Activity 6.1
Look at the following sentences and choose the academic word to help make the sentence better. Questions d and e require you to think of a more academic word.
- The benefits/good points of working from home are many.
- Continual use of/talking on mobile phones may cause cancer.
- Traffic jams are common/abundant nowadays.
- Old people/ have much to offer to both workers and society in general, and so/ they should keep/ working as long as possible.
- Making/ young people (to) learn uncommon languages may lead to rebellion as young people usually fight/ against their mother and
father/
Avoiding informal vocabulary also helps make your essay better.In order to avoid using informal vocabulary, follow these simple rules:
- Avoid contractions (use do not, not don't).
- Avoid question forms (use There are many advantages to working from home, not What are some of the advantages of working from home?).
- Write numbers in words if below one hundred, beginning a sentence, or rounded numbers (use eighty-five not 85).
- Do not use abbreviations (use that is, not i.e.).
- Avoid slang words or phrases (use in my opinion, not I reckon).
- Avoid personalised language (use It is commonly thought that ..., not I think that ...).
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