Fill in the gaps with the correct vocabulary. See how many you can get right out of 50! Check your level using the Score key below.
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10/50- Did you even revise? 15/50- Meh.. 20/50- Not even half! Get back to work! 25/50- Well done. You have attained the status of being an average human being. 30/50- Decent. You’ll get by I suppose. 35/50- Not terrible but not amazing. 40/50- Look at you.. not too shabby! 45/50- Asking good Karma to head your way. You deserve it! 50/50- You are the emperor of everything. Hail Emperor!
Jack and Cindy decided to have a city break and 1) ________ some of the nature in the countryside. Cindy 2) ________ her phone and 3) ________ Instagram to see if there were any nice lodges near a lake or mountains. They though about asking Mike and Polly along because they haven’t 4) ________ with them in ages! Jack 5) ________ the car the night before, so they didn’t have to worry about 6) ________ for petrol on the way there. The pair 7) ________ at 5am on Saturday morning and arrived by 8am. On the way to the lodge, Cindy noticed some cool little shops in the village. She asked her husband “Hey Jack, should we 8) ________ the village later and 9) ________ ? “Great idea hun! I’d like to 10) ________ a shop that has those disposable barbecue sets! That would be unreal for tonight!
1) hung out
2) pop into
3) head into
4) set off
5) pulling in
6) filled up
7) went on
8) dander around
9) flick through
10) check out
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Jack and Cindy decided to have a city break and 1) check out some of the nature in the countryside. Cindy 2) went on her phone and 3) flick through Instagram to see if there were any nice lodges near a lake or mountains. They though about asking Mike and Polly along because they haven’t 4) hung out with them in ages! Jack 5) filled up the car the night before, so they didn’t have to worry about 6) pulling in for petrol on the way there. The pair 7) set off at 5am on Saturday morning and arrived by 8am. On the way to the lodge, Cindy noticed some cool little shops in the village. She asked her husband “Hey Jack, should we 8) head into the village later and 9) dander around ? “Great idea hun! I’d like to 10) pop into a shop that has those disposable barbecue sets! That would be unreal for tonight!
Once Jack and Cindy parked, they went into the grocery store. Cindy 1) ________ the trolley with crisps, sweets and chocolate. “Look babe, we’re gunna 2) ________ tonight!haha!” Jack rolled his eyes. “Hunny, I’m trying to 3) ________, not 4) ________ weight! “Don’t worry, we’ll 5) ________ tomorrow morning to burn some calories! Since Cindy had decided to 6) ________ with all the snacks, Jack decided to 7) ________ on a six pack of some of his favourite craft beers and some water to 8) ________. Normally Jack is quite 9) ________, but on this occasion, he thought ‘why not?!’ Jack and Cindy got all the stuff they needed for their movie night in the lodge. They 10) ________ “Catch me if you can” and then got an early night before their workout the next morning.
1) treat herself
2) chucked on
3) stay hydrated
4) frugal
5) loaded up
6) splash out
7) work out
8) get into shape
9) put on
10) pig out
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Once Jack and Cindy parked, they went into the grocery store. Cindy 1) loaded up the trolley with crisps, sweets and chocolate. “Look babe, we’re gunna 2) pig out tonight!haha!” Jack rolled his eyes. “Hunny, I’m trying to 3) get into shape , not 4) put on weight! “Don’t worry, we’ll 5) work out tomorrow morning to burn some calories! Since Cindy had decided to 6) treat herself with all the snacks, Jack decided to 7) splash out on a six pack of some of his favourite craft beers and some water to 8) stay hydrated. Normally Jack is quite 9) frugal, but on this occasion, he thought ‘why not?!’ Jack and Cindy got all the stuff they needed for their movie night in the lodge. They 10) chucked on “Catch me if you can” and then got an early night before their workout the next morning.
After 1) ________ snacks the previous night, Jack and Cindy were up at 7am for a run around the area. It was a very scenic area filled with piles of 2) ________ . The day couldn’t have started better; the weather was absolutely 3) ________ . The pair ran to the top of a hill so they could get a view of the entire landscape. It was spectacular. However, across the valley, they saw a storm cloud coming their way. “We better get down from this hill and back to the lodge before we get caught in the rain!” said Jack. “Yea, that looks absolutely 4) ________ , replied Cindy. They were just 1km away from the lodge before the rain started 5) ________ . “Keep going! Nearly there”, encouraged Jack. As soon as they got in through the door, their lodge phone rang. “Hello?”, answered Jack. “Hi, it’s Gerald, the owner! I just wanted to call and give you a heads-up that I’ll be 6) ________ in an hour or so and 7) ________ for the tour! After getting showered and ready, Jack and Cindy were ready for their tour. Right on time, Gerald arrived. He too them to see all kinds of animals which were part of the sanctuary. “See these monkeys? They were 8) ________ only 10 years ago! There were only 20 of them left in the world! Mostly it’s because of 9) ________ . The loggers nearly destroyed the whole area before the government stepped in and 10) ________.
