Academic vocabulary: Group 12
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access - add - area - available - control - create - current - degree - experience - field - focus - level - main - order - policy - present - process - public - related - request
current | 1. | The ........... prediction is that there will be no more oil by the end of the century. |
present | 2. | Remember that you will ........... your ecology poster to the rest of the class in tomorrow's lesson. |
policy | 3. | The school has a ........... of expelling any student who brings drugs into the building. |
order | 4. | You have not got these words in the right ........... . In German the main verb must be the second element in the sentence. |
control | 5. | The new teacher found it difficult to ........... the class. |
public | 6. | The school sports field is not a ........... facility. Only students, parents or teachers are allowed to use it. |
request | 7. | Some students ........... to go to the bathroom when in fact all they want to do is escape a boring lesson for a few minutes. |
available | 8. | Microsoft's new operating system will not be ........... until the beginning of September. |
area | 9. | Religion is an ........... in which many people have very strong feelings. |
process | 10. | A very important way to improve writing is to follow the writing ........... plan, compose, revise, edit, publish. |
add | 11. | Your report is good, but you need to ........... a paragraph on the causes of the accident. |
related | 12. | I think her problems in school are ........... to problems at home. |
level | 13. | You are not yet ready to go to the next ........... of ESL. |
field | 14. | Before becoming a teacher she worked in the ........... of green technologies. |
access | 15. | There will be no ........... to the school on Saturday morning. The fire alarms are being tested. |
create | 16. | Many scientists are working hard to ........... a robot that can understand spoken language and do jobs around the house. |
experience | 17. | I think the new teacher will do very well. She has a lot of ........... with students whose first language is not English. |
degree | 18. | To a certain ........... I think you are right, but not 100%. |
main | 19. | You have many small errors in your writing, but your ........... problem is that you have not organized your thoughts clearly enough. |
focus | 20. | The next project that we need to ........... on is the school extension. |
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