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Vocabulary Bank

Interactive exercises for all 10 units. Phrasal verbs, word-building, collocations and more.

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Unit 1 B1+
Unit 1 — Hello!
Describing homes & areas · Phrasal verbs (on/up)
1B Describing homes and areas ▾

Match each comment with the correct description (1–10).

It's miles away from town.
At least ten bedrooms.
Walk to the main square.
All shopping nearby.
Not safe after dark.
Lots of bars & restaurants.
One room and a toilet.
1C Phrasal verbs (on / up) ▾

Fill in the correct phrasal verb in its correct form.

1. Who do you most ? Why?
2. When did you last have to your room?
3. I didn't even when it was hard.
4. Who do you best in your family?
5. Things can't like this any longer.
6. I'll from the hotel at 7.
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Unit 2 B1+
Unit 2 — Talents
Make & Do · Compound nouns
2A Make and Do ▾

Choose make or do for each phrase.

1___ your best
2___ a mess
3___ the laundry
4___ a speech
5___ an exam
6___ a suggestion
7___ good progress
8___ the washing-up
2B Compound nouns ▾

Fill in the correct compound noun to complete each sentence.

1. They gave me a new to drive.
2. I met my annual in six months.
3. I'm getting some in my first job.
4. I'd love to work in the .
5. It's time I got a !
6. We have a good at work.
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Unit 3 B1+
Unit 3 — Explore
Verbs + dependent prepositions · Social norms
3B Verbs with dependent prepositions ▾

Fill in the correct verb from the box: care, comment, participate, concentrate, contribute, respond, apologise, suffer, invest

1. Kids need to learn to for their pets.
2. He refused to on the stories in the media.
3. Our school is going to in the project.
4. It's so noisy! I can't on my work.
5. I didn't feel I had anything to to the discussion.
6. I'm calling to for what I said.
7. I from a bad back.
3C Social norms and customs ▾

Match the verb with its phrase.

try to ___
ask ___
hold ___
split ___
shake ___
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Unit 4 B1+
Unit 4 — Incidents
Verbs & nouns same form · Prefixes over- / under-
4A Verbs and nouns with the same form ▾

Fill in the word from the box that fits both sentences: export, flood, object, present, promise, protest, research, trust

1. Have you ever attended a public ?
2. What kinds of things does your country ?
3. Have you ever done any ? What on?
4. Has there ever been a bad in your city?
5. Have you ever made a and broken it?
4C Prefixes: over- and under- ▾

Add over- or under- to the word to complete each sentence.

1. I'm overworked and .
2. This steak is very !
3. If you ask me, footballers are .
4. My country is still .
5. "Nice" must be the most adjective in English.
6. We completely the cost.
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Unit 5 B1+
Unit 5 — Success
Word building: verbs → nouns · Confusing words
5A Word building: verbs to nouns (-ion) ▾

Fill in the correct noun or verb form.

1. They need to take to deal with the situation.
2. I can't payments over £1000.
3. There's a lot of between the companies.
4. I've been with the company since its in 2002.
5. I just couldn't her to change her mind.
5C Confusing words ▾

Choose the correct word.

1I have to stay in and ___ for my test.
2Sorry I'm late. I ___ my bus.
3I started my ___ as a lawyer.
4She's very ___ and gets upset easily.
5It didn't have much ___ on his accent.
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Unit 6 B1+
Unit 6 — Stories
Adjectives for films · Prepositional phrases · Newspaper headlines
6A Adjectives to describe films & TV ▾

Match the description to the correct adjective.

Knew the ending after 10 mins.
Lots of blood and fighting.
Couldn't work out who anyone was.
Hard-to-understand character.
6B Prepositional phrases ▾

Choose the correct preposition: on, in or by.

1found it ___ chance
2know it ___ heart
3deleted it ___ accident
4travelling ___ your own
5get there ___ time
6been ___ debt
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Unit 7 B1+
Unit 7 — Health & Money
Phrases with have · Money and banks
7A Phrases with have ▾

Fill in the correct noun: appointment, headache, infection, injection, insurance, operation, rest, stitches, temperature, treatment, virus, X-ray

1. I really need to see a doctor. I don't have an though.
2. It was a nasty cut — I had to have ten .
3. She had a of 39 degrees.
4. He had a heart problem and had to have an .
5. Luckily I had health which covered the costs.
6. The doctor said I need to go home and have a good long .
7B Money and banks ▾

Match the verb with its phrase.

withdraw
transfer
invest
charge
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Unit 8 B1+
Unit 8 — Connections
Phrasal verbs with out · Relationships vocabulary
8A Phrasal verbs with out ▾

Fill in the correct phrasal verb: check out, die out, fall out, hang out, miss out, sort out, speak out, work out

1. If you , you spend a lot of time with someone.
2. If something , it eventually disappears.
3. I couldn't what was causing the problem.
4. We about money and haven't spoken since.
5. I'm not happy but I'm too scared to .
6. Get tickets early so we don't .
8B Relationships ▾

Choose the correct phrase to replace the underlined words.

1We have known each other for years.
2They broke up last year.
3We moved away and stopped communicating.
4We have very different opinions about politics.
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Unit 9 B1+
Unit 9 — Society
Word building: adjectives · Society vocabulary
9A Word building: adjectives from nouns ▾

Fill in the adjective form of each noun.

1. ability →
2. anxiety →
3. charity →
4. equality →
5. creativity →
6. generosity →
7. probability →
9B Society vocabulary ▾

Choose the correct phrase to complete each sentence.

1Having excellent ___ is one reason why life expectancy is so high.
2If the government cuts ___ , more children will grow up in poverty.
3Everyone should have full access to ___.
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Unit 10 B1+
Unit 10 — Change
History verbs · Word building · Colour expressions
10A History verbs ▾

Fill in the correct verb: abolish, discover, elect, form, introduce, invade, invent, launch, sign, transform

1. When was the death penalty in France?
2. Who the steam engine?
3. In which city did The Beatles ?
4. When was the first iPhone onto the market?
5. Who gravity?
10C Colour expressions ▾

Choose the correct colour expression.

1They gave the plan the ___ light.
2I woke up the next day with a ___ eye.
3It's a ___ opportunity — don't miss it.
4It was completely out of the ___.
5Nice to be in the ___ for a change.