Remember that .........................

........................................, illustrate your arguments with specific examples, facts, or incidents. Merely using
synonyms makes definition go round in circles because it avoids being specific.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
1. In the step of Revising, You also have to concentrate ……………. your choice of
a. when being possible words and sentence structure for a smooth flow of content and an appropriate tone
b. when possible for your audience.
-> on
c. when be possible
d. when to be possible
There can be said to be two kinds of definition: formal and extended. Formal definition, usually found in the
dictionary (dictionary definition), can be given in some words, or in one or more than one sentences
...................................
..........................such as “be”, followed by an adjective, a noun phrase, or a synonym.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. by using some verbs,
b. by usage some verbs,
c. by used some verbs,
d. by use some verbs,
Not all words can be substituted with synonyms; for example, culture, economy, society or science have no effective
synonyms. Therefore, you must be sure that your chosen synonym is ................................................your sentence.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. really suitable for
b. really suitably for
c. real suitably for
d. real suitable for
Overuse of transitions causes a traffic jam and should be avoided. Transitions should be used only
......................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. when necessarily
b. when necessary
c. when need
d. when it necessary
Different words that are similar ...................................... are only synonymous in one usage and not in others. For
example, a high school pupil can be called a student, but a university student cannot be called a pupil.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. in meaning
b. at meaning
c. about meaning
d. with meaning
To .............................................a reader, a writer must choose language that clearly conveys what he or she is trying
to say.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. communicate for
b. communicate around
c. communicate on
d. communicate with
A definition essay breaks a subject .....................................that can be clearly understood. What is most important
before writing is to select a subject carefully because definition essays are personal by nature.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. away parts
b. with parts
c. around parts
d. into parts
When .......................................
.............................................., you should avoid using the “dangling” participle. The reason is that a participle
describes the subject of the sentence, so if the correct subject is not used, the meaning of the sentence will be
confusing and unintentionally funny.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. be using a participle
b. using a participle
c. use a participle
d. used a participle
Why when using a participle, ask yourself who/ what does or is acted upon by ..........................................
......................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the action be expressing by the verb.
b. the action expressing by the verb.
c. the action expression by the verb.
d. the action expressed by the verb.
When you have two ideas next to each other and if they are of equal importance and related to each other, you do not
need to use a period to separate them, you can put them together by ...................
.................................................: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. using coordinating conjunctions
b. using coordinate conjunctions
c. using coordinated conjunctions
d. using coordination conjunctions

1. The writer might use humor, romance, or suspense as the basis for a poem, short story, or novel to create
.................... for the reader.

a. enjoyment
b. enjoying
c. enjoyable
d. enjoyed

2. Writing creates reading. Writing ................................a long lasting record of your ideas for others to read
and think about.

a. has
b. helps
c. creates
d. does

3. The aim of an argumentative essay is to convince readers to agree with your position. Your
.................................................. must show a clear point of view with three reasons that you will argue in
the body of your essay.

a. thesis state
b. thesis stating
c. thesis stated
d. thesis statement

4. Writing is a means to ...................... the ability of educated people. Throughout their lives, their writing
shows how effectively they think, understand and use language.

a. evaluator
b. evaluating
c. evaluation
d. evaluate
 5. The tone reflects your attitude towards your subject and your audience, so the tone might be light,
humorous, serious, angry or ..........................., depending on the writing situation.

a. insult
b. insulter
c. insultingly
d. insulting

6. Writing is always about a topic. If you know or understand about a topic well, you write about it with
authority and ............................... As a result, your writing is interesting to the reader.

a. interested
b. interesting
c. interest
d. to be interested

7. Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of information about a
.....................................subject.

a. selected
b. selecting
c. to be selected
d. selection

8. Illustration or listing essays give examples ................................... benefits, advantages, or results,...

a. prove
b. proof
c. to proving
d. to prove

9. Good writing is rewriting. Therefore, you have to make a number of drafts filled .................... additions,
deletions, rearrangements, and rewordings, each time considering alternatives and making choices.

a. up
b. with
c. away
d. out
 10. In the step of Editing, you check .................................. to make sure that your grammar, punctuation, and
spelling are correct. While editing, you can use a grammar book or/and a dictionary handy for reference.

a. the body
b. the conclusion
c. thoroughly
d. the introduction

11. In the ............................................., you read over what you have written, decide what ideas to be removed
or added and, if needed, reorganize the ideas to improve the first draft according to the needs and
expectation of your reader.

a. step of Editing
b. step of Drafting
c. step of Revising
d. step of Prewriting

12. In the step of Prewriting, you have to ...............................................for your writing by exploring ideas
about your topic, gathering information and organize your materials (outlining).

a. think and write

b. think and plan
c. think and work
d. think and compare

13. Division and classification essays ...................................... order among things with some common
characteristics.

a. to establish
b. establish
c. establishing
d. to be established

14. Your goal is to influence the reader to change his/her mind or take a particular action. Therefore, you use
sound reasoning and solid evidence to convince the reader to agree ...........................your point of view on
an issue

a. up
b. of
c. in
d. to

15. Writing is a way of .................... and learning. When you are writing, you have to think to formulate ideas.

a. thoughtfulness
b. think
c. thinking
d. thought

16. An argumentative essay is like a debate (a formal argument or discussion of a question). In order to
convince the reader of your point of view, you must show that you know the opposing ...................... and
can refute them (prove that they are incorrect or weak).

a. argumentation
b. arguments
c. argumentively
d. argumentative

17. In the thesis statement, you cannot simply give .................................. about bilingual education or
imigration, you must state your opinion.

