FCE COMPLETE EXAM PRACTICE 2

2nd TERM MAKE UP EXAM

FCE PREPARATION
VOCABULARY
1. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES BY USING ONE OF THE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE
BOX IN THE CORRECT FORM.
ASSIST

ATTEND

FIND OUT
GET TO KNOW JOIN
TAKE PART IN TEACH

KNOW

LEARN

STUDY

1. Dimitri has been ... Spanish classes because he hopes to study in Seville next
year.
2. Ive a lot of interesting people from different countries while doing this
course
3. Maria hopes to chemistry when she goes to university
4. While Karen was at summer camp, shehow to windsurf
5. The best way tothe answer to this question is to look on the internet
6. Id like to ring Kevin but I dont .his phone number
7. I had a wonderful course tutor who.me to speak Spanish really well
8. The university has an accommodation officer who will..students with finding
somewhere to live.
9. Kostas a youth club because he wanted to meet people
10. It was the first time he had a marathon, so people were surprised when
he won.
2. CHOOSE ONE OF THE VERBS FROM THE BOX TO COMPLETE THE GAPS. CHANGE THE
TENSE OF THE VERB WHEN NECESSARY.
LOOK (AT), SEE or WATCH?
LISTEN, LISTEN (TO), or HEAR?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

I my watch and I saw that it was the time to leave

I really enjoy .. horror films
We live near the motorway and can . the traffic non-stop
Ive been ...our holiday photos
Did you ... Buckingham Palace when you were in London?
She knew the policeman was .... what she did
Jenny looks so relaxed when she .music on her MP3 player
Martin was in the kitchen so he didnt .the telephone when it rang.

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3. WORD FORMATION. FORM A NOUN OR A VERB FROM THE FOLLOWING WORDS
NOUN

VERB

1.

QUALIFY

2.

CONFIDE

3.

UNDERSTAND

4.

IMPROVE

5.

BEHAVE

6.

ADVISE

7.

ASSIST

8.

KNOW

ADVERTISEMENT

9.

ENTERTAINMENT

10.

FEELING

11.

ACHIEVEMENT

12.

INVERSTIGATION

13.

OBEDIENCE

14.

PREFERENCE

15.

SENSATION

16.

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GRAMMAR
1.READ THIS EXTRACT FROM A NOVEL AND WRITE THE CORRECT FUTURE FORM
Lynns Decision
Steve and Stuart took their coffees to a table at the far end of the caf and sat down. Steve spoke
first. Have you heard that Lynn 1 .(GIVE UP)her job next week? Shes
already handed in her notice and she says that she 2.. (DO) something more
interesting.
Stuart tutted and sighed with disapproval. Well, I 3. . (TELL) what I think. I think
she 4 . (REGRET) it because she 5. .. (GET) a better job.
Steve was more sympathetic. I dont know about that, he said. She thinks that she 6.
. (FIND) something she prefers. She reckons it 7. .(BE)
easy. As a matter of fact, she 8. . (GO) somewhere for an interview next week.
Stuart was not convinced. The way things are at the moment, Im sure it 9. .
(TAKE) her a long time to get what she wants. In fact, 1 wouldnt be surprised to find out that she
10. (LOOK) six months from now.
2. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES TO FORM, 1ST, 2ND, 3RD OR MIXED
CONDITIONALS
1. Youre unfit because you dont do enough exercise.
If you
2. I got angry because he was rude to me.
If he.
3. I might go to live in Australia but Ill have to find a job first.
If I .
4. You only know about this because I told you.
If I .
5. I didnt tell her about it because she didnt ask me.
If she..
USE OF ENGLISH
1.KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first, using the word given. Use between 2 and 5 words in each gap.
1.
1. While I was on holiday, a lot of interesting things happened to me MY
During.. a lot of interesting experiences
2. It was careless of you to leave without locking the door
OUGHT
Youthe door before you left
3. Is Pete likely to change his mind? Rob asked
CHANCE
Is there .changing his mind? Rob asked
4. Paul is the only person who has replied to the invitation
NOBODY
Apart..replied to the invitation
5. Are you familiar with his teaching style yet? USED
Have youhis teaching style yet?
6. It was such a sunny day that none of us wanted to do any work FELT
None of us any work because it
was such a sunny day
7. Barbara couldnt sing or dance UNABLE
Besides., Barbara couldnt dance either

