VOCABULARY

A Circle the correct words.

1 I hope to graduate/pass from university this year.

2 Did you know that an adult's body consists of 212 bones/eyelids?

3 Jamie has been trying harder at school and has done / made progress.

4 The students found the lecture boring and started to sneeze/yawn.

5 The candidate / examiner was very pleased with how easy her oral
examination had been.

6 Private schools usually charge very high grants / fees.

7 She was unhappy and we could hear her breathe/sigh quite often.

8 We are taught many different lessons/subjects at school.

9 The principal had to expel/behave a student who was rude to a teacher.

10 I know you have a busy timetable/ schedule, but could we meet on

Tuesday?

B Complete the sentences with both phrasal verbs.

1 back away back out

a You promised to help me with my project! You can't back away now!

b The policeman asked people to back out from the injured man.

2 head for head off

a Dan will head for the library after class to study in peace.

b I think I will head off now. I'm late for my biology class.

3 think over think up

a James wanted to think over the matter of choosing a college very
carefully.

b She had put on a lot of weight and had to think of a diet plan to slim down

4 run out of run over

a I was so upset when my cat was run over. Fortunately, it survived.

b The teacher has run out of patience with the badly-behaved student.

5 stand in stand out

a The actress always wears clothes that make her stand out in a crowd.

b Our tutor broke his leg and so his assistant had to stand in for him.

6 hand out hand over

a The secretary will hand out the application forms for the course

b 'OK, John! I think you should hand over the purse you stole,' the detective
said.

C Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

about at for from in on out with

1 My mother is very satisfied with my marks at school this year.

2 My best friend is going to apply for a course at the same university as

me.

3 I should have concentrated on what the teacher was saying rather than
daydreaming

4 Vicky suffers from a lack of confidence because of how often her

father criticised her.

5 My brother is so good at English, people think he is English.

6 Don't worry about your dad. He probably got delayed in heavy traffic.
 7 There has been a big increase in the number of unemployed people this
year

8 Becky helped hand out food at the shelter for homeless people.
GRAMMAR

A Complete the sentences using the correct form of the causative.

1 The patient has had his brain scanned (his brain/scan) four times
since last month.
2 Sammy has had her hair cut (her hair/cut) since I saw her last.
3 I can’t talk to you because I am at the dentist’s. I am having my teeth
cleaned (my teeth/clean) at the moment.
4 The owners are going to have their gym renovated (their
gym/renovate) next summer.
5 Does the college have it’s classrooms painted every year? (The
classroom/paint)
6 Jane has had her eyes tested (her eyes/test) by 10 o clock yesterday.
7 Did you have the photo framed (the photo/frame) after you took it?
8 The university graduate had his qualifications recognized (his
qualifications/recognise) by the government last month.

B Complete the sentences with the gerund or the correct form of the
infinitive of the verbs in brackets.

1. My friend is having difficulty coping (cope) with his studies.

2. Try to look (look) up unknown words in a dictionary. It’s good practice.

3. The young boy refused to go (go) to school this morning.

4. I suggest enrolling (enroll) on an art course this summer.

5. Helen must revise (revise) for her exams if she wants to pass.

6. He went on talking (talk) for an hour. It was so boring!

7. I’d rather call (call) for information on each course than send an email.

8. David denied being (be) rude to his English teacher.

C Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. never/allowed/to choose/have/I/my own clothes/been

I have never been allowed to choose my own clothes.

2. Find/so/children/it/i/learn/quickly/things/wonderful

I find it wonderful that childrens learn things so quickly.

3. Human brain/know/scientists/enough/about/the/don’t

Scientist don’t know enough about the human brain

4. Touches/big/my dog’s/that/the ground/it/is/stomach/so

My dog’s stomach is so big that it touches the ground.

5. A prize/ interesting/ the book / to win / wasn’t/ enough

The book wasn’t interesting enough to win a prize.

6. Speak/ his uncle/ several/fluently/ can/ languages

His uncle can speak several languages fluently.

7. Left/ the scientist/ the lab/ after lunch/ quickly

The scientist quickly left the lab after lunch

8. ?/blue/horrible/bag/whose/old/this/is/leather

Whose is this horrible old blue leather bag?

D Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. I wish I could sing better than (good) my brothers.

2. Our teacher is always the earliest (early) of all the teachers to arrive
at school.
3. That is the worst (bad) painting I have seen in my life!
4. I don’t think Jenny is as pretty as (pretty) as her sisters.
5. That scientist is one of the most intelligent (intelligent) people I
know.