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Academic Verbs

Verbs for formal writing · research and analysis · C1 vocabulary
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Exercises practising Academic Verbs — verbs commonly used in formal writing, research, and academic discourse. Total: 20 points. Vocabulary from the C1 word bank is used throughout.
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Exercise 1
Which word is it?
10 points
Read the definition and write the word or phrase.
1
Give reasons to support an opinion:
2
Show clearly that something is true:
3
Draw attention to something important:
4
Be a sign that something is true:
5
Judge the quality or value of something:
6
Question whether something is true:
7
Explain something by giving examples:
8
Make something known that was secret or hidden:
9
Decide something after thinking about the facts:
10
Give the main points without details:
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences
10 points
Only one word or phrase from this chapter fits each sentence. Change its form if you need to.
1
The experiment that plants grow faster with music.
2
Judges will each dish on taste and presentation.
3
The survey that most students sleep less than seven hours.
4
The author that homework should be optional.
5
Dark clouds usually that rain is coming.
6
Let me my point with a story.
7
In the first paragraph, briefly your plan.
8
The report the need for more cycle lanes.
9
New fossils the idea that dinosaurs were cold-blooded.
10
From the evidence, the detective that the butler was innocent.

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