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CONTENTS
Introduction to Paper 1 5

1 Simple Present 2 Present Continuous 3 Simple Past 4 Past Continuous

UNIT 1 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1 & 2
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1 Simple Present Perfect 2 Present Perfect Continuous 3 Simple Past Perfect 4 Past Perfect Continuous
UNIT 2 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 3 & 4
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1 Simple Future 2 Future Continuous 3 Simple Future Perfect 4 Future Perfect Contin
Continuous
UNIT 3 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 5
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1 The Indefinite Article: A / An 2 The Definite Article: The
UNIT 4 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH
GLISH PARTS 6 & 7
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Modal / Auxiliary Verbs [I] 1 Be 2 Can / Could / Be able to 3 Must / Have to 4 Will / Would
UNIT 5

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Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLIS ENGLISH PARTS 1 & 2

UNIT 6
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Modal / Auxiliary Verbs [II] 1 May / Might 2 Shall 3 Should / Ought to 4 Need 5 Dare
Language Development Additional Practice READING & US USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 3 & 4
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REVISION 1 46

1 Countable Nouns 2 Plural Nouns 3 Unc Uncountable Nouns

UNIT 7 4 Nouns followed by a Singular or Plural Verb 5 Collective Nouns 48
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Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 5

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1 Comparison 2 Participles
ciples as Adjective
Adjectives 3 Adverbs 4 Very - Too - Enough
UNIT 8 ment Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 6 & 7
Language Development
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1 Question Words 2 Questio

Question Tags
UNIT 9 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1 & 2
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1 Infinitive
nitive with to 2 Infinitive without to 3 Infinitive Forms
UNIT 10 70
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Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 3 & 4

Language Develo

1 Gerund 2 Gerund or Infinitive?

UNIT 11 Language Development Additional Practice
Langua READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 5
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REVISION 2 82

Conditionals
UNIT 12 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 6 & 7
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1 Unreal Past 2 Would Rather - Had Better

UNIT 13 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1 & 2
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The Passive
UNIT 14 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 3 & 4
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 1 The Causative use of have 2 Emphatic Structures
UNIT 15 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 5
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Direct and Reported Speech

UNIT 16 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 6 & 7
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1 Inversion 2 So do I / I do too - Neither / Nor do I / I dont either 3 Conjunctions

UNIT 17 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1 & 2
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REVISION 3 124

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Relative Clauses
UNIT 18 Language Development Additional Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH
NGLISH PARTS 3 & 4
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Clauses of: Time - Reason - Purpose - Result

UNIT 19 READING & USE
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ENGLISH PART 5
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Language Development Additional Practice

1 Clauses of: Concession / Contrast - Manner 2 Linking Words / Phra

Phrases
UNIT 20 PA
Language Development Additional Practice READINGEADING & USE
US OF ENGLISH PARTS 6 & 7
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Participles
UNIT 21 Language Development Additional Practice READING
DING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1, 2, 3 & 4
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1 Exclamatory Structures 2 Subject

ect + Sing
Singular / Plural Verb 3 The Possessive
UNIT 22 al Practice READING & USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 5, 6 & 7
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Language Development Additional

REVISION
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PRACTICE READING & USE

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ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST 1 167
TEST
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PRACTICE READING & USE OF ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST 2 175

TEST
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1 Key Word Transformation (covering grammar / structure, vocabulary and collocation

FURTHER PRACTICE 182
or idiomatic expression) 2 Phrasal Verbs 3 Word Confusion

Appendix 1 Example Transformations [for help and guidance] 206

Appendix 2 Prepositional Phrases 215

Appendix 3 Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns with Prepositions 217

Appendix 4 Derivatives 221

Glossary 234
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 UNIT 1
1 SIMPLE PRESENT 2 PRESENT CONTINUOUS 3 SIMPLE PAST 4 PAST CONTINUOUS

1 SIMPLE PRESENT
The simple present is used: I think Joanne is really pretty.
1 for habitual actions, permanent states. I am thinking about going to Australia this year.
Dave walks to school every day. (= considering)
The Smiths live in York. Pete sees very little without his glasses.

