Academic vocabulary: Group 2

achieve - among - attention - cause - choice - contain - due - effective -

effort - evaluate - evidence - original - rather - relationship - sample - scale -
suggest - trade - treatment - volume
trade 1. \"I'll ........... you these 7 Pokemon cards for your 8
Yugioh cards.\"
evidence 2. There is some ........... that she plagiarized her
research essay.
suggest 3. The librarian will be able to ........... some good
books for you to read in the summer vacation.
relationship 4. There is a clear ........... between vocabulary and
academic success. The more words you know,
the better you can read. The better you can
read, the more successful you will be in all your
subjects.
achieve 5. If you worked hard you would ........... a better
grade.
contain 6. The test will ........... all of the topics that we have
covered this trimester.
attention 7. A common teacher request to students who are
not listening in class is: Pay ........... .
rather 8. Would you help me with my science homework?
- OK, but I'd ........... go out and play basketball.
original 9. This looks like a copy. Can you please give me
the ........... sheet.
effective 10. A very ........... way to check how the use of an
English word is to look in Google for pages that
contain it.
due 11. She will not be in school tomorrow ........... to an
appointment at the dentist.
 evaluate 12. Teachers need to regularly ........... the quality of
their student's work.
choice 13. Younger students usually have no ........... in what
they study.
cause 14. The main ........... of her poor grades are her
frequent absences from school.
among 15. There have been problems in the
school ........... students of different nationalities.
volume 16. The ........... of business between Europe and Asia
has greatly increased in recent years.
sample 17. The publishing company brought a ........... of its
books to display to teachers.
scale 18. Copying from the internet has grown on a
large ........... in recent years.
treatment 19. I don't think that the school's ........... of the
students caught smoking in the toilets was very
fair.
effort 20. She has not been making much ........... in the last
few weeks. I think the counselor should talk to
her and find out if anything is wrong.

trade 1. \"I'll ........... you these 7 Pokemon cards for your 8

Yugioh cards.\"
evidence 2. There is some evidence that she plagiarized her
research essay.
suggest 3. The librarian will be able to suggest some good
books for you to read in the summer vacation.
relationship 4. There is a clear relationship between vocabulary
and academic success. The more words you know,
the better you can read. The better you can read,
the more successful you will be in all your
 subjects.
achieve 5. If you worked hard you would achieve a better
grade.
contain 6. The test will contain all of the topics that we have
covered this trimester.
attention 7. A common teacher request to students who are
not listening in class is: Pay attention .
rather 8. Would you help me with my science homework? -
OK, but I'd rather go out and play basketball.
original 9. This looks like a copy. Can you please give me
the original sheet.
effective 10. A very effective way to check how the use of an
English word is to look in Google for pages that
contain it.
due 11. She will not be in school tomorrow due to an
appointment at the dentist.
evaluate 12. Teachers need to regularly evaluate the quality of
their student's work.
choice 13. Younger students usually have no choice in what
they study.
cause 14. The main cause of her poor grades are her
frequent absences from school.
among 15. There have been problems in the
school among students of different nationalities.
volume 16. The volume of business between Europe and Asia
has greatly increased in recent years.
sample 17. The publishing company brought a sample of its
books to display to teachers.
scale 18. Copying from the internet has grown on a
large scale in recent years.
treatment 19. I don't think that the school's treatment of the
students caught smoking in the toilets was very
 fair.
effort 20. She has not been making much effort in the last
few weeks. I think the counselor should talk to her
and find out if anything is wrong.
assume - attempt - average - demonstrate - enable - enhance - entire -
error - examine - express - figure - finance - independent - instruction - loss
- property - recently - responsibility - seek - significant
attempt 1. If you don't make the basketball team this year,
you should ........... it again next year when you
are in grade 8.
demonstrate 2. The science teacher planned to ........... how water
evaporates more quickly in hot temperatures.
enhance 3. Learning lots of academic words will ........... your
chances of success in school.
assume 4. I ........... his strange behaviour recently is the
result of his parents' divorce.
property 5. This computer is the ........... of the school.
figure 6. When I typed in the term 'English as a Second
Language' in Google, I got more than 20 million
hits. That's a huge ........... .
average 7. The ........... student at our school spends about
90 minutes doing homework every evening.
examine 8. If you want to ........... very small objects, you will
need a good microscope.
significant 9. Your work has shown a ........... improvement in
recent weeks.
seek 10. Students who ........... advice about university
courses should make an appointment with the
counselor.
loss 11. She will be a great ........... to the school when she
retires next month. She has been a wonderful
teacher here for many years.
 responsibility 12. The main ........... of a teacher is to teach.
express 13. This is an excellent piece of work. You ........... your
ideas very clearly.
independent 14. The aim of teaching is to help students
become ........... learners.
finance 15. All large companies have departments to take
care of ........... .
instruction 16. The school offers basketball ........... in the
vacation.
recently 17. Your work has got much better ........... .
error 18. There is only one ........... in your writing. You put:
He play tennis instead of He plays tennis.
enable 19. The information that you receive in today's
lesson will ........... you to complete your project
on nuclear energy.
entire 20. We spent the ........... lesson talking about the
past continuous tense. It was so boring.
attempt1. If you don't make the basketball team this year, you should attempt it again next year when you are
in grade 8.

