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    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY: MADE EASY SERIES
    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY: MADE EASY SERIES
    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY: MADE EASY SERIES
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    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY: MADE EASY SERIES

    By D.Méndez

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    This is the book that will help you pass the second part of the Cambridge Use of English test.

    It contains detailed explanations about why you should choose one word rather that another and why in different sample texts.

    Easy to understand grammar explanations with examples , will make you understand why you must choose one word instead of another.

    There are also some very specific techniques or tricks that will allow you to notice typical scenarios where you need to use certain words instead of others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD.Méndez
    Release dateNov 21, 2015
    ISBN9781519992451
    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY: MADE EASY SERIES

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    OPEN CLOZE MADE EASY - D.Méndez

    CONTENTS

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    4)    WHAT IS THE OPEN CLOZE IN THE CAMBRIDGE EXAMS?

    5)    MISSING PREPOSITION.

    6)    PREPOSITIONAL VERBS

    7)    PLURAL vs SINGULAR NOUN.

    8)    GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION OF PREPOSITIONS.

    9)    CHOICE OF CONJUNCTION

    10)    SPOT A COMPARISON

    11)  CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS / ADVERBIAL CONJUNCTIONS.

    12)  GAP AFTER A FULL STOP.

    13)  CHOICE OF MODAL VERB.

    14)  USE OF QUANTIFIERS

    15)  CHOICE OF ADVERBS OR QUESTION WORDS.

    16)    SPOT A NOT

    17)  EVEN THOUGH, EVEN IF, EVEN SO , EVEN WHEN

    18)  SPOT A BOTH

    19)    LINKING EXPRESSIONS WITH AS ... AS

    20)    NOTICE  NOT JUST/ONLY........BUT ALSO.....

    NOT JUST/ONLY........BUT.......AS WELL."

    21)  WHICH vs THAT

    22)  CHOICE OF QUANTITY PHRASE PRONOUNS

    23)  WHO vs WHOM

    24)  AS vs LIKE

    25)  SPOT A LY ENDING ADVERB

    26)  SPOT A CONDITIONAL / CONDITION (HIDDEN)

    27)  BUT vs ALTHOUGH

    28)  PARALLEL STRUCTURE

    29)  BEFORE YOU ANSWER, READ THE SENTENCE AFTER THE GAP

    30)  PARTS OF SPEECH

    31)  DETERMINERS

    32)  BEFORE A NOUN / AFTER A NOUN

    34)  BEFORE A VERB / AFTER A VERB

    36)  BEFORE A PRONOUN / AFTER A PRONOUN

    38)  BEFORE AN ADJECTIVE / AFTER AN ADJECTIVE

    40)  BEFORE AN ADVERB / AFTER AN ADVERB

    42)  BEFORE A PREPOSITION / AFTER A PREPOSITION

    44)  BEFORE A CONJUNCTION / AFTER A CONJUNCTION

    46)  PREPOSITIONAL VERBS / PREPOSITIONS AFTER NOUNS

    47)  PHRASAL PREPOSITIONAL VERBS / PHRASAL VERBS

    48)  SET PHRASES & IDIOMS

    49)  ANSWER KEYS

    59)  GRAMMAR

    62)  OPEN CLOZE COMBINATIONS (TABLE)

    ––––––––

    WHAT IS THE "OPEN CLOZE" IN THE CAMBRIDGE EXAMS?

    The second part of the Use of English paper in the FCE , CAE & CPE Cambridge examinations is the open cloze, in which students use one word to fill each space in a short text. The required words are usually grammatical, such as pronouns, articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs and so on.

    The most common kinds of missing words are:

    DETERMINERS

    This , That, These, Those, Which, Whose...

    CONJUNCTIONS & ADVERBS

    Where, What, When, How, Why, Who,

    ARTICLES AND QUANTIFIER

    Few, little, none , some , any , much , many, no, enough, either, neither, fewer, less,

    Both, all, nothing , something.

    SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

    After , although , as , as if , as long as , as though , because , before ,even if , even though ,

    even if , if , if only , in order that , now that , once , rather than , since , so that , than ,that , though , till ,  unless , until , when , whenever , where ,whereas ,wherever ,while

    PRONOUNS

    I  memy  minemyself  youyouryoursyourself  yourselves  he  him  his   himself  she  her  hers  herself  it  its  itself    we  us    our  ours  ourselves  they them their  theirs  themselves

    AUXILIARY VERBS , MODAL VERBS  & OTHER VERB FORMS

    Been , can , could , do , did , done , has ,  had , have,  may , might, must , need  , ought to , seen , shall, should , was , were , will , would.

    PREPOSITIONS /PHRASAL VERBS

    At, to, on, in , with, for, of, up, down, about, along, out, into, around, through, over, after , back, across, off, without, away, behind, forward...

    RELATIVE PRONOUNS, DETERMINERS AND LINKING EXPRESSIONS

    Who , whose, whom , which, when , where, what , how, that, whom, this , that, these, those...

    CONTRAST LINKS

    In spite of , despite (the fact that) , although, even though, even so, however, nevertheless , but, yet , whereas, while, but, notwithstanding..on the one hand...on the other hand...as  opposed to, rather than, on the contrary , actually , really ,

    PURPOSE LINKS

    In order to , for, to , so as to, so that, in order that..

    REASON LINKS

    Due to , owing to , because of, on account of, since , in case (of) , therefore, so , consequently, seeing that, seeing as, consequently ,

    ADDITION LINKS

    Too, also, as well , as well as , not only ...but also, besides, in addition to , moreover, furthermore, what´s more, such as , for example, for instance , apart from , except for..

    CONDITIONAL LINKS

    Provided (that) , unless , as long as, if , whether ..(or) , either...or, neither...nor, until, even if...

    VERBS

    Examples : have called the situation "a disgraceful .....waste....of taxpayers’ money"

    I earn enough money to ......take....care of my needs.

    My only near relative, a sister, ..died...three years ago. So I have no family.

    Missing preposition

    Example 1 – Preposition at the beginning of the sentence/paragraph.

    ____ this new section have been added several articles that have been published on this particular topic by British authors.

    Clue : We need to notice the verb added before we decide on the word. Added is usually followed by the preposition to and this is the word we are looking for.

    To this new section have been added several articles that have been published on this particular topic by British authors.

    Example 2 – Preposition in the middle of the sentence/ paragraph.

    Nevertheless, there are many places that sell to the public , so if you want to indulge ___ a spot of shopping in London , you will probably manage to find want you want.

    Clue : We need to notice the verb indulge before we decide on the word. Indulge (as a prepositional verb) is usually followed by the preposition in and this is the word we are looking for.

    Nevertheless, there are many places that sell to the public , so if you want to indulge _IN__ a spot of shopping in London , you will probably manage to find want you want.

    Example 3 – Preposition at the end of the sentence/paragraph.

    The man she was going out ____ was a friend of her brother’s , and he is actually the one I took the picture ____.

    Clue : In this case, we need to notice the two verbs indulge and take in its past tense form took, before we decide on the word. Indulge (as a prepositional verb) is usually followed by the preposition in and the expression to take a picture is usually followed by the preposition of.

    The man she was going out _WITH__ was a friend of her brother’s , and

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