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Asking about a grade
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Understand feedback on academic work.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- grade
- A mark that shows how good your work is.
- explain
- To make something clear by giving details.
- reach
- Here, to arrive at an answer.
Answer key
- I was surprised by my grade on the midterm.The d of “surprised” joins “by”. A midterm is an exam in the middle of a course; “mid-term” is also accepted.
- Let's look at the questions you missed.“Let’s look at” runs together.
- You lost points because you didn't explain your answers.“Didn’t” is “did not”. The t of “lost” is short.
- So the final answers were correct?The voice goes up at the end because it is a question.
- Yes, but we need to see every step of your work.The stress is on “step” and “work”. “Of your” is weak: “uv-yer”.