Hedging
Grammar · C1 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 45 minHedging in academic writing: softening strong claimsRecognize and use hedges such as suggest, tend to and to some extent to make essay claims appropriately cautious.Free
- Sheet 2 · 40 minHedging in science news: reporting uncertain findingsCautious language for reporting new scientific studies accurately to the public, with transformations and a news item.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 30 minGrammar explained: hedgingMake claims cautious with modals, tentative verbs, adverbs and more.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: hedging – softening opinions and criticismSound diplomatic: I'd say…, it isn't quite…, I was wondering if…Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minHedging: spotting cautious languageIdentify hedging devices in a report on a workplace study and decide what the writer really claims.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minHedging with modal and tentative verbsChoose modal and tentative verbs to soften claims, rewrite strong statements and order cautious academic sentences.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minHedging with adverbs, adjectives and quantifiersSoften strong claims with adverbs, adjectives and quantifiers, then hedge an overconfident claim in three ways.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minHedging with impersonal structuresReport beliefs and claims with impersonal passives and appear/seem, then report three claims about a famous place.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minHedging: finding the right balanceEvaluate a student's draft for overclaiming and overhedging, then choose the best-balanced versions of each claim.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 20 minHedging review: writing a cautious conclusionComplete key word transformations with hedging, build sentences for a research conclusion and write your own.Premium