SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 2.1

1   One

2   Far

3   It

4   Every / each

5   Because

6   Like

7   Which / that  (remember "that" can be used instead of "which" or "who" when there are no commas in the clause)

8   As

FCE Use of English PART 2.1

After the tips we have read, here you have an exercise to practise. Good luck. Tomorrow the answers.

Tips: Use of English PART 2

This post is about the kind of words you will need to know for filling correctly the second part of the use of english in Cambridge exams. This exercise is all about practise. The more you do the more you learn and you will realize there are some words or expressions that appear more frequently.
Here I give you some - remember it is only one gap for one word so if you see expressions or collocations pay attention to the whole thing in order to identify it in the text and write the correct missing word:

RELATIVE PRONOUNS (They can also appear as adverbs and question words)
Who, which, that, where, when, why, whose, whom, what, how

DETERMINERS
This, that, these, those

ARTICLES AND QUANTIFIERS
Few, little, none, some, any, much, many, no, enough, either, neither, fewer, less, both, all, nothing, something, anything, everything, everybody, everyone, no one, anyone, anybody, nobody, somebody, someone, nowhere, anywhere, everywhere, least, most, a lot of

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
After, although, though, even though, as, as if, as long as, as well as, as far as, as though, because, even if, in order that, if, now that, if only, once, rather than, since, so, than, so that, untill, unless, whereas, while

PRONOUNS AND POSSESIVES
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they, me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them, my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their, mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs, myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, one another, each other.

AUXILIARY VERBS (pay attention to the sentence and choose the correct conjugation)
Be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been, can, could, be able to, do, did, done, have, has, had, shall

MODAL VERBS
have to, must, should, ought to, need to, may, might, can, could, be able to, would

PREPOSITIONS
At, on, in, next to, behind, under, above, below, to, from, towards, up, down, along, among, beyond, around, into, onto, out, off, through, past, over, after, before, bach, in front of, opposite, across, with, without, within, away, far, near, between, beneath, by, besides.....

CONTRAST LINKS
In spite of, despite, however, even so, nevertherless, but, yet, on the one hand, on the other hand, as apposed to, on the contrary, actually, really.....

PURPOSE LINKS
In order to, for, to, so as to.....

REASON LINKS
Due to, owing to, because of, on account of, since, in case (of), therefore, consequently, seeing that....

ADDITIONS LINKS
Too, also, as well, as well as, not only...but also, besides, in addition to, moreover, futhermore, what's more, such as, for example, for instance, apart from, except for.....

CONDITIONAL LINKS
Provided that, unless, as long as, if, whether... (or), either...or, neither...nor, until, even if......

EXPRESSIONS
After all, above, all, all in all
Except for, but for, as for
Because of, instead of, out of, ahead of
So thar, on condition that, provided that, other than that
Hardly ever
Even though, even when, even if, even so, even then
According to, up to, due to, owing to, thanks to, contrary to, close to
Apart from, aside from, far from
Rather than, sooner than, more than, less than
In reference to, in order to, in addition to, in regard to, in relation to, in reference to, so as to
Not only.....but also
Both.....and......
No sooner......than.....
Not only.....but.....as well
Either..... or....
Neither.....nor......
As well as, as much, as, as many as, as long as, as soon as, as far as

VERBS
Verbs can also be found in this exercise but it is not the most common concept. On the other hand phrasal verbs are quite common.


Here you have a list of some examples. Keep practising.

SOLUTIONS CAE Use of English PART 2

Remember in this kind of exercises it is used relatives pronouns, auxiliary verbs...
Here you have now the answers. If you still have doubts write a comment and I will help you.

9      anybody / anyone
10    like
11    make
12    for
13    by
14    have / stand
15    up
16    out / on

CAE Use of English PART 2

Continuing with the USE OF ENGLISH here it is the second exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps. You will have to fill in the text with ONE WORD but this time, there are no choices. Remember to pay attention to the whole sentence.
Phrasal verbs, collocations, verb patterns or auxiliary verbs are needed. Tomorrow you will have the answers.

SOLUTIONS FCE Use of English PART 2

Remember in this kind of exercises it is used relatives pronouns, auxiliary verbs...
Here you have now the answers. If you still have doubts write a comment and I will help you.


9     CAN / MAY                           
10   SO                                                   
11   WITH
12   NOT / HARDLY / SCARCELY     
13   AND
14   HAVE
15   WHERE
16   IF

FCE Use of English PART 2

Continuing with the USE OF ENGLISH here it is the second exercise.
It consists in one text with gaps. You will have to fill in the text with ONE WORD but this time, there are no choices. Remember to pay attention to the whole sentence.
Phrasal verbs, collocations, verb patterns or auxiliary verbs are needed. Tomorrow you will have the answers.