How good is your understanding of the form, use and phonological features occurring in various structures and lexical chunks? Test your understanding with this activity - and then check your answers against those on this page. There are twelve items to analyse - try doing one or two a day over a period of time.
The full article that the extracts are based on, including the photos referred to, can be found at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49002046
Task
1. Analyse the form and use of the words in bold, and identify various problems that they might cause for learners.
Thousands of pieces of tools, jewellery, figurines, seeds and other objects have been found at the site of a huge 9,000-year-old settlement from the Neolithic period uncovered in Israel.
2. Analyse the form and use of the words in bold, and identify various problems that they might cause for learners.
Thousands of pieces of tools, jewellery, figurines, seeds and other objects have been found at the site of a huge 9,000-year-old settlement from the Neolithic period uncovered in Israel
3. Analyse the form and use of the word in bold, and transcribe it into phonemic script, indicating the stress pattern.
Thousands of pieces of tools, jewellery, figurines, seeds and other objects have been found at the site of a huge 9,000-year-old settlement from the Neolithic period uncovered in Israel.
4. Analyse the form and use of the word in bold and transcribe it into phonemic script, indicating the stress pattern.
Archaeologists believe that the site, located near Motza Junction, 5km (3 miles) west of Jerusalem, was once a city housing as many as 3,000 residents.
5. Analyse the form and use of the word in bold, and identify various problems that it might cause for learners.
Archaeologists believe that the site, located near Motza Junction, 5km (3 miles) west of Jerusalem, was once a city housing as many as 3,000 residents.
6. Analyse the form and use of the word in bold, and identify various problems that it might cause for learners.
Excavators found the remains of large buildings, with rooms that were once used for living, as well as public facilities, places of ritual and alleyways.
7. Analyse the form and use of the words in bold, and identify various problems that they might cause for learners.
Excavators found the remains of large buildings, with rooms that were once used for living, as well as public facilities, places of ritual and alleyways.
8. Analyse the form and use of the words in bold, and comment on their potential pronunciation in connected speech.
Flint tools were found, as well as arrowheads used for hunting and possibly fighting
9. Analyse the form and use of the words in bold and comment on their potential pronunciation in connected speech.
Stone bracelets of different styles were also found. Their small size suggests they were worn by children, the researchers say.
10. Comment on the cohesive ties in the following sentence.
Stone bracelets of different styles were also found. Their small size suggests they were worn by children, the researchers say.
11. Comment on the punctuation in the following sentence, which is accompanied by a photo.
Other items, including these beads, were made of obsidian (volcanic glass) from Anatolia.
12. Comment on the form and use of the highlighted word in the following sentence, which is accompanied by a photo.
Other items, including these beads, were made of obsidian (volcanic glass) from Anatolia.
