BACK-UP 2 OF REVIEW 2

C1 – C2 LEVEL
Part 1. Write one word in each gap (grammatical unit).

The pencil
Because the pencil (1) …………………. become such a fundamental part of our lives,
it’s difficult to remember that people (2) ……………. not been using them forever.
Like other products of human ingenuity, pencils had to be invented.
Before the first half of the sixteenth century, people (3) …………… to use pens to
write with and brushes to paint with. It (4) ……………… also possible to use a metal
stick to make faint marks on paper. However, up to that point no one (5) ………………… found an easy
way to make marks that could be erased. Then, some time before 1565, a large deposit of chemical,
graphite, (6) …………… found near Borrowdale in Cumbria, England. The locals (7) ……………… use
this graphite (a kind of soft black rock) to mark sheep. Soon, tales of this unusual soft substance (8)
…………………. spread to artists around the world, who were eager to use it to produce works of art.
Graphite is soft and dirty, and in order to write or draw with it, it (9) ………… to have to be covered in
something, such as sheepskin or string. People had (10) ……………... trying to improve the pencil for
some time before manufacturers in Italy came up with the idea of enclosing the graphite in a wooden
case. The modern pencil was born.
(1 mark per answer)
Part 2. Write a phrasal verb in the correct form to replace the words in italics. Use the word given
in brackets.
11. We should redecorate ………………………… Jake’s bedroom now he’s left home. (up)
12. You need to put in using the keyboard ……………………… your details and then press “enter”. (in)
13. Did you hear they’re thinking of getting rid of …………………… identity cards? (away)
14. Have you recorded on all of …………………… the blank CDs I gave you, or have you got some left?
(up)
15. You’ll regret it if you don’t make a copy of …………………… your important data. (up)
16. Let’s try …………………… your new game and see if it works. (out)
17. The image on the screen slowly disappeared …………………… and I knew it was a computer virus.
(away)
18. Why don’t you remove …………………… those wet things and put something dry on? (out)
(1 mark per answer)

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Part 3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including
the word given.
19. Don’t you think we should decorate the bedroom soon? UP
Isn’t it about time ……………………………………………… the bedroom?
20. I started working at eight and I was still working at six in the evening, when you called. BEEN
When you called, …………………………………………………… ten hours.
21. Being in the prison seems to have changed Kelvin’s behaviour for the better. LEAF
Kelvin has …………………………………………………… he got out of prison.
22. We often went to the seaside with our grandparents as children. WOULD
Our grandparents ……………………………………………. to the seaside as children.
23. Why should I offer you advice if you won’t listen? USE
What’s …………………………………………… you advice if you won’t listen?
24. It’s about seven years now since Laura started to learn Russian. LEARNING
Laura ……………………………………………… seven years.
25. Don’t complain about it to me because it won’t make any difference. GOOD
It’s ……………………………………………… it because it won’t make any difference.
26. Being with the older children soon stopped being threatening when I went to secondary school. USED
Secondary school was frightening, but I …………………………………… with the older children.
(2 marks per answer)

Part 4. Complete using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box.
wear out turn into take apart switch on
mix up make into change into change around

27. Could you send someone to have a look at my computer, because nothing happens when I ………….
it ………………….?
28. I ………………… my watch ……………… to see what was wrong with it, but I can’t put it back
together again!
29. Your essay would make more sense if you ……………. the second and third paragraphs ………….
30. One of the miracles of nature is the way a caterpillar ……………………… a butterfly.
31. I played so much football last season that I …………………………. two pairs of boots!

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32. My CDs were all in order and now someone’s ………………… them ………………….
33. In the story, Cinderella coach’s ……………………………… a pumpkin at midnight.
34. I think they’ve ……………………… the old library ……………. a really nice space for children to
read in.
(1 mark per answer)

Part 5. Complete each dialogue using the appropriate form of an idiom in the box.

35. “Do you think they might pick Lisa on Thursday?”

“It would really …………………………………. for them to choose
turn over a new leaf
a woman to run the club, but I hope so.”
36. “I thought you were going to tell Nigel you were angry with
the tools of the trade
him.”
“Well, I ………………………………………… and decided to just
stick to your guns
ignore it after all.”
37. “Your son’s behavior in class has improved this term, Mrs.
reinvent the wheel
Harris.”
“Oh, good. Let’s hope he’s …………………………………. .”
know sth inside out
38. “Is your research based on other people’s work?”
“Some of it. Well, there’s no point ………………………………….,
have a change of heart
is there?”
39. “I’m not sure whether to change my mind and Jenny go to the
change your tune
party.”
“I think you should ……………………………………… and show
break the mould
her you’re serious.”
40. “I wish Terry wouldn’t be so thoughtless all the time.”
all mod cons
“I know, but ………………………………………, you know.”
41. “I’m thinking of asking Felicity out on a date.”
a leopard can’t change its
“You’ve ………………………………………………, haven’t you?
You said she annoyed you.”
spots
42. “You’ve got a lot of books on computing languages.”
“It’s what I do for a living, so they’re just ………………………….,
really.”

(1 mark per answer)

Total mark: ………. / 50.

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 ANSWER KEY
1. has 2. have 3. used 4. was 5. had
6. was 7. would 8. had 9. used 10. been
11. do up 12. key in 13. doing away 14. used up 15. back up
with
16. test out 17. faded away 18. change out of 19. we did up
20. I had been working for 21. turned over a new leaf since
22. would often take us 23. the use of me / my offering
24. has been learning Russian for about 25. no good complaining to me about
26. soon got used to being 27. switch … on 28. took … apart 29. changed … r
30. turns into / changes into 31. wore out 32. mixed up
33. turns into / changes into / turned into / changed into
34. made / turned … into 35. break the mould
36. had a change of heart 37. turned over a new leaf
38. reinventing the wheel 39. stick to your guns
40. a leopard can’t change its spots 41. changed your tune / had a change of heart
42. the tools of the trade