Homework
Unit 2 Vocabulary 2 + Grammar 2
1. (1 point) Match the phrasal verbs with their meaning.
get on/off • set off • get into/out of • check in • get away
1) Show your ticket at an airport. _________________
2) Enter / leave a train, bus or plane. __________________
3) Start a journey. _____________________
4) Enter / leave a car. __________
5) Go somewhere for a rest. _______________
2. (1 point) Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
There is 1 preposition that you don’t need to use.
back • on • off • down • in • out of
1) I really hope the car doesn't break ____________ again while I'm
driving.
2) The police asked the woman to get ____________ the car.
3) They set ____________ at 6.45 am to get to the train station in
time.
4) We'll be on the platform when her train gets ____________ at ten
past twelve.
5) If you get ____________ the bus first, you can save me a seat.
3. (1 point) Rewrite these sentences using used to or would.
1) The writer said that he usually took inspiration from looking at
nature.
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2) Grace enjoyed sky diving when she was younger.
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3) We went on backpacking holidays but we haven't been on one
for ages.
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4) My grandparents were in the habit of planning their holidays
very carefully.
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5) I remember this place being perfectly clean.
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4. (2 points) Choose the best answers to complete the text.
Once the fear of flying (1) ____________ to stop many people from
getting on a plane. But then airline companies started to offer
Fearless Flyer courses and travelling has never been easier. We
can read lots of success stories of people who (2) ____________ they
were never going to take a flight again, but then, after a ground
session with a pilot, haven't stopped flying since. One of these
stories reads as follows: “l've always loved travelling, and this fear
(3) ____________ to ruin my holidays as well as my friendships.
Normally, my friends (4) ____________ and I (5) ____________ a train,
or more than one. Once it took me two days to join my friends,
and they weren't happy at all. Then I (6) ____________ about the
Fearless Flyer course. I must confess that when I booked I thought
I (7) ____________ my money, but I was wrong. The pilot and the
flight assistant were amazing — they explained to us how to
control our fear, how a plane flies, and then answered all our
questions. My flight was the next day. I was a bit nervous, but the
flight assistant was always telling us exactly what (8) ____________ at
each moment. Then I did the relaxation techniques they (9)
____________ us the day before, and by the time the plane (10)
____________, all my fears had gone”.
1. A would / B used to / C use to / D used
2. A would promise/ B used to promise/C had promised/ D were promising
3. A used to start /B was starting / C started / D had started
4. A would fly / B used to fly / C had flown / D A or B
5. A was taking / B would take / C had taken / D have taken
6. A heard / B had heard / C was hearing / D used to hear
7. A wasted / B was wasting / C used to waste / D A or C
8. A happened / B used to happen / C was happening / D had happened
9. A taught / B used to teach / C were teaching / D had taught
10. A had took off / B would take off / C used to take off / D took off