... Lane.
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Use visual/visualJy or visibJe/visibJy in each sentence. In some sentences, more
than one answer is possible.
1. A art is one that can be enjoyed by seeing it, such as painting.
2. ... reporting.
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1
the electrical wiring that would be
the leading actress tearing her dress as
winning an Academy Award for his perform-
the first scene taking place in a dark, old...
... 11 could erupt?
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Subject-Specific Vocabulary
Verbs: erupt, evacuate, devastate, strike. Nouns: altitude, atmosphere, wave.
Activity 1
Substitute a synonym from the vocabulary list for ... generic product, they buy it.
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Comprehension Check
The purpose of this activity is to check your understanding of the article and to give
practice using vocabulary words. Label...
... label
each of them according to whether deny is defined by definition #1 or #2.
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Activity 1
Substitute a synonym from the vocabulary list for each word or group of words in
parentheses. Be sure ... she
could learn to use crutches.
The banker assessed the value of the house at $150,000.
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Activity 2
The following sentences are in scrambled order. Indicate their corr...
... of dishes, but these laws were consistently ignored by the aristocracy. Just as Rome
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Activity 21
People often exaggerate when they want to make their statements dramatic, particulary
in ... never more visible.
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Figure 6.1 U.S. Sugar Consumption
Pounds of
sugar per
person
100
90 _
80 _
70 _
60 _
World War I
50 (sugar shortage)
1910 '18 &apos ;20 &apos ;25 '...
... psychology
10. inheritance
11. mathematics
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8. Whereas some people (grow) as a result of competition, others are (threatened)
by it.
Activity 2
The early computers were massive, cumbersome ... services
12. What is a practical application of the personal computer in business? in the
home?
PUTTING WORDS INTO SENTENCES
Ten words have been selected from the original vocabulary li...
... or
equi in these words.
1. equator
2. equation
3. equivalent
4. equidistant
February has 28 days, and every four years it has 29 . In the
20 th century, there are 24 leap year days. In a century year
that ... year
that can be divided evenly by 400, an extra day is added. So
in the years 20 00, 24 00, and 28 00, February will have 29
days, and there will be 366 days in those years.
A...
... 5'5"
2. Amount of sodium per 1-oz. serving of breakfast cereals
Wheatos 0 mg. Rye Snacks 21 0 mg.
Oat Nuts 70 Ricies 23 0
3. Number of chromosomes in various species
fruit flies 2 monkeys 60
frogs 26 ... dogs 78
humans 46 crayfish 20 0
4. Diameter of planets in the Solar System
Mercury 3,100 miles Jupiter 88, 724 miles
Earth 7, 926 Saturn 74,560
Mars 4 ,21 6
Activity 14
Figur...
... 1936-
LEXIS : academic vocabulary study / Arline Burgmeier, Gerry
Eldred, Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-13-535 022 -0
1. English language — Textbooks for foreign speakers.
2. Vocabulary. ... 5
Putting Words into Sentences 15
Using Words in Context 22
2 A NEW INTEREST IN TWINS 25
Establishing a Context 25
Understanding Words 29
Putting Words into Sente...