demonstrate 2. The science teacher planned to demonstrate how water evaporates more quickly in hot
temperatures.

enhance 3. Learning lots of academic words will enhance your chances of success in school.

assume 4. I assume his strange behaviour recently is the result of his parents' divorce.

property 5. This computer is the property of the school.

figure 6. When I typed in the term 'English as a Second Language' in Google, I got more than 20 million hits.
That's a huge figure .

average 7. The average student at our school spends about 90 minutes doing homework every evening.

examine 8. If you want to examine very small objects, you will need a good microscope.

significant 9. Your work has shown a significant improvement in recent weeks.

seek 10. Students who seek advice about university courses should make an appointment with the counselor.

loss 11. She will be a great loss to the school when she retires next month. She has been a wonderful teacher
here for many years.

responsibility 12. The main responsibility of a teacher is to teach.

express 13. This is an excellent piece of work. You express your ideas very clearly.

independent 14. The aim of teaching is to help students become independent learners.

finance 15. All large companies have departments to take care of finance .

instruction 16. The school offers basketball instruction in the vacation.

recently 17. Your work has got much better recently .

error 18. There is only one error in your writing. You put: He play tennis instead of He plays tennis.

enable 19. The information that you receive in today's lesson will enable you to complete your project on
nuclear energy.

entire 20. We spent the entire lesson talking about the past continuous tense. It was so boring.

alternative - certain - comment - complex - context - contribute - display - economic - encourage - equipment -
especially - establish - minimum - political - prevent - progress - promote - refer - reflect - thus

refer 1. Does this report refer to this year or last year?

progress 2. You have made excellent progress in English this year. You will soon no longer need to take
ESL lessons.

alternative 3. Sorry, you have no alternative. You must do the work and you must do it by Friday.

establish 4. Many large companies are trying to establish operations in China. This is the key market of
the future.

political5. A subject that interests many students at our school is political history.

encourage 6. I encourage you to spend part of the summer vacation reading. This is an excellent way to
improve your English.

comment 7. The principal made no comment on the reasons for asking the student to leave the school.

especially 8. He's having a lot of problems learning English, especially in grammar and spelling.

reflect 9. You need to reflect a little more on the books that you read. It's not enough to just write what
happens.

context 10. A good way to guess the meaning of a new word is to examine its context in the sentence.

certain 11. You are certain to fail unless you put in more effort.

contribute 12. Could you please contribute to our Christmas collection for flood victims in Bangladesh?

complex 13. This is a very complex problem. We need more time to think of a good solution.

display 14. There is a display of student work in the corridor outside of the cafeteria.

minimum 15. You must write a minimum of 3 pages for your final report.

economic 16. The economic position of the school has improved since the government reduced its tax
requirements.

prevent 17. If you want to prevent tooth decay, you need to brush your teeth properly at least twice a day.
thus 18. You have made no effort to learn, thus you will not be entered for the test.

equipment 19. Can someone please return this science equipment to the store cupboard?

promote 20. The school is trying to promote reading by having a small library of books in every classroom.