Exercise: 2 / 3

Recognising more formal verbs
Exercise 2

Instructions: This exercise offers you practice in recognising which of two alternative verbs is the more formal and appropriate form for academic writing. For each pair of alternative, click on the more formal form.

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Estimated time: 5 minutes.

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