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: G0134/Grammar III
: 2005
: revisi 1
Pertemuan 5
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Mengerjakan latihan-latihan mengenai
jenis-jenis tenses yang dibahas pada
pertemuan 1-4.
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Outline Materi
• FCE Practice Tests
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FCE Practice Tests
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
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E-MAIL 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 email stands for. ...
Part 1 (Questions 1-15) has an emphasis on
vocabulary but often includes prepositional use,
and common phrases and link phrases.
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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).
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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, ...
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• Part 2 (Questions 16-30) tests grammar,
vocabulary and spelling. Learning
common phrases and collocations is very
useful.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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• 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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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