Exercise for B2, C1 level
Choose the correct alternative in brackets.
1. It’s going to make Rachel’s _____ when you tell her you’re taking her and the kids to Australia! She’ll be thrilled. (day, hour, time)
2. It’s getting late. We should make _____ . (paths, tracks, ways)
3. Thanks to a private teacher, Amaya has made a lot of _____ with her German. (forward, headway, progresses)
4. As soon as we got into the club we made a _____line for the bar. (bee, fly, moth)
5. I had made such a _____ ear of my French essay that I decided to start all over again (cow’s, duck’s, pig’s)
6. It suddenly started to rain heavily while we were walking on the beach so we made a _____ for the car. (comeback, dash, hurry)
7. I’m really sorry I had to cancel our dinner date yesterday. How can I make _____? (amends, compensations, remedies)
8. What does this say, Anna? I can’t make head or _____ of your handwriting. (foot, heel, tail)
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Answers
1. day
2. tracks
3. headway
4. bee_
5. pig’s
6. dash
6. amends
8. tail