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A. TEACHERS NOTES ...........................................................................................................2 A1. A2. A3. A4. Lesson Plan ..............................................................................................................2 Classroom Handout 1 ...............................................................................................5 Classroom Handout 2. ..............................................................................................7 Classroom Handout 3 ...............................................................................................8
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A1.
Lesson Plan
1. Warmer In pairs the students discuss the content of Part 1 of the exam. What type of question is it? How many questions ? (Multiple choice cloze) (12)
2. Give out A2 Classroom Handout 1. In pairs, students complete Exercise 1. Check the answers with the whole class. (1.b, 2.c, 3.d, 4.b, 5.b)
Timing: 5 minutes
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Timing: 10 minutes
4. On their own students complete Exercise 2 on A2 Classroom Handout 1. Students compare their answers in pairs or small groups. Teacher goes through the answers with the whole class. Encourage students to write any new vocabulary from the worksheet under the appropriate heading in their vocabulary records. Set Phrases: I havent got a clue, to put your foot in it. to melt someones heart, What a pity, to lose your temper, Dont mention it, Just a minute even though, as long as, since to attend lectures, to wear a seatbelt, a happy ending to grow up, to give in
Linkers: Collocations: Phrasal verbs: Words with similar meaning: Timing: 15 minutes
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8. Homework, give out A4 Classroom Handout 3. These two sets of tips aim to give students strategies for preparing for and taking this part of the Use of English paper. For the first set of tips, students should select the ones which will be most useful for them. There are no correct answers. For the second set of tips, students should complete the blanks. Answers: 1. Always read the title first to help you predict the topic of the text and words it may possibly contain. 2. Always read the whole text through to the end before starting to complete any gap. This helps you get the general sense of the text. 3. The clues to the right answer can be found in three different places: before the blank, after the blank and in the four possible answers. 4. The grammar of the sentence often gives you a clue about what the right answer is. 5. Read all four options carefully before deciding on the answer. 6. Only choose one answer. 7. Always write the letter of the answer in capitals. 8. Always check your answers after you have filled in all the gaps.
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EXERCISE 1. Look at these five sentences. Which of the four words is the best one to complete each sentence? 1. The traffic was so _____ that nothing was moving. a. full b. heavy c. big d. great
2. She always ate breakfast at home before _____________ for work. a. moving out b. getting out c. setting out d. putting out
3. They agreed to lend him some money _____ he paid it back quickly. a. even though b. as far as c. so that d. provided that
4. The phones all looked so interesting that he couldnt ______ his mind which one to buy. a. decide b. make up c. organise d. fix
5. She hadnt slept for 3 days and her skin looked really _____ . a. white b. pale c. light d. faint
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Phrasal verbs
Set phrases
Linkers
Now work with a partner and at least two examples of your own to each box.
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A A A A A A A A A A A A
rely far good-looking largely almost provide made request looking to in spite of accessible possibility
B B B B B B B B B B B B
depend long stylish pretty rather supply had availability looking on along with vacant proposal
C C C C C C C C C C C C
hang distantly handsome a bit quite give taken convenience looking at according to free selection
D D D D D D D D D D D D
count extensively cute exactly thoroughly handle got interest looking for with reference to available choice
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Tips for preparing for FCE Paper 3, Part 1 Multiple Choice Cloze Keep vocabulary lists of collocations, expressions, linkers and phrasal verbs. Keep vocabulary lists of words and their synonyms. Read more outside class. Read the words/ sentences before and after the blank. Do multiple choice cloze on online FCE practice sites. Notice and note down what structure(s) words require, e.g. which preposition, which part of the verb, etc. Read grammar books just a page at a time. Test myself regularly on my vocabulary lists.
Tips for completing Use of English, Part 1, Multiple Choice Cloze 1. Always read the title first to help you . the topic of the text and words it may possibly contain. 2. Always read the whole text through to the end starting to complete any gap. This helps you get the . sense of the text. 3. The clues to the right answer can be found in three different places: before the blank, .. the blank and in the four possible . 4. The grammar of the .. often gives you a clue about what the right answer is. 5. Read all four options carefully deciding on the answer. 6. Only choose .. answer. 7. Always write the letter of the answer in .. 8. Always .. your answers after you have filled in all the gaps. Discuss your answers with a classmate.
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2. You could do the exercise in the second activity on A2. Classroom Handout 1 at any stage during your exam preparation course. Students could make poster to put up on the wall, and add words to them regularly. You can find ideas for suitable words on the FCE preparation sites, in supplementary materials focussing on collocations, phrasal verbs or expressions, or, particularly for phrasal verbs and linkers, in grammar books.
3. The exercise in A3. Classroom Handout 2 is based on a test from the internet You could use make similar tasks of your own, using other past papers from the handbook or from FCE preparation sites.
4. To find more examples of Part 1 tasks, search the internet for FCE 3 preparation materials. You could of course write your own tasks. If you do, make sure there is only one answer and that options are all attractive and plausible.
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