tests designed by
Michael Vallance.
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- The Writing Lab

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This is my latest development: Temasek Polytechnic Engineering School Writing Lab. This is designed
for students who wish to develop their technical writing skills. The Technical Communication
Skills courses will be integrated in order to balance the utilisation of in-class activities
and on-line resources. Click here if you need to return to The Writing Lab.
- iMac:Physical Description

- The new iMac is here and it is beautiful. But how would an engineer describe it? Try this gap-fill exercise in 3 parts.
- Business English
- Do you know what to say at meetings? Test your business English and receive some feedback on your performance.Intermediate level.
- Grammar Awareness
- What's the Present Perfect Simple Passive tense? Phew! Test your knowledge of grammar terminology.All levels.
- Academic English

- How good is your vocabulary when it comes to academic discourse? All lexis is taken from Francis Fukuyama's excellent book 'Trust'. Advanced level.
- Tricky Grammar
- When do we say what we say and why do we say it? Test yourself. Intermediate level.
- Phrasal Verbs
- By combining a verb and an adverb or preposition, the usual meaning of the verb can be extended or completely changed so as to become unrecognisable. Test your knowledge. Intermediate level.
- CALL My Bluff.

- How obscure is your vocabulary knowledge? Try this multiple choice activity based on that BBC 2 favourite 'Call My Bluff'. Are you old enough to remember Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell?Recommended for teachers.
- Level Check
- If you wish to join an English Language School, this test will give you an indication of your level.
- Golf terms
- Test your swing and really see how much golfing jargon you know.Recommended for Scots!.
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Flags

- How well do you know your flags and what do these countries have in common?
- General English

- Are you really up to the challenge? Test your knowledge of compound verbs with my interactive quiz. Read the instructions and take care...it's quite difficult! Upper Intermediate/Advanced level.
- Guestbook and Feedback.
- I hope you find all these tests useful. I would immensely appreciate any feedback regarding the language content and also any technical advice you can offer or notification of problems encountered.
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Tests designed by
Michael Vallance.
with credits to Kerri Schiller, Zoltan Schreter
and Queens University, Kingston (French Dept.).
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