1) popping by
2) imposed stricter laws
3) endangered
4) biodiversity
5) habitat destruction
6) binging on
7) lashing down
8) unreal
9) picking you up
10) brutal
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After 1) binging on snacks the previous night, Jack and Cindy were up at 7am for a run around the area. It was a very scenic area filled with piles of 2) biodiversity . The day couldn’t have started better; the weather was absolutely 3) unreal . The pair ran to the top of a hill so they could get a view of the entire landscape. It was spectacular. However, across the valley, they saw a storm cloud coming their way. “We better get down from this hill and back to the lodge before we get caught in the rain!” said Jack. “Yea, that looks absolutely 4) brutal , replied Cindy. They were just 1km away from the lodge before the rain started 5) lashing down . “Keep going! Nearly there”, encouraged Jack. As soon as they got in through the door, their lodge phone rang. “Hello?”, answered Jack. “Hi, it’s Gerald, the owner! I just wanted to call and give you a heads-up that I’ll be 6) popping by in an hour or so and 7) picking you up for the tour! After getting showered and ready, Jack and Cindy were ready for their tour. Right on time, Gerald arrived. He too them to see all kinds of animals which were part of the sanctuary. “See these monkeys? They were 8) endangered only 10 years ago! There were only 20 of them left in the world! Mostly it’s because of 9) habitat destruction . The loggers nearly destroyed the whole area before the government stepped in and 10) imposed stricter laws.
Jack and Cindy were blown away by the 1) ________ work that Gerald was doing. They started thinking about what they could do for nature and for the environment. They started to look at ways to reduce their 2) ________. They started looking into 3) ________ _ practices. They heard about how their mate Kat installed solar panels and bought an electric car. “4) ________ _ is the way forward!”, she would always say. She was a bit extreme in Jack’s books though. In her effort to reduce her 5) ________, she has become a total 6) __________. She does’t buy a thing. Jack couldn’t see himself doing that. Cindy calls him a 7) ________ because he’s always buying the latest tech devices, camping equipment, barbecue sets, car products and football shirts. Kat would often go on and on about the environment and our duty as citizens to protect it to the point that Jack would 8) ________ . Cindy, on the other hand, liked Kats passion and she herself started 9) ________ all the environmental magazines and blogs to better understand what she could do. She read so many compelling stories of people changing their lifestyles. One woman she read about actually bought an old barn in the countryside and 10) ________. She lives there off-grid and makes videos educating people on living off the land.
1) zone out
2) sustainability
3) carbon footprint
4) fixed it up
5) renewable energy
6) going through
7) minimalist
8) conservation
9) shopaholic
10) environmental impact
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Jack and Cindy were blown away by the 1) conservation work that Gerald was doing. They started thinking about what they could do for nature and for the environment. They started to look at ways to reduce their 2) carbon footprint . They started looking into 3) sustainability practices. They heard about how their mate Kat installed solar panels and bought an electric car. “4) renewable energy is the way forward!”, she would always say. She was a bit extreme in Jack’s books though. In her effort to reduce her 5) environmental impact , she has become a total 6) minimalist __. She does’t buy a thing. Jack couldn’t see himself doing that. Cindy calls him a 7) shopaholicbecause he’s always buying the latest tech devices, camping equipment, barbecue sets, car products and football shirts. Kat would often go on and on about the environment and our duty as citizens to protect it to the point that Jack would 8) zone out . Cindy, on the other hand, liked Kats passion and she herself started 9) going through all the environmental magazines and blogs to better understand what she could do. She read so many compelling stories of people changing their lifestyles. One woman she read about actually bought an old barn in the countryside and 10) fixed it up. She lives there off-grid and makes videos educating people on living off the land.
On their way back home after a great weekend in the countryside, Jack turned to Cindy and said “Hey love, let’s 1) ________ our apartment and buy a place in the countryside!” “You’re mad in the head! We haven’t 2) ________ and you want to go buy a house?” “It’ll be fine! We’ll 3) ________ and use that money for our payments. We’ll be able to get a much cheaper place in the countryside. If we save up, I reckon we’ll be able to 4) ________ on a property here in 6 months. We’ll obviously get something older.. it’ll need 5) ________ here and there, but we can do it! Plus, your parents live nearby, so they can 6) ________ more often! You always said that you liked how 7) ________ your family were growing up because they lived so close. Wouldn’t it be nice to 8) ________ our kids near family and nature instead of 9) ________ their phones all day?” Cindy smiled. “Sounds good.” She 10) ________ the radio and looked out the window silently imagining what her new life might look like.
1) touching up
2) scrolling through
3) stuck on
4) tight
5) bring up
6) rent out
7) take out a loan
8) move out
9) paid off our mortgage
10) drop by
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On their way back home after a great weekend in the countryside, Jack turned to Cindy and said “Hey love, let’s 1) move out our apartment and buy a place in the countryside!” “You’re mad in the head! We haven’t 2) paid off our mortgage and you want to go buy a house?” “It’ll be fine! We’ll 3) rent out and use that money for our payments. We’ll be able to get a much cheaper place in the countryside. If we save up, I reckon we’ll be able to 4) take out a loan on a property here in 6 months. We’ll obviously get something older.. it’ll need 5) touching up here and there, but we can do it! Plus, your parents live nearby, so they can 6) drop by more often! You always said that you liked how 7) tight your family were growing up because they lived so close. Wouldn’t it be nice to 8) bring up our kids near family and nature instead of 9) scrolling through their phones all day?” Cindy smiled. “Sounds good.” She 10) stuck on the radio and looked out the window silently imagining what her new life might look like.
