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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
d. to be interested
7. Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of
information about a .....................................subject.
a. selected Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
d. about writing
41. Comparison and contrast essays show similarities, and contrast, and
pointing .........................differences
a. with
b. about
c. away
d. out Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
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 Câu trả lời đúng
d. amount