USE OF ENGLISH PART 4

PATTERNS
Part 4 tests your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. It is impossible to predict areas
that you could be tested on here. However, the categories listed below appear quite often.

1. Comparative/Superlative
Structures like so/such .., er/as ... as or too/enough often appear in this exercise.

2. Passive
Changes from active to passive or passive to active are often required.

3. Causative

4. Direct and Indirect Speech

You are sometimes asked to transform a sentence from direct speech to indirect
speech or from indirect to direct speech.

4. Auxiliary verbs
You will often find questions that test your knowledge of auxiliary verbs like 'will',
'have', 'must' etc.

5. Conditionals
Any type of conditional sentence is likely to appear in this part.

6. 'Unreal' past tenses

You will sometimes find sentences using 'If only ...', 'I wish ...', I'd rather ...' etc
that require the use of past tenses.

7. Verb patterns
Your knowledge of verb patterns such as gerund and infinitive is frequently tested.

8. Phrasal Verbs
Sentences requiring phrasal verbs often appear in this section.

9. Fixed Expressions
As for example make sense, have/keep something under control, by the time, either
way, safe and sound, etc.
 9. Practice
In most of the exercises above you have had to make ONE change to the sentence, for
example making an active sentence passive. However, in the exam you may have to make
TWO changes to the sentence, for example changing active to passive AND using a phrasal
verb.