Destination B2 grammar & vocabulary test Collection

Malcolm Mann
Units 17-18

1. If you need to … the teacher’s attention, just put your hand up.

A) pull B) attract C) capture D) draw
2. Make sure you … your homework before you go out.
A) make B) solve C) write D) do
3. Could I … a suggestion? Why not have piano lessons?
A) have B) do C) put D) make
4. I really don’t … the point of taking the exam when you’re not ready for it.
A) take B) see C) have D) mind
5. I’ll meet you at the school gates during the lunch …
A) break B) gap C) interval D) pause
6. Do you think you could pass that book … to me, please?
A) under B) through C) over D) in
7. Mrs Dawson said that we are … our lesson in the library next Monday.
A) having B) making C) reading D) going
8. In English yesterday, we had a discussion … different culturies.
A) around B) about C) for D) from
9. … my opinion, maths shouldn’t be a compulsory subject.
A) From B) To C) At D) In
10. When you … the exam tomorrow, try to stay calm and relaxed.
A) make B) write C) take D) answer
11. My dad wants me to go to university, but I’m in … minds about it.
A) my B) two C) some D) different
12. I still have a lot … about the English language.
A) learning B) to learn C) for learning
D) of learning
13. If the examiner can’t … sense of your writing, you’ll get low mark.
A) make B) bring C) take D) understand
14. I hadn’t studied, so when the teacher asked me I had … idea.
A) none B) no C) even D) not
15. I wonder if you could tell me who was awarded the … ?
A) scholar B) scholarship C) scholarly
D) scholastic
16. Do you think that you pay enough … in class?
A) attend B) attentive C) attentively
D) attention
17. Could you tell me what the … to number seven is?
A) solve B) solvable C) unsolvable
D) solution
18. My dad said I’d better spend more time on my …
A) study B) student C) studious
D) studies
19. Joshua was suspended from school for a week for bad …
A) behave B) behaviour C) behaves
20. I did six hours of … for the test and I still failed.
A) revise B) revision C) revised
21. I didn’t expect our history teacher … us so much homework.
A) giving B) to give
C) give D) to giving
22. Do you remember … to school for the very first time?
A) go B) to go C) of going D) going
23. I started doing my homework when I got home from school, but I stopped … my favourite show.
A) watch B) watching
C) to watch D) from watching
24. Please don’t forget … your essays during Friday’s lesson.
A) handing in B) to hand in
C) hand in D) to handing in
25. Our teacher made the whole class … after the lesson because we had been so noisy.
A) staying B) for staying
C) to stay D) stay
26. ‘What was Derek’s reaction to the accusation?’
‘Well, he denied … anywhere near the house at the time.’
A) being B) to be C) be D) of being
27. I was very proud when I was told that I’d been made a …
A) pupil B) student C) prefect
D) classmate
28. With a little hard work, I’m sure you’ll … a lot this year.
A) reach B) succeed C) achieve D) qualify
29. Who … you how to cook so well?
A) taught B) learned C) made
D) explained
30. Lee didn’t do so well in the test because he hadn’t …
A) written B) studied C) read D) learned
31. I think you need to … your ideas more clearly so that the reader doesn’t get confused.
A) dawn on B) get on with
C) set out D) give in
32. Oh, no! We’ve got a double maths … next!
A) subject B) interval C) lesson D) task
33. I’m hoping to study English … at university.
A) literate B) literally C) literature D) literal
34. Well, Mrs Turner, you’ll be pleased to hear that Georgia has made a big … in geography.
A) improve B) improvement C) improved
35. I’ve always admired our music teacher … being so patient.
A) for B) from C) to D) with
36. My new school is quite similar … my old one.
A) with B) from C) for D) to