5.1 The linguistics journal American Speech has offered these definitions of the verb 'adult' (lines 3–4) - NSC English HL - Question 5 - 2021 - Paper 1
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5.1 The linguistics journal American Speech has offered these definitions of the verb 'adult' (lines 3–4).
5.2 Rewrite the above sentence in the passive voice.
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Step 1
The linguistics journal American Speech has offered these definitions of the verb 'adult' (lines 3–4).
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These definitions of the verb 'adult' have been offered by the linguistics journal American Speech.
Step 2
Rewrite the above sentence in the passive voice.
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The above sentence in the passive voice would read: 'These definitions of the verb 'adult' have been offered by the linguistics journal American Speech.'
Step 3
'The millennials,' said a lexicographer at dictionary.com, 'are going through life stages that other generations have gone through much later in life, like starting families and owning homes' (lines 7–9).
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A lexicographer at dictionary.com said that the millennials were going through life stages that other generations have gone through much later in life, like starting families and owning homes.
Step 4
Rewrite the above sentence in reported speech.
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A lexicographer at dictionary.com stated that the millennials were going through life stages that other generations went through much later in life, including starting families and owning homes.
Step 5
Correct the single word error in paragraph 3.
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The word 'historic' should be corrected to 'historical'.
Step 6
Account for the use of dashes in paragraph 4.
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The dashes provide additional information or serve as parenthesis, emphasizing the significance of the following information.
Step 7
Remove the tautology in paragraph 4.
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The tautology can be removed by rephrasing to avoid redundancy, for example: 'this can drive millennials to engage in adult behaviors'.
Step 8
Correct the pronoun error in paragraph 5.
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The pronoun should be corrected from 'their' to 'his/her' to match the singular reference.
Step 9
A prefix has been used incorrectly in the last sentence (lines 15–17).
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The prefix used incorrectly needs to be replaced with an appropriate one.
Step 10
Rewrite the word, using the correct prefix.
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The corrected word should be 'uninterested'.
Step 11
Provide an adjective that would be considered Formal English to replace the word 'hip' (line 16).
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A suitable formal adjective to replace 'hip' would be 'fashionable'.
