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Compact
First
Student’s Book with answers
Peter May
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library
CONTENTS
Writing guide 88
Listening guide 94
Speaking guide 96
Visual materials 100
Grammar reference 102
Wordlist 111
Answer key 120
Writing guide answer key 159
Acknowledgements 160
CoNTeNTS 3
2 Eating and Food and drink Review of past tenses Fixed phrases Part 2:
meeting Restaurants gapped text
Relationships
3 Getting Travel and tourism Review of modal verbs Dependent prepositions Part 1:
away from Transport Adverbs of degree multiple-choice
it all Festivals and customs questions + long
text
5 Learning Education, study and Review of future forms Phrasal verbs with take Part 3:
and earning learning Countable and Noun suffixes: -or, -ist, multiple matching
Careers and jobs uncountable nouns -ian, -er, -ant
6 Getting Health and fitness Relative clauses (defining Medical vocabulary Part 1:
better Sport and non-defining) Phrasal verbs with up multiple-choice
Purpose links Sports vocabulary questions + long
text
INTRODUCTION
Who Compact First is for CD-ROM
The CD-ROM accompanying the Student’s Book contains
Compact First is a short but intensive final preparation interactive grammar, vocabulary and writing practice
course for students planning to take the Cambridge English: activities as well as an electronic version of the wordlist,
First exam, also known as First Certificate of English (FCE). and a link to the Online Cambridge Advanced Learner’s
The course provides B2-level students with thorough Dictionary.
preparation and practice of the grammar, vocabulary,
language skills, topics and exam skills needed for success Student’s Book with answers: this component includes
in all five papers of the exam: Reading, Writing, Use of all the answer keys and recording scripts for the Student’s
English, Listening and Speaking. The course can be used Book.
by classes of any age, but it is particularly suitable for
students over 17.
Other course components
What the Student’s Book contains Two audio CDs: with listening material for the ten units of
the Student’s Book. The icon used with listening activities
• Compact First Student’s Book has ten units for indicates the CD and track numbers.
classroom use. Each unit covers all five papers,
focusing on one part of each paper in each unit. The Teacher’s Book including:
Reading and Listening texts cover all core Cambridge • A list of aims for each unit.
English: First topics. Writing tasks include both • Step-by-step guidance for presenting and teaching
sample and model answers and follow a step-by-step all the material in the Student’s Book. In some cases,
approach. The Speaking activities are designed to alternative treatments and extension activities are
improve fluency and accuracy, and to help students suggested.
express themselves with confidence. • Complete answer keys with recording scripts for
• Grammar for Use of English pages provide both the Student’s Book and Workbook. The keys
additional focus on grammar and each unit ends include sample and model answers for Writing tasks.
with a revision page to check how well students • Five photocopiable progress tests, one for every two
have learned the grammar and vocabulary. The Student’s Book units. The tests use a variety of non-
Vocabulary input is at B2 level and is based on exam task types.
English Vocabulary Profile. Grammar and vocabulary
Workbook without answers with Audio CD including:
work is integrated in exam practice, including
• Ten units for homework and self-study
exercises based on research from the Cambridge
corresponding to the Student’s Book units. Each
Learner Corpus.
unit has four pages of exercises providing further
• Quick steps with advice on how to approach each part
practice and consolidation of the language and
of all the exam papers.
exam skills presented in the Student’s Book.
• Exam tips with useful advice on exam strategies. Exercises are based on research from the Cambridge
• Cross-references to the Writing, Listening and Learner Corpus. Vocabulary is based on the English
Speaking guides, and Grammar reference. Vocabulary Profile.
• The audio CD includes listening material for the
Writing, Listening and Speaking guides Workbook.
These guides explain in detail what students can expect Workbook with answers with Audio CD: this component
in Papers 2, 4 and 5, and give suggestions on how best includes all the answer keys and recording scripts for the
to prepare and practise in each case. The guides include Workbook.
summary of the strategies, advice and tips focused on in
the units of the Student’s Book with additional tasks and
Website
model answers in the Writing guide, and lists of useful
Two complete Cambridge English: First practice tests with
expressions in the Speaking guide.
accompanying audio as MP3 files are available on the
website at www.cambridge.org/compactfirst.
The Grammar reference gives clear explanations of all
the main areas of grammar students need to know for
Cambridge English: First.
Wordlist
The wordlist includes approximately 30 key words with
definitions for each unit.
6 iNTroDUCTioN
Paper 3 Use of English 45 minutes 2 You talk on your 3–4 You talk about two
Parts 1 and 3 mainly test your vocabulary; Part 2 mainly own for one pictures and then
minute. comment on the other
tests grammar. Part 4 often tests both. Answers are
candidate’s pictures.
marked on a separate answer sheet.
3 You talk to the 3–4 You discuss some
Part Task type Questions Format other candidate. diagrams or pictures
1 Multiple choice 12 You choose from words together.
gap-fill A, B, C or D to fill in each 4 You talk about 3–4 You take part in a
gap in a text. things connected discussion with both
2 Open gap-fill 12 You think of a word to fill with the topic of the other candidate and
in each gap in a text. Part 3. the examiner.
3 Word formation 10 You think of the right
Further information
form of a given word to
For a full description of Cambridge English: First, including
fill in each gap in a text.
information about task types, testing focus and preparation
4 Key word 8 You complete a sentence for the exam, see the Handbook, which can be obtained from
transformations with a given word so that
Cambridge ESOL at: www.CambridgeESOL.org.
it means the same as
another sentence.
exam overview 7