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3 Complete the sentences using the word in capitals. Use words from Cle the table in Exercise 2. 1 The article ‘and the odective 1 Ourneighbours are friendly so we have a good pO Hee Nee ee - people are ‘riendy’ we probably get relationship...... with them. RELATION on weil with them, s0 we have ‘0 900d relotionship: 2 Most. agree that sea levels will continue SCIENCE ‘2.The verb ‘omree’ needk a subject to rise in the coming years. probably a kindof people. ts pra so this noun must be plural, 00. 3 The huge waterfall was so .. that | couldn't NOISE 3 De ee ‘ote 50 #5 an acective. hear a word anyone said. Sut het aette twas a tof nose. 4 Inanarea of such high... we must: EMPLOY Perege epeniePony provide new jobs for local people. ‘un fom ‘employ’ If re abs eve ‘required. there can't be enough now, 40 the meaning willbe negative 5 Our situation on the island seemed ., HOPE we had no water or food left. ‘5 The missing word describes ‘situation’ ‘so it must be an adjective. That ‘stuaton was dearly negative 6 The 800-kilometre journey in an old bus with hard seats ‘6We need on adective was very... nin COMFORT the journey. We must make comfort negative by adding both a suffix and a 7 Our plan to save the trees was ..andsadly Success "esate pret they have all now been cut down. 7 The word ‘sadly’ shows it a negative idea, so we need an adjective to describe lan’ with a negative 8 The... -nnnee OF 50 much rainforest will havea LOSE refi terrible effect on the climate. Pie ee ‘oun meaning something ost, but we need to be corfu wth the speling. © These sentences written by First Certificate candidates each contain word formation errors. Correct the mistakes. Think about the spelling rules in Exercise 2 on page 42. Which of 1-10: © use the wrong affix? have a spelling mistake? © confuse singular and plural? | think that going to school by bike is very healthful. Your report about the music festival is absolutely inacceptable! | am very worried about the increasing pollutions of the Earth. Scientifics need to study animals so they study the ones at the zoo. I think it was my first big disapointing, but it wasn't the last. I visited many ancient Roman cities that are remarkable well preserved Most of the animals are loosing their natural instincts. There was no central heatings and no bathroom. In other countries there aren't so many accidents. We are very uncarefull here. The bookshop needs employers for part-time or full-time jobs. Som yvsausuna Use of English Part 3 Test 1 Training | 43 Test 1 Exam practice AUESa aed Action plan 1 Quickly read the title and the text. What's it about? 4 Ifit’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 one before and after the gap. Is the missing word likely change? to be a noun, a verb, or another part of speech? 6 Check the word you have chosen fits the context 3 Ifits a noun, is it countable or uncountable? and is spelt correctly, 1 Look at the example (0). What kind of word comes after ‘the most’ and before a noun? ‘What suffix must you add to the verb remark to form this word? 2 Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. Then follow the Action plan for questions 30-3 For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a wor that fits in the gap in the same line, There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: [o] [R India’s rainforest by night 25 Adverbs ofen desde India has amazing countryside with some of the most (0) remarkable. REMARK Za.quusoruessute wildlife on Earth, and its 96 National Parks are becoming (28).. INCREASE make an ocuerb rom the verb popular. These parks contain a huge (26)....... of creatures, from VARIOUS. sgern multicoloured butterflies to magnificent tigers, but (27).....for visitors, FORTUNATE 26 Soul the word after ‘a+ fective be countable many of them are active mainly at night and then seem to (28) APPEAR : - ‘or uncountable? Singular or during the day. In southern India’s Periyar National Park, however, plural? Be careful withthe extra they have found a solution to this problem: night tours. Speine cranes, 27 sit good or ba for vitors Walking through the rainforest in the dark is a wonderful way to ‘that many animals are ‘active: ‘mainly a night? What prefix observe creatures in their natural (29)... You quickly become more SURROUND hou) your se? (G0)......0 the sounds of birds and animals, and you soon beginto. SENSE eae recognise some of their calls. You are accompanied by local guides to comes ater to? To contrast prevent you getting lost, and also for (31)... f@asons: there are big SAFE i eee cats around, and (82)... snakes, too, POISON Teas ae 29 What kind of word lkely Many visitors want o continue thei (9).....of Ue jungle ullnight, EXPLORE 24 at indaf words ey but if you want a break from the tropical (34)... there are rivers HoT ‘sit normaly singular or plura? where you can go for a cooling swim by moonlight. (ipt When you have filed inal the gaps, read the complete text to make sure everything makes sense Don't forget you need to make change(s) to ALL the words in capitals. Don't leave any unchanged! 