Plain English 3 – Writing exercise

Can you write down what you hear about why people considered plain English was important? Use this English language online exercise to help with spelling, punctuation and listening practice.

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Side 2

Do you know these uses of the word ‘side’?     1. [Match] ‘Side’ in different contexts – do you know them? (notes take sides – support one person or cause against another or others eg I see no point in taking sides – it’s just an office argument to know which side your bread…

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Side 1

Do you know these uses of the word ‘side’?   1. [Match] ‘Side’ in different contexts (Notes an aside – noun – remark which is not supposed to be heard by many people aside from – apart from, except for The grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence). Saying meaning that…

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Sport for Leisure – exercise B

1 ……………………. of the centre has been so popular that there is now a waiting list for several of the evening classes. member2 In response to customer surveys four new coaches have been …… in track events, aerobics and Pilates, racket sports and water activities. recruit3 School pupils are already ……………… from the superior field…

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Sport for Leisure – exercise A

Can you adapt the words given to complete these sentences about sports? 1 The long- ……… opening of Boxton’s new Leisure Centre finally took place this week. await2 Matthew Pinsent, Olympic and World Rowing Champion, was there to cut the ribbon and declare the centre …………… open. official3 The manager, Rosemary Harris, has praised the…

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An idea of yours, perhaps? A1

We say ‘a friend of mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs‘ not ‘a friend of me / you / him’ etc. We stayed in Henley last weekend. A friend of mine has a caravan there. (not a friend of me) We’re going walking with some friends of ours. (not some…

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‘in spite of’ or ‘because of’?

‘in spite of’ or ‘because of’? Notice the difference between these:1) He loved her despite her bad temper.2) He loved her in spite of her bad temper. 3) He loved her because of her bad temper. In 1 and 2 the man clearly adored the woman even though she has a rather unfortunate, perhaps difficult…

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For, since and it’s a long time since …..

For, since and it’s a long time since ….. D We miss out ‘for‘ when using phrases with ‘all’: She’s known us all our lives.We’ve been working all day. You can sometimes miss out ‘for’, but not in negative sentences: They’ve been married (for) a fortnight.We haven’t seen her for years. (You must use for…

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