Overview

Unit 1 Nouns and Noun Phrases

COMMON ERRORS 1.1 Does a singular count noun have a determiner?
1.2 Does a count noun have a plural ending?
1.3 Is the noun plural or not?
1.4 Does the noun need an article or not?
1.5 Do you need much or a great deal of?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns from the Academic Word List: attitude, bias, colleague, device, distinction, enforcement, incidence, outcome, procedure, publication

KINDS OF WRITING
Classification: Measuring Earthquakes
Problem-Solution: Job Satisfaction of Hospital Doctors

Unit 2 Writing about the Past

COMMON ERRORS
2.1 Do you need simple past or simple present?
2.2 Do you need verb + -ing?
2.3 Do you need simple past or past progressive?
2.4 Do you need simple past or past perfect?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Past Progressive: become, do, get, have, look, make, take, try, use, work

KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Guernica
Narrative: The 1989 World Series

Unit 3 Using the Present Perfect

COMMON ERRORS
3.1 Do you need present perfect or simple present?
3.2 Do you need present perfect or simple past?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Verbs Frequently Used in Present Perfect: be, become, come, find, have, lead, make, see, show, take

KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Flipped Classrooms
Narrative: A Brief History of Flight

Unit 4 Using Word Forms

COMMON ERRORS
4.1 Is the word form correct?
4.2 Do you have the correct suffix?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Words with Common Suffixes: community, consistent, creativity, emphasize, finally, individual, mechanism, positive, section, strengthen

KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: The Dangers of Sitting
Summary-Response: Functional Textiles

Unit 5 Writing with Prepositions

COMMON ERRORS
5.1 Which preposition is correct?
5.2 Do you have a noun form after the preposition?
5.3 Does the main verb of the sentence agree with the subject?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Preposition Combinations: associated with, consistent with, difference between, due to, lack of, need for, reason for, responsible for, support for, used to

KINDS OF WRITING
Process: Your Immune System
Problem-Solution: How New York City Faced a Challenge

Unit 6 Using Modals

COMMON ERRORS
6.1 Is the form of the modal correct?
6.2 Do you need a modal to hedge?
6.3 Do you use I think or maybe for hedging?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Modal + Verb Combinations: can help, cannot be, could lead, may be, may need, may result, might have, must be received, should be taken, would have been

KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Warning Labels on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
Advantages-Disadvantages: Driverless Cars

Unit 7 Using Gerunds and Infinitives

COMMON ERRORS
7.1 Do you need a gerund as the subject?
7.2 Does the verb agree with the gerund subject?
7.3 Is to a preposition or part of an infinitive?
7.4 Do you have by + gerund?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Infinitives and Gerunds: becoming, being, having, making, using, to be, to do, to have, to make, to use

KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Phobias
Cause-Effect: Treating Acne

Unit 8 Using the Passive Voice

COMMON ERRORS
8.1 Do you use the correct form of the verb?
8.2 Do you include a form of be in the passive voice?
8.3 Do you need passive or active voice?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Passive Verb Forms: can be seen, can be used, has been made, have been found, is known, is needed, was based, was conducted, were asked, were reported

KINDS OF WRITING
Summary: Our Brains Are Designed to Do Good
Summary: Media Habits of Students

Unit 9 Writing with Participial Adjectives

COMMON ERRORS
9.1 Do you need a present or past participle?
9.2 Do you have the correct participial form?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Participial Adjectives: developing, existing, following, growing, interesting, concerned, gifted, increased, involved, limited

KINDS OF WRITING
Opinion: The American Dream
Summary: Millenials and Marriage

Unit 10 Adjective Clauses and Reduced Clauses

COMMON ERRORS
10.1 Do you need a subject relative pronoun?
10.2 Do you have the correct relative pronoun?
10.3 Do you repeat the subject or object pronoun?
10.4 Is the subject adjective clause reduced correctly?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Nouns That Frequently Precede Adjective Clauses with That: activity, approach, area, element, idea, indication, issue, option, organization, result

KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Ebola
Narrative: Helen Keller

Unit 11 Adverb Clauses and Reduced Clauses

COMMON ERRORS 11.1 Do you have the correct subordinating conjunction?
11.2 Do you have a subordinating conjunction?
11.3 Is the punctuation correct?
11.4 Is the clause reduced correctly?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: confirmed, decades, eliminate, empirical, equipment, isolated, mode, somewhat, successive, transmission

KINDS OF WRITING
Descriptive: Dinesh Patel
Descriptive: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA)

Unit 12 Writing with Noun Clauses

COMMON ERRORS
12.1 Do you need question or statement word order?
12.2 Do you need that or what?
12.3 Do the subject and verb agree?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Frequently Used Reporting Verbs: argue, demonstrate, deny, describe, find, observe, propose, report, show, suggest

KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: Body Size in Sports
Reaction-Response: Village Dogs

Unit 13 Writing with Sentence Variety

COMMON ERRORS
13.1 Do you have a complete sentence or a fragment?
13.2 Is there a conjunction?
13.3 Does you sentence need a comma?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: advocate, ambiguous, eliminate, fluctuations, infrastructure, intervention, priority, random, restore, voluntary

KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Two Smart Birds
Comparison: Neanderthals versus Modern Humans

Unit 14 Using the Conditional

COMMON ERRORS
14.1 Is the verb form correct for future real conditional?
14.2 Is the verb form correct for present or future real conditional?
14.3 Is the verb form correct for past unreal conditional?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: anticipated, ceases, coincide, device, erosion, military, rigid, route, undergo, violation

KINDS OF WRITING
Cause-Effect: From Garbage to Energy
Cause-Effect: Save the Bats

Unit 15 Writing with Connectors

COMMON ERRORS
15.1 Do you need a connector?
15.2 Is the connector correct?
15.3 Is a comma needed?
15.4 Do you have too many connectors?

VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING
Words from the Academic Word List: appreciation, controversy, crucial, denote, diminished, eventually, format, portion, radical, widespread

KINDS OF WRITING
Comparison: Print or Electronic Books

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