English Language Definitions

A quick quiz about the key terminology that could crop up in exams.

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  • Created by: Joe
  • Created on: 05-04-10 19:58
Hedging devices are often used to...
Show uncertainty
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'You're going to play... Aren't you?" is an example of:
Tag Question
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Hot/Cold, Man/Woman and True/False are:
Complimentary antonyms
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Convergence is:
Changing your language to suit another person
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Informal terms used on daily basis in everyday lanuage are...
Colloquialisms
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Card 2

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'You're going to play... Aren't you?" is an example of:

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Tag Question

Card 3

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Hot/Cold, Man/Woman and True/False are:

Back

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Card 4

Front

Convergence is:

Back

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Card 5

Front

Informal terms used on daily basis in everyday lanuage are...

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Preview of the front of card 5

Comments

Amy

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I didnt know some of this! it was a hard one! 4/5 :)

Got question three wrong :/

*Making notes now...*

TypicalBrad

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I got 60% :/

I got 2 and 4 wrong, i think thats helped me remember what convergence is now, thanks

Jessica McCann

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so then what the hell is hedging then huh? ha i score 80% and i still think im going to fail.

Mahtab

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i didn't know anything, gave it a go and got 80% LOL

haha

Parsnip

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yay 100%

Good quiz thanks :)

riddhisha

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i got all of them :P

100%

AL Anood

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got them all right even thou i expected to get them all wrong...

Crystal Duffey

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I got them all wrong, I've left all my revision unitl last minute too, my exams start in 2 days :/

alice

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Yay 5/5 thank you, good quiz!

Nichola Armstrong

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I have only learnt one of these, what exam board is this for? Im feeling a bit concerned now :/

Chloe

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Hey, isn't convergence changing your accent not your language?? Thanks apart from that it's very helpful, need to revise things I didn't quite get.

hannah

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Got 40%.

Thank God that my exam is on the 11th June. Revision for this is starting today.

#Grace

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80% yay 

#getting there

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