Edge JS1 Unit 5 Text 1

When the question asks you to find a word with the same/opposite meaning, we should think about the __________ first.

• POS

• keyword

• text type

• article

When you are doing a True/False/Not Given question, we should find the __________ of each statement first.

• POS

• keywords

• text type

• article

When we do summary cloze / fill in the blanks questions, we should think about the __________ first.

(For example, "Cats like (i) __________ because they are (ii) __________.")

• SOS

• text type

• main idea

• POS

If the question says "use words from the text", can you change the POS of the words in the text?

• Yes

• No

[MORE THAN ONE ANSWER]

Which words below mean "more than one word"?

• word

• phrase

• expression

• subtitle

If the question says,

"Find a word with the same meaning as 'jumping'.",

you should find _____.

• a singular noun

• a plural noun

• a verb in bare infinitive/base form

• a verb in gerund form

Answer explanation

Step 1: Check the POS.

Step 2: Look at the form of the word. (Nouns: singular/plural? Verbs: Which tense?)

Which (linking) words help us give examples?

• but

• including

• despite the fact that

• sometimes

• such as

Answer explanation

You can also use "from ... to ...", "to name (but) a few" and other phrases to give examples.

Choose the best answer.

"I like to drink orange juice the most because this delicious drink contains a lot of Vitamin C, and it is tasty."

What does "it" refer to?

• Vitamin C

• delicious drink

• this delicious drink

• orange juice

Answer explanation

Remember - the answers to referencing questions should NOT have words like "the", "this", "that", "these", "those" and other words that start with "th".

Don't make the teacher play a referencing game with your answers!

Choose the correct word.

The meat is so soft and __________. I can eat it without chewing it.

• ingredient

• flavour

• crisp

• tender

Choose the correct word.

Before we start cooking, we need to make sure we have all of the __________ and cooking equipment.

• ingredient

• ingredients

• flavour

• flavours