C1-C2 Checkpoint 2
Units 4-6
Checkpoint 2: Units 4-6
- formal style through infinitive and nominalization
- emphasis and responsibility focus
- discourse markers and spoken flow
- integration: formal brief -> responsibility focus -> fluent answer
What this review checks
The learner makes prose formal without making it bureaucratic.
The learner emphasizes responsibility without theatrics.
The learner adds markers by function without overload.
The learner explains why a version fits the genre.
Format
- 6 mixed tasks
- text edit + emphasis choice + marker repair + speaking
- focus on style control
Pass rule
- pass line: 74%
- if nominalization is heavy, revisit U04
- if emphasis sounds dramatic, review U05
- if markers are inserted as a list, review U06
Exercises
Formal compact edit
Compress the phrase with infinitive/nominalization while keeping clarity.
Când analizăm datele, vedem că problema e mai complicată. Nu vrem să exagerăm.
Emphasis agreement
Choose the correct intensive form.
The director herself approved it.
The authors themselves admitted it.
Marker overload
Remove marker overload while keeping flow.
În primul rând, de fapt, ca să fiu sincer, totuși, soluția are limite.
Responsibility clarification
Rewrite the phrase, keeping the actor and clarifying responsibility.
Write your answer and compare it with the sample.
Style judgment
Identify the stylistic effect.
Spoken flow
Give a spoken commentary maintaining flow and formal register.
1.Give a 2-minute answer about a project error.
2.Add a formal opening.
3.Say who personally checked the data.
4.Finish with a fluent conclusion.
Practice saying this out loud.