Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Phrasal verbs: Particle UP

Have a look at the following posters with phrasal verbs using the particle UP.


























If we understand the meaning of the particles that form phrasal verbs, we may remember them more easily.

You can practise phrasal verbs using UP with these activities:
Exercises with phrasal verbs using UP

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Reading - Cloze

Test Prep: First Certificate | Reading - Cloze | PraCTICE FOR fCE

The Affluenza Defence

Read the text below about a court case in the USA.  After you have read it once to get the gist of the text.  Read the sentences that have been removed from the text and re-read the text once more trying to decide in which places you should insert the removed sentences.  Be careful, there is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Word Formation 1

Practice for FCE | Word Formation |

Practice your vocabulary related to word formation with some sentences to complete.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Word Formation

As part of your preparation for the FCE, you must work with Word Formation.  The use of prefixes and suffixes has to be clear for you if you want to pass your exam with flying colours.  Try this activity to check some negative prefixes.

Reading - Cloze

Test Prep: First Certificate | Open Cloze Exercise | PraCTICE FOR fCE

Open Cloze Exercise

Read the text below and fill in the blanks with only ONE word in each space.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Reading - Cloze and Multiple Choice

Test Prep: First Certificate | Reading with Multiple Choice and Open Cloze Exercise | PraCTICE FOR fCE

Reading

Read the text below, ignoring the blanks first and choose the best option (a, b, c or d) to answer the questions. Then, re-read the text again and fill in the blanks with ONLY one word in each space.