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Learning Vocabulary

Exercises for the FCE exam

Some useful exercises to practice your Use of English and prepare for your FCE exam.

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Grammar

Passive Voice

Use of Passive

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

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Grammar

Past Continuous- 5 Uses

USE 1 Interrupted Action in the Past

Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

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Grammar

Phrasal verbs

Un primer vídeo para intentar aprender mejor los phrasal verbs, con la ayuda de Friends.