2 There is a preposition missing in each of these sentences. Add it in the right place. It is no easy task mediating unions and management.
In this lecture I plan to deal the later novels of Charles Dickens.
The answer to most problems in agriculture lies the soil.
He thought for a long time but was unable to come with a solution.
Green tourism may initially feel like a contradiction terms.
I wonder what the professor's reaction the article will be.
The company has experienced a number of difficulties the computer operating system.
8 Have you found a solution the problem yet?
3 Complete these tables. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary.
noun
verb
noun
verb
solve
resolution
reaction
respond
contain
contradiction
error
mediate
4 Choose one of the words from the previous task to complete each sentence. You may need to change the form of the verbs. The professor was very angry when the student him so rudely and so publicly.
As the saying goes, to is human - we all make mistakes.
I hope someone will eventually come up with a to the problem of global warming.
The diplomats are hoping to…………….. between the two sides and so prevent a conflict.
The library many rare and beautiful books.
I am still waiting for the committee's ………… to my request for an extension for my dissertation.
At the beginning of the new academic year Marie …………….. to make much more effort with her assignments.
8 The lecturer ………………… very angrily when I questioned one of her conclusions.
Key Verbs
A Verbs for structuring academic assignments Look at these tasks which students have been given. Note the key verbs
Discuss some of the problems involved1in investigating attitudes to diet and health. Write a critical review of an investigation you have read about, or describe an investigation you yourself could conduct2. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of different methods.
Starting from rest, an aircraft accelerates to its take-off speed of 60 km in a distance of 900 metres. Illustrate3this with a velocity-time graph. Assuming4constant acceleration, find5how long the take-off run lasts. Hence calculate6the acceleration.
'The fact that nations agree to follow international law demonstrates7that we can identify8ideals that are trans-national and trans-cultural.' How far is this statement true? Critically analyse any recent event which supports or challenges9the statement.