Essay Writing EAP Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through this step by step.

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Part A: True or False — About Academic Essay Structure

We need to decide if each statement is true (T) or false (F).

1. Essays and paragraphs have a very different structure.
→ Actually, essays are made of paragraphs, and both follow similar logic: introduction, body, conclusion. So they’re not *very* different — they’re related.
✔ False

2. Essays must have a logical and cohesive structure.
→ Yes! That’s the whole point — your ideas should flow smoothly and make sense together.
✔ True

3. Topic sentences introduce the main idea of an essay.
→ No — topic sentences introduce the main idea of a *paragraph*. The essay’s main idea is in the thesis statement (usually in the intro paragraph).
✔ False

4. Concluding sentences are not always required.
→ In academic writing, you almost always need to wrap up — either with a concluding sentence in a paragraph or a full conclusion paragraph. Skipping it makes your writing feel unfinished.
✔ False

So Part A answers:
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F

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Part B: Match each term to its correct definition

Here’s the list of terms again for reference:

a. Introduction
b. Thesis statement
c. Transitions
d. Topic sentence
e. Conclusion
f. Concluding sentence
g. Supporting ideas
h. Body paragraph
i. Background
j. Details

Now let’s match each numbered definition to the right letter.

1. ___ is the first paragraph in an essay. It introduces the topic and indicates the focus of the essay.
→ That’s the Introduction → a

2. ___ is the first part of the introduction that introduces the topic and gives some general information about it.
→ That’s Background → i

3. ___ is the most important sentence in an essay that comes at the end of the introduction. It expresses the main idea or purpose of the whole essay.
→ That’s the Thesis statement → b

4. ___ make up the main section of an essay where all the key ideas and supporting details are discussed.
→ These are the Body paragraphs → h

5. ___ is usually the first sentence of a paragraph and expresses its main idea or central focus.
→ That’s the Topic sentence → d

6. ___ are found in the body paragraphs. They come after the topic sentence and provide support for its main idea.
→ These are Supporting ideas → g

7. ___ usually follow supporting ideas and develop them through such things as explanations, examples, or definitions.
→ These are Details → j

8. ___ comes at the end of a body paragraph to restate the main idea.
→ That’s the Concluding sentence → f

9. ___ is the last paragraph of an essay. It reminds the reader of the main idea and summarises the key points discussed in the body paragraphs.
→ That’s the Conclusion → e

10. ___ words or phrases that link important ideas within a paragraph or between paragraphs.
→ These are Transitions → c

Wait — we haven’t used “c” yet? Let’s check:
We have:
a, b, d, e, f, g, h, i, j → missing c → which is Transitions → yes, #10.

Perfect.

So Part B answers:
1. a
2. i
3. b
4. h
5. d
6. g
7. j
8. f
9. e
10. c

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Final Answer:

A:
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False

B:
1. a
2. i
3. b
4. h
5. d
6. g
7. j
8. f
9. e
10. c