Activate! B2 Extra Vocabulary Tests

Test 5

Developed by Pearson Longman Hellas

2009

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1. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 Our Maths teachers never lets us use a … to solve problems.

A calculator

B note

C memory

D timetable

2 You’ll get the worst punishment of your life if you don’t stop … about and get back to work.

A getting

B mudding

C mucking

D controlling

3 All of the children were … for being noisy when the teacher was explaining the lesson.

A controlled

B punished

C passed

D neglected

4 They were the best … I had ever got and my parents were over the moon.

A grades

B multiples

C notes

D numbers

5 While at boarding school, I had to … the worst food of my life; it was tasteless and disgusting.

A endure

B expel

C predict

D neglect

6 In the old days, a great deal of importance was placed on young children learning their … tables.

A memory

B note

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C multiplication

D syllabus

7 None of the teachers could … Billy because he was such a badly-behaved child.

A expel

B break

C keep

D control

8 With the new …, children will have plenty of opportunity to get hands-on experience in Biology

and Chemistry.

A syllabus

B dormitory

C multiplication

D discipline

9 You’ll be in a great deal of trouble if you continue to … the school rules.

A keep

B break

C overdo

D fall behind

10 It took her a long time to … with her school work after she’d been off ill.

A catch up

B hand in

C fall behind

D get off

11 … schools, where students learn a particular trade, are less popular than they were fifty years

ago.

A Hands-on

B Truant

C Vocational

D Challenging

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Test 5

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2009

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12 No one enjoys studying but you just have to sit down and get … with it.

A off

B in

C by

D on

Marks / 12

2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 I have just got enough time to

make/do

my homework before my English class starts.

2 We don’t have enough money with us to

take/make

a taxi so we’ll have to walk.

3 With just a little effort Tina managed to

make/do

great progress with her studies.

4 All of the teachers

took/made

a break in the staff room between classes.

5 We’re

having/making

lunch at one o’clock so don’t be late.

6 He

had/made

a promise to do better, but I was too angry to listen to him.

7 I am

taking/giving

a test on Monday so I’ll have to do plenty of studying over the weekend.

8 All of the children promised to

have/make

an effort to be better-behaved in class.

9 It

took/made

ages for her to walk home and she was later than she had expected to be.

10 Her teacher called, but I was too busy to stop and

do/take

a message.

Marks / 10

Activate! B2 Extra Vocabulary Tests

Test 5

Developed by Pearson Longman Hellas

2009

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3. Complete the sentences with words to do with school. All the letters are given, but

they are mixed up.

1

nobrigda

Jenny attends a ……………. school, but she goes home in the

holidays.

2

oruskoecwr We get some marks from our exams and some from the …………….

which we do during term time.

3

rtutan

If you play ……………. again, I will inform your parents.

4

ftfsa

Members of ……………. will be available to talk about your

children’s progress this term.

5

omdriytor

All of the girls sleep in a big ……………. on the first floor.

6

nimofru

Our ……………. is a grey jumper and skirt or trousers, a white

shirt and a green and gold tie.

7

tedtneino

Mr Collins punished David by giving him ……………. .

8

wgno

Our headmaster always wears a black ……………. over his clothes.

9

rpfesorso

Jilly’s dad is a ……………. of History at the university.

10

ctsitr

Our teacher is very ……………. and we don’t dare speak in class.

Marks / 10

4. Complete each sentence with one word in each space.

1 You know that if you take two weeks out of school, you might fall ………. the rest of the class,

don’t you?

2 What did you ………. for breakfast this morning?

3 All the essays must be handed ………. by nine o’clock on Monday morning.

4 Mrs Green is ill today so we’re going to have to put your test ………. until next week.

5 The children in that classroom are ………. a terrible noise; what’s going on in there?

6 If you check the grammar tables, you should be able to work ………. the correct answer.

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7 You will ………. expelled if you write graffiti on the walls.

8 I have to learn this poem ………. heart for my literature lesson and I can’t remember any of it!

Marks / 8

Total Marks / 40