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What are the main areas to consider when approaching a text critically?. Author and source, Evidence, Assumptions and bias. Assumptions and bias, Title, Evidence. Author and source, Date of publication, Evidence. Evidence, Section headings, References.

Why it is important to have a critical approach in reading?. To make sure the author is not driven by personal interest. All answers are correct. To evaluate the quality of the author’s methodology. To make sure that the author’s opinion is supported by evidence.

What is a counter-argument?. The author’s presentation of a different point-of-view to sustain his/her argument. The opposite of debating. The author’s counter opinion. A convoluted topic.

What is GSL ?. General Spoken Language. General Service List. General Student List. General Spoken List.

What are formulaic phrases?. Discourse Maker and Signposts. idioms and Phrasal verbs. Collocations, Discourse maker, Signpost phrases, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. Phrases that follow a specific grammatical formula.

What is a collocation?. A family of words. A sequence noun+verb. A sequence verb+adjective. A specific and recurrent combination of words.

Complete the sentence with the appropriate word: Companies are really eager to get some financial (SECURE). Securities. Security. Securement. Safety.

Complete the sentence with the appropriate word: The teenager was charged with drugs (CONSUME). Consumation. Consumerism. Consumption. Safety.

What is nominalisation?. It is the transformation of a noun into a verb. It is about using nouns instead of adverbs. It is the transformation of a verb or adjective into a noun. It is the transformation of an adjective into a noun.

Why is the passive voice the preferred grammatical structure of academic writing?. Because it conveys an idea of casualty. Because it is more elegant. Because is easier to understand. Because it is more neutral and more objective.

Although, even though, despite, otherwise, conversely are connectors used for: Reformulating ideas. Expressing consequence. Contrasting. Emphasising ideas.

Is it recommended to use phrasal verbs in academic writing?. Yes, but only if they are not very common. No, they should be replaced by one word. No, it is always a bad mistake. Yes, as long as they are formed by more than two words.

You must always use lots of sun cream ______get sunburn. before. in order to. so that. in order not to.

Complete the sentence: Cindy likes her boyfriend. She doesn’t want to marry him, __. while. though. although. even though.

Choose the right connector: Some people believe in ghosts and supernatural phenomena ______ others are skeptical about all that. whereas. despite. as long as. because.

Complete the sentence: Not only the car broke down_____it cost a lot of money to get it repaired. as a result. but also. in addition. moreover.

Whether, as long as, unless, provided are connectors used for: Contrasting ideas. Summing up. Consequence. Condition.

Complete the sentence: The old couple __ host Spring students in their house are very sweet. who host Spring students in their house are very sweet. who's host Spring students in their house are very sweet. who are host Spring students in their house are very sweet. whose host Spring students in their house are very sweet.

Complete the sentence: They still don’t know…. whether the project or not will be finished soon. if or not the project will be finished soon. if the project or not will be finished soon. whether or not the project will be finished soon.

Ann brought (a new dictionary). Question: What did Ann buy? Noun Clause: Do you know. hat Ann buy. what did Ann bought. what Ann bought. what did Ann buy.

Choose the right rephrasing of It is amazing to finish a marathon in under four hours. A marathon finishes in under four hours is amazing. Finished a marathon in under four hours is amazing. To finish a marathon in under 4 hours is amazing. Finish a marathon in under four hours is amazing.

Choose the right rephrasing of It is amazing to finish a marathon in under four hours. Yes. Yes, in inverted commas. Yes, with page numbers. No.

If there are two or more authors, and the work is cited in parentheses, the symbol & should be used to link the names. In the APA style. In the MLA style. In all styles. In the Harvard style.

A ____proportionate number of engineering students are men. Misproportioned. Disproportioned. Unproportioned. Nonproportioned.

Students who enroll at university while working full-time or having dependents are called ____-traditional. Atraditional. Untraditional. Non-traditional. Mistraditiona.

Which word has the correct prefix?. Unjudgement. Imjudgement. Misjudgement. Iljudgement.

The general economic- situation is not looking good. Economic. Economical. Economous. Economy.

I really like my bright, soft and wooll- jumper!. Woollic. Woollant. Woolly. wooollen.

The biopsychosocial model refers to: Sport psychology. Health psychology. I-O psychology. Clinical psychology.

Psychological social psychology enphasises: Social psychological processes. Internal psychological processes. Status and class. Cultural psychological processes.

Skinner was experimenting with: Rats. Dogs. Children. Pigeons.

Skinner’s reward system was applied to: a family. the BBC. a jail. a school.

Attention, retention, reproduction and motivation are aspects of: Operant conditioning. Latent content. Manifest content. Observational learning.

According to the 16PF score, which word has "somber" as its high score equivalent?. Analytical. Bold. Spontaneous. Imaginative.

According to the 16PF the trait "warmth" relates in its low and high score to: open-shrewd. docile-dominant. trusting-suspicious. detached-supportive.

Which of these assumptions is wrong?. Central traits form our personality. Secondary traits are not consistent. Secondary traits arise under specific circumstances. Cardinal traits are very common in people.