Task 8:



postponed           cancelled           severely criticized             installed
reprimanded        confess   assaulted          exhausted

a)      Unfortunately, the meeting will have to be postponed until next week.

b)      Haven't you heard? The football match has been cancelled because of bad weather.

c)      She was really hurt and upset when the critics severely criticized her latest novel.

d)      We've had a second bathroom installed for our guests to use.

e)      In my school days, I was always being reprimanded by the teachers for being naughty.

f)        You should confess to having broken the window before someone else gets into trouble.

g)      He was badly assaulted by the gang of youths on his way home from work.

h)      Although I like going to the gym it leaves me feeling exhausted.


Task 9:

Study the following paragraphs, one, identify examples of poor style and try to rewrite it in an
academic style.

These days a lot of kids are starting school early. Years ago, they began at 5, but now it’s normal
to start at 4 or younger. Why is this? One thing is that mums need to get back to work. Is it good
for the kids? Jenkins has studied this and says that early schooling causes social problems like
stealing, drug taking etc. I think he’s right and we should pay mums to stay at home.

Suggested change in the academic style:

Currently, significant numbers of children are starting school at the age of four or less, whereas
30 years ago five was the normal age.There appear to be various reasons for the change;

mothers, for example, need to rejoin the labour force.

There are mixed views about the effects of this change on the children concerned.Jenkins
(1989)claims that early school attendance causes social problemssuch as theft and drug taking.

There seems to be considerable evidence to support his views and

there may be an argument in favour of a state subsidy for women to stay at home with their
children.