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English for Communication and Study Skills

Examples:
• J. K. Rowling is the rich well-known author of Harry Potter

books. However, she was a divorced mother with a very little
money when she first writing the Harry Potter series.
• A water hyacinth is a hydrophyte (a plant that grows in the wet
place). On the other hand, cactus is a plant that lives in the dessert.
• Elsey likes to wear blue shirt, but Elma loves to wear a pink
shirt.
• Many people doesn’t realize about climate change, although the
average of global temperature is rising every year.
• Although many people said that Tom is a furious person, he is
very calm and graceful with his parents.

Practices: Use the following underlined words as clues to write a
definition. Do not use your dictionary.

1. You are able to cope with all the responsibility. In the other
word, it is easy for you to handle this situation.

2. To save our world, we have to conserve our natural resources,
not waste it, in the environment.

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3. Thomas is a clever student, but Adam is a dull student.
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4. Fuel oil has been a valuable natural resource for a long time.
However, today the price of fuel oil is decreasing and may not
expensive in the future.
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5. Thailand imports consumption goods from China, where as the
product that export to China is rise.
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6. Mahjongg was a fad that has been very popular in the Unites
States in 1920s. However, it was died out in ten years later.
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7. The peacock has a gorgeous tail. In contrast, crow has a dark
feather.
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