EAP - Unit 1 - A revision

What are some genres/functions of academic writing? Click on the correct options.

• describing processes

•   reporting and narrating

• brainstorming

• giving an opinion

• explaining cause and effect

Which is the most common structure of a piece of academic writing?

• Preliminaries - Main text – End matter

• Introduction – Main text – Reference

• Introduction – Main text – Conclusion

• Preliminaries – Overview – Main text – Conclusion

Which are usually included in the “end matter” part of a piece of academic writing?

• end notes

• references

• final opinion

• predictions into the future

Which are usually included in the “main text” part of a piece of academic writing?

• a.     Author’s name

• a.     Submission date

• a.     The main body paragraph(s)

• a.     The introductory paragraph(s)

• a.     The conclusion paragraph(s)

Choose the independent clauses.

• She went abroad

• When they broke up

• They broke up last week

• Just because it has not been invented

• Though her results are excellent

Choose the dependent clauses.

• After she graduated

• Fresh graduates struggle with work

• If it is lost

• Nothing makes sense

• I need an apple

Choose the definition of an independent clause.

• The basic unit of a sentence which contains a Subject + a Verb team.

• It contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• It contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

Choose the definition of a clause.

• The basic unit of a sentence which contains a Subject + a Verb team.

• It contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• It contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

Choose the definition of a dependent clause.

• The basic unit of a sentence which contains a Subject + a Verb team.

• It contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• It contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

Choose the simple sentences.

• He went home.

• He went home but no one was there.

• When he went home, no one was there.

• He went home with her.