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WorksheetsGEP8B GB3 Unit 8 and TFLE Units 19 to 24
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
The ______ owns the newspaper and employs a lot of people.
printer
publisher
editor
author
The ______ investigates the news and writes news reports. The ______ appears on TV news shows to give information.
reporter / journalist
journalist / editor
reporter / editor
journalist / reporter
The ______ takes pictures to go with the stories. The ______ creates other visuals, like graphs ad diagrams.
camera man / cartoonist
videographer / designer
camera man / designer
photographer / graphic artist
The ______ decides which stories to include in tomorrow's paper.
boss
publisher
editor
author or writer
The ______ creates the final pages.
editor
artist
photographer
designer
In recognizing informal writing, you look for…
Longer sentences with formal words and phrases. Ex: on the one hand or however.
Full verbs. Ex: I will or do not.
Correct use of punctuation.
None of the choices.
In recognizing formal writing. You look for …
Shorter sentences with spoken English phrases. Ex: well or by the way.
Contractions. Ex: I’ll or don’t.
Extra punctuation to add emphasis, especially exclamation points.
None of the choices.
Use reported speech to report something that somebody said.
True
False
She said, “I’m sorry.”
She said she was sorry.
Direct speech / Reported speech
Reported speech / Direct speech
None of the choices
Reported speech
Use ______ speech to repeat the exact words someone says. Use ______ speech to repeat what people say without using their exact words.
direct / reported
reported / direct
He said he was tired.
He said that he was tired.
both correct
both wrong
first one is wrong
second one is wrong.
To infer meaning….
listen to how people talk, how they say things often tells you what they really think
identify the relationship between speakers, people often don’t say things directly when they don’t know or don’t trust the other person
both correct
both wrong
Use ______ to report questions that somebody asked.
reported speech
reported answers
reported questions
reported guess
“Why are you leaving the team?”
I asked him why he was leaving the team.
direct question / reported question
reported question / direct question
direct question
none of the choices
Use a ___ to start a list or a quote.
Use a ___ to separate longer phrases in a list.
Use an ___ to show that a sentence or quote isn’t complete.
Use ___ marks for direct speech.
Name the punctuations from questions 15 to 18, in order.
colon, semicolon, ellipses, and double quotation marks
semicolon, colon, ellipses, and double quotation marks
semicolon, ellipses, colon, and double quotation marks
To help somebody understand something.
add
claim
decide
explain
insist
To offer an idea or a plan.
insist
suggest
explain
add
To say something more about the same thing.
suggest
add
insist
explain
To say something is true.
insist
claim
add
decide
To continue saying that something is true.
claim
decide
insist
add
To make a final choice or judgment.
final
choice
judgment
decision
When saying large numbers, use pauses between thousands, hundreds, and tens.
true
false
When listing a series, use falling intonation for the last item in a series and rising intonation for earlier items.
true
false
Reduced sound of could you, would you, and did you…
couldya, wouldya, didya
coldyu, wouldyu, didyu
couldja, wouldja, didja
Sounds like /s/.
cakes, walnuts, fruits
eggs, apples, pies
glasses, pieces, substances
Sounds like /z/.
cakes, walnuts, fruits
eggs, apples, pies
glasses, pieces, substances
Sounds like /iz/.
cakes, walnuts, fruits
eggs, apples, pies
glasses, pieces, substances
Stress the first syllable of the word in a compound noun.
true
false
Some words can be used as both nouns and verbs.
true
false
Syllable stress often changes between the noun and the verb form
true
false
Examples of global issues are…
air pollution, water pollution, and global warming
crime, overpopulation, and poverty
unemployment
All of the choices
