Learner retrieves all forty Chapter 3 substitutes, replaces the five most repeated words without reaching for a mechanical swap, and produces a paragraph under a no-repetition constraint.
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Five things this chapter taught. Tick only what you could do in the last five minutes of a writing task.
Twenty words, mixed. Put each one back with the overused word it replaces.
Sort each item into the correct category
Ten questions across the chapter. Several wrong options are longer words used in the wrong slot.
Weighted towards the three sprints that cost most marks: linking, good and bad, and people and thing.
Complete: "The city has ___ information about the scheme on its website."
A paragraph that needs a substitute from every part of this chapter — and leaves two general words alone.
, housing has become the largest single expense for most households in my city. Rents rose every year for a decade, and shows no sign of stopping. of new flats were built during that period, but almost all of them were priced far above what local could pay. The main behind the shortage is not construction cost but land: , a single site in the centre now sells for more than an entire street did twenty years ago. , some cities have frozen rents entirely, which has had a effect on supply — fewer landlords are willing to let at all. Neither approach is on its own, and the evidence suggests that only building and regulation together will work.
Four sentences with two words banned — the constraint is the whole exercise.
Topic: something that has changed in your city or town — housing, transport, jobs, the high street.
Two words are banned: "people" and "very". Neither may appear anywhere in your four sentences.
Use at least six Chapter 3 words, from at least three of the five clusters:
Join at least two of your sentences with a linker, and refer back to something at least once instead of repeating its noun.
One warning: a substitute has to be more accurate, not just longer. If you write individuals only to avoid people, you have not gained anything.
Four sentences. No "people", no "very". Six or more chapter words.
Quote your reference word and say exactly what it points to.
Name the word you fall back on, and get its substitutes back first.