FCE Use of English practice 12/23

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

FCE Use of English

First exercise: multiple choice vocabulary

Second exercise: open close

First exercise: multiple choice

For each question, choose which of the four possible answers fits the space best. Also think about why the other three answers are not possible.

This house is so old now. When it rains, the windows leak and the roof needs to be replaced soon. ___________ we love it and would never move to another.

1. Although
2. Nevertheless
3. Though
4. Despite

You can't ignore this problem any longer. You have to ___________ with it so we can go on with the plan.

1. do
2. solve
3. beat
4. deal

I don't like watching soap operas and films on TV. I prefer documentaries with ___________ people talking about their lives.

1. reality
2. authentic
3. real
4. genuine

Has someone moved the drinks ___________ the table while I was gone? I'm sure that glass in front of Peter was mine.

1. off
2. along
3. on
4. around

We couldn't find the hotel and it was getting dark ___________ we got out a map and studied it carefully.

1. so
2. and
3. but
4. if

Well, according to the timetable a bus should be along in ___________ two minutes. But I wouldn't be surprised if we had to wait another half an hour!

1. less
2. about
3. below
4. round

Martin Jones ___________ as the Gentle Bank Robber during his three-year reign was jailed for 25 years today at the Central Court.

1. named
2. reputed
3. known
4. called

I was born about 30km ___________ Rome but have always lived in Great Britain.

1. to
2. from
3. far
4. near

Exercise 2: open close

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

There were very _________
people at the party when we arrived but half an hour later, it was crowded.

How was I to know that she would have an allergic reaction ________ the nuts in the cake? She should have said something!

Arthritis is a very painful _______ that affects not only the old but also many younger people making many everyday activities difficult.

He said he couldn't come to the meeting because of a previous engagement but I think he is just
________ excuses.

You were driving at over fifty miles ______
hour and the limit here is only forty

I _______ to go to school now, otherwise I will be late.

I can eat almost ________ type of fish or seafood except for octopus which I can't stand.

The city is pretty safe although you may have some problems if you go into certain neighborhoods
_______ night.

Well done!

Key word transformation

In these exercises, you need to take the information in the first sentence and re-write it, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. You must use a minimum of TWO and a maximum of FIVE words for each space. Contractions, which count as two words, should only be used for negatives: e.g. don't / hadn't / wouldn't, etc.

Many people think Steve stole the money.
believed
Steve ______________________ the money.

The strong winds blew down the two ancient trees during the storm.
blown
The two ancient trees ____________________ the storm.

He doesn't have enough money to buy the computer.
too
The computer _____________ to buy.