USE OF ENGLISH PART TWO

OPEN CLOZE

- FIRST READ ALL THE TEXT QUICKLY to get an idea of the topic.

- Look at the words before and after the gap. Don't leave the answer sheet
blank for any question. If you don't know the correct answer you should
always make a guess.

- Make sure your handwriting is clear. If your answers are difficult to read,
they will be marked wrong!

- When you have finished, transfer your answers to the separate answer
sheet.

Put the following grammar words into the correct group. Follow the
examples.

to / despite / can / that / a / had / and / what / am / might /

from/ who
at / whose / although / it / must / an / in / are / may / has / is /
on

Preposition Modal Auxiliary

Pronouns Articles Conjunctions
s Verbs Verbs
up could w hich have the but
Part two of the Use of English paper (Open Cloze) mainly tests
grammar words, like the ones in the previous exercise. Many
students think that this is one of the most difficult parts in the
exam. Dont worry if your score is not very high. This part
represents about 3% of the total mark. However, its important
to get as many marks as possible from this section.

Read the following text without thinking about the missing

words.

The Start Of A Teaching Career

It was while living on a kibbutz in Israel that Craig first became interested (0)
in
teaching English. His Israeli neighbour, (1) worked with foreign

volunteers, wanted to learn English in order (2) speak to the attractive

girls from abroad. In spite of the fact (3) he only had an old grammar

book from (4) 1960s, Craig succeeded (5) teaching his friend a
little English.

The pleasure and satisfaction he got from this experience took him completely

(6) surprise. So much so that he decided to go to London and do a

course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

After (7) than 13 years of teaching English professionally, Craig hasnt

lost (8) enthusiasm and he still thinks of teaching (9) a hobby.

(10) days he lives in Valencia, and a few years (11) he started

a website called La Mansion del Ingls with (12) friend Luis. During the

last four years they (13) helped thousands of students to improve

(14) English, and La Mansion del Ingls is now one of the most popular

sites on (15) internet.

Now read the text again more slowly and write one word in
each space.
Look before and after each gap.
Think about grammar words; pronouns, auxiliary verbs,
prepositions etc.
If the gap is difficult, and you cant think of a suitable word,
leave it until the end and continue to the next gap.
When you finish, go back to the difficult gaps and think again.
 Dont leave any space blank. An empty gap is always wrong.

The Start Of A Teaching Career

It was while living on a kibbutz in Israel that Craig first became interested (0)
in
teaching English. His Israeli neighbour, (1) worked with foreign

volunteers, wanted to learn English in order (2) speak to the attractive

girls from abroad. In spite of the fact (3) he only had an old grammar

book from (4) 1960s, Craig succeeded (5) teaching his friend a
little English.

The pleasure and satisfaction he got from this experience took him completely

(6) surprise. So much so that he decided to go to London and do a

course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

After (7) than 13 years of teaching English professionally, Craig hasnt

lost (8) enthusiasm and he still thinks of teaching (9) a hobby.

(10) days he lives in Valencia, and a few years (11) he started

a website called La Mansion del Ingls with (12) friend Luis. During the

last four years they (13) helped thousands of students to improve

(14) English, and La Mansion del Ingls is now one of the most popular

sites on (15) internet.

"Mr. Cambridge" loves to trick students into choosing the wrong word, in this case, 'that' instead of
'which' or 'who.' That is, if you have a restrictive adjective clause containing essential information
identifying the noun, there are no commas around the relative clause and you can use 'which' or 'that'
with a thing or 'who' or 'that' with a person. On the other hand, if the adjective clause following the
noun is a non-restrictive form, you must use 'who' or 'which', and not 'that.' Isn't the Use of English
'Open Cloze' fun?

Here's an example of a self-created 'cloze' about history. The paragraph comes from an article in 'The
Atlantic' (Dec. 2008) by James Fallows entitled, 'Be Nice to the Countries that Lend You Money':

'Gao, _____ I mentioned in my article, would fit no American's preexisting idea _____ a Communist
Chinese official. He speaks accented ______ fully colloquial _____ very high-speed English. He has _____
law degree ______ Duke, _______ he earned _____ the 1980s after working _____ a lawyer ______
professor in China, _____ he was _____ associate _____ Richard Nixon's former Wall Street law firm.
______ office, _____ one of ______ more tasteful new glass-walled high-rises _____ Beijing, itself seems
less Chinese ______ internationally 'fusion'-minded in _____ aesthetic ______ furnishings. '
Gao, whom I mentioned in my article, would fit no American's preexisting idea of a Communist Chinese
official. He speaks accented but fully colloquial and very high-speed English. He has a law degree from
Duke, which he earned in the 1980s after working as a lawyer and professor in China, and he was an
associate in Richard Nixon's former Wall Street law firm. His office, in one of the more tasteful new glass-
walled high-rises in Beijing, itself seems less Chinese than internationally 'fusion'-minded in its aesthetic
and furnishings. '