E6F Unit 6 Version "A" Functions Review

Keeping a journal is the best way to improve your writing. You are:

• Reporting things that happened

• Stating a problem or a deficiency

• Talking about optimality

• Admonishing

Which expression is admonishing someone?

• Great job, Mansour!

• The best way to get to London is to fly.

• You made a big mistake. This could have serious consequences.

• According to the ITC rules, the optimal number of students per class is 15.

It was Thursday, I was driving to work. You are:

• Admonishing

• Talking about optimality

• Reporting something that happened

• Stating a problem or a deficiency

Which expression is talking about optimality?

• That’s not right. You cannot learn a new language that way.

• The worst way to learn a new language is to avoid speaking with native speakers.

• The best way to learn a new language is to practice speaking it every day.

• He said that he learned a new language by watching TV and YouTube every day.

That’s not good. You shouldn’t have done that. You are:

• Admonishing

• Reporting a thing that happened

• Stating a problem or a deficiency

• Talking about optimality

Which sentence is reporting an event?

• On Monday, I conducted a site visit.

• What is the best way to conduct a site visit on Monday?

• The site visits are not frequent enough.

• You didn’t visit the site on Monday! You need to go on Wednesday.

He didn’t have the required fire extinguisher in the kitchen. You are:

• Stating a problem or a deficiency

• Talking about optimality

• Admonishing

• Reporting a thing that happened

Which sentence is stating a problem?

• The ideal way to avoid accidents is to follow safety rules.

• According to the safety regulations, you shouldn’t have done that!

• The employee didn’t follow the rules and someone had an accident.

• She said that he didn’t follow the rules and somebody got hurt.

It’s not stable. When I lean back, it falls over. You are:

• Admonishing

• Reporting a thing that happened

• Stating a problem or a deficiency

• Talking about optimality

Which is the correct tense to report an event?

• I fell off a ladder and injured my leg.

• I will fall off a ladder and will injure my leg.

• I fall off a ladder and injure my leg.

• I had fallen off a ladder and had injured my leg.