Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2

2.1 Learning for life Group B

Name: ______________________________________ Class: Total: /20

1 Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions.

Manchester City football club has notched up ten wins in a row this season.

1 When our parents were learning foreign languages at school, books in English were
difficult to come ___, and of course there was no Internet.

2 May I use your phone to call my mum? I forgot to top mine ___ and I haven’t got any
credit left.

3 Take this medicine twice a day. It will take a few days for the effect to kick ___.

4 I learn more effectively when I concentrate on one thing instead of flitting ___ topics.

5 He panicked so much before the final exams, and then he just sailed ___ them.

_____/5
2 Choose the correct option.

There are so many books ___ up on my desk they’re threatening to fall over any
moment.
A collected B piled C lying

1 I’m quite overwhelmed; I’m ___ in past papers and revision notes.
A sitting B disappearing C swimming

2 Chris intends to ___ up on his Spanish before travelling to Mexico.

A brush B revise C look

3 When I was in primary school, I loved it when my teacher praised me; I just ___ it up.
A swallowed B lapped C gathered

4 Let’s ___ things in perspective, OK? Even if you fail this exam, it doesn’t mean your
life is over.
A keep B place C understand

5 I find oral exams quite stressful; I always feel my heart ___ when I enter the exam
room.
A pounding B jumping C aching
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 Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2
2.1 Learning for life Group B

Name: ______________________________________ Class:

3 Complete the sentences with the missing words.

The first and the last letters of the words have been given.
Stop moaning, get a grip and just finish this essay.

1 With problems at school and problems at home, he sometimes felt like a nervous
w___________k.

2 There were my sister’s friends from university at the party. When they started
discussing world politics, I was quite out of my d___________h.

3 I’m not sure how she does it, but she seems able to take everything
in her s___________e.

4 Perhaps you’d like to read this post – it explains how to get rid of the feeling of
‘butterflies in your s___________h’.

5 At first I was nervous, but then all of a sudden I felt a c___________m come over me.
I relaxed and didn’t worry any more.
_____/5

4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are more words
than you need.

bundle blank minefield sun frazzled manic weight

I’ve done all the past papers under the sun. I don’t see how I could do any more.

1 After a whole weekend of revision we were all just ____________, totally exhausted.

2 I must do something to relax; I’m such a ____________ of nerves.

3 I’m so happy to be done with all my exams. It’s as if a ____________ has been lifted.

4 Things are really hectic at the moment; everyone’s ____________with last-minute

revision.

5 Do you know the feeling of your mind suddenly going ____________ even though
you know the answer to a question?
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