Register & formality: hedging and softening
Grammar · Register & formality · C2 · 20 min. Soften blunt statements with modal verbs, tentative verbs and cautious adverbs, as in academic and professional writing.
About this worksheet
Soften blunt statements with modal verbs, tentative verbs and cautious adverbs, as in academic and professional writing.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Register & formality
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Matching, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
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On the sheet
- Matching: Match each blunt statement to its more tactful, hedged version.
- Gap-fill: Complete the sentences from a research article with a word from the bo
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite these comments from a colleague so that they are suitable for
- Writing lines: Write here.
