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USE OF ENGLISH PART TWO

OPEN CLOZE

- FIRST READ ALL THE TEXT QUICKLY to get an idea of the topic. - Look at the words before and after the gap. Don't leave the answer sheet blank for any question. If you don't know the correct answer you should always make a guess. - Make sure your handwriting is clear. If your answers are difficult to read, they will be marked wrong! - When you have finished, transfer your answers to the separate answer sheet.

Put the following grammar words into the correct group. Follow the examples.

to / despite / can / that / a / had / and / what / am / might / from/ who at / whose / although / it / must / an / in / are / may / has / is / on Preposition s up

Modal Verbs could

Pronouns w hich

Auxiliary Verbs have

Articles the

Conjunctions but

Part two of the Use of English paper (Open Cloze) mainly tests grammar words, like the ones in the previous exercise. Many students think that this is one of the most difficult parts in the exam. Don’t worry if your score is not very high. This part represents about 3% of the total mark. However, it’s important to get as many marks as possible from this section. Read the following text without thinking about the missing words. The Start Of A Teaching Career It was while living on a kibbutz in Israel that Craig first became interested (0) in

teaching English. His Israeli neighbour, (1)

volunteers, wanted to learn English in order (2) girls from abroad. In spite of the fact (3) book from (4) little English.

worked with foreign speak to the attractive

he only had an old grammar

1960’s, Craig succeeded (5)

teaching his friend a

The pleasure and satisfaction he got from this experience took him completely (6) surprise. So much so that he decided to go to London and do a course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. After (7)

than 13 years of teaching English professionally, Craig hasn’t

lost (8) (10)

enthusiasm and he still thinks of teaching (9) days he lives in Valencia, and a few years (11)

a website called La Mansion del Inglés with (12) last four years they (13) (14)

a hobby. he started

friend Luis. During the

helped thousands of students to improve

English, and La Mansion del Inglés is now one of the most popular

sites on (15)

internet.

• Now read the text again more slowly and write one word in each space. • Look before and after each gap. • Think about grammar words; pronouns, auxiliary verbs, prepositions etc. • If the gap is difficult, and you can’t think of a suitable word, leave it until the end and continue to the next gap. • When you finish, go back to the difficult gaps and think again.

• Don’t leave any space blank. An empty gap is always wrong. The Start Of A Teaching Career It was while living on a kibbutz in Israel that Craig first became interested (0) in

teaching English. His Israeli neighbour, (1)

volunteers, wanted to learn English in order (2) girls from abroad. In spite of the fact (3) book from (4) little English.

worked with foreign speak to the attractive

he only had an old grammar

1960’s, Craig succeeded (5)

teaching his friend a

The pleasure and satisfaction he got from this experience took him completely (6) surprise. So much so that he decided to go to London and do a course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. After (7)

than 13 years of teaching English professionally, Craig hasn’t

lost (8) (10)

enthusiasm and he still thinks of teaching (9) days he lives in Valencia, and a few years (11)

a website called La Mansion del Inglés with (12) last four years they (13) (14)

a hobby. he started

friend Luis. During the

helped thousands of students to improve

English, and La Mansion del Inglés is now one of the most popular

sites on (15)

internet.

"Mr. Cambridge" loves to trick students into choosing the wrong word, in this case, 'that' instead of 'which' or 'who.' That is, if you have a restrictive adjective clause containing essential information identifying the noun, there are no commas around the relative clause and you can use 'which' or 'that' with a thing or 'who' or 'that' with a person. On the other hand, if the adjective clause following the noun is a non-restrictive form, you must use 'who' or 'which', and not 'that.' Isn't the Use of English 'Open Cloze' fun? Here's an example of a self-created 'cloze' about history. The paragraph comes from an article in 'The Atlantic' (Dec. 2008) by James Fallows entitled, 'Be Nice to the Countries that Lend You Money': 'Gao, _____ I mentioned in my article, would fit no American's preexisting idea _____ a Communist Chinese official. He speaks accented ______ fully colloquial _____ very high-speed English. He has _____ law degree ______ Duke, _______ he earned _____ the 1980s after working _____ a lawyer ______ professor in China, _____ he was _____ associate _____ Richard Nixon's former Wall Street law firm. ______ office, _____ one of ______ more tasteful new glass-walled high-rises _____ Beijing, itself seems less Chinese ______ internationally 'fusion'-minded in _____ aesthetic ______ furnishings. '

Gao, whom I mentioned in my article, would fit no American's preexisting idea of a Communist Chinese official. He speaks accented but fully colloquial and very high-speed English. He has a law degree from Duke, which he earned in the 1980s after working as a lawyer and professor in China, and he was an associate in Richard Nixon's former Wall Street law firm. His office, in one of the more tasteful new glasswalled high-rises in Beijing, itself seems less Chinese than internationally 'fusion'-minded in its aesthetic and furnishings. '