Starter quiz
- What tool, which helps you read complex texts, is being described here: 'A statement about what you think will happen in the future'?
- 'Prediction' ✓
- When using quotations to support my analysis they should be ...
- detailed.
- precise. ✓
- long.
- summarised.
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- If a sentence has a main clause and a subordinate clause it is a ...
- short sentence.
- compound sentence.
- simple sentence.
- complex sentence. ✓
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- Which of the below would a colon be useful for?
- to introduce lists ✓
- to present dialogue ✓
- to separate two independent clauses ✓
- to end a question
- to end a clause
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- Which of the below are discourse markers that would indicate the introduction of evidence?
- firstly
- for example ✓
- such as ✓
- illustrated by ✓
- in conclusion
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- Which of the below is the best definition of the phrase 'proofreading'?
- carefully checking for errors in a text before it is finalised ✓
- carefully checking to see if a text can be improved before it is finalised
- carefully checking if a text is long enough before it is finalised
- carefully checking if a text has grammatical errors before it is finalised ✓
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