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PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH

General Description

Answering

Paper Format

For all parts of this paper candidates write their answers on

an answer sheet.

The paper contains five parts.

Timing

Number of Questions

1 hour 15 minutes.

65.

Marks

Task Types

Questions 1–30 and 41–65 carry one mark. Questions

31–40 carry two marks.

Multiple-choice cloze, open cloze, key word

transformations, error correction, word formation.

Part

Task Type

and Focus

Number of

Questions

Task Format

Multiple-choice cloze

A modified cloze text containing 15 gaps and

followed by 15 four-option multiple-choice

questions.

An emphasis on

vocabulary

Open cloze

A modified cloze text containing 15 gaps.

Grammar and vocabulary

Key word transformations

Discrete items with a lead-in sentence and a

gapped response to complete using a given

word.

Grammar and vocabulary

Error correction

A text containing errors. Some lines of the text

are correct, other lines contain an extra,

incorrect word which must be identified.

An emphasis on grammar

Word formation

A text containing 10 gaps. Each gap corresponds

to a word. The ‘stems’ of the missing words are

given beside the text and must be transformed to

provide the missing word.

Vocabulary

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PREPARING FOR PAPER 3

take no notice of’, ‘to look forward to -ing’, etc., can be

tested in this format. Any of the words that make up the

phrase may be the key word. Developing an awareness of

parallel and synonymous expressions should be part of

candidates’ preparation for this part.

The Use of English paper is divided into five parts, each part

being defined in terms of its task type and language focus.

Part 1

In Part 1 candidates must choose one word or phrase from a

set of four (A, B, C, D) to fill a gap in a text. This may

involve choosing ‘leaking’, rather than ‘pouring’, ‘spilling’ or

‘flowing’, to fill the gap in: ‘The roof of our tent was .... .’ Or

it may mean choosing ‘interested’, rather than ‘keen’, ‘eager’

or ‘enthusiastic’, to fill the gap in: ‘You may be .... in

applying for this job.’ In the first case, candidates have to

know the meaning of the word, but in the second they must

know not just the meaning, but also the preposition and verb

form that follow. In the second example, ‘keen’ is wrong, not

because it has the wrong meaning, but because it does not

fit in with the grammar of the sentence. This part of the

paper also tests fixed phrases and collocations, such as ‘to

pay attention to’ and ‘to take no notice of’, as well as

phrasal verbs, and linkers such as ‘in case’, ‘as long as’,

‘even if’ and ‘while’.

Part 4

In Part 4 candidates must decide if the fifteen lines of a text

contain a wrong word or not. Most lines contain errors and

they are the sort of errors that FCE level learners typically

make in their writing, such as incorrect auxiliary verbs,

prepositions, pronouns and articles. The text resembles

something that a student at this level might write. The

absence or misuse of capital letters and other punctuation is

ignored; correct spelling is required. In preparation for this

part, candidates can be encouraged to identify and correct

their own or their classmates’ written work, which may help

to improve their accuracy when writing.

Part 5

Part 5 is a word-building task, based on a text with ten gaps.

The types of word-building involve not just the addition of

affixes (e.g. ‘honest’ to ‘dishonesty’), but also internal

changes (‘strong’ to ‘strength’) and compounding (e.g. ‘rain’

to ‘raindrop’). The absence or misuse of capital letters and

other punctuation is ignored; correct spelling is required. To

prepare for this part of the paper, it is best to adopt a

systematic and methodical approach to these different types

of word formation.

In preparing for Paper 3, candidates should be encouraged

to learn whole phrases rather than just individual words.

Vocabulary practice that brings out the differences in

meaning between similar words (e.g. ‘jump’ and ‘leap’) will

also help candidates to prepare for this part of the paper, but

knowing the grammatical patterns and collocations is as

important as knowing the meaning.

As is the case for all texts on Paper 3, Part 1 has a title.

Candidates can make use of the title by thinking about what

it suggests to them, and in this way they can attempt to

predict what they are going to read, which will help them to

understand the text.

Part 2

Part 2 is a modified cloze text containing fifteen gaps, testing

structural and lexical accuracy. A single word is needed to

fill each gap. There may be more than one acceptable word

for a gap, defined by the mark scheme. The absence or

misuse of capital letters and other punctuation is ignored;

correct spelling is required. Learning words and expressions

in context will help candidates in this part of the paper.

Part 3

Part 3 contains ten key word transformations: each question

consists of a prompt sentence followed by a response

sentence of which the beginning and end are given. The gap

must be filled with between two and five words, one of

which must be the key word which is given. This word must

not be changed. In Part 3, a wide range of structures such as

reported speech, passive voice, conditionals, verb tenses as

well as modal verbs are tested. In addition, phrasal verbs

and lexical phrases such as ‘to have difficulty in -ing’, ‘to

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Part 1

1A high

wide

great

large

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer ( A, B, C or D ) best fits each

space. There is an example at the beginning ( 0 ) .

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet .

2A common

typical

everyday

usual

Example:

3A doubt

dispute

disbelief

uncertainty

0A bank

border

shore

coast

4A for

5A route

way

direction

journey

6A considerably

by far

largely

by much

THE LONDON TEA TRADE

7A satisfy

match

answer

serve

The London Tea Trade Centre is on the north (0) ..... of the River Thames. It is the centre of an

industry of (1) ..... importance in the (2) ..... lives of the British. Tea is without (3) ..... the British

national drink: every man, woman and child over ten years of age has (4) ..... average over four

cups a day or some 1500 cups annually. Some thirty per cent of the world’s exports of tea makes its

(5) ..... to London. Britain is (6) ..... the largest importer of tea in the world.

8A effective

skilled

developed

handy

9A action

operation

practice

work

10 A

composed

put up

settled

laid out

11 A

out of

since

owing to

Samples of the vast amounts of tea brought into the country to (7) ..... the national thirst go to the

London Tea Trade Centre, where they are tasted by (8) ..... professional tea tasters before being

sold at each week’s tea sale. It is fascinating to see them at (9) ..... . Over a hundred samples are

(10) ..... in a line on long tables. Teas are generally tasted with milk, (11) ..... that is how the

majority in Britain drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising (12) ..... , tasting

each sample from a spoon and deciding what is a (13) ..... price for each tea.

12 A

speed

hurry

rush

dash

13 A

fine

right

fair

deserved

14 A

roughly

comparatively C

slightly

approximately

15 A

mixtures

associations

unions

gatherings

The types of tea that are popular in Britain are (14) ..... inexpensive but they are of a very high

quality. The best are delicate (15) ..... of numerous teas from different sources and countries of

origin.

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Part 2

Part 3

For questions 16-30 , read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use

only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning ( 0 ) .

Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

For questions 31-40 , complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first

sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and

five words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning ( 0 ).

Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

doing

Example:

0 My brother is too young to drive a car.

not

DEPARTMENT STORES

My brother ...................................................... drive a car.

In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called the

Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) .......... so, he gave the world something completely new - the

department store. Before this, no-one (16) .......... tried to bring together such a wide range of

goods (17) .......... a single roof. The business did very (18) .......... . It expanded rapidly and soon

had (19) .......... staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not enough, (20) .......... . In 1862

he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (21) .......... he renamed A.T. Stewart’s Cast-Iron

Palace. It was, (22) .......... for many years would remain, the largest shop in the world.

doing

The gap can be filled by the words ‘is not old enough to’ so you write:

is not old enough to

31 Why are you interested in taking up a new hobby?

want

Others followed Stewart’s example and soon there were stores (23) .......... his in many major cities

in the United States. We don’t (24) .......... when people started calling them department stores.

The expression wasn’t used in print (25) .......... 1893, when it appeared in Harper’s magazine, but

the way that it is used there (26) .......... it clear that it was already widely understood.

Why .................................……………… up a new hobby?

32 ‘Have you seen my gloves anywhere, Eric?’ asked Mrs Noble.

seen

(27) .......... is certain is that department stores completely changed the shopping experience for

millions of people. They offered not only an enormous range of goods, (28) .......... also levels of

comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had

restaurants, toilets and many (29) .......... facilities, so (30) .......... was no need to go elsewhere for

anything.

Mrs Noble asked Eric .................................……………… her gloves anywhere.

33 Suzanne was too excited to sleep.

that

Suzanne was .................................……………… not sleep.

34 Robert has not had a job for two years.

out

Robert has .................................……………… for two years.

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35 ‘I will complete the work only if you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank.

Part 4

not

For questions 41-55 , read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are

correct, and some have a word which should not be there.

If a line is correct, put a tick (

‘I will .................................……………… you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank.

) by the number on the separate answer sheet . If a line has a word

which should not be there, write the word on the separate answer sheet . There are two examples

at the beginning ( 0 and 00 ).

36 The thief ran right past you so I’m sure you saw his face.

must

Examples:

over

The thief ran right past you so .................................……………… his face.

37 The clients demanded to stay in a first-class hotel.

staying

A HOLIDAY JOB

The clients .................................……………… in a first-class hotel.

Congratulations on getting over your teaching diploma. Your

38 I don’t object to the council building a new road here.

parents must be really proud of you. I’ve got some great news.

objection

One of my father’s friends who has a small travel agency, and

I .................................……………… the council building a new road here.

she has been very kindly given me a holiday job. It was

difficult in the beginning because I tend to find it very hard to

39 The author wrote her latest novel while she was staying in Majorca.

get up in the morning. My boss is very keen on some punctuality,

was

and because I was often late I got into terrible trouble

The author’s latest novel .................................……………… stay in Majorca.

at first. So I make sure of I’m always on time now. I have to

40 The newspaper offered Lynda £5,000 for her story, but she refused.

work very hard and, although the pay isn’t much good, I’m

turned

quite enjoying myself so far yet. The main thing I’ve learnt

Lynda .................................……………… of £5,000 from the newspaper for her story.

to do is how to give up detailed information to customers over the

phone. Unfortunately, I also have to make the coffee and do other

boring things! Sometimes there’s no-one except from me in the

office and it gets really busy. I intend to working until the end of

the month and then I’m going off on a short holiday by the

sea, where I just hope I’ll manage to relax myself on the

beach before going back to college in next month.

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