Content and Concepts
Which of these can illustrate the idea of humans playing God?
a) attempts to cure deadly diseases
b) plastic surgeries
c) gene-editing and designer babies
Correct answer - C
The phrase 'tp play God' is used in the context of genome editing and CRISPR
Which word is missing is these idioms?
a) I gave him a piece of my ... about eating my
chocolates
b) It crossed my ... that I was doing the wrong job.
c) I'm in two ...s about studying abroad.
mind
(we learnt the idioms with mind in unit 2)
Match sentences 1 - 3 to grammar categories a - c
1. Where did Dillon use to work? Does he work there now?
2. Are paramedics used to working long hours? Do they get exhausted?
3. What type of things do paramedics have to get used to?
a Events or states in the past that no longer happen now.
b Something we are accustomed to, that is part of our life.
c Something we are becoming accustomed to; it may have seemed strange before, but it's normal now.
1 - a
2 - b
3 - c
Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?
A Harkness discussion is usually based on a stimulus and questions formulated bu the participants beforehand. It is led by a teacher or an appointed moderator.
FALSE
A Harkness discussion is managed by the whole group with no or minimal teacher's intervention.
Read the extract below:
'It was on a dreary night in November that I completed my work. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me that I might inject a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.'
Who is the narrator and what is the 'lifeless thing'?
The narrator is Victor Frankenstein, the main character of the novel 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelly. The thing is the creature, or monster, he was going to bring to life.
Who is responsible for collecting, spreading and analyzing the information in the case of citizen journalism?
a) public officials
b) the general public
c) professional journalists
b) the general people, or ordinary citizens armed with their smartphones
match the words on the left with the words on the right to form collocations about journalism and mass media:
set the scam
expose viral
trace the agenda
fall for corruption
go sources
The collocations are:
set the agenda
expose corruption
trace sources
fall for the scam
go viral
Reformulate the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the modal verb in brackets.
It's not possible that he heard about it on the radio. He never listens to the news. (can't)
He can't have heard about it on the radio.
(Unit 3: Modal verbs of speculation about the past - certainty)
Is this sentence true or false?
A good summary should reflect your interpretation of the text rather than be a logical account of the author's main ideas.
False!
Reformulate the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
I have never seen such a fascinating documentary.
Never ...
Never have I seen such a fascinating documentary.
A lifestyle which includes living with few things as well as less debt and unnecessary expenses is called:
a) decluttering
b) minimalism
c) zero-waste
Minimalism
(Unit 1. Things that matter)
Find the odd one out:
amass, hoard, accumulate, discard, clutter
discard (Unit 1. Things that matter)
the other words are about collecting things
Find a grammar mistake:
Critics say there is little point in collecting the footwear - there may be few flip-flops on the beach now, but there is still many other rubbish.
Mistake: *many other rubbish
Correct: a lot of / lots of other rubbish
The most exciting or important part of a story is called:
a) climax
b) rising action
c) setting
a) climax
(we were talking about the story elements in unit 1 when writing a personal narrative)
Read sentences below and name the article's main purpose:
a) unfortunately, our modern consumer culture actively encourages us to accumulate.
b) ... when the average American family moves house, an incredible eight tonnes of belongings moves with them.
to criticize the modern tendency to accumulate things
Which of these is NOT a cornerstone of a community?
a) having common attitudes or ideas
b) having a common law enforcement system
c) living in the same place
The answer is b.
A community is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form collocations used to talk about social issues:
majority rights
minority good
civic opportunities
common rule
equal engagement
majority rule
minority rights
civic engagement
common good
equal opportunities
find the odd one out:
suggest, deny, recommend, demand, admit
The odd one out in this line is demand, because it's followed by the infinitive (e.g. I demand to know what’s going on). All the other verbs are followed by the gerund.
When writing an opinion article, it's a good idea to stick to T.E.E. What is T.E.E?
a) a type of body paragraph structure
b) a special kind of language
c) a special grammar structure used for emphasis
T.E.E (Topic sentence - Explanation - Evidence) is an organization structure of a body paragraph structure in which the first sentence (the topic sentence) in a body paragraph tells the reader what the main idea or claim of the paragraph will be. It is followed by Explanation of what you mean in greater detail. Then comes Evidence to support your idea or claim.
In order to understand the missing information, you will need to make guesses called ...
1) references
2) inferences
3) interferences
4) figurative language
Inferences (Unit 4)
Why did the emperor order to execute the inventor of the flying machine in Ray Bradbury's story of the same name?
He was scared that the flying machine would destroy his country in the future.
Which words are missing in these phrases? Name at least two to win the score.
a) murmur ... (to speak quietly and calmly)
b) ... with fanfare (start something with a lot of noise)
c) have ... (something could be successful)
a) reassurances
b) launch
c) legs
(Unit 4. Technology and Science)
Find a mistake in grammar:
While they were playing football, it stopped raining anyway and Sam was really happy he didn't go to the cinema.
While they were playing football, it stopped raining anyway and Sam was really happy he HADN'T GONE to the cinema (the past perfect tense is needed here to talk about an event that took place before another event in the past)
What is 'the rule of three'?
This is a principle in public speaking that states that ideas or techniques presented in threes are more interesting, more enjoyable, and more memorable for your audience.
Which word is missing in all the three phrases:
1) a beautiful sandy ___
2) keep boredom at___
3) succeed in holding your anger at ___
bay
if you keep or hold something at any, you try to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening or from coming too close. Also, a bay is a part of the sea that is partly enclosed by a curve in the land (see the vocabulary from the text 'The fight for men's rights' - Unit 5)