Starter quiz

  • Which of the examples below show good text cohesion?
    • Penguins have blubber. They can stay warm in the sea.
    • Penguins can stay warm in the sea because they have blubber.  ✓
    • Penguins have blubber. As a result, they can stay warm in the sea.  ✓
    • Penguins can stay warm in the sea. They have blubber.
  • Which co-ordinating conjunction could be used to join these two sentences? Female macaroni penguins lay eggs. Both males and females incubate these eggs.
    • but
    • or
    • and  ✓
  • Which of the following best combines these two ideas? Penguins have solid bones. They can dive deeper.
    • Although penguins have solid bones, they can dive deeper.
    • Because penguins have solid bones, they can dive deeper.  ✓
    • While penguins have solid bones, they can dive deeper.
  • Which sentence combines these ideas using a non-finite (-ing) clause? Penguins look after their eggs well. They incubate them for weeks.
    • Penguins look after their eggs well and incubate them for weeks.
    • Because penguins incubate their eggs for weeks, they look after them well.
    • Penguins look after their eggs well, incubating them for weeks.  ✓
  • Which fronted adverbial could connect these two sentences? Some penguin breeding sites are now protected from humans. Their numbers are still falling.
    • Despite this,  ✓
    • As a result,
    • In addition,
  • Tick the parts of a non-chronological report that include specific information about particular themes.
    • conclusion
    • diet section  ✓
    • habitat section  ✓
    • introduction
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