Exercise 2 of 3. Are the words in bold adjectives or adverbs?
Exercise 3 of 3. Should the missing word be an adjective or an adverb?
Read the text carefully. The extracts come from two different sources: one is a science-fiction book, the other is from the notes on a CD of Bangladeshi music. Then decide which points come from which source: the book or the music notes. By law only...
Read the article carefully. You don’t need to look at the comments at the bottom of the article, yet. Then, based on the article and your own opinion, write a one-sentence definition of junk food. Finally, prepare a brief presentation to support...
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Make a note of ten words or phrases which would be useful in any presentation that discusses statistics. Rapid population growth will help push the world’s population to about 9.3bn by 2050. Together with relatively high fertility levels in...
Read the text carefully. Then do this: Identify any new words. Make a note of five quotes you feel best represent the article. Prepare a mini-presentation on the subject of the article. Include the new words you identified, the five quotes from the...
‘Endless choice was supposed to herald progress, but it’s only made us more miserable.’ – explain and illustrate this quote. Endless choice was supposed to herald progress, but it’s only made us more miserable. Sometimes it’s just hard to...
Choose three different greetings that you like and put them onto the whiteboard. Then, using your chosen three greetings as your inspiration, create your own voicemail greeting. A is for academics; B is for beer. One of those reasons is why we’re...