2 in timetables, programmes with a future meaning (often Im seeing my boyfriend tomorrow. (= meeting)
with verbs of motion). This pizza smells / tastes good.
The coach arrives at 9.30 tomorrow evening. (= has a particular smell / flavour)
3 in exclamatory sentences beginning with Here ... and Helen is smelling / tasting
g the food
foo to see if its okay.
There ... with the verbs come and go. (= checking the smell / flavour of)
Hurry up, David. Here comes our bus! NOTE 3: With the verbs hurt, ach
ache and d feel we can use
4 in sports commentaries. either a simple orr a continuous tense.
tens
I feel / am feeling
eeling better today.
today

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Ronaldo passes the ball to Rooney Rooney scores!
What a goal!
5 in narratives or when summarising the plot of a book or 3 SIMPLE PAST

AG
film.
The simple past is used for:
e pas
She gets out of the car, runs into the house and locks
the door behind her. 1 an action n done by someone
so no longer alive.
Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.
6 in newspaper headlines.
[NO
NOT: has written ]
PLANE CRASHES IN MEXICO.
2 completed past pas actions with the time mentioned or
implied.
mplie
2 PRESENT CONTINUOUS Stephanie
teph passed her driving test last week.
3 past habits or repeated actions.
The present continuous is used:
We went cycling every day when we were on holiday.
1 for actions happening at or around the time of speaking. (= We were in the habit of going cycling ...)
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Dont disturb him now, hes watching the game. OR: We used to go / would go cycling ...
Im studying Spanish this year.
NOTE 1: Only used to (not would) is used for permanent past
2 for arranged or planned actions for the he (near) future states.
(often with verbs of motion).
My dad used to work at Barclays.
Paul is arriving on Saturday morning.
[NOT: would work ]
3 for temporary repeated actionss or states.
NOTE 2: I used to cycle to school.
Im working in my uncleses shop every day tthis week.
BUT: I am used to cycling to school.
4 with always, constantly, continually or fo forever to stress (= I am accustomed to cycling ...)
that the action happens
pens too o often or very often (usually
NOTE 3: It is / has been many weeks since I heard / have
to express annoyance).
nce).
heard from Lucy.
She is always
ways arguing with he her parents.
She is always helping tthe poor.
4 PAST CONTINUOUS
5 to show progressive
rogressive chachange or development.
His pronunciation
iation is getting better all the time. The past continuous is used:
NOTE 1: The continuous form of be can be used with certain 1 for actions in progress at a certain time in the past.
adjectives like silly, lazy, noisy, etc. to describe At 7.30 this morning, I was waiting for the bus.
peoples behaviour at a particular moment / in a When I was washing the dishes, I broke a glass.
particular situation. While my husband was reading a book, the children and
Hes being silly! (= at this moment) I were watching TV.
BUT: Hes silly. (= thats his nature) 2 for temporary past actions or states.
NOTE 2: With verbs which describe a state rather than an I was working in a bar near the beach that summer.
action (e.g. know, think, understand, love, see, hear, 3 with always, continually, constantly or forever to
smell, taste, believe, agree, remember, belong, emphasise the idea of too often or very often in the
want, weigh) we do not use continuous tenses. past (usually to express annoyance).
Some of these verbs can be used with continuous She was always arguing with her parents.
tenses, but there is a difference in meaning. She was always helping the poor.

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GRAMMAR PRACTICE
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 I dont understand / am not understanding what 7 I used to / am used to eating much earlier thats why
you are saying to me. Im so hungry.
2 I used to / would be a great runner when I was a 8 I take / am taking all Martins calls while hes away this
boy. week.
3 We eat / are eating out tonight, so you dont have 9 When was the last time that dog had a bath? It smells /
to cook. is smelling awful.
4 There goes / is going Bob with his new wife. 10 This Saturday, I run / am running a marathon.
5 I taste / am tasting the soup to see if it needs more 11 Every August, I was working / worked on a farm, but I
salt. hated it.
6 At nine oclock last night, I sat / was sitting on the 12 His condition is improving / improves
mproves as days go by.
couch with a huge bowl of ice cream on my lap.

