Academic vocabulary: Group 36
- Click a red box see the answer. Click it again to hide it.
- Click the sentence to see a definition of the word that fits.
allocate - assert - besides - bold - classify - confront - consume - convince - debt - enormous - feasible - forthcoming - gradually - manifest - multiply - occupy - odd - province - radical - tough
classify | 1. | A common task in the English classroom is to ........... the parts of speech into nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc. |
convince | 2. | It's no use trying to ........... me that your father speaks 10 languages. I just don't believe you. |
multiply | 3. | The number of students in the school will continue to ........... in the next few years as Frankfurt increases in popularity. |
enormous | 4. | She is having ........... difficulties in mathematics. I think she needs a private tutor to help her understand some of the basics. |
tough | 5. | That was a ........... question. Let me ask you any easier one. |
consume | 6. | The new Smartboard in my classroom must ........... a lot of energy. I've already had to change the bulb 3 times. |
feasible | 7. | Mobile phones have made it ........... to contact someone anytime and anywhere. |
debt | 8. | Thank you for helping me. I shall forever be in your ........... . |
forthcoming | 9. | Today we will practise for the ........... test. |
bold | 10. | The government took the ........... decision to decrease tax. |
occupy | 11. | The unpleasant incident in the computer lab is sure to ........... my thoughts in the next few days. |
radical | 12. | Some people have ........... ideas about education. For example, that children should be allowed to choose whether or not to attend lessons. |
allocate | 13. | The school plans to ........... €10,000 to buy new computers next year for the science lab. |
province | 14. | The main ........... of the school is the teaching of science and mathematics. |
assert | 15. | The students ........... that I promised to show a DVD on in class today, but I cannot remember doing so. |
gradually | 16. | Your English is ........... improving, but you'll have to make greater effort if you want to get better more quickly. |
manifest | 17. | Her problems began to ........... themselves after she was absent for more than a month. |
besides | 18. | I was surprised that ........... me there were only about three or four people in favour of the proposal. |
odd | 19. | It was ........... that he did not do well in the vocabulary test. I know he had learned most of the words. |
confront | 20. | Teachers do not always immediately ........... bad behaviour in class. Sometimes it is better to have a quiet talk with the student at the end of the lesson. |
→ Click to save a printable worksheet (.rtf) to the Downloads folder.