Destination B2 · Grammar & Vocabulary · Mann & Taylore-Knowles
Destination B2
Move from B1 to a solid B2 (Vantage) level, one unit at a time. Clear notes, then interactive exercises with instant feedback – based on the topics in Destination B2 Grammar & Vocabulary.
UNIT 1 · GRAMMAR
Present time: simple, continuous, perfect, stative verbs
● LIVE →
UNIT 2 · VOCAB
Travel and transport
● LIVE →
UNIT 3 · GRAMMAR
Past time: simple, continuous, perfect, used to
● LIVE →
UNIT 4 · VOCAB
Hobbies, sport and games
● You’re here
UNIT 5 · GRAMMAR
Future time / time clauses / prepositions
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UNIT 6 · VOCAB
Science and technology
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UNIT 7 · GRAMMAR
Articles / countable & uncountable / quantifiers
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UNIT 8 · VOCAB
The media
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UNIT 9 · GRAMMAR
Conditionals: zero to mixed, inverted
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UNIT 10 · VOCAB
People and society
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UNIT 11 · GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives / so, such, enough, too
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UNIT 12 · VOCAB
The law and crime
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UNIT 13 · GRAMMAR
Modals: ability, advice, obligation, certainty
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UNIT 14 · VOCAB
Health and fitness
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UNIT 15 · GRAMMAR
The passive / the causative / objects
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UNIT 16 · VOCAB
Food and drink
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UNIT 17 · GRAMMAR
-ing form or infinitive / prefer, would rather
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UNIT 18 · VOCAB
Education and learning
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UNIT 19 · GRAMMAR
Questions / question tags / indirect questions
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UNIT 20 · VOCAB
Weather and the environment
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UNIT 21 · GRAMMAR
Reported speech / reporting verbs
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UNIT 22 · VOCAB
Money and shopping
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UNIT 23 · GRAMMAR
Relative clauses / participles
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UNIT 24 · VOCAB
Entertainment
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UNIT 25 · GRAMMAR
Unreal past, wishes / contrast
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UNIT 26 · VOCAB
Fashion and design
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UNIT 27 · GRAMMAR
Inversions / possessives
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UNIT 28 · VOCAB
Work and business
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UNIT 4 · Destination B2 · Vocabulary
Hobbies, Sport and Games“topic vocabulary · phrasal verbs · collocations · word patterns · word formation” – 88 interactive questions
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Destination B2 – Grammar & Vocabulary
Study the quick notes below, then work through exercises A–I for this unit. Every answer is checked instantly. B2 (Vantage) level – the same practice you meet in FCE, IELTS 5.5–6.5 and school upper-intermediate courses. Original practice adapted for All English 4U.
📖 Grammar Reference – Hobbies, Sport and Games
Study the notes, then work through the exercises for this unit.
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What you’ll learnSports venues, equipment, phrasal verbs, collocations & word patterns at B2 level
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~30 min4-Tier notes + 9 exercises (A–I)
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88 questionsInstant automated feedback
1 Tier 1 – The Concept & Nuance: Venues, Roles & Equipment
At B2 level, sports vocabulary demands exact matches between sport types, dedicated playing surfaces, and specialized equipment.
| pitch | Football, rugby, cricket playing field. |
| court | Tennis, basketball, volleyball, squash, badminton indoor/marked surface. |
| course | Golf course, cross-country race route. |
| ring / rink | ring: boxing, wrestling · rink: ice skating, ice hockey. |
| umpire vs referee | umpire: tennis, cricket, baseball · referee: football, rugby, basketball, boxing. |
| bat / stick / rod / racket | bat: baseball, cricket, table tennis · stick: hockey · rod: fishing · racket: tennis, squash, badminton. |
2 Tier 2 – B2 Phrasal Verbs, Collocations & Word Patterns
🔗 B2 Sports Phrasal Verbs (+ -ing form)
– bring forward = move to earlier time
– carry on = continue doing
– get round to = finally do sth
– go in for = enter a competition
– go off = stop liking
– join in = participate with others
– knock out = defeat & eliminate
– pull out of = withdraw from race
– put off = postpone / delay
– put up with = tolerate complaints
– take to = start doing as a habit
– take up = start a hobby / sport
🧬 Word Patterns & Formation
– compete ➔ competitor · competitive · competition
– equip ➔ equipment (uncountable!) · equipped
– maintain ➔ maintenance (spelling: -ten-)
– concentrate ON · fond OF · interested IN
– equip ➔ equipment (uncountable!) · equipped
– maintain ➔ maintenance (spelling: -ten-)
– concentrate ON · fond OF · interested IN
3 Tier 3 – Top 3 Common Learner Pitfalls
✗ The football match was played on a tennis court.
✓ The football match was played on a pitch.
– Rule: Football is played on a pitch; tennis is played on a court.
✗ The gym has many new sporting equipments.
✓ The gym has a lot of new sporting equipment.
– Rule: Equipment is uncountable (never equipments).
✗ We stopped playing tennis so that we could have a drink. (when intending to pause)
✓ We stopped to have a drink.
– Rule: Stop doing = terminate activity; stop to do = pause in order to do another action.
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Tier 4 – Interactive Practice: Complete the B2 sports and games drills in Exercises A–I below!
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Practice material based on the Destination B2 Grammar & Vocabulary syllabus (Macmillan). Interactive version by All English 4U.