The aim of this activity is to measure the number of words that you know on this topic. Below is a list of words related to this topic. Some of them are real English words, but some are wrong. Click on the ones that are real, and ignore the wrong ones. Clicking real words will increase your score, but clicking wrong ones will decrease it. When you have finished, click on the 'Check Answer' button. The program will give you feedback and advice on which words you need to learn.
Your score:
The real words of the wrong words are shown in blue.
incident
acidentalextracurricular Activities
feasibility
sales
recommentionrecommendation
audience
procedure
findings
introduction
unclusionconclusion
nature
status
structure
un-headingssub-headings
terms of reference
case study
unposalproposal
significant
contrast
request
unterpreting datainterpreting data
collecting data
length/depth
abstract/executive summary
appendicies
methodology
reliminary pagespreliminary pages
format
trends
hedging
describing vs discussing data
unvestigateinvestigate
style
undrawndrawn
gather
large scale
dramatically
compare
insatisfactiondissatisfaction
Language of approximation
65%
about two-thirds of
1043
over a thousand
28%
just over a quarter of
115
over a hundred
21%
about a fifth
9
fewer than ten
49%
just under a half of
2
a small number
74%
almost three-quarters of
4
a few
33.3333%
a third of
6
several
92%
most of
749,982
about three-quarters of a million
98.5%
almost all
1,256,890,534
over 1.2 billion
Match the word to the definition
Complete these sentences with the best word:
The audience such as managers, clients and future readers, are the most important aspect to consider when writing a report.
(Answer: audience )
In the introduction , the writer must always include the name of the person or people who requested the report.
(Answer: introduction )
“About two-thirds”, “almost all”, “a few”, and “several” are all examples of the language of approximation , which is used to make the report easier to read.
(Answer: approximation )
Describing , the data is an essential part of the report as it gives possible reasons for the information and can be used to make suggestions for changes.
(Answer: Describing )
Comparing is describing the similarities between things whereas contrasting is describing the difference(s).
(Answer: contrasting )
When writing a report it is better to hedge rather than make absolute claims.
(Answer: hedge )
A report may be requested because a company (for example a hotel or a restaurant) is concerned about perceived
dissatisfaction by some of its customers.
(Answer: dissatisfaction )
An
accident report may be read by emergency services, insurers and health and safety officials.
(Answer: accident )
Sub-headings are used to divide the report into easily-identifiable sections.
(Answer: Sub-headings )
For conciseness, only patterns of customer behaviour that are
significant should be included in a report.
