE

Family Words

100

Steam engines were used to pull the _____________ of the undergrounds

CARRY

CARRIAGES

200

The students accomplished the task in  _______ than 10 minutes

LITTLE

LESS

300

Manx, the language once spoken on the Isle of Man, started to decline in the 19th century, and became ________________ extinct at the beginning of the 20th century 

VIRTUAL

VIRTUALLY

400

Horses are extremely well adapted to travelling long distances with great____________

EFFICIENT

EFFICIENCY

500

The typical riding horse is 14 to 16 hands in ________ and weighs 400 to 500 kg.

HIGH

HEIGHT

Rewrite

100

I only invited Mary because you asked me to.

HAVE

I _____________________ Mary if you hadn't asked me to.

I WOULDN'T HAVE INVITED Mary if you hadn't asked me to.

200

I'm sorry I didn't come to see you earlier.

WISH

I ___________________________ to see you earlier.

I WISH I HAD COME to see you earlier.

300

I am sure the teacher didn't mean to upset you

INTENTION

I'm sure the teacher _______________________ you

I'm sure the teacher HAD NO INTENTION OF UPSETTING you

400

I couldn't understand the teacher because she spoke rather fast.

TOO

The teacher ______________________ to understand.

The teacher SPOKE TOO FAST FOR ME to understand.

500

Her car was damaged by a stranger.

HAD

She __________________ a stranger. 

She HAD HER CAR DAMAGED BY a stranger.

Phrasal Verbs

100

I've decided to cut _______________ smoking

cut DOWN ON

200

My teacher told me _____ for not doing my homework. 

Tell sb off

300

Because of the weather they decided to call ________ the match.

CALL OFF

400

They _____ away with the robbery because they were very well organised. 

GET AWAY WITH

500

If you come to Florence I can put you _________. 

PUT sb UP

Phrasal Verbs

100

Why don't you __________ up golf? it's a good pastime.

TAKE UP

200

I think you have ___________ up this story! I don't believe it!

MADE UP

300

It is difficult to get __________ hard times with help from loved ones. 

get through

400

I haven't ________ round to fixing your bike yet. Sorry, I've been very busy.

GOT ROUND TO

500

I've been walking all day. I feel __________ OUT

WORN OUT

Fill in the blanks

100

__________ it was late, we decided to go home.

AS / SINCE

200

As ____ as you listen, we won't have any problems.

long

300

Everyone was depressed on ____________ of the bad news.

ON ACCOUNT OF

400

It's time we __________ a new TV. This one is really old.

BOUGHT

500

I'd rather you __________ John the truth.

TOLD