Rewiew 2nd term

Rewiew 2nd term

1. KILLING TIME

   • Hobbies
     • Stamp collection
     • Building models
     • Fishing
     • Computers
     • Gymnastics
     • Play sports and games
   • Present perfect
     • I have + past participle
     • Use
       • Actions continuing up to now or that have recently ended
   • Present perfect continious
     • I have been + verb+ing
     • Use
       • Situations up to now, actions that have recently ended
       • Often used with phrases like all morning, day…

2. FCE Reading tips

   • Here is an interactive, self-correcting FREE FCE Practice Test. You can reset the test as many times as you like. If you have made a mistake, make sure to click on the little, blue question mark. This will give you more information about why your answer was wrong. The actual FCE Reading Paper 1 only has eight multiple choice cloze questions. This test has twelve, giving you more opportunities to practise your exam techniques.
   • Skim quickly through the text to get the gist of it. Read the text again but stop after the first question. Think of what kind of word is required. Look at the options – were you right? If not, eliminate answers that you are sure are wrong. Look at the words before and after the question and ask yourself: a) Do I need to use a set phrase? b) Is it a phrasal verb? c) What is the meaning of the sentence? d) Etc. etc. If you are still not sure, look at the next sentence, is there a clue there? Continue like this until you have completed all the questions. Read through the whole text to make sure that the word you choose makes sense in the sentence. You should always try to answer and not leave any questions unanswered.
   • There is no need to read through the text first. Skim quickly through all the questions just to get a feel for the topic. Note the key words for question you want to start with. Scan through the text until you come to a part where you find key words or phrases which match your question key words and stop reading. Read the relevant part of the text carefully to make sure that you are correct. Continue like this until you have answered all questions.
   • Skim quickly through the text. 2. Keep in mind that the questions are in chronological order. 3. Read Q1 and Q2 – do not read the options. 4. Note the key words for Q1 and Q2. 5. Scan through the text until you come to a part of the text where you find key words matching Q2 and stop reading. 6. You now know that your answer is between the beginning of the text and the point where you stopped reading. 7. Read through the relevant text again and try and answer the question yourself. 8. Check the four possible answer options. 9. Choose the option that best answers the question according to what you have found in the text.
   • Parts 5 to 7 are reading texts, and you will be required to read a series of texts and answer questions. These parts will test your reading ability and show that you can deal with a variety of different types of texts.