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VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Main idea hard text

1. In a VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) transcript about a Melbourne riverbank redevelopment editorial used for English as an Additional Language (EAL), the speaker explains that urban change in English as an Additional Language (EAL) affects everyday routines. What is the main idea?

Choices

urban change in English as an Additional Language (EAL) is presented as an everyday community issue, not only a background topic.
The speaker is only listing unrelated facts.
The transcript is mainly about grammar rules.
The setting is described as completely unimportant.

Explanation:

The strongest answer captures the whole message of the transcript rather than one small detail.

VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Inference hard text

2. A speaker in a VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) listening transcript says, 'I used to hurry past the fenced-off footbridge in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) sample; now I stop and read the notice.' What can be inferred?

Choices

The speaker's attitude has shifted from indifference to attention.
The speaker has forgotten where the notice is.
The speaker dislikes every part of the community.
The speaker is describing an unrelated weather event.

Explanation:

The contrast between hurrying past and stopping shows a change in attitude.

VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Vocabulary in context hard text

3. In a VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) article, urban change in English as an Additional Language (EAL) is described as 'pressing' for city commuters. What does 'pressing' most nearly mean here?

Choices

Urgent
Decorative
Finished
Optional

Explanation:

In this context, pressing means needing attention soon.

VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Cohesion hard text

4. A paragraph about a Melbourne riverbank redevelopment editorial used for English as an Additional Language (EAL) begins, 'This change affects travel, cost and time. These pressures are not felt equally.' What does 'These pressures' refer to?

Choices

The combined effects on travel, cost and time
Only the word time
A new person who has not been mentioned
The title of the article

Explanation:

The pronoun group points back to the three effects named in the previous sentence.

VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Tone hard text

5. A VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) notice for city commuters says, 'Please bring your questions; the plan is still open to change.' What tone is created?

Choices

Consultative
Threatening
Sarcastic
Secretive

Explanation:

The invitation to ask questions and the openness to change create a cooperative, consultative tone.

VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Written expression hard text

6. A student responding to a VCE Year 12 English as an Additional Language (EAL) prompt needs one clear sentence explaining why the fenced-off footbridge in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) sample is important. Which sentence is best?

Choices

the fenced-off footbridge in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) sample is important because it makes the wider issue of urban change in English as an Additional Language (EAL) visible in a single local detail.
the fenced-off footbridge in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) sample is there and it is thing in the text.
This is important because I said it is important.
There are many words and the topic is a topic.

Explanation:

The sentence gives a clear reason and connects the detail to the wider issue.

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