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Oxford Scene 2 - Language Focus

Rob the teacher talks about using the word 'like' as a filler.

Task 1

Language Task

Read the sentences about using fillers and decide if they are true or false.

Exercise

Task 2

Language Task

Rearrange the text into the order of the dialogue in the video.

Exercise

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Submitted by May Thida Su on Sat, 16/10/2021 - 05:55

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Dear Team, I didn't catch that what Rob said at the beginning of the video " I hope you drive a car better than you ---- a boat." What's the word in the blank? Thank you so much.

Hello May Thida Su,

The word Rob says is 'steer'. It's perfectly fine to use 'drive a boat' here as well.

Peter
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