Transcript Descargar archivo - Saint George´s College English 11

 What
does it involve?

a 200 word article

12 gaps in the article

multi-choice answers A, B, C or D for each gap
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10 minutes to do Part One
5
collocations (e.g. a brief glimpse)
 4 vocabulary questions, especially words with
similar meaning but different uses (e.g.
advantage, benefit, gain, profit)
 1-2 phrasal verbs (e.g. bring about)
 0-1 preposition combinations (e.g. keen on,
interested in)
 0-1 linking words (e.g. although, despite)
 Collocations
are words which typically go
together. For example we typically "admire a
painting" as opposed to "watch". Learning to
recognize and adopt the use of collocations
helps people learning English as a foreign
language to make their written English easier
to read.
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Colloca
tionsList.pdf
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Colloca
tionsExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/trickywords/Do
andMakeExercise.htm
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGScP
Ka1GE
 http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-
english/FCE/practice-make-do.html
 These
questions are about synonyms and
words with a similar meaning but different
use.
 An example would be "recognise,
recommend, remember and remind".
 There are normally five questions like this.
 Common questions include
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job vs. work
remember vs. remind
travel vs. journey vs. trip
 She
__________ the position she had always
wanted.
 A
managed
 B
fulfilled
 C
achieved
 D
succeeded
http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Part1Vocab
ularyExercise.htm
 Job Vs Work:
http://www.autoenglish.org/trickywords/Joband
WorkExercise.htm
 Remember vs. Remind
http://www.autoenglish.org/trickywords/Reme
mberandRemindExercise.htm
 Travel vs. Journey vs. Trip
http://www.autoenglish.org/trickywords/Travel
andTripExercise.htm
 Extra Exercises
http://www.autoenglish.org/trickywords.htm
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 Phrasal
verbs are the combination of a verb
with a preposition resulting in a big change
in meaning e.g. "bring" means to take
something with you whereas "bring about"
means to make something happen.
 They can be difficult to remember because
their meanings are not clear from the words.
 There are usually about 1-2 phrasal verb
questions
 The
outbreak of disease was __________ by
poor sanitary conditions.
 A
brought in
 B
brought out
 C
brought down
 D
brought about
 http://www.autoenglish.org/phrasals/writin
gphrasalverbs.htm
 Specific Exercises:
http://www.autoenglish.org/picnic.htm
 Sometimes,
we need to add prepositions on
to the end of adjectives or verbs to make
them connect in a sentence
 There is usually at least 1 question like this
on the test
Football
and advertisements!
I'm really fed
up ____________ the
television these days.
 Adjectives
http://www.autoenglish.org/prepositions
/PrepositionAdjectiveCombinations.htm
 Verbs
http://www.autoenglish.org/prepositions
/PrepositionVerbCombinations.htm
 When
we worked with our writing, we did
our best to add transition words/connectors.
You may be asked to add these words to the
passage as well.
 This may or may not be on the test (usually
about 1 question)
 Common Linking Words
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Although vs. Despite
She's
a sweet person
___________ that you don't
contradict her.
 A
as long
 B
providing
 C
unless
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgram
mar/ConnectorsExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgram
mar/AlthoughandDespiteExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgram
mar/UnlessExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Use
ofEnglishPart1.htm
A
200 word article
 12
gaps in the article
 Each
gap must be filled with one word. There
are no clues.
 10
minutes to do Part Two
 2-3
conjunctions and linkers (e.g. as well as)
 2-3 prepositions (e.g. famous for ...)
 2 determiners (articles & quantifiers e.g.
Few people knew about it.)
 1-2 pronouns especially nondefining relative
pronouns (e.g. The castle, which is very old,
is ...)
 1-2 auxiliary and modal verbs (e.g. He had to
find a new job.)
 1 multi-word verb (e.g. She took part in the
charity event)
 As
soon as // If // Unless
as soon as - immediately – I’ll phone you as soon as
I get home
if – on the condition that - I’ll go to the beach if the
weather is good
unless - with the exception that - We can go for a
picnic unless it rains
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/LinkersExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/AssoonasExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/PurposeExercise.htm
SIMON
SAYS!
 http://www.autoenglish.org/prepositions/FC
EPrepositions.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/prepositions.ht
m
Definite article : the
 Indefinite articles : a, an
 Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
 Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your,
his, her, its, our, their
 Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot
of, most, some, any, enough
 Numbers : one, ten, thirty
 Distributives : all, both, half, either, neither,
each, every
 Difference words : other, another
 Pre-determiners : such, what, rather, quite
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The
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A specific object
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The ball over there
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… and so the ball
bounced.
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Before superlatives
and numbers
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The tallest building
The third largest hippo
Naming something for
the first time
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Something that´s
already been
mentioned
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A/An
