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Academic Vocabulary

Modal + Verb Combinations Frequently Used in Academic Writing

can help have to might seem should include will continue to be

could do may lead to must take should try to would be

Source: Corpus of Contemporary American English (Davies 2008–)

ACTIVITY 8 Vocabulary in Academic Writing

Use the modal + verb combinations to complete the sentences.

Subject Area Example from Academic Writing

Criminal 1. To those who do not work in criminal justice, most of the important questions
Justice in the subject of criminology simple.

Health 2. As a physical therapist, becoming familiar with each new patient’s medical
history all previous injuries.

Political 3. If travelers need help in some foreign countries, their embassy
Science very little to help them.

Computer 4. Computer hacking has been a problem since the 1970s, and experts believe
Science it a problem for many more years.

Neuroscience 5. Exposure to lead serious nerve and
brain damage in children.

English 6. Parents teach young boys that it is
Composition acceptable to cry.

History 7. Historians often think about how the world
different if a king, president, or other leader had lived longer or died earlier.

Education 8. Teachers often tell their students that they
more responsibility for their own learning.

Social Work 9. One of the most difficult tasks for social workers is when they
take children away from their parents.

Natural 10. Learning to use the scientific method of inquiry
Sciences students learn to think more critically.

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