Academic vocabulary: Group 5
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abstract - accept - benefit - block - category - define - detail - directions - exist - feature - fund - likely - overall - protect - recognize - task - therefore - tool - unique - whether
| therefore | 1. | You didn't study for the test. ........... you got a low grade. |
| accept | 2. | I don't ........... your conclusion. I think you have made a mistake. |
| detail | 3. | This is an excellent piece of work. You forgot just one ........... - your name at the top! |
| exist | 4. | Dinosaurs no longer ........... - they have been extinct for millions of years. |
| abstract | 5. | Infinity is an ........... idea that many students find difficult to understand. |
| benefit | 6. | With her good grades she is now getting the ........... of all her hard work. |
| category | 7. | Run, eat and think are words in the same ........... , namely verbs. |
| tool | 8. | The computer is an excellent ........... for language learning. |
| task | 9. | Your main ........... for this lesson is to work together to prepare a presentation on air pollution. |
| block | 10. | After listening to the students' assurance, the principal decided not to ........... their plan for a sleepover in the school gym. |
| fund | 11. | The school has set up a ........... so that less wealthy students can attend. |
| feature | 12. | The best ........... of your essay is the fact that it was very easy to follow your line of argument. |
| likely | 13. | The ........... cause of the accident in the science lab is errors in labelling the chemicals. |
| whether | 14. | She cannot remember ........... the student gave her the work or not. |
| protect | 15. | Important politicians are usually surrounded by bodyguards whose job is to ........... them. |
| define | 16. | ESL teachers often ask their students to ........... words in class. |
| recognize | 17. | I did not ........... my ESL teacher. He was wearing a costume for Renaissance Day. |
| overall | 18. | My ........... opinion of him since he joined the class is very positive. |
| unique | 19. | This is a ........... chance to visit South Africa, and at the same time help build a school in the desert. |
| directions | 20. | I gave him clear ........... how to do the experiment, but he obviously wasn't listening. |
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