A ball fell out of the little
boy´s hands.
Ethnicities/Religions
Kate is a Catholic
 Joe is an Englishman
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Use a meaning 'one',
referring to a single
object. In these
sentences using "one"
instead of the indefinite
article is grammatically
correct.
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I would like an orange and
two lemons.
A
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Few countable, positive meaning
A few of the dogs were barking.
 Few
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A
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countable, negative meaning
Few people in my neighborhood recycle their
rubbish.
little  uncountable, positive meaning
I normally put a little ketchup on my hot dog.
 Little
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uncountable, negative meaning
I´ve got little patience for rude people.
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/Determiners.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/ArticlesExercise.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r.htm
Somebody told me about this book - affirmative
Nobody likes homework NOT Nobody doesn’t like homework
Does anybody here play chess? – questions
Would you like something to drink? - offers and requests
Is there something wrong? - when you think you know the answer
You can ask me anything. I don’t mind – it doesn’t matter
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/FCEPronouns.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgramma
r/IndefinitePronounsExercise.htm
 The
most frequently ocurring auxiliary and
modal verbs to fill the gaps are WOULD and
HAD (sometimes from the past perfect and
sometimes from HAVE TO).
 http://www.autoenglish.org/tenses/auxiliary
modals.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/tenses/PastPerf
ect.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/tenses/con2pal
/con2pal.html
 http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs/Mo
dalsObligation.htm
 http://www.flo-
joe.com/fce/students/tests/oclts2.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/listening/paella
exercise.htm
a
200 word article
 10 gaps in the article
 each gap must be filled with one word made
from a stem word shown at the end of the
line
 10 minutes to do Part Two
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4 conversions from verb to noun
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2 conversions from noun to adjective
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(e.g. rely to reliable)
1 conversion from a positive meaning to a negative
meaning
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(e.g. extreme to extremely)
1 conversion from verb to adjective
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(e.g. energy to energetic)
1-2 conversions from adjective to adverb
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(e.g choose to choice)
(e.g. suitable to unsuitable)
0-1 internal change
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(e.g. long to length)
SUFFIX
VERB – NOUN
-AL
condition, quality arrive –arrival
approve – approval
-ANCE /
attend –attendance
ENCE
action, state, accept –acceptance
condition or quality
-ATION / TION action
educate – education
or resulting state
inform – information
-SION action or
resulting state
-URE action or
resulting state
-MENT state, act,
condition
-AGE action, state,
process
-ING action, state,
process
-ERY a business or
trade, a behavior, a
condition
confuse – confusion
decide – decision
depart – departure
erase – erasure
agree– agreement
pay – payment
break – breakage
post – postage
bless – blessing
land – landing
cream – creamery
slave (N) – slavery
VERB – NOUN
VERB – NOUN
deny –denial
propose –proposal
prefer – preference
insure – insurance
refuse – refusal
dismiss – dismissal
refer – reference
exist –existence
eliminate – elimination combine – combination
declare – declaration
immigrate –
immigration
divide –division
impress – impression
revise – revision
profess–profession
fail – failure
press – pressure
enclose – enclosure
legislate – legislature
employ – employment punish – punishment
argue – argument
govern – government
pack – package
bag– baggage
pass – passage
marry – marriage
write – writing
end –ending
feed – feeding
seat – seating
bake –bakery
brew – brewery
brave (Adj) – bravery
machine (N) –
machinery
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/verbs2n
ouns.htm
 -able/-ible
understandable, capable, readable,
incredible
 -al mathematical, functional, influential, chemical
 -ful beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful
 -ic artistic, manic, rustic, terrific
 -ive submissive, intuitive, inventive, attractive
 -less sleeveless, hopeless, groundless, restless
 -ous gorgeous, dangerous, adventurous, fabulous
Add
Exceptions
Word
Adjective
-al
If ending with
an ‘e‘, drop it
Nature
Function
Natural
Functional
-y
If ending with
an ‘e‘, drop it
Ice
Oil
Icy
Oily
-ful
If ending with a
‘y‘, replace
with an ‘i‘
Beauty
Peace
Beautiful
Peaceful
-ous/-ious
If ending with a
‘y‘, drop it
Mystery
Danger
Mysterious
Dangerous
-ic
If ending with a
‘y‘, drop it
History
Rust
Historic
Rustic
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/nouns2
adjectives.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/verbs2a
djectives.htm
 EASIEST
ONE!!!!!
Add
–ly
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/adjecti
ves2adverbs.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/positive
2negative.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/UseofE
nglishPart3.htm
 http://www.flo-
joe.com/fce/students/tests/2_wfmtst4.htm
 http://www.flo-
joe.com/fce/students/tests/wfmtst2.htm
8 questions worth a maximum of 2 marks
 You are given an original sentence, a single word in
capitals and in bold and a second sentence with a
gap. You have to use the single word, without
changing it, plus up to four more words to fill the
gap, so that the second sentence means the same as
the first.

