Unit 2: Text Types
Topic 2.2: Professional texts Questions
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What is the impersonal, objective way to make a recommendation in a report?
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Which sign-off is appropriate for a formal proposal?
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What register should a proposal to a head teacher use, and why?
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Which structural feature is typical of a report?
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A text presents survey results under headings and ends with recommendations, in an objective tone. Which text type is it?
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Which feature is typical of a set of instructions?
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Which structural feature is characteristic of a proposal?
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Which greeting is appropriate for a formal letter to a head teacher whose name you know?
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Which is an appropriate way to OPEN a formal proposal?
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Which phrase makes a polite request in a formal letter?
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You opened with 'Dear Ms Carter,'. Which sign-off is correct?
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Complete the formal opening: "______ to request information about your summer course."
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Which title fits a set of instructions best?
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Which sentence is the right form for a step in a set of instructions?
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A text has a title, a list of what you need, and numbered steps in the imperative. What text type is it?
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Read the description: "a message to a company complaining about a faulty product, in a respectful tone, addressed to someone you don't know." What text type is it?
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Which set of words is used to ORDER the steps in a set of instructions?
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A formal text that presents a plan, justifies it with reasons and asks an authority to approve it. What text type is it?
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Which sentence is the right way to introduce the aim of a report?
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