a. informatively
b. information
c. informative
d. informational

18. Process essays convey a clear understanding of ................. ..... ..............either how to do something or how
something was done or is done.

a. a piece of
b. a lot of
c. an amount of
d. a process of

19. Good writing is rewriting. Therefore, you have to make a number of drafts filled .................... additions,
deletions, rearrangements, and rewordings, each time considering alternatives and making choices.

a. away
b. out
c. up
d. with

20. In the step of Proofreading, you have to check everything again, Before you hand....................your writing,
be sure that your writing has no errors, your handwriting is legible, or typing is neat.

a. away
b. up
c. down
d. in

21. One of the most common .............. made by inexperienced writers involves using too personal a manner in
a piece of formal writing which is called “chatty style”. The chatty style is recognized by the use of: 1. The
first personal pronouns and 2. The informal you.

a. mistaking
b. mistakes
c. mistaken
d. mistake

22. Making ......................................is a common method of exposition. We need compare and contrast two
things, items, or people of like nature to determine the superiority of one thing over the other, to explain
something unknown on the basis of something known, to show the differences or similarities, advantages or
disadvantages of one thing compared with another, etc.

a. comparing and contrast

b. comparison and contrast
c. comparison and contrasting
d. compare and contrast
The body of an example essay will develop ...............................of the thesis in a separate paragraph or set of
paragraphs, each of which begins with a strong topic sentence.
a. each part
b. no aspect
c. each one
d. each aspect

23. ....................other written essays, an example essay begins with the first paragraph that has a strong thesis
statement. A thesis is the key opinion, the point, argument or generalization of an essay.

a. Like
b. dislike
c. hate
d. love

24. In writing an example essay to prove a point, the number of examples you use depends on the topic. For
example, if you were ..................... to write about the difficulties in writing in English, you would develop
the topic with a number of examples. In this case, examples are the aspects or problems writers meet with
in writing.

a. ask
b. asking
c. to be asking
d. asked

25. Also try to make your essay lively by using an amusing or dramatic incident, an unusually surprising fact,
or a conclusion that challenges the reader to think and explore further.

a. unusual
b. unusually
c. usually
d. usual

26. Remember that in explaining a process, you should ............. ..................that the directions are complete and
specific so that someone who is unfamiliar with the process will be able to perform it successfully.

a. make sure of
b. make sure on
c. make sure
d. make sure about

27. However, when ..........................in writing, you should always use a pronoun to refer clearly to a noun that
has already been used; in other words, the pronoun reference must be clear so that the reader can
understand which noun is replacing.

a. useful pronouns
b. using pronouns
c. useless pronouns
d. used pronouns

28. Each ..............................paragraph includes evidence and examples to support the topic sentence and all the
body will include evidence and examples presented in different paragraphs to defend the thesis statement.
a. development
b. developing
c. developed
d. developmental

29. Writing a cause and effect essay, we may want to analyze causes and/or effects to answer some question
Why does/did it happen? or What happens/happened as a result/because of this? In doing this, we will
require examining the topic carefully to sound logical, finding out the ........................ in it.

a. cause-effect relations
b. cause-effect connection
c. cause-effect relating
d. cause-effect related.

30. In order to prove your main idea/thesis of your essay, especially in a narration or ............................, using
examples is very effective to add details so that readers are made to “see” events and objects.

a. descriptive
b. describing
c. descriptiveness
d. description

31. When you have two ideas next to ................... .................... and if they are of equal importance and related
to each other, you do not need to use a period to separate them, you can put them together by using
coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.

a. every other
b. each one
c. each other
d. one other

32. One of the most important areas to master in terms of register is the difference between formal and informal
English. ..........................., formal language is used in writing and speech making, while informal language
is used in conversation and casual writing like emails to friends.

a. Generally speaking
b. General speaking
c. Generally speak
d. General speak
 33. The number of examples you use in an example essay depends on the topic, but usually three .................
four extended examples (illustrations) might suffice. However, your examples should be
representative/typical, covering a wide range of interest areas/aspects:

a. after
b. or
c. for
d. before

34. When a problem arises, we use this method of reasoning .............. .............. the causes for it and also to
analyze – predict its results or effects.

a. to figure in
b. to figure by
c. to figure out
d. to figure away

35. The order you select to arrange your examples is really what you have to consider. Usually the examples
and details in an expository essay are organized according to time, familiarity, and importance; therefore, in
an example essay the examples are essentially ............................. in the same order.

a. arranging
b. to be arranged
c. arrangement
d. arranged

36. In almost all situations of writing, remember that writing is largely revising. As a good writer, you always
have to reread and rework the draft of any writing project. After .......................... an essay, you have to
answer the checklist to evaluate and revise it.

a. wrote
b. written
c. writing
d. write

37. Whenever you write, your goal is ........................... ...................... effectively with the people who are going
to read what you write.

a. to communicating
b. to communicate
c. communication
d. to be communicated

38. When you explain how something happened, how something works, or why a problem exists, you should
.......................... specific information to help educate the reader about a topic, showing that you understand
the topic well.

a. provide
b. provided
c. providing
d. to provide

39. Life would be very boring if ...... ........... ...................................... nothing to read to spend the time and to
understand about the past, the present and the future.

a. there has been

b. there was
c. there have been
d. there were

40. To communicate effectively, when ............................. you need to choose the most suitable vocabulary for
your audience. For most college writing, you need to use the adult vocabulary that mature, intelligent
readers expect.

a. on writing
b. at writing
c. writing
d. about writing

41. Comparison and contrast essays show similarities, and contrast, and pointing .........................differences

a. with
b. about
c. away
d. out

42. In the step of Drafting, you write using the ideas and plan you have developed during your prewriting. You
put your ideas ................ ...............words, keeping in mind your purposes for writing (to inform, persuade
or entertain your reader).

a. through
b. into
c. onto
d. about

43. The example essay will end with a strong conclusion paragraph that provides insight on the thesis
statement. The ...................... is used to wrap up your arguments by stating what your essay has shown.

a. in conclusion
b. concluding
c. conclusion
d. concluded.

