SRW2 Unit 6 Pressure Review

Vocabulary - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

The biggest pressure on parents is the __ issue. Managing a job and family life in the modern age is extremely difficult.

• ambition

• pressure

• achievement

• work-life balance

Vocabulary - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

We must ___ that our workplaces and government support childcare and parental leave of absence.

• result

• compare

• insist

• lifestyle

Vocabulary - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

Some believe that university does not ___ long enough. Five or six years would be better.

• last

• limited

• put in

• celebrity

Vocabulary - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

People often compare their ___ and what they have achieved with others.

• satisfaction

• childhood

• youth

• status

Vocabulary Development - Choose the word that matches.

Which word is a boosting phrase (makes an opinion stronger)

• possibly

• is believed

• is thought

• no doubt that

Vocabulary Development - Choose the word that matches.

Which word is a hedging phrase (makes an opinion weaker)

• certainly

• clearly

• may

• surely

Academic Words - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

There has been a ___ in attitudes towards being a celebrity in recent years. Many young people now see it as a possible job compared to the past.

• focus

• media

• shift

• theory

Academic Words - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

The newspaper published a ___ story that was proven by many other sources.

• apparent

• confirmed

• dramatic

• highlight

Academic Words Review - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

The newspaper article ___ the challenges falling oil prices presented to the economy.

• apparent

• highlighted

• investment

• media

• seek

Academic Words Review - Choose the best word to fill in the blank:

Bob didn't know what to do, so he decided to ___ advice from a lawyer.

• apparent

• highlighted

• investment

• media

• seek