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Academic Vocabulary Worksheet (Grade 8)

Free printable Grade 8 academic vocabulary worksheet. Students replace everyday phrases with precise academic words like investigate, significant and sufficient. Answer key included.

Grade 8 · Vocabulary worksheet
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Vocabulary

Choose the Academic Word

Academic texts prefer precise single words over everyday phrases. Fill each gap with the best word from the bank: accelerate, assemble, consider, demonstrate, examine, increase, investigate, omit, significant, sufficient.

Word bank
OmitExamineIncreaseAssembleConsiderAccelerateSufficientSignificantInvestigateDemonstrate
  1. 1.
    The council must blank the residents' objections. (everyday version: think about)
  2. 2.
    Scientists will blank the core samples. (everyday version: look at closely)
  3. 3.
    The team will blank how the virus spreads. (everyday version: find out)
  4. 4.
    The results blank a clear pattern. (everyday version: show)
  5. 5.
    Rainfall is expected to blank this decade. (everyday version: get bigger)
  6. 6.
    The tank holds blank water for three days. (everyday version: enough)
  7. 7.
    Workers blank the turbines on site. (everyday version: put together)
  8. 8.
    The study found a blank drop in water quality. (everyday version: important)
  9. 9.
    Do not blank the units from your answer. (everyday version: leave out)
  10. 10.
    Warmer seas blank coral bleaching. (everyday version: speed up)
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