Read the dialogue carefully and choose the best definition for the words and word combinations below.

Bertie: Hey! You seem to be really stressed! What’s up?

Sean: Yup. I’m so tired! I’ve flunked my college entrance exam.

Bertie: Oh my! How could you fail the test? You always top the class!

Sean: No way! Last week I completely messed up the maths test, and I had to retake it!

Bertie: That’s the spirit! So how did you finally do?

Sean: I got a C. I’m not very proud of myself.

Bertie: Well, that’s not a D, you know.

Sean: That’s pretty bad; I expected a B at least. I should have prepared better.

Choose the correct option.

To flunk a test [To pass a test successfully|To fail a test|To be ready for a test]
To top the class [To have the best results in the class|To have the worst results in the class|To fail changing classes]
To mess up a test [To do a test badly or fail it|To do a test quite successfully|To do a test better than the others]
How did you do? [How did you cope with stress?|What's your test result?|How did you prepare for the test?]
I should have prepared better. [I needed to prepare better, but I didn't.|I should prepare better next time.|I needed to prepare better, and I did.]