use of english keys

5There’s no point (in)

6There’s no harm (in)

7What’s the point in

8It’s no use asking

9It’s not worth getting

Her criticisms aren’t worth

10What’s/Where’s the sense in

11It’s no good shouting

12It wasn’t worth reading The book wasn’t worth

13It’s worth checking

14It was useless trying

7.8Word focus

Phrasal verbs: get & set

A

1He gets on (well) with his girlfriend’s family.

2The job got him down, so he left.

3She wanted to get the task over with as quickly as possible.

4After a few days, he got over his illness.

5I haven’t got round to writing to them yet.

6We got to the airport just before the flight left.

7I needed to get on with my work so that it would be ready in time.

8People shouldn’t get away with doing such terrible things.

B

1up

2out

3off/out

4about

Collocations

C

1tell

2give

3give

4give

5tell

6give

7give

8tell

9gave

10told

Word formation: nouns

D

1fame

2loan

3belief

4loss

5choice

6nerve

7content(s)

8wealth

9pride

10proof

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Word sets

E

1like

2similar

3alike

4same

1think

2consider

3imagine

4bear

1responsible

2blame

3fault

4guilty

ECCE Practice 7

Grammar

1d

2c

3b

4d

5a

6c

7b

8c

Vocabulary

9b

10a

11c

12a

13c

14d

15b

16c

FCE Practice 7

Part 3

1was incapable of running

2months since I last went

3whether/if I could change

4as well as organizing

5had run out of

6accused me of causing

7as interested as you

8not unusual for James to

9three years before we saw

10make up my mind (about)

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Unit 8 Modals

8.1 Obligation & permission

Stop & check

1 You really must be more careful in future (delete to).

1

5I mustn’t make this mistake again or he’ll get angry.

7We must get there on time tomorrow.

A

1must/have to pay

2must not/mustn’t leave

3must/have to hand in

4do not/don’t have to dress

5must not/mustn’t look

6do not/don’t have to take part

7must not/mustn’t smoke

8must/have to provide

9must not/mustn’t make

10do not/don’t have to buy

B

1had to

2’ve got to

3’ll have to

4won’t have

5’ll be able

6will I have to

7has to

8’ll have to

9won’t be able to

10’ll have to

11have to

12’ve got to

13could

14Will I be able to

15’ll have to

C

1must/have to

2will have to

3must/have to/May/Can/Could

4couldn’t

5don’t have to

6didn’t have to

7mustn’t

8must/have to/will have to

9don’t have to

10had to

11must/have to/will have to

12had to

13had to

14May/Can/Could/don’t have to

15didn’t have to

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D

1made him apologize

2permitted him to leave

3aren’t allowed to take

4let him leave

5gets other people to solve

6didn’t/wouldn’t allow me to

7ordered her to leave

8won’t let him stay

9always makes me do

10didn’t/wouldn’t let me speak

11may stand

12can’t use

8.2Necessity

A

1needed to think about it

2need watering/need to be watered

3need to spend

4didn’t need to try

5don’t need to discuss/needn’t discuss

6will need to check

7didn’t need to get

8won’t need to spend

9don’t need to give/needn’t give me

10will need posting/will need to be posted

B

1you needn’t repeat

2needn’t have cooked

3will need paying/will need to be paid

4was no need (for you) to lose

5needed fixing/needed to be fixed

6there is no need (for you) to

7needs considering/needs to be considered

8needn’t have worked

8.3 Ability & possibility

A

1could run fast

2couldn’t get

3can’t make it

4could get angry

5couldn’t live

6couldn’t become

7can’t understand

8could be doing

9couldn’t be

10couldn’t have been saving

B

1won’t be able to

2be capable of doing

3you could have been helping

4could have started

5couldn’t be going

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6isn’t (very) good at organizing

7will be able to play

8couldn’t have tried

9weren’t able to find

8.4 Assumptions & interpretations

A

1must be

2must have left

3can’t be

4can’t have been reading

5must be working

6can’t have forgotten

7can’t be doing

8must have taken

9can’t have been

10must have been looking

11must have been practising

12can’t have been feeling

B

1can’t have been thinking

2might be working

3must have made a mistake

4may have given us

5must be wondering

6could be away

7might not have understood

8can’t be enjoying himself

9may not be interested

10could have heard you talking

11might have been having

12may not care about

8.5Suggesting & advising 1

A

1ought to be doing

2should be

3ought to have written

4shouldn’t be earning

5should I sign

6shouldn’t have said

7should be enjoying

8should have been working

9ought to take

10should I have said

11ought to have been taking

12shouldn’t work

13should have asked

14shouldn’t have been listening

8.6Suggesting & advising 2

A

1advised me to think OR advised me (that) I should think

2suggest (that) you consider/should consider OR suggest considering

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3do/would you recommend (that) I order/I should order OR do/would you recommend me to order OR do/would you recommend ordering

4propose (that) we get/should get OR propose getting

5suggested (that) we had/should have/have OR suggested having

6advised me not to believe/against believing OR advised me (that) I shouldn’t believe

