First Certificate Skills Use Of English

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6 in / of
7 on / to
8 in / of
9 in / of
10 with / to
ECCE Practice 10
Grammar
1 b
2 c
3 b
4 d
5 c
6 d
7 c
8 a
Vocabulary
9 b
10 c
11 d
12 a
13 a
14 b
15 d
16 c
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FCE Practice 10
Part 1
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 A
5 B
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 D
10 A
11 D
12 B
13 B
14 D
15 C
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Unit 11 Relative clauses & participles
11.1 Relative clauses
Stop & check
1 3
2 I told him about something which happened last week (delete i t).
3 My colleague, who I told you about recently, came with me (delete him).
4 3
5 The club where we go most often is in the city centre (delete there).
6 3
A
1 whose
2 which
3 which
4 which/that
5 which
6 which/that
7 which/that
8 when
9 which
10 who/that
11 which
12 who/that
13 who/that
14 which/that
B
1 who
2 -/which/that
3 -/which/that
4 -/which/that
5 -/when
6 who/that
7 who
8 who
9 which
10 who
11 which
12 where
13 where
14 which
C
1 he
2 3
3 they
4 3
5 there
6 it
7 he
8 3
9 3
10 it
11 3
12 3
13 3
14 there
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D
1 Francis Ford Coppola, who made the Godfather films, is a very well-known director.
2 The Godfather films are about a Mafia family who/that live and operate in the US.
3 3
4 The first two Godfather films, which Coppola made in the 1970s, are considered classics (delete them).
5 The Godfather films, which starred Al Pacino, follow the history of the fictional Corleone family
(delete they).
6 Coppola also made the film Apocalypse Now, which was set in the Vietnam War.
7 3
8 3
11.2 Participles
A
1 She got married last month (delete was).
2 While/When I was walking down the street, the wind was blowing very hard.
3 3
4 Feeling nervous, he began his speech.
5 I usually watch TV while doing the ironing.
B
1 I asked a lot of questions, trying to find out what really happened./Trying to find out what really
happened, I asked a lot of questions.
2 We met (while) working in the same office.
3 Opened in 2000, the Tate Modern is a huge art gallery in London.
4 Written over 100 years ago, this novel is still relevant today.
5 Several buildings got damaged in the storm.
6 I must get changed for the party.
7 The managers running the company are making a lot of mistakes.
8 (While/When) Coming into the room, I realized that something was wrong.
