EVOLVE Educational Vocational Objective Learning of Vernacular English

Academic Words 5

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

1. achieve	The written word
2. assistance	A group or an amount of money paid for each sale
3. commission	Rules to make things standard
4. computer	A machine which deals with complex data
5. consequences	Individual things
6. consumer	A person who uses a product
7. distinction	To do something successfully
8. evaluation	The last
9. final	The opposite of negative
10. impact	A critical review
11. items	help
12. normal	without unusual features
13. positive	appropriate to a situation
14. region	an outstanding mark or feature
15. regulations	an area
16. relevant	relating to old culture and customs
17. text	the act of one thing hitting another or the effect of an action
18. traditional	the results of an act

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

1. There are many ............. craters where scientists believe that meteors hit the Earth.
2. People with a ............. attitude are more likely to be successful.
3. The ............. dress for a Korean woman is called Han-Bok.
4. The ............. chapter of the book was the most exciting
5. Accents vary from  ............. to .............,.
6. If you want to ............. your goal, you must study for at least an hour a day.
7. In some animals the ............. between male and female is difficult to see.
8. We live in a ............. driven society, everyone wants to buy everything.
9. It is important to learn vocabulary that is ............. to what you do.
10. You have 4 ............. in your shopping cart.
11. Is your definition of ............. the same as mine?
12. I work on a ............. for eight hours a day.
13. If you need any ............. please speak to a member of staff.
14. European Union  ............. are so complex that they are often difficult to follow.
15. After each lesson you should carry out an ............. on what you have learnt.
16. Her salary is low but she earns a lot based on ..............
17. We still don’t know the full ............. of global warming.
18. Don’t send ............. messages on your mobile phone while I’m talking to you.

Task 3
Choose which word in italics is correct

1. The text/context can often tell you what a word means without using a dictionary.
2. What a consequence/coincidence! I didn’t know that you worked here too.
3. The Welsh language commission/commit doesn’t fund English schools.
4. Darwin’s theory of evaluation/evolution was not accepted by scientists for a long time.
5. Do you agree with the regulations/regulars that state that we have to wear ID cards?
6. She has two personal assistance/assistants.
7. I am studying computer/computing at college.
8. Normal/Normally I go to bed at around 11.30.
9. I want an items/itemised phone bill so that I can monitor my calls.
10. It’s as relevant/relevance today as it was when he wrote it.
11. He was consumer/consumed with anger when she left him.
12.  There is a distinction/distinct difference in the way the two companies work.
13. I want to handkerchief/achieve my dream of being a pilot.
14. An atheist is a person who does not believe in any region/religion.
15. Final/Finally the boat arrived at the harbour.
16. It is a tradition/traditional of my family to sing a song after we eat a meal together.
17. It was a very positive/positively result for all of us.
18.  The judges decision impacted/impact on the accuser’s family.

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

Answers

Task 1

Task 4
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