2 Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word given.
1 As a child, I got ill very often. 6 Theres the bus
us at last.
l st.
USED As a child, I .................................................. COMES Heree .................
.................................................................
ill very often. at last!
st!
2 Im sick of you laughing at my ideas all the time. 7 I injured
ed my ankle during the football match.
FOREVER Why .............................................................. I While .............................................................. ,
Wh
at my ideas? I in
injured my ankle.
3 She seldom travels by plane. 8 I do
dont usually walk long distances, so I get tired easily.
TRAVEL She ...............................................................
... USED
ED I am .................................................................
by plane very often. long distances, so I get tired easily.
4 The last time I went to Switzerland was ten years ears agoago. 9 When did you meet the Browns?
LAST Its been ten years .......................................
......................... AGO How .................................................................
................. to Switzerland. the Browns?
5 I havent had an answer to myy question yet. 10 I havent seen Adam since he moved house.
STILL I am ..............................................................
................. LAST The ..................................................................
an answer to my question. Adam was before he moved house.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
PME

A WORD FORMATION
N
1 Fill in the correct form of the word in capitals to complete 2 Use the correct form of the word in colour to complete
the sentence.
nce. the sentences.
1 What an .............................
...... child! Hes 1 alarm
always smiling. ADORE There has been an ............................. increase in
2 Your handwriting is ............................. , Peter. crime.
Take this essay back and rewrite it. ACCEPT
Prices have risen ............................. .

3 Tanya suggested going to the beach and Pete 2 amaze

nodded his head in ............................. . AGREE
We stood ............................. as Rupert dived off
the bridge into the icy water.
4 Some preparation is ............................. He looked at her in ............................. .
before you go on such a long trip. ADVICE
3 amuse
5 I have great ............................. for your Gloria couldnt hide her ............................. .
courage. ADMIRE I know Jimmy can be annoying, but I find him
quite ............................. at times.

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 B PHRASAL VERBS
back out: withdraw from an agreement be up to: 1 be as good as expected
back up: support 2 be doing sth (usually sth one shouldnt)
be after: try to get / obtain sth blow up: 1 explode
be behind with: be late or delayed 2 enlarge
3 exaggerate
be down with: have / catch an illness
break away: separate (from)
be off: not be fit to eat / drink because
it has gone bad

1 Fill in the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb.

I (1) .................................. the position of department manager for years, so when
en it became
becam
available, I thought I could rely on Douglas, my good friend, to (2) ........................
...... me ............ .
However, when I had to stay at home because I (3) .................................. flu,
lu, he told the boss I
(4) .................................. my work. It was obvious what he (5) ..................................
.............. he wanted
the job for himself. He tried to make me look bad by (6) ..................................
.................. a minor
mino problem
into something important. I told him exactly what I thought of him and we havent spoken since.

2 Fill in the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb.

1 .............. the service at the hotel ........................... 4 If you ............
.............................. of the deal now, I will never
standard? forgive
orgiv you.
2 This photo is so nice, I think Ill have it 5 Someone
eo .............................. the Prime Ministers car
.............................. . last night.
3 Some members tried to .............................. and 6 This milk .............................. . You should throw it out.
form their own union.

C PREPOSITIONS
1 Choose the correct preposition.
n. 2 Fill in at, on or in.
1 As long as the termss are acceptable to / from you, .......... the morning .......... the weekend
we can go ahead
ead with the deal
deal.
.......... Christmas .......... Sunday
2 wit witnesse
According to / with witnesses, the bank robber
.......... 9 oclock .......... the fifth century BC
looked a lot like Keanu
Kean Reeves.
.......... 2005 .......... midday
3 The police
olice accused h
him for / of stealing the womans
purse. .......... 23rd June .......... Sunday morning
4 After ten years in Canada, I have become .......... May .......... the 1960s
accustomed with / to its bitterly cold winters.
5 This deal gives us a great advantage to / over our
main competitors.
6 I have the deepest admiration for / about that doctor.
7 Dave asked his uncle for some advice on / to which
car to buy.
8 Many small children are afraid from / of the dark.
9 Some people are allergic of / to everyday things
like peanuts, for example.
10 I was so angry with / about John that I refused to
speak to him.
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 3 Fill in the correct preposition.

at, for, in, off, on, out of, under

The world was (1) ................ war and everything was (2) .............. control. I was
asked to find out (3) .............. certain if a high-ranking officer was giving away
secrets to the enemy (4) ............... exchange for money. I followed him while he
was (5) ................ duty. He got (6) ............... a bus where I caught him handing
over some documents to an enemy spy. I placed them both (7) ............... arrest
and the officer agreed to tell us everything, (8) ............... condition that his family
were protected.

D WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?

1 Its raining in London.
Its always raining in London.
It rains a lot in London.
2 She always answers the phone for him.
Shes always answering the phone for him.
3 I travelled abroad a lot.
I was travelling a lot last summer.
4 You are rude.
You are being rude.
5 He used to play outdoors.
He was used to playing outdoors.
6 Did you see Susan yesterday?
Didnt you see Susan yesterday?
ay?
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E WORD CONFUSION
ONFUS
Fill in the correct
rrect word.
wo .
1 wage, salary 3 sensible, sensitive
1 Will your weekly ........................ increase now that 1 Our babysitter would never leave a child alone; she
youve been promoted, Dad? is a very ........................ person.
2 My older brother always runs out of money before he 2 You have to be careful what you say to Jenny
receives his ........................ at the end of the month. shes very ........................ and gets upset easily.

2 childish, childlike 4 portion, helping

1 Despite her age, she still had a ........................ 1 I liked the pie so much that I asked Mum for a
innocence. second ........................ .
2 Stop being so ........................ and give the doll 2 Ten pounds for a ........................ of fish and chips is
back to your little sister! ridiculous!

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 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
1 Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word given.
1 How long has he been here?
GET When ................................................................................................................................................... here?
2 Look! Your teacher is leaving.
GOES Look! ....................................................................................................................................... your teacher.
3 When I lived in Newcastle I cycled to work every day.
WOULD When I lived in Newcastle ............................................................................................... to work every day.
4 We plan to go and live in East Africa for a couple of years.
THINKING We .............................................................................................. to live in East Africa for a couple of years.
5 I havent been to a concert for years.
SINCE Its ............................................................................................................................................
.... to a concert.
6 My sister doesnt want to get a job right now.

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LOOKING My sister ......................................................................................................................
.............. a job at the moment.
7 Tina relaxed once her son came home.
UNTIL Tina ............................................................................................................................
............................ her
h son came home.
8 I didnt go out until I had finished writing the letter.

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SOON I ..................................................................................................................
..... I ha
had finished writing the letter.
9 When was the first time you met Charles?

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MEET

When did you last speak to your mother?

SINCE
PA
When ...................................................................................................................
................... Charles for the first time?

How long is ........................................................................................................................

....... to your mother?
11 They would constantly fight when they were young.
FIGHTING They .......................................................................................................................
.... when they were young.
12 He didnt usually eat late at night.
HABIT He wasnt .................................................................................................................................
................ late at night.
13 You are behaving very stupidly about ut this.
th
BEING You ..............................................................................................................................................
............................ about this.
14 When was the last time you ate Chinese food?
DID When ....................................................................................................................................
................ Chinese food?
15 She didnt begin talking
king until all the st
students had sat down.
BEFORE She waited
ited until all the students
s had sat down .............................................................................. talking.

2 Fill in the correct form o

of the word in capitals to complete the sentence.
1 Is there
re anywher
anywhere in this house I can work ............................... ? DISTURB

