Academic Writing Skills

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Introduction

Parts of Speech

Noun: a naming word used for -

- the personal capitalised name of someone or something (e.g. Ian, Waterloo)

- a feeling or state of being (e.g. love, dead)

- a name given to a group with something in common (e.g. student)

- a name given to a collective (e.g. audience)

- an action name (e.g. a walk)

Verb: a doing word associated with action (e.g. running, painting)

Adverb: a describing word for a verb (e.g. quickly, slowly, carefully)

Adjective: a describing word for a noun (e.g. intelligent)

Pronoun: a word used to replace a noun to avoid repetition (e.g he, she, it)

Conjunction: a word used to join different parts of a sentence together (e.g. because, however)

Interjections: a word to describe an exclamative noice (e.g. blergh, ouch)

Prepositions: a word to show the relationship between two things (e.g. over, on, above, adjacent to)

Correcting Grammar

"You should paint the wall as I've showed you": you do not use "like" when comparing actions, only when comparing things and people.

"Of the two, this is the better." - You only use "best" if there is more than two options.

SAQ 1

1. Collective nouns that may be used in a university:

- students

- colleagues

- teachers

- friends

- professors

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