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Module 1, Lesson 1: Academic Text Structure

Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the letter that best answers the given question. Write the letter of
your answer in your notebook.

1. Who are the target readers of an academic essay?

A. Parents, workers, teachers
B. Teachers, students, academic community
C. Students, out-of-school youth, government officials
D. None of the above
2. What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?
A. To settle, to negotiate and to inform
B. To defend, to challenge and to question
C. To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point
D. To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions
3. Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to achieve a well-
crafted academic essay?
A. One must depend on his/her own opinions alone.
B. One must conduct a research on the topic at hand.
C. One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.
D. One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access.
4. An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. Which among these
words is the simplified version of the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
A. beautiful; pretty C. extraordinarily good; wonderful
B. exquisite; one-of-a-kind D. hardworking; industrious
5. What are the three main parts of an essay?
A. The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.
B. The introduction, the body and the conclusion.
C. The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.
D. None of the above
6. What is the purpose of the topic sentence?
A. To give coherence to the paragraph.
B. To help with the flow of sentences.
C. To help the reader understand what the paragraph will be about.
D. None of the above

7. What is 'academic writing'?

A. A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments
B. An old-fashioned way of writing.
C. How university professors write.
D. The writing you find in textbooks

8. Choose three words to describe academic writing:

A. Talented, stylish, inspiring C. Decisive, divisive, derisive
B. Precise, clear, objective D. Subjective, obscure, vague

9. What is true of the introductory paragraph?

A. ends with the thesis. C. starts with a hook
B. introduces the big idea of the essay D. all of these

10. What is the sequence of an essay?

A. Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph, Conclusion
B. Body Paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, Body Paragraph
C. Introduction, Body Paragraph, Conclusion, Body Paragraph
D. Conclusion, Introduction, Body Paragraph, Body Paragraph

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Module 1, Lesson 2: Language Use in Academic Writing

Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the word that best answers the given questions. Write the letter of
your answers in your notebook.
1. As long as you know your tutor, you don't need to use a formal style of writing. It's good to be friendly.
A. Some tutors like you to be formal but some don't mind as long as you do the work.
B. You only need to be formal in exams, not regular coursework.
C. It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments.
D. Formal English is too old-fashioned these days
2. Contractions are:
A. what happens when you have a baby C. when something is too narrow
B. when someone says the opposite to you D. a shortened form of a word
3. Which example is correct?
A. However, the main reasons are time, money and cost.
B. However the main reasons, are time, money, and, cost.
C. However, the main reasons are time money and cost.
D. However, the main reasons, are time money, and cost.
4. Which is correct?
A. They were effected badly by the incident C. They were affected badly by the incident.
B. The incident effected them badly. D. The affects of the incident were bad.
5. Choose the right one:
A. It's bowl's empty. C. Its' bowls' empty.
B. Its bowl's empty. D. It's bowls empty.
6. 'Information on the internet is 'free'. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.'
A. True
B. False
C. It depends on how important the assignment is.
D. You only need to reference authors' work on the internet
7. What is an academic language...
A. is a set of vocabulary terms used in schools
B. comes as second nature to native speakers, but is difficult for ELLs to acquire
C. is the linguistic register that students are expected to use in school subjects
D. All of the above
8. When do you use formal language?
A. In an academic essay.
B. When you talk to a friend.
C. When you write a text message.
D. In sending emails.
9. What does it mean to write academically?
A. To write in order to pass final exams
B. To write paper for scholars
C. To write using proper English language
D. To avoid copy pasting from the Internet
10. The term, "VERY OFTEN" may be improved using a more appropriate academic
word which is:
A. Frequently
B. Rarely
C. Seriously
D. Stubbornly

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Module 1, Lesson 3: Academic Reading Strategies

Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the word that best answers the given questions. Write the letter of
your answers in your notebook.

