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Phrasal verbs

Match the phrasal verbs in A with the correct meanings in B.

A B

put out accommodate

put off connect by phone

put away extinguish

put through tolerate

put on put something in its proper place

put up start something working

put aside postpone

put up with save for a later use

Phrasal verbs

Complete each gap with a word from the box.

1 My auntie said she’d put me ____ for the night when I go to Oxford, but I think I’d rather stay in a hotel.2 I’m afraid you’ll have to put ____ your cigarette. This is a non-smoking area.3 Could you put the radio ____? I want to listen to the news.4 Never put ____ until tomorrow what you can do today.5 One moment please. I’ll put you ____ to our personnel department.6 Once I’ve made some space in the garage, I can put the car ____.7 Please stop singing! I’m trying to work and it’s putting me ____.8 It’s a bit chilly in here. Shall I put the heating ____?etc

through away off out up on

Phrasal verbs with ‘put’

a) something warmer.

b) weight.

c) the radio instead.

d) my rent again.

e) posters.

f) your hand first.

g) for the night.

It’s cold outside. You should put onThese trousers are too tight for me now. I must have put on

There’s nothing on the telly. Let’s put onI’m going to have to move. My landlord’s put up

The best way to advertise the concert is to put upDon’t shout out the answer. Put up

Rob’s coming to London tomorrow and I’ve offered to put him up

place on your body

increase (weight)

start something working

increase (price)

fix to a wall or board

raise into the air

accommodate

Phrasal verbs with ‘put’

a) the wedding.

b) camping for life.

c) the noise of the traffic, the neighbours arguing …

d) his cigarette.

e) a lot of silly behaviour.

The groom had an accident on his way to the church so they had to put off

It rained every day and the tent got flooded. It put us off

She found it hard to study, as several things were putting her off:

It was a non-smoking compartment so I told him to put out

Teachers have to put up with

postpone

discourage

distract

extinguish

tolerate

Phrasal verbs with ‘put’: revision

Complete each gap with a word from the box.

1 My auntie said she’d put me ____ for the night when I go to Oxford,

but I think I’d rather stay in a hotel.

2 I’m afraid you’ll have to put ____ your cigarette. This is a non-

smoking area.

3 Could you put the radio ____? I want to listen to the news.

4 Never put ____ until tomorrow what you can do today.

5 One moment please. I’ll put you ____ to our personnel department.

6 Once I’ve made some space in the garage, I can put the car ____.

7 Please stop singing! I’m trying to work and it’s putting me ____.

8 It’s a bit chilly in here. Shall I put the heating ____?

etc

through away off out up on

Match a verb with a particle and match the phrasal verb definitions a-i.come pick take go turn set give getout through off out up away across up

1 find by accident ____ ____2 escape ____ ____ 3 distribute to people ____ ____4 select ____ ____5 start a business ____ ____6 study or examine ____ ____7 increase volume ____ ____8 remove ____ ____

3 Answer questions a and b about the phrasal verbs in 2.a Are the phrasal verbs transitive or intransitive? (Write T or I)1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___b Are the phrasal verbs separable or inseparable? (Write S or IS)1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___

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Phrasal verbs with ‘take’

1 I am very similar to my father, whereas my brother takes

2 The new boss is rather formal and I haven’t really taken

3 We must keep in touch. I’ll get a pen and paper and take

4 My feet are very swollen now. Would you mind if I took

5 This library book’s four days overdue.You’d better take

Phrasal verbs with ‘put’Collocates

0 accept take on too much work a new job more responsibility

1 _______ _______ photography yoga modelling

2 _______ _______ your new boss Madrid his plan

3 _______ _______ temporary staff another secretary300 more employees

4 _______ _______ to the library to the shopto the department store

5 _______ _______ the homework my details his name and address

Adjective + noun collocations

Match each of the adjectives with a suitable noun:

