use of english keys

D

1Francis Ford Coppola, who made the Godfather films, is a very well-known director.

2The Godfather films are about a Mafia family who/that live and operate in the US.

4The first two Godfather films, which Coppola made in the 1970s, are considered classics (delete them).

5The Godfather films, which starred Al Pacino, follow the history of the fictional Corleone family (delete they).

6Coppola also made the film Apocalypse Now, which was set in the Vietnam War.

11.2 Participles

A

1She got married last month (delete was).

2While/When I was walking down the street, the wind was blowing very hard.

4Feeling nervous, he began his speech.

5I usually watch TV while doing the ironing.

B

1I asked a lot of questions, trying to find out what really happened./Trying to find out what really happened, I asked a lot of questions.

2We met (while) working in the same office.

3Opened in 2000, the Tate Modern is a huge art gallery in London.

4Written over 100 years ago, this novel is still relevant today.

5Several buildings got damaged in the storm.

6I must get changed for the party.

7The managers running the company are making a lot of mistakes.

8(While/When) Coming into the room, I realized that something was wrong.

9There’s not much time left so let’s get started.

10There is a big tourist attraction in London known as The London Eye.

11.3Trying, succeeding & failing

A

1in his attempt

2we succeeded in repairing

3managed to finish

4made no effort to help

5failed to do

6my first attempt to act/at acting

7efforts to repair it myself

8and attempted to stop

9tried putting the cupboard

10made an effort to solve

B

1C

2A

3C

C

1successful

2unsuccessfully

3success

4failures

5achievement

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11.4 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: various

A

1stick to

2pulled up

3see to

4throwing … away

5call off

6hang on

7held up

8back … up

9stand for

10clear up

Word formation: various

A

1enjoyable

2boring

3scary

4impressive

5frightening

6shock

7fright

8enthusiastic

9surprises

10exhausted

C

1annoyance

2frustration

3confusion

4impression

5interest

6attractive

7confidence

8pleasure

9satisfied

10worry

Word sets

D

1proper

2right

3valid

4precise

1convenient

2fit

3suited

4relevant

1flock

2bunch

3set

4pack

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ECCE Practice 11

Grammar

1b

2c

3a

4b

5d

6b

7c

8c

Vocabulary

9b

10d

11b

12b

13c

14d

15c

16a

FCE Practice 11

Part 5

1lawyers

2knowledge

3attention

4unpredictable

5agency

6generally

7evidence

8missing

9security

10glamorous

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Unit 12 Comparison & degree

12.1 Comparisons

Stop & check

2Your idea is a better one than mine.

3I find tennis much more interesting than football.

4The weather is getting worse all the time.

5This book is not as good as his last one.

A

1less serious

2sadder / wiser

3more varied

4better

5worse

6harder

7more honest

8better

9sunnier

10more complicated

11less frequently

12faster

B

1not as keen on football as Tom (is)

2haven’t eaten as much as me/as I have

3play (the) guitar as well as Will (can)/(does)

4haven’t won as many games as them/as they have

5was as successful as his first (film) (was)

6haven’t got/don’t have as much confidence as you (have)

7works as hard as his boss (does)

8haven’t seen as many films as you (have)

9as much (money) as me/as I do

10as many cars as it used to

C

1is better than his previous one/CD (was)

2less experience of this kind of thing than I have/than me

3cost more than mine (did)

4more quickly than me/than I do

5more interesting job than me/than I have

6more interest in politics than me/than I have

7less enthusiastically than me/than I did

8a less complicated life than me/than I do

9more hobbies than me/than I have

10fewer countries than you (have)

D

1the wettest

2the least exciting

3the happiest

4the most well-known

5the least popular

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6the cleverest / the simplest

7the worst

8the least worried

9the best

10the most skilful

D

1the most exciting film I’ve ever seen

2the kindest person I’ve ever met

3the least enjoyable journey I’ve ever had

4the most pleasant people I’ve ever met

5the strangest person in my class

6the most impressive performance he has ever given

12.2 So, such & to

A

1so

2such

3too

4so much

5so many

6such

7too

8so

9too

10too many

11too many

12such

B

1I’m too busy to get bored.

2She had so much bad publicity, she stopped being popular.

3They’re having too much fun to want to leave now.

4He has such strong opinions that nobody can make him change his mind.

5We eat too many sweet things – it’s not good for our teeth.

C

1is such good food that

2spoke so quietly that

3is too complicated for me

4so many mistakes that

5such an exciting city that

6so hungry that I could

7was too tired to go

8so good at the hob that

9so much money that

10too many friends to get

11so rude that he offended

12such nice people that

13happened too quickly for me

14too expensive for most people

15bought such a lot of

16in such bad condition that

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12.3 Enough

A

1not old enough to vote

2enough courage to say

3clearly enough for her to

4was cheap enough for us

5enough food for everyone

6enough money to pay

7enough talent to become

8young enough to start

9a good enough player to be

10clever enough to do

11enough (of the) questions to pass

12enough (of the) grammar to speak

13a big enough car for

14enough of their conversation

15see enough (of it) to

16enough qualifications to get

17not a big enough stadium

18enough about him to have

19enough times to (be able to) find

20enough (of the) questions correctly

B

1we’ve got plenty of time to get

2there were plenty of seats

3I’ve brought plenty

4were plenty of interesting souvenirs

12.4 Degree

A

1B

2C

3A

4D

5A

6A

7B

8A

9B

10B

11B

12B

13D

14C

15D

B

1terribly disappointing

2quite a strange person

3far too annoyed

4a little smaller

5a bit too cold

6was considerably more than

7much too unhappy

8a bit more intelligent

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12.5 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: various

A

1wear out

2count on

3carried out

4work out

5checked in

6handed … in

7showing off

8knocked down

9picked up

10live up to

Word formation: various

B

1surprising

2satisfaction

3boredom

4enthusiasm

5disappointment

6tiring

7anxiety

8worrying

9solution

10improvements

C

1delightful

2anger

3saddened

4embarrassment

5tiredness

6amazement

7please

8amusing

9embarrassing

10fascinating

11amusement

12relaxing

13excitement

14depressing

15exhaustion

16sadness

17shocking

18disappointing

19Relaxation

20nervousness/nerves

Prepositional phrases: various

D

1to

2To

3at

4at

5on

6to

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7in / of

8by

9at

10in / of

ECCE Practice 12

Grammar

1c

2d

3c

4b

5a

6c

7d

8c

Vocabulary

9a

10a

11a

12b

13a

14d

15c

16c

FCE Use of English Practice Test

Part 1

1A

2B

3D

4C

5B

6A

7D

8B

9A

10C

11C

12C

13A

14B

15D

Part 2

16for

17At

18without

19between

20a

21It

22to

23be

24been

25there

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26was

27what

28about

29she

30and

Part 3

31wish I could go

32good enough driver

33even though he (had) lost

34it necessary for

35makes so much noise

36found it difficult to

37get in touch with

38illness caused him to cancel

39wouldn’t/would not have found out

40was set up by

Part 4

42of

43places

44which

45it

46in

48one

49to

51at

52and

55for

Part 5

56traditional

57generations

58anger

59foreigners

60secretly

61unfashionable

62service

63patience

64politeness

65frustrated

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