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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR
ACADEMIC
ENGLISH
THIRD EDITION
by
David Porter
A & C Black
London
www.acblack.com
For Ana Rita
First edition published 2001
Second edition published 2003
This third edition published 2007
by A & C Black Publishers Ltd
38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB
© Copyright A&C Black Publishers Ltd 2007
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in
any form without the permission of the publishers.
A CIP entry for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN-10: 0 7136 8285 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 7136 8285 4
eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0232-9
Text typeset by A & C Black
Printed in Great Britain at Caligraving Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk
This book is produced using paper that is made from wood grown in managed, sustainable forests. It is natural, renewable and
recyclable. The logging and manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.
Contents
Page Title
Page Title
Unit One
4
1a – Fill in the gaps
43
7a – Fill in the gaps
5
1b – Choose the right word
43
7b – Choose the right word
6
1c – Finish the sentence
44
7c – Finish the sentence
6
1d – Word substitution
45
7d – Word substitution
7
1e – Choose the best word
46
7e – Choose the best word
8
1f – Make a collocation
47
7f – Make a collocation
9
Vocabulary sheet
48
Vocabulary sheet
Unit Two
10
2a – Fill in the gaps
49
8a – Fill in the gaps
11
2b – Choose the right word
49
8b – Choose the right word
12
2c – Finish the sentence
50
8c – Finish the sentence
13
2d – Word substitution
51
8d – Word substitution
14
2e – Choose the best word
52
8e – Choose the best word
15
2f – Make a collocation
53
8f – Make a collocation
16
Vocabulary sheet
54
Vocabulary sheet
Unit Nine
17
3a – Fill in the gaps
18
3b – Choose the right word
55
9a – Fill in the gaps
19
3c – Finish the sentence
56
9b – Choose the right word
20
3d – Word substitution
56
9c – Finish the sentence
21
3e – Choose the best word
57
9d – Word substitution
22
3f – Make a collocation
58
9e – Choose the best word
23
Vocabulary sheet
59
9f – Make a collocation
60
Vocabulary sheet
24
4a – Fill in the gaps
24
4b – Choose the right word
61
10a – Fill in the gaps
25
4c – Finish the sentence
61
10b – Choose the right word
26
4d – Word substitution
62
10c – Finish the sentence
27
4e – Choose the best word
63
10d – Word substitution
28
4f – Make a collocation
63
10e – Choose the best word
29
Vocabulary sheet
64
10f – Make a collocation
65
Vocabulary sheet
Unit Five
30
5a – Fill in the gaps
31
5b – Choose the right word
66
11a – Fill in the gaps
32
5c – Finish the sentence
67
11b – Choose the right word
33
5d – Word substitution
68
11c – Finish the sentence
34
5e – Choose the best word
69
11d – Word substitution
35
5f – Make a collocation
70
11e – Choose the best word
23
Vocabulary sheet
71
11f – Make a collocation
72
Vocabulary sheet
37
6a – Fill in the gaps
38
6b – Choose the right word
38
6c – Finish the sentence
73
Units One to Four
39
6d – Word substitution
74
Units Four to Eight
40
6e – Choose the best word
75
Units Eight to Eleven
41
6f – Make a collocation
42
Vocabulary sheet
76
Index
1
© A&C Black Publishers Ltd 2007. For reference see
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 07475 6624 3).
Introduction
The purpose of this book is to help students learn a common core of vocabulary which will be useful for almost
any subject studied at college or university.
Advice to the Student
Obtain a Dictionary
Before attempting to use this book, you will need to obtain a good English-English dictionary, such as the
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(ISBN: 978 07475 6624 3) published by A&C Black Publishers Ltd, which
this workbook has been based on.
Using your Dictionary
A dictionary is really a long list of individual words, but in normal situations, words are very rarely used on their
own, appearing instead together with other words. For this reason, the vocabulary you will learn in this book
is presented in example sentences which will help you to
understand
the words, to
remember
them more
easily, and to
use
them correctly.
Doing the Exercises
There are different types of exercise in this book, but one small example will be enough to show you how to
use the book. In these two sentences from Unit One, notice first of all that the other words in these sentences
show you the grammar of these words – here an adjective and then a verb.
1. Although not exactly identical, the two books are so __________ to each other
that one writer must have copied much of his book from the other.
2. The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts to help him discuss
and __________ new policies.
Working Out the Word or Meaning
Also, notice that the other words in the sentences can help you to guess the meaning of the missing words.
In the examples above, we can see from the phrases
not exactly identical
and
copied much of his book
that the
adjective in the first example must mean something like
almost the same
. In the same way, because the
policies
mentioned in the second example are described as
new,
the verb in the second example seems to
mean
plan
or
prepare
:
1. Although
not exactly identical
, the two books are so ___?adj?___ to each other
that one writer must have
copied much of his book
from the other.
2. The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts to help him discuss
and ___?v?___
new
policies.
Sample Answers
With the exercise from which these sentences were taken, the words
similar
(
adj)
and
formulate
(
v
), were
included in the list of answers. Because of the grammar of these words and their meanings – which we can
check in the dictionary if necessary – the completed sentences will look like this:
1. Although not exactly identical, the two books are so
similar
to each other
that one writer must have copied much of his book from the other.
2. The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts to help him discuss
and
formulate
new policies.
Keep Your Own Notes
Next, whenever you find out what a new word means, write it into your vocabulary notebook, which you can
organise in alphabetical order like a dictionary. With any new word, you should copy either the sentence from
this book or the example from the dictionary. This will help you to learn the word.
2
© A&C Black Publishers Ltd 2007. For reference see
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 07475 6624 3).
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