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An abstract should be informational and lexically dense, be formal, and have a professional tone. This requires precision, objectivity, logicality, technicality, and comprehensiveness. However, writing a good research abstract is a hurdle for novice and inexperienced undergraduate students who study English as a second language worldwide. This study investigated the research abstracts written by undergraduate medical students who also studied the English language at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Ghana. A qualitative–quantitative approach, guided by Hyland’s five-move model, was used to analyse the lexico-grammatical features in the rhetorical moves of the research abstracts written by these students. A corpus of 23 extracts representing a quota of sample tenses, hedges, boosters, and nominalisation was analysed. The data were coded manually and presented as frequency counts and percentages in tablesand graphically. The results revealed that rhetorical moves in the research abstracts written by the students were filled with simple past, simple present, and perfect tenses, alongside lexico-grammatical devices such as hedges, boosters, and nominalisation to a greater or  \nCopyright © 2024  \nPeace Fiadzomor, Kabelo Sebolai & Brenton Grant Fredericks  \nlesser extent. We conclude that the research abstracts follow Hyland’s rhetorical five-move model, and comprise specific lexico-grammatical features. The pedagogical implications are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.  \nKeywords: research abstracts; boosters, hedges; lexico-grammatical features; nominalisation; moves; tenses  \nIntroduction  \nWhether in the form of articles, theses, or dissertations, research is a required skill for students across all levels of higher education worldwide. An integral part of any of these research outputs is the abstract. Conventionally, the abstract is located at the beginning of these documents. The reason for this is the natural role that the abstract plays in all research studies: it is a summary of the full details of a research study. For this reason, the abstract typically provides brief information on the key dimensions of the research. It gives background information to a research study, identifies the research problem leading to the study, describes the methods of data collection and analysis followed, and summarises the findings. In essence, therefore, the role of the abstract is to enable a reader to get the gist of a study beforehand to enable them to determine whether it is of interest to them and worth their time to read. It is necessary, therefore, that students are taught to write abstracts that follow the conventions of academic research. It is essential that this teaching considers the different conventions of writing abstracts that are dictated by different disciplinary contexts. 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