Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

164 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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EXERCISE

Using vocabulary, part 2 For each of the following sentences, choose the correct

form of the academic word to ill in the blank.

1. attainment, attainable, attain
   Setting a world record is not a goal that every Olympic athlete can.


2. illustrations, illustrated, illustrate
   The on these pages show us how the human heart works.


3. isolation, isolated, isolate
   Because the new student was so much younger than the others in her class, she felt very
   at irst.


4. Theory, Theoretically, Theorize
   , we could live on another planet, but there are all kinds of practical
   obstacles.


5. distinction, distinct, distinguish
   If you want to reduce your spending, you need to make a clear
   between what you want and what you really need.


6. option, optional, opt
   In your irst year of college, English is not.


7. predictability, predictable, predict
   The best way to the weather is to look out the window.


8. pursuits, pursuant, pursue
   Motocross racing is one of my brother’s latest.


9. creditor, credible, credited
   Sigmund Freud is with the founding of psychoanalysis and dream
   interpretation.


10. mediator, mediated, mediate
    A was called in to settle the labor dispute between the union and the
    company management.