Vocabulary

1. Complete these sentences by writing a phrasal verb from the box

in each gap.

try out | set off | look up to | chill out | take after | rely on

1. Sports personalities need to be good role models, as many young

people ________________________ them.

2. I am not planning on doing anything this week, I just want to

________________________ in front of the TV.

3. Both of the children ________________________ their mother. They both

have black hair and blue eyes.

4. We will need to ________________________ at 5 o’clock if we want to

arrive at the station on time.

5. We can ________________________ your plan, but I am not sure if it will

work.

6. I always keep my promises, so you can ________________________ me

if I say that I will do something.

2. Complete these sentences by writing the correct form of make or

do in each gap. Use contractions where possible.

1. Don’t worry. You __________________________________________ lots of

new friends when you start your new school tomorrow.

2. Our kids usually __________________________________________ some

housework, like washing up and cleaning.

3. We’ve got something to tell you. We

__________________________________________ a big decision – we’re going
to move house next year.

4. Agnes usually __________________________________________ her

homework in the school library. I often see her there.
5. Don’t stop now! You __________________________________________
progress – finally!

3. Complete these sentences by writing journey, travel, trip or way

in the gaps.

1. Jade isn’t at home at the moment. She’s on a business

____________________ to New York.

2. What’s the quickest ____________________ to get to the station?

3. For me, ____________________ is the best way of learning about

different people and cultures.

4. I’d like to visit the city library but I don’t know the
____________________.

5. We’re going on a weekend ____________________ to Berlin. It’s just

enough time to see the sights.

4. Complete the sentences by writing the correct form of one of the

verbs from the box in each gap.

drop out | put off | (not) live up to | hand back

1. I showed the photo to my grandma but she just

____________________________________________________ it
____________________________________________________ without looking at it.

2. Freddy started the marathon well but he

____________________________________________________ after ten kilometres.
He was exhausted.

3. Roger refused to go to the dentist yesterday and he

____________________________________________________ his appointment
____________________________________________________ until next year!

4. I wanted to enjoy my time at university but it

____________________________________________________ my expectations.
7. Complete the sentences by writing the correct form of look, see,
watch, listen or hear in the gaps.

1. Would you like to ___________________________ at our holiday photos?

2. Over there! A dolphin! Can you ___________________________ it? It’s on

your left.

3. Shh! We ___________________________ to the radio.

4. I can’t ___________________________ the speaker because she’s talking

too quietly.

5. The fridge is making a strange noise. ___________________________! Do

you think something’s wrong?

6. Why is that security guard ___________________________ us? We aren’t

doing anything suspicious.

7. My smartphone battery ran out while I was

___________________________ your video. Why did you send it to me? It
was fifteen minutes long!

8. There was thunder and lightning all night but Maria

___________________________ it at all. She slept right through it.

8. Circle the correct option in italics in these sentences.

1. Deirdre didn’t achieve / gain / fulfil the level of success she had
hoped to.

2. My dad is fulfilling / gaining / starting out on a new career. He’s

going to be a train driver.

3. My mum has finally built / launched / realised her ambition of

becoming a judge. We’re so proud of her!

4. You can apply for / pursue / start out on most jobs online.

5. Deepak didn’t enjoy working at the TV station but he did achieve /

gain / make some useful experience.

6. You abandon / lack / turn down experience at the moment so you

should consider working as a volunteer.

7. It took my grandparents twenty years to build / gain / fulfil their

dream of buying their own apartment.

8. After achieving success as an actor, Jess applied for / launched /

offered a new career as a pop star.

10. Complete these sentences by writing a word from the box in

each gap.

impression | effect | ambition | energy | research | threat | impact |

trouble

1. Our neighbours said they would report our dog to the police, but
we knew they would never carry out their ________________________.

2. The film was very thought provoking and has had a real
________________________ on how I think about the issue.

3. It took Ted until he was 35 to achieve his lifetime’s

________________________ of climbing Mount Everest.

4. When you go for a job interview, you should try and make a good
first ________________________.

5. We have devoted a lot of time and ________________________ to finding

out our family history.
6. Scientists believe that climate change is having a major impact
on the frequency of tropical storms but they need to carry out more
________________________ to prove it.

7. The biggest ________________________ that I have with English is

spelling the words.

8. Although it rained a lot it did not ________________________ my

enjoyment of the holiday.

11. Circle the correct verb in italics in these sentences.

1. It was clear that a chemical factory had caused / had / made the
pollution in the local rivers.

2. People loved my short story but I didn’t pass / spend / stay a long
time on it. I wrote it surprisingly quickly.

3. I know it’s raining but we have to go now. The weather will make /
spend / stay the same for the rest of the day now.

4. An archaeologist came to our school and his talk caused / made /

stayed a real impact on me. I want to be like him when I’m older.

5. When my dad started out as an actor, he never got any good jobs,
but he passed / spent / stayed in the acting business and he finally
got a role in a well-known soap opera.

