The same meaning, dressed for a different occasion
Lesson 8 of 10 Year 6
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildTwo words doing one job? Find the single verb.
1 · Tick the single formal verb
a Ab Ac Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
We will discover what happened.
The match was postponed.
Yesterday we discovered a new recipe.
4 · Help Polpetta
It is not formal because the verb is still the everyday two-word one, shut down. He made the sentence longer, not more formal. Change the verb and keep it short: We regret that the kitchen has closed.
2 · Fix the 3 word choices
1
put off
postponed
2
look into
investigate
3
hand in
submit
look forward to is the decoy: it has no single-word twin and stays.
MediumSwap the verb, not the sentence. One word for two.
1 · Tick the single formal verb
a Bb Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
We will discover what happened.
Tick: The trip has been postponed until June., Visitors must sign in at the front desk. · Spoken: We have put the trip off till June. Written: The trip has been postponed until June.
Tick: Mum, can you find out when the bus goes?, Can we put off football till Sunday?
4 · Help Polpetta
It is longer but not more formal, because the verb is still the everyday shut down. Formal is a choice of word, not a longer sentence. Swap the verb and stop: We regret that the kitchen has closed.
2 · Fix the 4 word choices
1
put off
postponed
2
look into
investigate
3
hand in
submit
4
work out
calculate
look forward to is the decoy and stays.
SpicyFormal is precision, not length. Change the verb, then stop.
1 · Tick the single formal verb
a Ab Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
We will investigate what happened.
The council will investigate the complaint. It replaced look into.
I look forward to the holidays. There is no single verb that means the same, so it stays.
4 · Help Polpetta
Short is not the same as formal. Kitchen shut. Soz. is slang and not a sentence. Formal means a precise verb in a proper sentence: We regret that the kitchen is closed until further notice.
2 · Fix the 6 word choices
1
put off
postponed
2
look into
investigate
3
hand in
submit
4
work out
calculate
5
leave out
omit
6
take care of
administer
look forward to is the decoy. take care of is the quiet one; accept manage or handle. Accept determine for work out.