USED-FREQUENTLY ACADEMIC WORDS A lot of/ loads of/ plenty of a great deal of /numerous/ several A bit Somewhat, slightly To start/begin To initiate/commence Big Large/great/significant/c
Trang 1USED-FREQUENTLY ACADEMIC WORDS
A lot of/ loads of/ plenty of a great deal of /numerous/ several
A bit Somewhat, slightly
To start/begin To initiate/commence
Big Large/great/significant/considerable + percentage
Many Numerous
Bountiful, plentiful
To find out To ascertain
To carry out To conduct
To use To consume
To stop To cease/abandon
To try To strive/endeavor/attempt
To want To desire
To hate To dislike/abhor/detest
To keep To retain/preserve
To ask
To ask for
To inquire/enquire
To request Mainly Primarily/principally
Mostly Largely/to some large extent
Partly To some degree
Surely To some certain extent
In general On the whole/generally/by and large/for the most part
Lucky Fortune
Wrong Incorrect/questionable
In charge of Take (on)/bear/have/ responsibility for sth
To be responsible for sth
To get To obtain/gain/accumulate/acquire
To look at To explore/examine
To get worse To deteriorate/worsen/decline/degenerate/relapse
To rise/go up To increase/escalate
To reduce/go down To decrease/decline
To minimize/lessen
To deal with To handle/contend with/address/tackle
About (adv)
About (prep)
Approximately/around/slightly over/less Concerning/regarding sth
Almost Nearly, more or less, virtually
A lot a substantial amount, a considerable sum
Next Adjacent/neighbouring
The poor The
needy/disadvantaged/impoverished/destitute/penniless/indigent The rich The affluent/wealthy/
Trang 2The young Teenagers/juvenile/adolescent/youngsters
Before Prior to
The old The senior citizens/retired/elderly/aged
To join To be involved in/engaged in/associated with
In accordance with Pursuant to
i.e Namely/that is
e.g For example, take sth as an example, for instance
relevant Pertinent to sth
To alarm To perturb
To copy To imitate
Debate Dispute/contention/controversy/dissent
To debate To confer
To show/describe To demonstrate/illustrate/depict/reveal/unfold/
May be Possibly, perhaps
and so on / and so forth / etc To name just a few
To control To handle
To prevent To preclude/avert/restraint
To hinder To obstruct/inhibit/hamper/interfere with
To limit To restrict/curb/contain/suppress
Important Vital/critical/momentous/notable/crucial/ (of great/vital/critical
importance) Workers employees
Lack Shortage/insufficiency
Great Enormous/massive
Result Consequence, the fruits of sth, outcome, repercussion,
implication Standard Benchmark
To emphasize To highlight/underscore
To ignore To neglect/underestimate
To improve To enhance/promote/boost/facilitate
To solve To resolve/settle/tackle/handle/cope with/combat/address
To cause To trigger/pose/engender
To lead to/result in/give rise to/induce Income Salary/wage/earnings/pay
To hinder To impede/hamper
Reasonable Plausible
Dominant Prominent/overwhelming
Overwhelming Intractable
Nowadays These days/In the present day/age, currently
Trang 3GOLDEN RULES FOR ACADEMIC WRITING
1 No contractions/abbreviation
It’s obvious that the excessive use of smoking lead to a rise in the risk of lung cancer IS
Government & large businesses’ d apply technical system to the treatment of industrial sewage
before discharging them into the environment AND, WOULD
Nowadays, individual can’t live without technology in the fast peace of life CANNOT
2 Avoid using personal I, You, We, … impersonal language
Ch chung chung quá, và đôi khi ám ch v Examiner
3 Not used SO, VERY, REALLY before Adjectives
Extremely, highly, exceedingly
4 Tenses: The present simple, the present perfect, will and past simple (rare case)
Khi nói đ n m t s th t chung chung, luôn đ c p v n đ nào quá kh , thì chúng ta dùng nhi u
thì The present simple
5 No ABSOLUTE WORDS/OVER-GENERLISATION – always, never, absolutely, all, the
total/entire, everyone, certainly, …
Nothing is perfect ^^ Không có gì tuy t đ i, đúng hoàn toàn c , tham kh o nh ng tr ng t
trên
6 Avoid repetition: làm m t đi m thang Lexical Resource (25%/task) synonym ^^ use
Oxford Dictionary of Thesaurus
7 Not used BUT/AND/OR/SO…
However, In addition, Hence, Thence, …
8 No use SPOKEN LANGUAGE:
Well, this is an interesting for me to find out The first point is that … ^^
Trang 49 Don’t use brackets () and dashes (-), exclamation marks (!!!)
10 Don’t use colon (:) after SUCH AS, INCLUDING
11 Do not refer blindly to statistics without accurate reference
Ex: A recent study shows that …
The statistics illustrates that …
12 Limit the use of INFORMAL/EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
Tham kh o b ng trên nhé
13 Do not use SMILES ‘ fly like an eagle', 'solid as a rock', as black as ink ’
14 Do not begin a sentence with numerals
"There were 9 people ", : "There were nine people "
15 Do not use SO ON, ETC,… for further information
16 Avoid the emotional expressions: I LIKE/FEEL/HATE/…
17 Avoid NOONE NO ONE, CAN NOT CANNOT
18 Do not use NOWADAYS to begin a sentence, namely, Introduction
19 USE IMPORTANT POINTS OF GRAMMAR: MODAL VERBS, PASSIVE VOICE,
RELATIVE CLAUSE, INVERSION, QUANTIFIERS, S-V AGREEMENT,
CONJUNCTION, COMPOUND/COMPLEX SENTENCE
20 Avoid using SIMPLE SENTENCE: We are coming, government should act immediately
20 GOLDEN RULES trên đây các b n nghiên c u th t k đ d ng NOTHING IS PERFECT,
hãy DÙNG NÓ ÚNG LÚC, ÚNG CH
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