4 Write each of these adjectives and verbs on the correct line or li ‘Then think of more words for each line, afraid agree apply aware ‘belong bound care depend familiar famous _ interested involved jealous keen _object__pleased_rely succeed 1 ..aaree, pelona. pound, obieck.. 2 3 5 @ Foreach of sentences 1-10, choose the correct word, A,B, C or D. 1. This film is.. almost entirely on events that really happened. A set B based C rested D fixed 2. Eventually the rescue team. in finding the missing walkers, ‘A managed B achieved € fulfilled D succeeded 3. You can always... on Simon to help you. He a good friend, A rely B trust C bargain D believe 4. The police still do not know who was... for the theft A guilty B probable € likely D responsible 5. It wasrit her turn, but Hannah ...on paying for the drinks. ‘A demanded B required € requested D insisted 6 Some people are... of the success of others. A angry B jealous C greedy D dissatisfied 7. My grandparents dont... of people who have bad manners A respect B admire € approve D appreciate 8 Marta wanted the gold medal and was not... with silver. A glad B cheerful C satisfied D positive 9 When I study medicine at university | want to. in surgery. A specialise B concentrate € dedicate D focus 10 This part ofthe country Is. for its beautiful scenery. A impressive B proud € famous D outstanding 36 | Test 1 Training Use of English Part 1 i ae -(oan z ing PAPER 3 Use of English Part 1 Task information «# In Part 1 you choose from words A, B, € or D to ‘© Words that often go together, called ‘collocations’ fillin each gap in a text. Options A, 8, Cand D are are often tested and so are words followed by a always the same kind of word (e.g. verbs). preposition (eg. aware of) Part 1 mainly tests vocabulary but you may also need to understand grammatical links between ened; Sethe perivaiwhole, (Glipr Prepare for tis task by noting phrases formed with ‘words that often go together (e.9. ride « bike, loud Useful language: collocations rose) in your vocabulary notebook 1. Match each noun in the box with the verbs below. (Some nouns go with more than one verb.) Then think of more nouns to add to each column. amistake shopping aparly _ashower swimming aphoto—_sking anos thebus some homework job ‘break fronds fun the dishes sports riding time notes _progress_| oo make take have 90 BROKE. 2 Note down as many nouns as you can that often go with each of these verbs, beat catch eam hold keep lose miss pass play save spend win 3 © Correct one mistake in sentences 1-10 written by First Certificate candidates, Using verbs from Exercises 1 and 2. We can meet and we can pass some time together! IF you want to get fun, | think it’s better for you to go downtown. You can make a lot of sports and activities with other people. ‘We can meet new people and know a few friends, | have to give an exam at the university. ‘My friends are arriving next week so I¢ like to make a party People make shopping in the nearest town and they spend a lot of money there. Well as you can see | have made some photos of my room. Please sit down and make your homework We went to a nice litle café, took a coffee and talked Bowvausuns Use of English Part 1 Test 1 Training | 35aCe ee ct Reading and Use of English Part 1 Action plan 1 Look atthe title and the example. 5 Try each answer in the gap, checking whether it 2 Without filling in any gaps, quickly read the fits grammatically. text to get an idea of what its about. 6 Check that the word you choose fits the overall 3 For each gap, decide what kind of word (e.g. meaning of the sentence. nouns, adverbs) the four options are. 7 Read through the completed sentence, checking 4 Study the words either side of the gap, ‘that everyt underlining any possible collocations. Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. Write the example — answer into gap (0) t will help you understand the beginning of the text. For questions 1-8, read the text opposite and decide which answer (A,B,C (TPE or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) Example 7 you ti tn 0 Awell B much Clots D far Nee eae cscns Heory: A B c D ‘and choose from those £2 rome OSS 1 A ong B omy © ot rors 1 mest? 2A rofened B inom Caled D named _ahchsomot fies mea 8A ince Bence come D range Laottnve poston soe arta 4 Aton Bani © beh D test donate sw tom 5 Assessed B supposed © strates D regarded snes caret fonemaes orca © Alene B greaty «© imporany =i aboltey—_ ch ahr can oth 1 A enived rewhad fine closed 7umh aps wth nme tne peti f Acagntupwin 8 putupwih © comeupwih © kept up wih | hia deeper eb ma oe 22 | Test 4 Exam practice Reading and Use of English Part 1Space junk | ever hat «century og, and ever since then ‘the area just (1) os the Earth's atmosphere has been filing up wth al kinds fof manmade objects that have become "as ‘space junk’. The tems sn