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The Right Word: C2 Text-Upgrade Activity
A C2 activity: learners upgrade a flatly-worded text for connotation, collocation and near-synonym precision, justifying each change, feeding the precisely-worded piece.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
- Level
- C2
- Duration
- 30 min
- Skills
- Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking
- Topic
- Everyday Life
- Age
- adults
- Format
- classroom
Learning objectives
- Upgrade a text for connotation, collocation and precision
- Justify each word change
- Choose exactness over showiness
What you need
- Flat-text cards
- Dictionaries/thesauruses
- Pens
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