Unit 9 Vocabulary and Writing Task Worksheet Name______Kaan Mungan

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1. Replace the underlined words in bold with one of the words on this list.
implicit academy ideology parameters arbitrary commissioned
draft preliminary concurrently duration chapter manually constraint
incorporated corresponds format integrated superior to literacy denied

1. The architect was commissioned to design the new building for the university.

2. Explicit means to be stated directly, whereas the opposite is implicit.

3. The entry to the conference will be denied without proper identification.

4. Students always get higher grades on the second draft of their essays after getting feedback from their
instructor on their first version.

5. The literacy rate in Turkey is 85% of the population.

6. We have incorporated many environmentally friendly features in the design of the new building.

7. At the intermediate level in the ELC, reading and vocabulary are integrated into one course.

8. The format for an argumentative essay is to write your opinion, then the counterargument, then the
refutation.

9. The duration of the meeting will be a total of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

10. The preliminary tests concluded that the river was polluted. Further tests are needed to find the
source.

11. The exhibition showed photographs of events that happened concurrently in two countries.

12. The availability of water is the main constraint of food production in countries with very little rainfall.

13. When the remote control was broken, we had to change the TV channels manually.

14. Many people believe that French wine is superior to Italian wine.

15. The speaker at the seminar spoke on arbitrary topics and therefore did not seem very organized.

16. A new chapter in every students’ life is searching for a job after graduation.

17. The company now plans to propose a rule that would set new parameters for hiring new employees.

18. The two political parties had many differences that related to their ideology.

19. Biology is taught in the Academy of Science.

20. The description of the events corresponds closely with the paintings created by artists at that time in
history.
2. Watch the video and write a short paragraph (aboou 100 words) to respond to the question below
by using 5 target words from Unit 9A and 9B.

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVf5kZA0HtQ 

Writing prompt: "How did Mesopotamia become the cradle of civilizations thousands of years ago?"

First of all, Mesopotamia’s stable climate, rich soil and steady supply of fresh water makes it ideal for
civilizations. Cities’ first drafts var occurred in here.They built ziggurats. People were able to use ziggurats
as a temple and also as an academy. They also developed advanced mathematics, incorporating a base
60 system that created a 60-second minute, a 60-minute hour and a 360-degree circular angle. Also in this
duration, they divided one earth year into 12 periods, each was named after the most prominent
constellations in the heavens, then Greeks integrated it with their gods and used it. But perhaps the most
impactful innovation to come out of Mesopotamio was literacy. By the chapter of 3,200 BC, they developed
a sophisticated writing system and it’s preliminary was simple pictures scrawled onto wet clay. Also first
law parameters are made by the King of Babylon, Hammurabi in Mesapotamia. In 539 BC, the Persian
King Cyrus denied Hammurabi’s authority and conquered Babylon. So Mesopotamia was superior to other
geographies thanks to law, literacy, math, astronomy and it’s history.