Essays: hedging and authorial stance
Writing · Essays · C2 · 20 min. Calibrate the strength of claims with hedges and boosters, and rewrite overconfident statements for academic essays.
About this worksheet
Calibrate the strength of claims with hedges and boosters, and rewrite overconfident statements for academic essays.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Essays
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
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On the sheet
- Multiple choice: Choose the most appropriately hedged version for a formal essay.
- Gap-fill: Rewrite the sentences using the word in CAPITALS (three to five words)
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite these overconfident claims for an academic essay.
- Writing lines: Write here.
