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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Quiz 2024
Level: B2 First
Student's name: __________________ Date:
Teacher: Romina Iazzolino

Grammar Vocabulary
Task 1
Task 1
Choose the correct words to complete the
Choose the correct words to complete the
sentences.
sentences.
1 St Ives in Cornwall would / used to be a fishing
16 I’m so excited! We’re going on holiday to Peru. My
village. Now it’s a very busy holiday resort.
mum booked / ordered the flights last night.
2 By the time our flight finally landed / was landing, we
17 Apps like Duolingo allow you to learn daily /
didn’t eat / hadn’t eaten for twelve hours.
everyday words in another language before your
3 Helen was riding / rode her bike downhill when she
holiday.
hit / was hitting a cat that ran in front of her.
18 You can use your mobile to keep / guard a record of
4 They were going to ride / had been riding on the
where you go and what you do on holiday.
London Eye but it was / had been fully booked.
19 I don’t want to lose / spend time queuing to see the
5 ‘Now, have you done / were you doing your
sights. I’m going to pre-book my tickets on the
homework, all of you?’ asked / was asking our
internet.
teacher.
20 Danny achieved / succeeded his goal of climbing
6 Kurt had been planning / was planning to go to the
Rysy, the highest mountain in Poland.
USA, when he had won / won a week’s holiday.
21 Walking on ancient ruins causes severe damage /
7 I was / had been late for my exam and by the time I
casualty to the stones in the parts of the ruins that
got to school, the teachers had finished / had been
are left.
finishing taking in all the exam papers.
22 Tourism can have a negative reaction / impact on
the country visited and cause an increase in pollution
Task 2 or prices
23 The popularity of mass / multitude tourism
Complete the text with the correct past form of
destinations can mean there are too many tourists in
these verbs.
places like Venice.
ask book cost have reach smoke 24 I hope we don’t meet / run into problems at the
take off wait airport. Last year, our flight was delayed by eight
hours!
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I am writing to complain about the summer holiday my Task 2
family took with you to Crete last August. Our flight (8)
two hours late, and, to make matters worse, there Complete the sentences with the correct form of a
wasn’t any food left by the time the flight stewards (9) phrasal verb with up.
our row in the plane. We thought we (10)
a free transfer from the airport to the hotel, but when we 25 I waited an hour for the bus, but none came. In the
came into arrivals no-one (11) for us. We end, I waiting and called a taxi.
had to get a taxi instead and it (12) fifty 26 We saw an amazing Shakespeare play last night.
The actors were in costumes from the
Euros! But there was worse to come. The previous
holiday makers (13) in our rooms and so 1600s.
27 My parents have just bought a house in Spain and
they smelled very strongly of smoke. We (14)
want us to a name for it. I like the
for our money back, but changed our minds when the
hotel manager came and talked to us. He said he was name ‘Villa Bella’, but my sister wants to call it
sorry we (15) such a bad experience so ‘Buena Vista’.
28 For some people, the word ‘England’
far and arranged for us to have non-smoking rooms. He
also ordered us a free meal on room service when he images of Big Ben and afternoon tea.
found out that we hadn’t eaten. I still think we should get 29 Our flight was delayed by twelve hours so we
some money back, though. spending the night at the airport.
30 The activity holiday my expectations.
There wasn’t enough to do each day.
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