1. Determine what you think will happen in the text.

A. Visualize B. Predict C. Connect D. Clarify

2. Create mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text.
A. Connect B. Visualize C. Clarify D. Evaluate

3. Stop and ask yourself questions to see if the text makes sense.
A. Clarify B. Evaluate C. Question D. Predict

4. Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world around
you.
A. Predict B. Visualize C. Clarify D. Connect

5. Think about the text as a whole and form opinions about what you read.
A. Evaluate B. Question C. Predict D. Connect

6. Stopping when you are confused to reread or look up a word you don't know.
A. Connect B. Clarify C. Evaluate D. Predict

7. When you give your opinion of a book or story, you are using the strategy.
A. Question B. Evaluation C. Summarize D. Clarify

8. Making pictures in your mind as you read is an example of .

A. Predicting B. Connecting C. Visualization D. Clarifying

9. Wondering about why a character acted in a certain why is using the comprehension skill of .
A. Visualizing B. Summarizing C. Predicting D. Questioning

10. "This story reminds me of something I heard on the news," is an example of which strategy?
A. Visualizing B. Connection C. Clarifying D. Summarizing

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Module 1, Lesson 4: Various Techniques in Summarizing a Variety of Academic Texts

Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the word that best answers the given questions. Write the letter of
your answers in your notebook.
Directions: Simple recall: For numbers 1 and 2, write the letter of the correct answer in
your notebook.
1. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is false?
A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
C. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage.
D. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.
2. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
B. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
C. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following paragraphs:
3. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open rangeherding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas
has much more than open prairie with
large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east
Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large
coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of
southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
A. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

4. Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will
eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried
chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She
just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni
pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
A. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
B. Jill loves Mexican food.
C. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
D. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

5. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which
were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates
to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt
terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.

A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
C. It was really hot at the zoo.
D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

6. For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green
colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow
that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and
yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

A. Jenny likes bright colors.

B. Jenny was going to paint her room.
C. Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
D. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

7. Right now, Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field
and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground
balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play
third base. That was his dream.
A. Jason really wanted to play third base.
B. Jason was the best player on his team.
C. Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
D. Jason was too lazy to practice.

8. San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild,
seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco
and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid-80s
with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.
A. San Francisco has many neat things to do.
B. It seldom snows in California.
C. Many people choose to live in California.
D. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild

9.Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and
industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were
carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.
A. Ants carry many things.
B. Some ants may bite you.
C. Ants are hard workers.
D. Some ants help take care of the queen.

10. The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read
about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes
and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales
and other animals that live in the sea.
A. Chris likes kangaroos.
B. Chris is in the fifth grade.
C. Chris reads a lot of books about animals.
D. Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

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Module 1, Lesson 5: Thesis Statement of an Academic Text

Directions: Read the following statements very carefully. Select only one more effective
thesis statement .in the introductory paragraph of a short essay. Keep in mind that an
effective thesis statement should be sharply focused and specific, not just a general
statement of fact. Write the letter of your answer in your notebook.

1. A. The Hunger Games is a science fiction adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.
B. The Hunger Games is a morality tale about the dangers of a political system that is dominated by the wealthy.

2. A. There is no question that cell phones have changed our lives in a very big way.
B. While cell phones provide freedom and mobility, they can also become a leash, compelling users to answer them
anywhere and at any time.

3. A. Finding a job is never easy, but it can be especially hard when the economy is still feeling the effects of a recession
and employers are reluctant to hire new workers.
B. College students looking for part-time work should begin their search by taking advantage of job-finding resources on
campus.
4. A. For the past three decades, coconut oil has been unjustly criticized as an artery-clogging saturated fat.
B. Cooking oil is plant, animal, or synthetic fat that is used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking.

5. A. There have been over 200 movies about Count Dracula, most of them only very loosely based on the novel published
by Bram Stoker in 1897.
B. Despite its title, Bram Stoker's Dracula, a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, takes considerable liberties with
Stoker's novel.

6. A. There are several steps that teachers can take to encourage academic integrity and curtail cheating in their classes.
B. There is an epidemic of cheating in America's schools and colleges, and there are no easy solutions to this problem.

7. A. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who directed the building of the first atomic bombs during World War
II, had technical, moral, and political reasons for opposing the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B. J. Robert Oppenheimer often referred to as "the father of the atomic bomb," was born in New York City in 1904.

