Holiday activities; Phrasal verbs: travel – B2 English Vocabulary Test

1  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

1   I think we should ……sign up…… for this city tour tomorrow afternoon.

2   I wish the weather would ………………. a bit, it is too hot at the moment.

3   Did they really ………………. all night last night?

4   I know, let’s ………………. the main square and see what souvenirs we find.

5   We don’t need to ………………. a selfie, we can ask the guide to take our photo.

6   You don’t have to ………………. everything you see – look at some things without the camera!

7   Why don’t we ………………. and relax by the beach at the hotel tomorrow?

2  Match the verbs to the definitions.

1   to turn brown from the sun ……get a tan……

2   to spend time with other people ………………….

3   to relax ………………….

4   to pay money to use something ………………….

5   to join a tour / club / activity ………………….

6   to travel on a boat to a series of places ………………….

7   to go on a long walk in the countryside ………………….

3  Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1   How are you going to get around / away / over in the city?

2   We’re going to see off / get around / look around the national museum this afternoon.

3   I don’t think we’ll be able to get out / away / around this summer, the office is too busy.

4   We’ll stay over / check in / stop over to the hotel first, then go and get some dinner.

5   Let’s find a guide to take us around / over / out town and tell us about its history.

6   Will you come and check me in / sign me up / see me off from the airport tomorrow?

7   It isn’t a direct flight, we stop over / look around / wander around in Madrid on the way.

8   We’re seeing off / getting away / checking out of the hotel now, but we’ll come back for our luggage.

9   We checked in / got around / stayed over at Joe’s house after the concert last night.

4  Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the correct form of phrasal verbs from Exercise 3.

1   We don’t have much time to see the city.

      We don’t have much time to ……look around…… the city.

2   Is it OK if I sleep at Sarah’s house tonight?

      Is it OK if I …………………. at Sarah’s house tonight?

3   I really want to go on holiday somewhere warm this winter.

      I really want to …………………. somewhere warm this winter.

4   You usually have to leave the hotel room at 12.

      You usually have to …………………. at 12.

5   It’s better if you have a guide to show you the city.

      It’s better if you have a guide to …………………. the city.

5  Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the words in the box. There are three extra words.

A:   Where are you going on holiday?

B:   Mexico. I really want to 1……get away…… this summer and do something different. So, I’m going to 2………………… for a working holiday with an environmental organisation.

A:   That sounds great. What are you going to do?

B:   Well, in Nayarit there’s a conservation programme to protect the turtles. 3…………………, they help protect the nests which means sometimes we’ll have to 4………………… all night guarding the eggs. There will be fun activities at the weekends which we can 5…………………, like going trekking or 6………………… kayaks.

A:   It sounds cool!

B:   Yes! I’m going to go for a month. I might 7………………… in Mexico City for a few days on the way back, too. I’m just filling in the 8………………… form now.