use of english keys

First Certificate Skills Use of English

Answers

Unit 1 The present

1.1 The present

Stop & check

2Are you staying in a hotel?

3Do you like the food here?

6Are you having an interesting holiday?

8Do you understand much of our language?

A

1leave

2am/’m trying

3eat

4Do you understand

5goes

6Do you like

7cost

8don’t know

9am/’m doing

10is/are playing

11wears

12are you being

13don’t want

14am/’m waiting

15Is anyone using

B

2They don’t have/aren’t having a lot of fun at work.

7We have lunch at about 1 pm every day.

8Have they got any children?

1.2 Habits and normality

A

1I tend to have more energy in the morning.

2You’re always criticizing other people.

3My mother has a tendency to worry too much.

4She would feel exhausted at the end of every day.

5Ken wasn’t use to being so poor.

6I’m not accustomed to driving this kind of car.

7Frank tends not/doesn’t tend to tell lies.

8Ian is used to sorting out other people’s problems for them.

9As a child, he would play some kind of sport every day.

10Zoe has a habit of making jokes about her problems.

B

1regular

2ordinary

3normal

4everyday

5typical

6usual

7common

8average

9frequent

10normal

C

1(quite) common for people to

2has a habit of saying

3have/’ve got used/accustomed to travelling

4is it usual for people

5(ever) get used to working

6not normal for me

7it is rare for Noel

8is not/isn’t used to working

9has a tendency to panic

10get used to giving

1.3Frequency

B

1normally

2As a rule

3periodically

4frequently

5generally

6constantly

7regularly

8occasionally

9continually

10rarely

C

1all

2hardly

3often

4then

5most

6every

1.4 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: be & do

A

1out of

2up to

3over

4away

5on

6up

B

1need

2redecorated

3manage without

4get rid of

Word formation: adjective suffixes

C

1memorable

2personal

3useful

4historic

5additional

6cultural

7missing

8marvellous

9peaceful

10energetic

Collocations

D

1do

2make

3have

4take

5have

6have

7causing/(having)/(making)

8make

9making/(taking)

10make

11make

12makes

13make

14take

15make

16make

17cause/have

18make

19take

20make

Word sets

E

1includes

2involves

3contains

4consists

1particular

2single

3individual

4unique

1earn

2gain

3achieve

4win

ECCE Practice 1

Grammar

1c

2d

3a

4d

5c

6c

7c

8c

Vocabulary

9b

10a

11c

12d

13c

14d

15a

16a

FCE Practice 1

Part 4

1a

2as

4one

5they

7to

8about

11on

12you

13the

14do

Unit 2 The past

2.1 The past

Stop & check

2What did you do yesterday?

6I used to live in a different city.

7We moved to this city when I was nine.

8I have supported this football team since I was a child.

9I’ve always enjoyed football.

A

1was

2died

3used to be

4stayed

5was living

6had got

7had finished

8formed

9made

10made

11had been making

12had been touring

13was

14had been

15had

B

1has become

2started

3has won

4died

5won

6became

7has started

8has become

9won

10were losing

11scored

12have never been

C

1C

2B

3D

4B

5A

6C

7D

8A

9B

10C

11A

12C

13A

14B

15D

16A

17D

18A

19C

20B

2.2 First & last

A

1the third time I’ve asked you

2she has (ever) driven

3were the last words/words were the last he (ever) said

4she had (ever) had

5last time she (ever) mentioned

6the last time I (ever)/I’ll ever/I’m ever going to have to

B

1record they’ve (ever) made

2(been) years since I (last) went

3I’ve written

4time I’ve (ever) met

5time I’ve had

6I (ever) trusted)

7since she (last) got

8film I’ve (ever) seen,

9two years since Fiona went

10person I’ve (ever) met

11since we moved

12my dad will ever lend

2.3Time adverbs and prepositions 1

A

1D

2B

3C

4A

5B

6C

7D

8D

9C

10B

11A

12A

B

1Nothing interesting has happened in the past couple of weeks.

2Young people don’t want that kind of thing any more.

3I saw Elaine at a party recently./I recently saw Elaine at a party.

4I knew his name because we’d already met each other.

5She’s been having a lot of problems lately./Lately she’s been having a lot of problems.

6I was just writing a letter to him when he rang me.

7Are you still working for the same company?

8Have you already finished your work?/Have you finished your work already?

9They still live in the same place.

10I contacted them last week but they haven’t replied yet.

11Have you had anything to eat yet?

12I’d hardly solved one problem before another one came up.

13I still don’t understand what happened.

14I had just fallen asleep when a noise outside woke me up.

C

1past

2still

3yet

4nowadays

5already

6any longer

D

1C

2D

3A

4A

5B

6C

7D

8B

2.4 Periods of time 1

A

1only lasted (for) five minutes

2took me three years to/took three years for me to

3spent three hours cleaning

4months passed before

5I’ve wasted this/the afternoon

6will take (her) about

7(I) passed the journey chatting with

8will it take (for) you

2.5 Periods of time 2

A

1B

2D

3A

4C

5D

6A

7B

8C

9A

10C

B

1term

2era

3advance

4time

5notice

C

1time

2the

3some

2.6 Word focus

Phrasal verbs: bring & take

A

1took (A)

2took (B)

3takes (B)

4bring (B)

5takes (A)

6brought (A)

7brought (A)

8take (A)

9brought (B)

10take (A)

Word formation: noun suffixes

B

1entertainment

2existence

3popularity

4behaviour

5variety

6competitions

7reactions

8strangers

9publicity

10stardom

Collocations

C

1makes no sense to/doesn’t make (any) sense to

2having problems getting

3made no/didn’t make any reference to

4take care of your belongings

5did damage to the industry

6(suddenly) lost his temper

7have a reason for being

8took no notice of/didn’t take any notice of

Prepositional phrases: preposition + noun

D

1in

2on

3on

4On

5in

6in

7in

8on

9in

10on

ECCE Practice 2

Grammar

1c

2d

3d

4c

5a

6c

7b

8d

Vocabulary

9b

10c

11a

12d

13b

14a

15d

16c

FCE Practice 2

Part 2

1to

2and

3be

4of

5because

6had

7the

8more

9an

10At

11was

12as

13have

14During

15which

Unit 3 The future

3.1 The future

Stop & check

1B

2B

3A

4B

5B

6B

A

1Is giving up

2’s going to do

3’ll tell

4‘s going to regret

5won’t get

6’ll find

7’ll be

8’s going

9’s going to take

10’s looking

B

1starts

2’m not taking part

3are playing

4’ll be

5’ll be performing

6will be going

7’s going to be

8’ll let

9’ll send

10’ll write

C

1are you doing

2’m meeting/’m going to meet

3’ll look

4won’t be able to

5goes on

6I’ll be sitting/I’m going to be sitting

7doesn’t end

8won’t believe/’re not going to believe

9’m going to start

10’m seeing

11’m not doing/won’t be doing

12Shall we fix up

13Shall we meet

14’ll see

D

1is due to arrive

2is about to start

3is to be held

4was going to phone

5you are to call