NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

BUSINESS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

PROGRESS WRITING TEST
Time allowed: 40 minutes
Task 1: Find 10 mistakes in the essay below, identify the kinds of mistake & correct
them (3p)
E.g: Education play an important part in the development of each country.
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1 The qualities that parents wish their sons and daughters to have – obedience, loyalty,
respect – have not changed. Any parents will tell you that, like their ancestors they
expect these qualities form their children. However, they always do not get what they
expect.
5 Obedience seem to be the first quality that parents expect from their children. Even
when their sons or daughters grow up and get married. Parents still expect their
children to obey them. At least, that is the way ít was. Children these days still obey
their parents when they are young. When they reach the age 18 or 20, however, they
want to make their own decisions. They want to follow their own ideas even if these
10 ideas are against their parents’ wishes.
Parents also expect loyalty from their children. If there is a dispute between
families, parents expects their children to side with their own family. This is probably
still very common. Most children today will support their family against other.
Last but not least, parents demand respect from their children. As children become
introduced to non – traditional ways of doing things, however, this quality may not
endure. Children sometimes see their parents as old – fashioned. They think their
parents are too old to understand them. They lose respect for their parents.
In sum up, obedience, loyalty, and respect are virtues that are being challenged
today. These days children tended to show these qualities to our parents less and less.
I hope that children will abbey me, be loyal to me, and respect me.

Task 2: write introduction about 70 words on the following topic:

Parents now put too much pressure on their children to succeed. What are the reasons
for doing this?
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NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

BUSINESS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

PROGRESS WRITING TEST

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