Academic Word List Sublist 3
Here are the fourth 10 words for the academic word list, sublist 3, words 31-40.
Words 31-40
Interact Justify Layer Link Locate
Maximise Minor Negate Outcome Partner
Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know?
Match the definitions to the word:
Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1 .
There was no
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
for increasing the speed limit on the road. The local government said they did it because it would increase the flow of traffic, but there have been many accidents there over the last few years.
2 . The increase in revenue from selling more of our products was
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
by the loss from the flooding earlier in the year. We still made no profit.
3 . A lasagna has several
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
of pasta and meat.
4 . The university is
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
on the outskirts of town.
5 . The Prime Minister viewed the protests about immigration as a
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
problem. He was much more worried about the high unemployment.
6 . She has difficulty
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
with other people in the class. I think it is because she is so shy.
7 . The teacher put the students into pairs so that they would each have a
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
to practice the speaking questions with.
8 . There was definitely a
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
between the two crimes – I think the same person may have been involved in both of them.
9 .
He
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
his income by doing a part-time job in the evening. This made sure that he earned as much as he could.
10 . I don’t know what the
choose one
interacting
justification
layers
link
located
maximized
minor
negated
outcome
partner
of the negotiations between the countries will be. Hopefully it will be positive and they can come up with a way forward.
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