8. A. The iPad has revolutionized the mobile-computing landscape and created a huge profit stream for Apple.
B. The iPad, with its relatively large high-definition screen, has helped to revitalize the comic book industry.

9. A. Like other addictive behaviors, Internet addiction may have serious negative consequences, including academic
failure, job loss, and a breakdown in personal relationships.
B. Drug and alcohol addiction is a major problem in the world today, and many people suffer from it.

10. A. When I was a child, I used to visit my grandmother in Moline every Sunday.
B. Every Sunday we visited my grandmother, who lived in a tiny house that was undeniably haunted.

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Module 1, Lesson 6: Outlining

Directions: Study the outlines based on the passages and answer the questions that
follow. Write the letter of your choice in your notebook.
Read this passage and look at the outline:

The English Lab, housed in the Administration building, consists of two adjoining rooms which contain 70 Macintosh computers
and 2 laser printers. In addition to a server which allows instructors to make assignments and materials available over the Internet
and to the local intranet, each computer in the lab
contains a word processor, a web browser, telnet and hundreds of commercial and teacher-authored programs appropriate for
students who are building their English skills. There are also 3 video stations, and a terminal to the college VAX machine which is
used for record-keeping.
I. English Lab
A. Physical Plant
1. in Administration building
2. two adjoining rooms
B. Resources
1. computers
2. video stations
1. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?
A. English Lab
B. Resources
C. Computers
D. Two adjoining rooms
E. Physical Plant
2. In the above outline, which is the more important idea?
A. Physical Plant
B. Resources
C. Physical Plant and Resources are equal adjoining rooms
D. Two adjoining rooms
E. computers
3. In the above outline...
A. you could substitute "in the Administration building" with "two adjoining rooms"
B. you could flip "Resources" with "computers"
C. you could exchange "Physical Plant" with "English Lab"
D. and still not change the meaning of the outline.
 E. you should be in the Administration building
Read this passage and look at the outline:
The Internet is an incalculable tool for research. It is a network of thousands of computers across the world. Researchers, students,
government agencies, schools, businesses and individuals have left multi gigabytes of free information on these computers,
available to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. There are thousands of "web sites", as they are called, with text,
pictures, sounds, and movie clips. You can see this material by simply sending out the appropriate Internet address, and after a
few moments, it
appears on your screen. You can type in the address directly, or you can automatically invoke an address by tapping on an icon or
an underlined "link" on the home page of a web site that you already have on your screen. Often the information can be printed or
downloaded (copied) directly to your local computer and saved on your own diskette.
I. The Internet
A. What it is
B. Web Sites
1. How to see them
2. How to save the information
4. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?
A. Web Sites
B. What it is
C. How to see them
D. How to save information
E. The Internet

5. In the above outline, which is the more important idea?

A. How to see them
B. What it is
C. How to save the information
D. are all equal.
E. What shall I do
6. In the above outline, you could...
A. substitute "Web sites" for "The Internet"
B. substitute "How to see them" for "How to save the information"
C. substitute "What it is" for "How to see them"
D….and still not change the meaning of the outline.
E.all of the above
Look at this outline
I. Types of measurement
A. Volume
1.Quarts
2.Pints
3.Gallons
B. Length
1.Miles
2.Feet
3.Inches
II. Types of money
A. United States
1.Pesos
2.Cents
B. Other Countries
1.Lira
2.Yen
3.Francs
7. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?
A. Types of money
B. Types of measurement
C. United States
D. "Types of money" and "Types of measurement" are equal
E. volume
8. In the above outline, which is the more important idea?
A. Other countries
B. Francs
C. Inches
D. they are all equal.
E. Miles
9. In the above outline, which item is in the wrong place?
A. Pesos
 B. Yen
C. Types of measurement
D. Pints
E. Quart
10.If you had to add the word "meters" to the outline, where would it go?
A. as number 4 under B - "Other Countries"
B. as number 4 under B - "Length"
C. as number 3 under A - "United States"
D. as C under II-"Types of Money"
E. as new section III