for ésatelites and pats of rockets to hundreds of thousands of pieces: ‘smaller than one centimetre, all of "them traveling at extemal) ns ‘number of such objects in space is (5) . — min gratis has (@). =~ ._-neroased the lk of darnage to working satlites or space vehicles wih crews onboard speed. Over the last five years, the to have risen by 50 per cent, “Intemational agreement has therefore nov been (7) wn on liming the © amount of new space junk, Scientists have aso (@) ni Some interesting "suggestions for tidying up space. These include using laser beams, giant nets and | even an enormous umbrelia-ike device to collect tiny bits of junk. Reading and Use of English Part 1 i a ai tit ‘Test 1 Exam practicese of English Part 2 Task information (e.g. will, has), pronouns (eg. they, who), prepositions (€.9: or ie ral am re are no sets of words from which to choose. Useful language: relative pronouns and linking expressions 4 Questions in Part 2 sometimes focus on relative pronouns like which. BeaRplete trewe tutes with the words In the Box =a SE al That G3) when where whieh who whose [Ruies | In any kind of relative clause, we can use (1) a For People, (2) venue for things, @ for po88e8s0n, (4) forte ane () for places. Ina dfring relative camo, we can eo use @) tor pope or things, a3; the tT sang relly wel the tree (8). grew so tall. ‘| 2. Tick v the sentences which are correct and replace the relative pronoun in those that are wrong. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 1 Do you remember Simon, whose used to teach us? 2 think that the best time to come is in early August, which we have the celebrations. 3. They invited me to a pop concert which took place in Rio last month. 4 \'m writing in reply to the advertisement who asks for people to help in a summer camp. 5. I met some people there which became my good friends. 6 Itwas a period of my life that | had many problems. 7. It was not until | was seventeen that | started writing down all what happened to me every day. B Instead of going to a nursery, | went to a school which children learnt by playing, 9 There are some people whose aim in life is to earn as much money as possible. 10 The Park Hotel, that | found in the guide, is now closed so | stayed at the Central 3 Complete the text using relative pronouns. Tol an Melanie Johnson, (1) use t opposite mine, is my favourte reghbou: pata The Shes a warm and trendy person (2) ‘aways likes to hep other people. ashgwordg In the afternoon (8) Tcome home, she often waves and mies to me steel fom her oot garden, (4 he spends a lt of Sime in spring and summer tes some lovely ower, (6) she plated here, andlast week she gave some to my mathe, 6 ithiay was on Friday. Shes always been geneous ike that | remember years apo Py Iwas about ten, she painted a pte forme nn was golovl that putiton my ‘bedroom wall. t's stl there. DO 24 | Test Training, Reading and Use of English Pa‘questions in Part 2 test linking expressions like although or unless. the words and expressions in the box under the correct heading below. ~ as long as ‘as well as se because of bet however it In addition to. incase even though _in spite of due to (the owing to provided (that) in order to so fect that) te unless since despite (the [Link] of (and) yet fact that) though conditional | contrast purpose reason to ‘these sentences written by First candidates, circle the correct alternative in italics. ‘The boat trip along the river was cancelled because / because of the bad weather. ‘We will have to consider joining another club unless / besides you make the improvements. Jam enclosing a telephone card in case / if your mobile phone doesn’t work in Italy “The visit should be longer so/so as to give people the chance to see the whole city. ‘The dates of the exam need to change in order / in order that all students can take it. We had to move out of the city centre owing to / because the rise in prices. Even though / Even so we are irritated by commercials, they can give us useful information. ‘We must replace the loudspeakers as /ong as / since the current ones aren't satisfactory. ‘You can ask the teacher for help if/in case you need further guidance. Although / In spite of the fact the accommodation is cheap, itis very comfortable. ete the text with words from Exercise 4. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. (Tt MIsvers /was getting late by the time Sam and Marco approached the summit, on (1) .AccAuun. of the reatenaaa weather on their way Up In (2)... t0 high winds that nearly swept them right words suen the mountain, they faced freezing temperatures and heavy snowfale. And (8). fs kngsaem fof them had any thoughts of giving Up. In () =~ Of the awful conditions they determined to keep climbing even (6). Overy step was now a huge effort, to the fact they were so high up and the ar was 80 thin. AS (7) nn a8 that, co was feeling quite il, probably (8)... f the height and a lack of food, But they that (9). teach the top they couldn't stop for anything, even meals. They also that (10) they got thee this time, they would probably never have another ‘chance to try. And Sam was sure that as (11) .