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7
Here are some words relating to investigation. What words are they? Complete each word using the
jumbled letters beside them.
8
Some words in this unit are quite ‘
formal
’ i.e. serious and exact. This is because they are used to discuss
things in a serious or academic way – as the IELTS Reading and Writing Academic papers do. Match the
formal verbs to the everyday verbs with the same meaning.
Formal/Academic words
Everyday words
to carry out (research)
to investigate
to present (findings)
to draw (a conclusion)
to tell people about
to reach/come to
to do
to find out
9
Prepare a mini-presentation on:
Something I have investigated/researched
Tell other students about it, explaining what you did at each stage of the investigation.
1
E _ _ _ _ _ _ E
D V N E C I
2
F _ _ _ _ _ _ S
I G I N D N
3
R _ _ _ _T
P E O R
4
C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
I O L S C O N U
5
D_ _ A
A T
6
A _ _ _ _ _ E
Y S A L N
7
C _ _ _ _ _ _ T
Y R A R U O
8
S _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ T
F C A I I G I N
9
P _ _ _ _ D _ _ E
C O E R R U
Activation
of target
vocabulary
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