TIE 030 Fall 2013

Reading/Writing
MC 2: Education

VOCABULARY and WORD FORMS

Part 1 - Directions:
Write the appropriate synonym or definition for each word.
Then fill in the chart with different word forms of this vocabulary word.
(The shaded boxes indicate either no word form or a word for that is not often used.)

1. alternative ________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

alternative

2. range _____________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

range

3. creative ____________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

creative

4. analyze ___________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB
analyze

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

5. incorporate _________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

incorporate

6. estimate __________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

estimate

7. approximate ______________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

approximate

8. design ____________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

design

9. expert ____________________________________________________________
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

expert

10. encounter ________________________________________________________

NOUN

VERB
encounter

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Part 2 - Directions:
Read the following sentences that were taken from Sundays news and write the correct part of
speech (N, V, Adj, Adv) in the space above or below the blank line.
One of the AWL vocabulary words is printed in bold below each set of sentences. Write on the
blank line the correct word form of that word.

[part of speech: ]
1. The undocumented immigrant population in the U.S. rose to an _______________ 11.7 million
people in 2012, according to a Pew Research Center study released on September 28.

[part of speech: ]
A recent Pew Research Center study _______________ that the number of undocumented
immigrants in the U.S. rose to 11.7 million in 2012.

[part of speech:
]
The Pew Research Centers best ________________ based on its recent research, is that 11.7
million undocumented immigrants were living in the U.S. in 2012.

estimate
[part of speech: ]
2. On September 29, 2013, temperatures in the lower 48 states of the U.S. _____________ from
a morning low temperature of 15 degrees F. in Colorado to a high of 94 degrees F. in Texas.

According to the New York Times, secret recordings made public this week reveal former
Egyptian President Hosni Mubaraks personal views on a wide __________________ of
subjects.
[part of speech:
]

range

3. Jackie Chans charity concert to help rebuild the parts of Sichuan damaged by the earthquake
is expected to attract an audience of __________________ 23,000 fans.
[part of speech:
]

Passengers can now get information on their cell phones about the __________________time
of arrival of CTA buses and trains at all stops.
[part of speech:
]

approximate

4. According to a recent study reported in the Journal of Psychological Science, persons sitting in
messy rooms draw more imaginative and __________________pictures than persons sitting
in a neat rooms.
[part of speech:
]

A recent study reported in the Journal of Psychological Science tested whether messiness can
increase a persons __________________.
[part of speech: ]

creative

[part of speech: ]
5. A hiker in Colorado who ________________.a mountain lion while walking on a popular trail on
Sunday quickly climbed a tree but managed to take a video on his iPhone of the dangerous
animal chasing his dog.
Mountain lions are dangerous animals, and he and his dog were lucky to survive the
___________________.
[part of speech:
]

encounter

Part 3 - Directions:
Read and correct the following sentences. First, write the correct part of speech (N, V, Adj, Adv) on
the line above or below the word printed in bold. If the word is a verb, also write down the correct
tense. Then write the correct word form on the blank line. (Note: Some words in bold may be the
correct word forms.)

Part of speech:
______
Correct word form: _______________

1. When he was still a teenager, Marco incorporates new theories about computers into his
designing of his new shopping app for iPhones, which he sold to Apple.
Part of speech:
______
Correct word form: __________________

Part of speech:
_______
Correct word form: _______________

2. The professor was a real expertise in the field of alternative medicine.

Part of speech:
_______
Correct word form: ________________

Part of speech:
_______
Correct word form: ______________

Part of speech:
______
Correct word form: ______________

3. The best and most creative minds at UIC were gathered to analysis the serious budget
situation facing the university.

Part of speech:
_______
Correct word form: _______________
4. The Provost estimation that unless additional income is provided by the State of Illinois,
tuition costs will have to be increased in 2013 by approximate 10 percent.
Part of speech:
_______
Correct word form: ______________