1.-TRUE OR FALSE
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Don’t
forget to write True/False!
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Use
not only correct language but also a variety of expressions.
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You
must include at least
one direct quote from the text in your answer.
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A
quote means you copy the exact words from the text.
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Always
say where the quote
comes from (for example: paragraph number, line number).
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Put
the copied words inside
inverted commas (“ ”). The full stop goes after the inverted commas in British
style.
Examples:
A. FALSE. In
the last paragraph, lines 3-4, it is said that “unemployment is a difficult
issue to handle by most governments in Europe”.
B. TRUE. According
to the text (paragraph 2, lines 4-5), many people prefer spending “their
holidays relaxing on the beach than visiting isolated village from rural áreas”.
C. TRUE. The writer emphasizes the importance
of practising sport “in order to be in good shape” (paragraph 2, line 4).
D. FALSE. No,
the writer never says that learning a language is an easy task. In fact,
in paragraph 3, line 2, it is claimed that “learning a language is very demanding
and a lifelong activity”.
E. TRUE. The
writer states that the European Union “is facing social problems that have
to do with race and religión”, as it can be read in paragraph 2, lines
2-3.
F. TRUE. In the
third paragraph, line 1, the text describes the situation of inmigrants
in Spain as “being difficult”. “Financial problems” and “low level of the
language” are mentioned as some of these difficulties.
G-TRUE. The
author believes that “material failures and design flaws contributed to the
sinking of the Titanic”. This information can be found in paragraph 4.
2.-Answer 2
of the following 3 questions.
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Use
your own words as far as possible.
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Don’t
quote or copy sentences from the text.
Example
The play, set during the Serbo-Bulgarian
war of 1885 and being staged in the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in the
Bulgarian capital, Sofia, has so enraged nationalists in the country that they
have called on the production to be shut down and for Malkovich, 70, its director, to be kicked out of the country.
Question A: What
do protesters want?
Option 1. They want the play to be cancelled and John Malkovich expelled from
Bulgaria.
Option 2. They
want the play to be banned and John Malkovich removed from Bulgaria.
How to
answer in your own words
- Read the question carefully.
→ What exactly is it asking? (e.g. What do protesters want?) - Find the part of the text that has
the answer.
→ Highlight or underline the key information.
they
have called on the production to be shut down and for Malkovich, 70, its director, to be kicked out of the country.
- Pick out only the important ideas.
→ Ignore extra details (names, ages, where the play is set, etc., unless
the question asks for them).
The
production to be shut down. Malkovich to be kicked out of the country.
- Change the wording.
- Swap phrases: production to be
shut down → play to be stopped/ banned/ cancelled
- Swap verbs: kicked out → expelled
/ removed / sent away
- Shorten long parts into simple
words.
3.-Find words
in the text.
Read
the instructions carefully
to know what you must do:
- Find a synonym (a word with a similar meaning) or
an antonym (a word with the opposite meaning)
- Find a word that matches a given definition
- Use a word from the text correctly in a sentence
Example
The
new play at the city theatre caused a huge uproar. Many viewers were outraged
by the scenes, while some critics praised the director for his bold choices.
The performance had to be postponed after technical problems, but the audience
eagerly awaited its return.
Find a synonym
for angry
→ outraged
Find an antonym
for supporters
→ critics
Find a word
that means delayed
→ postpone
It
was a bold___
decision
to climb the
mountain alone.
4.