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1. Demonstrate your method of language acquisition.
2. Analyse the increase of industrial activity in India.
3. Compare the governments of two nations of your choice.
4. Elaborate on your feelings about capital punishment.
5. Contrast the ancient Roman and Greek civilisations.
6. Define the legal system of your country.
7. Discuss any recently proposed laws on taxes.
8. Estimate the cost of the next step of your education.
9. Categorise the main social and economic features of your country.
10. Illustrate the various uses of a modern mobile telephone.
11. Explain the differences between your country and a country you have visited.
12. Assess the potential difficulties of studying abroad.
13. Account for the difference between wealthy countries and the Third World.
14. Evaluate the benefits of space missions.
15. Identify the improvements home computing has made to our lives.
16. Justify the cost of living in small family homes as opposed to living with extended family.
17. Outline your ideas on what could be done about pollution.
18. Predict which nation you believe will be dominant in the next century.
19. Suggest what alternatives there are to fossil fuels.
20. Examine the potential results of climate change.
21. Summarise your reasons for learning English.
22. Present an argument for/against men going out to work while women care for the family.
23. Classify the subjects that you studied in school in order of your preference.
24. Factor into your current monthly budget the cost of having a newborn baby.
A. to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
B. a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event.
C. to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate.
D. to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences.
E. to explain or identify the nature or essential qualities of; describe.
F. to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove.
G. to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, esp. to explore solutions; debate.
H. to add details to; expand.
I. to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
J. to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess.
K. to inspect or scrutinize carefully.
L. to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible.
M. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing.
N. to make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify.
O. to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.
P. to give an outline of; sketch the main features of something.
Q. to declare or tell in advance.
R. to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action.
S. to include as an essential element, esp. in forecasting or planning.
T. to state or express in a concise form.
U. to set forth in words; frame or articulate.
V. to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
W. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc.
X. to describe by labelling or giving a name to; characterize.
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1 F to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove.
2 A to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results...
3 D to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and
differences.
4 H to add details to; expand.
5 W to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc.
6 E to explain or identify the nature or essential qualities of; describe.
7 G to consider/examine by argument, comment, etc.; write about, esp. to explore solutions; debate.
8 I to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc.
9 X to describe by labelling or giving a name to; characterize.
10 N to make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify.
11L to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible.
12 C to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate.
13 B a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event.
14 J to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of; assess.
15 M to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing.
16 O to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right.
17 P to give an outline of; sketch the main features of something.
18 Q to declare or tell in advance.
19 R to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action.
20 K to inspect or scrutinize carefully.
21 T to state or express in a concise form.
22 U to set forth in words; frame or articulate.
23 V to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
24. S to include as an essential element, esp. in forecasting or planning.
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