lunes, 27 de mayo de 2019

SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 3.1

here you have the solutions for the Use of english part 3.1
Remember that some times it is neccesary to use prefix and suffix in the same word. Have a look at the list of the most common words if you need it. Some words are irregular too.

1   DELIGHTFUL

2   CHOICE

3   IMPRESSIVE

4   HIGHLY

5   ATTRACTIONS

6   ANNUALLY

7   STORMY

8   UNSUITABLE

9   EASILY

10  RELIABLE

sábado, 25 de mayo de 2019

WORD FORMATION: the most common ones

Here you have a list of the most common words used in the third part of the cambridge exams (level b2 and c1).
Word formation is an important part of the USE OF ENGLISH. 
Don't study a list. You just have to read it and try to get used to writing the word correctly as there are no rules for using SUFFIXES or PREFIXES.

ABLE
- Ability
- Enable
- Disable
- Disabled
-Disability


ACCEPT
- Acceptable
- Acceptably
- Unacceptable
- Unacceptability
- Acceptability
- Acceptance


ACCESS
- Accessible
- Inaccessible
- Accessibility
- Accession


ACCURATE
- Inaccurate
- Accuracy
- Inaccuracy


ACTIVE
- Inactive
- Actively
- Activate
- Activist
- Activity
- Activism
- Activator
- Activation


ADD
- Addition
- Additional
- Additionally
- Additive
- Addable
- Add-on


ADMIT
- Admission
- Admittance
- Admissible
- Inadmissible
- Admiteddly
- Readmit


APPROVE
- Approval
- Disapproval
- Approving
- Disapproving
- Disapprovingly


ASSESS
- Assessment
- Assessor


ASSIST
- Assistant
- Assistance


ATTEND
- Attendance
- Attendant
- Inattention
- Attentive
- Inattentive


BELIEF
- Disbelief
- Believe
- Disbelieve
- Believer
- Believable
- Unbelievable
- Unbelievably


BREAK
- Breakable
- Unbreakable
- Outbreak
- Breakaway
- Breakdown
- Breakthrough


BROAD
- Broaden
- Breadth
- Broadminded
- Broadside
- Broadcast
- Broadcaster


CARE
- Careless
- Carelessly
- Careful
- Carefully
- Carefree
- Caring
- Caringly


CHARACTER
- Characterless
- Characterize
- Characterization
- Characteristic
- Characteristically


CHILD
- Childhood
- Childish
- Childishly
- Childless
- Childlike


CLEAR
- Unclear
- Clearly
- Clearance
- Clarity
- Clarify
- Clarification


CLOSE
- Closely
- Closeness
- Closure
- Disclose
- Disclosure
- Enclose


COMFORT
- Discomfort
- Comfortable
- Uncomfortable
- Comforting
- Comfortably


COMPARE
- Comparison
- Comparable
- Comparably
- Comparative
- Comparability
- Incomparable
- Incomparably


COMPETE
- Competition
- Competitor
- Competitive
- Uncompetitive


CREATE
- Creation
- Creator
- Creature
- Creativity
- Creative
- Creatively
- Uncreative
- Uncreatively
- Recreate
- Recreation
- Creacionist
- Creationism


DIE
- Dead
- Death
- Deathly


DELIVER
- Delivery
- Deliverer
- Deliverable
- Undeliverable
- Deliverance
- Undelivered


DEPEND
- Dependence
- Independence
- Dependent
- Independent
- Dependant
- Independently
- Dependability


DEVELOP
- Development
- Developmental
- Developmentally
- Developer
- Developing
- Underdeveloped


DIFFER
- Difference
- Indifference
- Different
- Differently
- Differential
- Differentiation
- Indifferent
- Differentiate


DIRECT
- Direction
- Directive
- Directly
- Director
- Directory
- Indirect
- Indirectly
- Redirect


DIVIDE
- Division
- Divisible
- Dividable


DOUBT
- Doubtless
- Doubtful
- Doubtlessly


EASY
- Ease
- Easily


EFFECT
- Effective
- Effectively
- Effectiveness
- Ineffective
- Ineffectively
- Ineffectiveness


EDUCATE
- Educator
- Educated
- Educational
- Educationally


EMPLOY
- Employer
- Employee
- Employment
- Unemployment
- Employed
- Unemployed
- Employable


