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Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) Reading and Use of

English Part 3

Teachers notes

Aims of the lesson to develop students awareness of all the forms

of a word

to encourage students to consider a word with a

negative prefix or suffix as a key for Cambridge

English: Advanced (CAE) Paper 1, Part 3

to give guided practice at a Part 3 word

formation task

Time needed 30 minutes

Materials required sample Part 3 task from the Cambridge English:

Advanced (CAE) handbook

Students worksheet

Procedure 1. If necessary, remind students about what they have to do in Part 3 see Additional

information below.

2. Give out the worksheet.

3. To make sure that students can talk about different types of words, e.g. verb,

adverb, ask them to do question 1. If you know your students will not know these

terms, do the question as a whole class activity and write examples on the board.

Otherwise, students could do the question in pairs.

4. Ask students to complete the table (question 2 on the worksheet). The XXX in a

box means that the word is not commonly used in this form. If you have dictionaries

available to you, you could encourage your students to use them here. The key

here is not intended to be totally exhaustive.

5. Check the answers (see key).

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6. Give out the sample task. Go through the instructions and example. Elicit from

students why it is important to read the whole text first before deciding which form

to use. (They have to understand the sentence structure and the context of the

whole text.) Point out that there is usually at least one prefix in each Part 3 task,

and a negative form may be required.

7. Check the answers and ask students which answers were easier and which were

more difficult, and why.

Additional information

Part 3 consists of a text containing eight gaps (plus one gap as an example). At the end of some of the lines, and separated from the text, there is a stem word in capital letters. Candidates need to form an appropriate word from the given stem words to fill each gap. The focus of this task is primarily lexical, though an understanding of structure is also required. It tests the candidates knowledge of how prefixes, suffixes, internal changes and compounds are used in word formation. Candidates may be required to demonstrate understanding of the text beyond sentence level. Answers on the answer sheet must be written in pencil and in capital letters.

Suggested follow-up activity

Ask students which words required them to change the spelling of the original word: suffice, stable, intend, ready, diverse, remove. That is six out of eight, so they have to pay attention to spelling.

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Cambridge English: Advanced Reading and Use of English Part 3 answer keys

Key to students worksheet

Exercise 1 1 D 2 F 3 E 4 B 5 A 6 C Exercise 2

Verb Noun Adjective

Can it take a negative prefix or suffix?

Adverb Can it take a negative

prefix or suffix?

doubt doubt undoubted

doubtless

doubtful

undoubtedly

doubtlessly

doubtfully

increase increase increasing increasingly

suffice sufficiency sufficient insufficient

sufficiently insufficiently

compare comparison comparative

comparable

incomparable

comparatively

comparably

incomparably

maintain maintenance maintained XXX

stabilise stability stable unstable

stably unstably

intend intention intended unintended unintentional

unintentionally

ready readiness ready readily

diversify diversity diverse diversely

remove removal removed

removable

XXX

attract attraction attractive unattractive

attractively

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Key to sample task

1. sufficient

2. undoubtedly/doubtlessly

3. stability

4. intentions

5. readily

6. diversity

7. removal

8. unattractive

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Cambridge English: Advanced Reading and Use of English Part 3 students worksheet 1 Match the grammatical terms on the left with their definitions on the right.

Grammatical terms

Definitions

1 Noun 2 Verb 3 Adjective 4 Adverb 5 Prefix 6 Suffix

A a letter/group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word

B a word that describes or gives more information about a

verb

C a letter/group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word

D a word that refers to a person, place or thing

E a word that describes a noun or pronoun

F a word that describes an action

2 Complete the table. In the third and fourth columns, add the word with a negative

prefix or suffix if it exists, e.g. doubtless. If there is XXX in the box, it means that

this word is not commonly used in that form.

Verb Noun Adjective

Can it take a negative prefix or suffix?

Adverb Can it take a negative

prefix or suffix?

doubt

increase

suffice

compare

maintain XXX

stable

intend

ready

diverse

remove XXX

attract

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Cambridge English: Advanced Reading and Use of English Part 3 sample task For questions 18, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 C O M P A R I S O N

An Ancient Tree

In Totteridge, in north London, there is a yew tree estimated to be between

1,000 and 2,000 years old. This tree, however, is a mere youngster in

(0) .. with others of the species. The record in the UK is held by a yew in COMPARE

Scotland that is thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. However,

such trees are becoming increasingly rare and the Totteridge specimen was

considered of (1) importance to be named in 1999 as one of the 41 SUFFICE

great trees in London. Like many yews, the Totteridge tree (2) DOUBT

predates the buildings around it and its exact age is unknown.

The Totteridge tree needs little maintenance. Some of its outer branches hang

down so low that they have taken root. But this is part of the trees natural

architecture and contributes to its (3) ... in high winds. With the best of STABLE

(4) , ancient yew sites are often tidied up with no benefit to the tree INTEND

Dead branches are not (5) shed by the tree and their wood harbours a READY

multitude of insects, an inseparable part of the old trees natural (6) DIVERSE

Something of the trees history is lost with the (7) of dead wood. After REMOVE

all, the decaying, twisted and (8) parts give the tree character. ATTRACT