Academic vocabulary: Group 20
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aim - alter - arrange - attack - confirm - convert - duration - encounter - exercise - firm - gap - install - latter - legislation - rapid - scheme - sector - skill - somewhat - substantial
| skill | 1. | It takes a lot of ........... to cook a meal for 20 guests. |
| confirm | 2. | Can you please ........... that you will be at the school next year? |
| attack | 3. | The administration's proposal to extend the school day came under ........... from the teachers. |
| duration | 4. | Most of the families at our international school are here for a ........... of 2-3 years |
| alter | 5. | The government decided to ........... its economic policy after three years of very slow growth. |
| substantial | 6. | He has made ........... progress this trimester. |
| latter | 7. | Either he is not very clever or he does not work very hard. I believe it is the ........... . |
| firm | 8. | \"Be fair, ........... and friendly\" is the advice often given to new teachers. |
| install | 9. | The school will ........... a new floor in the sport hall over the summer vacation. |
| exercise | 10. | The next ........... will help you learn the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses. |
| sector | 11. | The ........... of the school behind the car park is for seniors only. |
| convert | 12. | Can you ........... these dollars to Yen for me? |
| arrange | 13. | Please ........... yourselves in groups of 3 or 4, and then do the problem in the middle of the table. |
| somewhat | 14. | I am ........... surprised I did so well in the test because I didn't work very hard this term. |
| rapid | 15. | You are making very ........... progress in learning English! You only started learning a year ago, and you can already speak quite fluently. |
| aim | 16. | The main ........... of teaching should be to teach the students how to teach themselves. |
| scheme | 17. | The school is working on a ........... to give all students a portable computer for use in lessons. |
| legislation | 18. | The new ........... will affect all immigrants to the country. |
| encounter | 19. | You will ........... many difficulties but if you persist in your efforts, you will succeed. |
| gap | 20. | A common kind of language problem is to fill in the ........... in a sentence with a missing word. |
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