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B1 Use of English

B1A festival weekend25 min

Test 3: A festival weekend

A mixed grammar and vocabulary test about a weekend at a music festival: choose the right word, write missing words and build new words.

This B1 Use of English test mixes vocabulary, collocations, linking words and grammar. All the sentences are about a weekend at an outdoor music festival. In Part 1 you choose the best option, in Part 2 you write one missing word, and in Part 3 you change a word so that it fits the sentence.

Exercise 1 of 3

Part 1: Multiple-choice gaps

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

  1. The festival _____ place every August in a park near the river.

  2. Tickets for the whole weekend _____ out in less than an hour.

  3. We put up our _____ in the camping area and then went to see the first band.

  4. The _____ was enormous: more than twenty thousand people stood in front of the main stage.

  5. _____ the heavy rain on Saturday, everyone had a great time.

  6. I'd never heard of the band before, but they _____ out to be the best act of the weekend.

  7. If it _____ again tomorrow, we'll stay in the tent and play cards.

  8. There was a wide _____ of food stalls selling dishes from all over the world.

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Exercise 2 of 3

Part 2: Open gaps

Type one word in each gap.

  1. We arrived at the campsite the morning of the first day.

  2. My favourite singer was performing the same time as my brother's favourite band.

  3. It was the first time I ever been to a music festival.

  4. The security staff told us to leave any rubbish on the grass.

  5. Take some warm clothes case the nights get cold.

  6. The queue for food was long that we waited for forty minutes.

  7. Mina lost her phone, but luckily someone found it and gave back to her.

  8. We had an amazing time that we have already booked tickets for next year.

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Exercise 3 of 3

Part 3: Word formation

Use the word in CAPITALS at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits the gap. Type one word.

  1. The festival offers for all ages, including music, theatre and dance. (ENTERTAIN)

  2. The atmosphere was : everyone was singing and dancing. (FANTASY)

  3. All the on the main stage came from different countries. (PERFORM)

  4. We were tired after dancing all night. (EXTREME)

  5. The only of the festival is that the tickets are very expensive. (ADVANTAGE)

  6. Children under sixteen need from a parent to camp at the festival. (PERMIT)

  7. The organisers made an that the last concert would start an hour late. (ANNOUNCE)

  8. Thanks to the weather on Sunday, we sat on the grass all day. (SUN)

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Source

Original lesson by Joy English.

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