Academic Vocabulary Unit 9

Academic Vocabulary Unit 9

Advanced English II

We will review...

purchase/buy

income/salary

employee/worker

fund/pay for

consumer/buyer

​domestic/household

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Synonyms

economy

finance

wealth

poverty

manufacturing

employment​

profession

industry​

Nouns ​

economic

financial

wealthy

poor

manufactured

employed

professional

industrial​

Adjectives ​

Multiple Choice

the system by which a country produces and uses goods and money

• economy (noun)

• economic (adjective)

Multiple Choice

the business of producing goods in large numbers

• manufactured (adjective)

• manufacturing (noun)

Multiple Choice

someone with a large amount of money, assets or resources

• wealth (noun)

• wealthy (noun)

Multiple Choice

_______________ is a big issue for the government because there are not many new jobs.

• employed

• employees

• employers

• employment

Multiple Choice

The company is looking to the banks for ____________ assistance

• finance

• financial

• economy

• wealth

Multiple Choice

__________ is a still a big problem in parts of the USA. There are still a lot of people without jobs.

• poor

• money

• poverty

• industry

Multiple Choice

The local area has a long history of heavy ________________ with its steel works and chemical plants.

• manufactured

• industry

• industrial

• finance

Open Ended

What is the synonym of domestic?

Open Ended

What is the synonym of buyer?

Fill in the Blank

The government cannot fund any more new hospital.

What other word can we use for the word FUND?

Fill in the Blank

The employee bonus scheme means you get more money if you work hard.

What other word can we use for the word EMPLOYEE?

Fill in the Blank

There has been no real rise in income lately.

What other word can we use for the word INCOME?

CRITICAL THINKING

OUR PROJECT FOR THIS UNIT IS TO WRITE A SHORT TEXT DESCRIBING A GRAPH, SO LET'S REVIEW A FEW THINGS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING VISUAL INFORMATION.

Identify the relationships between the points on the graph. If we have two or more sets of information, we also need to identify the relationships between the sets.​

2)

Make sure we understand the information presented.​

​1)

WE SHOULD.

Now, let's complete page 150 and page 151 on the book.