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Academic Writing Skills 1 Unit 1
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1. A _____________ is a group of sentences about a topic.

A controlling idea B topic

C supporting sentence D paragraph

2. How many topics should a paragraph contain ?

A 1 B 4

C 3 D 2

3. What should every sentence in the paragraph describe?

A the important idea B the thesis of the essay

C the topic of the paragraph D the controlling idea

4. What are the three parts of a paragraph?

the topic sentence, the supporting

the topic sentence, the supporting
A B sentences (body), and the concluding
sentences (body), and the thesis
sentence

the topic sentence, the supporting

the topic sentence, the controlling idea,
C sentences (body), and the restatement of D
and the concluding sentence
the thesis

5. What is the purpose of the topic sentence?

to present the topic and the controlling

A B to summarizes the supporting points
idea

C to restate the controlling idea D to provide several supporting points

6. Is the topic the writer's own idea?

A No B Yes
 7. Is the controlling idea the writer's own idea?

A Yes B No

8. What elements are necessary in an outline?

the topic, the topic sentence, and the topic, the concluding sentence, and
A B
controlling idea supporting points

the topic, the thesis statement, and the topic, the topic sentence, and
C D
supporting points supporting points

9. How many supporting points are necessary in a paragraph?

A 2 or 3 B 3 or 4

C 1 or 2 D 4 or 5

10. What is the correct order of these elements in a paragraph

topic sentence, supporting point,

A B topic, topic sentence, details
conclusion

C topic sentence, topic, details D topic sentence, supporting point, details

11. Coordinating conjunctions join independent clauses. 

A incorrect B correct

12. The comma goes _______ the coordinating conjunction.

A before B after

13. Deserts are harsh and dry, ________ many plants grow there.

A so B yet

C for

14. Cora might go to the library, ________ she might stay home.

A and B so

C but
15. Patty looked at the lego set, ________ she couldn’t afford to buy it.

A or B so

C but

16. Billy jogs every day, _______ he wants to stay in shape in the off-season.

A for B yet

C and

17. My brother is in the play, _______ I want to attend the first performance.

A so B and

C yet

18. Zeus is the father of all the gods on Mt. Olympus, and he is also in control of lightning.

A correct B incorrect

19. The author of the Odyssey is the blind poet but, Homer he was actually blind!

A incorrect B correct

20. The squirrel, and the bird fought an epic battle in the tree.

A correct B incorrect

21. My brother doesn't want me in his room but yet,  that's where the only computer is

A incorrect B correct

22. FANBOYS is

A a new 'zine. B an acronym to help you. 

C is the name of an an awesome band!

23. He was very tired after a long working day, _____ he washed all the dishes in the kitchen.

A yet B or

C so D nor
24. Compete the sentences with the coordinating conjunctions that make sense.  
Eric got an A on the spelling test, ______ he had studied hard. 

A or B yet

C but D for
Answer Key

1.d 2.a 3.c 4.b

5.a 6.a 7.a 8.d

9.a 10.d 11.b 12.a

13.b 14.c 15.c 16.a

17.a 18.a 19.a 20.b

21.a 22.b 23.a 24.d