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8. Dinner will be served immediately upon our arrival at the hotel SOON
Dinner will be served..at the hotel.
2. OPEN CLOZE. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space
gap. Use ONLY ONE WORD in each gap.
a. consider

b know

c call

d label

Victor Gruen, and American architect, revolutionized shopping in the 1950s by creating the type of
shopping centre that we now (0).. a shopping mall.
Gruens (1).. was to provide a pleasant, quiet and spacious shopping
environment with large car parks, which usually (2) .. building in the suburbs. He
also wanted people to be able to shop in all kinds of weather. He (3) .. on using
building designs that he knew people would feel (4) . With, but placed them in
landscaped street that were entirely enclosed and often covered with a curved glass roof. This was
done to (5) some of the older shopping arcades of city centres, but while these
housed only small speciality shops, Gruens shopping malls were on a much grander (6)
..
Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which (7) the
shopping streets from the parking (8) outsides. As there was no need to (9)
. out bad weather, shops no longer needed windows and doors, and people could
wander (10) .. from shop to shop. In many cities, shopping malls now (11)
. much more than just shops; cinemas, restaurants and other forms of
entertainment are also (12) . in popularity.
1. a. direction
2. a. resulted
3. a. insisted
4. a. favourable
5. a. model
6. a. measure
7. a. disconnected
8. a. strips
9. a. hold
10. a. freely
11. a. contain
12. a. becoming

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aim
sought
demanded
agreeable
imitate
height
withdrew
lines
get
loosely
concern
growing

c.
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search
intended
requested
comfortable
repeat
size
separated
areas
stay
simply
consist
raising

d.
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view
meant
emphasised
enviable
shadow
scale
parted
plots
keep
entirely
compose
advancing

3. WORD FORMATION. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a
word that fits in the space in the same line.
REMEMBERING YOUR DREAMS
A team of (0) scientists, who have studied the subject of
dreams, have come up with some interesting conclusions. First
of all, everybody, without exception, has them. Secondly, dreams
can be of practical value, acting as a (1) .. of things of
(2) . that we need to do in our waking lives. If you dream
of the punishment you may receive for not handing in your homework
(3) .., for example, this may help you to do it on time. Indeed,
things we are (4) about in our daily lives often feature in
our dreams.

SCIENCE

But it is hard to make sense of your dreams if you lack the (5) .

ABLE

REMIND
IMPORTANT
PUNCTUAL
ANXIETY

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to remember them in the first place. One (6) .. is that you should
keep a diary and pen by your bed, so you can write down your dreams
as soon as they occur. You should concentrate on three aspects. Firstly,
record the strongest emotion in your dream, whether it is fear, (7)
or whatever. Then write down anything strange or (8) .. that
happened and the names of the people who made an (9) in your
dream. This way, according to the experts, you will have a (10) . and
meaningful dream record, which will make for fascinating reading.

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For questions 1-12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.
Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
SUMMER CAMP
Every year, eight million children across the United States spend some time at a summer camp. For
more than a century, children (1) . enjoyed both learning new skills and (2)
.. part in a variety of activities in a friendly environment.
There are 10,000 camps across the country, (3) .. are designed to look (4)
.. youngsters from the age of six to eighteen. The camps, lasting anything from one
to eight weeks, are often situated in beautiful lakeside areas and there is (5)
wide range of prices to suit every pocket. The children typically do outdoor activities, including
some challenging sports like climbing, or indoor activities (6) .. as drama, music
or poetry.
(7) .. the camps are not luxurious, the wooden cabins the young people sleep in
are comfortable. The timetable does not allow very (8) .. time for relaxing because
the children (9) . kept busy all the time. The camps are popular with the children,
and many come away (10) . of enthusiasm. In the words of the former camper, I
made a lot of friends, (11) .. never on my own, and became a lot (12)
self-confident.