Preparing for the FCE Exam

Unit 1

Lifestyle• Vocabulary 1: Clothes• Reading: Handle with Care• Language Focus: Habitual behaviour,

Used to and Would• Vocabulary 2: Get

LIFESTYLES

Clothes

jumper

tracksuit

dungarees

Describing clothes

Tight-fitting

shabby

baggy

Verbs• Fit= be of the right shape and size• Suit= Go well with or enhance the

features, figure, or character of (someone)

• Match = go with= to correspond

The jumper doesn´t fit him. He doesn´t look good in it. It doesn´t suit him.

Reading Part 2: Handle with Care (Gapped Text)

• Check that the whole sentence fits in with the meaning of the text before and after the gap.

• Connections between the language in the text and the missing sentences are in bold.

• Connections between pronouns and other words are in italics.

• Gap number 1: What pronouns can be used in the missing sentence to refer to “our girls”?

• Which sentence (A-H) contains one of these pronouns and mentions “talking” and “getting a job”?

• Read the whole paragraph again to check that it fits.

Language focus: habitual behaviours• General tendencies: tend, usually• Frequency adverbs: Meaning and position in the sentence.• Used to and would: past habits

• Frequency adverbs• Frequently= often• Seldom= rarely• Usually = normally = generally• Occasionally = sometimes

Frequency Adverbs100 % always He always gives flowers to Mary.

85% usually I usually take two buses per day.

75% frequently She frequently goes to the park.

60% often We often play together.

50% Sometimes They sometimes play soccer until the night.

40% occasionally I occasionally travel by boat.

30% rarely We rarely eat downtown.

20% seldom He seldom wears suits.

10% hardly ever We hardly ever play videogames.

0% never I never go out without money.

Meanings of GET

Get away= escapeGet rid of =take action to be free of

Get ready

Get into troubleGet the chance Get over = recover

Get by = manage

Get off the bus=

leave

Get on the bus

Get in the car

Get on/along with= have a good relationship

Get out of the car

Lifestyle• Listening: Multiple matching• Language Focus 2: Be used to, get used

to, used to• Speaking• Writing: Informal letters

Listening

Answers

• Predictions• A: witness, priest, best man (church, registry office)• B: guest, host (home, disco)• C: candidate, interviewer, panel (office or other place of

work)• D: spectator, competitor, star, opponent (stadium, sports

centre)• E: star, audience, director, producer (cinema)• F: candidate, invigilator (examination hall• Task: 1A 2F 3D 4C 5B

Speaking

Key to Activities: Language Focus 1

• Section C: Used to and Would, page 5• Practice:• 1a 2a 3b 4c 5a 6b 7b 8c 9c• Vocabulary GET, page 6• A: 1C 2D 3A 4A 5B 6B 7A 8C• B: 1c 2e 3f 4d 5b 6a 7h 8g

Key to Activities: Language Focus 2

1. 1a 2b 3a2. Be used to + ing/ noun in the affirmative describes

the state in which one no longer finds situations new or strange . Get used to + ing/noun in the affirmative describes theprocess of reaching normality with a new or strange situation

3. The gerund

Key to Activities: Language Focus 2

• Practice (page 8, section b)• 1. get used to having 2. used to cook 3. is/has got

used to eating 4.used to write 5. get used to 6. be/have got used to driving 7. get used to driving

Key to Writing: Informal letters

• 2. Purpose of each paragraph• Par2: describe how he spends a typical day• Par 3: give news and invite you to visit• Par 4: finish and ask for a reply• 3. Matching: 1e 2a 3(No)* 4c 5g 6(No)* 7(No)*• 8d 9b 10f * Too formal• 4. 1.while 2.as 3.and/as well 4.but 5.so 6.but

/while

Key to informal writing

• 5. Reasons for writing• 1. giving news 2. asking for help 3. inviting• 4. refusing an invitation 5.accepting an invitation 6. apologising