Essays: hedging and authorial stance
Writing · Essays · C1 · 20 min. Soften overconfident claims with modal verbs, reporting structures and cautious adverbs, as in academic essays.
About this worksheet
Soften overconfident claims with modal verbs, reporting structures and cautious adverbs, as in academic essays.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Essays
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Multiple choice: Choose the option that best hedges the claim for an academic essay.
- Gap-fill: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. U
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite these overconfident claims in a cautious academic style, one s
- Writing lines: Write your sentences here.
