1ST Mastery Examination in English 5

English for Academic and Professional Purposes

I. Identification. Determine what is being referred to by the following items.

1. This feature of academic texts allows the writer to sound more cautious in stating his/her opinions.
2. When writing academic texts, the writer should detach him/herself, including personal beliefs, from the
text he/she is writing. The writer, therefore, should observe this feature of academic text.
3. This feature of academic texts requires the writer to provide evidence to a claim and to cite credible
sources.
4. Academic texts should use __________ language.
5. It refers to the study of how people process and document human experiences.
6. Economics falls under this discipline/ field.
7. This discipline requires the writer to carefully phrase statements to capture the intricacy of a work of
art.
8. This is the study of the society and how people behave within that society.
9. Texts under this discipline should be precise because the words used are supplementary to the numbers
ad symbols.
10. This refers to the markings made by readers on a text.
11. This text structure begins with the main argument.
12. In the body of this text structure, the writer gives facts about the subject.
13. This text structure presents an argument in the form of proposed solution/s.
14. This feature of academic text helps the readers see the relationship of ideas within the text.
15. Academic texts use more dense vocabulary. The feature of academic text being referred to here is
_____.

II. Text Structure. Determine what text structure is best used when writing the following topics.
16. Different ways to prevent cyberbullying
17. Do the benefits of medical marijuana justify its legality?
18. How is Big Bang theory different from Dust Cloud theory?
19. Report on the damages brought by the recent typhoon
20. Can heterosexual men and women truly be friends with no hopes or expectations of anything more?

III. Hedging Language. Write hedged if the statement used hedging language, and not hedged if not.
21. It might rain tomorrow.
22. I will probably be late for dinner.
23. There is life on Mars.
24. There is a possibility that she will not pass the job interview.
25. That is a bad idea.
26. The house fire was caused by a problem with the heater.
27. Computers are probably taking away our privacy.
28. Never use that font for websites.
29. Politicians are dishonest.
30. Studying for standardized tests does not help student learn how to communicate in English.

IV. Academic or Non-Academic Texts. Determine whether the titles given are Academic or Non-
Academic.
31. Cybercrime: The New White-Collar Crime
32. TV Violence – the Shocking New Threat to Society
33. Get Fit! The Fun Way
34. Theories of Color Vision
35. Linguistic Ethnography and the Study of Welfare Institutions.