1Define the word in English and give a typical collocation.
Example: purpose → the reason for doing something; collocation: the purpose of this text is …
a)issue
b)to emphasise
c)awareness
d)to require
e)evidence
f)to lack
2Register: Replace the everyday phrase with the more formal word from the list.
to deal with, to enable, to claim, to prevent, to sum up, to assume
a)to talk about (a topic) →
b)to make possible →
c)to say something is true (without proof) →
d)to stop something from happening →
e)in the end / all things considered →
f)to think something is true without checking →
3Analysis language: Complete the sentence about a text with a word from the list.
evidence, consequences, emphasises, deals with, affects, sums up
a)The author … the reader's attention to the numbers. (draws / points out)
b)The statistics serve as … for her thesis.
c)She … the negative … of the policy.
d)The text … whether social media … young people.
e)The last paragraph … the argument …
4Write a short comment (120 to 150 words) on a topic of your choice. Use at least twelve words from the list and underline them.
The words must fit naturally — no sentence just to place a word.
a)to abolish, to affect, to assume, awareness, benefit, to claim, consequence, to convince, to criticise, to deal with, to doubt, to emphasise, to enable, evidence, to focus on, however, issue, to justify, to lack, moreover, obvious, to point out, to prevent, purpose, to refer to, reliable, to require, significant, to sum up, therefore
1Define the word in English and give a typical collocation.
Example: purpose → the reason for doing something; collocation: the purpose of this text is …
a)issuean important topic that people discuss — a controversial issue
b)to emphasiseto stress, to show that something is important — to emphasise the importance of
c)awarenessknowing that something exists or matters — to raise awareness of
d)to requireto need something — to require attention / effort
e)evidencefacts that show something is true — there is no evidence that
f)to lackto not have enough of something — to lack experience / confidence
2Register: Replace the everyday phrase with the more formal word from the list.
to deal with, to enable, to claim, to prevent, to sum up, to assume
a)to talk about (a topic) →to deal with
b)to make possible →to enable
c)to say something is true (without proof) →to claim
d)to stop something from happening →to prevent
e)in the end / all things considered →to sum up
f)to think something is true without checking →to assume
3Analysis language: Complete the sentence about a text with a word from the list.
evidence, consequences, emphasises, deals with, affects, sums up
a)The author … the reader's attention to the numbers. (draws / points out)points out (draws attention to)
b)The statistics serve as … for her thesis.evidence
c)She … the negative … of the policy.emphasises, consequences
d)The text … whether social media … young people.deals with, affects
e)The last paragraph … the argument …sums up
4Write a short comment (120 to 150 words) on a topic of your choice. Use at least twelve words from the list and underline them.
The words must fit naturally — no sentence just to place a word.
a)to abolish, to affect, to assume, awareness, benefit, to claim, consequence, to convince, to criticise, to deal with, to doubt, to emphasise, to enable, evidence, to focus on, however, issue, to justify, to lack, moreover, obvious, to point out, to prevent, purpose, to refer to, reliable, to require, significant, to sum up, thereforeOwn text. Check: twelve words underlined and used naturally, structure of a comment.
Academic words
Words like evidence, consequence, emphasise, however make your comments and analyses sound precise. Learn them with a typical sentence from a text about a school or media topic.
Register
Everyday: talk about, make possible, say. Formal: deal with, enable, claim. In exams, the formal word is usually the better one — but only if you use it correctly.
Collocations
raise awareness, draw a conclusion, have a significant effect, point out a problem. Learn the pair, not the word.