Description: A list of sentences about having ambivalence or being ambivalent Instructions: Read the sentences below and answer the questions or fill in the spaces To be ambivalent means to lack certainty. To be ambivalent also means the inability to make decisions. He is ambivalent about his job. She is ambivalent about her boss even […]
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Description: Some definitions of computer words Instructions: Read these definitions and answer the questions or fill in the spaces. Hardware Component Description RAM (the random access memory) Chips that store short-term information. Information is lost from here when power is turned off CPU (a central processing unit) The main information processing device (i.e. the ‘brain’ of
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Description: Phrases nurses can use in polite language and making questions Instructions: Read these polite sentences and select which phrase in each pair is more polite? Some sentences are more polite than others. To make a sentence or question more polite add words such as ‘excuse me’, ‘just’, ‘could you please’ and ‘please’.
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Description: Phrases nurses can use to close a conversation Instructions: Read these ways to close a conversation and answer the questions or fill in the spaces When you want to finish a conversation, here are some possible ways to do that. 1: Well, it has been nice talking to you. I have to go. 2:
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Description: An example of another joke. Jokes are often part of social talk at work. Instructions: Read this short joke and answer the questions or fill in the spaces. An unemployed man goes to try for a job with Microsoft as a cleaner. The manager there arranges for an aptitude test. After the test, the
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Description: An example of a joke. Jokes are often part of social talk at work. Instructions: Read this short joke and answer the questions or fill in the spaces. An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful
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Description: An article about the culture in Korea Instructions: Read this article about Korean culture. Culture is a topic that many people talk about as we all have our own culture. Then answer the questions of rill in the spaces. What is ‘culture’? We often use the word ‘culture’ when we have a conversation but
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Description: An article about vinegar Instructions: Read the sentences below and answer the questions or fill in the spaces Vinegar is a kind of liquid. Vinegar can be made from rice, apple, raisin or wine. Vinegar tastes sour. Vinegar is mainly used in the kitchen as a kind of cooking ingredient. In some areas, vinegar
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Description: Sentences about working as a chef Instructions: Read these sentences below. Then answer the questions or fill in the spaces. 1.A chef is a person who cooks food as a job. 2.A chef is sometimes called a cook 3.Chefs work in restaurants and hotels. 4.Some chefs work for rich people. 5.Some chefs have their own restaurants.
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Description: A short article about computer hardware Instructions: Read this short article below. Then answer the questions or fill in the spaces. The hardware is all the physical equipment related to the computer. Hardware can be divided into three categories: the system unit, secondary storage and input/output devices. The system unit includes the CPU and memory.
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