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Week 5 3B R&W

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this statement common knowledge: "Language changes over time"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs references

2.

Is this statement common knowledge: "A collocation is a sequence of two or more words that regularly occur together"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs reference

3.

Is this statement common knowledge: "It has been shown that men interrupt in conversations more frequently than women"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs reference

4.

Is this statement common knowledge: "Not ever language teaching method works well in every teaching context"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs reference

5.

Is this statement common knowledge: Throughout history, thousands of animal species have become extinct"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs reference

6.

Is this statement common knowledge: "The area of volcanic activity around the Pacific Ocean is commonly referred to as the Ring of Fire"?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it needs reference

7.

What is the function of these reporting verbs: "carry out, examine, explore, investigate" ?

a)

to indicate what the researchers did in their research

b)

to indicate what the researchers found in their research

c)

to indicate what the researchers thought or said in their research

8.

What is the function of these reporting verbs: "argue, claim, consider, note, point out, show, suggest"?

a)

to indicate what the researchers did

b)

to indicate what the researchers found

c)

to indicate what the researchers thought or said

9.

What is the function of these reporting verbs: "demonstrate, discover, establish, prove"?

a)

to indicate what the researchers did

b)

to indicate what the researchers found

c)

to indicate what the researchers thought or said

10.

A researcher _____ that there is not basis for the belief that love marriages are more stable than arranged marriages

a)

estimates

b)

demands

c)

insists

11.

Professor Khan ______ that war is counterproductive when she said "The best way to fight terrorism is with olive branches."

a)

explained

b)

implied

c)

determined

12.

Animal behaviorist Fassbender _____ that pack animals participate in bullying behavior towards those seen as weak in their group.

a)

discovered

b)

criticized

c)

illustrated

13.

The school board's president _____ that children be required to attend school 7 days a week

a)

recommended

b)

noted

c)

confirmed

14.

In response to the environmental group's protest, Black Star Oil Corporation _____ that no harm will come to wildlife if drilling is permitted in protected wetlands.

a)

anticipates

b)

insists

c)

doubts

15.

The Association of American Universities____ that tuition increases over the past decade have hurt the ability of many students to attend university

a)

admitted

b)

demonstrated

c)

argued

16.

The Union of Flight Attendants ____ that any reduction in cabin staffing will compromise safety and comfort.

a)

declared

b)

discovered

c)

warned

17.

A report from the World Football Council _____ that 1 out of every 2 children plays or watches soccer

a)

estimates

b)

acknowledges

c)

argues