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  • Choose the best definition of the topic sentence:
    It explains what the paragraph is going to be about.
    It's a sentence that has a topic.
    It links the paragraph to the main topic.
    It helps you transition from one point to another.
  • What is the only IGCSE text type that doesn't require an introduction?
    Interview
  • Settings include...
    Time, place, characters
  • Which of the following words is COUNTABLE (takes the plural -s)?
    Tourist
    Information
    Feedback
    Staff
  • Why do you have to start every main body paragraph with a topic sentence?
    To help the reader understand your text better.
  • Name the 4 main elements of the story mountain.
    Settings, Conflict, Climax, Resolution
  • Start your interview with a greeting and introduce the guest.
    False
  • To write a successful introduction,
    copy the rubric.
    copy the rubric and add context by adding details.
    rephrase the rubric and add context, invent missing details.
    rephrase the rubric.
  • Report this correctly. Ally said: "The driver didn't see the boy."
    The witness claimed that the driver hasn't seen the boy.
    The witness claimed that the driver hadn't see the boy.
    The witness claimed that the driver didn't see the boy.
    The witness claimed that the driver hadn't seen the boy.
  • In the argumentative text, always put your opinion in the introduction.
    True
  • What do we call this part of a question?
    Description
    Context
    Rubric
    Instruction
  • What happens to verbs in the reported speech if the reporting verb is in the past?
    All verbs remain the same, but pronouns change.
    Nothing happens to the verbs.
    You might switch tenses to the past if you want.
    All verbs in present tenses switch to past.
  • Where do you place the 5W in the newspaper report?
    Introduction
  • What does 5W stand for in the newspaper report?
    Who? What? Where? When? Why?
  • What is the dependent preposition of "discuss"?
    on
    There is no preposition.
    about
    towards
  • Which of these text types is NOT included in IGCSE EFL?
    Speech
    Review
    Article
    Interview
  • What should you end a formal report with?
    Suggestions / Recommendations
  • Report this correctly. Mum said: "I'll talk to your HRT tomorrow."
    Mum said she'd talk to my HRT tomorrow.
    Mum said she'll talk to my HRT tomorrow.
    Mum said she'd talk to my HRT the following day.
    Mum said she talks to my HRT the following day.
  • Which of these best describes the conflict in Romeo and Juliet?
    Coping with a loss
    Hostage situation
    Dysfunctional family
    Love triangle
  • Reported speech is a main feature of...
    a newspaper report.
    a formal report.
    an interview.
    a story.
  • Don't add a conclusion to the interview.
    True
  • What is the main function of the introduction?
    Explain what you are writing about.
  • Which ones are the narrative tenses?
    Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect
    All tenses are narrative tenses.
    Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
    Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous
  • What is the main function of the hook in an article?
    To attract the reader.
  • Harry Potter's storyline is mainly based on...
    Voyage and Return
    Comedy
    Tragedy
    The Quest
  • To write a good topic sentence for IGCSE...
    include (rephrased) key words from a respective bullet.
    play around with meanings and connotations of the key words.
    make it puzzling to attract the reader.
    copy a respective bullet.
  • To make your character stand out...
    give them a quirk.
    make them a celebrity.
    give a detailed description of their appearance.
    analyse their personality in the settings.
  • You are going to be penalised if you invent details in P1 Q3.
    No.
  • It's okay to include a few characters in a description.
    False
  • Choose the best characteristic for a newspaper report.
    Factual, metaphoric, neutral to informal.
    Emotional, choose a side, concise, very formal.
    Informative, neutral, formal to extremely formal.
    Factual, informative, concise, neutral.
  • Which is the only text type in IGCSE where you can use subheadings and bullet points?
    Formal report
  • Use fancy language in a formal report.
    False
  • An appropriate way to start a letter is
    Good morning Dahlia, hi!
    Dear Dahlia, How have you been?
    Dear Dahlia, hello, good morning.
    ____________________
  • Where do you place the hook in an article?
    In the first sentence.
  • What will help you make your description successful?
    Using simple straightforward language.
    Creating an effective climax.
    Making sure there is some action in the background.
    Adding sensory details and moving from general to specific.
  • Little Red Riding Hood is built on which of the 7 basic plots?
    Overcoming the Monster
    Tragedy
    Rags to Riches
    Comedy
  • Name 3 common story resolutions
    Rescue, death, victory, defeat, escape, wedding, transition
  • Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 basic plots?
    Snitches Get Stitches
    Voyage and Return
    The Quest
    Rags to Riches
  • Name at least 3 ways to develop a point.
    Generalisation, example, cause, result, opinion, what-if scenario etc.
  • What is the difference between the omniscient and the limited narrators?
    Omniscient knows the motives of the character, limited doesn't.
  • What is rebuttal?
    Negation / Destruction of the counterarguments.
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