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WorksheetsLanguage resources for writing a letter to the editor
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
What metaphor is implied in all these sentences?
Your claims are indefensible.
He attacked every weak point in my argument.
I've never won an argument with him.
He shot down all of my arguments.
His criticisms were right on target.
His arguments were a fortress.
An argument is war.
Conversations are agressions.
People are wild animals.
Words are projectiles.
I'm late for class. How stressful!!!
If I would have just left home earlier, I would avoid this problem.
If I had just left home earlier, I would have avoided this problem.
Have I just leave home earlier, I am having avoid this problem.
Had I just leaving home earlier, I would have avoided this problem.
Most computer users have, evidently, never received any formal keyboard training. ____________ their keyboard skills are inefficient. (2 correct answers)
However
Moreover
As a result
For this reason
What metaphor is implied in all these sentences?
My mind just isn't operating today.
We've been working on this problem all day and now we're running out of steam.
I can see the wheels turning in my students' heads!
We're still trying to grind out the solution to this problem.
The mind is a machine.
Brains are steam engines.
The mind is a robot.
People are mechanisms.
I am a mess. I was rushing to get out the door this morning because I had an important presentation...
But for my boyfriend, I would have left the documents I needed by the front door.
If had my boyfriend not reminded me, I would have left the documents I needed by the front door.
Had not my boyfriend reminded me, I would have left the documents I needed by the front door.
But my boyfriend reminded me, I would have left the documents I needed by the front door.
He is old and unpopular. ___________, he has at best only two more years of political life left. (2 correct answers)
On the contrary
Furthermore
In addition to this
Since
What metaphor is implied in all these sentences?
She's in love.
We're in trouble now.
He's slowly coming out of the coma.
I'm slowly getting into shape.
He entered a state of euphoria.
He fell into a depression.
States are containers.
People are wild animals.
States are destinations.
Emotions are destinations.
I went to bed at 3am last night. Now I can hardly keep my eyes open at work.
Had I gone to bed earlier, I wouldn't be having such a hard time now.
I had gone to bed earlier, I wouldn't be having such a hard time now.
Had I gone to bed earlier, I wouldn't have had such a hard time now.
But for going to bed, I am never having had a hard time.
The laws were contradictory. Measures were taken to clarify them, ___________. (2 correct answers)
accordingly
as a result
hence
In addition
What he said was true. It was, ______________, unkind. (2 correct answers)
nevertheless
however
thus
consequently
I don't mind at all. __________, I was pleased. (2 correct answers)
indeed
in fact
to conclude
likewise
Many employees enjoy music in the workplace. _____________, some people find it distracting or, indeed, annoying. (3 correct answers)
However
Conversely
In addition to this
On the other hand
