Formal Expressions for Academic Writing

In fact, showing our faces during online lessons is a means to ______ – it forces us to be more focused while listening.

• an end

• a solution

• an answer

• a success

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

There are many ways of improving your study. At the top of the ______ is having one period of self-study and making the most of it.

• ranking

• head

• list

• roof

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

________ a nutshell, speaking Chinese should be banned during the class time.

• On

• In

• To

• By

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

All things ____________, it seems that learning basic subjects, such as English and Maths, has brought more positives than negatives.

• discussed

• reasoned

• mentioned

• considered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

Our school should rise to the __________ and try to go paperless.

• difficulties

• challenge

• problem

• issues

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Being focused and participating in all your lessons is of the _____________ but not having hours and hours of additional lessons outside school.

• importance

• value

• essence

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Having fried chicken in our canteen is just the tip of the ________. More serious dieting problems will be revealed soon.

• mountain

• iceberg

• triangle

• ice cream

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

When deciding whether to put an end to the infraction system, we have to take the student council's thoughts into__________.

• account

• thinking

• judgement

• decision

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

All the arguments in favour of homework are good, but the __________ line is that it causes too much stress for young people.

• minimum

• maximum

• top

• bottom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The ________ to improving your English is reading as many books as possible.

• reason

• key

• method

• way

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4