I.

Underline the words or expressions considered as colloquial and change the words to observe a more formal
tone.
____________ 1. I can’t believe that this would happen to me.
____________ 2. I have my brunch in the prestigious restaurant.
____________ 3. Their teacher required the students to pass their projects ASAP.
____________ 4. I don’t get your point kindly explain to me again.
____________ 5. Watching that romcom gave the audience the feels.

II. Substitute the double-word verb for the single-word verb in the following sentences.
_____________ 1. The Grade 11 students set-up a surprise party for their teacher in Filipino because they love her so
much.
_____________ 2. The school Director cut down the use of plastics in our school.
_____________ 3. The tuition fee of the students has gone up because of some pertinent reasons.
_____________ 4. The youth leaders come up with a solution on how to keep the younger generations be closer to God.
_____________ 5. Mrs Vasquez did not put up with the company’s expectations.
_____________ 6. Teachers looked into the problem of tardiness of the students.
_____________ 7. The dollar rate went up and down.
_____________ 8. President Duterte turned down the apology of the drug addicts.
_____________ 9. The youth ministry carried out a seminar on bullying and its effect to one’s life.
_____________ 10. Ms. Vegas brought up the issue on gender inequalities.

III. Restructure the sentence by using nominalization.

_____________ 1. A group of teachers reported several cases of bullying within their classrooms.
_____________ 2. The art club created a fantastic mural to beautify the school surroundings.
_____________ 3. The principal announced a 5-day holiday this coming February.
_____________ 4. The investigators established a time to determine the chain of events relating to the crime.
_____________ 5. The SSG officers created programs to manage the studentry successfully.

IV. TRUE OR FALSE

Write “RIEZEL” if the statement is correct and write “JOY” if the statement is not correct.
____________ 1. Academic writing demands the use of signposts that allow readers to have the relationship in the parts
of a study.
____________ 2. Writing is a form of communication that is shaped by the following factors; topic, role, purpose and
audience.
____________ 3. One way to achieve formality is by choosing contracted forms over expanded modal forms.
____________ 4. Verbs indicating caution includes, predictions, reference, conclusive and believe.
____________ 5. In nominalization the verbs are made central as they denote action. The verbs will be transformed into
nouns.
____________ 6. A thesis statement is always framed by a declarative statement.
____________ 7. A good thesis statement is focused, meaning it provides certain points that strengthen the main claim.
____________ 8. A good thesis statement has no clear boundaries. It sets limits as to what the essay intends to explore.
____________ 9. There are two types of outline format. The traditional and contemporary outline
____________ 10. At the end of presentation it is proper to show gratitude to them for attending your presentation.