44. There are many types of expository essays according ........................... many methods you use to develop
your essay topic. Reading essays of these kinds, you may find out the way the information/the writer’s
ideas have been exposed/conveyed to the reader.

a. with
b. in
c. to
d. up

45. An essay is a short composition in prose that ..................... a subject limited in scope. An essay that you
write for your college courses to narrate a story is called narration, to describe something or somebody
description.

a. discussed
b. discuss
c. discusses
d. discussing

46. Understanding writing as a multistage process allows you to work efficiently, concentrating one activity at
a time ........................ trying to handle all facets of a writing project simultaneously.

a. rather than
b. worse than
c. better than
d. more than

47. The way you think in writing is in ............................ ways different from your way of thinking in speaking,
so when you write to a reader, you share what you learn.

a. a lot
b. much
c. many
d. amount
Choose the best answer
When ..........................................the guiding purpose for a particular assignment, discuss it with your teacher before
you begin writing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. you are not sure about Câu trả lời không đúng
b. you are not sure over
c. you are not sure for
d. you are not sure of
Choose the best answer
The Introduction of the process essay tells what the process is, in what situations it is used, and ......
.........................................................
.......................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. why is it important.
b. why does it important.
c. why was it important.
d. why it is important.
Choose the best answer
To inform in writing means that you explain how something happened, how something works, or
...................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. why a problem exists
b. why does a problem exist ?
c. why do a problem exist ?
d. why is a problem exists
Choose the best answer
If an assignment does not indicate a major purpose, choose one that seems appropriate for the topic and you
.................................................
....................... to the topic.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. will focus over your intended approach
b. will focus for your intended approach
c. will focus on your intended approach
d. will focus under your intended approach
Choose the best answer
To express yourself means that you record your ...................... feelings and experiences in a diary, journal, poem or
even songs.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. people
b. person
c. personally
d. personal
Choose the best answer
Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of information ........
.................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. about a selective subject.
b. about a selecting subject.
c. about a selected subject.
d. about a selection subject.
Choose the best answer
Remember that in explaining a process, you should make sure that the directions are complete and specific so that
someone who is unfamiliar with the process will be able to perform it successfully.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to performed it successfully.
b. to performing it successfully.
c. to perform it successfully.
d. to performance it successfully.
Choose the best answer
An essay that is written to convey information is called exposition. Exposition is the act of presenting, explaining, or
expounding facts or ideas in writing or in speaking when you use ..............................of organization.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. different patterns
b. differed patterns
c. differing patterns
d. difference patterns
Choose the best answer
When writing an essay of this kind, you should remember to envision .................................................to focus your
explanation and warn your reader of difficulties in the process.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. what the reader does not know
b. what is the reader not know
c. what may the reader not know
d. what does the reader not know
Choose the best answer
Try to make your essay lively by using an amusing or dramatic incident, an unusually surprising fact, or a
conclusion that challenges the reader .......................................
.......................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to thinking and explore further.
b. to think and explore further.
c. to think and exploring further.
d. to think and had explored further.
Choose the best answer
Writing is always about a topic. If you know or understand about a topic well, you write ................... it with
authority and interest.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. around
b. about
c. for
d. to
Choose the best answer
There are two types of process analysis essays: instructing or directing the reader for doing something and
explaining or analyzing something
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. around the reader to understand.
b. about the reader to understand.
c. over the reader to understand.
d. for the reader to understand.
Choose the best answer
You will write ..........................
......................................... if you always identify the major purpose for each piece of writing you undertake.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. more effective and successfully
b. more effectively and success
c. more effectively and successful
d. more effectively and successfully
Choose the best answer
As you .....................................
............................................the ideas for your topic, you should keep one very important question in mind: Why/ For
what am I writing this paper?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. gather and organizing
b. gather and organize
c. gather and organizes
d. gathering and organize
The concluding paragraph brings the essay to an end that flows ....... ....................................... from the rest of the
essay. It does not cut off the reader abruptly. The way to write the concluding paragraph for argument is like the way
to conclude the essay of other kinds.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. logically and grace
b. logical and gracefully
c. logically and gracefully
d. logically and graceful
................................................... ......................make a demand for some action. For example, an argument against
smoking cigarettes might conclude that the government should ban smoking, if not everywhere, then at least in
public places.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. It is very artful to
b. It is very hot to
c. It is very low to
d. It is very common to
In the step of Proofreading, you have to check everything again, Before you hand....................your writing, be sure
that your writing has no errors, your handwriting is legible, or typing is neat.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. away
b. up
c. down
d. in
Writing ..........................................., we may want to analyze causes and/or effects to answer some question Why
does/did it happen? or What happens/happened as a result/because of this?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. a cause and effect essay
b. a cause and effecting essay
c. a causing and effect essay
d. a cause and effective essay
Understanding writing as a multistage process allows you to work efficiently, concentrating one activity at a time
........................ trying to handle all facets of a writing project simultaneously.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. rather than
b. worse than
c. better than
d. more than
Making ........................................
..................................................is a common method of exposition. We need compare and contrast two things, items,
or people of like nature to determine the superiority of one thing over the other.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. comparison and contrast
b. comparing and contrast
c. compare and contrast
d. comparison and contrasting
The pronoun <b>this / that </b>can replace either a noun or a specific idea that has already been stated – this is used
to talk about something you are close to in time ................... ...................space, and that to refer to something more
distant.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. as short as
b. as well as
c. as low as
d. as high as
If the pronoun seems to refer to more than one noun or idea, the reader will be confused. To avoid such a problem,
