Science writing: hedging claims
Reading · Science writing · C1 · 20 min. Judge how certain each claim is in an article, then practice academic hedging.
About this worksheet
Judge how certain each claim is in an article, then practice academic hedging.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Reading
- Topic
- Science writing
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read the article. Underline words that make claims less certain.
- Multiple choice: How does the writer present each idea? Choose one answer.
- Gap-fill: Make the claims more cautious. Complete them with the words from the b
