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B2 First - Use of English Part 2: Open Cloze

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  • Actors must learn the script ___ heart before shooting the film.
    BY HEART (fixed phrase)
  • Even though her name is Josep, he is known ___ Pep by his fans.
    KNOWN AS
  • You ___ to stretch after training to avoid injuries.
    HAVE TO / OUGHT TO (modal verb)
  • I am really excited ___ my upcoming trip to Sweden.
    EXCITED ABOUT (collocation)
  • Researches have ___ working on the prototype for many years.
    HAVE BEEN WORKING (present perfect continuous)
  • ___ sure nobady disturbs you when you are in your online class.
    MAKE SURE (collocation)
  • Only when they saw _______ well he drew did they realise that he was talented.
    HOW
  • The president ran out of ideas and the meeting was called ___.
    CALL OFF. (Phrasal verb: Cancel)
  • Mr Green has a job ___ an estate agent.
    HAVE A JOB AS A
  • Bloggers should keep their website up to ___ for their followers.
    UP TO DATE (fixed phrase)
  • Newspapers are not explaining ___ the situation is improving or not.
    IF/WHETHER (conditional connector)
  • Parents are responsible ___ preparing their children for the real world.
    RESPONSIBLE FOR verb+ing or noun (collocation)
  • The strange thing about Kieron, however, _____ that he is only seven years old.
    IS
  • The manager insisted ___ finishing the paperwork.
    INSIST ON verb+ing or noun (collocation)
  • If you go shopping to day, ___ in mind shops are closing at 8pm.
    KEEP IN MIND / BARE IN MIND (collocation)
  • These headphones are thought to ___ the best in the market.
    THOUGHT TO BE (passive)
  • Students can't borrow pencils ___ their teachers
    BORROW FROM
  • We shouldn't believe everything we see ___ TV
    ON TV (collocation)
  • What’s even ______ surprising is that Kieron doesn’t come from an artistic family
    MORE
  • Products ___ as almonds and chestnuts are expensive.
    SUCH AS (for example)
  • Elderly people might suffer ___ the flu in winter.
    SUFFER FROM
  • He asked his parents if they could buy him a sketch pad and pencils ____ that he could draw them.
    SO
  • It's understandable he is ___ a bad mood, he was fired last week.
    IN A BAD MOOD/IN A GOOD MOOD (fixed phrase)
  • ___ to a survey, 70% of students prefer face-to-face lessons
    ACCORDING TO
  • Ms Peters is regarded ___ a nice and committed teacher
    REGARDED AS (collocation)
  • Even ___ she lives in France, she can't speak the language yet.
    EVEN THOUGH (connector - contrasting)
  • Children complete their exercises ___ pairs to share their ideas.
    IN PAIRS (fixed phrase)
  • Robots controlled ___ technicians are a great innovation to our factories
    CONTROLLED BY (passive)
  • The weather was aweful. ___ top of that, my car didn't start that morning.
    ON TOP OF THAT, (informal connector)
  • Amaia, ___ became famous some years ago, has released a second album
    WHO: RELATIVE PRONOUN FOR A PERSON/PEOPLE
  • ____ first, people couldn't afford solar panels, but not anymore.
    AT FIRST
  • ___ average, English people drink 2 cups of tea a day
    ON AVERAGE (collocation)
  • I usually set up my alarm ___ case I don't get up in time
    IN CASE OF (fixed phrase)
  • He first got inspiration ______ some boats he saw on holiday at the seaside.
    FROM
  • It wasn't ___ 2017 that my business took off.
    UNTIL/TILL
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