HV3 FCE Use of English practice

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HV3 - FCE Use of English

Explanation + practice

Part 1: cloze test

A short text with 8 gaps in it that you have to fill. It is called a 'cloze test'. 

Each question is multiple choice, so need to choose the correct answer from 4 words (a-d). 

Use this link to practice part 1. Check your answers after.

Part 1: Messages from the Stone Age

Tip: while practising, if you do not know one of the words, look it up and make sure the translation you find matches the context of the text.

Part 2: open cloze

You will get a short text with 8 gaps.

This part is similar to part 1, only this time around, you need to think of a correct word yourself to fill the gap with. 

The missing word is likely to be an article, a preposition, a pronoun, or what can be called the 'building blocks of language'.

A common mistake to use lots of nouns. Though sometimes an answer is a noun, but more often it is a 'building block word': something that makes the sentence grammatically complete.

Use this link to practice part 2. Check your answers after.

Part 2: Swimming with seals

Part 3: word formation

Once again, you need to fill a gap. This time around, you will be given what is called a 'root' word which you need to change in order to fill the gap. 

This word can be altered into different word types like: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, gerunds (-ing verbs). This could be done by adding prefixes (un-, dis-, a-, per- , pro- etc.) or suffixes )-able, -al, -ly, -ic, -ical, etc.)., but these are not always necessary.

For example: you are given the word LONG. You can change this to longest or longer, but also to length or lengthy. In a similar way, LIKE can be changed to likely/unlikely, dislike, liking, alike, likeness. 

This exercise really tests your ability to connect different words back to one 'root', and tie the  meanings of words together. 

Use this link to practice with part 3. Check your answers after.

Part 3: Brain Games

Part 4: key word transformation

For this exercise, you will have 6 questions where you are given a 'key word'  which you use to change the first sentence into the second one. It must have a similar meaning. 

Including the key word, you have to use between 2-5 word to fill the gap. You CANNOT change the key word in any way. Have a look:

Use this link to practice with part 4. Check your answers after.

Part 4

Practise by yourselves

Use these links to practise some more. Make sure you keep trying these exercises and to ask for help when you need it. 

• Part 1: https://engexam.info/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-tests/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-test-3/
  
• Part 2: https://engexam.info/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-tests/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-test-3/2/
• Part 3: https://engexam.info/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-tests/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-test-3/3/
• Part 4: https://engexam.info/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-tests/fce-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-test-3/4/