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B2 - Objective First - U24

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  • You would never turn up to a job interview in a ____ outfit.
    plain
    stylish
    fancy
    scruffy
  • Explain why your credit card (or debit card) might get retained.
    wrong PIN, the band has been demagnetised, card has expired...
  • 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
    made out
    picked up
    worked out
  • What does "ordeal" mean?
    inconvenient situation
    surprising situation
    unpleasant situation
    normal situation with no surprises
  • Why would you need to have your stomach pumped?
    (Student's own answer, ideally with vocab like poison, drugs, overdose, toxins, rotten food, etc.)
  • If you ordered a burger with "all the trimmings" what would you expect to get with your burger?
    (student's own answer: but should be in second conditional)
  • Which word is a synonym of "scared"?
    petrified
    scrambled
    bewildered
  • What do you call the top floor of a luxury building, especially it if has amazing city views?
    Penthouse
  • These adverbs all mean "quickly" but one of them can be used as a synonym for "soon". Which one?
    hastily
    briskly
    instantaneously
    promptly
  • What rules have you broken this year? And what rules would be less likely to break?
    (Student's own answer + present perfect + speculation)
  • Which phrasal verb means "to compensate for something"?
    make do with
    make up for
    make off with
  • Which one is correct?
    I worked out it on my own.
    I worked it out on my own.
  • What word means "run away to avoid being caught"?
    fly
    flee
    flow
    flock
  • What is another word for an ATM? (The place outside the bank where you withdraw money)
    cashpoint machine
  • Which one is correct?
    I put it up with everyday.
    I put up with it everyday.
  • Which one is correct?
    I put it off until tomorrow.
    I put off it until tomorrow.
  • Which word is more or less a synonym for a large metal or wooden box?
    package
    cage
    crate
  • I have been studying late into the night this week, so at the weekend I need to ____ ___ ___ some sleep.
    catch up on
    come up with
    put up with
    keep up with
  • 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
    put ... up with
    get ... over with
  • What is the non-gradable extreme of "angry"?
    Furious
  • 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.
    make out
    look up
    pick up
    work out
  • What expression do we usually use when talking about taking money out of the bank?
    withdraw money / withdraw cash
  • My brother was so good at all his school subjects that it's difficult to ___ __ __ my teachers' expectations.
    keep up with
    put up with
    live up to
    come up with
  • What is the meaning of "bewildered"?
    Confused, puzzled
  • Which one is correct?
    I shooed it away.
    I shooed away it.
  • Why might you need to shoo away an animal? What might be happening?
    (student's on answer with appropriate modal verbs for speculation and probability)
  • Which one is correct?
    I came it up with yesterday.
    I came up with it yesterday.
  • Which sentence means that the woman made the cat leave without touching it?
    The woman shooed the cat away.
    The woman handed the cat over.
    The woman tossed the cat away.
  • Which word is used to describe a person/animal moving strangely in extreme pain?
    horrifying
    slithering
    pumping
    writhing
  • Which sentence is right?
    I pick it up easily
    I picked up it easily.
  • What type of common injuries and ailments often require urgent treatment? Why?
    (Student's own answer)
  • 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
  • I think I need to get my eyes tested. I can't __ __ what the teacher has written on the board.
    work out
    make out
    look up
  • Which word means a "handful of" banknotes or papers?
    wad
    slice
    chunk
  • Which word is an appropriate reaction if you suddenly see something amazing?
    gulp
    gasp
    groan
    grin
  • Complete the sentence with a phrasal verb: Everybody was ravenously hungry and they promptly ____ ___ their plateful of curry.
    tucked into
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