EQUAL
- Equality
- Inequality
- Equalizer
- Unequal
- Unequally


EXCEPT
- Exception
- Exceptional
- Exceptionally


EXIST
- Existing
- Existence
- Existent
- Coexist
- Coexistence
- Non-existence
- Non-existent
- Existential


EXPAND
- Expansive
- Expandable


EXPECT
- Expectation
- Expentancy
- Expectant
- Unexpected
- Unexpectedly


EXTEND
- Extent
- Extension
- Extensive
- Extensively
- Extendable


FAIL
- Failure
- Failed


FAMILIAR
- Familiarity
- Familiarize
- Familiarly
- Unfamiliar
- Unfamiliarity
- Familiarization


FASHION
- Fashionable
- Unfashionable
- Unfashionably


FAT
- Fatty
- Fatten
- Fatness


FREE
- Freedom


GROW
- Growth


GUIDE
- Guidance
- Guideline
- Misguide


HARM
- Harmful
- Harmless
- Harmfully


HAZARD
- Hazardous
- Hazardously


HOME
- Homecoming
- Homeland
- Homeless
- Homelessness
- Homesick
- Homework


IMPRESS
- Impression
- Impressive
- Impressively
- Unimpressive
- Unimpressively
- Impressionist
- Impressionistic


INDUSTRY
- Industrial
- Industrially
- Industrialize
- Industrialization
- Industrious
- Industriously


INFORM
- Informative
- Information
- Misinform
- Misinformed
- Informer


INHABIT
- Inhabitants
- Inhabited
- Uninhabited


INJURE
- Injury
- Injurious
- Injured


INTEND
- Intention
- Intentional
- Intentionally
- Unintentional


INVENT
- Invention
- Inventor
- Inventive


INVEST
- Investor
- Investment


INVOLVE
- Involvement
- Involving


JOY
- Joyful
- Enjoy
- Enjoyable
- Enjoyment


JUDGE
- Judgement
- Judicious
- Misjudge


JUST
- Justify
- Justice
- Justifiable
- Justification
- Unjustified


KNOW
- Knowledge
- Knowledgeable
- Acknowledge
- Acknowledgement
- Unknown
- Well-known


LABOUR
- Labourers
- Labourious


LIKE
- Alike
- Dislike
- Unlike
- Likeable
- Likely
- Unlikely


LONG
- Length
- Longitude


LOSE
- Loss
- Lost
- Loser


MARRY
- Married
- Marriage


MASS
- Massive
- Massively


MEAN
- Meaning
- Meaningful
- Meaningless


MEMORY
- Memorize
- Memorable
- Memorization
- Memorably


MOVE
- Movement
- Moving


NATION
- National
- Nationalism
- Nationalist
- Nationality
- International
- Multinational


PREFER
- Preference
- Preferable
- Preferential
- Preferably


PRODUCE
- Product
- Productive
- Productively
- Production
- Producer
- Reproduce
- Reproduction
- Reproductive
- Unproductive


PROPOSE
- Proposal
- Proposition


REAL
- Really
- Unreal
- Realistic
- Reality
- Realism
- Realize
- Realization


RECEIVE
- Receiver
- Reception
- Receiving


RECOGNIZE
- Recognition
- Recognizable
- Recognizably
- Unrecognizable


REFER
- Reference
- Referee
- Referential


REFUSE
- Refusal


RELY
- Reliable
- Unreliable
- Reliance


SAFE
- Safety
- Safely


SATISFY
- Satisfaction
- Dissatisfaction
- Satisfying


SENSE
- Nonsence
- Senseless
- Sensible
- Sensitive


SHORT
- Shorten
- Shortage


SUBSTANCE
- Substantial
- Substantially
- Unsubstantial


SUIT
- Suitable
- Suitability
- Unsuitable


TEMPT
- Tempter
- Temptation
- Tempting


THINK
- Thoughtful
- Thoughtfully
- Thoughtfulness


TOLERATE
- Tolerance
- Intolerance
- Tolerant
- Intolerant
- Tolerable
- Intolerable


TRUE
- Truly
- Truth
- Untrue


UNDERSTAND
- Understanding
- Understandable
- Understandably
- Misunderstand
- Misunderstanding