The Irish man was determined to pay for our drinks.
INSISTED
The Irish man .............................. for our drinks*.
Many students consider this to be the hardest part of
the exam.
 15 minutes to do Part Four
 * The Irish man insisted on paying for our drinks.

1-2 questions on modal verbs and semi-modal verbs
 1-2 questions on phrasal verbs and multi-word verbs
 1-2 transformations from the active voice to the
passive
 1-2 questions on verb patterns such as verb +
preposition + -ing
 1 transformation from direct speech to reported
speech
 occasional questions involving:
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common idioms linking words
the third conditional
look like and seem
do and make
regret and wish
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The most frequently recurring modal verb transformations
are:PREFER to WOULD RATHER
I prefer to arrive an hour early.
RATHER
I would rather arrive an hour early.
BE ALLOWED TO to LET
He wasn't allowed to go because of his parents.
LET
His parents would not let him go.
OUGHT
It was bad of you to use my mobile without my permission
OUGHT
You ought to have asked before you used my mobile.
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/modalt
ransformations.htm
CARRY ON
To continue
PAY ATTENTION TO
to take notice of
CARRY OUT
to do or follow instructions or
orders
PUT OFF
to postpone or delay
COME UP WITH
to have an idea
SET UP
to establish
GET IN TOUCH WITH
to contact
TAKE CARE OF
to look after
LOOK UP TO
to admire
TURN UP
to arrive or attend
 https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/ph
rasal-verbs-list.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Phrasal
VerbTransformations.htm
 The
most frequent type of passive
transformation use the key word SAID, which
to a native speaker sounds rather contrived
and belongs more to the narrative genre than
standard English use.
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They say he eats snakes.
SAID
He is said to eat snakes.
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/Active2
PassiveTransformations.htm
 For
these type of transformations you need to
study verb valencies or verb patterns. Here is a
list of some patterns which have turned up in
the exam: ACCUSE: He accused me OF using his phone.
 APOLIGISE: I apoligised FOR forgetting her
birthday.
 FEEL LIKE: I didn't feel LIKE watching TV.
 INSIST:
He insisted ON going out in the rain.
 PREVENT: Her parents prevented her FROM
going camping.
 SUCCEED: She succeeded IN getting her degree.
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/VerbPrepo
sitionGerund.htm
 http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/UseofE
nglishPart4.htm
 http://www.flo-
joe.com/fce/students/strategy/p3pt3a.htm
 If
you ever have questions, you have my
email. Even if I´m not your regular English
teacher, please ask me if you have any
questions ever! You will do great on the FCE,
I know it!