3. For each of the words in capitals in the exam task, find other words that can be formed from it and add these to your vocabulary notebook, with example sentences. 44 | Test 1 Exam practice Use of English Part Test 2 Tr [yy Use of English Part 3 CGE to5k information Useful language: word formation 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capitals. | Advice J Look carefully at the words before and after each gap and decide what Twas & flowed here by on rt of speech you need. ‘adjective. Wht form do we use 0 = a ‘describe how someone feeh? 1. Iwas... when heard | had won a holiday in Acapulco! DELIGHT 2. We've get..... coming to our house later this evening. visit JApursimenelas es sane 3 The..... mountain in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro, which is HIGH See eee 5,895 metres ‘ere? (coming our house’ sho 4 Inthe mountains, its much.....to travel by horse than EASY telyou by bicycle. 1 An xjectve is needed What 5. Nowadays many people... travelling by plane and prefer LIKE joan might flow the? The we oft to take the train. umber is@ he 6 The old house is nearly falling down and its completely... INHABIT |g wyhor does than’ tell you about 7 There are restrictions on car use in a...., number of cities. GROW dhe ising wore? Be careful wih th 8 The most..... countryside here is in the river valley. Its ATTRACT —eling beautiful. 5 If they prefer todo someting ek 9. Clothes are important in this nightclub and people are FASHION isthe mising verb key tobe posth always..... dressed. or negative? pret o afi 10. The owner of that island is extremely......, he’s worth a WEALTH = =aured! billion dollars. 6 The ming word describes hows, What does ‘nearly faling down’ tei 2 © Correct the mistakes made by First Certificate candidates. | Now I'm working as a shop assistent. went there quite happyly for the first school day. Thank you for your kind hospitality and warmness. Going to work or to school by bike is very healthful Itwas my first job and I felt very exciting! Our tourist office is not able to promote the city’s attractives | prefer to read books that are inusual in some way. The fitness plan explains how you can put on weigt The doctor told the patient he could get more air by breathing more slowlier. 10. The car has its advantages, such as proteccion from bad weather. warvauawns Remember always to check your speling! 90 | Test 2 Training Use of English Par ies Clie ecaseagy Use of English Part 3 CEE Action pon 1) Quickly read the title and the text in the exam task below. What is it about? 2 Look at the example (0) and read these points. # The missing word comes before the noun city, so it is probably an adjective of nationality. ‘# AMERICA can form the adjective American, with a capital A, by adding n. 3 Follow the exam instructions. For each of 25-34, study the gap, the sentence it is in and the word in capitals. For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lnes to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). [a[mlelR| i] claly The city of Miami The 0) American city of Miami was founded in 1896 by Julia Tuttle, AMERICA grey 2.28)... Florida businesswoman. From a population then of just 300, WEALTH "25 Fone ithas become a vast urban area of 5.5 million (26)....., attracting INHABIT ig eee (27)..... from all over the world. Its excellent transport links mean it can VISIT needed. (28)..... be reached by road, rail, air or sea. EASY 26 You need to adda Sufi to frm a noun frm The city’s continuing (29)... a8 a tourist and financial centre has led to crow? kcztucton boom Mary ono aang rt ver 120 ran 27 Aang (60... giving Miami the most impressive skyline in the country after HIGH formed are wit it be New York and Chicago. SORTED: 28 What kindof word Is wide variety of (31)... includes sandy beaches, nightclubs, music and «ATTRACT «acne eloraa dancing, as well as activities such as skateboarding and cycling in the ane: ‘world-famous, (32) ..... South Beach area. The city centre has a number of FASHION (33)..... parks and gardens, and of course there is the wonderful weather: DELIGHT (0... any other major city in the USA, it hac a genuinely tropical climate. LIKE Tip! Remember to use the context, especialy the words next to the gap, to work out ‘what kind of word you need to form (e.g. noun, plural) (Tit Remember you aiways have to change the word given, and that you can use a prefix and a suffix, Use of English Part 3 Test 2 Exam practice | 91 Use of English Part 3 For questions 25-4, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines, to fm a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0) \Wite your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: Ro[sl Hot-air balloons Fiing in a hot-air balloon is a (0) WY, calm and peaceful experience, Ail (25) -nnens any other form of flying. With no engines to provide ower, a balloon depends (26) . ay ditection. (27) .....ue, the maximum speed is normally around {kilometres per hour. on the winds around it to move in Tis kind of balloon is based on the simple (28) the (28)... Of Hot ais less than that of cold air. It large (80). aS a cubic metre of hot air is only about 250 «yams lighter than the same amount of cold air. This means it takes. 