PET PART 6

ACTIVITY IN CLASS
  B1 Preliminary Reading, part 6 - text with gaps
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Tips for the PET Open Cloze (Part 6)
Part 6, the Open Cloze, focuses mainly on grammar. Here are some
tips to follow when attempting the Open Cloze task:

• Make sure you read the title and the complete text first before
Click intrying
the gaps to
and answer any
type one word questions.
in each gap This will sometimes help you to
identify missing words.

• Remember that only one word is missing and that contractions count
as two words!

• Pay attention to the clauses and words around each gap as these
will usually help you identify which word is missing. For example,
if the gap is after a verb, is it possible a preposition is missing?
If the gap follows a comma, could the missing word be a relative
pronoun (who, that, which etc.)? If the gap appears at the
beginning of a sentence, could the missing word be a linking word
such as 'However' or 'Although'? You'll need to read the
sentences before and after to work this last one out.

• Remember that Part 6 focuses mainly on grammar so the missing

words are likely to be pronouns, prepositions, determiners,
adverbs, linking words etc.
Book Review
LET’S PRACTICE
Click in the gaps and type one word in each gap.

"Join Me" by Helen Wheeler and Jackie Townsend

When I first heard that my two favourite authors were going to

write a book together, I was really excited. Now I have read the
book, and although I found it enjoyable to read, I think

that   of the authors writes better on her own.

The story was   a young woman who hires a man to become

her boyfriend in order to get her dream job. She did this after

finding out that the boss preferred to hire people   were

married or in a relationship as he considered them   

reliable. But to be honest, I found the situation rather
unbelievable, as I don’t think bosses can select employees that way

these days.  I   tell you what happened as that would spoil

the story for you. I’ll just say that   I was reading the
book, I predicted what would happen. However. my prediction was
wrong, and the ending was a pleasant surprise.
NOW IS YOUR TURN……
Click in the gaps and type one word in each gap.

Cornish Pasties

I'm having a fantastic time here in the UK and I thought I'd

write (1) ........ tell you about something I've eaten which I loved!

As you know, I'm in a place called Cornwall, (2) ........ is in the southwest.

They have something called a Cornish Pasty. It looks like a parcel made of
pastry and the pastry holds together a mixture of meat and vegetables.
Cornish pasties have (3) ........ interesting history. In the past, they were
the basic meal for Cornish miners who worked underground digging for tin.
After a hard morning's work, the miners would sit down to
eat (4) ........ lunch. But because of the job they were doing, their
hands (5) ........ covered in dangerous materials. The design of the pasty
meant they could eat the meat and vegetables before throwing away the dirty
pastry.

I don't know if it's true and (6) ........ seems a shame that they couldn't eat
all of it! You can get Cornish pasties anywhere in the UK but I've been told the
best ones are in Cornwall.