Tentative Language

How can you make this more tentative?

Australians love sports

• Many Australians love sports

• All Australians love sports

• Possibly Australians love sports

Which is the best option?

• A vegetarian diet always includes plenty of vegetables and fruits

• A vegetarian diet must include plenty of vegetables and fruits

• A vegetarian diet generally includes plenty of vegetables and fruits

make this sentence more tentative

Employment is ... to rise this month

• possibly

• going

• likely

Which is the best example of a tentative statement

• Many people in poorer areas do not often have enough to eat

• Always people in poorer areas do not often have enough to eat

• People in poorer areas do not have enough to eat

• Some people in poorer areas never have enough to eat

Add a tentative expression to this sentence

... a relationship exists between meat consumption and socio-economic status

Which is the best tentative statement?

• Our studies show that the global population will be 10 billion by 2050.

• Our predictions indicate that the global population could reach 10 billion by 2050.

• Our research states that the global population must reach 10 billion by 2050.

• Our calculations reveal that the global population will reach 10 billion by 2050.

Make this statement more tentative

... the most significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions comes from livestock farming

• Undoubtedly

• Perhaps

• usually

• Always

Fill in the gap with the best tentative expression

Greenhouse gases ... increase as incomes rise and there is a shift to greater meat consumption

• will

• are clearly going to

• always

• are expected to

Fill in the blanks

... populations have greater access to more calories, their diets are not as nutritious as they...

Which is the best tentative statement?

• Increasing competition leads to producers adopting methods that always have problematic health outcomes

• Increasing competition should lead to producers adopting methods that have problematic health outcomes

• Increasing competition can lead to producers adopting methods that may have problematic health outcomes

• Increasing competition will lead to producers adopting methods that would have problematic health outcomes