Exercises for CAE Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, Paper Three, English in Use
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STUDY FOR CAE: ENGLISH IN USE
PART 3: ERROR CORRECTION

Answers. A fairly straightforward example of this type of exercise. At this level you should have 8 or 9 of these correct.

01. few (fewer is used for comparisons: fewer... than...)

02. brought (narrative past tense required)

03. correct

04. least (not the least = the best)

05. which (who, whom with people)

06. driven (= passive)

07. first-rate (standard phrase)

08. where

09. correct

10. the (if you are the best, you are the only one, and therefore definite = the, NOT a)

11. yet

12. appear (present tense required)