7recommend this place to me

8suggested (that) I got/should get/get OR suggested getting

9advised her not to give up/against giving up OR advised her (that) she shouldn’t give up

10recommended (that) we went/should go/go OR recommended going

11warned her not to take/against taking OR warned her (that) she shouldn’t take

12warned her (that) something bad

B

1better

2time

3don’t

4best/better

5were

6off

7might

8not

C

1why don’t we go

2it was/would be best not

3had/’d better go

4it’s (about/high) time he grew up

5have been better off buying

6let’s go out

7it’s (about/high) time you started

8had/’d better not argue

9it’s about time you

10might as well stop

11had/’d better not ask

12might just as well stop

8.7Probability & certainty

A

1doubt whether/if/that they’ll enjoy

2certainly won’t happen again

3it’s possible (that) things will get

4definitely won’t go

5will probably be there

6doubt whether/if/that the meal will

7is unlikely to improve

8is likely to change

9is sure to be

10is certain to change

11likely that he’ll turn up

12am sure (that) Harry will be

B

1C

2A

3B

4C

5D

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6A

7C

8B

9A

10B

11D

12D

13C

14A

15B

C

1to have received my letter by now

2to have been telling (you) the truth

3to be planning something terrible

4to have been upset by what you said

5to have left his office by now

6to be wondering where I am

7to have been earning a lot of money in that job

8to have misunderstood what I told him

1shouldn’t

2may/might

3likely/possible

4doubt

5unlikely

6likely/possible

7sure/certain

8may/might

9should

10definitely/certainly

8.8Chance & possibility

A

1no chance of me (ever) becoming/that I’ll (ever) become

2chances are that you won’t

3chances of you having/that you’ll have

4chances of you getting/that you’ll get

5possibility that the meeting will

6no chance of us being/that we’ll be

7is a (good) chance that you’ll

8slight chance of the weather

9not much chance that he’ll

10are you chances

11a chance of being

12have a good chance of

8.9Word focus

Phrasal verbs: turn & make

A

1turned up

2made

3made

4turn

5make

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6turned

7turned

8making

9make

10turned

Word formation: adjective suffixes

B

1comfortable

2reasonable

3professional

4helpful

5exceptional

6countless

7surrounding

8traditional

9numerous

10daily

Collocations

C

1made no difference to

2made him a generous offer

3has lost interest in

4lost touch with each other

5makes no mention of her boyfriends

6took no part in/didn’t take part in

7you take my advice

8have been doing research into

9had an influence on

10do you (any) harm

Prepositional phrases: noun + preposition

D

1for

2of

3of

4to

5in

6in

7from

8in

9for

10of

11in

12for

ECCE Practice 8

Grammar

1a

2b

3c

4a

5a

6d

7c

8d

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Vocabulary

9 c

10 b

11d

12b

13d

14a

15c

16b

FCE Practice 8

Part 4

1	was
1

4had

5when

7so

8as

9the

11at

12quite

13time

15being

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Unit 9 Conditionals

9.1 Conditional patterns

Stop & check

1If I’d saved my money last year, I’d be able to afford it.

2If I could play better, I would win more matches.

3If I’d left my house earlier yesterday, I would have got there on time.

4If I’d seen him there, I’d have said hello to him.

5If I see Jack at college tomorrow, I’ll ask him what his plans are (delete ’ll).

6If I’d been thinking more carefully, I wouldn’t have made that mistake.

A

1did more/enough exercise, you wouldn’t be unfit/you’d be fit

2hadn’t been rude to me, I wouldn’t have got angry

3find a job (first), I’ll go/I might go to live in Australia

4hadn’t told you, you wouldn’t know about this

5had asked me, I would have told her about it

6watched a lot of/more television, you’d know about this programme

7wasn’t raining, we would be sitting outside

8hadn’t apologized to me, we wouldn’t be friends again

9had been listening, you would have heard what I said

10hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t be feeling ill

B

1stop being famous, it won’t worry me

2wasn’t doing a lot of interesting things, I wouldn’t be having a wonderful time

3didn’t like me, I wouldn’t be rich and famous

4hadn’t been lucky, I wouldn’t have become extremely famous

5weren’t entertaining, people wouldn’t go to see them

6didn’t have a lot of talent, I wouldn’t have got to the top

7knew why my music is/was so popular, I would be able to/could explain it

8won an award, I’d be very pleased

9hadn’t been determined to succeed when I was younger, I wouldn’t be successful today

10wasn’t working in show business, I would be living an ordinary life

C

1I may not have made

2I could do this

3I might be able to

4I might have got

5you concentrate you shouldn’t find

6I didn’t have so much to do I could relax

7he hadn’t got a green card he couldn’t have worked

8it should be here

9.2 Conditional conjunctions

A

1in case you want

2as long as you give

3even if you ask

4unless you work

5providing (that) we leave

6even if he had

7provided (that) he is

8unless she gets promoted

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