Vocabulary and Grammar Test Unit 2 Test B

Name: ___________________________________________

Vocabulary
1 Complete the compound nouns with the words below.
holiday resort transport guide trap park
1 My mum considers New York to be a tourist ____________ . Everything is over-priced, and you
can’t have a cheap meal in restaurants.
2 Coogee is a popular beach ____________ in Sydney, Australia. It is a great place for surfers
and scuba divers.
3 Our tour ____________ was great. He showed us around all the interesting places on the island.
4 The public ____________ is excellent in New York, especially the underground train system,
which they call the ‘subway’.
5 Kalbarri is a national ____________ in Australia where you can see famous wildflowers.
6 Daniel decided to go on a package ____________ because he wanted to have his hotel, food
and all his excursions organized by the travel company.

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2 Complete the text with the words below. You can use some words more than once.
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If you are on holiday in Chile and you don’t want to lie on the beach and 1____________
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____________ the sun for hours and hours, why don’t you 3____________ the crowds and
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____________ time 5____________ at the El Tatio geysers, in San Pedro de Atacama? The geysers
of boiling water look fantastic, especially at dawn. You could also 6____________ a tour of local
villages and 7____________ the sights. It’s a great way to 8____________ off the beaten
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____________ and 10____________ to know the local people. If you’re lucky, you can
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____________ part 12____________ one of the wonderful seafood festivals.

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3 Match the words (1–6) to a type of journey (A–F).

1 short journey / leisure activity / day trip to the Tower of London A excursion
2 long distance / through the mountains / walking in boots B voyage
3 stop at different places / friendly guide / on a coach C expedition
4 cabin / cross the ocean / ship D tour
5 check-in / plane / boarding card E flight
6 discover / explorer / a lot of planning F trek

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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below and circle the correct
prepositions.
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1 Where does this path ____________ to / for / on? I don’t want to start walking along it until I
know where it goes. I might get lost.
2 ‘Do you know where the Missouri River ____________ at / on / to the Mississippi River?’ ‘I think
it’s near St. Louis, Missouri. That’s the place where the two rivers join.’
3 On summer weekends, we hire a car and ____________ of / for / at the coast. I love it there on
hot days!
4 If you’re in your car, just ____________ along / after / with this motorway for twenty kilometres
and you’ll see the airport.
5 It’ll take an hour to cycle round the ring road. Why don’t you ____________ off / through / over
the city centre to the swimming pool? It’s a much shorter route.
6 The mountain road ____________ for / around / after Mount Rainier. Drive slowly because of
all the dangerous turns.

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Grammar
5 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Last August, Kevin spent / had spent a few days in Paris with his friends.
2 They went to a hostel that Kevin’s brother had stayed / was staying at the year before.
3 Kevin was worried because he never went / had never been abroad before.
4 On the Saturday afternoon, while they were cycling / had cycled through Paris, Kevin and his
friends saw a lot of famous monuments.
5 They put on sun cream because the sun was shining / had shone and it was hot.
6 Kevin decided / was deciding to buy a history book in a small shop.
7 Kevin couldn’t find his wallet. He realized that he left / had left it somewhere.
8 Then, suddenly, one of his friends ran into the shop. She was holding / had held Kevin’s wallet.
Kevin was so pleased!

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6 Complete the text. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs in
brackets.
In 2006, while they 1____________ (live) in Indonesia, Gordon Vivier and his best friend Catherine
Craffin 2____________ (make) plans to go on a long trek through the tropical rainforest of Sumatra.
The two friends had 3 _________ (want) to visit the rainforest for a long time, but, because they
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____________(never / organize) such an adventure before, they 5____________ (decide) to ask for
advice. Three friendly Indonesians, who they 6____________ (not meet) before, gave them a lot of
information. They invited the Indonesians to come with them on the trek. The two friends
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____________ (try) to learn the local language at the time, so it 8____________ (seem) a good idea
to ask their new friends to come along!

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7 Rewrite the sentences using used to or would, or both when possible. If it is not possible,
write NP.
1 Anna didn’t like travelling as a child. She loves it now!
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2 Travelling by air was much more dangerous back in the age of the first flying machines.
________________________________________________________________________
3 In her younger days, my aunt went on coach tours with her family a lot.
________________________________________________________________________
4 Did you go on an excursion to the historical museum last weekend?
________________________________________________________________________
5 In his twenties, Peter often went on cheap bus tours to Europe.
________________________________________________________________________
6 Derek flew to New Zealand once.
________________________________________________________________________
7 Last summer, we drove all the way to Ireland in a hired car.
________________________________________________________________________
8 During the summer holidays, we often took the boat out on to the river.
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