FCE Use of English

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AIMS

Today: Understanding FCE Use of English parts 1-2

               Being able to do a whole speaking exam 

Tomorrow: Understanding FCE UoE Parts 3-4

Friday: Reading. 

Reading & Use of English

Use of English:

Part 1: a text containing eight gaps and followed by 8 multiple-choice items

Part 2: a text containing eight gaps

Part 3: a text containing eight gaps. Each gap corresponds to a word. The stems of the missing words are given beside the text and must be changed to form the missing word.

Part 4: Six separate questions, each with a lead-in sentence and a gapped second sentence to be completed in two to five words, one of which is given as a “key” word.

Use of English Part 1 : (Multiple Choice Cloze)

Dos and don'ts

Look at the text before and after the gap. Don't leave the answer sheet blank for any question. If you don't know the correct answer you should always make a guess.

How to improve

Record phrases, not just individual words, in your vocabulary notebook. Get a new collocation and phrasal verb expression every day from the FREE Word Bank exercise on the Flo-Joe site.

Do Part 1 now. Type your answers here.

Use of English - 

Part 2 

8 gaps without the words provided

Part 2. Open cloze exercise (UoE, gap fill)

 You cannot study for this, so it is important you know how to read and tackle this type of exercise.  

Tests your understanding of grammar 

Tips:

Read the whole text first.

Try to retell the text in your own words.

Usually simple words to make sentences grammatically correct. (some/any/auxiliary verbs/yes/no/one/and/but/so/if etc etc)

ARTICLES

I need to go to the shop.

Heaven is a place on earth.

AUXILIARY VERBS

When will I be famous?

Who has eaten all my chocolates?

LINKING WORDS

Although the ozone layer is recovering, we must continue to take care of it.

One of the problems, however, is that this technology is very expensive.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

The accident took place at his school. 

They discovered the kittens were living in their garage.

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

During his career, which lasted 50 years, he worked for several companies.

The person who ate my chocolate is in for a world of pain.

COMPARISONS

He was as tall as his brother.

The boy was shorter than his father.

Do Part 2 now. Type your answers here.

21 March FCE parts 3 and 4

Aim:  Understanding FCE UoE Parts 3-4

Tomorrow: Listening test. 

part 3 Word formation

a text containing eight gaps. Each gap corresponds to a word. The stems of the missing words are given beside the text and must be changed to form the missing word.

There are different parts of speech:

• noun ( zelfstandig naamwoord)
• verb ( werkwoord)
• adjective ( bijvoeglijk naamwoord)
• adverb ( bijwoord)

The information in the sentence (before and after the gap) tells you which part of speech you have to use. For the test you need to learn how to use all 4 parts of speech . 

You also need to have a good grasp of how words care formed. Have a good look at the handout. 

Examples

1.  Finn's father was a very ......... (success) lawyer.

Succes here says something about lawyer. Lawyer is a noun so you need to fill in an adjective. You want to say that he is a lawyer who has succes.. i.e. is full of success. So succes changes to successful. 

2. Tonny's performance attracted a lot of ........ (admire), as it was so original. 

a lot of is followed by a noun. You want to address the state of admiring. So it needs -ation. admire becomes admiration.

Do Part 3 now. Type your answers here.

part 4 key word transformation

In this part you have to re-write a sentence so that it has a similar meaning to a given sentence. 

You will be given a word that you MUST use and CANNOT change. 

E.g. 

Karen didn't really want to go to the party.

FORWARD

Karen wasn't really .................... to the party. 

tests your ability to transform phrases.

Necessary:

Good knowledge of vocab

Good knowledge of structures

Revise grammar in Solutions!!!

Structures that are often used:

Comparative/Superlative (solutions U7)

Structures like ‘so’/‘such’, ‘…er’/‘…est’ and ‘too’/‘enough’ 

Passive (solutions U8)

 turning an active sentence into the passive

Direct/Indirect Speech (solutions U6)

You will sometimes have to turn direct into indirect speech or the other way round. 

Conditionals (Solutions U5-7-9)

Your ability to use conditional forms will often be tested.

Karen didn't really want to go to the party.

FORWARD

Karen wasn't really .................... to the party. 

The expression is: to look forward to

You are given the word wasn't. This is part of a passive or past continuous. 

The first sentence is in the past. 

The sentence isn't passive. 

SO:

Karen wasn't really looking forward to the party.

Correct answer to fill in on your answer sheet is: looking forward.

Do Part 4 now. Type your answers here.

Links for extra practice.

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/word-formation-index.htm

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/first-certificate-key-word-transformations.php