FCE Use of English Part 2, Training a cat

Answers and explanations

9. Any/All. We are looking for a negative meaning introduced by the adverb ‘poorly’. Both ‘all’ and ‘any’ work fine in the negative context like this one.
10. Than. There is a comparison of how difficult it might be to train a cat to training a dog.
11. Different. If something isn’t much different to (or from) something else, it means it is more or less the same.
12. To. We are omitting the main verb here because contextually it is clear what we refer to.
13. Therefore. The author establishes the connection between the short attention span and how easy it is for a get to feel distracted. ‘Therefore’ is a good cause and effect word here.
14. Without. Patience is the key element in training your pet, so without it it will all come to nothing.
15. Enough. If somebody is smart enough to do something, it means they have enough intelligence to accomplish the task.
16. Out. Yet another phrasal verb, to figure something out means to understand how something functions. Phrasal verbs are a big part of FCE Use of English Part 2, so be ready to see at least a couple in your test.