Homework

 

THE TASK

• Part 2 consists of a text in which there are eight gaps. You are required to draw on your knowledge of the structure of the language and understanding of the text in order to fill the gaps. In this part, as there are no sets ofwords from which to choose the answers, candidates have to think of a word which will fill the gap correctly.
• The focus of the gapped words is either grammatical, 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 than one possible answer and this is allowed for in the mark scheme.
• The absence or misuse of punctuation is ignored, although spelling, as in all the Use of English parts of the paper, must be correct.

HOW TO APPROACH THE TASK

• As in Part 1, candidates need to read the words which follow the gap as well as those which come before it. You should make sure that if you are filling the gap with a verb, it agrees with its subject.
• Please keep in mind a sense of the whole text.
• Please be aware that you must use only one word to fill each of the gaps. You should never use abbreviations (e.g. sthg for something), and (with the exception of can’t = cannot) you should not fill any of the gaps with a contraction (e.g. didn’t, he’ll), as these count as two words.