Explaining what you mean
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One Read these sentences showing some linkers that can be used
when you are explaining what you mean. Highlight the linkers. Look
at how the explanation follows the thing you want to explain. Note
also the punctuation. a) By economics I mean the study of scarce
resources.
b) Economics can be defined as the study of scarce
resources.
c) When I use the term economics I mean the study of scarce
resources.
d) In other words, economists are interested in what we can do
with limited/finite
resources.
e) Put another way, economists are interested in what we can do
with limited/finite
resources.
Two Put the most suitable linker in each space.
a)........................................ social psychology
b)................................................. the study
of how human beings interact with each other.
c).........................................., social
psychologists are interested in the effect people have on each
other.
d)........................................ the term FTSE 100 e)
........................................... the 100
highest valued companies on the London Stock Exchange.
f) ......................................... willpower
g).................................................
determination.
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour h)
........................................... it is
the study of the composition and development of the human
mind.