31) four cubic metres of hot air just to lit one kilo, which, explains why balloons that cary people have to be so enormous. rinciple that not, however, Agas burner Is used to (82)... the air inside the balloon, causing it ‘ofise. To go up more slowly, or to make a (33). released from the top of the balloon. The fact that the wind blows in diferent directions at different heights (34) . the pilot to steer the balloon left or right by moving it to higher or lower positions in the sky. hot air is Use of English Part 3 ‘SURPRISE LIKE ENTIRE CONSEQUENCE ‘SCIENCE WEIGH DIFFERENT ROUGH HOT DESCEND ABLE Test3 | 119 | Testa J Use of English Part 3 For questions 25-94, 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] [#]1|s]7]o]R|/]4| Ny] s|_ A brief history of surfing Most (0)! agree that surfing began centuries ago in the Hawaii HISTORY Islands in the Pacific Ocean, where the (25) regarded it as an INHABIT important part of their culture, not as a recreational (26) tt ACTIVE was not until the early 20th century that it achieved (27) asa RECOGNISE sport, and for many years it remained (28) nnn to See surfers USUAL anywhere other than in three main (28) ns Hawaii, California and LOCATE Australia. All that began to change in the 1960s, partly as a result of (30) IMPROVE in the design of surfboards, but also because of the success of films and pop bands, (31) ‘The Beach Boys, that were associated with PARTICULAR surfing culture, Since then there has been rapid (82)... in the GROW popularity of surfing throughout the world, and for many surfers it has become a highly (38)... Sport that requires skill and courage COMPETE to deal with the (34)... conditions in some of the roughest seas on CHALLENGE Earth, 138 | Testa Use of English Part 3 Ez Ey Use of English Part 3 For questions 25-34, 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), White your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. tample: [0] [al s[s[i[s[7la[fclel [| | [| | | 112 pets woman living in the city centre has asked for (0) 298i9%@0e. to find a bigger house and garden ~ so that her 112 pets can live in less (25) and now has a (26). ... conditions. Jennifer Symons, 26, has always loved animals that includes twelve cats, seven dogs, four monkeys, two horses and a (27).. of smaller creatures, including hamsters, parrots and tropical fish. She also has a number of snakes, and although none of them, she says, is (28) remain (29)... .. , Some of her neighbours in Lower Market Street and are worried that they might escape. Generally, though, people seem to like Jennifer's pets and are always (30) . towards her. Ail these animals, however, have to be looked after, and Jennifer has to get up at 5.30 every morning to start (81) ..... some of them Cleaning and other tasks take up so much time that taking care of them has now become almost her main (82)... leaving her with only her (33). the 112 and herself. It is hardly (34) . from a part-time job at a local supermarket to maintain , therefore, that she can't really afford to move into a bigger house. Use of English Part 3 ASSIST CROWD COLLECT VARY POISON CONVINCE FRIEND FOOD occupy EARN SURPRISE Test5 | 157 Use of English Part 3 For questions 25-34, 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: Sudden storm A massive clean-up (0) 228282" is now under way in the south-west of the country after a (25) storm unexpectedly struck the region. Among the worst affected were (26) areas, where many small boats were sunk or destroyed, though, (27) nnn » there are no reports of anyone missing or seriously injured. In many towns, however, there was (28) damage to property, with trees and fences blown over. In one street, almost every house had its roof blown off, leaving many families (29) until repairs can be carried out. The (30) conditions also affected transport links leading to the closure of motorways and the (31). of nearly all rail services. Further inland, where the monthly average (32) ...0-6. i$ about 80mm, over 100mm fell in just a few hours. This resulted in several rivers bursting their banks and flooding huge areas of (98)... land. Some villages were (34). cut off by the rapidly rising water, although communications have now been restored in most places. 176 | Test6 OPERATE POWER COAST FORTUNE EXTENT HOME WIND CANCEL RAIN AGRICULTURE TEMPORARY Use of English Part 3

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