Unit test: hedging and nominalisation
Tests · Unit tests · C1 · 45 min. Hedging with modal verbs, adverbs and distancing structures, turning verbs and adjectives into noun phrases, an academic abstract and a cautious summary.
About this worksheet
Hedging with modal verbs, adverbs and distancing structures, turning verbs and adjectives into noun phrases, an academic abstract and a cautious summary.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Tests
- Topic
- Unit tests
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Gap-fill, Multiple choice, Reading text, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Gap-fill: Complete the hedged versions with one word in each gap.
- Gap-fill: Complete the second sentence with a noun.
- Multiple choice: Choose the most appropriately hedged sentence for an academic essay: a
- Reading text: Read the abstract of a research paper.
- Multiple choice: Read again. Choose the correct answer: a, b, c or d.
- Speaking / writing task: Write a cautious summary of a trend you know about for an academic aud
- Writing lines: Write here.
