In this week’s vocabulary building for the FCE exam we will have a look at countable and uncountable nouns. Many students confuse the use of the two, so we will start with the definitions: countable nouns: specific things that can be counted – they have both singular and plural forms uncountable nouns: stuff or material [...]
This week’s collocations for the FCE exam are the last in the series on intensifying adverbs. Far too many students use very and very much all the time while speaking or writing, so next time you want to use very in any form, try using some of these collocations instead. Using more advanced collocation is [...]
Part 4: The Last One! In the fourth and last part of the FCE Use of English paper you have use your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to rewrite sentences. Here are some tips on how you could approach this type of exercise:
This week it is time for more health-related vocabulary for the FCE exam. Some weeks back we did another exercise on health and vocabulary related to illness and injury. If you haven’t already done this exercise, we suggest you it now:
This week we are going to revisit the second part of the FCE Speaking paper. If you haven’t already made your “speaking template” for this part of the speaking exam, you should read these three previous posts first: FCE Speaking Paper: The Key to Success (Step 3) FCE Speaking Paper: The Key to Success (Step [...]
If you are a self-study student for the FCE exam, it can be difficult to find a good student’s book. This is because almost all of the student’s books on the market are written to be used in a class-room situation. One of the most important things you need to look for in a student’s [...]
This is the final knowledge check for the FCE exam in the current series. The main topic for this week is prepositions: prepositions of time, place and movement prepositions after verbs and nouns prepositional phrases
There are about 20 different topics that can come up on the FCE exam. The topic we are touching on this week is health and fitness. Would you be able to answer if the examiner asked you the following questions on the Speaking exam? Do people in your country worry about their health and keeping [...]
Eight multiple-choice questions – sounds easy enough. However, with four options, there is a very high chance of getting it wrong! So, how do you narrow the odds on the FCE Reading paper 1? First of all, you need to find a good reading technique. Here is an 18-step plan that will help you:
On the third part of the FCE Speaking paper, you will have a two-way conversation with an other candidate. The examiner will give you spoken instructions with written and visual stimuli which you will use in a decision-making task. Remember, there are two parts to this task:
