Vocabulary
What is a word that means to be able to pay for something without experiencing financial difficulties?
Afford
Present perfect continuous changes to _________
Past perfect continuous
We use ________ to show purpose
to + infinitive
What is the term for capturing the key points or essential details of a longer text in a concise manner?
Summarising
The phrase "a few" can be replaced with
A couple of
What's the word for a concise line summarizing the main idea of a news article, displayed prominently at the top?
Headline
What is reported speech?
Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said.
Verb + -ing
What kind of questions will help you to identify the most important information?
Wh questions (what, who, where, when)
Convey this sentence: I like playing, jogging and swimming.
I like playing and stuff like that.
What word describes passengers entering and taking their seats on a vehicle before a journey?
Boarding
We use _____________ in reported questions.
a) Normal sentence order
b) Question order
Normal sentence order
We discussed _____________ (go) to the cinema, but in the end, we stayed at home.
Going
Incredible, is a word used to report or comment?
Comment
What is generalising?
Is a statement that seems to be true in most situation
A person who sees an event happen
eyewitness
How would you rephrase the following statement in reported speech:
"I will attend the conference next week," said John.
He said he would attend the conference next week
Typically, when a sentence begins with a verb, the verb is commonly found in the ______
-ing form
Apparently, is a word used to report or comment?
Report
Complete:
But I think, ______, I prefer taking actions shots.
On the whole
What is the word for deliberately fabricated schemes or actions meant to deceive people?
Hoaxes
True or False:
In indirect speech, say and tell are both common as reporting verbs
True
What is a verb pattern?
Verbs patterns refer to what follows a verb
When it comes to summarize, we don't have to identify the keywords of the original?
True or false
False
What is the term used to describe language or communication that lacks precision, clarity, or specific details, making it difficult to understand or interpret accurately?
Being vague