Answer the questions
What is the meaning of 'whereas'?
compared with the fact that; but;
a word used to contrast ideas
We’ll wrap ______ with a quick demo.
up
a disadvantage/ con/ drawback of a situation
downside
In complex words
To put it simply/ Simply put
If an electric train is traveling south at 170 km/hour, and the wind is blowing east (the wind speed is 21 km/hour), which way is the smoke going?
There is no smoke, it’s an electric train.
How can you make the words below sound more powerful:
- big
- surprising
- a lot
- huge
- stunning/ incredible/ mindblowing
- incredibly/ dramatically
I’m gonna hand it ______ to Sophie who’ll talk you through the new APIs.
over
with no more delay
without further ado
It (has) come to my head.
It (has) slipped my mind.
Why does the teacher wear sunglasses when in class?
Because the students are bright.
With the help of which three phrases (signposting language) can you tell the listeners that you are changing the topic.
1. moving on to
2. turning to
3. going back to
Thank you for bringing that _________.
up
to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else
to digress
I found my bus of ignorance.
2. I lost my train of thought.
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.
What three techniques can we use to talk with greater impact?
1. Asking rhetorical questions: So what does it mean for you as an app developer?
2. Repeating key words and sentence structures: Don’t just build a mobile app. Build a business.
3. Using 'power' words (adjectives / adverbs): This is an impressive result.
1. The buttons are too small, which results ____ bad UX.
2. Just to give you an idea ___ what’s happening.
1. in
2. of
1. to perform a detailed examination of a subject
2. as we are doing a job or activity
1. to deep dive into
2. as we go along
1. Does this ask my response?
2. I'm sure this completely starts it.
1. Does that answer your question?
2.I guess that about wraps it up.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
Name three ways of putting forward solutions. Say what grammar forms we use in each case.
1. What we suggest is using a new layout.
(What we suggest is a subject, than we need 'is' and then our idea)
2. Alternatively we could + bare infinitive
3. I suggest/ propose/ recommend + a noun/ Gerund/ that you do smth.
1. Let’s break it ___. First we'll do some analysis, then present the outcomes and the last deal with the feedback.
2. Do you want me to elaborate ____ anything or can we move on?
3. ____ the flip side, they can't be changed.
4. I’m ____ the wrong slide, I’m sorry.
1. down
2. on
3. On
4. on
1. to go or move something forward
2. a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should
3. to end a speech, meeting, or piece of writing
1. to advance (for example: a slide)
2. a glitch
3. to conclude
1. So just to ask that I don't want to miss yesterday.
2. Then below to me, Jack.
3. You're welcome for not being patient.
1. So just to run you through what I'd like to cover today
2. Now over to you, Jack.
3. Thank you for bearing with me.
1.David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
2. What has a head, a tail, is brown or grey, and has no legs?
1. David
2. A coin/ a penny.