B2 Practice 1

As part of my old job, I ______________ abroad a lot.

• travelled

• am travelling

• will travel

• had travelled

Last week, a thief ​ (a)   my house. He ​ (b)   all of my jewellery, along

with my television set. ​ ​ (c)   , I thought I had left the door unlocked by mistake. But then,

I ​ (d)   at the window and realised the glass was broken. I called the police right away,

but they weren’t very helpful. They just told me to avoid keeping expensive things in the house. Now, I

​ (e)   buying an alarm to keep this from happening again.​

• broke into
• stole
• At first
• looked
• am considering
• At last
• noticed
• broke down

My sister was ill for a whole month. She had no energy and had ​ (a)   in bed all day. She couldn’t

go to school, so she ​ (b)   in class. The doctor told her she ​ (c)   eat

well and drink a lot of fluids. Being ill is not much fun, so I spent my time ​ (d)   to cheer her up

as much as I could. I bought her little presents and kept her company. We played a lot of computer games together,

talked a lot, and read magazines. Overall, she had a positive attitude the entire time, even though it took such a long

time for her to ​ (e)   her illness.

• to stay
• fell behind
• should
• trying
• get over
• fell out
• can
• get on with

My mother is a primary school (a)   . (TEACH).

What is your (a)   kind of food? (FAVOUR)

I am not good at making (a)   . (DECIDE)

He is a (a)   basketball player. (PROFESSION)

She wants to have a (a)   wedding. (TRADITION)

The reports show that it was a (a)   year for the company. (SUCCESS)

He is tall, thin and extremely (a)   . Don’t you think? (ATTRACT)