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Advanced C1 – C2

Advanced C1 – C2. Joining. Grammar Forces. Language Descriptions Practice - Testing. Literary = the sort of language used by writers in books, poems, short stories, etc. Formal = correct/ conservative in style, suitable for official or serious situations or occasions.

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Advanced C1 – C2

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  1. Advanced C1 – C2 Joining Grammar Forces

  2. Language DescriptionsPractice - Testing

  3. Literary = the sort of language used by writers in books, poems, short stories, etc

  4. Formal = correct/ conservative in style, suitable for official or serious situations or occasions

  5. Informal = suitable for using with friends but not in serious/ official situations

  6. Colloquial = used in formal conversation and in writing Right answer: used in informal, everyday conversation rather than in writing or formal language

  7. Slang = ‘proper’ language for formal settings Right answer: very informal and not considered suitable for more formal situations. Some slang is used only by a particular group of people.

  8. What do we call the special words and phrases that are only used and understood by people who do the same kind of work? Jargon

  9. And the officially recorded words and phrases used in a particular business, science, or profession? Terminology e.g. medical OR mathematical terminology

  10. What does ‘literal’ language mean? All of the above A kind of ‘colloquial’ ‘jargon’ The same as ‘literary’ The opposite of ‘slang’ Intended to be understood in its most basic meaning

  11. Match to the right definition by clicking in turn on the right yellowshape: Figurative/ Metaphorical Discursive Picturesque Register Genre particular artistic style with certain features unusual & interesting language not used in literal/ basic meaning including information not relevant to the main subject language used in particular social settings

  12. Figures of Speech Practice - Testing

  13. Oxymoron = using a less offensive or more agreeable term in place of a harsh, disagreeable one Right answer: an expression of words with opposite meanings.

  14. Paradox/Irony = contradictory ideas that point out some underlying truth

  15. Euphemism = using a less offensive or more agreeable termin place of a harsh, disagreeable one

  16. Hyperbole = attributing human qualities to inanimate things & animals Right answer: exaggeration of a statement .

  17. What is a ‘metaphor’? The renaming of an entity for the purpose of comparison e.g. disease viewed as war

  18. And a ‘neologism’? The opposite of ‘archaism’. Term recently created, or old term used with a new meaning.

  19. A ‘personification’ is: the exaggeration of a statement an expression of words with opposite meanings contradictory ideas that point out some underlying truth attributing human qualities to inanimate things & animals a set expression of words

  20. A ‘simile’ is: C. & D. together a set of contradictory terms thrown together tentative language not meant to be offensive a recently created term, or an old one but with a new meaning a comparison between two things using like or as

  21. It Sounds English!Practice - Testing

  22. Pronunciation = the way in which we say the sounds of letters and their combinations in words

  23. Accent = the same as ‘pronunciation’ Right answer: one’s way of saying words that shows what country, region, or social class one comes from.

  24. What do we mean by ‘intonation’? The way in which your voice rises and falls across a sentence when you speak.

  25. And by ‘tone’? Whether the sound of a single word, or part of that word, is stressed or not. e.g. ‘have’ but ‘We’ve’

  26. ‘Rhythm’ is … The rate at which spoken language is delivered.

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