----~ €8 they could begin going down by ‘tree o'clock, they would make it safely back to base camp that night ~ (12) seu they ‘would both be very, very ted. and Use of English Part 2 Test 4 Training | 15Cr RCT etoile Reading and Use of English Part 2 Action plan 1 Look at the title and the example. 2 Without trying to fill in any answers, quickly read the text to see what it’s about. 3 For each gap, look at the context and decide what kind of word (e.g. relative pronoun) is needed, 4 Study the words either side of the gap for more clues. 5 Think of words that might fit and try each one. 6 When you have filled in all the gaps, read your text to check it makes sense. 1. Quickly read the text. Which paragraph is about attitudes to (Tae Ges may have more than one chewing gum? Which is about the history of chewing gu? > possible answer, but you must only wate one 2 Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. iat” Hf you can’t answer a particular For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which question, go onto the others and best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example come back to It later when you have at the beginning (0) completed more of the text. Example: [0] [7/0 I Chewing gum 9 You need 3 word that We st tend () think chewing gum isfy recent iventon, even comes ates ® there i evidence it was used 5,000 years ago In Finland. The 0inda my mvt Ancient Greeks also chewed gum, as (10) the Aztecs in Mexico during renege. the sixteenth century. As far as we know, however, it wasn't (11) 1869 21 Thinkegte eumenia tinaitink. that chewing gum became popular in its present form, (12) ‘a New York Seana anne inventor caled Thomas Adams fist had the idea ofadcng favour tt. Aarts voc Oot Nowadays, of course, it is chewed around the world, (13) the ‘completes a contrast link. fact thet W contruee to be regerded by some (14) an unplacant 46d pape ten ‘tin nance? alsin, Yr Se pp nage th pavarat {10} Rremalna or some tne beoaune Rie exiemely ifcul io revove | uN IE ence has stuck othe surface. On the oor hand, those (16) i of cheving gum cam Reps them relax, mproves thelr concenowtion, ard Kea aus keep their teeth clean. “ip Never write contracted forms lke she's oF wouldn't as they count 28 two words, 16 | Test 4 Exam practice Reading and Use of English Part 2PASE Ce Reading and Use of English Part 3 Task information ‘= In Part 3 you read a text containing eight gaps. At the end of some lines there is a word in ‘capital letters for you to form one appropriate word to fill each gap. Part 3 mainly tests your ability to form new words and different parts of speech. ‘You may, for example, need to form adverbs by adding -Iy to adjectives, make nouns plural by adding -s or -es, change verb/adjective forms by adding -ed or -ing, or form comparative! superlative forms by adding -er or -est. ‘You may also have to make spelling changes (e.g. long to length). You must always get the spelling correct to get a point! | language: word formation ‘Todo Part 3 successfully, you need to know which affixes are often used for different oo pparts of speech. Match the prefixes and suffixes a-d with 1-4. Write an example for each. Keep a record of words with affixes that you see while 2 oun in im. dis ir 1. people who do jobs ~ bus driver, employee, you are reading in artist, shop assistant, instructor eet ber -ee ist -ant -or negative prefixes (mainly used for adjectives but also some verbs and nouns) -tion -ment -ness ity adjective suffixes -ance -ence ship -ful less -able -ous noun suffixes ‘ive -itive -y -ible Complete the table, using your dictionary if you need to, Use affixes from Exercise 4 and follow these spelling rules: For adjectives ending in -, change the y to an i (e.g. easyleasiy). With suffixes beginning with a vowel, drop the final e (e.g. prepare/preparation). For some words, you need to make other spelling changes (e.g. high/height, freezeltrozen, lttelleast) verb noun(s) adjective(s) adverb(s) fier amply ‘comfort | comfort(s), discomfort(s) _| (un)comfortable | (un)comfortably | slctionary to find out employ a ee Noise(s), noisiness down, with example science(s), scientist(s) relate succeed 'b Where more than one word is possible, explain the difference, e.g. comfort - pleasant, discomfort - unpleasant. ‘Reading and Uso of English Part 3 Test 1 Training | 173 Complete the sentences using the word in capitals. Use words from the table in Exercise 2. 1. Our neighbours are friendly so we have a good RELATION relationship. with them. 2 Most... agree that sea levels will SCIENCE continue to rise in the coming years. 