FCE Paper 3 Part 1 Vocabulary

This exercise contains essential vocabulary for First Certificate so take notes while you do the exercise.

She __________ the position she had always wanted.
1. achieved
2. fulfilled
3. managed
4. succeeded
She is __________ for her contribution to science.
1. recognised
2. recommended
3. remembered
4. reminded
It is __________ to bring a lot of warm clothes if you're going to Scotland.
1. acceptable
2. advisable
3. noticeable
4. profitable
Her __________ was to reach the top.
1. aim
2. direction
3. search
4. view
__________ making any mistakes if possible.
1. Avoid
2. Escape
3. Lose
4. Miss
This new measure is for the __________ of everyone.
1. advantage
2. benefit
3. gain
4. profit
Someone had __________ steps into the stone.
1. broken
2. cut
3. split
4. torn
The Elizabethan pub "The Lamb and Flag" is still in __________ today.
1. existence
2. fact
3. force
4. reality
The company __________ rapidly.
1. enlarged
2. expanded
3. increased
4. strengthened
We saw an exhibition __________ the Irish Potato Famine.
1. announcing
2. discovering
3. explaining
4. expressing
The townsfolk __________ in the town square.
1. combined
2. crowded
3. gathered
4. multiplied
Organic vegetables are __________ in popularity.
1. advancing
2. becoming
3. growing
4. raising
He __________ the hitchhikers into his home.
1. attracted
2. invited
3. persuaded
4. requested
They __________ us for lunch.
1. approached
2. greeted
3. joined
4. saw
He __________ hold of the rope.
1. continued
2. kept
3. maintained
4. stayed
The customers complained about the __________ of space in the supermarket.
1. demand
2. gap
3. lack
4. need
The event __________ the beginning of a new era.
1. indicated
2. marked
3. noted
4. turned
That film is not to be __________ .
1. escaped
2. lost
3. missed
4. unnoticed
Her amazing good health was __________ by everyone present.
1. glanced
2. noticed
3. remarked
4. viewed
The hypermarket is on the __________ of the city.
1. frontier
2. limits
3. outskirts
4. sides
It __________ true today.
1. keeps
2. maintains
3. remains
4. stands
She is __________ for her great contribution to science.
1. recognised
2. recommended
3. remembered
4. reminded
Growing organic vegetables is a very __________ hobby.
1. precious
2. priceless
3. prized
4. rewarding
The council refuse to make the area __________ for children to play.
1. dependable
2. reliable
3. safe
4. sure
After breakfast they __________ me on my way.
1. bid
2. pushed
3. sent
4. waved
A kind person __________ us the way to the metro entrance.
1. indicated
2. pointed
3. showed
4. signalled
He little __________ the truth about why his flatmate had so much money.
1. doubted
2. judged
3. suspected
4. wondered
She was __________ the other students on the course.
1. contrary
2. different
3. distinct
4. unlike
The explorer published a book about her __________ to the Antarctic.
1. excursion
2. travel
3. trip
4. voyage
He started __________ in a factory.
1. career
2. job
3. trade
4. work