Adjectives

Nouns

heavy strong hard thick loud light

snow wind rain fog cloudsshower thunder winter downpour storm

sunshine showers sky seastorm clouds rain wind

overcast violentclear sky severe _______stormy electric

fine strongheavy ________ gale-force _______torrential light

warm roughbrilliant ________ calm _______glorious choppy

thick lightstorm ________ scattered _______angry-looking snow

play (v) rock lead (adj) on instrument

in live (adj) a song musician

band vocalist a track

rock singer ____ singer ____ a tune star guitarist a record

the charts tour album____ concert ____ stage ____

performance tune the radiomusic

talented sing musicalrock ____ perform ____ wind ____session mime stringed

The Present perfect

The Present Perfect links past events and situations with the present.

The Present perfect is used:

1 to give news of recent past events which have some relevance to the

present: Be careful! I’ve just dropped a glass on the floor.

2 to describe something that started in the past and continues to the

present: My wife and I have lived in the same house since we married.

3 to describe events which occurred at some time between the past

and present. Exactly when they happened is not known or important.

I’ve been to Russia three times before.

4 to talk about something which occurred in the past, but in a time

period which includes the present: She’s phoned twice this evening.

Transformations: Present perfect

I last saw Mark a year ago.

since

I have _____________________ year.

George hasn’t played in a match for many years.

ages

It’s _______________________ in a match.

The last time I went to Canada was in January 1994.

been

I ______________________ Canada since January 1994.

It’s over three years since I last ate meat.

eaten

I ______________________ over three years.

Adjectives & verbs + Prepositions

Complete each of the gaps with a preposition from the box.

1 I’m just phoning to congratulate you ____ passing your exams.2 Our new house is very different ____ our old one.3 My father’s very keen ____ gardening.4 Don’t worry ____ it. You can depend ____ me.5 The other driver blamed me ____ causing the accident, but it really wasn’t my fault.6 I’m fed up ____ playing football every weekend.7 My mum was very angry ____ me ____ breaking the plate.8 She’ll never forgive him ____ leaving her to bring the children on her own.9 I objected ____ being kept waiting.10 I really must apologize ____ being late. It won’t happen again.

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FCE Reading FCE Reading ProceduresProcedures

Reading Part 2 Gapped text

FCE (7 sentences + 1 distractor)In this part, there is an emphasis on text structure, cohesion and coherence, and candidates’ ability to follow the development of a long text.

Rather than concentrating on individual sentences, candidates need to be able to follow the development of ideas, opinions and events through the text as a whole, using their understanding of text coherence and cohesion devices.

This task is particularly effective in helping to distinguish between stronger and weaker candidates at FCE level.

FCE Handbook

June 2001 0101 Exam reportThis gapped-sentence task, focusing on text structure, once again turned out to be the most difficult part of the paper.

June 2003 0101 Exam reportThis gapped-sentence task proved to be the hardest part on the paper.

December 2005 0100 Exam report This gapped-sentence task, focusing on text structure, proved to be

the most challenging task on the paper.

June 2006 0101 Exam reportThis gapped-paragraph task, focusing on text structure, proved to be the most demanding task on the paper.

June 2007 0101 Exam reportIt was pleasing to note that this gapped-sentence task, focusing on text structure, was the one that candidates performed best on.

Reading Part 2 Gapped text

The main, or base, text is printed before the missing sentences.

1 Read the title and introduction, and predict the possible content of the text.

2 Read through the base text (the main text with the gaps) and check your predictions.

3 Try to predict the content of the missing sentences by looking carefully at the text before and after each gap.

4 Read the missing sentences and try to decide where each one should go. Remember, there is one extra sentence. Underline words or phrases which show links between base text and missing sentences.

5 Check your answers by reading the whole text again to ensure that it makes sense. Check that the extra sentence does not fit into any of the gaps.

FCE Writing FCE Writing

Marking, Planning & Marking, Planning & CheckingChecking

Planning written answers

December 2007 Exam report

Students should be encouraged to make a plan before they start writing, and to think carefully how to organise their ideas and what they can say on each point.