What’s that in plain English? B – Exs. 1A and 1B – Writing
What’s that in plain English? B – Exercises 1A and 1B
Exercise 1A
Can you answer the 7 questions below, checking that you give the correct form of the words?
1 What 3 aspects of each word are you asked to concentrate on here?
2 What will you be doing in the second half of the exercise?
3 Does concentrating on ‘plain English’ mean the English is in fact being ‘dumbed down‘?
4 What two sorts of language often make information incomprehensible?
5 What adjective is used of a word which the person speaking found on her online tax return?
6 What was the word that caused the confusion?
7 What version of the phrase used would mean ‘if you understand what I’m saying or trying to explain’?
Exercise 1B
Can you write down correctly the 20 words you hear?