Every word family from this chapter in one place. Test yourself, find the group of words you still get wrong, and write one short paragraph.
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Five things this chapter taught. Tick only the ones you could do in an exam, without checking a table.
Twenty words, mixed up. Put each one back with the meaning it belongs to.
Sort each item into the correct category
Ten questions across the whole chapter. Every wrong answer here is one you have written in a real essay.
These come from all five sprints, weighted towards the three that cost the most marks: value words, problem words and society words.
Which sentence uses "the" correctly?
A single paragraph that needs a word from every part of this chapter. One word per gap.
Most people now accept the of learning a second language, though not everyone agrees on when it should begin. Starting early is for pronunciation, but it also brings real for a child who is already struggling with reading. The main of a later start is that the learner can already read and write in one language, which makes grammar rules easier to . Teachers who have the to explain those rules simply tend to get better results than those who rely on repetition. In , a family that speaks two languages at home passes on far more than vocabulary — it passes on as well. Whether a child depends less on the age they start than on how much they use the language outside class, and schools are for making that use possible.
Four or five sentences using six words from this chapter — then find out which kind of mistake you actually make.
Topic: something that has changed in your country in the last ten years — how people work, travel, study or spend time together.
This is not a full essay. Four or five sentences is enough.
Use at least six words from Chapter 1, from at least three different clusters:
Before you submit, read each of your six words and ask one question: does this slot want a thing, an action, or a description?
Four to five sentences. Six or more chapter words.
Just the words, separated by commas.
Name the part of this chapter you trust least, and get those words back first.