Spot the grammar mistake
The value of the mobile games industries are expected to double in the next year.
There is only one mobile games industry. Therefore it is used in singular form.
You could use this word to describe the way that media is stored. It can go after the words 'digital', 'physical'. It can also be used to describe the way something is arranged.
Format
Massively _______ Online Gaming.
Multiplayer
What does the phrase 'a dedicated core of gamers' mean?
There are a number of people for whom gaming has taken over their lives and they play as many hours gaming as someone world typically work a full-time job.
We should stop vaccinating people if COVID becomes safe.
Should COVID become safe, we should stop vaccinating people.
To properly make a judgement on an argument or claim, it's important to be knowing the difference between the writers opinion and the opinion os others in the text.
important to know (know is a state verb - we can't use it in the -ing form)
The largest part of something or the thing that has the biggest majority.
The bulk (of something)
Gaming can actually be beneficial to children who suffer from attention d___________ disorder, which means they find it difficult to focus on something for long periods of time.
Deficit
What does it mean when something has become ingrained?
It is such a common feature of something that it has almost formed part of it.
I might live with you if you didn't have a dog. I'm allergic to dogs.
Were you not to have a dog, I would come and live with you. (I'm allergic to dogs)
One area of potential growth in the video games industry is in-app purchases, where players are able to buy purchase items within the game itself to enhance their gameplay.
'buy' and 'purchase' mean the same thing, therefore you cannot use them together.
To say that someone or something is responsible for the result of a situation, event or a persons actions.
I ______ blame for this disaster on the president.
Attribute
It is widely believed that gaming is an i________ activity because it is done on your own and you have little interest in what's going on around you.
Insular
What is a superficially attractive theory?
A belief that something is true (or not true) because it seems so obvious that it must be true (or not true) that it doesn't really need further study.
If you clean the house properly, I'll take you out for a pizza.
Should you clean the house properly, I'll take you out for a pizza.
Media consumption can be categorised by distinct generation differences.
Media consumption can be categorised by distinct generational (adjective) differences.
It's possible that China will overtake the USA as the worlds superpower in the next twenty years.
What word beginning with 'F' could we replace 'possible' with?
Feasible
It is often believed by many people that virtual violence in video games i___________ real-world violence.
Incites
The text talks about a causal link between two theories. What does this mean?
That the two theories are somehow linked to each other. One theory is the cause of another theory. (excessive gaming is the cause of poor performance)
If you had arrived sooner, you wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
Had you arrived sooner, you wouldn't have missed the start of the film.
Gamers clearly spend less time socialising offline, however, the perception that this makes them socially isolating isn't borne out by research.
socially isolated (adjective) not the gerund 'isolating'.
You would use this word to describe old technology that is no longer used because newer technology has overtaken it.
Obsolete
Collaboration and social interaction are i___________ parts of gaming, especially multiplayer online gaming, as they encourage, not discourage social interaction.
Intrinsic
What does the text mean when uses the verb 'encroach' to describe gaming?
It means that gaming has become a bigger and bigger part of people's lives and society in general. It has 'encroached' on all aspects of society.
If we hadn't taken that wrong turning and had looked at the map instead, we would have arrived on time.
Had we not taken that wrong turning and had looked at the map instead, we would have arrived on time.