2 After his fathers death, the ............................... of the company became his responsibility. MANAGE

3 The doctor has assured me that the treatment is quite ............................... . PAIN

4 Do you know the name of the ............................... of the film? DIRECT

5 In a moment of ............................... he asked her to marry him. MAD

6 Andrew wouldnt tell me where he had been, which made me very ............................... . SUSPECT

7 Phils ............................... is really awful; sometimes he cant even read it himself. WRITE

8 It is commonly known that junk food is of little ............................... value. NUTRIENT

9 Going back into the burning house to rescue the dog was very ............................... of you. HERO

10 The ............................... into the robbery has not been completed. INVESTIGATE

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 READING & USE OF ENGLISH EXAM TASK (PART 1)
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Though the ground we stand on seems to be firm, it is actually in constant motion, and has been since it formed
about four billion years ago. The first land was one huge mass which began to separate about 200 million years ago
to form the continents we have today. This process has not stopped, and in another 150 million years a very different
(1) ....... will emerge. Scientists believe that Africa will break in two, the larger upper area becoming part of Europe,
the rest breaking (2) ....... to become a huge island off the (3) ....... of India. Australia and the Antarctic will join
together.
The earth is divided into huge plates which move (4) ....... of one another. It is their movement that created great
mountain (5) ....... like the Himalayas, which were the result of the Indian and Eurasian plates (6) ....... . They are also
responsible for earthquakes and volcanic activity. Where two plates move in opposite (7) ........ , you u will
w lll often have
wi
volcanoes and wide deep valleys. When two plates slide sideways past one another, they sometimes
ometimes get g stuck.
stutu When
they jerk apart, we can feel their power in the (8) ....... of earthquakes.

1 A image B illustration C picture D shape

2 A down B up C out D away
3 A coast B edge C shore D en
end
nd
4 A individually B independently C separately D alone
lo
one
5 A series B areas C ranges D gr
groups
oup
up TO ALL CANDIDATES
6 A hitting B smashing C crashing D colliding
din Phrasal verbs are often tested
7 A directions B paths C ways D routes in Part 1, as in Q2 here.
8 A way B kind C form D type
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READING & USE OF ENGLISH EXAM TASK
For questions 1-8, read the text below and
nd think of the word
wor which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

When told by richer industrial rial nations about the importance (1) .....................
protecting the planet, many developing countries replied: You are (2) .....................
being fair. You used sed up your natura
natural resources and polluted your environment. The
forests you had were ere almost completely
com cut (3) ..................... to make the ships which
sailed the earths oceans to conquer c us. The water in many of your lakes and rivers
............ becom
(4) ..................... become polluted; the air is (5) ..................... of smog and chemicals.
You did all this to b become the rich nations you are today. Now you say we must
protect our land. and. Bu But how can we (6) ..................... so when our people are still very
poor? Dont we have a duty to them as well as to the planet?
Proposals to reduce the amount of pollutants produced globally were unacceptable
(7) ..................... developing nations. They say the developed nations must give them
money (8) ..................... order to do so. Who can blame them for this, when the biggest
polluter of all, America itself, has refused to reduce its own pollutants?

TO ALL CANDIDATES
Always read the text first. Having
a general impression about
what it is about will help you
make the right choice of words.

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 Reading & Use of English for the Cambridge English First (FCE) for
Schools examination has been designed to thoroughly prepare students
ts for
Paper 1 of the examination.

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Reading & Use of English includes:
comprehensive coverage of all the grammaticall phenomen phenomena
encountered at this level.
ample practice in the grammar presented in each h unit.

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extensive practice in key word transformation, focusing
cusing on ggrammar /
structure, vocabulary and collocation or idiomatic
diomatic expre
expression.
systematic practice in word formation.
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multiple-choice and open cloze texts. xts
a variety of reading texts, including ng newspaper aand magazine articles,
novel extracts, advertisements and informational
rmat material such as guides
and brochures.
skills exercises which h will aid students in the reading sections of the
examination.
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alphabetical presentation
esentation of phphrasal verbs, prepositional phrases,
verbs / adjectives
tives / nouns with
wit prepositions.
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derivative tables att the ba

back of the book, featuring a comprehensive
list of words and their d derivatives in alphabetical order.
example transformations at the back of the book, providing students
ple transfo
with a valuable resource that will enable them to cope with the
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demands of th this task.

additional practice in phrasal verbs and word confusion.
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adi & Use of English for the Cambridge English First (FCE) for
Reading
Schools will provide students with extensive practice, developing their
School
gram
grammatical and lexical skills to the level required for success in the
Cambridge English First (FCE) for Schools examination.
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