Getting Ready for a Weekend Visit

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Practice level

A2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice, Multiple choice, Fill in the blank (text), Fill in the blank (dropdown), Cloze (text), Cloze (dropdown), Matching, Error correction, Sentence transformation, Sentence reordering

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion. We missed the early train because we … the station too late.

   1. got
   2. reached
   3. arrived
   4. came
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   reached

   Reach takes a destination directly; arrive requires at, and get requires to.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

   Choose all the correct answers.

   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. The hotel costs less than the guesthouse.

   1. The guesthouse is more expensive than the hotel.
   2. The guesthouse is as cheap as the hotel.
   3. The hotel is more expensive than the guesthouse.
   4. The hotel is cheaper than the guesthouse.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   The guesthouse is more expensive than the hotel.; The hotel is cheaper than the guesthouse.

   Cheaper and more expensive describe the same price difference from opposite directions.

3. Question 3 · Fill in the blank (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Use the past simple of forget. I ___ my toothbrush, so I bought one at the station.

   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   forgot

   Forgot is the irregular past-simple form of forget.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Please ___ a reservation before you travel; the small hotel gets very busy.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. take
   2. do
   3. make
   4. give
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   make

   Make a reservation is the usual collocation.

5. Question 5 · Cloze (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Use the past simple. We 1___ (leave) home at seven and 2___ (catch) the bus to the station.

   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   left

   Blank 2

   caught

   The past forms are left and caught.

6. Question 6 · Cloze (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Our room is 1___ the second floor. It is quieter 2___ the room next to the lift.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to
   2. in
   3. at
   4. on

   Choices for blank 2

   1. as
   2. then
   3. that
   4. than
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   on

   Blank 2

   than

   Use on with a floor; a comparative is followed by than.

7. Question 7 · Matching

   Match each item to the correct choice.

   Match each beginning to its only suitable ending. Arranging the visit.

   Answer choices

   • About one kilometre.
   • From three in the afternoon.
   • Yes, a twin room, please.

   Items

   • Could you tell me the check-in time?
   • How far is the hotel from the station?
   • Would you like a room with two beds?
   Check answers and explanations

   1. Could you tell me the check-in time?

   From three in the afternoon.

   2. How far is the hotel from the station?

   About one kilometre.

   3. Would you like a room with two beds?

   Yes, a twin room, please.

   Check-in asks for time, how far for distance, and two beds corresponds to a twin room.

8. Question 8 · Error correction

   Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

   Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. We didn't booked the return tickets.

   Check answers and explanations

   Accepted answers

   We didn't book the return tickets. / We did not book the return tickets.

   Use the base form book after didn't.

9. Question 9 · Sentence transformation

   Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.

   Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. The train takes thirty minutes. The bus takes fifty minutes. The train is ___ than the bus.

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   Accepted answers

   faster / quicker

   A shorter journey time means that the train is faster.

10. Question 10 · Sentence reordering

    Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

    Put the chunks in order to make one complete sentence. Keep the capitalised opening first and the punctuated ending last.

    Sentence parts

    • We are going to
    • at the hotel reception.
    • leave
    • our bags
    Check answers and explanations

    Correct order

    We are going to leave our bags at the hotel reception.

    Be going to is followed by the base verb and its object.

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