Final assessment: Academic English 120

What is the Academic Word List?

 

• A list of 570 word families which frequently appear in academic texts

• A list of words that are used to write up the results of scientific investigations

• A list of words students should be familiar with and use to make their writing more academic in style

Which are more common in academic writing nouns or verbs?

• Nouns

• Verbs

Academic Word sublist 1: What is the noun associated with the verb to occur?

• occurring

• occuration

• occurrence

Academic Word sublist 1: What is the noun associated with the verb to assess?

• assessment

• assessing

• assessation

What is a reporting verb?

• A verb used by a journalist to report facts

• A verb that helps you introduce the ideas or words of others and indicate your stance

• A linguistic device used to make your work sound more cautious

Which of the two sentences is stronger?

A.            Smith (2016) assumes that reporting verbs have different strengths.

B.            Smith (2016) insists that reporting verbs have different strengths.

• A

• B

Which of the following reporting verbs fits best in the gap?

Samuel and Preston (2021) ……………. that the increase in spending for councils in England is not adequate enough to address the issues in the care sector. (they give reasons for their view)

 

• discuss

• claim

• argue

Which of the following verbs is/are a synonym for point out?

• to note

• to mention

• to suggest

For a journal article reference what should be italicised?

• the page numbers

• the title of the article

• journal name and volume

• the journal name

• the author's name

Look at this reference. Is this a complete book reference?
Daly, J, Speedy, S & Jackson, D. Contexts of nursing: an introduction, 4^th edn, Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, NSW.

• YES

• NO