Mammoths and mastodons (FCE, selective cloze)

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This quiz is part of a past paper, which means it appeared in a real exam (in June 2003). It’s Part 1 (Selective cloze) of Paper 3 (Use of English) of the ESOL First Certificate in English (FCE) of the University of Cambridge, taken approximately at the upper-intermediate level.

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Two creatures of the past - mammoths and mastodons

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Hi Tanit,
I never could keep the difference between mammoths and mastadons straight.

Check the second one: "a man... made had a startling discovey"?

Tanit · Answer

Hi Barb,

Grammar GeekCheck the second one: "a man... made had a startling discovey"?

Thank you very much! I've just fixed it!

Alagiri · Answer

Thanks for the test!!

Anonymous · Answer

Hi, thanks for the test.

Biboy B. C.

Cronos86 · Answer

Oh my ***, I've only scored 8/15 correct answers
And next week I've FCE exam...

Tanit · Answer

Hi Simone,

Don't worry! You'll do just fine!

By the way, I didn't know that it was possible to sit for the FCE in January in Italy ... when I took it, there were only two sessions per year - June and December.

Cronos86 · Answer

No, next tuesday I've the english exam at university. It is equivalent to FCE and I've to do the same exercise as if was an FCE exam.
The problem is that I do lots of mistakes and I write sentences too simple

Lazzy boy · Answer

8 out of 15

Bad mark

Mammoths and mastodons (FCE, selective cloze)

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