week 3 session 4 by Mahsa shirali https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu • Academic Language Check en-us 2022-07-09 06:08:12 UTC 2023-12-07 02:33:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 1 Rewrite the sentences 1-5. Add the adjectives and nouns in brackets to the nouns in bold. Example: WikiLeaks has a database of millions of documents. (sensitive, vast) WikiLeaks has a vast database of many millions of sensitive documents. shiralim https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240068769  1 WikiLeaks is an organization which publishes information. (secret, international, non-profit, media)
- WikiLeaks is an international, non-profit media organization which publishes secret  information.
2 The website was launched in 2006 by the activist Julian Assange. (Australian, internet, WikiLeaks)
- The WikiLeaks website was launched in 2006 by the Australian internet activist Julian Assange.
3 WikiLeaks publishes information from sources. (anonymous, sensitive, publicly unavailable)
- WikiLeaks publishes sensitive publicly unavailable information from anonymous sources.
4 The organization has released a number of documents which have become news items. (significant, front-page)
- The organization has released a number of significant documents which have become front-page news items.
5 It always publishes documents to support any information it releases. (new, original, unedited) 
- It always publishes original unedited documents to support any new information it releases.]]> 2022-07-09 06:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240068769 TASK 2 Noun phrases (2): Articles 1 Complete texts 1-3 with the correct article: a / an, the, or 0 (zero article). shiralim https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240070563  1 A 'wiki' is a website developed by a community of users which allows the users to add and edit content. The term 'wiki' comes from the Hawaiian word for 'quick'. the encyclopaedia project Wikipedia is the most popular wiki in terms of page views. 
2 Ethics is a branch of philosophy that involves analysing concepts of right and wrong behaviour. The term comes from the Greek word ethos, which means 'character'. 
3 Today, the term 'crime' does not have a universally accepted definition. However, one definition is that crime is an act which is harmful to an individual, community, or state. Criminal acts are forbidden and punishable by law. ]]> 2022-07-09 06:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240070563 TASK 3 Noun phrases (3): Cohesive determiners 1 Complete the text about the Ethics Bowl using the cohesive determiners in the list. shiralim https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240073856  the (x3)/ the other team's /this /these /their (x2) 
The Ethics Bowl is an American intercollegiate tournament that combines a competitive quiz with a valuable educational experience. The competitors are all undergraduate students who have been chosen by their university. There are preliminary tournaments at universities across the USA. This results in the top 32 teams, who are invited to participate in the national finals. Each round of the tournament is between two teams, who have to answer several questions that pose an ethical problem. Each team also has a chance to challenge the other team's answers. The teams are then scored on their responses and the winning team goes through to the next round. These knock-out stages continue until there is an overall winner . The tournament takes place each year at the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. ]]> 2022-07-09 06:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240073856 2 Underline all the noun phrases in the text in 1. Circle the head noun. shiralim https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240075202 The Ethics Bowl is an American intercollegiate tournament that combines a competitive quiz with a valuable educational experience. The competitors are all undergraduate students who have been chosen by their university. There are preliminary tournaments at universities across the USA. This results in the top 32 teams, who are invited to participate in the national finals. Each round of the tournament is between two teams, who have to answer several questions that pose an ethical problem. Each team also has a chance to challenge the other team's answers. The teams are then scored on their responses and the winning team goes through to the next round. These knock-out stages continue until there is an overall winner . The tournament takes place each year at the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.]]> 2022-07-09 06:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shiralim/dd74mid5h15uoinu/wish/2240075202