CAE Use of English Part 2 // Cambridge English: Advanced Use of English Part 2 [C1]

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In CAE use of English part 2 of the Advanced Use of English exam, you’re given a text with eight missing words. You’ll need to draw on your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, as well as contextual information from the text, to help you fill in the gaps correctly. You can only write one word, although there might sometimes be more than one possible answer.

As part of your preparation, you’re going to want to review all your grammar notes. Yes, that’s a huge task, but we’re here to help you by drawing your attention to the ‘three Ps’, three types of words which come up time and again in this part of the exam. Can you guess what they are?

That’s right – they’re phrasal verbs, prepositions and pronouns!

1. Phrasal verbs for the CAE reading and Use of English Part 2
Have you been able to get away from it all recently?

Even Advanced candidates struggle with phrasal verbs, but the fact is that they often feature in this exam task. Let’s have a look at an example. It’s from a text about the popularity of karaoke.

‘Don’t bother _______ up at a karaoke night if you aren’t prepared to sing: you’ve got to put in the effort and prove that you are one of the ‘in-crowd’. Break a leg!’
As always in part 2, we need to look at what comes before and after the missing word. ‘Don’t bother’ gives us our first clue, as it’s usually followed by a gerund. If we look at what comes after the gap, the preposition ‘up’ suggests that we’re looking for a phrasal verb. The rest of the sentence seems to suggest that we need a phrasal verb that means to ‘attend’ or to ‘go to’. Any ideas?

The answer here could be either ‘turning’ or ‘showing’. Do you know these other phrasal verbs with ‘turn’?

It takes about three weeks for a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly (= become).
After she lost her job, Paola had no choice but to turn to her parents for financial help (= go to someone to get help)
Half an hour into the journey, I realised I’d left my wallet at home and had to turn back (= go back where you started from)
Can you think of any other phrasal verbs with ‘turn’ or ‘show’? There are quite a few. Why don’t you practise by putting your suggestions (plus an example sentence) in the comment section below?

Take away: Keep a notebook just for recording new phrasal verbs you come across. As well as the meaning, write down an example sentence so you know how to use each verb in context. You can organise your notebook by verb or by particle. However you choose to organise it, record every phrasal verb you encounter during your exam-prep and review it again and again in the lead up to your exam.

2. Prepositions for CAE use of English Part 2
Would you ever jump out of a plane?

Prepositions are probably the part of speech that we see most frequently in part 2. Sometimes these form part of phrasal verbs. And other times these are dependent prepositions. So, what does that mean? A dependent preposition is a preposition that we always use with a particular verb, noun or adjective. For example:

Your insurance company should compensate you for your lost luggage (verb + dependent preposition)
Public awareness of climate change has increased dramatically recently (noun + dependent preposition)
He is very sure of himself. He’s definitely not lacking in confidence! (adjective + dependent preposition)

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[gangsterboy]

I'm to used to saying the words many of which instead of many of whom. Thanks alot for educating me on my bad habit.