EVOLVE Educational Vocational Objective Learning of Vernacular English

Academic Words 2

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

assume	recognised
authority	make something new
benefit	brought / came from something else
create	important parts or points
definition	a way to do something
derived	a meaning that makes something definite
economic	to guess without asking and base actions around that guess
established	an idea with no scientific evidence
evidence	a good thing for it’s receiver
factors	proof to show that something happened
identified	began or started
involved	a higher rank
issues	very important or large
labour	topics or problems
major	hard work
occur	to happen naturally
procedure	related to saving money
theory	made a part of something

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

1. There is no ………… that life exists anywhere else in the solar system.
2. The………… of a good education is a good start in life.
3. This college was ………… in 1997.
4. Albert Einstein developed the ………… of relativity in 1905.
5. Before that time Einstein was not considered to be the ………… on physics.
6. You should not ………… that the other drivers on the road are as careful as you are.
7. If you can complete the first year of a business without any ………… problems you should be successful.
8. Look in a dictionary if you want a full ………… of this word.
9. The main political ………… at the moment are war and the environment.
10. What is the ………… if the fire alarm goes off?
11. His project to restore his classic car is a ………… of love, he’s taken three years already.
12. We must also consider the main ………… in what causes poverty.
13. Scientists believe that hurricanes will ………… more and more if climate change continues.
14. The word nationalisation is ………… from the word nation.
15. Many countries have ………… difficulties and cannot support their international debts.
16. Let’s try not to ………… more problems for ourselves.
17. He is ………… in many different charities and clubs.
18. The victim ………… the attackers.
    

Task 3
Choose which word in italics is correct

1. I need to see some identified/identification please sir.
2. Picasso tried to create/creative forms from everyday objects.
3. The chemicals that are used in heart operations are derivatives/derived of digitalis which is a poison.
4. There are three key factions/factors in the decline of the USSR.
5. “You may procedure/proceed to the next gate” the customs officer said.
6. What is your definitive/definition of freedom?
7. All of the so-called facts in his book are based on assume/assumption.
8. I have my own theory/theoretical about what happened that night.
9. I think it would be benefit/beneficial if he left the group.
10. It is evident/evidence that he needs more practice before his test.
11. This company was established/establishment in 2006
12. His authoritarian/authority views made him popular with his superiors.
13. One major/majority problem is that we don’t have funding.
14. Issues/Issuing a warning to the crowd, the police tried to keep the peace.
15.  I find this work really laborious/labour.
16. Diamonds are a common natural occur/occurrence in some part of the world.
17. My car isn’t very economy/economic to run.
18. His involved/involvement in the plan meant that he was imprisoned.

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

1. identified
2. create
3. derived
4. factors
5. procedure
6. definition
7. assume
8. theory
9. benefit
10. evidence
11. established
12. authority
13. major
14. issues
15. labour
16. occur
17. economic
18. involved

Answers

Task 1

Task 4
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