EVOLVE Educational Vocational Objective Learning of Vernacular English

Academic Words 7

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

1. administration	location
2. comments	diary
3. complex	first
4. conduct	sophisticated and complicated
5. convention	a place that carries out teaching or research
6. design	a purchase that will make money
7. framework	management
8. implies	care and preservation
9. institute	to create or invent
10. investment	got or acquired
11. journal	limited
12. maintenance	carry out or perform
13. negative	statements
14. obtained	meeting
15. primary	made public
16. published	structure
17. restricted	suggests
18. site	not positive

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

1. There is a ............. on to which we have to build the main body.
2. Car ............. can cost more than the car itself.
3. She has .............  a lot of books.
4. The Bush ............. is one of the most popular governments the USA has had.
5. There is a  ............. for English teachers held every year.
6. Buying property is the only safe ..............
7. ............. can be constructive as well as destructive.
8. He works for an ............. of higher education.
9. Scientists often .............experiments on animals.
10. Computers are very ............. machines.
11. My access to the room has been  ..............
12. My ............. reason for leaving the country is the awful weather.
13. We have now  ............. permission to leave.
14. A ............. attitude will slow you down.
15. I always keep a  ............. when I am travelling.
16. Untidiness .............laziness.
17. I want to ............. my own dream home.
18. This is the .............of the Battle of Agincourt.

Task 3
Choose which word in italics is correct

1. The framework/timeframe for this project is about six months.
2. The suspect maintains/maintenance that the was not at the scene of the crime.
3. Soon I will public/publish my first book.
4. The administration/administer doesn’t administrate.
5. There is a conventional/convention for people who like science fiction next month.
6. I don’t think that you should make that investment/invest.
7. His commitment/comments is his best asset.
8. Over the years I have become institutionalised/institution.
9. They tried to conduct/convince her to stay but she had to leave.
10. There is a very complex/complexion explanation for the rotation of the Earth.
11. Entry restricted/restrictions are now enforced by law.
12.  Auxiliary means primary/secondary.
13. Have we obtained/attained the required level?
14. In English it is bad practice to use a double positive/negative.
15. Journals/Journalists are said to have an ignoble profession by some.
16. The implications/implies are that we are responsible for the error.
17. This is my designed/designated role in the company.
18.  Tommy lost his site/sight in an accident.

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

 

Task 4
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