Reporting verbs / Cause and effect

Researchers ____ that average life expectancy will continue to rise.

• illustrate

• estimate

• demonstrate

• stress

The graph clearly ____ the findings.

• illustrates

• highlights

• suggests

• estimates

The scientists (a)   their discovery in a recent article.

Critics ____ that the theory has not been properly tested.

• claim

• estimate

• argue

• predict

I’d just like to ____ the three main points.

• highlight

• announce

• claim

• predict

Researchers (a)   that average life expectancy will rise by 5% in the next 10 years.

Let me ____ the importance of these findings, which question current theories.

• illustrate

• announce

• claim

• stress

He _____ to be innocent, but there is mounting evidence of the contrary.

• reports

• suggests

• indicates

• claims

The discovered fossils (a)   that the site was inhabited in the Bronze Age.

The couple ____ their engagement at the family's Christmas party.

• predicted

• demonstrated

• announced

• stressed