The document provides a vocabulary exercise using words from the fourth-most frequent word list in the Academic Word List. It includes a table to identify parts of speech of words, sentences to be completed using words from a provided list, and meanings to be matched to words. The exercise focuses on developing knowledge of academic vocabulary through classifying words and understanding their meanings in different contexts.
The document provides a vocabulary exercise using words from the fourth-most frequent word list in the Academic Word List. It includes a table to identify parts of speech of words, sentences to be completed using words from a provided list, and meanings to be matched to words. The exercise focuses on developing knowledge of academic vocabulary through classifying words and understanding their meanings in different contexts.
The document provides a vocabulary exercise using words from the fourth-most frequent word list in the Academic Word List. It includes a table to identify parts of speech of words, sentences to be completed using words from a provided list, and meanings to be matched to words. The exercise focuses on developing knowledge of academic vocabulary through classifying words and understanding their meanings in different contexts.
The document provides a vocabulary exercise using words from the fourth-most frequent word list in the Academic Word List. It includes a table to identify parts of speech of words, sentences to be completed using words from a provided list, and meanings to be matched to words. The exercise focuses on developing knowledge of academic vocabulary through classifying words and understanding their meanings in different contexts.
1) Complete the table with the correct part of speech.
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
access
N/A commit
N/A
cycle
N/A emerged
N/A
N/A
internally optional
prediction N/A
principally
promote
N/A
N/A
project
N/A summarised
2) Complete the following sentences with a word from the box. You may need to change the grammar.
contrast
hypothesis
ethnic
mechanism
undertaken
prior
a) The government is setting up __________ to help unemployed people return to work.
b) He _____________ to pay the money back within 6 months. c) We hope that further research will confirm our ___________. d) You do not need any __________ experience in order to do this job. e) The results __________ sharply with other medical tests carried out in Australia. f)
The company has yet to give an _____________ explanation for its actions.
g) There are plans to divide the country along __________ lines.
3) Choose the correct word from the list on the left to go with each meaning. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
experiencing pressure related to one particular country forced somebody to do something
Sublist Four this list of words contains the fourth-most-frequent words in the Academic corpus access
error
parallel
adequate
ethnic
parameters
annual
goals
phase
apparent
granted
predicted
approximated
hence
principal
attitudes
hypothesis
prior
attributed
implementation
professional
civil
implications
project
code
imposed
promote
commitment
integration
regime
communication
internal
resolution
concentration
investigation
retained
conference
job
series
contrast
label
statistics
cycle
mechanism
status
debate
obvious
stress
despite
occupational
subsequent
dimensions
option
sum
domestic
output
summary
emerged
overall
undertaken
Vocabulary ANSWERS based on Sublist Four of the Academic Word List
3) Complete the table with the correct part of speech. Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
access
access
accessible
N/A
commitment
commit
committed
N/A
cycle
cycle (recycle)
cyclic (al)
N/A
emergence
emerge
emerged/emerging
N/A
N/A
internalise/internalize
internal
internally
option
opt (for/to)
optional
optionally
prediction
predict
predictable
predictably
principal
N/A
principal
principally
promotion
promote
N/A
N/A
projection
project
projecting/projected
N/A
summary
summarise/summarize
summarised
summarily (diff meaning)
2) Complete the following sentences with a word from the box. You may need to change the grammar.
contrast
hypothesis
ethnic
mechanism
undertaken
prior
a) The government is setting up mechanisms to help unemployed people return to work.
b) He undertook to pay the money back within 6 months. c) We hope that further research will confirm our hypothesis. d) You do not need any prior experience in order to do this job. e) The results contrast sharply with other medical tests carried out in Australia. f)
The company has yet to give an adequate explanation for its actions.
g) There are plans to divide the country along ethnic lines.
3) Choose the correct word from the list on the left to go with each meaning. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
