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Student’s Book without answers

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3 contentS

Map of the units 4

Introduction 6

Exam overview 7

1 Breaking news 8

2 Travels and traditions 16

3 Behaving and interacting 24

4 Selling and spending 32

5 Health and sport 40

6 Culture old and new 48

7 Green issues 56

8 Learning and working 64

9 Science and technology 72

10 A mind of one’s own 80

Grammar reference 88

Writing guide 98

Speaking guide 107

Wordlist 112

Acknowledgements 119

contEntS






4 maP oF tHe unitS

MAP oF tHE unitS

TOPICS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

WRITING LISTENING SPEAKING

1 Events, issues & the media Review of past, present & future tenses

CollocationsFrequently confused words

Part 1: multiple-choice clozePart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: get ideas, contrast links, checking

Part 4: multiple matching

Part 1: talking about past, present & future

2 Travel, customs & traditions

Participle clauses PrefixesAcademic expressions

Part 3: word formationPart 6: cross-text multiple matching

Part 2 report: planning, recommending

Part 2: sentence completion

Part 2: making comparisons

3 Human behaviour & relationships

Review of reported speech CollocationsIdioms with keep

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 letter: formal / informal / neutral style; layout

Part 1: short texts, multiple-choice questions

Part 3: suggesting, (dis)agreeing, asking for opinions

4 Money & business Review of passive forms Causatives

Fixed phrasesPhrasal verbs with outMoney vocabulary

Part 2: open clozePart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: addition links, achieving balance

Part 3: long text, multiple-choice questions

Part 4: expressing & justifying opinions

5 Health & sport Conditionals including mixed forms & forms without if

Word buildingSuffixesCompound adjectives

Part 3: word formationPart 8: multiple matching

Part 2 proposal: purpose links, text organisation

Part 2:sentence completion

Part 2: commenting on partner’s pictures

6 The arts & entertainment Review of verbs + -ing or infinitive


Part 1: multiple-choice clozePart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 review: praising & criticising


Part 1: expressing preferences, likes & dislikes

7 Nature & the environment Inversion after negative adverbials

CollocationsPhrasal verbs with onIdioms: nature

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: sentence adverbsparaphrasing notes


Part 3: giving examples, helping your partner

8 Education, learning & work Relative clauses Introductory it/what

Affixes Spelling changes


Part 2 letter: formal language, text organisation


Part 4: adding emphasis, hedging

9 Science & technology Modals, including continuous & passive forms

Dependent prepositionsScience lexis

Part 2: open clozePart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 report: result links, text organisation


Part 2: speculating about present & past

10 Psychology & personality Wishes & regrets Three-part phrasal verbsAdjectives of personality

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 6: cross-text multiple matching

Part 1: concession, opening paragraphs


Parts 3 & 4: negotiating, reaching a decision






5maP oF tHe unitS 5

MAP oF tHE unitS

TOPICS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

WRITING LISTENING SPEAKING

1 Events, issues & the media Review of past, present & future tenses


Part 1: multiple-choice clozePart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: get ideas, contrast links, checking


Part 1: talking about past, present & future

2 Travel, customs & traditions

Participle clauses PrefixesAcademic expressions

Part 3: word formationPart 6: cross-text multiple matching

Part 2 report: planning, recommending

Part 2: sentence completion

Part 2: making comparisons

3 Human behaviour & relationships

Review of reported speech CollocationsIdioms with keep

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 letter: formal / informal / neutral style; layout


Part 3: suggesting, (dis)agreeing, asking for opinions

4 Money & business Review of passive forms Causatives

Fixed phrasesPhrasal verbs with outMoney vocabulary

Part 2: open clozePart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: addition links, achieving balance


Part 4: expressing & justifying opinions

5 Health & sport Conditionals including mixed forms & forms without if

Word buildingSuffixesCompound adjectives


Part 2 proposal: purpose links, text organisation


Part 2: commenting on partner’s pictures

6 The arts & entertainment Review of verbs + -ing or infinitive


Part 1: multiple-choice clozePart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 review: praising & criticising


Part 1: expressing preferences, likes & dislikes

7 Nature & the environment Inversion after negative adverbials

CollocationsPhrasal verbs with onIdioms: nature

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 7: gapped text

Part 1 essay: sentence adverbsparaphrasing notes


Part 3: giving examples, helping your partner

8 Education, learning & work Relative clauses Introductory it/what

Affixes Spelling changes


Part 2 letter: formal language, text organisation


Part 4: adding emphasis, hedging

9 Science & technology Modals, including continuous & passive forms

Dependent prepositionsScience lexis

Part 2: open clozePart 5: multiple-choice questions

Part 2 report: result links, text organisation


Part 2: speculating about present & past

10 Psychology & personality Wishes & regrets Three-part phrasal verbsAdjectives of personality

Part 4: key word transformationsPart 6: cross-text multiple matching

Part 1: concession, opening paragraphs


Parts 3 & 4: negotiating, reaching a decision






6 introduction

introduction

Who Compact Advanced is forCompact Advanced is a short but highly intensive final preparation course for students planning to take the revised Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam. It provides C1-level students with thorough preparation and practice of the grammar, vocabulary, language skills and exam skills needed. The course is particularly suitable for students of 16 and over.

