Speaking at a tech conference involves a specific set of activities and collocations. This quiz covers submitting proposals, crafting abstracts, preparing slides, and collecting feedback.
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Fill in: 'She plans to ___ a proposal to speak at KubeCon before the CFP deadline closes.'
We 'submit a proposal' — 'submit' is the formal term for delivering an application or proposal to an authority for evaluation. 'Send a proposal' is informal; 'file a proposal' is used in legal or bureaucratic contexts; 'enter a proposal' is not standard in conference submission language.
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Fill in: 'The hardest part of the CFP process is knowing how to ___ a compelling abstract in fewer than 500 words.'
We 'craft an abstract' — 'craft' implies deliberate, skilled construction of language for a specific persuasive purpose. 'Write an abstract' is plain and correct; 'create' is generic; 'build an abstract' is unidiomatic — 'build' collocates with systems and structures, not written texts.
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Fill in: 'He spent a month working with a designer to ___ visually engaging slides for his PyCon keynote.'
We 'prepare slides' — 'prepare' is the standard collocation for the work involved in making a presentation ready, including content, visuals, and narrative. 'Make slides' is informal; 'design slides' focuses only on the visual aspect; 'build slides' is informal and more common in internal jargon.
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Fill in: 'After months of preparation, she was finally ready to ___ her talk on distributed tracing at QCon.'
We 'deliver a talk' — 'deliver' is the professional standard for giving a prepared presentation to an audience, emphasising execution and impact. 'Give a talk' is also correct and slightly more informal; 'present' focuses on the content rather than the performance; 'perform' implies entertainment rather than technical knowledge sharing.
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Fill in: 'They set up a post-session form to ___ feedback from everyone who attended the workshop.'
We 'collect feedback' — 'collect' is the standard term for systematically gathering responses through a defined channel or form. 'Gather feedback' is also natural; 'get feedback' is informal; 'capture feedback' emphasises recording for future analysis, which is slightly more specific than the general act of collecting.