1 Pertemuan 5 Review Matakuliah: G0134/Grammar III Tahun: 2005 Versi: revisi 1

2 Learning Outcomes Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa akan mampu : Mengerjakan latihan-latihan mengenai jenis-jenis tenses yang dibahas pada pertemuan 1-4.

3 Outline Materi FCE Practice Tests

4 PART 1 - Multiple choice cloze There is a text with 15 numbered gaps and four choices (A, B, C and D) for each. You must choose the best answer to fill each gap. Example: Part 1 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 a separate sheet. Example: 0 A gone B brought C taken D come Answer: brought

5 FCE Practice Tests OR SNAIL MAIL? Modern technology has (0)..... about enormous improvement in communications and yet many people are still worried (1)..... using the latest computer technology. I am often (2)..... to meet colleagues who still don't know what the 'e' in e- mail stands for.... Part 1 (Questions 1-15) has an emphasis on vocabulary but often includes prepositional use, and common phrases and link phrases.

6 FCE Practice Tests PART 2 – Open Cloze This consists of a short passage with 15 numbered gaps. You must provide a correct word to fill each one. Example: Part 2 For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fills each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (O).

7 FCE Practice Tests Example: 0 in THE MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE Stonehenge is a group of very large stones arranged (0)..... circles which stand on Salisbury plain in South England, They look (16)..... they've been put there by a race of giants. The stones originally came from south Wales, 240 miles away. They are (17)..... big and heavy that the transportation of these stones over (18)..... a distance is incredible,...

8 FCE Practice Tests Part 2 (Questions 16-30) tests grammar, vocabulary and spelling. Learning common phrases and collocations is very useful.

9 FCE Practice Tests PART 3 - Word transformation There are 10 sentences with a gap to be filled using a given word that cannot be changed. Example: Part 3 For Questions 31-4O, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the order given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (O).

10 FCE Practice Tests Example: 0 Do you regret what you did? sorry ∞ Are you sorry for what you did? 31. I think his wife is a journalist. married ∞ I think a journalist.... Part 3 (Questions 31-40) also tests grammar and vocabulary with an emphasis on tenses, reported speech, the passive, conditionals, etc.

11 FCE Practice Tests PART 4 - Error correction A text is provided with 10 errors. Some lines contain an extra, unnecessary word. You have to identify it. Note that in this book space is provided at the side of the lines for your answers. In the exam, you must use your answer sheet. Example: Part 4 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.

12 FCE Practice Tests If a line is correct, put a tick (v) 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 (O and OO).

13 FCE Practice Tests Examples: O v OO a WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH? O English is the most widely spoken language in the world OO today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English has 41 become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperanto 42 which was especially written for to be as easy as possible.., Part 4 (Questions 41-55) tests all aspects of grammar.

14 FCE Practice Tests PART 5 - WORD FORMATION This word-building exercise has a text with 10 gaps. It can involve prefixes, suffixes, changes to the whole word (e.g. wide to width) and also forming compounds. The base words are given and must be transformed to fill the gaps. Example: Part 5 For Questions 56-65, read the text below. 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. There is an example at the beginning (0).

15 FCE Practice Tests Example: 0 successful ON THE BOX What do you need to become a..... (0) TV SUCCESS personality? The people who are..... (56) USUAL chosen to host TV quiz shows and chat shows seem to have few..... (57) for the… QUALIFY Part 5 (Questions 56-65) tests vocabulary including prefixes, suffixes and compounds.