A Comprehensive Guide to Academic English Grammar and Plagiarism
Posted on Aug 26, 2024 in French
Common Grammatical Errors in Academic Writing
Subject-Verb Agreement
- He suggested… the meal: Cooking
- Both Ann and Maggie… up at 8:00: get
- Either my shoes or your coat… always on the floor: is
- Which one of these collective nouns agrees with a PLURAL VERB?: Staff
- The Prime Minister, together with his wife….the press cordially: greets
Tenses in Academic English
- What tense is used in Academic English when we refer to an action with no temporal ties or temporal limits?: Present simple
- What tense used in Academic English does it make reference to a research action performed under certain conditions, with certain variables, on a specific time?: Past simple
- What tense reinforces that fact that research can be extended, adapted or repeated using the same or similar conditions?: Present perfect
Verbs and Structures
- What is the most common structure after VERBUM DICENDI?: that-phrase
- What’s the most typical structure after a verb of research-action?: object-clause
Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
The Importance of Acknowledging Sources
- Scholars, writers, and teachers in the modern academic community have strong feelings acknowledging the use of another person’s ideas: to recognize the rights of someone
- Other members of the profession will not only respect the scholarship, they will also admire the humility and honesty: erudition, the qualities of an academic
Defining Plagiarism
- The term plagiarism is used to label the practice of not giving credit for the source of one’s idea: recognizing the rights of someone
- Plagiarism is the purloining, and publication as one’s own of the ideas of another person: wrongful appropriation
The Importance of Documentation
- Copyright laws require writers to give scrupulous attention to documentation of their sources: with extreme care
- If the idea, or the words used to label or express it is unique, the writer must make an effort to identify the sources: describe
The Consequences of Plagiarism
- Such words as immoral, dishonest, offensive and despicable are used to describe the practice of plagiarism: that arises moral indignation
Best Practices for Ethical Writing
- All mature and trustworthy writers make use of the ideas of others, but they are careful: reliable
- they are careful to acknowledge their indebtedness to their sources: gratitude
- Teachers and professional leaders, should recognize and assume their responsibility to document all sources: to provide support
Exercises and Exam Questions
Grammar and Vocabulary
- I recommend….. themselves: them to behave
- She was really eager… the Mona Lisa in the Louvre: to see
- She refused…outside while she went in: to let me wait
- Were waiting….: for them to come
- I usually enjoy: her singing
- One of these sentences IS CORRECT, mark it out: I hope to avoid making things worse
- The government has introduced: a children clothes tax/ a tax on children clothes/ a tax on children’s clothes
- Choose the sentences which can use a POSSESSIVE FORM as well as an OBJECT PRONOUN: We don’t know like him/his visiting the neighbours
- The noise from next door prevented me….. sleeping: from
- Mary has… approach to the situation. She knows that she has to practical if she wants to succeed: down-to-earth
- There are people who like to live on expense of the others. They are defined as… hangers-on
- I tried…. On the box but it didn’t work: clicking
- Choose the alternative sentence to this one: They expected us to see the Pope: They expected that we see the Pope.
- You had better… to the dentist: not go
- Which of these sentences uses the preposition to in a prepositional phrase?: I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
- Which of these sentences uses an accusative structure?: He wants his kids to study at university
- Which is an ‘informal’ synonym of the verb to raise a topic?: to bring up
- Which sentence is more academic?: the solution can then be discarded
- Which expression is more formal?: Recent literature has offered no new insights
- Adequate treatment can increase their strength…resulting in an excellent conductor: thus
Citation and Academic Conventions
- Which is not a citation style?: Boston
- (Swales, 1990:34), What is this?: In-text citation
- Which one is not considered a VERBA DICENDI?: analyze
- How are called the sub-sections of the macroestructure in Swales’ theory?: Moves
- Those materials are not used…. Their conductive characteristics are excellent: nevertheless
- In 2003 the differences between nonnative and native students: were studied
- Several authors (Smith 2006….: have argued
- A word for ‘‘wrongful appropriation’’: purloin
- What is this? John Smith (2003) stated: ‘‘Life is full of choices’’: a cite
Mixed Practice
- He suggested… the meal: cooking
- …. By her brother’s behaviours she complained…: annoyed
- Which verb does not follow these two structures; verb+v-ing// verb+to-infinitive?: allow
- Choose the correct sentences: I managed to get all the books that you asked for
- Complete the following sentences with the suitable verb form; I insisted… to the party: on wearing
- She described..: me the situation// the situation to me
- In which of these options it is possible to leave out the underlined object?: I called you but nobody answered the phone
- Choose the correct option: I heard the tyre bursting
- Choose the right option: We don’t like him/ his visiting the neighbours/// I remember my dog/ my dog’s barking all the time
- I went back to the school a few years later and was met by a crowd of children….faces were familiar: some of whose
- My uncle…. Has agreed to let me stay with: who lives in Barbados
- …to well, she decided to leave work early: Feeling not
- His arms.. with the effort of carrying the suitcase..: having ached
- What is the most appropriate translation for escuela privada?: private school
- What is the most appropriate translation for Bachillerato?: High School Diploma/ Similar levels of…
