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FCE (First Certificate in English)- Open Cloze Card Games

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Cambridge First Use of English Part Two gapfill tasks practice through classification and making tasks for each other card games.

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Cambridge First Use of English Part Two open cloze card games

Work in groups of three or four. Deal out the whole pack of cards between you. To discard cards, you have to make a sentence with a gap that one of your words should go into and test your partners with it, for example reading it out with “Blank”, “Beep” and “Something something” in the place of that word. If at least one person in your group gets the answer wrong and you all agree that your word or words are the only words that could go in the gap, you can place your card down on the table. As long as the gap can really only take that word, it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes in grammar etc elsewhere in your sentence. The person with fewest cards left in their hand at the end of the game is the winner.

With some of your other cards, try to make example sentences where the word on your card is the only possible word in the gap. If your partners agree, you can discard that card and score a point.

All the words are real answers to FCE Use of English Part Two exam tasks. Put the cards into categories by the kinds of words which they are.

 

Hint 1: There are 8 categories.  

 

Hint 2: The categories are:

prepositions

linking words

determiners

auxiliary verbs

reference words

relative pronouns

question words

time expressions other than prepositions

Some words can go into more than one category.

 

Check your answers with the suggested answers on the following page.

 

Cards to cut up

 

a

 

 

across

 

against

 

ago

 

all

 

 

although

 

an

 

and

 

another

 

 

any

 

anything

 

as

 

at

 

 

be

 

because

 

becoming/ getting

 

been

 

 

before

 

being

 

beyond

 

but

 

 

by

 

can

 

will

 

despite

 

 

did

 

does

 

due/ owing

 

during

 

 

enough

 

every

 

everything

 

few

 

 

for

 

from

 

whose

 

had

 

 

has

 

have

 

his

 

how

 

 

if/ whether

 

in

 

instead

 

into

 

 

is

 

it

 

its

 

just

 

 

last

 

like

 

little

 

could/ may/ might

 

 

yet

 

much

 

must

 

nevertheless

 

 

no

 

nor

 

of

 

off

 

 

on

 

one

 

or

 

others

 

 

our

 

over

 

would

 

past

 

 

previous

 

should

 

since

 

so

 

 

such

 

that

 

the

 

their

 

 

them

 

themselves

 

there

 

these

 

 

this

 

though

 

thus

 

to

 

 

unless

 

unlike

 

until

 

up

 

 

us

 

was

 

what

 

when

 

 

where

 

without

 

which

 

while/ whilst

 

 

who

 

 

 

Suggested answers

prepositions

from, for, in, on, to, as, at, before, by, of, off, across, against, ago, beyond, into, like, over, until, up, without

linking words

if, though, although, as, but, so, and, despite, or, since, while, whilst, because, due, during, instead, nevertheless, nor, thus, unless, unlike, whether, owing

determiners

all, any, little, no, an, a, enough, every, his, its, our, their, another, few, much, such, the

auxiliary verbs

had, would, be, did, has, have, is, must, will, been, being, can, could, does, may, might, should, was, becoming, getting

reference words

this, it, one, them, themselves, there, these, others, us, everything, anything

relative pronouns

that, which, when, where, whose, who

question words

which, when, how, what

time expressions other than prepositions

yet, last, past, previous, just

Ask about words above you aren’t sure about, then discuss differences between these:

  • at/ in
  • in/ into
  • as/ like
  • by/ until
  • ago/ before
  • because/ so
  • although/ but
  • although/ despite
  • during/ while
  • during/ for
  • for/ since
  • all/ every
  • few/ little
  • any/ some
  • a/ the
  • it’s/ its
  • another/ other
  • so/ such
  • will/ would
  • it/ this
  • them/ themselves
  • anything/ everything
  • that/ which
  • what/ which

 

Do a real exam task, first with no help and then seeing if the words on the cards fit.

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