Writing Peer Review

1. Is your partners work blocked? 2. Have the used correct punctuation? . , ! () yes or no? 3. Have they used pronouns correctly? 4. Do they repeat the same words often? eg. handsome, beautiful, sunny, sunshine, love etc

Academic Words
Postgraduate Academic Writing

Academic Vocabulary
abstract accurate acknowledged adequate aggregate approximated assessment authority available commitment consistent derived dimensions discrimination

Academic Vocabulary
domain enforcement enhanced environment equivalent estate ethnic explicit flexibility hypothesis implementation imposed integration modified

Academic Vocabulary
parallel preceding presumption prior ratio rational revenue statistics subsequent subsidiary utility

Sentence structure
Postgraduate Academic Writing

Present continuous tense

1. An event in progress 2. Current and ongoing situations/events 3. Temporary situations 4. Trends and changing situations 5. A present arrangement for the future 6. Repeated action

a. He is usually studying in the library at this time of day.

b. Im replacing Xie Min because hes off sick.

c. The students are preparing for the annual university sports day. d. The technician is mending the photocopier, so you cant use it right now. e. Im seeing Bill Matthews tomorrow afternoon. Ive got it in my diary. f. Thanks to the internet, the world is getting smaller.

2. Current situations and events

1. Ford is aiming to increase its car sales by 50% in the Asia-Pacific region within the next 10 years. 2. IBM in Europe chooses business schools with good technology. 3. Comso Oil is trying to cut costs to improve its profits 4. The New Zealand Government has decided to sell the countrys biggest electricity company. 5. Sales of Blu-ray DVDs should take off in Europe next year when nearly 500,000 DVD players will be sold, according to a new study. a. It is eliminating 900 jobs in its overseas operations. b. The company is forcing the schools into using the very latest technology to deliver their courses. c. After a slow start, Blu-ray DVDs are now selling welling in North America. d. It currently has about 1% of the regions market but hopes to significantly expand its operations in China, Japan, Thailand and India. e. It is looking for international investors to buy Contract Energy, which produces 27% of the countrys energy supply.

3. Temporary situations
Situations that do not last permanently.
eg. Hes working over the holidays to get money for his university fees.
1. The newspaper said it would be very cold today so ________________. 2. _____________________, until he finds his own house. 3. He just moved to China and doesnt like Chinese food so, ______________.

4. Changing developing situations

The number of people using the internet is growing

The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Practice
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Health: Most people are giving up smoking. Food: Employment: Transportation: Education: Entertainment:

Verbs and present tense

Some verbs cannot be used in the Present Continuous tense. This is because they already suggest permanence.
These include: Verbs of possession own, have, belong. (Although you can say "I am having a party", it doesn't mean you own the party, it means you are hosting a party.) Verbs of the mind believe, know, think, forget. Verbs of emotion love*, hate, detest.

Verbs of geographical location lie. ("London lies on the River Thames".)

Present continuous tense

Kim is in her final year of a psychology degree at the University of Melbourne. Her final exams 1. (be) are next week so there are no classes. Like all the other students on her course, this week she 2. (revise) _______. But Kim 3. (not study) _______ very hard right now. She 4. (sit) _______ in the garden of her house 5. (read) ______ her notes. It is a beautiful day. Birds 6. (sing) ______ in the trees. She 7 (sit/not/usually) ______ in the garden like this during semester. Normally she 8. (take) ______ the bus to university at 9 oclock and 9. (study) ______ all day. She 10. (have) ______ lunch at about one with her friends, usually Alice and Gemma. However, today Alice 11. (vist) ______ her grandma and Gemma 12. (take) ______ part in an athletics event. Kims brother is home from his job as a doctor in Adelaide. She can hear him now. He 13. (talk) _____ to his girlfriend on the telephone. The sun 14. (get) ______ hotter. Maybe revising is not such a good idea. Perhaps she could ring Alice and they could go for a swim.

Repeating pronouns
Replace the highlighted words with pronouns

The Kangaroo is a marsupial from the Macropodinae family. The Kangaroo is found throughout the Australian continent. The Kangaroo is a national Symbol of Australia.

The Kangaroo is a marsupial animal from the Macropodinae family. Kangaroos are found throughout the Australian continent. The Kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia and can be found on everything from the coat of arms to Australian money. Kangaroos are also found on the logo of many Australian companies including the national airline Qantas. Kangaroos are found all over the southern half of Australia. Kangaroos name comes from a North Queensland Aboriginal word gangurru. There are 4 main species of Kangaroo: red, antilopine, eastern and western. Kangaroos are the only large animal that moves by hopping. The animal is a herbivore in that it only eats plants. Many roads in Australia have Kangaroo signs to warn drivers as car collisions with Kangaroos can cause great damage to cars and even kill people.

Compound sentences
Compound sentences are formed by joining 2 simple sentences together using and, but, so, or, for, nor, however and yet. 1. The Kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia. It is on the Australian coat of arms. 2. I still cant find a job. I dont understand why, I have so much experience.

Complex sentences
Clause: a group of words that contain a subject and a verb. Independent clauses: clauses that can stand alone as a sentence eg. any simple sentence. They may also be compound sentences or complex sentences. eg. The largest Kangaroo is the red Kangaroo. Dependent clauses: a clause that cannot be a sentence eg. which grows to 1.8 metres

Complex sentences: contains a dependent and independent clause. eg. *

Complex sentences
Dependent adjective clauses: acts like an adjective and gives more information about the noun. Usually begin with who, that, which and what.

eg. The largest Kangaroo is the red Kangaroo which grows to 1.8 metres. eg. In my opinion, parents who dont take care of their children are criminals.
1. What is the dependent adjective clause? 2. Circle the pronoun 3. Draw an arrow to the noun that the dependent adjective relates to.

Practice
1. What is the dependent adjective clause? 2. Circle the pronoun 3. Draw an arrow to the noun that the dependent adjective relates to. A box that contained Marijuana was in the living room. The childrens mother smoked Marijuana, which is an illegal drug. The lawyer that represented Mrs Kingsley was a woman. Beihang is a university in Beijing that specialises in aviation subjects.

Add which, what, that or who to the following sentences. The divorce rate is higher among people _______ marry for love. A country _______ has a king or queen is called a monarchy. A paediatrician is a doctor ________ takes care of children. My birthday is next Monday which is a holiday.

Practice
1. The gave their boss a rolex watch.
2. The purse is hers. 3. Zhang Wei moved to Manhattan last month. 4. She is living in our apartment. d. who has love. 5. On our honeymoon we stayed at the Hilton hotel. 6. My Uncle John has everything. 7. A person has everything. e. who is my best friend. f. which is lying under the chair. g. which is the newest hotel in Las Vegas.

a. who owns a house on every continent, his own private jet and two yachts.
b. which is on the 13th floor. c. who was celebrating his 50th bday.