A2         SEMINAR 8 – ANSWER KEY

                                          Social Sciences

Task 1 – based on class work


Task 2

a)   Not necessarily; it may sometimes be convenient to have a different order.

b)   No.

c)   Yes, very likely.

d)   No, a common fault.

e)   No, never.

f)    Not necessarily. Expressing an idea more concisely may require greater sophistication of
vocabulary.

g)   Yes, definitely.

h)   No.

i)    No, you should write in grammatically correct complete sentences.

j)    Never. It should be written in the third person and refer to topic directly.

k)   No.

l)    No.

m)  Yes.

Task 3 – 1) par. 2 ok  2) par. 1 ok  3) par. 1 ok  4) par. 2 ok  5) par. 2 ok  6) par. 1 ok



Task 4

S1  Not acceptable because of the additional information that is not mentioned in the original
(e.g. …).

S2  Acceptable.

S3  Not acceptable – too long; exact copying of parts of sentences.

S4  Not acceptable – opinions, use of “I”, does not provide the gist of the text.

S5  A good descriptive summary, however not acceptable as it does not convey any information.

(In academic environments informative summaries are preferred.)



Task 5 – based on class work


Task 6 – Grammar – Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1   Today’s news is very interesting.

2    How much damage was there after the attack?

3   That is all his knowledge of economy.

4   I need some information about practical lessons.

5   They have been given a lot of important advice at the faculty meeting.

6   You did not support your arguments with enough evidence.

7   How much money is needed for the project?

8   Language students need at least some knowledge of linguistics.

9   Ethics is the most difficult part of this course.

10 This week is better as we have less homework.

11 I feel we are making progress.

12 This conference was attended by fewer delegates than the other one.

13 When the fire started, there was total chaos.