EAP200 Midterm Review

1. EAP 200 Midterm
Review

2. Reading
You will be reading an article and asked 5 short answers questions about it.
Writing
You will asked to write an essay about a specific topic

3. Midterm Reading vocabulary – Write a sentence for each word
Exceptional
manage
successful
optimistic
managed to
working out
motivated
not getting anywhere
determined
make an effort
keep this up
self-confident
extremely good – Donald is an exceptional student, he always gets A’s on his exams
to do something or deal with something successfully
having achieved a lot or made a lot of money through your work
always believing that good things will happen
able to control
to happen or develop successfully
enthusiastic about doing something
to not make any progress
wanting to do something very much, and not letting anyone stop you
to try very hard to achieve something
to continue without stopping or changing
feeling sure about yourself and your abilities

4. 1. The essay will look like the portfolio 5 essay.
2. You will have to write the for and against arguments about a topic. Then give your opinion.
3. remember the structure:
Writing
• Introduce the topic/problem
• Use a hook to get the reader’s attentionParagraph1
• Explain the for(positive/advantage) sideParagraph2
• Explain the against(negative/disadvantage)
sideParagraph3
• Write a short summary
• Give your opinion about the topicParagraph4