either add a noun or ..................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. rethink the sentence
b. restructure the sentence
c. retell the sentence
d. restart the sentence
In writing, the pronouns it and they cannot refer to nouns that have been suggested but never actually stated.
.........................................., it and they can be used only when the nouns have already been stated.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. In any words
b. In another words
c. In some words
d. In other words
Chain organization is a complicated pattern. It may be used to discuss the first cause ...............
...................................................and the second cause with its effects in another.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. went with its effects in one paragraph SAI
b. to going with its effects in one paragraph SAI
c. to gone with its effects in one paragraph
d. going with its effects in one paragraph
In a comparison essay you analyze the similarities, and .......................
................................................... you emphasize the differences.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. in other contrast essay
b. in the contrast essay
c. in a contrast essay
d. in any contrast essay
In a cause and effect essay, all causes are discussed as a block, and then all of the effects/ results are mentioned
together ........................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. as a block
b. hold a block
c. since a block
d. like a block
In writing a cause and effect essay, we will require examining the topic carefully ........................................., finding
out the cause-effect relations in it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to show logical
b. to have logical
c. to express logical
d. to sound logical
Another ............................ alternative you can use is by using they, they can refer to one person, or by using a plural
noun:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. not-sexist
b. non-sexist
c. no-sexist
d. none-sexist
Choose the best answer
Each developmental paragraph includes evidence and examples to support the topic sentence and all the body will
include evidence and examples presented in different paragraphs ....................................
............................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to defend the right statement.
b. to defend the thesis statement.
c. to defend the whole statement.
d. to defend the good statement.
Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of information about a
.....................................subject.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. selected
b. selecting
c. to be selected
d. selection
Choose the best answer
The body of an example essay will develop each aspect of the thesis in a separate paragraph or set of paragraphs,
............................... begins with a strong topic sentence.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. some of which
b. others of which
c. each of which
d. several of which
Choose the best answer
The thesis statement tells the reader if your purpose is to discuss ............................................ between the two
subjects.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the similarities or differently
b. the similar or differences
c. the similarities or different
d. the similarities or differences
Choose the best answer
It can be said that ....................... ..................will present the standard conventions of essay writing and feature them
prominently.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. an example essay through any topic
b. an example essay under any topic
c. an example essay above any topic
d. an example essay on any topic
Choose the best answer
In formal writing, apart from using formal words you should use formal .....................................
........................................yourself.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. ways of expressing
b. ways of expression
c. ways of talking
d. ways of saying
Choose the best answer
As for word choice, formal words are ....................................informal words; formal words are usually single words
not multi words.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. often longer than
b. often the longer than
c. often longest than
d. often more longer than
The informal you may sound disrespectful or even offensive ................................................ the reader who can’t be
your friend, a person you know very well.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. since the word you to point a finger at
b. since the word you points a finger at
c. since the word you pointing a finger at
d. since the word you pointed a finger at SAI
Choose the best answer
The example essay will end with a strong ........................................that provides insight on the thesis statement.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. conclusion paragraph
b. conclude paragraph
c. to conclude paragraph
d. concluding paragraph
Choose the best answer
The number of examples you use in an example essay ...................... the topic, but usually three or four extended
examples (illustrations) might suffice.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. depends on
b. depends over
c. depends with
d. depends about
Choose the best answer
Generally, formal language is used in writing and speech ...................., while informal language is used in
conversation and casual writing like emails to friends.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. holding
b. doing
c. making
d. taking
Choose the best answer
In writing an example essay to prove a point, the number of examples you use ..........................
.......................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. depending on the topic.
b. depended on the topic.
c. depends on the topic.
d. dependent on the topic.
Choose the best answer
In order to prove your main idea/ thesis of your essay, especially in a narration or description, ..............
........................................ ....... to add details so that readers are made to “see” events and objects.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. using examples is very effective
b. using examples are very effective
c. using examples done very effective
d. using examples work very effective
The first personal pronouns: I or we
often occurs when everybody likes to talk about themselves in both ...........................................and you may not be
an exception.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to speak and writing
b. speaking and writing
c. speak and writing
d. speaking and write
Choose the best answer
One of the most common mistakes made by inexperienced writers involves using too personal a manner in a piece of
formal writing which is called ............................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. “chatted style”.
b. “chatter style”.
c. “chatting style”.
d. “chatty style”.
Writing a cause and effect essay, we may want to analyze causes and/or effects to answer some question Why
does/did it happen? or What happens/happened as a result/because of this? In doing this, we will require examining
the topic carefully to sound logical, finding out the ........................ in it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. cause-effect connection
b. cause-effect related.
c. cause-effect relating
d. cause-effect relations
Too long sentences often confuse the reader. Therefore, if you have written a number of short sentences together,
you should .......................
....................................... in a clever way when you are editing your writing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. know how to be combine them
b. know how to combining them
c. know how to combine them
d. know how to be combined them
You should avoid overusing subordinate clauses, ....................
................................................. or ideas in one sentence.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. crowding together too many images
b. to crowd together too many images
c. be crowding together too many images
d. crowded together too many images
Making ......................................is a common method of exposition. We need compare and contrast two things,
items, or people of like nature to determine the superiority of one thing over the other, to explain something
unknown on the basis of something known, to show the differences or similarities, advantages or disadvantages of
