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Cambridge C1 Use of English Vocabulary Practice with Answers

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Cambridge C1 Advanced Reading and Use of English currently has eight parts. The first four include multiple-choice cloze, open cloze, word formation, and key word transformations. This original bank practices those task families without copying official or live questions.

Complete each set before checking its key. For deeper instruction on the first task, use Cambridge C1 Part 1 collocations and shades of meaning.

Set 1: multiple-choice cloze

Choose the one option that completes the established pattern and meaning.

  1. The review draws a useful ______ between temporary disruption and lasting decline. A contrast B division C dispute D variation
  2. The committee was reluctant to ______ a conclusion from such a limited sample. A pull B draw C make D extract
  3. Her explanation was broadly ______ with the evidence collected later. A compatible B agreeable C constant D mutual
  4. The new evidence ______ doubt on the original account. A threw B cast C placed D delivered
  5. The speaker ______ an important distinction between cost and value. A did B took C made D formed
  6. The findings should be treated with ______ because the response rate was low. A caution B prevention C warning D hesitation

Answers and rationales: 1 A, draw a contrast between is the licensed collocation. 2 B, the fixed pattern is draw a conclusion from. 3 A, compatible with means able to exist consistently with something. 4 B, cast doubt on is fixed. 5 C, English uses make a distinction. 6 A, treat with caution fits evidence that may be unreliable; the other nouns do not complete the pattern.

Set 2: open cloze

Write one word in each gap.

Far (7) ______ being a minor adjustment, the new timetable altered how every team coordinated its work. Managers had expected resistance, but staff adapted more readily (8) ______ predicted. This was partly because the reasons for the change had been set (9) ______ clearly. Had the announcement been delayed, employees might have been less willing to take the new arrangements (10) ______ board. Even so, it remains to (11) ______ seen whether the improvement will last, given (12) ______ several temporary staff will leave next month.

Answers and rationales: 7 from, completing far from being. 8 than, after comparative more readily. 9 out, completing set out meaning explain. 10 on, completing take on board. 11 be, in remains to be seen. 12 that, introducing the fact considered.

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Set 3: word formation

Use the word in capitals to form the missing word.

  1. The report was criticized for its ______ treatment of regional differences. ADEQUATE
  2. The two accounts are not necessarily ______; they may describe different stages. CONTRADICT
  3. The proposal is financially ______ unless further funding is secured. SUSTAIN
  4. Her response showed a welcome degree of ______ in a difficult negotiation. FLEXIBLE
  5. The apparent simplicity of the process can be ______. LEAD
  6. The team completed the move with remarkably little ______. DISRUPT

Answers and rationales: 13 inadequate, an adjective meaning insufficient modifies treatment. 14 contradictory, an adjective follows are. 15 unsustainable, because the condition says it cannot continue financially. 16 flexibility, a noun follows degree of. 17 misleading, an adjective describing a false impression. 18 disruption, an uncountable noun after little.

Set 4: key word transformations

Complete the second sentence with three to six words, including the word given unchanged.

  1. The team probably misunderstood the deadline. LIKELY
    The team ______ the deadline.

  2. I regret not raising the concern earlier. WISH
    I ______ the concern earlier.

  3. The policy did not affect most employees. LITTLE
    The policy ______ most employees.

  4. The chair said that the delay was entirely the supplier's fault. BLAME
    The chair ______ the supplier for the delay.

  5. We started reviewing the process immediately after the complaint. SOON
    We started reviewing the process ______ made.

  6. The data was too limited for us to reach a firm conclusion. ENOUGH
    There ______ for us to reach a firm conclusion.

Answers and rationales: 19 is likely to have misunderstood preserves probability about a past event. 20 wish I had raised expresses past regret. 21 had little effect on preserves the small impact. 22 placed the blame entirely on preserves both attribution and degree. 23 as soon as the complaint was preserves immediate sequence. 24 was not enough data preserves insufficiency; data is accepted here as a mass noun in general usage.

Record errors by pattern: collocation, grammar word, affix, or meaning transformation. Then retrieve each weak expression in a new sentence through the Cambridge C1/C2 vocabulary hub, using Lyra Practice's related guides rather than memorizing these answer positions.

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