Unit 2: Urbanization- Structures and Grammar

The purpose of secondary education is to give students common knowledge to _______ either higher education or vocational education.

• prepare for
• capable of
• acceptable to
• suffer from

He had not parked in front of the house because he had no desire to _______ attention to himself.

• draw
• come to
• show
• pay

When troubled, kids are more prone to misbehave and less able to concentrate, and it can be a struggle keeping learners _______ in such cases.

• posted
• informed
• engaged
• occupied

You should _______ what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all the

• liable for
• concentrate on
• emerge from
• suspicious of

If you’re both going to lie, at least _______ the same story and don’t contradict each other!

• stick out
• stick on
• stick in
• stick to

Mr. Obama is scheduled to arrive in the Danish capital early Friday, in time to make a _______ to the voting members of the International Olympic Committee.

• presentation
• presentative
• presentable
• presentational

They normally give new employees a little while to settle _______ before they overload them _______ work.

• up - at
• in - with
• down – by
• of - of

I could tell my students were starting to _______ during my class, so I brought out the projector and started using old cartoons to illustrate my points.

• switch off
• shut down
• showed up
• count on

The area is a fantastic place to _______, Pastron says, because of its immigrant history and rapid settlement in the 19th century.

• do research
• take amiss
• make allowance
• get tough

Most financial advisers _______ that you buy individual life insurance, at least as a supplement.

• recommence
• recommend
• recommendation
• recombination