Academic vocabulary: Group 3
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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 ........... to this year or last year? |
| progress | 2. | You have made excellent ........... in English this year. You will soon no longer need to take ESL lessons. |
| alternative | 3. | Sorry, you have no ........... . You must do the work and you must do it by Friday. |
| establish | 4. | Many large companies are trying to ........... operations in China. This is the key market of the future. |
| political | 5. | A subject that interests many students at our school is ........... history. |
| encourage | 6. | I ........... you to spend part of the summer vacation reading. This is an excellent way to improve your English. |
| comment | 7. | The principal made no ........... on the reasons for asking the student to leave the school. |
| especially | 8. | He's having a lot of problems learning English, ........... in grammar and spelling. |
| reflect | 9. | You need to ........... 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 ........... in the sentence. |
| certain | 11. | You are ........... to fail unless you put in more effort. |
| contribute | 12. | Could you please ........... to our Christmas collection for flood victims in Bangladesh? |
| complex | 13. | This is a very ........... problem. We need more time to think of a good solution. |
| display | 14. | There is a ........... of student work in the corridor outside of the cafeteria. |
| minimum | 15. | You must write a ........... of 3 pages for your final report. |
| economic | 16. | The ........... position of the school has improved since the government reduced its tax requirements. |
| prevent | 17. | If you want to ........... tooth decay, you need to brush your teeth properly at least twice a day. |
| thus | 18. | You have made no effort to learn, ........... you will not be entered for the test. |
| equipment | 19. | Can someone please return this science ........... to the store cupboard? |
| promote | 20. | The school is trying to ........... reading by having a small library of books in every classroom. |
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