Teaching page · Grade 3 · Lesson 15
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
1obtain means about the same as get.
We obtained water from the tap.
2locate means about the same as find.
Locate the river on the map.
3construct means about the same as build.
They constructed a small bridge.
Two ways to say it
✗ We geted water from the tap. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ We obtained water from the tap. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Who is reading this, and does my word suit them?”
Remember
Choose it, then defend it.
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