The skills and language knowledge that you need to pass the Use of English Paper of the new CPE are slightly different from the traditional grammar and vocabulary items that you used to be tested on when you were regular English students. Since the last time we were together we did an entire mock of paper 3, here's some food for thought.
You have heard the term 'lexical chunks', which are items of language that consist of a few words and cannot really be called 'grammar' or 'vocabulary' but are something in between. Some
examples are language items like the following:
- 'come to light' as in 'New evidence came to light during the police investigation.'
- 'go according to plan' as in 'The party went according to plan and everyone was pleased.'
How might this knowledge be tested? In Part 1 (Open Cloze) or Part 3 (Gapped sentences) you may have to supply a missing word from part of that lexical chunk. In Part 4 (Key Word Transformations) you may have to supply the whole item.
Hope this has helped you somehow, folks!
Keep on blogging!
You have heard the term 'lexical chunks', which are items of language that consist of a few words and cannot really be called 'grammar' or 'vocabulary' but are something in between. Some
examples are language items like the following:
- 'come to light' as in 'New evidence came to light during the police investigation.'
- 'go according to plan' as in 'The party went according to plan and everyone was pleased.'
How might this knowledge be tested? In Part 1 (Open Cloze) or Part 3 (Gapped sentences) you may have to supply a missing word from part of that lexical chunk. In Part 4 (Key Word Transformations) you may have to supply the whole item.
Hope this has helped you somehow, folks!
Keep on blogging!
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