6. You always have to wait for ages to see the doctor so you should
take a book to pass / spend / stay the time.

7. The noise from the classroom next door caused / had / made it
difficult to hear the teacher.
8. They are painting the school so lots of students are in temporary
classrooms at the moment. It’s causing / having / making a lot of
trouble this week.

Grammar

12. Circle the correct option in italics in these sentences.

1. I am doing / have done / have been doing this crossword for ages
but there are still two answers I can’t get.

2. My uncle lives in a small village in the mountains. He lives / has

lived / lived in the same house all his life.

3. I love playing football video games with Steve but I don’t beat /
haven’t beaten / haven’t been beating him yet. He’s much better than
me!

4. She can’t hear you because she is using / has used / has been
using the hairdryer. Wait until she has finished.

5. Jez knows / has known / has been knowing his best friend since
they were at primary school together.

6. Something’s wrong with my smartphone. It is recharging / has

recharged / has been recharging for four hours and the battery is still
only at 10%.

7. I don’t want to go to bed yet. I’ve read / I’ve been reading / I was
reading this book and I only have five more pages left.
8. I’m crying because I was chopping / have chopped / have been
chopping onions and I still have more to do!

13. Complete these sentences by writing the correct form (present

perfect simple or present perfect continuous) of a verb from the
group below in each gap. Use contractions where possible.

forget | teach | (not) hear | lose | eat

1. You ______________________________ three doughnuts already – don’t

have another one!

2. Don’t tell Harry that Ms Jones is leaving the school. He

______________________________ the news.

3. I think I ______________________________ my house keys! I can’t find

them anywhere.

4. You ______________________________ to write your name on your

homework! Write it at the top.

5. My sister ______________________________ me how to dance salsa but I

still can’t do it!

14. Complete these sentences using the words in brackets and an

adjective / adverb from the group below. Make any other changes
which are necessary.

fit | difficult | funny | quick | badly | expensive | intelligent | easy

1. I thought the maths exam was hard but the physics one was
_________________________________________ (far). It was impossible!

2. Einstein was _________________________________________ (one) people

who has ever lived. His mind was incredible.
3. We laughed a lot when we saw the first film but the second one is
_________________________________________ (even)!

4. I think Sam is _________________________________________ (as) me. We

can both run really fast.

5. Patrick did _________________________________________ (much) on his

test than he expected. He was so disappointed.

6. None of the trainers were cheap so I bought

_________________________________________ (least) ones.

7. The latest version of the computer software is

_________________________________________ (far) to use than the old one.
It’s quite straightforward.

8. I’m looking forward to the 10 km run. I feel

_________________________________________ (much) I did last year because
I’ve been training regularly.

15. Complete these sentences by writing the correct form of the

word in brackets in each gap.

1. Tyler’s not revising for his exams. He’s not _________________________

(motivate) at all.

2. We can’t keep on walking. The kids are _________________________

(exhaustion). We need to take a break.

3. I felt so _________________________ (embarrass) because I called my

teacher ’dad’!

4. I have some _________________________ (excite) news! There’s going

to be a free rock concert in August.

5. I read an _________________________ (astonish) story in the

newspaper. They think that the yeti really exists!

6. Shaun’s _________________________ (worry) because he is getting bad

marks in all his subjects at school.
16. Circle the the correct option in italics to complete these
sentences.

1. Brian hasn’t liked / didn’t use to like / wasn’t liking olives when he
was younger but now he loves them.

2. I was going / used to go / have gone to Midtown Primary School. I

was there for four years.

3. Jocelyn went into the classroom very quietly because everyone

did / used to do / was doing an exam.

4. My smartphone battery ran out just when I made / used to make /

was making an important call.

5. I saw / used to see / was seeing a shark once – it was when we

were on holiday in Mexico.

6. Joe walked / didn’t use to walk / wasn’t walking to school every

day, but now he does.

17. Complete these sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. It’s very cold in my country ________________ winter.

2. Our first lesson is at 8.45 ________________ the morning.

3. We don’t often go out ________________ night.

4. We always have maths ________________ the afternoons.

5. We’ll see you ________________ Monday.

18. Circle the correct option in italics to complete these sentences.

1. I knew that Carrie cried / was crying / had been crying because
her eyes were red.

2. Zoe was upset because everyone in her class was forgetting / had
forgotten / had been forgetting her birthday.

3. People realised / hadn’t realised / hadn’t been realising that

whales sing before they heard the first recordings of whale voices in
1970.

4. My last lesson finished ten minutes late and then I ran / was
running / had run to catch the bus!

5. I asked my sister to turn her stereo down, but she didn’t hear me
because she played / was playing / had played her music so loudly!

6. We had to sleep in the airport after we were missing / had missed /

had been missing our flight!

19. Circle the correct option in italics in these sentences.

1. Mandy’s so / such / such a stressed about her exams that she

can’t sleep at night.

2. There was so / such / such a little food in the fridge that I had
nothing to eat when I got home from school.

3. It was so / such / such a surprise to see my aunt in the house. I

thought she was in hospital.

4. Chrissie has had so / such / such a good idea. She thinks we

should have a surprise party for Luke.

