Ho Chi Minh City END-OF-TERM TEST
University of Technology and Education Semester 1 - School year: 2023-2024
Faculty of Foreign Languages Subject: Basic Writing - Code: WRIT230135
Language Skills Section Date: 26 December, 2023
Duration: 60 minutes
Invigilator 1 Invigilator 2 The test consists of 6 pages.
No materials whatsoever allowed.
Answers must be directly written on the question
paper.
Marks and Signatures
Marker 1 Marker 2
Student’s name: ………………………………...
Student’s ID: ………………………………........
Ordinal number: …………… Room: …………
SECTION A: Sentence writing (6 marks)
Part I: (2 marks) (0.5 marks/each)
Add an independent or/and a dependent clause before or/and after each of the following clauses
to form compound sentences, complex sentences, or compound-complex sentences. Be sure to
write a complete clause containing a subject and a verb and add suitable conjunctions and
punctuation.
Example:
It is nearly half past seven (form a compound sentence)
It is nearly half past seven, and I haven't finished my homework yet.
1. she is very shy (form a complex sentence)
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2. the pirate lost his treasure map (form a compound sentence)
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3. after I have graduated from university (form a compound-complex sentence)
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4. this is such difficult homework (form a complex sentence)
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Part II: (2 marks) (0.5 marks/each)
Compose sentences of your own as instructed.
1. Write a simple sentence with a compound subject and a compound verb.
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2. Write a complex sentence that contains an adjective clause using the word where.
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3. Write a compound sentence that joins two main clauses with a conjunctive adverb to show
a result.
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4. Write a compound-complex sentence that contains two main clauses and an adverbial
clause. Use or to join the two main clauses.
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Part III: Proofreading task (2 marks) (0.4 marks/each)
EACH sentence below may contain ONE of the following types of sentence problems: comma
splice, fused sentence, fragment, misplaced modifier, dangling modifier, parallelism, or it may
have no error.
- Step 1: Identify the type of sentence problem that each sentence may have or write “no
error” if it is a complete sentence.
- Step 2: Provide a possible revision for each identified sentence problem.
Direction: You will see: (0) Watering flowers.
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Sample answer: Fragment The boys are watering flowers.
1. Walking toward the forest, the sun began to set.
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2. Jane used to bring soup for her grandma that was so delicious.
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3. Thinking no one was looking, my daughter quickly peeked into the bag to see what we had
bought for her.
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4. My sister told me I should meet her in New York in May, she will be starring in a play.
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5. Mary is a celebrated author, dancer, and writes great songs.
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SECTION B: Paragraph writing (4 marks)
Choose ONE of the following topics to write a paragraph of between 150 and 180 words:
Topic 1: Write a process paragraph on
“How to plan your weekend getaway?”
Topic 2: Write an opinion paragraph on
“Should children be required to do chores at home?”
You should use the following criteria as a guide in writing:
A good topic sentence and concluding sentence
Well-developed ideas (about 2- 3 main ideas which are well-supported)
Unity and coherence
Correct grammar
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Correct word choice and spelling
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* This is the end of the test*
Chuẩn đầu ra của học phần Nội dung kiểm tra
[CĐR 2.1] Viết thành thạo bốn loại câu tiếng Anh cơ SECTION A: Parts I & II
bản một cách chính xác và hiệu quả theo chủ đề
(topics) và thể loại (writing genres) cho sẵn.
[CĐR 2.2] Lựa chọn sử dụng đúng các loại dấu câu SECTION A: Parts I & II
(punctuation) và viết hoa (capitalization) trong văn viết SECTION B
tiếng Anh.
[CĐR 2.3] Điều chỉnh được các lỗi phổ biến khi viết SECTION A: Part III
(run-ons, fragments và modifiers). SECTION B
[CĐR 2.4] Viết thành thạo một đoạn văn học thuật SECTION B
hoàn chỉnh gồm ba thành phần một cách liền mạch và
chặt chẽ.
[CĐR 2.5] Viết thành thạo một đoạn văn học thuật theo SECTION B
thể loại mô tả quá trình.
[CĐR 2.7] Viết thành thạo một đoạn văn học thuật theo SECTION B
thể loại đưa ra quan điểm.
Ngày 19 tháng 12 năm 2023
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