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Week 2

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Analyze Part 1 and Part 3 in Paper 1: Reading and Use of
English

Identify the language tested in such parts.

Practice strategies to improve our results.

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- Which do you find more challenging, grammar or lexis?

- What grammar areas do you find the most challenging and why?

- What lexical areas do you find the most challenging and why?

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Work in pairs. Analyze the sentences and decide which ones relate to
grammar and which ones to lexis.

Had I known that, I wouldn’t have done it.

More often than not, I’ll just eat out after work.
Jordan can be so pedantic at times, it’s hard to put up with him.
The man who stole the bike has been arrested.
I’d rather you didn’t.
I’ve been burning the midnight oil lately.

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Discussion.

What does Paper 1 test?

What does Part 1 of Paper 1 test?

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Paper 1:
PART 1 Multiple-choice cloze
In this part, the focus of the gapped words is lexical or lexico-grammatical.
‡Each correct answer in Part 1 receives 1 mark.
Part 1 requires candidates to complete eight gaps in a text by selecting the
correct word (or phrase in the case of whole phrasal verbs or linkers) from a
set of four options plus one example.
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Paper 1:
PART 1 Multiple-choice cloze
Candidates choose the answer that correctly fits the meaning within a phrase
or sentence and may also have to take into account the broader context of the
previous or following sentences or the whole text. Some questions focus on the
meaning of individual words in context. Others focus more on fixed language
such as fixed phrases, collocations and idioms. Lexico-grammar is also tested
through phrasal verbs and linkers. A grammatical element may also be present
in the choice of the correct option; the answer may be correct because, for
example, it agrees with a following preposition or is the only one of four verbs
which fits the structural pattern.

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(Page 9) Exercise 6: Read the text below which is from the introduction to a
book on Feng shui . Decide which answer (A, B, C or D ) best fits each gap.

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Work with a partner and discuss.

What lexical or lexico-grammar area is each of the questions testing?

Why is the correct answer right?

Why are the other answers incorrect?

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Complete this sample task for Part 1
of Paper 1.
Follow the steps:
1. Skim the text for the main idea.
2. Identify the writer’s opinion.
3. Choose the correct option for each
gap if you know the answer (use the
context to help you).
4. Discard the wrong answers for the
questions you’re not sure about.
5. Read the text again with the answers
to make sure it makes sense.
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Discussion.

What does Part 3 of Paper 1 test?

Awareness of parts of speech, ability to transform words by using prefixes
and suffixes.

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Discussion.

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What kinds of affixes are there?

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(page 14 ) Exercise 1: Do the following for practice. Make sure you check
the following:

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(Page 15) Exercise 2: Match a word from A with one from B to form a
compound noun or adjective. The words in B can be used more than once.

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(Page 15) Exercise 3:
Complete the task for Part 3
of Paper 1.

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