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Final assessment: Academic English 120

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which are more common in academic writing nouns or verbs?

Nouns

Verbs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

occurring

occuration

occurrence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

assessment

assessing

assessation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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