INGLESE B1
Preparazione all’esame PET
della dott.ssa Chiara Cordola
Modulo 1
Reading Paper
Lezione 6
Part 6
Reading Paper – Part 6
• Read a text and write words in the gaps.
• You have to show knowledge of grammatical structure, phrasal verbs and idioms.
• You have to be able to do this exercise in the exam in about 6 minutes.
• There are 6 questions and for each question you get one mark.
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Focus on phrasal verbs
EXERCISE 1
Look at some of the phrasal verbs that you have already studied in the
previous lessons. Write down their definition.
up
for
Out of
together something
Look get
back Back
after Forward to (transitive (intransiti
) ve)
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Focus on phrasal verbs
EXERCISE 1
Look at some of the phrasal verbs that you have already studied in the
previous lessons. Write down their definition.
Look after = take care of
Look for = search
Look forward to + noun phrase = can’t wait
Get back (transitive) = receive something you had before (emails, letters)
Get back (intransitive) = return
Get out of = gain, obtain something good
Get together = meet (usually for social reasons)
Get up = get out of bed
EXERCISE 2
Make sentences using the phral verbs above. 6
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EXERCISE 3
Choose the correct verb to complete the text about a shopping trip.
My wife and I had to get / go up early at 7 a.m. on Saturday
morning so that we could go / set off early for the town
centre. My father-in-law stayed at home and looked / cared
after our baby child - he hates shopping! When we got to
town, we looked / got around a big department store. I tried
/ took on a pair of shoes, but quickly put / took them off
again – they were far too small! Anyway, they didn’t go /
get with anything I was wearing. After a bit more shopping,
we went home. I was pleased to take / get back but my wife
says she’s going again tomorrow to take / return back a
sweater she bought.
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EXERCISE 4
Choose the correct prepositions to form the phrasal verbs below.
1. Take off / on clothes when you want to change.
2. Take something away / back to a shop.
3. Try out / on new clothes to see if they fit.
4. Get up / on first thing in the morning.
5. Look around / into a town.
6. Go on / with the colours you are wearing.
7. Look out / after children.
8. Get back / off home after a journey.
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Practice Test
Read the text and write words in the gaps (27-32).
Gorillas
Gorillas are shy creatures and seldom violent. In
(27)…, they are quite different from the dangerous
animals that we sometimes see in movies and comic
books. They only stand up on two legs and beat their
chest if they want to frighten an (28) … away.
Gorillas are the largest and (29) … powerful of all
the apes. Adult males reach an average (30) … of
150 – 170 cm and (31) … from 135 to 230 kg.
Females are smaller.
Both males and females spend their days quietly in a leisurely search for food or
resting in the warm sun.
Unfortunately, there are few of these animals left in the wild. This is mainly
because people are cutting down the forests where gorillas live. If we want to
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save gorillas, we (32) … take action now.
That’s all
Thank you
