Vocabulary and grammar Quiz (Close Up C2 Unit 5)

____ , they admitted their mistake and tried to make amends.

• To their credit

• To our credit

• In retrospect

• In awe

You can't just expect things to fall into place. You must ____ ahead and make plans.

• leap

• catch

• think

• slip

Come on everyone, let's get ____ to business.

• down

• up

• over

• in

Oh, dear! Please ____ if you're going to be sick.

• tell me

• to tell me

• telling me

• be telling me

They never go out when it ____ because the roads flood.

• was raining

• 's raining

• had rained

• would rain

If Lisa ____ her homework on time, I'm afraid she'll have to stay after school.

• didn't hand it

• will hand in

• won't hand in

• hadn't been handing in

If Charles hadn't given us a lift when he saw us at the bus stop, we ____ there now.

• could't be

• might still be waiting

• weren't waiting

• wouldn't have waited

Do you know where the artist drew ____ from?

• aspiration

• fulfillment

• inspiration

• perseverance

____ the support I had as a child, I'd probably be working as a shop assistant now instead of going to university.

• But for

• As long as

• Provided that

• Supposing

I think Delia ____ a head teacher if she'd really wanted the job.

• can be

• will be

• could have been

• wouldn't be