ENG1113 English Proficiency

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Circle the correct answer. (10 Marks)

1. Which of the following is NOT included in an introduction paragraph?

A. General Statement
B. Thesis Statement
C. Opinions and Suggestions
D. Specific Statement

2. What is a Thesis statement?

A. The main idea of the writing
B. The theme of the writing
C. The position of an argument
D. The concluding paragraph

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of academic formal writing?

A. Using shorter forms like "don't" and "isn't"
B. Not using a variety of personal pronouns (e.g., I, you, we)
C. Maintaining a professional and objective tone
D. Using evidence-based arguments and citations

4. Identify which sentence does not use formal language:

A. The research paper examines various factors contributing to climate change.
B. This book doesn’t represent general opinion on historical events of that era.
C. These experiment findings indicate a significant correlation between poverty and crime rates.
D. This experiment demonstrates that the hypothesis is not accurate.

5. What is scanning?
A. Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
B. Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.
C. Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.
D. Quickly highlighting and identifying hard vocabulary words
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6. What is skimming?
A. Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
B. Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon
C. Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.
D. Using useful search engines to find answers

7. Which of the following is NOT part of the Body Paragraph/s?

A. Topic Sentence
B. Supporting details/Explanation
C. Thesis statement
D. Examples

8. Which of the following is NOT included in a Concluding paragraph?

A. opinion
B. wish/ hope
C. suggestion
D. topic sentence

9. Marly : I like the new playground near our school. What about you?
Yeni: I like it too, there is a lot of space, interesting games and a nice place to play.
We can conclude that Yeni is expressing:
A. Asking opinion
B. Intention
C. Agreement
D. Arguing

10. What is the primary purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?

A.To provide a brief summary of the entire essay.
B.To present a personal opinion or viewpoint.
C.To introduce the main idea of the paragraph and guide the reader.
D. To list examples and evidence that support the thesis statement.

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