one thing compared with another, etc.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. comparison and contrasting
b. comparison and contrast
c. compare and contrast
d. comparing and contrast
...................................................
.....................are a means of establishing order among things having some common characteristic.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Division and classified
b. Division and classification
c. Division and classifying
d. Dividing and classification
The basic part of the introduction is ...............................................which reveals a topic which according a certain
principle of classification is divided into categories.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the thesis discussion
b. the thesis statement
c. the thesis talk
d. the thesis writing
If the definition on “fair” in the statement “Life is not fair” goes with the ideas: things don’t work out, we all have
some bad luck, the bad comes with the good, then it is shallow definition because .............
.....................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the explanations merely to be repeating the title.
b. the explanations merely repeat the title.
c. the explanations merely to repeat the title.
d. the explanations merely repeating the title.
When ........................................, you should use supporting evidence, define terms, offer facts and statistics, or
provide examples, anecdotes or personal observations that support your ideas.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. strengthen your essay
b. strength your essay
c. strengthening your essay
d. to strengthen your essay
Before you give the thesis statement, you can provide some background about the term, .........
.............................................and/or how it is important to define the term.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. telling why
b. talking why
c. speaking why
d. saying why
In the body, try to choose the typical aspects that make your definition .....................................
............................................, avoiding shallow aspects of the subject.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. satisfying and interesting
b. satisfaction and interesting
c. satisfying and interested
d. satisfying and interest
In the body, try to choose the typical aspects that make your definition .....................................
............................................, avoiding shallow aspects of the subject.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. satisfying and interesting
b. satisfaction and interesting
c. satisfying and interested
d. satisfying and interest
Writing both .............................
.................................................. can give very bad impression to the reader. Short sentences can look like a child’s
writing or can suggest that the writer can not use more complex grammatical structures.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. very short or long sentences
b. very short yet long sentences
c. very short but long sentences
d. very short and long sentences
When two ideas have complex relationships, you should put the more important idea in an independent sentence, the
sentence that could stand alone, and the less important idea in ......................
..............................which is dependent on the independent sentence.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. a subordinative clause
b. a subordinating clause
c. a subordination clause
d. a subordinate clause
In order ....................................in your writing for the reader to follow your ideas easily, you should use transitions to
link them together.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to achieve coherence
b. to achieving coherence
c. achievement coherence
d. achieving coherence
When you are .........................
................. causes and effects, you should qualify or limit your statements about them by using tentative expressions
such as It appears that the cause was..., The evidence may indicate..., Available evidence suggests that...
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. not quite sure away
b. not quite sure with
c. not quite sure for
d. not quite sure about
when the subordinating conjunction is in medial position, the dependent clause should closely follow the
independent sentence; ..................................................(no comma, no period/ full stop) is employed before the
dependent clause.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. no punctuation
b. not punctuation
c. non punctuation
d. none punctuation
The body of a classification essay ...................................................the general characteristics of the members of each
category by answering the question “What are they like?” and “What are the examples of each?”.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. naming and discusses
b. names and discusses
c. names and discussing
d. names and to discuss
They have in common that they relate .........................................
............................................. They are so closely associated – being, in a sense, opposite sides of the same coin – that
they are often considered together under the single heading of classification.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. general/ main classes and subclasses
b. general/ main classes or subclasses
c. general/ main classes with subclasses
d. general/ main classes as subclasses
Since a well-known subject ..........
.............................................. what scope and purpose of the topic you want to achieve easily, you should avoid a
topic too narrow for example “house” or too broad such as “friendship”; however, the topic true friendship may be a
good choice.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. enables you for define
b. enables you onto define
c. enables you to define
d. enables you into define
The order you select to arrange your examples is really what you have to consider. Usually the examples and details
in an expository essay are organized according to time, familiarity, and importance; therefore, in an example essay
the examples are essentially ............................. in the same order.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. arranged
b. arranging
c. to be arranged
d. arrangement
If the subordination gives basic information .................................
..............................., no comma is used before who or which. However, when the subordination adds information
about a specific subject, you need to add commas before or around the relative clause.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. for identification of the subject
b. for identification of an subject
c. for identification of one subject
d. for identification of a subject
There can be said to be two kinds of definition: formal and extended. Formal definition, usually found in the
dictionary (dictionary definition), can be given in some words, or in one or more than one sentences
...................................
..........................such as “be”, followed by an adjective, a noun phrase, or a synonym.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. by use some verbs,
b. by used some verbs,
c. by usage some verbs,
d. by using some verbs,
Therefore, a term/ subject that you know well will ..............................
............................................... for you to clarify, to provide specific examples to illustrate your definition.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. make it easily
b. make it ease
c. make it be easy
d. make it easy
Synonyms are different words (sometimes phrases) with ............... or very similar meanings. Synonyms can be any
part of speech: buy/ purchase (v), sick/ill (adjective), on /upon (prep).
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. identity
b. identify
c. identical
d. identically
The structure of ..........................
.........................can follow:
1. One part of your definition of the subject.
2. Examples to illustrate the point.
3. Analysis of how the example illustrates the point.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. a defining essay
b. a definitive essay
c. a definition essay
d. a definitional essay
In writing it is necessary to use synonyms in order .......................
...................................................in one and the same text:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to avoiding repeating the same words
b. to avoid repeating the same words
c. to avoid repeat the same words
d. to avoid to repeat the same words
