FCE Use of English Part 1, Cats

Answers and explanations

1. A – make. ‘Transform’ is usually used with the preposition ‘into’. Become is used without an object: ‘I became very sad for no reason. ‘To turn’ usually means a more serious transformation, like turning one substance into another.
2. B – after. A phrasal verb ‘to look after’ means taking care of somebody or something. ‘Too look for/about’ means to search for something. Looking on is watching something without getting involved in it.
3. D – activities. Things that you (or anybody else) spend time doing. An action is usually shorter, so we can’t choose it here. ‘Job’ and ‘business’ refer to a more productive and involved kind of activity.
4. A – set out. To start some activity or a journey. ‘Go out’ doesn’t fit the context, as later in the sentence it is mentioned that it can also be said about small flats. ‘Miss out’ is not to take advantage of some opportunity. ‘Walk out’ usually means to leave some place or event as a way of protesting.
5. A – deprived. The only verb here that works well with ‘of’. To deprive someone of something is to take it away.
6. C – mood. To be in the mood for something means to feel like doing something. To plan something or to have a plan to do something. To feel like doing something. To have a right to do something means to be allowed to do it.
7. B – reason. ‘Cause’ is very similar to reason but used in the context of bigger things, e.g. ‘to fight for a good cause’. ‘Excuse’ is a valid or respectable reason to do something, especially something that might not seem right. ‘Event’ simply does not work here.
8. D – referred. ‘Call’ is used without ‘to’.’Name’ used as a verb literally means giving something or somebody a name. To address is to talk to somebody, e.g. ‘he addressed me in a very polite manner’.