Teaching page · Grade 3 · Lesson 12
What is special about academic English? — use the words
Two words can both fit a sentence, and one of them fits better.
The words
Watch how it is built
1observe means about the same as watch.
We observed the moth for a week.
2select means about the same as pick.
Select the best example.
3complete means about the same as finish.
Complete the chart.
Two ways to say it
✗ We watchd the moth for a week. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ We observed the moth for a week. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Who is reading this, and does my word suit them?”
Remember
Say who is reading before you choose.
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