The body deals with main parts/ aspects/qualities... of the term reflecting your judgment, point of view. Usually
there are three paragraphs, ...............................
......................... one of the parts of your definition.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. each to deal with
b. each deal with
c. each to dealing with
d. each dealing with
You would ............................your essay where in the first paragraph of the body you would define “open” using as
many methods as seem necessary to make your meaning clear.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. wanted to organize
b. want to organize
c. want to organizing
d. wanting to organize
Sometimes coordinating conjunctions are not used, and some other punctuation marks such as semicolons or colons
are used instead. Again remember that normally a comma is never used ... ......................................................
.....................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to give two independent ideas together.
b. to take two independent ideas together.
c. to join two independent ideas together.
d. to hit two independent ideas together.
The number of categories can be many, but should be confined to three ..........................................the classification.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. in order non to blur
b. in order no to blur
c. in order none to blur
d. in order not to blur
Sometimes you can use punctuation marks to connect two ideas, but ..................................
between two independent ideas.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. none use a comma
b. never use a comma
c. non use a comma
d. no use a comma
Choose the best answer
To express yourself means that you record your ...................... feelings and experiences in a diary, journal, poem or
even songs.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. people
b. personally
c. personal
d. person
Choose the best answer
The term “pre-writing” conjures up a lot of strange activities and practices. You’ve probably tried many different
...........................
............................................in the past, and may have a good idea of what works for you and what doesn’t.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. prewrote strategies
b. prewriting strategies
c. prewritten strategies
d. prewrite strategies
Choose the best answer
The writer has to use sound reasoning and solid evidence ........
..................................... the reader to agree with your point of view on an issue that has more than one side to it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to do
b. to convince
c. to have
d. to play
In the thesis statement, you cannot simply give .................................. about bilingual education or imigration, you
must state your opinion.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. informatively
b. informational
c. information
d. informative
Choose the best answer
There are two types of process analysis essays: instructing or directing the reader for doing something and
explaining or analyzing something
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. around the reader to understand.
b. for the reader to understand.
c. about the reader to understand.
d. over the reader to understand.
Choose the best answer
To entertain means that the writer might use humor, romance, or suspense as the basis for a poem, short story, or
novel ......................
..................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to creating enjoyment for the reader.
b. to create enjoyment for the reader.
c. to created enjoyment for the reader.
d. creation enjoyment for the reader.
Choose the best answer
Writing is always about a topic. If you know or understand about a topic well, you write ................... it with
authority and interest.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to
b. about
c. for
d. around
Choose the best answer
To persuade means that the writer has to influence the reader to change his/ her mind or .................. a particular
action.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. make
b. take
c. have
d. do
Choose the best answer
There are .....................................at least 6 types of expository essays, each having its own significant differences
from the others: process, illustration (example), comparison and contrast, analysis (cause and effect), classification,
and definition (identification).
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. as many as
b. as long as
c. as much as
d. as well as
Choose the best answer
Setting a goal for a short amount of time (5 minutes or 10 minutes are good options), just write anything that comes
to mind ........................
...........................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. relation to your topic.
b. relating to your topic.
c. relating with your topic.
d. related to your topic.
Choose the best answer
Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of information ........
.................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. about a selective subject.
b. about a selecting subject.
c. about a selected subject.
d. about a selection subject.
Choose the best answer
In writing you have to ....................
..................... what your reader does and does not know about your subject, and select suitable ideas to give your
audience.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. tell
b. ask
c. anticipate
d. say
Choose the best answer
The way ...................................... on paper helps to establish the tone of your writing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. that you express your ideas
b. when you express your ideas
c. where you express your ideas
d. what you express your ideas
In the step of Drafting, you write using the ideas and plan you have developed during your prewriting. You put your
ideas ................ ...............words, keeping in mind your purposes for writing (to inform, persuade or entertain your
reader).
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. onto
b. about
c. into
d. through
A sufficient cause by itself can produce an effect. Also, one cause may lead to many effects, or one cause
.......................................in a chain.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. related with one effect
b. related to one effect
c. related about one effect
d. related for one effect
A necessary cause cannot produce the effect but must be present for the effect to occur. A contributory cause can not
produce the effect by itself but may ............
........................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. lead about an effect.
b. lead for an effect.
c. lead with an effect.
d. lead to an effect.
An essay becomes an argument when it .......................................... You must decide which side to the issue you
stand on.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. takes a position
b. takes a point
c. takes a choice
d. takes a place
In the step of Editing, you check .................................. to make sure that your grammar, punctuation, and spelling
are correct. While editing, you can use a grammar book or/and a dictionary handy for reference.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. thoroughly
b. the conclusion
c. the body
d. the introduction
If the pronoun seems to refer to more than one noun or idea, the reader will be confused. To avoid such a problem,
either add a noun or ..................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. retell the sentence
b. rethink the sentence
c. restart the sentence
d. restructure the sentence
Using pronouns in writing you should always use a pronoun to refer clearly to a noun that has already been used; in
other words, the pronoun reference must be clear so that ......................................
.......................which noun is replacing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the reader understand
b. the reader does understand
c. the reader can understand
d. the reader do understand
In a comparison essay you analyze the similarities, and .......................
................................................... you emphasize the differences.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. in other contrast essay
b. in a contrast essay
c. in any contrast essay
d. in the contrast essay
The pronoun which can be used to .....................................which has already been stated before in a sentence.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. refer around something
b. refer by something
c. refer to something
