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SECTION 07 · Word-bank exercise

Words in context

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How to solve: Words in contextA text with gaps and a word bank; each word is used once and one word is extra.

What it tests

Vocabulary in context: meaning, word class and collocation (which words go together).

In the exam: part VII, 1 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read the whole text first without filling anything.
  2. Mark the word class of each bank word: noun, verb, adjective, adverb.
  3. For each gap decide which word class fits, then choose by meaning.
  4. Fill the gaps you are sure about first; the remaining choices get easier.
  5. One word is left over — check it really fits nowhere.

Watch out for

  • A word with the right meaning but the wrong form (rely vs reliable).
  • Collocations: pay attention, make a decision, facial expression.
  • Using the same word twice.

Example

Facial ____ and tone of voice show our feelings. Bank: rely, expression, pay, reaction…

expression — “facial expression” is a fixed collocation and a noun is needed after the adjective.

Part B · Text 5
EXERCISE TEXT

1. Eggs after all are a symbol of spring and new life. Exchanging and eating Easter eggs is a popular custom in many countries. 2. Later they were replaced by chocolate Easter eggs.

3. The traditionally bright colours represented spring and light.

An old traditional game is one in which real eggs are rolled against one another or down a hill. The owner of the egg that stayed uncracked the longest, won. 4. Hard boiled eggs are rolled down slopes to see whose egg goes furthest. In other places another game is played. You hold an egg in the palm of the hand and bang against your opponent's egg. The loser is the one whose egg breaks first.

5. They are usually hollow and filled with sweets. On TV you will see adverts for Cadbury's Cream Eggs, a very sweet confectionery.

And in Britain children hunt for chocolate Easter eggs hidden about the home or garden by the Easter Bunny.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 Another favourite Easter symbol is the little chocolate Bunny.2 The eggs were hard-boiled and dyed in various colors and patterns.3 In many countries, some people exchange presents at Easter.4 Easter eggs are an old tradition going back to a time before Christianity.5 In England they still carry out the custom of egg rolling.6 Nowadays people give each other Easter eggs made of chocolate.7 In the UK real eggs were used, in most cases, chicken eggs.