3 The huge waterfall was so that | NOISE couldn't hear a word anyone sai 4 In anarea of such high we must EMPLOY provide new jobs for local people. 5. Our situation on the island seemed as HOPE we had no water or food left. 6 The 800-kilometre journey in an old bus with hard seats was very COMFORT 7 Our plan to save the trees was 2... and SUCCESS sadly they have all now been cut down. 8 The. of so much rainforest willhavea «LOSE terrible effect on the climate. 4 These sentences written by First candidates each contain word formation errors. Correct the mistakes. Which of 1-40: © use the wrong affix? + havea spelling mistake? * confuse singular and plural? 1. The paramedics gave him first aid and, without loosing a second, put him in the ambulance. 2. More and more people in my country are out of work and unemployment is getting worse. 3. I think the fact that only 60 per cent of the money will go to the hospital is inacceptable. 4 The gang must have been very careful, because the police could find no evidences at all 5. You can develop a good relation with your pet over time. 6 They work with scientifict institutions to study the environment in the area. 7. I think that this is @ good way to solve the disagree between Pat and his friend. 8 | am hopefull that | will be able to do this job in the future. 9. |had to work for 100 hours a week and ate at unregularly times. Employers should provide insurance for all of their staff. | Test 4. Training {The artcle‘8' and the ‘agjecive ‘good’ mean we need ‘2 noun. I peop are ‘riendly” we probably get on well with them, 80 we have ‘a good relationship 2 The verb ‘agree’ needs @ ‘subject, probably a kind of ‘people. tis plural so this noun ‘must be plural, 0. 2 Te missing word descrives waterfall so its an adjective. ‘the person ‘couldn't hear’ Jtmeans there was a lot of noise. 4after the adjective ‘high’ we need @ noun trom ‘employ. If ‘new jobs’ are required, there can't be enough now, so the ‘meaning will be negative. '[Link] missing word describes ‘situation’ so it must be an ‘aclective. That situation was clearly negative. {6 We need an adjective to describe the journey’ We ‘must make ‘comfort’ negative by adding both a suffix and a negative prefix. 7 The word ‘sadly’ shows Its a negative idea, so we need ‘an acjective to descrive ‘plan’ ‘ith a negative pret After the article the’ ‘we need a noun meaning ‘something lost, but we need to be careful wen tne speting. Reading and Use of English Part ¢ice >cimrai<-@gy Reading and Use of English Part 3 Action plan 1 Quickly read the title and the text. What'sit about? 4 If it's an adjective, is it positive or negative? 2 Look at each word in CAPITALS and the words 5 Does the word in CAPITALS need more than before and after the gap. Is the missing word likely ‘one change? tobe anoun, a verb, or another part of speech? 6 Check the word you have chosen fits the context 3 Ifit's anoun, it countable or uncountable? and is spelt correctly. 1 Look at the example (0). What kind of word comes after the? ‘What suffix must you add to embarrass to form this kind of word? 2 Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). ‘Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: [0] [€[m/B/A[R[R[A|s|s|mle[N|T [eae] Remembering people's names Most of us have suffered the (0) of forgetting someone's. EMBARRASS name, Oten we fal to pay attention when (17) are INTRODUCE ‘made, but later on in the conversation we don't want to appear 417 Be careful withthe king them wi /re called. 118 Does the missing word (18) by asking them what they're called POLITE Bpsbeetees Fortunately, there are some simple ways you can (19) COME ih ree Lr this problem. One sto improve your powers of (20) OBSERVE petheawenns cakes Practise studying faces in public places, making a mental note here. ‘of physical (21) ‘such as high foreheads or narrow CHARACTER 20 Toke care wit the nal 5 es ‘eyebrows. You'll be surprised what a wide (22) ofshapes VARY Sees ua ‘and sizes people's features have. Then, when you first meet someone, eeveinecnte remember them as ‘Laura with the small nose’, for example. 22 What needs to happen tothe y? with surnames, make (23) associations. For instance, VISION 23 You need to change ‘magine people called Cook, Ford or King making a meal, driving a three letters. | ; 24 Which verb form is ear or wearing a crown, respectively. Finally, ending with the person's eee ‘same, as in ‘See you later, Max. is @ good way of (24) ‘SURE at you don’t forget it. Gee Perera you aay nave to change the word gen, and that sometines you wil eed a prefix and a sufi 2 For each of the words in capitals in the exam task, find other words from it and keep a record, with example sentences. ‘and Use of English Part 3 Test 1 Exam practice | 19