EVOLVE Educational Vocational Objective Learning of Vernacular English

Academic Words 1

Task 1
 Match the words on the left to the definitions on the right

assessment	1. part or division of an area
available	2. existing and free to use
contract	3. related to money or finances
data	4. a series of steps with a particular purpose
environment	5. a person or thing that is looked at separately from others
estimate	6. exact, particular
export	7. the first
financial	8. a guess at a quantity
individual	9. things that can change or vary
method	10. a way of doing something
policy	11. information
principle	12. background investigation
process	13. a legal agreement, usually written
research	14. natural surroundings
sector	15. to send something out of the country of origin
source	16. the origin
specific	17. a judgement or measurement of something
variables	18. an official rule on how to act

 Task 2
Fill the gaps with one of the words from task 1

1. There are too many ............. in your business plan to make it viable.
2. In this university we have a ............. of zero-tolerance to drug use.
3. The builders gave me an ............. of about £1,500 to fix my doorbell.
4. The ............. of your work will be completed and a mark awarded at the end of the course.
5. It’s good to work in the public ............., it’s not as well paid but it’s more relaxed.
6. They have no ............. and it’s all going wrong, why didn’t they think about it first?
7. There is a computer............. if you’d like to go and sit down at the desk Mr. Taylor.
8. The two lots of............. aren’t the same so the information is all wrong.
9. I really need to speak to a ............. advisor about my debts.
10. ............. has been conducted into cloning human thoughts but we all think it will fail.
11. Some people believe that the ............. of the Nile is in Ethiopia.
12. His ............. reason for marrying her was money, not love.
13. Henry Ford invented the production line, before that the ............. of building a car was much more complicated.
14. I hope there’s nothing about working overtime in my ............. .
15. I need you to be more ............. about where you were and who you were with at the time of the incident.
16. Hooliganism is Britain’s most shameful ............. of modern times.
17. We are all ............. people with independent thoughts. No-one is exactly like you.
18. After six years, the president finally spoke out about the............. .

Task 3
Choose which word in italics is correct

1. In the third sector/section of the report they discuss the advantages and disadvantages.
2. Let me know if you’re availability/available.
3. I need to manage my financial/finances more efficiently.
4. I don’t like processed/process cheese.
5. Each individual/individually molecule becomes vaporised.
6. Try to be more specifically/specific when you’re telling the judge.
7. Principle/Prince Charles reminds me of Principle/Prince Skinner.
8. We bought a house on a local estimate/estate.
9. In my business, gender is an important variety/variable because men die younger than women.
10. He is so methodical/method in his approach to science.
11. She asked me for a data/date.
12. Researchers/Research shows that eating fruit can greatly improve your health.
13. He broke his contraction/contract and now has a lot of legal trouble with the company.
14. We must try to live a more environment/environmentally friendly lifestyle.
15. China’s greatest exposition/export is its food.
16. Pass me the tomato source/sauce.
17. All of the class were late for their assess/assessment.
18. Company politics/policy states that staff need to attend two training days a year.

Task 4
Write your own sentences using each of the words.

Answers
Task 1

Task 4
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