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B2

Interpreting and evaluating Exercises

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Interpreting and evaluating · B2. This card teaches “evaluate” in the sense judge quality or value using criteria. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. The speaker or message implies; the listener infers. An implication is not a direct statement. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

Practise 7 meanings and useful combinations in 14 original tasks. Level labels are editorial guidance, not certification.

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evaluate

judge quality or value using criteria
In a sentence

We evaluate each proposal using the same criteria.

We evaluate each proposal using the same criteria.

Useful combinations
evaluate a proposalevaluate performance

Word forms & family

evaluationevaluator

Similar meanings & paraphrases

assess

These match this sense. Word families can change meaning; near meanings are not always interchangeable.

This card teaches “evaluate” in the sense judge quality or value using criteria. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable.

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evaluate / imply / effect

This card teaches “evaluate” in the sense judge quality or value using criteria. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. The speaker or message implies; the listener infers. An implication is not a direct statement. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

We evaluate each proposal using the same criteria.

interpret / infer

This card teaches “interpret” in the sense explain what something means. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. Infer is the reader’s or listener’s reasoning from clues. It can be reasonable without being certain; imply describes what the message suggests.

Different readers may interpret the ending differently.

distinguish / affect

This card teaches “distinguish” in the sense recognise the difference between things. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

It is important to distinguish facts from opinions.

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Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

Our task is to judge the quality of each design against agreed criteria. We must ___ each design.

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Step 1 · Warm-up

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distinguish / affect

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This card teaches “distinguish” in the sense recognise the difference between things. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

It is important to distinguish facts from opinions.
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evaluate / imply / effect

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This card teaches “evaluate” in the sense judge quality or value using criteria. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. The speaker or message implies; the listener infers. An implication is not a direct statement. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

We evaluate each proposal using the same criteria.
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interpret / infer

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This card teaches “interpret” in the sense explain what something means. Use the sentence to identify the sense; the same spelling may have other meanings. Related expressions are not automatically interchangeable. Infer is the reader’s or listener’s reasoning from clues. It can be reasonable without being certain; imply describes what the message suggests.

Different readers may interpret the ending differently.
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Interpreting and evaluating

B2
evaluate

evaluate

judge quality or value using criteria

interpret

interpret

explain what something means

distinguish

distinguish

recognise the difference between things

imply

imply

suggest a meaning without stating it directly

infer

infer

reach an understanding from clues or evidence

affect

affect

influence or change something

effect

effect

a result or influence produced by a cause

Questions & answers

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D01 · Warm-up

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

Our task is to judge the quality of each design against agreed criteria. We must ___ each design.

  1. evaluate
  2. affect
  3. imply
  4. interpret
Answer & explanation
evaluate

Here “evaluate” means judge quality or value using criteria. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “evaluate a proposal”.

R01 · Meaning & use review

The panel will evaluate each proposal against the same five criteria.

Which meaning of “evaluate” is used in this sentence?

  1. explain what something means
  2. reach an understanding from clues or evidence
  3. recognise the difference between things
  4. judge quality or value using criteria
Answer & explanation
judge quality or value using criteria

Here “evaluate” means judge quality or value using criteria. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “evaluate a proposal”.

D02 · Warm-up

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

We are trying to explain what the poem means, not score its quality. We want to ___ it.

  1. charge
  2. affect
  3. interpret
  4. evaluate
Answer & explanation
interpret

Here “interpret” means explain what something means. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “interpret a text”.

R02 · Meaning & use review

How do you interpret the final line of this poem?

Which meaning of “interpret” is used in this sentence?

  1. recognise the difference between things
  2. explain what something means
  3. suggest a meaning without stating it directly
  4. judge quality or value using criteria
Answer & explanation
explain what something means

Here “interpret” means explain what something means. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “interpret a text”.

P01 · Build the skill

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

The task is to recognise how the two sounds differ. We need to ___ one from the other.

  1. affect
  2. distinguish
  3. imply
  4. charge
Answer & explanation
distinguish

Here “distinguish” means recognise the difference between things. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “distinguish A from B”.

R03 · Meaning & use review

It is difficult to distinguish the original painting from the copy.

Which meaning of “distinguish” is used in this sentence?

  1. judge quality or value using criteria
  2. recognise the difference between things
  3. explain what something means
  4. reach an understanding from clues or evidence
Answer & explanation
recognise the difference between things

Here “distinguish” means recognise the difference between things. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “distinguish A from B”.

P02 · Build the skill

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

The writer does not say this directly, but her words ___ that the plan is too expensive.

  1. evaluate
  2. infer
  3. imply
  4. distinguish
Answer & explanation
imply

Here “imply” means suggest a meaning without stating it directly. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “imply that something is true”. The speaker or message implies; the listener infers. An implication is not a direct statement.

R04 · Meaning & use review

The message did not say the office was closing, but it seemed to imply that possibility.

Which meaning of “imply” is used in this sentence?

  1. explain what something means
  2. suggest a meaning without stating it directly
  3. reach an understanding from clues or evidence
  4. judge quality or value using criteria
Answer & explanation
suggest a meaning without stating it directly

Here “imply” means suggest a meaning without stating it directly. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “imply that something is true”. The speaker or message implies; the listener infers. An implication is not a direct statement.

P03 · Build the skill

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

The message does not state her location. As readers, we must ___ it from the clues.

  1. charge
  2. imply
  3. affect
  4. infer
Answer & explanation
infer

Here “infer” means reach an understanding from clues or evidence. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “infer something from evidence”. Infer is the reader’s or listener’s reasoning from clues. It can be reasonable without being certain; imply describes what the message suggests.

R05 · Meaning & use review

From the wet pavement and the umbrellas, I inferred that it had been raining.

Which meaning of “infer” is used in this sentence?

  1. reach an understanding from clues or evidence
  2. judge quality or value using criteria
  3. suggest a meaning without stating it directly
  4. recognise the difference between things
Answer & explanation
reach an understanding from clues or evidence

Here “infer” means reach an understanding from clues or evidence. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “infer something from evidence”. Infer is the reader’s or listener’s reasoning from clues. It can be reasonable without being certain; imply describes what the message suggests.

P04 · Build the skill

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

Choose the usual verb meaning influence: The noise may ___ your concentration.

  1. distinguish
  2. effect
  3. affect
  4. infer
Answer & explanation
affect

Here “affect” means influence or change something. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “affect the outcome”. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

R06 · Meaning & use review

A long power cut can affect every business on the street.

Which meaning of “affect” is used in this sentence?

  1. influence or change something
  2. judge quality or value using criteria
  3. recognise the difference between things
  4. suggest a meaning without stating it directly
Answer & explanation
influence or change something

Here “affect” means influence or change something. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “affect the outcome”. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

P05 · Build the skill

Choose the expression or form that matches the stated situation.

Choose the noun, not the verb meaning influence: We measured the ___ of the new policy.

  1. evaluate
  2. affect
  3. distinguish
  4. effect
Answer & explanation
effect

Here “effect” means a result or influence produced by a cause. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “the effect of a policy”. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

R07 · Meaning & use review

The researchers measured the effect of better lighting on reading speed.

Which meaning of “effect” is used in this sentence?

  1. what an action is intended to achieve
  2. a result or influence produced by a cause
  3. a useful or favourable feature
  4. an explanation of why something happens or is done
Answer & explanation
a result or influence produced by a cause

Here “effect” means a result or influence produced by a cause. The situation is about this sense, and the useful combination is “the effect of a policy”. Here affect is a verb: influence something. Here effect is a noun: a resulting change. Compare affect something with have an effect on something.

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