B2 One Day Practice 32

Today's phrasal verb means: "to invent"

She used to make ........ so many stories that nobody really knew when she was telling the truth.

• in

• off

• out

• up

Word Formation: Today's word: "DEFINE"

The meeting will last an ........ period of time. It can go on as long as necessary.

Word Formation: Today's word: "DEFINE"

There's ........ a funny smell in this room.

Collocation:

Today's phrase: "to ........ your own business"

He asked me how much money I had in the bank so I told him to ........ his own business! It's nothing to do with him how much money I have.

• mind

• keep

• hold

• save

Open/Cloze - Part 2

I have a degree IN mechanical engineering;

this helps me to look at the physics ____. lies behind each stunt.

UOE PART 4:

Do not change the given word. You must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given.

It’s possible that they didn’t get the message in time.

MIGHT

They __________________the message in time.

Answer explanation

MIGHT NOT == 1pt

HAVE GOT == 1pt

Reading PART 6: Choose a sentence which fits best in the gap:

• It takes at least a decade of high-quality, regular practice to become an expert in any physical discipline.

• No one avoids this: it is ballet's great democratiser, the well established members of the company working alongside the newest recruits.

• Through endless tries at the usual exercises and frequent failures, ballet dancers develop the neural pathways in the brain necessary to control accurate, fast and smooth movement.