Academic vocabulary: Group 9

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actual - balance - brief - communicate - discover - earn - engage - extend - external - opinion - pressure - raise - regard - sequence - speed - spread - target - tend - though - visual

extend	1.	The school is planning to ........... the school day until 4:30.
regard	2.	I ........... vocabulary as the single most important aspect of learning English.
discover	3.	Who was the first person to ........... America? Most people say it was Columbus.
opinion	4.	In my ........... she is going to fail course unless she starts making more effort.
spread	5.	A rumour ........... around the school that the headmaster had resigned.
engage	6.	She would have a better chance of academic success if she didn't ........... in so many activities outside of school.
external	7.	The school is planning to bring in an ........... tax expert to analyze its finance methods.
sequence	8.	What is the correct key ........... on a calculator for working out a percentage from a fraction?
raise	9.	The government plans to ........... the money they donate to poor countries in the Third World.
though	10.	The head teacher decided to push through her idea ........... most of the teachers were against it.
visual	11.	Most language teachers use ........... aids in the classroom, such as pictures or objects.
speed	12.	The top ........... of this car is 230kph.
brief	13.	Please write a ........... summary of the causes of the first world war. Write no more than 300 words.
tend	14.	Teachers ........... to get annoyed if students do not pay attention in class.
communicate	15.	In an international school it is important to ........... to the parents in their own languages.
target	16.	I have set myself the ........... of learning all these 1000 academic words by the end of the school year. That's 8 per day!
earn	17.	Many students ........... some extra money by working in the summer vacation.
actual	18.	The new teacher looks quite young but his ........... age is 55.
balance	19.	You must try to achieve a ........... between work and play. At the moment it's too much play!
pressure	20.	Some students work well under ........... others don't.

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