Tips

1. Use of English: sometimes the answer begins with the same letter as the
next word. For example:
http://www.poplanguage.com/2009/02/english-alliterative-phrases/

2. Check the text of all Use of English parts for parallelism (the happy
butterfly):
Governments should work harder to create beautiful spaces, to keep
everyone happy and to provide adequate health care for all.
3. When ‘have’ is an auxiliary verb, (i.e. not the main verb), it must be
followed by a third form of the verb.
4. Check for commas. If you see a comma directly after the missing word,
you know this word is a linking word. However, I will eat it.
5. If you see the structure ‘_______ + subject + verb, subject + verb’ then
you need a subordinating conjunction like ‘although’ or ‘if’.
6. If you see an extreme adjective, you need ‘absolutely’ or a synonym of
‘absolutely’, eg. Totally, completely, utterly
7. Check for commas again. If you see two in a sentence, _____ are apart
from each other, then you could be missing a relative pronoun.
8. Words which derive from Latin (or Greek) are more formal. Check your
text for context. Eg. receive
9. If your sentence has two clauses but one of them is missing a subject and
verb, you might need a verb+ing or a third form. Check if the meaning is
active or passive before deciding which one it is. “Having”
10. Anything before the subject needs a comma.
11. Check that you aren’t using a positive word when you need a negative
word. For example, ‘some’ ‘any’ more, less, little few, more, most
12. Don’t change the tense.

Although I hate cats, I own seven.

Though I hate cats, I own seven.
Until I see some money, I am not doing anything.
Unless you give me that cat, I am not giving you this dog.
Providing you pay me, I will work.
Whenever I go there, I see her.
I am absolutely starvin Marvin.

Whatever, Trevor.

Geeze, Louise!

I was very impressed.

I was so impressed I went home.
I was so hungry I ate a horse.

take remove seize grab

He is not…..he isn’t
She is not…….she isn’t
They are not….they aren’t
I am not…….I amn’t.

I amn’t working today.

I ain’t working today.

I ain’t got no money.

He ain’t got no problem.

ought to

I really ought to go.

I outta kill you buster.

ask…….SK………aks (axe)
I aksed him a question……..I axed him

walks…..talks….fox…..box….speaks…….KS
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dough….enough…..through…..though

possible………..m +p
impossible

regular……..r + r
irregular

help…………lp……..pl this……

a retail outlet
length

to encode = to put a code on something

to decode = to figure out the code