9 There’s not much time left so let’s get started.
10 There is a big tourist attraction in London known as The London Eye.
11.3 Trying, succeeding & failing
A
1 in his attempt
2 we succeeded in repairing
3 managed to finish
4 made no effort to help
5 failed to do
6 my first attempt to act/at acting
7 efforts to repair it myself
8 and attempted to stop
9 tried putting the cupboard
10 made an effort to solve
B
1 C
2 A
3 C
C
1 successful
2 unsuccessfully
3 success
4 failures
5 achievement
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11.4 Word focus
Phrasal verbs: various
A
1 stick to
2 pulled up
3 see to
4 throwing  away
5 call off
6 hang on
7 held up
8 back  up
9 stand for
10 clear up
Word formation: various
A
1 enjoyable
2 boring
3 scary
4 impressive
5 frightening
6 shock
7 fright
8 enthusiastic
9 surprises
10 exhausted
C
1 annoyance
2 frustration
3 confusion
4 impression
5 interest
6 attractive
7 confidence
8 pleasure
9 satisfied
10 worry
Word sets
D
1 proper
2 right
3 valid
4 precise
1 convenient
2 fit
3 suited
4 relevant
1 flock
2 bunch
3 set
4 pack
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ECCE Practice 11
Grammar
1 b
2 c
3 a
4 b
5 d
6 b
7 c
8 c
Vocabulary
9 b
10 d
11 b
12 b
13 c
14 d
15 c
16 a
FCE Practice 11
Part 5
1 lawyers
2 knowledge
3 attention
4 unpredictable
5 agency
6 generally
7 evidence
8 missing
9 security
10 glamorous
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Unit 12 Comparison & degree
12.1 Comparisons
Stop & check
1 3
2 Your idea is a better one than mine.
3 I find tennis much more interesting than football.
4 The weather is getting worse all the time.
5 This book is not as good as his last one.
6 3
7 3
8 3
A
1 less serious
2 sadder / wiser
3 more varied
4 better
5 worse
6 harder
7 more honest
8 better
9 sunnier
10 more complicated
11 less frequently
12 faster
B
1 not as keen on football as Tom (is)
2 haven’t eaten as much as me/as I have
3 play (the) guitar as well as Will (can)/(does)
4 haven’t won as many games as them/as they have
5 was as successful as his first (film) (was)
6 haven’t got/don’t have as much confidence as you (have)
7 works as hard as his boss (does)
8 haven’t seen as many films as you (have)
9 as much (money) as me/as I do
10 as many cars as it used to
C
1 is better than his previous one/CD (was)
2 less experience of this kind of thing than I have/than me
3 cost more than mine (did)
4 more quickly than me/than I do
5 more interesting job than me/than I have
6 more interest in politics than me/than I have
7 less enthusiastically than me/than I did
8 a less complicated life than me/than I do
9 more hobbies than me/than I have
10 fewer countries than you (have)
D
1 the wettest
2 the least exciting
3 the happiest
4 the most well-known
5 the least popular
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6 the cleverest / the simplest
7 the worst
8 the least worried
9 the best
10 the most skilful
D
1 the most exciting film I’ve ever seen
2 the kindest person I’ve ever met
3 the least enjoyable journey I’ve ever had
4 the most pleasant people I’ve ever met
5 the strangest person in my class
6 the most impressive performance he has ever given
12.2 So, such & to
A
1 so 
2 such
3 too
4 so much
5 so many
6 such
7 too
8 so
9 too
10 too many
11 too many
12 such
B
1 I’m too busy to get bored.
2 She had so much bad publicity, she stopped being popular.
3 They’re having too much fun to want to leave now.
4 He has such strong opinions that nobody can make him change his mind.
5 We eat too many sweet things – it’s not good for our teeth.
C
1 is such good food that
2 spoke so quietly that
3 is too complicated for me
4 so many mistakes that
5 such an exciting city that
6 so hungry that I could
7 was too tired to go
8 so good at the hob that
9 so much money that
10 too many friends to get
11 so rude that he offended
12 such nice people that
13 happened too quickly for me
14 too expensive for most people
15 bought such a lot of
16 in such bad condition that
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12.3 Enough
A
1 not old enough to vote
2 enough courage to say
3 clearly enough for her to
4 was cheap enough for us
5 enough food for everyone
6 enough money to pay
7 enough talent to become
8 young enough to start
9 a good enough player to be
10 clever enough to do
11 enough (of the) questions to pass
12 enough (of the) grammar to speak
13 a big enough car for
14 enough of their conversation
15 see enough (of it) to
16 enough qualifications to get
17 not a big enough stadium
18 enough about him to have
19 enough times to (be able to) find
20 enough (of the) questions correctly
B
1 we’ve got plenty of time to get
2 there were plenty of seats
3 I’ve brought plenty
4 were plenty of interesting souvenirs
12.4 Degree
A
1 B
2 C
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 A
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 B
11 B
12 B
13 D
14 C
15 D
B
1 terribly disappointing
2 quite a strange person
3 far too annoyed
4 a little smaller
5 a bit too cold
6 was considerably more than
7 much too unhappy
8 a bit more intelligent
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12.5 Word focus
Phrasal verbs: various
A
1 wear out
2 count on
3 carried out
4 work out
5 checked in
6 handed  in
7 showing off
8 knocked down
9 picked up
10 live up to
Word formation: various
B
1 surprising
2 satisfaction
3 boredom
4 enthusiasm
5 disappointment
6 tiring
7 anxiety
8 worrying
9 solution
10 improvements
C
1 delightful
2 anger
3 saddened
4 embarrassment
5 tiredness
6 amazement
7 please
8 amusing
9 embarrassing
10 fascinating
11 amusement
12 relaxing
13 excitement
14 depressing
15 exhaustion
16 sadness
17 shocking
18 disappointing
19 Relaxation
20 nervousness/nerves
Prepositional phrases: various
D
1 to
2 To
3 at
4 at
5 on
6 to
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7 in / of
8 by
9 at
10 in / of
ECCE Practice 12
Grammar
1 c
2 d
3 c
4 b
5 a
6 c
7 d
8 c
Vocabulary
9 a
10 a
11 a
12 b
13 a
14 d
15 c
16 c
FCE Use of English Practice Test
Part 1
1 A
2 B
3 D
4 C
5 B
6 A
7 D
8 B
9 A
10 C
11 C
12 C
13 A
14 B
15 D
Part 2
16 for
17 At
18 without
19 between
20 a
21 It
22 to
23 be
24 been
25 there
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26 was
27 what
28 about
29 she
30 and
Part 3
31 wish I could go
32 good enough driver
33 even though he (had) lost
34 it necessary for
35 makes so much noise
36 found it difficult to
37 get in touch with
38 illness caused him to cancel
39 wouldn’t/would not have found out
40 was set up by
Part 4
41 3
42 of
43 places
44 which
45 it
46 in
47 3
48 one
49 to
50 3
51 at 
52 and
53 3
54 3
55 for
Part 5
56 traditional
57 generations
58 anger
59 foreigners
60 secretly
61 unfashionable
62 service
63 patience
64 politeness
65 frustrated
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