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Instructions: Question are based on the following text.
Source: http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=124967
Analyse the sentence to answer 6.
Douglas had to apologize _________ little Jim’s mom _________ having played those pranks ______ her.
Choose the sequence to complete the blanks.
Read this sentence from the text.
“The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D. [...]”
“From” is one of the most common prepositions in English and it was used in this example to indicate the starting point in a movement. Choose the following alternative in which the preposition “from” is being used to express the same idea as in the example above.
What do you think should be the most important quality of a hotel manager? If someone were to ask me, I’d say it would be the capability to communicate effectively with the staff, colleagues and guests. In this new age of electronic communication, one should not forget that effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills should be emphasized and wellexecuted in the hospitality industry.
Compelling communication skills are important in a hotel regardless of some staff members not being guest-facing. A few hotels spend considerable amount of money on training their staff to interact with the guests. Good communication skills are a learned art and not a natural skill so one should consider training to enhance staff skills. Excellent communication skills enhance guest experience as this conveys that you are listening to your guests, valuing their feedback and conveying clear messages. Apart from communicating with the guests, your staff ought to know how to write emails. Good communication skills will impress your guests which will further prove beneficial to your hotel business.
Not only does the staff need to communicate successfully with the guests but also with other department employees. Few of the staff members might be able to speak in manageable English but those who don’t have English as their first language suffer due to their inability and fail to understand simple instructions and information […] Hotels should emphasize on providing communication skills training courses which cover everything from basic communication techniques to advanced empathy skills program.
(adapted from http://www.hotelogix.com/blog/2014/10/17/benefits-of-effectivecommunication-in-the-hotel-industry/)
Text I
JANUARY 18, 2015 - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
“Let’s go, Open your eyes, Open your mind to her dream. Let’s go, fight for what’s right, fight for her life."
Carl & the Reda Mafia, a young, dynamic, award-winning Dubai band, wrote the song “Fight for Your Queen” as a direct call to men to fight for gender equality. As they told UN Women: “HeForShe is a movement we have looked up to since its inception. The idea of ____________’s rights is something we truly believe in and support.” Lead singer Carl Frenais, who is from India, introduced the campaign to the band. He has been very passionate about fighting against the horrifyingly violent crimes against women in his home country.
We got over 500 men to pledge to support the movement. Even those who were afraid told us they support it.
Adaptation from: http://www.heforshe.org/en/newsroom/safety/rock-voices-for-change. Access on: April 4, 2016.
Sergio: What time is your class?
Danilo: ......
Read TEXT 3 and answer question.
TEXT 3
THE PAPERLESS CLASSROOM IS COMING
Michael Scherer
Back-to-school night this year in Mr. G’s sixth-grade classroom felt a bit like an inquisition.
Teacher Matthew Gudenius, a boyish, 36-year-old computer whiz who runs his class like a preteen tech startup, had prepared 26 PowerPoint slides filled with facts and footnotes to deflect the concerns of parents. But time was short, the worries were many, and it didn’t take long for the venting to begin.
“I like a paper book. I don’t like an e-book,” one father told him, as about 30 adults squeezed into a room for 22 students. Another dad said he could no longer help his son with homework because all the assignments were online. “I’m now kind of taking out of the routine.”, he complained. Rushing to finish, Gudenius passed a slide about the debate over teaching cursive, mumbling, “We don’t care about handwriting.” In a flash a mother objected: “Yeah, we do.”
At issue was far more than penmanship. The future of K-12 education is arriving fast, and it looks a lot like Mr. G’s classroom in the northern foothills of California’s wine country. Last year, President Obama announced a federal effort to get a laptop, tablet or smartphone into the hands of every student in every school in the U.S. and to pipe in enough bandwidth to get all 49.8 million American kids online simultaneously by 2017. Bulky textbooks will be replaced by flat screens. Worksheets will be stored in the cloud, not clunky Trapper Keepers. The Dewey decimal system will give way to Google. “This one is a big, big deal,” says Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
It’s a deal Gudenius has been working to realize for years. He doesn’t just teach a computer on every student’s desk; he also tries to do it without any paper at all, saving, by his own estimate, 46,800 sheets a year, or about four trees. The paperless learning environment, while not the goals of most fledgling programs, represents the ultimate result of technology transforming classroom.
Gudenius started teaching as a computer-lab instructor, seeing students for just a few hours each month. That much time is still the norm for most kids. American schools have about 3.6 students for every classroom computing device, according to Education Market Research, and only 1 in 5 school buildings has the wiring to get all students online at once. But Gudenius always saw computers as a tool, not a subject. “We don’t have a paper-and-pencil lab, he says. When you are learning to be a mechanic, you don’t go to a wrench lab.”
Ask his students if they prefer the digital to the tree-based technology and everyone will say yes. It is not unusual for kids to groan when the bell rings because they don’t want to leave their work, which is often done in ways that were impossible just a few years ago. Instead of telling his students to show their work when they do an algebra equation, Gudenius asks them to create and narrate a video about the process, which can then be shown in class. History lessons are enlivened by brief videos that run on individual tablets. And spelling, grammar and vocabulary exercises have the feel of a game, with each student working at his own speed, until Gudenius – who tracks the kids’ progress on a smartphone – gives commands like “Spin it” to let the kids know to flip the screens of their devices around so that he can see their work and begin the next lesson.
Source: TIME- How to Eat Now. Education: The Paperless Classroom is Coming, p. 36-37; October 20, 2014
Decide whether the following statements, concerning the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).
If “yardstick” (l.2) is replaced by criterion in the text, it would
be necessary to change the preposition following it — “of” —
in order to maintain grammatical accuracy.
(Source: BROWN, H. D. (2007).Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, Pearson Education Inc., New York, USA.P.97)
Choose the right preposition sequence for the sentence below.
“He smiled (1) Lucille and looked (2) me knowingly”.
Complete with the correct preposition:
Where is Anna? She is waiting outside, _____ her car.
Complete the blank space below:
______ yesterday he’s acting strange with me.
Complete correctly the blank spaces:
Tom graduated three years ______, ______ 2012.
I. The disadvantage OF working as an actor is that you can’t find a steady job.
II. We have just received an invitation TO her wedding.
III. The greatest difference BETWEEN both restaurants is their prices.
IV. Would you like to come FOR a walk? V. She lost weight after she went ON a severe diet.
Choose the only correct option, considering the use of correct prepositions:
Choose the alternative which presents the correct words that are missing in the text:
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