Writing for Delta

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What's wrong with writing: "This is a fun activity which is great for practising the forms."
1. It is not clear what 'This' refers to
2. It is an overuse of simile
3. The word 'practising' is misspelt
4. 'fun' is not an attributive adjective and 'great' has little meaning
What's wrong with "The group of students was phased by being asked to pour over the text."?
1. It should be 'fazed'
2. It should be 'were', 'fazed' and 'pore'
3. It should be 'fazed' and 'pore'
4. It should be 'pore'
Bullet points:
1. should always be used for list of more than two items
2. should be used to save words
3. should not be used
4. should be explained as well as used
In "It is conceivable that this may be due to ..." we have two examples of:
1. acceptable hedging
2. ambiguity of expression
3. tautology
4. unacceptable vagueness
If I change all the words in what a writer says but keep the sense, I do not need to credit the author.
1. True
2. False
3. But I do need to put the reference in the bibliography
In: "The students are mostly young on the other hand they have had some international experience." we have:
1. a misused conjunct
2. a misused conjunction
3. a run-on sentence
4. a hanging participle
et al. and et seq. mean:
1. the same
2. and others and elsewhere respectively
3. allowed and and the following respectively
4. and others and and the following respectively
The word 'postulate' means:
1. aver
2. argue
3. speculate
4. suggest