d. refer for something
.........................................., you should replace it with an appropriate word (a repetition, a synonym or a general
word), a group of words or even a clause, they with specific words.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. For avoiding ambiguous reference
b. To avoid ambiguous reference
c. about avoiding ambiguous reference
d. To avoiding ambiguous reference
In writing a cause and effect essay, we will require examining the topic carefully ........................................., finding
out the cause-effect relations in it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to show logical
b. to sound logical
c. to have logical
d. to express logical
.....................................................
.....................................................
1. use the word one instead of the word people or they,
2. use specific words such as inhabitant, learner, visitor,… or,
3. when possible, use the passive voice.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Remember for
b. Remember around
c. Remember to ĐÚNG
d. Remember about
When a problem ..................., we use this method of reasoning to figure out the causes for it and also to analyze –
predict its results or effects.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. rise
b. arises
c. arose
d. arising
When there are two nouns before which you should reconstruct your sentence so that which comes close to its
antecedent. Or the sentence can be reconstructed, which being replaced .......................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. with another construction
b. for another construction
c. by another construction
d. about another construction
When ............................................., these pronouns “I or we” could cause negative or even offensive feelings in the
audience.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. useful not appropriately
b. useless not appropriately
c. used not appropriately
d. used not appropriate
The word you can be used with the word I or we in informal speech to show intimacy between the speaker
..................................................; for example, “you know what I mean”.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. but the listener
b. and the listener
c. or the listener
d. for the listener
When you are writing academically, you should use the formal style, talking about the topic and
..............................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. not for yourself.
b. not of yourself.
c. not with yourself.
d. not about yourself.
Choose the best answer
The conclusion is used to wrap up your arguments by ........................
....................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. speaking what your essay has shown.
b. having what your essay has shown.
c. stating what your essay has shown.
d. talking what your essay has shown.
Choose the best answer
If you were asked to write about the difficulties in writing in English, ......................................the topic with a
number of examples.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. you should develop
b. you can develop
c. you would develop
d. you may develop
Choose the best answer
The order you select to arrange your examples is really .................
................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. what you have to consider.
b. what do you have to consider.
c. what can you have to consider.
d. what may you have to consider.
In formal writing you should not .........................................................you are speaking to the reader as a familiar
person.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. thinking that
b. to think that
c. thought that
d. think that
Choose the best answer
The examples you use should refer to and fairly support ...................of your writing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the main idea
b. the great idea
c. the huge idea
d. the whole idea
Choose the best answer
In an example essay the examples are .......................................... in the same order.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. essentially arrangement
b. essentially arranging
c. essentially arranged
d. essential arranged
Choose the best answer
Usually the examples and details in an expository essay are organized according to ..................................
......................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. time, familiar, and importance.
b. time, familiarity, and important.
c. time, familiarity, and importance.
d. timing, familiarity, and importance.
Choose the best answer
A thesis is the key opinion, the point, argument or .......................of an essay.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. generalization
b. general
c. generalizing
d. generally
Choose the best answer
Like other written essays, an example essay begins .................... the first paragraph that has a strong thesis
statement.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. for
b. under
c. with
d. over
Writing is a way of ................ .... and learning. When you are writing, you have to think to formulate ideas.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. thinking
b. thought
c. think
d. thoughtfulness
Choose the best answer
There are many types of expository essays according to many methods you use to develop your essay topic. Reading
essays of these kinds, you may find out the way the information/ the writer’s ideas have been exposed/ conveyed
................
.............................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. over the reader.
b. to the reader.
c. for the reader.
d. on the reader.
Choose the best answer
To this end, give the parts of the process in an order; by importance, location, from simple to complex, from known
to unknown, and of time ............................... is the most common type of order.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. when
b. why
c. what
d. which
Choose the best answer
An essay is a short composition in prose that discusses a subject limited in scope. An essay that you write for your
college courses to narrate a story is called ...................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. narrated
b. narrative
c. narrating
d. narration
When you use causal analysis, you must avoid oversimplification and .............................................
...........that an effect may be the consequence of two or more causes or a chain of causes.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. keep in eyes
b. keep in brain
c. keep in mind
d. keep in heart
. Chain organization may ...........
....................................... the first cause and its effect, and the effect becomes a second cause that leads to some
effect, the development making a “chain” relationship.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. being used to discuss
b. be used to discuss
c. to be used to discuss
d. be used to discussing
A cause and effect example can be structured in two patterns of organization: ..................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. block and chain
b. block and chaining
c. blocking and chain
d. blocked and chain
When a student is learning to write in English, .................................. makes mistakes at first.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. he
b. he or she
c. she
d. he or her
Choose the best answer
A process is a series of actions that lead to ....................................., and a process essay is written to encourage the
reader’s natural curiosity.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. an expecting end
b. an expectation end
c. an expected end
d. an expectational end Câu trả lời không đúng
- Block organization may vary. The cause essay may .........................
.....................................................in the introduction and then all the causes as a block in the body or in an effect
essay, one cause is mentioned in the introduction and all the effects are discussed in the body .
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. discuss about one effect
b. discuss for one effect
c. discuss around one effect
d. discuss one effect
When planning a comparison and contrast essay, you should notice the following points:
- Choose the topic which provides something new and/or a new way of ........................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. analyzing for the reader Câu trả lời không đúng
b. analysis for the reader
c. analyze for the reader
d. analyzed for the reader
In a compound sentence, a comma usually appears before the conjunction to connect ...................
