Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________

Intermediate Language Practice

Vocabulary Test 3 (Units 12–16)

1a Match the words in the box with the definitions.

cruise journey tour travel trip voyage

0 the general activity of moving from place to place (uncountable noun) travel
1 going from one place to another, usually over a long distance or long time
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2 going to a place, staying there, and coming back again ________________
3 a circular journey during which you visit several places ________________
4 a holiday on a large ship ________________
5 a long journey by sea or in space ________________

b Now complete each sentence with a word from the same box.

0 Foreign travel is very popular these days.

1 The sightseeing ________________ costs €15. You see Big Ben, the Tower of
London and St Paul’s.
2 We drove from Germany all the way down to Italy. It was a two-day
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3 The ________________ from England to America across the Atlantic took
several weeks.
4 My parents are going on a ________________ around the Caribbean Islands.
5 They’ve just come back from a ________________ to Ireland. They had a
wonderful time.

2 The words in italics are in the wrong sentences. Find the best word for each
sentence.

0 We weren’t sure what to order for lunch, so we asked for the whistle. menu
1 There are no cars in the city centre – it’s a traffic-free menu.
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2 If you can’t afford a hotel, why not stay in a youth crossing?
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3 The morning rush tyre lasts from seven until half past nine.
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4 We can’t drive to Italy in one day. We’ll need to make an overnight hour.
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5 Sorry I’m late. I was stuck in a traffic zone. ________________

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6 It’s safer to walk along the road a bit and use the pedestrian hostel.
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7 I had to push my bike all the way up the hill. I got a flat stop.
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8 The players must stop when they hear the referee’s jam. ________________

3 Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Hi James
We’re on holiday at the moment and we’ve brought our (0) B with us. It’s small but
quite comfortable. We’re (1) ______ in France for two weeks, right in the middle of
the French (2) ______ . There’s some wonderful (3) ______ around here. There’s
even a small (4) ______ where I can (5) ______ fishing. The place has certainly
(6) ______ up to our expectations.
Actually, we’re lucky to be here as a car (7) ______ into a lorry in front of us on the
motorway in England and we nearly (8) ______ the boat. Sarah was ill for a short
while and I had to go to the (9) ______ in the nearest village to get her some aspirin.
She seems to have got (10) ______ her illness now, but I had to make all the
(11) ______ for a couple of days. As you know, I’m not the best (12) ______ in the
world and while I was (13) ______ some bacon the pan was set (14) ______ fire.
Luckily, we had a fire (15) ______ with us and it soon brought the fire under control.
We’re off to the beach now. Hope you’re keeping well.

All the best

Dominic

0 A bungalow B caravan C castle D cottage

1 A passing B remaining C spending D staying
2 A country B countryside C land D ground
3 A look B scenery C sight D view
4 A canal B river C sea D stream
5 A do B go C make D take
6 A kept B lived C seemed D was
7 A collapsed B crashed C hit D struck
8 A arrived B caught C lost D missed
9 A chemist’s B physician C surgeon D hospital
10 A from B off C on D over
11 A courses B food C meals D plates
12 A chef B chief C cook D cooker
13 A baking B boiling C grating D frying
14 A in B from C on D over
15 A brigade B engine C extinguisher D fighter

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