How to write in a professional wayOnline version Review your writing skills by Barbara Van der Veer 1 When you present reasons, you only need to write them, you don’t need to explain them or give examples. Yes No 2 Instead of saying “a lot of”, we can say “a great deal of” to sound more professional. Yes No 3 Each paragraph should be a similar length, especially the body paragraphs. Yes No 4 In a professional writing, it’s ok to use linking words like and / but / so. Yes No 5 Your teacher is going to be very nit-picky (meticulous) when she evaluates your writing. Thus, you should be just as nit-picky when you revise and edit your work. Yes No 6 When you finish writing the last word, you can turn it in because there’s nothing else you need to do. Yes No 7 It’s ok to have a paragraph which consists of only one sentence. Yes No 8 When you are revising and editing your writing after you finish, you should look for the typical mistakes you or your classmates have made before. Yes No 9 A good essay starts with a general introduction of the topic before writing the thesis statement about the specific topic. Yes No 10 In a good professional essay, the introductory paragraph ends with a thesis statement which clearly indicates what the essay is about. Yes No 11 You should aim to include several linking words such as: on the one hand, on the other hand, furthermore, take for example, therefore, taking everything into consideration, etc. Yes No 12 When responding to a specific writing question, you can be creative and answer it however you want, for example, by including interesting but unrelated details. Yes No 13 You are demonstrating your high level of English when you use words such as: thing, bad, or easy. Yes No 14 Your English looks more advanced if you write long sentences which are four or five lines long. Yes No 15 The following are perfectly correct in a professional writing: 3, won’t, I think, and … Yes No
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