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21 November 2008: Cambridge Exam Practice - CPE

Only one month to the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere. The Christmas lights are on in Chester and it looks very pretty, the shops are busy, in spite of the credit crunch and it is quite cold. Apparently we are going to have snow this week end so everyone is wearing woolly hats and scarves. If you don't like the cold weather the good news is that it is only six months till mid-summer.

Lots of people are doing the Cambridge exams next month so I thought we might have a quick look at some exercises for each of the main exams. Here's a CPE Vocabulary exercise.

Exercise
Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
A) That was a _____ of luck, meeting you here.
B) There's a good _____ for a picnic, just round the corner from here.
C) Henry found himself in a _____ of bother with the police when he couldn't produce his driving licence.
MISSING WORD:   
A) There's an excellent _____ article in today's paper.
B) Don't worry about her, she loves playing the _____ lady.
C) That's a very _____ question and I shall have to consider my reply very carefully.
MISSING WORD:   
A) Jane spent all her _____ money on buying a new dress for the school disco.
B) The policeman asked Tom to empty his _____ and put everything on the table.
C) There is a still small _____ of resistance to the new government's forces in the west of the country side.
MISSING WORD:   
A) Let's give them a big _____ for helping us to raise so much money.
B) Could you give me a _____ with this box of books please?
C) Susan kept checking the time but the minute _____ seemed to have stopped.
MISSING WORD:   
A) The plane had to be _____ to Frankfurt because of engine failure.
B) The government was accused of having _____ some of the money intended for road building to increase the pay of the police force.
C) She _____ the child's attention from the sweets by showing him a picture.
MISSING WORD:   

Good luck with your exams if you are doing one this December.
Love from everyone at English in Chester!


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