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First Certificate Skills Use of English Answers Unit The present 1.1 The present Stop & check A 10 11 12 13 14 15 B ✓ A re you staying in a hotel? Do you like the food here? ✓ ✓ A re you having an interesting holiday? ✓ Do you understand much of our language? leave am/’m trying eat Do you understand goes Do you like cost don’t know am/’m doing is/are playing wears are you being don’t want am/’m waiting Is anyone using ✓ They don’t have/aren’t having a lot of fun at work ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ We have lunch at about pm every day Have they go t any children? 1.2 Habits and normality A I tend to have more energy in the morning You’re always criticizing other people My mother has a tendency to worry too much She would feel exhausted at the end of every day Ken wasn’t use to being so poor I’m not accustomed to driving this kind of car Frank tends not/doesn’t tend to tell lies Ian is used to sorting out other people’s problems for them Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page 10 As a child, he would play some kind of sport every day Zoe has a habit of making jokes about her problems B 10 regular ordinary normal everyday typical usual common average frequent normal C 10 (quite) common for people to has a habit of saying have/’ve got used/accustomed to travelling is it usual for people (ever) get used to working not normal for me it is rare for Noel is not/isn’t used to working has a tendency to panic get used to giving 1.3 Frequency A always invariably B 10 C (too) many times over and over again time and again time after time sometimes now and again from time to time once in a while almost never seldom normally As a rule periodically frequently generally constantly regularly occasionally continually rarely all hardly often then most every Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page 1.4 Word focus Phrasal verbs: be & A out of up to over away on up B need redecorated manage without get rid of Word formation: adjective suffixes C 10 memorable personal useful historic additional cultural missing marvellous peaceful energetic Collocations D 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 make have take have have causing/(having)/(making) make making/(taking) make make makes make take make make cause/have make take make Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page Word sets E includes involves contains consists particular single individual unique earn gain achieve win ECCE Practice Grammar c d a d c c c c Vocabulary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 b a c d c d a a FCE Practice Part 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 a as ✓ one they ✓ to about ✓ ✓ on you the ✓ Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page Unit The past 2.1 The past Stop & check 10 ✓ What did you yesterday? ✓ ✓ ✓ I used to live in a different city We m oved to this city when I was nine I have supported this football team since I was a child I’ve always enjoyed football ✓ A 10 11 12 13 14 15 was died used to be stayed was living had got had finished formed made made had been making had been touring was had been had B 10 11 12 has become started has won died won became has started has become won were losing scored have never been C 10 C B D B A C D A B C Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A C A B D A D A C B 2.2 First & last A B 10 11 12 the third time I’ve asked you she has (ever) driven were the last words/words were the last he (ever) said she had (ever) had last time she (ever) mentioned the last time I (ever)/I’ll ever/I’m ever going to have to record they’ve (ever) made (been) years since I (last) went I’ve written time I’ve (ever) met time I’ve had I (ever) trusted) since she (last) got film I’ve (ever) seen, two years since Fiona went person I’ve (ever) met since we moved my dad will ever lend 2.3 Time adverbs and prepositions A 10 11 12 B D B C A B C D D C B A A Nothing interesting has happened in the past couple of weeks Young people don’t want that kind of thing any more I saw Elaine at a party recently./I recently saw Elaine at a party I knew his name because we’d already met each other She’s been having a lot of problems lately./Lately she’s been having a lot of problems I was just writing a letter to him when he rang me Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page 10 11 12 13 14 Are you still working for the same company? Have you already finished your work?/Have you finished your work already? They still live in the same place I contacted them last week but they haven’t replied yet Have you had anything to eat yet? I’d hardly solved one problem before another one came up I still don’t understand what happened I had just fallen asleep when a noise outside woke me up C past still yet nowadays already any longer D C D A A B C D B 2.4 Periods of time A only lasted (for) five minutes took me three years to/took three years for me to spent three hours cleaning months passed before I’ve wasted this/the afternoon will take (her) about (I) passed the journey chatting with will it take (for) you 2.5 Periods of time A 10 B B D A C D A B C A C term era advance time notice Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page C time the some ✓ 2.6 Word focus Phrasal verbs: bring & take A 10 took (A) took (B) takes (B) bring (B) takes (A) brought (A) brought (A) take (A) brought (B) take (A) Word formation: noun suffixes B 10 entertainment existence popularity behaviour variety competitions reactions strangers publicity stardom Collocations C makes no sense to/doesn’t make (any) sense to having problems getting made no/didn’t make any reference to take care of your belongings did damage to the industry (suddenly) lost his temper have a reason for being took no notice of/didn’t take any notice of Prepositional phrases: preposition + noun D 10 in on on On in in in on in on Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page ECCE Practice Grammar c d d c a c b d Vocabulary 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 b c a d b a d c FCE Practice Part 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 to and be of because had the more an At was as have During which Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page Unit The future 3.1 The future Stop & check B B A B B B A 10 Is giving up ’s going to ’ll tell ‘s going to regret won’t get ’ll find ’ll be ’s going ’s going to take ’s looking B 10 starts ’m not taking part are playing ’ll be ’ll be performing will be going ’s going to be ’ll let ’ll send ’ll write C 10 11 12 13 14 are you doing ’m meeting/’m going to meet ’ll look won’t be able to goes on I’ll be sitting/I’m going to be sitting doesn’t end won’t believe/’re not going to believe ’m going to start ’m seeing ’m not doing/won’t be doing Shall we fix up Shall we meet ’ll see D is due to arrive is about to start is to be held was going to phone you are to call Photocopiable First Certificate Skills: Use of English © Oxford University Press Page 10