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Commonly Confused words in Use of English. FCE Worksheet

Differences between typical Use of English Part One words

(FCE multiple choice cloze)

Worksheet 1: Write Use of English Part One questions for each other

Write a question where only one of the four options below is the correct answer. You

can change the words grammatically if you like.

Verbs

1. enjoy/ fancy/ like/ prefer 8. achieve/ manage/ result/ succeed

2. bring/ get/ have/ take 9. fit/ look/ match/ suit

3. allow/ force/ let/ make 10.be used to/ get used to/ use to/ used to

4. order/ request/ say/ tell 11. glance/ look/ see/ watch

5. say/ speak/ talk/ tell 12.go out with/ hang out with/ meet up
with/ play with
6. could/ ought/ should/ had better
13. charge/ cost/ pay/ spend
7. carry/ hold/ put on/ wear
14.win/ gain/ beat/ succeed

Nouns

15.appointment/ date/ meeting/ promise 23. actually/ currently/ moment/

nowadays
16. belief/ idea/ opinion/ view
24.everybody/ anybody/ all people/
17. advice/ command/ request/ suggestion
no-one
Prepositions/ Adverbs
25.all/ every/ each/ any
18.at/ in/ on/ to
26.a/ any/ one / some
19.away/ out/ to/ up
27.despite/ in spite/ although/ however
20.ago/ by/ until/ within
28.almost/ almost always/ almost all/
21.across/ along/ by/ through almost everyone

22. each other/ them/ themselves/ they

Worksheet 2: Discuss the differences

What is different between these words? (Usually meaning, but sometimes just grammar)

Verbs

ought/ should hope/ wish

can't/ mustn't will/ would

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learn/ study get/ have

borrow/ lend come/ go

look/ seem bring/ take

look/ look like do/ make

let someone do something/ make someone do something

allow/ let say/ claim

ask someone to do/ tell someone to do back/ return

say/ tell hear/ listen

Nouns

idea/ opinion employee/ staff

advice/ suggestion employee/ worker

Prepositions/ Adverbs

at/ in three days before/ three days ago

by/ until in three days/ three days after

by/ before for/ since

Determiners

a/ one so/ such

any/ some most/ most of

Linking words

despite/ in spite if/ when

although/ however at the end/ in the end

but/ however even if/ even though

if/ unless

What are the fundamental meanings of these words?

ago for

unless how

with

Take any one of the words above and make a question with three different other options.

(The correct answer can be any of the four).

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Use of English Part One for comparing contrasting

FCE Use of English Part 1 multiple choice cloze practice of comparing/
contrasting phrases for Speaking Part Two

For questions 1-14, read the sentences below and decide which answer (A, B, C or
D) best fits each gap.

1. The cost of the two activities shown is probably ______ the same.

A) approximate C) more

B) more or less D) fairly

2. The expressions on the people’s faces are ______ the same.

A) really C) very

B) almost D) basic

3. The atmospheres in the two locations are ______ similar.

A) remarkable C) radically

B) fairly D) surprising

4. There are more _______ than differences between the restaurants in the two
pictures.

A) sameness C) similarities

B) similarity D) similar

5. The _______ difference between the upper picture and the lower one is…

A) obviously C) more important

B) solely D) most obvious

6. The ______ similarity between the two situations that I can see is…

A) solely C) unique

B) only D) special
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7. This picture up here is very similar to the other one in _____ of the kind of person
who would enjoy it.

A) terms C) regards

B) respect D) regarding

8. The street in this picture is ______ less busy than this street sign is.

A) tiny bit C) great deal

B) quite a lot D) many

9. The setting of this ceremony is not nearly as beautiful _____ this place.

A) so C) with

B) than D) as

10.______ to this river bank, this beach seems quite peaceful.

A) comparison C) compared

B) comparing D) compare

11. This looks like it’s in the countryside, and so ______ this one.

A) looks C) are

B) does D) too

12. _____the people in the picture above, from their body language I’d say that the
men and women below seem tired.

A) But C) Although

B) Whereas D) Unlike

13. A difference between the two of them that stands ______ is….

A) in C) to

B) out D) from

14. A ______ similarity between this picture and the other one is…
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A) striking C) violent

B) shocking D) hitting

Can you change some of the other options or example sentences to make the
options fit the gaps?

FCE Use of English Part One speculating practice

Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) Use of English Part One multiple choice
cloze for the language of speculating

Choose the one correct option for each of the gaps below.

