SCHOOL & STUDY
Before writing her essay, Maria looked at several books and articles and used one of them as evidence to support her argument. Which word describes what she did?
Cite
Even though the two boys strongly disagreed about the school rules, they spoke politely and listened to each other. Their discussion remained __________.
Civil
The football match was supposed to begin at 3:00, but heavy rain forced the organisers to delay it. Under these __________, the decision was understandable.
Circumstances
The supermarket ordered a very large amount of rice because it expected many customers during the holiday. What word describes this large amount?
Bulk
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been read and performed for hundreds of years and is still considered an excellent example of literature. It is a literary __________.
Classic
The teacher asked the class to read the first five sections of the novel before Friday. What would the students need to read?
Chapters
Ahmed has excellent computer skills and can solve most technical problems without help. His teacher believes he is __________ of becoming a successful programmer.
Capable
The school concert and the final examinations are happening during the same week. The two events __________ with each other.
Coincide
Coffee, wheat, gold and oil are all bought and sold around the world. These products are examples of __________.
Commodities
The teacher asked the students to group the novels according to their type, such as mystery, romance, science fiction and adventure. What system were they using?
Category
The teacher showed the class a __________ comparing the students’ marks in Mathematics, English and Science.
Chart
The students were told that phones were not allowed during the examination. This was part of the school's examination __________.
Code
The students were working in the library when the fire alarm suddenly sounded. They had to leave the building immediately. What word could describe the difficult situation they faced?
Challenge
The company lost several expensive computers during a flood. The insurance company paid the business money to make up for the loss. The company was __________.
Compensated
The teacher explained the main __________ of the lesson before asking students to discuss it: the idea that technology can change the way people communicate.
Concept
The teacher said, “Your introduction is interesting, but your argument isn't very clear. You need to make your ideas more __________.”
Coherent
The teacher stopped the lesson and said, “I think some of you have misunderstood my instructions. Let me __________ what I mean.”
Clarify
The heavy snow continued throughout the night, but by midday the following day, it had finally __________.
Ceased
The new computer programme can work with the school's existing technology without any problems. The two systems are __________.
Compatible
At the end of the investigation, the students looked at all the evidence and decided that the experiment had been successful. What could they now do?
Conclude
A student had collected information from ten different websites and books. Before writing the report, she put all the information together in one document. What did she need to do?
Compile
A student suggested an unusual solution to the school's recycling problem. At first, nobody had thought of this idea before. Which word best describes the process of developing this new idea?
Conceive
The organisers had planned to start the conference at 9:00 a.m. At exactly 9:00, the speaker walked onto the stage and the event officially began. The conference was ready to __________.
Commence
The company wanted to expand its business, but its factory was already producing as much as it could. It needed to increase its production __________ before accepting more orders.
Capacity
The teacher wanted to explain why the author had made a particular decision. She referred to a sentence from the novel as evidence. Which vocabulary word describes referring to evidence in this way?
Cite