USE OF ENGLISH FCE

OPEN CLOZE

100

Stuart Hayes had launched himself on a promising career ______ a swimmer.

AS

200

He suddenly realized ______ bored he had become with the monotony.

HOW

300

It is the biggest event of _______ kind in the world.

ITS

400

Triathlons are _______ but boring.

ANYTHING

500

It sounds __________ something you'd be interested in.

LIKE

FORMATIONS

100

It was quite ________ of him to forget his best friend’s birthday.

THOUGHT

THOUGHTLESS

200

She handled the situation with great ________ and professionalism.

CONFIDENT

CONFIDENCE

300

This app is very ________, even for beginners.

USER

USER-FRIENDLY

400

The instructions were very ________, so I couldn’t understand how to use the machine.

CLEAR

UNCLEAR

500

His ________ for the damage caused during the event was clear to everyone.
RESPONSIBLE

RESPONSIBILITY

TRANSFORMATIONS

100

I regret not studying harder for the exam.

I wish __________________ harder for the exam.

STUDIED

I had studied

200

They started building the bridge two years ago.

The bridge __________________ two years ago.
BEGUN

was begun / was begun being built

300

“You broke my phone!” he said to me.

He accused __________________ his phone.
BREAKING

me of breaking

400

It’s possible that Anna forgot about the meeting.

Anna __________________ about the meeting.
MIGHT

might have forgotten

500

We had to cancel the trip because of the storm.

The trip __________________ because of the storm.

HAD

had to be cancelled

MULTIPLE CHOICE

100

A person who sits in front of the TV all day is sometimes called a _______ potato. A- hot B- couch C- sweet D-jacket

B- COUCH

200

Adam gets an adrenaline _______ from doing extreme sports. A- glimpsed B- feeling C- hit D- ring

A- GLIMPSED

300

Helen _________ at Frances angrily when she heard her speaking badly about Simon. A- glimpsed B- glared C- glanced D- gazed

B- GLARED

400

It was an exciting election campaign, with the two candidates ________. A- level headed B- levelling off C- level pegging D- level-crossing

C- LEVEL PEGGING

500

The student grant was not enough to _____. a) make ends meet b) make or break c) meet his match d) hang by a thread

a) MAKE ENDS MEET

PREPOSITIONS

100

Accuse someone a) for + ing b) of + ing c) for + to inf d) of + to inf

b) of + ing

200

Request something a) to somebody b) by somebody c) from somebody d) at somebody

c) from somebody

300

She doesn't feel ______ ease at parties

AT

400

The young prince succeeded _____ the throne when the King died.

TO

500

I could do ________ all these problems in my life.

WITHOUT