Review Compact B1

Vocabulary

100

Louis's math teacher was not pleased when he handed in / joined his homework late.

handed in

200

Sally was very upset when she defeated / lost / beat the race against her sister.

lost

300

That new sleeve / necklace / gloves goes perfectly with your dress.

necklace

400

I didn't enjoy that film. I was jealous / disappointed because that actor is usually so funny.

disappointed

500

Lamb / Raw food is uncooked.

Raw

Prepositions

100

My sister can help you with your homework. She's really good _______ explaining difficult topics.

at

200

When we got to the cinema it was full, so we couldn't get _____.

in

300

Would you like to take _____ a new sport?

up

400

The doctor told me not ________ eat sugar.

to

500

We want to have a barbecue but it will depend _______ the weather.

on

Grammar

100

Clothes at the open-air market are usually ___________ clothes you buy in department stores.

Comparative: cheap

cheaper than

200

We were _______ team in the tournament. We lost every match!

Superlative: bad

the worst

300

I've been here for / since 25 minutes! Where have you been?

for

400

Will's mum always avoids travelling / to travel home from work at 5 p.m. because of the traffic.

travelling

500

Use reported speech:

"We will do a project on the environment next week." my teacher said.

My teacher said that we would do a project on the environment the following week.

Verbs (choose)

100

Jack is getting up / gets up at 7.00 a.m. on school mornings.

gets up

200

Patrick lost / was losing his exercise book when he cycled / was cycling to school.

lost + was cycling

300

Jane is the best athlete in the school. She was selected for the national champion / championship.

championship

400

I've never been / never went to Paris. I hope to go there soon.

've never been

500

This summer I will go / am going / go to spend three weeks in Ireland because I want to improve my English.

am going

Verbs (complete)

100

Where ___________ (you / go) on holiday last year?

did you go

200

I ___________ (eat) ice-cream when I ________ (fall).

was eating + fell

300

The maths homework is really difficult. I don't understand it.

I _____________ (help) you. I've already finished it.

will help (inmediate decision)

400

If trains __________ (not be) so expensive, more people ___________ (use) them to go to work.

weren't + would use

500

At that moment, Marcus ___________ (not / be) hungry because he ____________ (just / have) lunch.

wasn't + had just had