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B2 First Reading and Use of English Part 2: Teacher's Notes

The document discusses Part 2 of the B2 First Reading and Use of English exam, which consists of a text with eight gaps that test grammar and vocabulary. Candidates must think of a single word to correctly fill each gap based on the structure and meaning of the text.

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B2 First Reading and Use of English Part 2: Teacher's Notes

The document discusses Part 2 of the B2 First Reading and Use of English exam, which consists of a text with eight gaps that test grammar and vocabulary. Candidates must think of a single word to correctly fill each gap based on the structure and meaning of the text.

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B2 First Reading and Use of English Part 2

Teacher’s notes

Aims of the lesson to familiarise students with the B2 First Reading and Use of English
paper Part 2 and the strategies needed to tackle this type of task

Time needed 30–40 minutes (plus 15–20 minutes for the optional task)

Materials required any sample Part 2 task (optional)

Procedure

1. Tell your students that you are going to look at Part 2 of the Reading and Use of English paper.
2. Hand out the worksheet. Ask the students to read the instructions, but not to start the task. Give
them 1–2 minutes to do this.
3. Check that the students understand the task. For example, you could ask:
a. How many questions do you need to answer? 8
b. How many words do you need to write for each answer? 1
4. Point out that this activity will give them an overview of the Part 2 task. Mention that the title gives
help in understanding the text. Refer to the example to show how the task works.
5. Students now attempt the task individually. It’s a good idea to give them a time limit of 10
minutes so that they get used to working under time limits.
6. After 10 minutes, tell students to compare their answers in pairs/small groups.
7. Check answers in class. For each question, ask students to explain why they chose the answer
they did.
8. Ask the class to look at the types of gap in the text. In pairs, they should discuss the types of word
that are missing. For example, question 0 is a conjunction. See the key for further reference. Go
through the text in class, discussing the different types of gap in the text.

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Suggested follow-up activity

You could now give your class a sample Part 2 task for further practice. See the B2 First handbook.

B2 First Reading and Use of English Part 2 Activity– answer keys

Key to Procedure
Step 8:
9) negative structure
10) collocation
11) comparative structure
12) linker
13) negative modal/adverb (to highlight that in some cases, more than one answer is possible)
14) dependent preposition
15) reference
16) set phrase

Key to Student’s worksheet


9. any
10. fill
11. than
12. as
13. never/not
14. to
15. it
16. mind

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B2 First Reading and Use of English Part 2–Student’s Worksheet

How much do you know about Part 2 of the Reading and Use of English paper? For questions 9– 16, read
the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 and

Part Two
In Part 2, there is an emphasis on grammar (0) .................vocabulary. This part consists of a text in
which there are eight gaps (plus one gap as an example). Candidates are required to draw on their
knowledge of the structure of English and understanding of the text in order to fill the gaps. In this part,
unlike Part 1, there aren’t (9)....................... sets of words from which to choose the answers.
Therefore, candidates have to think of a word which will (10) ...................the gap correctly.
The focus of the gapped words is either grammatical items, such as articles, auxiliaries, prepositions,
pronouns, verb tenses and forms, or lexico-grammatical, such as phrasal verbs, linkers and words within
fixed phrases. The answer will always be a single word. In some cases, there may be more (11)
.................................................. one possible answer and this is allowed for in the mark scheme.
Each correct answer receives one mark. Spelling, (12) .................. in all parts of the Reading and Use of
English paper, must be correct. Candidates must make sure that they only use one word to fill each of the
gaps, and should
(13) ...........use abbreviations (e.g. ‘sthg’ for ‘something’) or contractions (e.g. didn’t, he’ll). The only
exception (14).............this rule is ‘can’t’ which may be used in place of ‘cannot’.
Candidates need to read the words which follow the gap as well as those which come before (15)
......... . They should also keep in (16) ................a sense of the whole text.

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