Unit 2 Vocabulary practice
Celebrations and festivals
1 Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives and
phrasal verbs.
Its traditional at Christmas to hand out presents.
1 During the Queens Diamond Jubilee in 2012,
___________________ communities
___________________ to celebrate at street parties.
2 Were going to have a party after our wedding, and we hope
youll ___________________ the celebrations!
3 Bonfire Night is a / an ___________________ festival in
which people remember a historical event. On this night,
people light fires and ___________________ fireworks.
4 Diwali is a ___________________ festival celebrated by
Hindus all over the world. People ___________________
lights around the house.
5 In carnivals, people ___________________ in amazing
costumes and ___________________ the streets.
Language
2 Write a language word for each definition.
Its spoken from early childhood. mother tongue
1 Its used to communicate in business and social situations all
over the world. ___________________
2 Its a way of speaking a language thats unique to a particular
area. ___________________
3 Its a way of writing a language. ___________________
4 Its the prose and poetry of an author.
___________________
5 Its a way of pronouncing words which some people arent
used to. ___________________
6 It defines you as coming from a particular region or
community. ___________________
Compound nouns
3 Complete the questions for the answers. Use the correct
compound nouns.
Which is your favourite pop group?
At the moment its the Jonas Brothers.
1 Im hungry. Shall we _________________________?
Yes, lets go. Theres one at the end of this street.
2 Why dont __________________________________?
I dont like it because it uses really skinny girls to model the
companys clothes.
3 Why are you phoning _________________________?
I want to put an advert in it about the concert.
4 Have you ever _______________________________?
Yes. I wrote one to my girlfriend and she said it was very
romantic.
5 Whats ___________________________________?
My favourite is when my family meet on Christmas Eve and
eat dinner together.
Vocabulary extra
4 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
My grandfather often confuses me for my brother. with
1 I apologize if Ive given you the wrong impress.
___________________
2 Dont let George make the cake hell only mess it out.
___________________
3 I think I may have said the wrong bit.
___________________
4 It doesnt matter if you had the answer wrong.
___________________
5 Complete the dialogue with the words in the list.
confused mess mistake misunderstood
said wrong
Harry Im trying to make a cake for my mums birthday, but I
think Ive got something wrong because the mixture is
too thick.
Luke Why dont you read the recipe again, then youll know if
youve made a (1) ___________________.
Harry Good idea. Oh, no. I realize now that I
(2) ___________________ the instructions.
Luke What have you done?
Harry I (3) ___________________ the butter with the eggs.
Why do I always (4) ___________________
everything up?!
Luke Well, Im sure the dog will eat it.
Harry Oh, thanks a lot!
Luke Have I (5) ___________________ the wrong thing?
6 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same
meaning as the first sentence. Use the correct collocations.
Im sorry, I thought you were your sister.
Im sorry, I confused you with your sister.
1 Becca has ruined the plans for the Christmas party.
Becca __________________________________________.
2 Mercedes changes each word of Spanish into English.
Mercedes _______________________________________.
3 Youve made Louise think youre different from how you
really are.
Youve __________________________________________.
4 I must have offended Georgia.
I must __________________________________________.