Resources 5
Grammar:
Exercise 1
1. It is perhaps surprising
that such a large number of professionals completed and returned the questionnaire.
2. It is estimated that
over 500,000 people took part in the protest march.
3. Leung (2004) argues that
the government was wrong to force most English-medium schools to switch to Chinese.
4. The results of the survey suggest
that the vast majority of
5. It is essential / is
recommended that more funding be devoted to environmental protection in the coming decade.
6. It would appear that
university students in
7. It is predicted that
the economy will grow very rapidly in the next two years.
8. The findings of Lau’s (2003)
study clearly demonstrate that young people in
9. It has become increasingly clear
in the past few weeks that the policy is not working smoothly.
10. It is recommended that
we carry out a detailed survey to find out the students’ views.
Grammar:
Exercise 2
1. The student could remember writing
the essay but she was not sure if she had emailed it to the lecturer.
2. The department managed to
complete the construction work on time.
3. Three students admitted plagiarising
their first assignment from published material.
4. The counsellor advised Sam to
take more rest and stop worrying.
5. Despite being disturbed by noisy
students in the library, Ted tried to concentrate and carried on reading his
books.
1. Dr. Parkinson, the new department
head, has agreed to supervise our project.
2. We should consider speeding up
our work if we want to meet the deadline.