Worksheet in English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Aspects of Professional and Academic Language

Task 1
A. Underline the words or expressions considered as colloquial/trite/idiomatic expressions.

Ex. With the growing number of health-conscious articles, a lot of young professionals are becoming serious about
maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

1. It is a bit improper to assume that the plan does not work.

2. Experts determined a lot of health ingredients come from China.
3. Teachers say that a lot of incoming freshman students are interested in sports activities.
4. Lucas got together with Castro in conducting an experiment on effective enhancing muscle build-up.
5. As a matter of fact, a lot of Senior High School students need to improve their writing skills.

B. Rewrite the following sentences to observe more formal tone.

1. Writing can’t be done effectively if you don’t burn the midnight oil.
2. Parenting is a 24/7 job.
3. Watching the romcom gave the audience the feels.
4. The class is cooking up something big.
5. Adventure may mean doing something epic.

C. Substitute the single-word verb for the two-word verb in following sentences.
1. Senate set up the Meralco committee.
2. Mothers cut down spending on rice.
3. Oil price has gone up.
4. Students come up with a solution.
5. Students looked into the problem
6. The dollar rate went up and down.
7. Students brought up the uniform issue.
8. The school gets rid of tuition hike.
9. Parents turned down the proposal.
10. The proposal turned out a positive result.

Task 2
A. Write a sentence for each of the following expressions that would make your idea explicit. You can choose any
topic/subject for the sentence.
1. However
2. This is due to the
3. Similarly
4. In addition
5. For example

Task 3
A. Restructure the sentence
Using nominalization
1. The project was implemented to make sure that the services are not delayed.
2. The investigators established a time to determine the chain of events relating to the crime.
3. The committee imposed a seven-day deadline for the members to submit their requirements.
4. The artists created a beautiful mural to pay tribute to the survivors of the disaster.
5. A number of students reported several cases of theft within the area.
Using Passivization
1. The children gave several inputs to improve the operations of the facility.
2. Nurses conducted workshops for those in far-flung areas on health and sanction.
3. The company acquired a number of contractors to render service to its consumers.
4. Marketers need to make a quota every month to maintain sustainable growth.
5. Guitar players constantly practice to ensure fault-free performance.
 Worksheet in English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Writing Abstracts, Precis, and Summary

Task 1
Read the text carefully and answer the questions provided below.

Filipino children use mobile and computer technology in their daily lives for numerous activities including surfing
the net, playing computer games, logging in social networking sites, and doing homework, the question of how this can
affect their well-being and lifestyle becomes even more relevant in the present time. This study aims to identify the
positive and negative effects that could possibly arise from the early exposure of Filipino children to these technologies
in three areas: (1) physically, (2) socially, and (3) educationally. This article finishes with an evaluation of the advantages
and disadvantages of computer exposure tackled and a recommended use of such devices.

More often than not, positive effects on physical well-being associated with mobile and computer technology
are not direct results of their actual use, but are brought about when these gadgets are utilized as a medium by
programs and software dedicated to promoting overall physical wellness. Examples of which are activity-promoting
gaming systems and mobile games that promote healthy eating (Subia &Tatel, 2014)

Complete the notes of the key points from the texts,

1. Filipino children use mobile technology for ________________

2. Using technology does not directly lead to positive effects but rather _________________
3. They present investigation aims to examine ______________

Join your notes together to make your summary in no more than fifty words.

Task 2

Summarize the text in twenty words or less. Be sure to include proper and appropriate citations.

Studies have found that paper bags have a larger carbon footprint compared to plastic bags because of the
amount of energy, water, and chemicals the production of paper bags consume. In a briefing note presented by Kirsty
Bell and Suzie Cave (2011) for the Northern Ireland Assembly, it is reported that manufacturing paper bags requires
above four times the amount of energy plastic bags do. Also, the production of paper bags contributes more air and
water pollution compared to plastic bags. Other than high energy consumption during processing, it also requires paper
bags more energy to be transported. This is because compared to plastic bags, paper bags weigh more and take up more
space, resulting in the need for more resources to transport them (Chua-Unsu, 2014)

Task 3
Write the main idea in your own words. Make sure to add key points to support your main idea.

Text 1

With the enactment of the K to 12 program, the basic education cycle extended to include two additional years
at the secondary level. Enrollment in senior high school (SHS), which will comprise Grades 11 and 12, is expected to
increase to 2.0 million students in public schools and 0.7 million students in private schools on school year 2017/18. This
will have an effect on the availability of classrooms for the SHS program. This Policy Note does an initial assessment of
the K to 12 program’s effects on the supply of classrooms and teachers vis-à-vis the projected demand. It points to some
windows of opportunities that may be considered as possible solutions, such as allowing higher education institutions to
absorb the additional demand for places in SHSs.

Source: Manasan, R. (2015). K to 12 reform: Implications for adding grades 11 and 12 on the higher education
subsector. Philippine Institute for Development Studies Policies Notes. Series No. 2015-06
Text 2

Oplan Tokhang was the answer to the Duterte Administration’s drive to eradicate the endemic problem of drug
proliferation in the country.

Today, there is still a lack of research about the relationship between media and the public focusing on the
issues surrounding Oplan Tokhang. With that, this research investigates on print media’s role in shaping Cebuanos’
perception on the program.

The researchers utilized a qualitative-descriptive-explorative framework using Content Analysis, Key-Informant

Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and Desk researches. Primarily, they analyzed news reportage backed with Agenda-
Setting Theory (AST). Secondarily, they gathered qualitative public responses using Social Judgement Theory (SJT) and
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). For the content analysis, fifteen sample articles from three dailies based and circulated in
Cebu City namely the Cebu Daily News, The Freeman and Sunstar Cebu were selected through Systematic Random
Sampling. FGD respondents came from key-target barangays Pasil, Duljo Fatima, Ermita, and A. Lopez. Also interviewed
were representatives of government agencies, civic groups, and media institutions to supplement data to the study.

This research found that respondents get their information primarily from direct observations and secondarily
from the media. With that, residents read newspapers only to supplement their knowledge on Oplan Tokhang
operations.

Source: Canonigo, A. C., De Paz, L., & Godoy, T. B. (2017). PAGTUKI SA MANTALAAN: Examining print media’s role
in the formation of Cebuanos’ Views, Opinion, and Attitude on Oplan Tokhang.