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Practice Test 1 12
Practice Test 2 34
Practice Test 3 54
Practice Test 4 75
General Training Reading and Writing Modules 94
Tapescripts 107
Answer keys 130
Sample answer sheets 153
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Practice ... sheet.
11 A study of monkeys has shown that
A monkeys are not usually right-handed.
B monkeys display a capacity for speech.
C monkey brains are smaller than human brains.
D monkey brains are asymmetric.
12 ... for improving the
course
Example Quiet
(1)
(2)
Environmental Studies
(4)
(5)
Her feelings about the other
students
(3)
LUKI
First type of accommodation
Problem with the first
accommodation
Name...
... level of
First Certificate. It also provides practice in key lexical areas.
There are regular consolidation units which include forms of testing commonly
used in the FirstCertificate examination. ...
particles, and collocations.
Contents
Introduction vii
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Vocabulary 1
Travel and holidays
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Vocabulary 2 ... the world
ISBN 1 405 00765 6 without key
ISBN 1 405 00766 4 withkey
Text â Michael Vince 2003
Design and illustration â Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
First published 1993
This edition...
... gold!
FIRSTCERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE
2 Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. The first one is done for
you.
a) I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys. ... It's/This is the first/ second time we use the present perfect. It also refers
to our life up to now.
This is the first time I have eaten Japanese food.
ã Compared with past simple
Events ... with How long questions.
How long have you lived/been living in this house?
The verbs wait, sit, lie, stay prefer the present perfect continuous.
I've been waiting for ages.
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I'll wait here until you have finished.
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Key points 1 The present perfect simple describes events without a definite time. Either these
events take ... it your habit?)
Are you sleeping enough? (What is happening at the moment?)
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FIRSTCERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Fixed ã Present continuous
arrangements and The present continuous is used ... B: / had an accident.
In the second example, the speaker thinks of the event as finished rather than
still connected with the present.
2 Events described with the present perfect simple may...
...
completely different. Shirley doesn't like men
with long hair, you see!
Best wishes,
Graham Norris
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6 Put each verb in brackets into either the ... afternoon.
h) Christine told Michael she had lost her lighter the night before.
FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE
GRAMMAR 6 INDIRECT SPEECH
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ã Reporting polite questions
We can use ... 'Are you taking much money with you to France?'
My bank manager wanted to know
e) 'When will I know the results of the examination?'
Maria asked the examiner
f) 'Are you...