It _____________________ be a good idea, but I doubt it.

– must/ probably/ possible/ could

It ____________________ must be our train next, we’ve been waiting for hours!
– very/ really/ possibly/ greatly

It’s ___________________ going to happen.

– definitely/ sure/ hardly/ well

There’s a fifty percent ________ of rain in the afternoon.

– gamble/ chance/ odds/ bet

The ________________________ are that he will be struck by nerves again.

– possibility/ probability/ chance/ odds

There’s a ________________ possibility of rain.

– slight/ medium/ middle/ wide

There probability of an economic recovery in the next six months is _______________.

– low/ little/ much/ long

I _________________________ predict that China’s growth will plateau.

– surely/ confidently/ highly/ largely

I ________________________ expect him to throw my present away as soon as I leave.

– fully/ wholly/ largely/ greatly

He’s not a genius, but he’ll ______________ certainly be better than my last boss.
– nearly/ really/ almost/ completely

It might ________________ break down.

– well/ maybe/ certainly/ have

FCE Use of English Part One multiple choice cloze practice of passives
FCE Result Unit 7
1. My bike ____________ stolen last week.
A) has C) had
B) had been D) was

2. This film _________________ shown at cinemas next month.

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A) will C) is
B) will be D) are going to

3. At that time, the world ___________________ to be flat.

A) is thought C) was thought
B) thought D) had though

4. At that time, __________ was thought that the world was flat.
A) it C) we
B) that D) this

5. Mobile phones must not _____________________ on flights.

A) used C) be used
B) is used D) use

6. She denied _____________ given the documents

A) been C) having been
B) to be D) having

7. _____________ identified by witnesses, the suspect was arrested and charged.

A) been C) having been
B) to be D) having

Look at the article on the next page for examples of the things
above, and any other things you mentioned, starting with any that
you weren’t sure about.

How to totally transform my hometown

We would all like to make our towns and villages more pleasant
places to live and work in. If I could alter three things in my
hometown of Monkton, they would be to pull down the multi-storey
car park, to get the lakeside area cleared up, and to ban lorries from
the centre of town.

The first change I would make would be to have the multi-storey car
park in the town centre demolished. Not only is it a very ugly
building, but it also attracts criminals, especially after dark.
Moreover, removing the car park would make people use public
transport to come into town.

For my second improvement, I would have the area around the lake
cleaned up. At the moment, the banks are covered with litter. In
addition, I would get the council to install some litter bins.

My third variation in how things are would be banning lorries from

driving through the town centre. They cause a lot of noise and
pollution, and what’s more they put people off cycling, because
cyclists are afraid they will get knocked off their bikes.
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I believe that the three reforms explained above could turn Monkton
into one of the best places to live in the whole area. I hope they
happen soon.

Do you agree with the inclusion of the things which are there? Are
any of them optional?
Could any other things be added?
Are there any other good and bad things in the article above?
Discuss all the questions on the two pages above as a class.

FCE Use of English Part 1 multiple choice cloze practice of

FCE articles

For questions 1 – 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A,
B, C or D) best fits each gap.

How to totally transform my hometown

We would all like to make our towns and villages more pleasant
places to live and work in. If I could alter three things in my
hometown of Monkton, they would be to pull down the multi-storey
car park, to (1)… the lakeside area cleared up, and to ban lorries
from (2)… centre of town.

The first change I would make would be to have the multi-storey car
park in the town centre demolished. Not only is it a very ugly
building, but it (3)… attracts criminals, especially after dark.(4)…,
removing the car park would make people use public transport to
come into town.

For my second improvement, I would have the area around the lake
cleaned up. At (5)… moment, the banks are covered with litter. (6)…
addition, I would get the council to install some litter bins.

My third variation in how things are would be banning lorries from

driving through the town centre. They cause a lot of noise and
pollution, and what’s more they put people off cycling, because
cyclists are afraid they will get knocked off their bikes.

I believe that the three reforms explained (7)… could turn Monkton
into one of the best places to live in the whole area. I (8)… they
happen soon.

Make sure you know why the other options are wrong What would
you need to change to make the other options useable?
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A. be/ being/ get/ take

B. a/ any/ some/ the

C. addition/ also/ as well/ furthermore

D. Addition/ And/ As well/ Moreover

E. a/ current/ that/ the

F. at/ by/ in/ on

G. above/ already/ before/ below

H. hope/ look forward to/ want/ wish