FCE Use of English Part 2, Brewing our own beer

Answers and explanations

9. Higher. Remember that prices can be high or low, not cheap or expensive. Note how ‘better prices’ would be a more subjective description and it could be interpreted in many ways, e.g. more competitive or more accessible prices.
10. To. If your money goes to something, it means that this is what it gets spent on, e.g. ‘Most of my salary goes to rent and groceries’.
11. Was. A good example of a cleft sentence that is used to add a bit of emphasis, starting the sentence with ‘what’.
12. Room/Space. The context suggests that the place has to be big enough to accommodate all the necessary equipment and ingredients for a brewery. Both words work well here. Remember, that in FCE Use of English Part 2 you are not always restricted to using just one right word – a certain degree of variation is sometimes acceptable.
13. At. An introductory phrase with a meaning that is very close to ‘at the beginning’.
14. Easier/Simpler. The context makes it clear that the task of finding the right place in the city was quite difficult, and the contrast from this part of the sentence suggests the usage of an adjective with the opposite meaning.
15. Off. A day off is a day that is not spent at work. Since they had only one person who could do delivery, it meant that the person had to work every single day, without any breaks.
16. Up. If somebody turns up, it means they appear, especially if they had been expected. This phrasal verb is very similar to ‘show up’.