......................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. two dependent ideas.
b. two independently ideas.
c. two independent ideas. ĐÚNG
d. two depending ideas.
The cause essay may discuss one effect in the introduction and then all the causes as a block in the body or in an
effect essay, one cause is mentioned in the introduction and all the effects are .................... in the body.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. discussed
b. discussion
c. discussing
d. in discussing
In order to join ideas in a sentence, you can use a participle: a present participle (v-ing) or a past participle (v-ed) to
open a sentence ....................................................... You can also use a present participle to end a sentence too:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. instead for using conjunctions
b. instead with using conjunctions
c. instead away using conjunctions
d. instead of using conjunctions
Before writing a classification essay, you should identify the subject and study it thoroughly by
..................................................
.......................................all the categories it may have on the basis of a single principle for classification you have
selected.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. taking into conversion
b. taking into suggestion
c. taking into conversation
d. taking into consideration ĐÚNG
...................................................
.....................are a means of establishing order among things having some common characteristic.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Division and classification
b. Division and classifying
c. Division and classified
d. Dividing and classification
A better definition might involve different examples, dealing with different periods of life: .................
.............................................. when some unfair things happen.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. childhood, adulthood and old age ĐÚNG
b. childhood, adulthood and old ageing
c. childhood, adultlike and old age
d. childlike, adulthood and old age
When a word might mean one thing to the writer and ...................
........................................, it is useful for the writer to explain what he or she means.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. the other to the reader
b. other to the reader
c. others to the reader
d. another to the reader
Division and classification are a filing system that aim to explain relationships and ..........................
............................................, handy, and easy to communicate.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to make information comprehensibly
b. to make information comprehend
c. to make information comprehensible ĐÚNG
d. to make information comprehensibleness
It is important that synonyms do not change the register. For example, firm is a good synonym for company, but
boss is ................
................................. for manager.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. too informal to use
b. too informal about use
c. to informal for use
d. too informal in use
Review your definition’s main points by giving a summary of the points that have been mentioned above or give
some kind of comments ...................................a sense of completeness.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. what give the writing
b. where give the writing
c. that give the writing
d. when give the writing
In your .........................................., remember to back up your thesis with relevant and sufficient details that are
organized by order of time (first/second), order of importance (least/most important), order of category
(general/specific).
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. development paragraphs SAI
b. developed paragraphs Câu trả lời không đúng
c. developmental paragraphs
d. developing paragraphs
Extended definition, ......................
....................................., can be given in a number of sentences in order to explain an uncommon term or an abstract
term , such as one-sided love, home, etc.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. on the other hand
b. on the other face
c. on the other leg
d. on the other eye
In the body, try to choose the typical aspects that make your definition .....................................
............................................, avoiding shallow aspects of the subject.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. satisfying and interesting
b. satisfying and interested
c. satisfying and interest
d. satisfaction and interesting
In the sentence the possessive form of a noun denotes possession, not object or person and the .............
....................................................... after it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. focus of the sentence is at the thing
b. focus of the sentence is on the thing
c. focus of the sentence is for the thing
d. focus of the sentence is with the thing
There is a special case of subordination when a subordinate clause does not begin with a conjunction, but with the
relative pronouns “who”.............................
.............................................or “which” to a thing or a place.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. will referring to a person
b. referred to a person
c. referring to a person
d. refers to a person
The order of presenting ideas should be clear and logical: by importance, location, ..... If necessary, you may try to
enrich your perception of the term through specific analyses by either mentioning its physical properties (appealing
to five senses), its uses (or dangers), or ............................
....................................................., history, etc.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. being mentioning its effects on people
b. mentioning its effects on people
c. mentioned its effects on people
d. to be mentioning its effects on people
The classification essays use one of the main skills demanded not just for academic writing in particular, but also for
living life in general: the skills .......................
.............................................and to describe different parts that make up a whole thing.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. to divide a thing to parts
b. to divide a thing with parts
c. to divide a thing about parts
d. to divide a thing into parts
Terms/ subjects of this kind need various ....................................
......................................because they have different meanings for different individuals: these terms play on people’s
feelings, opinions more than their physical senses.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. explaining and clarifications
b. explanations and clarify
c. explanations and clarifications
d. explanations and clarifyinng
You can also use the traditional or dictionary definition as a basis for your definition. Your definition or thesis
statement states ...............
..........................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. where is being defined.
b. what is being defined.
c. when is being defined.
d. whom is being defined.
In order to join ideas in a sentence, you can use a participle: a present participle (v-ing) or a past participle (v-ed) to
open a sentence ....................................................... You can also use a present participle to end a sentence too:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. instead of using conjunctions
b. instead with using conjunctions
c. instead for using conjunctions
d. instead away using conjunctions
Classification (and division) is a common pattern of composition to analyze a topic or subject by breaking
something down into parts (division) and study the relationship of the parts or .............
......................................................
................................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. determinatively the nature of the parts (classification).
b. determinative the nature of the parts (classification).
c. determined the nature of the parts (classification).
d. determine the nature of the parts (classification).
Choose the best answer
Once you have analyzed your audience, you will be better able to decide on the content, vocabulary, and tone that
..................................
...........................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. are most suitable for her paper.
b. are most suitable for our paper.
c. are most suitable for his paper.
d. are most suitable for your paper.