BE Unit 6 – Using Gender Neutral Language Quiz
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Question 1 – Choose all the gender neutral jobs from the list below.
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Question 2 – Are the following job titles all gender neutral?
lawyer, doctor, engineer, director, and manager.
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Question 3 – Replace the traditional term with a gender neutral term.
*Mankind* has made a lot of progress, both on the scientific and the technological fronts.
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has made a lot of progress, both on the scientific and the technological fronts.
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Question 4 – Replace the traditional term with a gender neutral term.
Legal and medical English jargon are normally too difficult for *the common man* to follow easily.
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Legal and medical English jargon are normally too difficult for to follow easily.
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Question 5 – Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
‘If anyone is feeling hot, they can open the window.’
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Question 6 – Complete the explanation/rule below that explains the use of ‘they’ in this sentence:
‘If anyone is feeling hot, they can open the window.’
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The rule is that ‘they’ is used instead of to refer to a person whose sex is unknown, not mentioned or unimportant.
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Question 7 – Fill in the blanks:
Lawyers must be there for (1) _____________ clients’ needs and (2) _____________ must be ready to answer many different types of questions.
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Question 8 – Rewrite the below sentence to avoid using ‘he’.
The doctor promised *he* would visit the patient at home within an hour.
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The doctor promised the patient at home within an hour.
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Question 9 – TOP TIP from Corinne :)
As we have said in all the videos, in business it is important to keep the best relationships possible and not to be offense. By using gender neutral terms and strategies we show that we care and that we are sensitive to our colleagues, clients and business partners.
The term ‘gender neutral’ is the polite way of being non-____________. And none of us wants to be accused of sexism. :)
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