1. on — slow to catch on
2. up — keep up with
3. for — study for the exam
4. through — sail through
5. crossed — It suddenly crossed his mind
6. in — What’s the point in studying?
7. over — thinking it over
8. made — made his mind up
9. had — his teacher had no idea
10. on — It dawned on Ben
11. on — get on with it
12. in — succeed in passing
13. made — made sense
14. learned — had learned an important lesson
15. of — capable of

B. Word formation

16. I passed the exam, but I’m still waiting to get my certificate.
17. Have you done any revision for the test?
18. Please pay attention, Rita, when I’m explaining what your homework is.
19. I spent a long time on the maths problem but I still came up with the wrong solution.
20. One of my classmates was suspended for a week for bad behaviour.
21. Well, Mrs Turner, you’ll be pleased to hear that Georgia has made a big improvement in geography.
22. I’m hoping to study English literature at university.

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C. Sentence transformation

23. The pupil was made to wait outside the headmaster’s door.
24. I would rather you didn’t leave your books on my desk.
25. I didn’t understand what my teacher was getting at, so I asked her again.
26. There is no point in counting the words in your composition.
27. I’m in two minds about whether to go to university or not.
28. My cousin has decided to drop out of his engineering course.
29. All Emma’s teachers say that she is capable of doing much more.
30. I was really pleased that I succeeded in passing the exam.

D. Choose the correct answer

31. C — to give
32. D — going
33. D — from watching
34. C — hand in
35. B — to stay
36. D — of being

E. Choose the correct answer

37. C — prefect
38. C — achieve
39. A — taught
40. B — studied
41. C — set out
42. C — lesson