Reading
This coming-of-age ceremony, only practiced in the United States and Canada, has a tradition of gifting a car to a teenager.
What is a Sweet 16
The result of converting "can" to reported speech.
What is could
The two most common reporting verbs.
What are say and tell
The reporting verb used when the original speaker is sorry.
What is apologized
This article is used when talking about something for the first time.
What is the indefinite article (a/an)
The most common type of magazine to move to internet-only instead of print.
What is lifestyle magazines
The age of Pele when he won his first world cup.
What is 17
This noun refers to someone who owns a newspaper and is responsible for making changes to its content.
What is an editor
Compound adjective that means something is modern or fashionable.
What is up-to-date
The simple past is shifted to this tense when using reported speech.
What is the past perfect
The phrase that means "take a risk."
What is 'bite the bullet.'
The phrase that is used when something is very easy.
What is "it's not rocket science"
The article used when there is only one of something.
What is the definite article (the)
The phrase used when helping or assisting with a small task.
What is do a favour
The two words used converting yes/no questions to reported speech.
What is 'if' or 'whether'
In the first story we covered on Friday, Anthony called the police because he thought he saw this animal, but it turns out it was actually a dog.
What is a bear
The form of this reporting verb is ___ + object + (that) + clause.
What is assure/inform/promise/remind
A coming of age ceremony where boys as young as seven jump from high towers to prove their manliness.
What is the Vanuatu land dive
The phrase used when you are trying to make a positive change in the opinion of others.
What is "make a good impression"
The article used when talking about cities countries, or other specific locations.
What is the zero article.
The reading we did for class on Wednesday, about the decline of printed media and the growing number of magazines transitioning to the internet.
What is "The Death of Print"
This is by far _______ worst food I have ever eaten, with the correct article.
What is "This is by far THE worst food I have ever eaten"
In the audio from Thursday, the journalist though this was the biggest contributor to the rise of fake news.
What is the internet/social media
The reporting verb used when you are trying to shift responsibility to someone or something else.
What is blame
"What I mean is" and "To be more precise" are examples of this speaking technique.
What is elaboration