Vocabulary
In 2018, Donna Strickland and Gerard Mourou were _________ the Nobel Prize in Physics.
awarded
Well-balanced meals at school might help to solve the problem of ______ among pupils. OBESE
obesity
I’m sure you ________ (show) the results soon.
will be shown
One report argued that the archaeologists had damaged some artefacts during the excavations.
It _______ the archaeologists had damaged some artefacts during the excavations.
was argued that
Maria works _________ studying wildlife in Alaska.
She admits to feeling ________ occasionally, but
she loves her job. ALONE / LONELY
alone, lonely
It took the team months of trial and error to ________ out the solution to the problem.
figure
A simple _____ gives us the average number of pupils per class. CALCULATE
calculation
Your invention needs ________ (describe) in
detail before you submit it to the Patent Office.
to be described
Some writers believe that the lost city of Atlantis existed until the ninth century BC.
The lost city of Atlantis ____________ until the ninth century BC.
is believed to have existed
We __________ people to bring warm clothes, but
there are people who don’t listen to __________
and turn up in shorts. ADVISE / ADVICE
advise, advice
It really_______ me up how people presume Engineering is a ‘boys’ subject’.
winds
This new technology will be extremely _______ for teaching blind students. BENEFIT
beneficial
I don’t mind _______ (not pay) much for testing
video games because I love playing them.
not being paid
It’s not clear why the lights went out. They say there was a short circuit.
It’s not clear why the lights went out. There______ a short circuit.
is said to have been
At first _______ it looks just like an empty field,
but it’s actually the ______ of one of Europe’s
most significant battles. SITE / SIGHT
sight, site
Grace Hopper was a computer scientist who ______ the term ‘debugging’.
coined
Her innovative designs are gaining _________ internationally. RECOGNISE
recognition
The spare parts should ________ (deliver)
a week ago.
have been delivered
The police think that a dangerous hacker has been stealing sensitive data for over a year.
A dangerous hacker ____________ sensitive data for over a year.
is thought to have been stealing
Today our teacher is absent , so we’re having a class
with the ______, who’s a physicist. We’re
going to discuss the most important __________ of
quantum physics. PRINCIPAL / PRINCIPLE
principal, principle
Patients may have trouble ________ certain types of foods.
digesting
It is always ________ to wear safety glasses when handling chemicals. ADVICE
advisable
Mr Jenkins _______ (make/undergo)
a stomach operation by his surgeon.
was made to undergo
It is believed that Aristarchus presented the earliest model of the universe with the Sun at the centre.
Aristarchus ____________ the earliest model of the universe with the Sun at the centre.
is believed to have presented
We need to ________ that all equipment is
cleaned and put away after use. The lab director wants us to ________ him that we’ll leave the lab tidy. Otherwise, he won’t let us in again.
ASSURE / ENSURE
ensure, assure