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FORMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Quiz by ERNESTO T. ROBLES Jr.

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  • Q1
    Student A was asked to write a formal essay about “The Detriments of Practicing Plagiarism”. Her teacher told her to use more varied vocabulary and consider varieties of sentence structures. What feature of academic text should the student consider?
    Organization
    Accuracy
    Complexity
    Precision
    30s
  • Q2
    If you were to evaluate the features of an academic text, which among the following refers to the clarity of the flow of ideas in a certain academic text?
    Responsibility
    Explicitness
    Formality
    Organization
    30s
  • Q3
    3. Utilizing the third person point of view is a must in writing some academic texts. Moreover, there must be fewer words about the writer in an academic text. What feature is described in the statement?
    Objectivity
    Organization
    Accuracy
    Complexity
    30s
  • Q4
    Academic writing uses vocabulary correctly. Most subjects have words with narrow specific meanings. What academic feature is being described in the abovementioned statement?
    Formality
    Accuracy
    Organization
    Precision
    30s
  • Q5
    5. What process shows the division of information in categories?
    Classificatory
    Build up
    Question
    Analogy
    30s
  • Q6
    6. Which of the following is an example of ‘Analogy Beginning?’ a. b. c. d.
    There were only two classes of men who heard the cry, Shepherds and Wise Men.
    Learning is like growing a garden. The most important element in learning and growing a garden is the desire to grow a garden.
    My husband was beside me when I was almost dying, when he uttered, “I care for you and I don’t want to lose you,” that is my most awaited words.
    Science is beginning to seriously question whether a comet, not an asteroid, was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
    30s
  • Q7
    If you were given a task to make a project proposal, what academic text should you consider writing?
    None of the above
    Reaction paper
    Concept paper
    Position paper
    30s
  • Q8
    This text aims to express a person’s stand about a particular issue.
    Reaction paper
    Position paper
    Concept paper
    None of the above
    30s
  • Q9
    Choose the best paraphrased version for each statement. Sometimes, you have to be cruel just to be kind.
    All of the given choices
    You have to cruel so you can impose discipline and teach children how to be good.
    Being cruel is not bad at all.
    You have to do bad things if you are tired of doing good things.
    30s
  • Q10
    Choose the best paraphrased version for each statement. You will reap what you have sown.
    Good deed begets good deed.
    None of the above
    Planting crops is really important.
    We should be farmers so we will know the value of reaping and sowing.
    30s
  • Q11
    Give the summary of the following passages through discerning the thesis statement.
    When a leader expects a group member to fail, the person will not usually disappoint the manager.
    No characteristic can define an effective leader.
    Effective leaders get the most out of employee by holding them to very high standards. c.
    30s
  • Q12
    Give the summary of the following passages through discerning the thesis statement.
    One must rise before dawn to observe the first of five prayers daily.
    Islam is not a religion for those who are casual about regulations.
    Adhering to the rules of Islam takes effort and discipline.
    30s
  • Q13
    Give the summary of the following passages through discerning the thesis statement.
    He wanted the language of the newly formed United States to have its own flavor.
    Noah, Webster, the creator of Webster's dictionary, was a super patriot, whose goal was to take the United States out of Britain's linguistic shadow.
    Webster purposely titled his dictionary the American Dictionary of the English Language.
    30s
  • Q14
    Ascertain if each thesis statement can be considered poor or good. I strongly believe that time management is the ultimate key to success because we can prioritize the most important thing in our lives.
    POOR
    GOOD
    30s
  • Q15
    Ascertain if each thesis statement can be considered poor or good. Given the grueling surgery and lifelong changes they endure, kidney donors should be financially compensated for their act of self-sacrifice.
    POOR
    GOOD
    30s

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