Make and Do
Compound Adjectives
Reported Speech
Reporting Verbs
Traditional Media
100

Performing to the greatest of your ability.

What is doing my best

100

Describing a building that has seven bedrooms.

What is seven-bedroom

100

The term will after being converted to reported speech.

What is would

100

"Can anyone who saw anything please contact us?"

What is encouraged

100

A well-established newspaper that is considered to be more serious than other newspapers.

What is broadsheet

200

To give something up.

What is doing without

200

A change that is rapid and unexpected.

What is last-minute

200

The tense used when reporting something that was originally in simple past or present perfect.

What is past perfect

200

"We will fire any employee who is one minute late."

What is threatened

200

Preferring one person, thing, or idea over all others; generally considered to be unfair.

What is biased

300

To be positive about a situation you don't like but can't change.

What is 'making the best of'

300

Used to describe something that many people are aware of.

What is well-known

300

The auxiliary verb that is removed when reporting questions.

What is do

300

"We won't leave until our demands are met."

What is refused

300

A small newspaper that primarily focuses on gossip on famous people.

What is a tabloid

400

Not causing any serious damage or injury.

What is 'not doing any harm'

400

A tradition or practice that is no longer popular or has been replaced.

What is old-fashioned

400

The place reference used in reported speech when the original place reference was "here."

What is "there"

400

"We want to say we're sorry to the 100 people who got food poisoning last week."

What is apologized

400

The first thing you read in an article, designed to capture attention and interest.

What is a headline

500

Considering the reasons for someone's behavior, and then not judging them as harshly.

What is making allowances

500

Used to describe something that is as close to the present as possible.

What is up-to-date

500

The times when using reported speech when you do not need to change the tense.

What is when the information is still true

Or

What is the reporting verb in the past tense

500

"It's certainly an interesting discovery, . . . but there are still a lot of things we don't know."

What is advised

500

The way in which news is reported on, trying to gather all information.

What is coverage