Optimise B2, Unit 5 - Vocabulary, Words + prepositions

The coach said I would benefit _ _ _ _ _ _ exercising more regularly.

There had been a traffic accident so the police prevented us _ _ _ _ _ _ going any further down the road.

I don't think there's much difference _ _ _ _ _ _ the red one and the blue one.

Paulina seems very anxious _ _ _ _ _ _ the poetry reading. I hope she doesn't get too nervous.

Our teacher insisted _ _ _ _ _ _ putting our books away before we could leave the classroom.

The players have to hit the ball with a ​ (a)   called a hurley, although they can carry the ball in their hands for brief periods. Players can also make body contact with their opponents by charging them with their shoulders. Each team ​ (b)   15 players with up to five other players being used as substitutes. Unlike other sports where it is easy to spot the star players, hurling players don't wear numbers or names on their shirts so no single player ​ (c)   out.

• stick
• consists of
• stands
• rod
• cue
• insists on
• adjusts to
• pulls
• makes

Hurling is an ancient Irish game which is now played all over the world. Dating back around 3,000 years, it bears a resemblance to other games including Gaelic football, rugby and hockey. It is played on a large grass ​ (a)   which has H-shaped goalposts at each end. The goalposts look like the ones used in rugby but in hurling there is the addition of nets. The object of the game is to hit a small ball into the net or over the cross bar to ​ (b)   points.

• pitch
• score
• court
• track
• earn
• beat
• rod
• cue
• makes
• stick

They ​ (a)   both Norway and South Africa in a men's rowing competition and claimed Ireland's first silver medal for rowing. However, it was their funny, down-to- earth interviews during the tournament which really captured the hearts and minds of the public. Where most athletes would be anxious ​ (b)   competing in an Olympic event, Paul O'Donovan told a TV presenter before the semi-finals, 'It isn't too complex really.

• beat
• about
• won
• scored
• drew
• for
• at
• to

A to B as fast as you can go and hope for the best." Since the Olympics, the pair seem to have ​ (a)   well to the media attention. In a recent TV chat show they had the audience in fits of laughter with their sporting anecdotes

• adjusted
• benefitted
• consisted
• cheated

They were hoping to ​ (a)   ​ (b)   the sailing competition but they didn't put their names down in time.

• participate
• in
• banned
• from
• consists
• of
• cheating
• at
• difference
• between