Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of a sentence that raises an objection
Craft and Structure practice question
Critics will say that a four-day week cannot work in a hospital, where wards must be staffed around the clock. But round-the-clock staffing is a rota problem, not an hours problem: it is solved by hiring, which the savings from reduced sickness absence would fund.
Which choice best describes the function of the first sentence?
- A. It states an objection that the rest of the text then answers.Correct
- B. It summarises the author's own view.
- C. It describes how hospital rotas work.
- D. It concedes that the four-day week cannot work in hospitals.
Answer: A. It states an objection that the rest of the text then answers.
"Critics will say", then "But".
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It summarises the author's own view.
- It is the critics' view.
- C. It describes how hospital rotas work.
- Rotas are addressed in the second sentence.
- D. It concedes that the four-day week cannot work in hospitals.
- The author goes on to reject the objection.
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