University of Pamplona Name:

Foreign languages program

TENSES AND VOCABULARY FOR ACADEMIC TEXTS QUIZ

Choose the correct option

1. For additional support or evidence the following connector can be used.

A) However
B) Moreover
C) Finally
D) To summarize

2.________ they tried hard, the students could not complete the project in time as they were lacking
in skills and knowledge.

A) Although
B) As
C) Since
D) Despite
E) However

3. Several years ago, a tobacco company attempted to sell a cigarette that made no smoke; _______,
people who tested that product did not like the way it tasted.

A) However
B) Despite
C) Because
D) On account of
E) No matter

4. What is the name of words that have similar spelling, but different meaning in some languages?

A) Cognates
B) False partners
C) False cognates
D) False synonyms

5.Connect the false friends in column A with the correct word in English in Column B

A B
1. Actually a. Degree
2. Quote b. Disappointment
3. Argument c. Language
4. Career d. Fee
5. Deception e. Card
6. Idiom f. Plot
7. Target g. Nice
8. Sympathetic h. Currently
6. Which are the verb tenses most used in academic texts?

7. What role does simple present play in academic texts?

8. True or False?
1. The politest modal verb to ask for permission is “may”. true false
2. We use “to” between a modal verb and another verb. true false
3. We can use the future with modal verbs. true false
4. “could” is the past of “can”. true false

Fill in the gaps with a suitable modal verb.

9. I _______ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we
moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and I forgot almost everything
I knew as a child. Now, I______ just say a few things in the language.
10. You ________leave small objects on the floor. Such objects ______be swallowed by children.

Answers:
1. Moreover
2. Although
3. however
4. False cognates
5.

6. simple present, simple past, present perfect, future

7. Use the simple present to describe a general truth or a habitual action. This tense
indicates that the statement is generally true in the past, present, and future
8. true, false, true, true
9. could, can
10. shouldn’t, might/ may.