Sydney, Opera House during daytime

A Trip to Australia

Practice you knowledge of vocabulary with these sample exam style questions all about travelling, specifically travelling to Australia. These are exam style questions to help you prepare for Part 3 of the Reading and Use of English paper of the B2 First Exam.

Use the word given in capitals below the text to form a word to go in each corresponding gap. You can check your answers to see how many are correct by clicking on the “Answers” tab below the questions. An example (0) has been give to show you how to answer the questions.

I felt very (0)…… when I said goodbye to my family.

(0)
EMOTIONEMOTIONAL

As we landed in Australia I had a weird (1)…… that I had made a terrible mistake!

(1)
SENSE

We asked the hostel manager for some (2)…… of the best places to visit in the area.

(2)
RECOMMEND

We needed to show some (3)…… to check in to the hotel.

(3)
IDENTIFY

The people in Australia were so friendly and (4)…… everywhere went.

(4)
HELP

We would (5)…… eat at little restaurant just across the street from our hostel.

(5)
NORMAL

We made some great friendships with the other (6)…… that we met on our trip.

(3)
TRAVEL

We rented some bikes in Sydney, but the roads there were not really designed for (7)…….

(5)
CYCLE

We were (8)…… with the weather as usually it is sunny that time of year, but it was raining nearly every day whilst we were there.

(8)
LUCK

(1)  SENSATION

(2)  RECOMMENDATIONS

(3)  IDENTIFICATION

(4)  HELPFUL

(5)  NORMALLY

(6)  TRAVELLERS

(7CYCLISTS/CYCLING

(8)  UNLUCKY