Title: 3.5 Give two reasons why tea is drunk.

Q: 5. Give two reasons why tea is drunk.
- a. They are thirsty. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The structures are inconsistent. a. They are thirsty. The focus is on PEOPLE, describing how they feel. They = a pronoun representing people; are = verb; thirsty = adjective This option doesn't really match the stem and for that reason it can be eliminated as incorrect. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)
- b. They enjoy socialising. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The structures are inconsistent. b. They enjoy socialising. The focus is on PEOPLE, describing what they enjoy. They = a pronoun representing people; enjoy = verb; socialising = verb This option doesn't really match the stem and for that reason it can be eliminated as incorrect. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)
- c. It is enjoyable to drink it. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The punctuation is inconsistent. The structures are inconsistent. There are negatives and double negatives. c. It is enjoyable to drink it. The focus is on ENJOYABLE. In addition, there is a 'dummy it' as well as a pronoun 'it' (representing 'tea'), which makes this option difficiult to read and conprehend under test conditions. This matches option e in structure, but not any of the other options. One would need to argue whether 'not unenjoyable' (option e) had the same meaning as 'enjoyable' or not. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)
- d. Taking a tea break is enjoyable. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The structures are inconsistent. d. Taking a tea break is enjoyable. The focus is on TAKING A TEA BREAK. Taking a tea break = noun phrase; is = verb; enjoyable = adjective This matches option f in structure, but not any of the other options. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)
- e. It's unenjoyable to eat it. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The punctuation is inconsistent. The structures are inconsistent. There are negatives and double negatives. e. It's unenjoyable to eat it. This focus is on UNENJOYABLE and EAT. There are two pronouns: It = a 'dummy' pronoun; it = a pronoun representing tea This is confusing as the candidate might not be able to tell which pronoun represents what. In addition, there is a negative ('unpleasant') which could be misread in a test setting. There is a contraction (It's) in this option but no contractions in any of the other options. This matches option c in structure, but not any of the other options. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)
- f. Drinking tea is not unpleasant. (Stem The stem is passive, and does not need to be. It would be better written as 'Choose two reasons why people drink tea.' Options The options are too different: they are not all connected to the stem. The punctuation is inconsistent. The structures are inconsistent. There are negatives and double negatives. f. Drinking tea is not unejnoyable. This matches option f in structure, but not any of the other options. There is a double negative in this question: not + unenjoyable, which is confusing. In addtition, one would need to argue whether 'not unenjoyable' had the same meaning as 'enjoyable' (option c) or not. Did you notice that the options were labelled a - f, but that 'Randomize answers' in the Behavioural settings is selected, which makes the answers confusingly out of sequence. Click 'Retry' to check the other options.)