5. Rachel sings so / such / such a well that they’ve asked her to

perform at the school concert.

20. Complete these sentences by writing one word in each gap.

1. Mark said the right answer but nobody heard him because he
didn’t say it loudly ___________________________.

2. We found the computer game quite easy. We finished it without

too ___________________________ effort.

3. Going to the mountains by train would be far

___________________________ expensive for us.

4. There are too ___________________________ people in this classroom.

5. Madison didn’t pack ___________________________ clothes. She’s only

got one pair of socks for three days!

21. Circle the correct option in italics in these sentences.

1. I can’t help you unless you don’t tell / tell me what the problem is.

2. If we have / we’ll have time, we can go to a juice bar after school.

3. Don’t eat the egg sandwiches unless you like / you’ll like them.

4. I never go out in the evening if I have / I’ll have homework to do.

5. You’ll fail the course if you don’t study / won’t study.

6. Unless you can read Russian, you don’t find out / won’t find out
much from this website.

22. Complete these sentences by writing the correct form of the

verb in brackets in each gap. Use contractions where possible.

1. If I ________________________________ (meet) the president of the USA,

I’d ask for a selfie.

2. Your computer ________________________________ (not / get) a virus if

you use this anti-virus software.

3. The world’s wildlife ________________________________ (disappear)

unless we fight to protect it.

4. If I ________________________________ (be) an animal, I’d be a shark –

but I can’t explain why!

5. Everyone ________________________________ (see) your Facebook page

if you don’t change the privacy settings.

6. Jim won’t get into the basketball team if he

________________________________ (not / practise).

7. I wouldn’t know what to do if I ________________________________ (not /

have) a smartphone.

8. I don’t know much about music, but if I

________________________________ (write) a song, it would be about you.

24. Complete the sentences by writing a, an or the in the gaps. If no

article is necessary, write ‘–’.

1. Chloe doesn’t eat ______________________ mushrooms because she’s

allergic to them.

2. Look at ______________________ clothes he’s wearing in this photo.

They’re so cool!
3. My cousin works as ______________________ firefighter. She’s so
brave. I couldn’t do it.

4. Is there ______________________ university in Manchester?

5. I play the piano but I don’t actually like ______________________

classical music.

6. My home village is on ______________________ Nile river.

7. I think ______________________ anger is a major problem in modern

society: there’s road rage, air rage ... the list goes on.

8. Nobody seems to care about ______________________ elderly any

more.

26. Complete these sentences by writing the verb in brackets in the

correct form (infinitive or verb + -ing) in each gap.

1. One way _________________________ (improve) your listening skills is

to watch English TV with subtitles.

2. Oh no! I meant _________________________ (sign up) for baseball after

school, but I’ve signed up for ballet by mistake!

3. It’s no use _________________________ (complain) to your friends and

family about the gym. You have to speak to them directly.

4. It is essential _________________________ (stop) bullying in schools

and not be afraid to discuss it with students.

5. I can’t help _________________________ (worry) about my brother. He

goes cycling on the road every day.

27. Complete the sentences by writing in, at, or on in the gaps.

1. There are two stages _____________________ this theatre.

2. It was so beautiful to walk _____________________ the beach.

3. We must take precautions when we go walking

_____________________ the mountains.

4. You have to turn your phone off when you’re _____________________

the plane.

5. Someone’s _____________________ the door. Can you see who it is,

please?

6. The book club meets _____________________ 86 Quarry Street every

Tuesday.

7. Poor Grandma’s been _____________________ hospital for weeks.

29. Complete these sentences by writing one word in each gap. In

some of the sentences, there is more than one possible word.

1. A: I asked them if they wanted to go to the zoo or the park, and

they said ‘lunch’.
B: They _________________________________ have understood your
question.

2. A: Someone wrote this in my book but I’m not sure who it was. It’s
my name in Chinese.
B: It _________________________________ have been Pete because there’s
nobody else here who speaks Chinese.

3. A: I’m sure there were walnuts in this meal because I’ve had a
mild allergic reaction to something.
B: There _________________________________ have been some in the cake
we had for dessert because there were no nuts in any of the other
dishes.

4. A: A parcel has arrived. What do you think it is?

B: I don’t know. It _________________________________ be the book I
ordered, but we won’t know until we open it.

30. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning

to B’s first sentence, using the word in CAPITALS. Do not change the
word.

1. A: I’m sure we saw the actor Alan Rickman in the airport

yesterday!
B: That’s not possible because he died in 2016.
CAN’T
B: You ________________________________ Alan Rickman because he died
in 2016.

2. A: Quick! A shark! Take a photo! Did you get a picture?

B: I’m not sure. Maybe I got it. Let me check.
MIGHT
B: I’m not sure. I ________________________________. Let me check.

3. A: I didn’t sleep well. I woke up screaming in the middle of the

night.
B: You probably had a bad dream.
MUST
B: You ________________________________ a bad dream.

4. A: I can’t find my history book!

B: Look in the living room. Perhaps you’ll find it there.
MAY
B: Look in the living room. You ________________________________.