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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 3
EXERCISE TEXT

Everybody knows bubble gums, and for young people bubble gum is probably more popular than chewing gum. It is a type of chewing gum with a particular flavor that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. 1. In the early 1900s, Frank Fleer experimented with a lot of gum ingredients to find perfect bubble gum recipe. His first bubble gum recipes were never sold, because bubble gums were just too sticky. Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia had been searching for years to produce a formula which allowed bubbles to be blown that didn't stick. In 1928 Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer gum company, while testing new gum recipes, noticed the mass was less sticky than regular chewing gum, and while testing it he found out that he could create bubbles easily. Walter Diemer accidentally founded best recipes for bubble gum. 2.. All the gum was sold in a single day. Diemer's Bubble gum was the first ever commercially sold bubble gum. The Fleer Chewing Gum Company began making bubble gum using Diemer's recipe. The gum was named and marketed as “Dubble Bubble” gum. This gum was different from all the other gums. The Fleer Chewing Gum Company trained people to teach others to blow bubbles. 3. “Blowing teachers” proved a perfect success for Fleer Company. When Frank H. Fleer founded bubble gum it was the first time that food coloring was used. 4. Walter Diem.er used this color. That is the reason why bubble gum was pink, and ever since then, no one has thought to change it. 5.

FILL IN USING THE WORD BANK

Choose the best word for each gap

1 Pink became, and remains, the industry standard.2 Diemer brought his discovery to a grocery store to test it.3 The only food coloring in the factory was pink.4 He will forever be remembered as the father of modern day chewing gum industry.5 The inventor of the first bubble gum was Frank Fleer.6 All chewing gum manufactured today share the same main ingredients.7 These “blowing teachers” taught the people how to blow bubbles using the gum.