Reporting verbs in academic citation: neutral, tentative and critical
Grammar · Reporting verbs & stance · C2 · 50 min. Signalling agreement, caution or criticism when citing sources, with verb + preposition patterns and a literature review.
About this worksheet
Signalling agreement, caution or criticism when citing sources, with verb + preposition patterns and a literature review.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Reporting verbs & stance
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Exercises
- True / False, Gap-fill, Multiple choice, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- True / False: Read each statement about academic reporting verbs. Write T (true) or
- Gap-fill: Complete the literature review with the reporting verbs from the box.
- Multiple choice: Error correction. Choose the correct preposition or pattern after each
- Speaking / writing task: Write a literature review paragraph (160–200 words) synthesising these
- Writing lines: Write your paragraph here.