English 2023 Q56: The prisoner finally ……. that he drank to ……. on the night he committed the murder

Q: English 2023 Q56: The prisoner finally ……. that he drank to ……. on the night he committed the murder

The prisoner finally ....... that he drank to ....... on the night he committed the murder acceded/access conceded/excess ✓ exceeded/extreme eluded/escape Explanation Register is formality level: formal (academic, business), informal (casual conversation), technical (specialized fields). Tone is the authors attitude: serious, humorous, critical, sympathetic. Clues to register: vocabulary complexity, sentence length, contractions (informal), passive voice (formal), slang (informal), jargon (technical). Matching register to audience is crucial. A job application needs formal register. A text to a friend uses informal. Mismatched register causes communication problems.

Question

The prisoner finally ……. that he drank to ……. on the night he committed the murder

Answer 1

The prisoner finally ……. that he drank to ……. on the night he committed the murder

acceded/access
conceded/excess ✓
exceeded/extreme
eluded/escape

Explanation

Register is formality level: formal (academic, business), informal (casual conversation), technical (specialized fields). Tone is the authors attitude: serious, humorous, critical, sympathetic.

Clues to register: vocabulary complexity, sentence length, contractions (informal), passive voice (formal), slang (informal), jargon (technical).

Matching register to audience is crucial. A job application needs formal register. A text to a friend uses informal. Mismatched register causes communication problems.

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