WorksheetsACADEMIC WRITING -1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The main difference between academic writing and normal writing is that academic writing:
uses longer words
tries to be precise
is harder to understand
The difference between a project and an essay is:
essays are longer
projects are longer
students choose project's topics
Plagiarism is:
a dangerous disease
an academic offence
an academic website
Making careful notes is essential for:
writing essays
revising for exams
all academic work
This punctuation mark (’) is called:
comma
colon
apostrophe
Proofreading means:
getting a friend to check your work
checking for minor errors
rewriting
An abstract is normally found:
on the back cover of books
before journal articles
in exam questions
The word ‘unreliable’ contains:
a prefix
a suffix
both
Acknowledgements are generally used:
to admit possible errors
to suggest more research
to thank people who helped
The conclusion to an article usually includes:
results of the study
references
additional data
The best time to write an introduction is often:
after writing the main body
first
last
Academic Writing means that a student will have to ...
(Tick all correct answers)
answer a research question or task.
show his or her feelings.
provide evidence or share experience.
create a critical argument.
Academic English is used to ...
address people who work in factories.
express my feelings.
show my teacher/professor that I am a good student.
persuade a wide, general academic audience.
Academic writing must be ______. This means that there are logical connections between sentences. One way to do this is to link information back to a previous sentence.
cohesion
coherence
coherent
cohort
Choose three words to describe academic writing:
talented, stylish, inspiring
factual, objective, precise
decisive, divisive, derisive
subjective, obscure, vague
_____________ is an illegal act in conducting academic work.
Citation
Referencing
Paraphrasing
Plagirism
(Opasrattanakorn, 2022) is an example of a/n__________ .
in-text citation
reference
appendix
note
_____________ is a general term for any academic essay, report or article..
Project
Paper
Thesis
Report
_____________ is a list of all the sources the writer has mentioned in his/her written work.
Literature review
Abstract
Acknowldgement
References
_____________ is a short summary of 100-200 words explaning the paper's purpose and key findings.
Appendices
Abstract
Acknowldgement
References
