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Academic Vocabulary

Verbs Frequently Used in Simple Present in Academic Writing

argue change define increase require
believe come illustrate indicate show

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

ACTIVITY 6 Vocabulary in Academic Writing

Use the academic vocabulary in the simple present to complete each sentence. In some sentences,
more than one answer is possible.

Subject Area Example from Academic Writing

Economics 1. Economists often about the cause of a stock market
crash.

Paleontology 2. Recent findings that giant alligators lived in North
Africa thousands of years ago.

Criminal 3. The statistics a decrease in violent crime over the
Justice past few years.

Business 4. Many business experts that low interest rates are
very important for continued economic growth.

Literature 5. Robert Frost’s language in “Directives” symbolism
perfectly.

Anthropology 6. Anthropologists anthropology as the study of
humanity.

Science / 7. Career opportunities in biomedical engineering every
Engineering year.

Science 8. The word “science” from the Latin scientia, meaning
knowledge.

Physics 9. Physics a very strong understanding of mathematics,
especially calculus.

Computer 10. Cloud computing, or online data storage, the way
Science people and computers interact.

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