Academic Skills
Time Vocab
School Subjects Vocab
Passive Voice
Lingua Academia
100

If you can easily think about something you read or heard before, you might be good at this skill.

Remembering

100

If something (A) happened then something else (B) happened, B happened _____ A.

after

100

In this school subject, people argue with one another about something, trying to win the argument and prove that they're right.

debate club

100

I kicked the ball.

The ball was kicked by me.

100

You write many of these types of papers in school. What are they called?

Essays

200

It's common that someone doesn't like doing this in front of a lot of people.

Speaking

200

Most people go to bars, study, or go to sleep at this time.

Night

200

This is a science where you might learn about electricity, magnets, motion (how things move), and planets. And you might have to memorize math like (M1-M2)/g = F.

Physics

200

I cooked a delicious dinner.

A delicious dinner was cooked by me.

200

These words are more academic (school), formal words that mean the same thing as 'but' and 'so'.

However, therefore

300

Almost every student everywhere hates doing this. If you are very bad at this, you can sometimes get extra help from the school.

Taking exams

300

This time of day starts at 12:01 p.m.

Afternoon

300

This is a school subject that you learn about tiny things you can't see (atoms, molecules, electrons). You have to be very careful when you mix things in this class, or you could hurt yourself or even go blind.

Chemistry
300

The fire burned down my home after I left on holiday.

My home was burned down by the fire after I left on holiday.

300

When you write an essay, the first part is the what?

Introduction

400

This is something that you can do to help you remember information, such as during a class or when you read a book.

Note-taking

400
In China, during this time of day, you can see many people doing Tai Chi Chuan.

Morning

400

The word for this subject means has two parts: one means 'life' and the other means 'knowledge'.

biology

400

My classmate dropped my violin before our concert while I was in the bathroom.

My violin was dropped by my friend while I was in the bathroom.

400

In this part of the essay, you restate the thesis statement (what you think) from the introduction and give your final ideas or thoughts.

Conclusion

500

You must be able to hear a word and know or understand how it is written to be good at this skill.

Spelling

500

This is not a time of day, but is a time word, and it begins with the word 'by', though it is spelled 'be'.

before

500
This is the subject you're studying right now: English ________. The second word comes from a Latin word meaning 'tongue'

Language

500

I had to cut the trees down while my friend collected stones.

The treess had to be cut down by me while stones were collected by my friend.

500

Your torso is to you as this is to your essay.

Main body

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