VALUE
- Valuable
- Invaluable
- Devalue
- Overvalue
- Revalue


VARY
- Varied
- Invariable
- Invariably
- Variability
- Variable
- Variety
- Variably


WEIGH
- Weight
- Weightless
- Weighty
- Overweight
- Underweight
- Outweight


WISE
- Unwise
- Wisdom





domingo, 19 de mayo de 2019

SOLUTIONS FCE Reading PART 6

Here you have the answers for the 6th part of the FCE exam. Remember to pay attention to the whole text. You will find here the correct choice. Look at the key words to understand why it is connected with the correct option.
If you still have any doubt please, write a comment and I will help you.

1  D
The sentence says "IT BEGAN" and the text continues with "THEN..." and it talks about indoors and outside places like "football pitches".

2  G
The sentence says "AS A RESULT" and "SLOW EXPERIMENTATION" and the text talks about "GRADUAL EXPLORATION".

3  F
The text mentions the evolution of the process and says "AUTOMATED" and after gap it says also "A FEW MISTAKES". That connects with "NOT SAY...HAS BEEN WITHOUT INCIDENT".

4  A
"THIS ROUTE IS GOING TO STAY CONSISTENT" says the text. And the sentence talks about "CONSISTENCY ESSENTIAL".

5  C
This paragraph talks about "THINK POSITIVELY" and the sentence mentions "FEELINGS OF LIBERATION", "ANY ANXIETY"...

6  E
The paragraph talks about "COMPETE ON EQUAL TERMS", "COMPETE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE" and the sentence mentions "RUN WITH EVERYONE".




viernes, 17 de mayo de 2019

FCE Reading PART 6

This is the second part of the reading test for the FCE level. In this part of the exam you have to read a text and fill in the gaps with the sentences given. There are 6 gaps and 7 possible answers. Only one is correct for each gap. There is one extra letter you do not need to use. Use the letters only once.
Pay attention to the text. Tomorrow you will find here the answers. Good luck!

Here you have the options:

A  These provide the familiarity and consistency essential for the blind runner.

B Their support gave him extra confidence regarding his changing surroundings.

C Simon believes the feeling of liberation and independece he gets from running solo far overweigh any anxiety over such dangers.

D He began by training on football pitches behind his house, running between the goalposts.

E It gives him a great opportunity to run with everyone.

F That's not to say the learning curve has been without incidents.

G As a result of this slow experimentation, he was able to memorise a set five-kilometre course.


miércoles, 1 de mayo de 2019

SOLUTIONS Phrasal Verbs for COMMUNICATION: EXERCISES

Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs. Use them only once.

1. I will CALL BACK when you are not so busy.

2. HANG ON a minute, I am not ready.

3. We always COME BACK TO the same point.

4. Please, leave a message and I will GET BACK TO you.

5. She wanted to ask his name, but something HELD her BACK.

6. HOLD ON a moment, please, I will put you through the marketing department.

7. He rang the office and ASKED FOR Martha.

8. The radio station had an open line on which listeners could CALL UP to discuss issues.

9. He asked me to help and I couldn't TURN him DOWN.

10. These are the sort of questions that I will be PUTTING TO the politicians.

11. The essay was full of complex ideas and it was hard to MAKE them OUT.

12. Hi there! How are you? I just wanted to TALK TO you.

13. Have you HEARD anything FROM Oliver since he went to university?


Exercise 2
Replace the underlined phrasal verbs with one from the list with the same meaning.


1. Can we go back to the point you raised earlier?   GET BACK TO

2. I can't work out why he did it.   MAKE OUT

3. I rang Stefan back the following day.   CALL BACK

4. Can you hold on for a minute or two?   HANG ON

5. Can I talk with you about this?   TALK TO

6. You can phone up and speak to an adviser at any time.   CALL UP

Exercise 3
Complete the sentences choosing the correct option.

1. Would you mind holding ON while I call Mr Smith?

2. He is not here at the moment. Can I ask him to call you BACK?

3. I will get BACK to you soon with my decision.

4. The photo is very unclear - I can't make it OUT very well.

5. He asked her to go to the cinema with him but she turned him DOWN.

6. I've got a proposal I would like to put TO you.