What the Student’s Book containsCompact Advanced Student’s Book has ten units for classroom study. Each unit covers practice for Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Interesting Reading and Listening texts cover topics that may appear in the Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam, and are accompanied by activities that help develop the skills needed for understanding them and successfully completing the exam.

• Writing pages feature model answers and are built on a step-by-step approach to learning how to produce the different types of text needed in Writing Parts 1 and 2.

• Speaking activities are designed to improve fluency and accuracy, and to improve students’ ability to express themselves with confidence and appropriacy.

• Grammar pages practise the structures that are needed for writing and speaking at this level, and also those frequently tested in Reading and Use of English Parts 1–4.

• Vocabulary input is at C1 level and is based on English Vocabulary Profile, while many grammar and vocabulary exercises are based on research from the Cambridge Learner Corpus (see below).

• Quick steps explain how to approach each exam task type, while Exam tips give useful advice on exam strategies.

• Writing and Speaking guides explain in detail what students can expect in these parts of the exam, and suggest how best to prepare and practise in each case. For Writing there are further sample tasks and model answers for each of the task types, while for Speaking there are lists of useful expressions for each part.

• TheGrammar reference section gives clear explanations of grammar points students need to know for Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE).

• A wordlist of 25–30 key words, informed by English Vocabulary Profile, is provided for each unit.

• The CD-ROM provides interactive exercises for extra language skills and practice.

Other course components1 Two audio CDs contain listening material for the ten units of

the Student’s Book. Listening activities are indicated by an icon showing the CD and track numbers.

2 A with-answers edition which enables students to check their answers in the key at the back. For Listening tasks, the parts of the script that give the correct answers are underlined. Model answers to the Writing tasks are also included.

3 A Teacher’s Book. This contains:

• Step-by-step guidance for presenting and teaching all the material in the Student’s Book. In some cases, alternative treatments and extension activities are suggested.

• Complete answer keys for all activities in the ten units, with recording scripts for the listening material.

• Five photocopiable progress tests: one for every two units in the Student’s Book.

• Sample tasks and model answers for all Writing questions.

4 A Workbook with audio to accompany the Student’s Book. This contains:

• Ten units for homework and self-study. Each unit has four pages of exercises, providing further practice and consolidation of the language and exam skills required for success in Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE).

• Exercises based on research from the Cambridge Learner Corpus.

• Vocabulary input based on English Vocabulary Profile. • Sample tasks and model answers for all Writing

questions. • In the with-answers edition, a full answer key and

recording scripts with the answers underlined.

5 Additional resources for this publication can be found at www.cambridge.org/compactadvanced

The Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC) The Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC) is a large collection of exam scripts written by students taking Cambridge English exams around the world. It forms part of the Cambridge International Corpus (CIC) and it has been built up by Cambridge University Press and Cambridge English Language Assessment.

Exercises and extracts from candidates’ answers in Compact Advanced which are based on the CLC are indicated by this icon: .






7exam overview

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)Reading and Use of English 1 hour 30 minutes

Parts 1 and 3 mainly test your vocabulary; Part 2 mainly tests grammar. Part 4 often tests both vocabulary and grammar. Parts 5–8 test reading comprehension.

Part Task type Questions Format1 Multiple-

choice cloze8 Fill each gap in a text

from options A, B, C or D.

2 Open cloze 8 Fill each gap in a text with one word.

3 Word formation

8 Fill each gap in a text with the right form of a given word.

4 Key word transformation

6 Complete a sentence with a given word and up to five more words to mean the same as another sentence.

5 Multiple choice 6 Read a text followed by questions with four options: A, B, C or D.

6 Cross-text multiple matching

4 Read across four short texts and match prompts to the correct sections.

7 Gapped text 6 Read a text with six paragraphs removed. There are seven paragraphs to choose from.

8 Multiple matching

10 Read one or more texts. Match prompts to elements in the texts.

Writing 90 minutes

You have to do Part 1 plus one of the Part 2 tasks. In Part 2 you can choose one of questions 2–4.

Part Task type Words Format1 discursive

essay220–260 Write in response to two

points given in an input text. Give reasons for your opinion

2 letter / email, proposal, report or review

220–260 Choose one from three tasks based on a given context and topic, with a clear purpose and target reader.

Listening about 40 minutes

You both hear and see the instructions for each task, and you hear all four parts twice.

Part Task type Questions Format1 Multiple

choice6 Three short extracts with

two people talking for about a minute in three different situations. For each of two questions, you choose from answers A, B or C.

2 Sentence completion

8 One person speaking for about three minutes. Complete sentences by writing a word or short phrase.

3 Multiple choice

6 An interview or conversation of about four minutes. Choose from answers A, B, C or D.

4 Multiple matching

10 Five extracts of about 30 seconds each, with a common theme. For each extract there are two tasks. Choose from a list of eight possible answers.

Speaking 15 minutes

You do the Speaking test with one other candidate. There are two examiners, but one of them does not take part in the conversation.

Part Task type Minutes Format1 The

examiner asks you questions.

2 Talk about yourself.

2 Talk on your own for one minute.

4 Talk about two pictures and then comment on the other candidate’s pictures for about 30 seconds.

3 Talk to your partner.

4 A two-minute discussion. You then have a minute to make a decision.

4 Discuss topics connected with the theme of Part 3.

5 A discussion led by the examiner.




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