Vocabulary Quiz
2.1 Learning for life
Name: ______________________________________ Class:
1 Complete the sentences with
the missing prepositions.
Manchester City football club has notched
up ten wins in a row this season.
1 I worry before exams, but when actually
faced ___ an exam task I usually manage
to concentrate and do well.
2 Today we’re revising the unit on
the events leading ___ to the flood.
3 I want to brush up ___ my German before
going to Austria.
4 All students had to sign a document which
set ___ their rights and obligations.
5 I looked at the exam paper and I realised
I was completely ___ of my depth.
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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 remember a student in my class who was
always late and used to ___ up
the strangest excuses.
A invent B cook C take
2 Ever since I remember, adults have been
___ it into us that school results are
the most important thing in life.
A insisting B telling C hammering
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3 I’m afraid of speaking in public; I have
to ___ up all my courage to even give
a presentation in class.
A summon B collect C use
4 We’ve been studying so hard; let’s go out
tonight to ___ up a little.
A lighten B amuse C relax
5 You don’t understand how I feel. You’ve
always ___ through exams without any
difficulty.
A swum B rushed C sailed
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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 It wasn’t easy to calm her down – she was
a b_________e of nerves.
2 You’ll find it easier to relax if you keep
things in p_________e.
3 I’d revised that topic thoroughly, but when
the examiner asked me the first question
my mind just went b_________k.
4 When the reporter returned home from
the war zone, his family felt as if
a w_________t had been lifted.
5 With the right attitude, exams don’t have
to make you a nervous w_________k.
_____/5
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2.1 Learning for life
Name: ______________________________________ Class:
4 Complete the sentences with the words
from the box. There are more words
than you need.
stride pounding minefield
calm regurgitating sun looming
I’ve done all the past papers under the
sun. I don’t see how I could do any more.
1 With exams _______________, everyone
is under a lot of stress.
2 As he entered the room, his hands were
sweaty and his heart was ____________.
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3 I wouldn’t start a discussion on this topic
at a party. It’s a ______________– it’d be
very easy to offend someone and make
a few enemies.
4 I feel I’ve been doing nothing but
memorising facts and then ____________
them.
5 He’s very confident and generally takes
everything in his _______________.
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