ATS1340 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES WORKBOOK 1 ISSUE 2 | Page 12

Summary
The previous exercises are mainly intended to introduce you to the programme. The first
important point to remember is that the function or purpose of a text will influence its
structure and its language. The sample text is a general welcome to prospective students in
the Faculty of Arts. Therefore, its language is less formal and there is less of a requirement
for evidence to support the claims being made. Academic texts, as we shall see, are very
different. Try the first quiz again……

A VERY BASIC QUIZ
Your Answers

Words

Def. No.

clause

1

gerund

2

adjective

3

participle

4

adverb

5

phrase

6

infinitive

7

preposition

8

predicate

9

interjection

10

Definitions

Vocabulary
This is an EXCELLENT web-based resource: http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/wordlists.htm
It provides approximately 800 of the most commonly used academic words….here’s a
sample; try and write into sentences:
UWL Level 1
alternative
analyze
approach
arbitrary
assess
assign
assume
compensate
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