Academic Writing

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Practice
(Example answers)
(b) There were twice as many sports at the Paris Olympics compared to the Athens games.
(c) The number of athletes competing doubled between the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics.
(d) In the Barcelona Olympics, nearly one-third of the athletes were women.
(e) The number of Olympic sports rose threefold between 1896 and 2008.
(f) The number of events has risen steadily over the last century.
(g) A substantial minority of athletes at the Beijing Olympics were women.
3.7 Prefixes and Suffixes
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Prefixes
auto
by itself
co
together
ex
(i) previous
(ii) outside
fore
in front
inter
between
macro
large
micro
small
multi
many
over
too much
poly
many
post
later
re
again
sub
below
trans
across
under
(i) below
(ii) not enough
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Practice A
(a) social class at bottom of society
(b) more tickets sold than seats available
(c) very local climate
(d) economy based on information not production
(e) not listed in the telephone book
(f) disappointed
ANSWERS
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Practice B
(a) noun – withdrawal of a service
(b) adjective – two related events at the same time
(c) adverb – without cooperation
(d) adjective – related to evolution
(e) noun – person who protests
(f) adjective – not able to be forecast
(g) adjective – able to be sold
(h) noun – person being interviewed
(i)
noun – belief that increasing consumption benefits society
(j)
adverb – in a way that suggests a symbol
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Practice C
(a) joint production/junior company
(b) without choosing to/not hurt
(c) able to be refilled/clear and obvious
(d) cannot be provided/unusual
(e) failure in communication/new order