Science writing
Reading · C1 · 8 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 20 minScience writing: a popular featureFollow the argument of a feature on fungal networks and learn key vocabulary.Free
- Sheet 2 · 20 minScience writing: hedging claimsJudge how certain each claim is in an article, then practice academic hedging.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 20 minScience writing: reading an abstractIdentify the standard moves of a research abstract and check its details.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 20 minScience writing: cause or correlation?Spot flawed causal conclusions and form key research words.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minScience writing: judging news storiesQuestion the evidence behind a news story.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minScience writing: summary reviewReview the pack's language with an article on placebos, then summarize it.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 40 minScience: why you can't tickle yourselfA science explainer about how the brain predicts our own movements, with gist, detail, inference and vocabulary tasks.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 45 minScience writing: is the turkey really to blame for the food coma?A science article that puts the Thanksgiving 'turkey makes you sleepy' myth on trial, with inference questions, phrases in context, a task on how firmly each claim is made and a group discussion that designs a fair test and weighs other food myths.Free