B2 - Objective First - U24 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 36 Public

Vocabulary review and some grammar

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What word means "run away to avoid being caught"?

fly

flee

flock

flow

10

These adverbs all mean "quickly" but one of them can be used as a synonym for "soon". Which one?

promptly

hastily

briskly

instantaneously

15

What does "ordeal" mean?

surprising situation

inconvenient situation

unpleasant situation

normal situation with no surprises

5

Which word means a "handful of" banknotes or papers?

chunk

slice

wad

10

Which phrasal verb means "to compensate for something"?

make up for

make do with

make off with

5

Which word is more or less a synonym for a large metal or wooden box?

crate

package

cage

5

Complete the sentence with a phrasal verb: Everybody was ravenously hungry and they promptly ____ ___ their plateful of curry.

tucked into

15

Complete the sentences with a phrasal verb: I wasn't keen to watch the Super Mario film, but my friend ___ me ___ giving it a chance.

talked ... into

15

Use a phrasal verb to complete: I hate doing maths homework, but it's better to ___ it ____ ___ instead of leaving it till last.

catch ... up on

get ... over with

put ... up with

10

I have been studying late into the night this week, so at the weekend I need to ____ ___ ___ some sleep.

catch up on

put up with

keep up with

come up with

10

My brother was so good at all his school subjects that it's difficult to ___ __ __ my teachers' expectations.

live up to

come up with

put up with

keep up with

15

I think I need to get my eyes tested. I can't __ __ what the teacher has written on the board.

make out

work out

look up

10

I'm having trouble understanding trigonometry. I've read the instructions clearly 5 times but I can't __ __ what the answer is in this maths problem.

pick up

look up

work out

make out

10

I'm quite good with languages so when we went to Venice I ___ __ a bit a Italian just by listening and reading carefully.

looked up

worked out

made out

picked up

10

Which sentence is right?

I pick it up easily

I picked up it easily.

5

Which one is correct?

I came it up with yesterday.

I came up with it yesterday.

5