BIG BEN COLLEGE

TARGET FCE UNIT 1

NAME:

1. USE AN ADJECTIVE AND A NOUN RELATED TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.
a. Alejandro used to work at the same company as my dad. He is my dads
.
b. A is somebody who is always available for
you in case of need.
c. Carla and her boyfriend split up when their offspring were young, thats
why she is a .
d. Guillermo lives in flat 13 and Nicols lives in flat 14, so they are
.
e. Raquel is married to Alexanders uncle. So she and him are not actually
..
2. USE YOUR OWN ENGLISH AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING
VOCABULARY. USE AN EXAMPLE OR A SHORT EXPLANATION.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Cluttered
cramped
lie-in
unwind

3. FILL IN THE EXPRESSION WITH THE WORD THAT FITS BEST.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to

get on well _______

enjoy each others _____________
have a lot _____ common with them
drive someones _______
look ______ to
take ________ in your family
fall _______ love with
feel really close ______

4. ADJECTIVES CAN BE FORMED FROM NOUNS AND VERB BY ADDING THESE

SUFFIXES: -al, - our, -ly, -able, -y, -ed, -ing, ful, -less, -ive, -ic . USE THE
WORD GIVEN IN CAPITALS AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE TO FORM SUITABLE
ADJECTIVES.
1. Mark Haddon writes in a simple and ____________ way.
UNDERSTAND
2. The party was much more ____________ than I had expected.
ENJOY
3. I wish I had ___________ powers.
MAGIC
4. Mary came to me in a very ____________ state.
EMOTION
5. He was terrible at school and left with few ___________ qualifications.
ACADEMY
6. My sister is ____________ to cats.
ALLERGY
7. That girl has a ____________ voice.
LOVE
8. Peter has a ____________ relationship with his customers.
FRIEND
9. The project has been brought to a ____________ conclusion.
SUCCESS
10. Colin Firth is a _____________ actor.
WONDER

11. The war was ____________.

END
12. They are now ____________ and deeply in debt.
13. Hannah is so ____________, do determined to do it all.
AMBITIOUS
14. Their honeymoon was in Las Vegas at a _____________ hotel.

PENNY

LUXURY

5. ED AND ING ADJECTIVES. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ADJECTIVE.

1. My nephew was (amusing / amused) by the clown.
2. Its so (frustrating / frustrated)! No matter how much I study I cant seem to
remember this vocabulary.
3. This lesson is so (boring / bored)!
4. Im feeling (depressed / depressing), so Im going to go home, eat some
chocolate, and go to bed early with a good book.
5. I thought her new idea was absolutely (fascinated / fascinating).
6. This maths problem is so (confusing / confused). Can you help me?
7. The teacher was really (amusing / amused) so the lesson passed quickly.
8. The journey was (exhausting / exhausted)! Twelve hours by bus.
9. The plane began to move in a rather (alarming / alarmed) way.
10. He was (frightening / frightened) when he saw the spider.
11. I was really (embarrassing / embarrassed) when I fell over in the street.
12. That film was so (depressing / depressed)! There was no happy ending for
any of the characters.
6. FILL IN USING GERUND OR INFINITIVE.
a. Phillip promises _____________________ (help) Tanya pilot their rocket ship.
b. We will learn how ________________ (survive) in outer space.
c. We like ________________ (explore) new planets and _______________(see) new
things.
d. Although their parents would prefer them ________________ (remain) on earth, they
can see that it is no use ________________ (try) to get them to change their minds.
e. Its too late now. Theres no point in ________________ (argue) with them.
f. Although Tanya says that she cant stand ________________ (live) without her friends and
family for very long, she says she doesnt mind ________________ (be) far away from
home for a few years.
g. Our Super Heroes are beginning ________________ (get) very excited.
h. They are looking forward to ________________ (visit) as many planets as possible.
Bon voyage!
7. COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT PRESENT TENSES.
Moving house
I (COME) from a very large family and recently my
parents . (DECIDE) that they had spent long
enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmingham. We .
(MOVE) to the country, my father announced one evening. I
.. (SELL) this house and we will live on a farm.
So last week we loaded all our belongings into two hired vans, and for the last few
days we .. (TRY) to organise ourselves in our
new home. Yesterday, for example, my two brothers and I started painting the upstairs
rooms. Unfortunately, while I was mixing the paint, one of my brothers opened the

door. Nobody told him that we were in the room. So instead of painting the walls we
spent all morning cleaning paint off the floor. But worse things
.. (HAPPEN) since then. This morning, when I woke up, water
was dripping through the ceiling next to my bed. We ...
(SPENT) the last five hours repairing the roof. It is not all bad news though. The school
in the village nearby closed down two years ago, and my parents
.. (NOT FIND) another school for us yet.
8. COMPLETE WITH FOUR DIIOMS AND FOUR PHRASAL VERBS YOUVE LEARNT IN
THIS UNIT! EXPLAIN THEIR MEANING USING YOUR OWN WORDS.
IDIOMS

PHRASAL VERBS

9. CLOZE TEXT (PART 2). COMPLETE WITH THE WORD THAT BEST FIRST THE
SPACE.
JOB TRAINING IN CALIFORNIA
In California, Ms Brenda Blackman has started a business teaching people
(16)....................... to marry a millionaire. Her students, mainly women, sit
(17)....................... class saying over and over (18)....................... : "I want to be
rich. I deserve to be rich. I was born to be rich. I will be rich." She
(19)....................... them useful information, (20)....................... as the telephone
numbers of the golf and tennis clubs (21)....................... the filthy rich
(22)....................... to be found. She advises them on (23)....................... to wear at
a croquet match. She instructs them (24)....................... the basic etiquette of
dealing (25)....................... servants: "Always address the chauffeur
(26)....................... his surname." (27)....................... homework, her students study
the Wall Street Journal. She trains them to walk (28)....................... straight backs,
and to keep their arms (29)....................... their sides. She also advises them to
confirm (30)....................... his chequebook stubs that their target millionaire really
does have the money he appears to have.