FCE GRAMMAR TEST 1 PART 3 (USE OF ENGLISH)

For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.
Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

In the exam you write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer sheet.

Tip Strip

· Read the text for general understanding.

· Decide which type of word is needed for each gap (noun, adjective, etc).

· Look at the whole sentence, not just the line including the gap.

· Look at the word in capitals to the right of the gap. You may need to add a prefix or a suffix or make other changes to this word.

· Check the meaning of the text to see if the word is singular or plural.

· The word you choose must make sense in the context of the text as a whole. So when you've finished the task, read through and check that the text makes complete sense with your answers in place.

· Check your spelling.

Question 25: Is a noun or an adjective needed here?
Question 27: Will this word be positive or negative? How do you know?
Question 29: What is the noun made from this adjective? Be careful of your spelling.
Question 30: Two changes are needed, a prefix and a suffix, to make this a negative adjective.
Question 31: This word needs a suffix. Both negative and positive suffixes exist; which do you need here?

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For anyone with a (0) ____ for the study of the night sky,

FASCINATE -> FASCINATION
25 Hawaii is one of the best places in the world to get a clear view of the stars and planets. This is because of the island's geographical setting. Because it is a (25) ____ area, situated in the middle of a large expanse of ocean, MOUNTAIN
26 Hawaii is much less affected by light (26) ____ than most other parts of the world. POLLUTE 
27 If you are (27) ____ enough to go to the top of the dormant volcano known FORTUNE 
28 as Mauna Kea, the view is even more (28) ____ IMPRESS  
29 The volcano, which rises to a (29) ____ of 4205 metres is one of the best places HIGH
30 in the world to get (30) ____ views of the night sky and therefore is the location for more than a dozen of the world's finest telescopes.   INTERRUPT
31 Of special significance is the WM Keck Observatory where there are a pair of extremely large and (31) ____ telescopes. POWER
32 In recent years these telescopes have been responsible for the (32) ____ of around DISCOVER  
33 forty new planets beyond our solar system. By proving the (33) ____ of these planets, EXIST
34 astronomers have increased the (34) ____ that one day another inhabited planet like our own will be found. PROBABLE 

 

 

25 mountainous: noun to adjective

26 pollution: verb to noun

27 fortunate: noun to adjective

28 impressive: verb to noun

29 height: adjective to noun

30 uninterrupted: verb to negative adjective

31 powerful: noun to adjective

32 discovery: verb to noun

33 existence: verb to noun

34 probability: adjective to noun

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