You probably recognized the teacher’s viewpoint as positive and the student’s viewpoint as negative.
The teacher’s word choices—“invest” and “to improve your study skills”—are more positive than the student’s word choices—“waste” and “doing mindless busywork.”
Read the following partial sentence.
I am asking you to invest an hour a night…
Which word could be substituted for “invest,” if the speaker wanted to express a neutral viewpoint?
A.
waste
B.
lose
C.
enjoy
D.
take
1 answer
C. enjoy